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Only four days left till the end of the Sable Lit Reviews Spirit of Giving contest sponsored by Hachette Book Group.

Here’s the winning book list especially picked by Hachette Book Group for each of the three special holidays:

We Wish You a Merry Christmas Book Giveaway:

1. Engaging Father Christmas By Robin Gunn ISBN: 0446179469 $13.99
2. The Paper Bag Christmas By Kevin Milne ISBN: 1599950731 $14.99
3. Christmas Around the World By Chuck Fischer ISBN: 9780316117951 $30.00
4. The Physics of Christmas By Roger Highfield ISBN: 0316366951 $16.99
5. The Christmas Train By David Baldacci ISBN: 0446615757 $5.99

Happy Hanukkah Book Giveaway:

1. In the Beginning By Chuck Fischer ISBN: 9780316118422 $35.00
2. Jewtopia By Bryan Fogel, Sam Wolfson ISBN: 9780446579544 $24.99
3. Be Still and Get Going By Alan Lew ISBN: 9780316739108 $14.95
4. Life Is a Test By Esther Jungreis ISBN: 9781600244568 (Audio) $34.98
5. To Life! by Harold Kushner ISBN: 9780446670029 $14.99

Happy Kwanzaa Book Giveaway: (December)

1. The American Journey of Barack Obama by The Editors of LIFE Magazine ISBN 9780316045605 $24.99
2. How Strong Women Pray By Bonnie St. John ISBN: 0446579262 $16.99
3. Not Easily Broken By T. D. Jakes $14.99
4. Stand the Storm By Breena Clarke ISBN: 0316007048 $24.99
5. Claim Your Victory Today by Creflo Dollar ISBN: 9780446178174 $12.99

How to Enter:

Simply post a response to this post. In your post share any one of the following:

-          The Strangest gift you ever received

-          The best gift you’ve ever received

-          The best response you’ve ever received from a gift you gave

-          Tell us how you touched someone during the holiday season

-          Or tell us how someone touched you in an amazing way during the season

The stories you share can be about tangible or intangible gifts. All posts must be made by 11:59 PM PST on December 20^th, 2008. Up 5 winners will be selected and contacted with the goal of getting the books to the responsive winners by the end of the year.

For further details please click the Win Books tab at the top of this page.

Thank you for supporting Sable Lit Reviews and Hachette Book Group. Good luck and we can’t wait to read your stories.

Introducing Sable Lit Reviews Spirit of Giving Contest

Sable Lit Reviews and Hachette Book Group have teamed up yet again to bring you a chance to win a set of books representative of the three major holidays in the month of December: Hanukkah, Kwanza and Christmas.  While gift giving is only a small aspect of what these holidays are about, Sable Lit Reviews still understands the joy that exists in giving and receiving gifts both tangible and intangible. Enter once and if selected the winner has the choice between the three giveaways listed.

Here’s the winning book list especially picked by Hachette Book Group for each of the three special holidays:

We Wish You a Merry Christmas Book Giveaway:

1. Engaging Father Christmas By Robin Gunn ISBN: 0446179469 $13.99
2. The Paper Bag Christmas By Kevin Milne ISBN: 1599950731 $14.99
3. Christmas Around the World By Chuck Fischer ISBN: 9780316117951 $30.00
4. The Physics of Christmas By Roger Highfield ISBN: 0316366951 $16.99
5. The Christmas Train By David Baldacci ISBN: 0446615757 $5.99

Happy Hanukkah Book Giveaway:

1. In the Beginning By Chuck Fischer ISBN: 9780316118422 $35.00
2. Jewtopia By Bryan Fogel, Sam Wolfson ISBN: 9780446579544 $24.99
3. Be Still and Get Going By Alan Lew ISBN: 9780316739108 $14.95
4. Life Is a Test By Esther Jungreis ISBN: 9781600244568 (Audio) $34.98
5. To Life! by Harold Kushner ISBN: 9780446670029 $14.99

Happy Kwanzaa Book Giveaway: (December)

1. The American Journey of Barack Obama by The Editors of LIFE Magazine ISBN 9780316045605 $24.99
2. How Strong Women Pray By Bonnie St. John ISBN: 0446579262 $16.99
3. Not Easily Broken By T. D. Jakes $14.99
4. Stand the Storm By Breena Clarke ISBN: 0316007048 $24.99
5. Claim Your Victory Today by Creflo Dollar ISBN: 9780446178174 $12.99

How to Enter:

Simply post a response to this post. In your post share any one of the following:

-          The Strangest gift you ever received

-          The best gift you’ve ever received

-          The best response you’ve ever received from a gift you gave

-          Tell us how you touched someone during the holiday season

-          Or tell us how someone touched you in an amazing way during the season

The stories you share can be about tangible or intangible gifts. All posts must be made by 11:59 PM PST on December 20^th, 2008. Up 5 winners will be selected and contacted with the goal of getting the books to the responsive winners by the end of the year.

