The Winners of the Dads and Grads Giveaway

by Rachel Baker on July 2, 2009

The time has come to announce the Dads and Grads Giveaway winners.  There were so many great entries and it was really really difficult just choosing just five.  When I did my initial list, I had ten possible winners. Out of those ten possible winners, I picked the five that were the most inspirational.  That’s not to say I found little inspiration from any others.  In fact, the inspiration shared by you all was exactly what made picking just five winners so difficult.

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Elissa Malcohm: Deviations: Covenant & Appetite

by Rachel BakerJune 23, 2009 Reviews

The Deviations series by Elissa Malcohm is interesting, to say the very least.  When I first started reading Deviations: Covenant, I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to get through the book. On the surface, this series is bizarre.  The first chapter describes a young woman with LOTS of facial and body hair, [...]

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Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

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Take A Mini-Vacation Book Giveaway

by Rachel BakerJune 10, 2009 Giveaways

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Bob Moore: Don’t Call Me A Crook!

by Rachel BakerJune 9, 2009 Reviews

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Bob is [...]

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Dads and Grads Giveaway

by Rachel BakerJune 4, 2009 Giveaways

Ah June, the beginning of summer. School is out, people begin to get excited about their summer vacations, and its time to go to the beach - though if you’re in Florida, it rains between 3 and 4pm every single day, and gets really hot and muggy.
June is also the month we celebrate Dads [...]

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Announcement: The “New” Old Musty Books

by Rachel BakerJune 3, 2009 Editorial

Greetings Friends! We’ve been busy here at Old Musty Books, updating the look and layout - with a ton of new functionality that amounts to being able to provide cool features to you - author interviews in a multimedia box on the side next to a review, and much, much more.
There is one thing [...]

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Markus Zusak: The Book Thief

by Rachel BakerMay 28, 2009 Reviews

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I first started this book sometime back in February, and could only read a [...]

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The Sunday Salon - And the Winners Are

by Rachel BakerMay 4, 2009 Giveaways

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For the National Poetry Month Giveaway, I was so happy those of you that didn’t find landmarks [...]

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National Poetry Month Giveaway

by Rachel BakerApril 8, 2009 Giveaways

April is National Poetry Month.  Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, [...]

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