Help Change Lives

by Rachel Baker on August 28, 2010

Inspired by readers around the world who have embraced and shared Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, Riverhead Books is helping for your help in an effort to picture a book changing lives.

All you have to do is share photos of yourself reading or holding a copy of either The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns and for each eligible photo (limit two still photographs per account) that is uploaded to the group, Riverhead Books (A member of Penguin Group-USA) will donate $2.00 (up to a maximum $25,000 donation) to the Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a charity dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. [read more…]

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Elle Newmark: The Book of Unholy Mischief

by Rachel BakerAugust 23, 2010 Reviews

I love food – good food, flavorful food, color food and aromatic food. I’m not a fan of raw onions…they make me gag, actually – same with raw broccoli. I also love the smell of food – even onions, I love the color of vegetables – even broccoli; and I’m convinced that any conflict probably [...]

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David Finkel: The Good Soldiers

by Rachel BakerAugust 19, 2010 Reviews

It takes fifteen months to break the most optimistic of men. Fifteen months. It began at the five month mark, but he was able to brush it aside, keep it to himself, and continue showing bravado. It took a total of fifteen months for Lt. Col Kauzlarich to go from gung-ho to we’ve done our [...]

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MJ Rose: The Hypnotist and the Reincarnationist Series

by Rachel BakerAugust 13, 2010 Reviews

I started writing this review by looking for my thoughts on MJ Rose’s The Reincarnationist.  To my surprise, I never did one.  I remember liking the book, and then cracking the spine on The Memorist a day or so after I finished The Reincarnationist.  I vaguely remember I read both these books over a week.  [...]

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Doug Glanville: The Game From Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View

by Rachel BakerJuly 8, 2010 Reviews

I like some baseball books.  I like the little tidbits one can pick up about how major league ballplayers live and the struggles they strive to overcome.  I don’t necessarily like to read the baseball books about a winning team and I don’t like to read the “tell-all” books that some baseball players write about [...]

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Announcement: Last Generation Kindle – More Affordable

by Rachel BakerJune 24, 2010 Editorial

For all of you who wanted a Kindle, but couldn’t afford it, the Kindle Wireless Reading Device is now $189.00 – down from $259.  This is the last generation Kindle, not the new close to $500 one. Kindle is the 3G wireless reading device that allows you to think of a book and start reading [...]

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Cheryl Landmark: Wind and Fire

by Rachel BakerJune 12, 2010 Reviews

I have recently had the pleasure of reading Cheryl Landmark’s first novel, Wind and Fire.  Despite some technical challenges, this is a very admirable first publication. The story is set on a fantasy planet called Tellaron, in the year 2310. Our heroine, Tenya, is sold by her step mom to an evil minion of Zardonne, [...]

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And the Winner Is: The Moms are the Best Giveaway

by Rachel BakerMay 30, 2010 Giveaways

I loved reading the responses to the Moms are the Best Giveaway.    As usual, it was really difficult to pick one winner.  Before I announce the winner, I have to tell you all that while your moms sound like wonderful moms, my mom is actually THE BEST! (You knew I would do this right ). [...]

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The Moms are the Best Giveaway

by Rachel BakerMay 4, 2010 Giveaways

Hachette Book Group USA has put together a nice medley of titles for mothers, and have been kind enough to allow me to offer them as a giveaway. I’ve named this the Moms are the Best giveaway.  All you have to do is leave a comment about your best Mom moment.  This moment can be [...]

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