For further details please click the Win Books tab at the top of this page.

Thank you for supporting Sable Lit Reviews and Hachette Book Group. Good luck and we can’t wait to read your stories.

Wow, I can’t believe It’s Thanksgiving already. I have so much to be grateful for this year. My first book was published, this blog hit the cyber airwaves and I have had the opportunity to meet, chat or blog with some amazing people. Thank you all for being a part of it!

We have just three days till the end of our Spirit of Thanksgiving Book Giveaway Contest. If you haven’t posted your favorite Thanksgiving recipe, memory or family tradition, get it done, there’s still some sand running through the hour glass.

Thanks to Hachette Book Group and this contest, you have the chance to be the talk of holiday entertaining season while remembering all the reasons why this holiday is so special.

For those just finding out about it, here’s the scoop:

In a contest event that takes place from November 10th to November 30th, sponsored by Hachette Book Group, Sable Lit Reviews will be holding a drawing for 5 free books representing the best in holiday entertainment.

Up to five winners will be selected to receive a print copy of all five books after the contest concludes on November 30th. The books up for grabs are:

• The Flavor Bible By Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg ISBN: 0316118400 $35.00
• Karen Brown Celebrates By Karen Brown ISBN: 9780316118187 $30.00
• I Like You By Amy Sedaris ISBN 9780446696777 $15.99
• Festivus By Allen Salkan ISBN: 0446540668 $9.99
• Holidays on Ice By David Sedaris ISBN: 0316035904 $16.99

How to Enter:

To enter simply navigate to the following link and post your favorite Thanksgiving family tradition, memory or recipe. All those who post a tradition, memory or recipe will be entered into a drawing. Up to five names will be drawn after 11:59 PM PST on Novemeber 30th and contacted to make delivery arrangements.

Spirit of Thanksgiving Book Giveaway

For more information select the “Win Books” tab at the top of the page.

Thanks for supporting Sable Lit Reviews and Hachette Book Group.

We have just nine days till the end of our Spirit of Thanksgiving Book Giveaway Contest. If you haven’t posted your favorite Thanksgiving recipe, memory or family tradition, there’s still time to get in on this great book giveaway.

Thanks to Hachette Book Group and this contest, you have the chance to be the talk of holiday entertaining season while remembering all the reasons why this holiday is so special.

For those just finding out about it, here’s the scoop:

In a contest event that takes place from November 10th to November 30th, sponsored by Hachette Book Group, Sable Lit Reviews will be holding a drawing for 5 free books representing the best in holiday entertainment.

Up to five winners will be selected to receive a print copy of all five books after the contest concludes on November 30th. The books up for grabs are:

• The Flavor Bible By Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg ISBN: 0316118400 $35.00
• Karen Brown Celebrates By Karen Brown ISBN: 9780316118187 $30.00
• I Like You By Amy Sedaris ISBN 9780446696777 $15.99
• Festivus By Allen Salkan ISBN: 0446540668 $9.99
• Holidays on Ice By David Sedaris ISBN: 0316035904 $16.99

How to Enter:

To enter simply navigate to the following link and post your favorite Thanksgiving family tradition, memory or recipe. All those who post a tradition, memory or recipe will be entered into a drawing. Up to five names will be drawn after 11:59 PM PST on Novemeber 30th and contacted to make delivery arrangements.

Spirit of Thanksgiving Book Giveaway

For more information select the “Win Books” tab at the top of the page.

Thanks for supporting Sable Lit Reviews and Hachette Book Group.

Today, November 10th, kicks off Sable Lit Review’s tribute to the spirit of Thanksgiving!

Sable Lit Reviews in collaboration with Hachette Book Group USA is hosting a book giveaway contest to honor the holiday that focuses on family and tradition.

What does Thanksgiving mean to you?

Sable Lit Reviews wants to share in your Thanksgiving traditions. How does the rest of the country do Thanksgiving?

In a contest event that takes place from November 10th to November 30th, sponsored by Hatchette Book Group, Sable Lit Reviews will be holding a drawing for 5 free books representing the best in holiday entertainment.

Up to five winners will be selected to receive a print copy of all five books after the contest concludes on November 30th. The books up for grabs are:

• The Flavor Bible By Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg ISBN: 0316118400 $35.00
• Karen Brown Celebrates By Karen Brown ISBN: 9780316118187 $30.00
• I Like You By Amy Sedaris ISBN 9780446696777 $15.99
• Festivus By Allen Salkan ISBN: 0446540668 $9.99
• Holidays on Ice By David Sedaris ISBN: 0316035904 $16.99

How to Enter:

To enter post a reply to this post featuring your favorite Thanksgiving family tradition, memory or recipe. All those who post a tradition, memory or recipe will be entered into a drawing. Up to five names will be drawn after 11:59 PM PST on Novemeber 30th and contacted to make delivery arrangements.

Contest Rules:

Only the name of the poster and his/her memory, recipe or tradition will be qualify for the drawing. Visitors are free to post comments about memory, recipe or tradition posted but will not be entered in the drawing unless they post their own memory recipe or tradition.

A maximum of five winners from the US and Canada will be selected. Unfortunately, this contest is not open to International participants. In the event that more than five contestants are eligible to win, then the five winners will be selected at random from the pool of eligible contestants. Winners will be notified between December 1 and December 5th. Winners will be required to provide their mailing address (no P.O. Boxes will be accepted) by December 10th at the latest.

So tempt us with your favorite Thanksgiving recipes, let us share in the emotion of your favorite Thanksgiving memory or broaden our sense of culture with your favorite Thanksgiving tradition in order to claim your chance to add these great books to your personal library.

Thank you for supporting the tradition of Thanksgiving, Sable Lit Reviews and Hachette Book Group USA.

No source of fear goes unexamined in J. Richard Jacobs’ Twisted Tails III: Pure Fear anthology. Combining 18 stories from nearly a dozen talented authors that resemble Stephen King’s Creep Show, anything Alfred Hitchcock and the Twilight Zone is no easy task but Jacobs does an excellent job of showcasing each author’s ability to bring into the light what scares us most.

There’s a story for every scary thrill seeker whether it’s the eerie heart-racing kind as in J. Richard Jacobs’ The Beast in the Basement or the psychological and existential terror that haunts all of us as in KL Nappier’s Backslide, Twisted Tails III won’t disappoint. Some of my favorites include:

· The Ghost of Korrim McKarthy by Brandon Berntson - I loved the idea of scared kids in the woods and the bully who gets his due in this story. To me this one was the scariest of the bunch!

· Day of the Dead by Marilyn Peake - I liked the idea of masks and what happens when we wear them in this story. I also liked the fact that this story made me laugh in places where I probably shouldn’t have but it was enjoyable all the same. I loved the dark vs light irony and there’s nothing scarier than creepy kids who seem normal at first.

· The Raft by Kim McDougall - The description in this story can’t be beat. I was on that raft with them and I could feel the sun scorching while we waited to be rescued.

· Divine Messenger by K.L. Nappier - While not particularly scary, I loved the wisdom and sarcasm that flowed from the old woman. Nappier makes your heart nearly explode when she plays against that ticking clock.

· Three on a Match by John Klawitter - I enjoyed this one. It made me think of Twilight Zone and those fun British humor novels rolled into one. The Mr. Know-it-All Psychiatrist’s panic was most enjoyable.

· Arachnotail by Biff Mitchell - Last on my list of favs, this one shows how our psychological fears can overtake even our most obvious mental abilities. I loved how the obvious solution couldn’t be implemented or the danger averted because of a combo of liquid courage and irrational uncontrollable fears. In the end you wonder if you’d be hanging beneath the cliff in piss-stained pants in fear of something you could normally squish with your shoe on level ground.

For finding all the ways to scare us, Twisted Tails III: Pure Fear earns 4 out of 5 Sable Seals.

Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing Inc

Format: Print or Ebook

Price: 15.99 or 5.99

In my quest for the most terrorizing scary novels and stories for this first annual Sable Lit Reviews Spooky Friday Showcase, I received some amazing entries. While I liked some and loved others, every author who was showcased for this event should be proud of their stories and the way in which they told them.

So, who got the coveted bewitching Halloween spot???

None other than Twisted Tails III: Pure Fear….!

As an anthology of very talented writers, it provided a variety of stories highlighting what scares us most both in reality and the imaginative recesses of our minds.

Here’s the trailer (if you can stand it) and look forward to the review which will be posted on Halloween!!

While Twisted Tails III landed the coveted Halloween spot, the entry that truly had my heart racing and my nails bitten to bloody stumps was Barbara Karmazin’s Night Moves. I simply can’t get that psyco-vamp out of my head. As a result, look forward to more book reviews featuring Barbara as well as an author interview! Congratulations Barbara and the Twisted Tails Posse!

Happy Halloween-eve ghouls and ghoulettes, until next time!

Sincerely,

The Sable Lit Reviews Blog Mistress

Hi All,

This is just a reminder that October 15th at 11:59 PM PST is the last moment you can enter Sable Lit Reviews’ Hispanic Heritage Month Book Giveaway contest sponored by Hachettte Book Group.

If you missed any of the questions there’s still time to enter. Here’s link to the info page which features links to all four questions.

http://www.sablelitreviews.com/win-books/

Remember, you only need to answer one question to be eligible to win one of the five boxes of Hachette’s bestselling Hispanic genre books. The more correct answers you submit the more chances and you also become eligible for the Marcia McNair E-Males book giveaway.

Send your answers to LMReviews@SableLitReviews.com

All eligible entrants will receive confirmation shortly after entry. All official winners will be notified by email between Oct 16 and Oct 23rd.

Good luck!

Pamela K. Kinney delivers a dose of haunted reality in Haunted Richmond. For those who enjoy historically-based scary stories, Haunted Richmond incorporates the rich history of Richmond, Virginia with the ghostly happenings that plagued the successive generational inhabitants of the tri-city area for nearly 300 years. With Edgar Allen Poe as the city’s resident celebrity there’s no wonder, there’s a book length account of the paranormal and sinister happenings of the territory.

From headless hall roamers to wails and screams in the night, no ghostly encounter is overlooked. Haunted Richmond acts as a road map to all the scary happenings in and around Richmond’s personal residences and graveyards as well as public buildings and movie theatres. While Haunted Richmond may not keep you up at night, it will make you more conscious every sound and shadow that lurks in the night.

Like haunted stories told around a campfire or underneath a tent with a flashlight, I found Haunted Richmond enjoyable for its intermingling of history with the supernatural. Kinney even intertwined her own paranormal experiences in the book giving hope to ghost hunters everywhere that maybe they could visit Richmond and experience the supernatural power of its residence who have long since passed but have yet to leave.

4/5 stars

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Format: Print

Sable Lit Reviews presents the Hispanic Heritage Book Giveaway Contest Bonus!

Over-achievers unite!! If you recall the giveaway contest rules, only one correct entry garner’s you eligibility to win one of the 5 boxes of 8 Hachette Hispanic Heritage bestsellers….

Well, Marcia McNair, the former assistant editor at Essence and current professor at Nassau Community College contacted me to offer up to five people who have faithfully answered additional questions to earn an increased chance to win a box of books to also be eligible to win an autographed copy of her new book E-Males.

Wahoo!! See, it does pay to do a little bit more!!!

So, for those of you who have correctly answered more than one question, not only have you increased your eligibility to win the box of 8, you also are eligible to win Marcia McNair (who’s of Cuban descent and nicely ties in to the theme of this contest….thank you very much!!)’s new book E-Males…

What’s E-Males about?

Whether it’s a handwritten note, diary, or e-mail, we’ve all been tempted to read someone else’s private writing. E-Males is a chance to indulge yourself without guilt and get an intimate glimpse of what African American women really think and say when they think no one else is reading. Ebony and Wanita tell each other everything. No subject is off limits or too politically incorrect. They rant and rave about on- and off-line romances, meddling mothers, single parenting, workplace drama, and brothers on the Down Low while simultaneously debating serious issues about race, class, and gender.

So, what if you’ve only answered one question or Heave-forbid you are just hearing about this and haven’t answered any?

Well, I suggest you get busy! You have until the original deadline of October 15th 2008 at 11:59 pm PST to answer at least two of the four questions correctly in order to be eligible for the giveaway and the bonus! If you’ve already answered one question and been notified that it was correct, then you only have to answer one more by the deadline. All four questions have now been posted so it doesn’t matter which two you answer.

Answering only one question only makes you eligible for the original Hachette giveaway. You must correctly answer two of the four questions to be eligible for the Marcia McNair bonus!!

Trust me, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to win Marcia McNair’s book! I will be reviewing it in the coming months as well!

Thanks Marcia for your graciousness and supporting Sable Lit Reviews as well as Hispanic Heritage Month!