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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.

Before I announce the winners, I want say [click to continue…]

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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

by Rachel BakerJune 16, 2009 Reviews

I recently had the enormous pleasure of reading book one in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series, The Lightning Thief. A young friend of mine had been reading the fourth and fifth books in this series and was so excited by this series that when the opportunity came to read the first book, I [...]

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Privacy Policy

by Rachel BakerJune 11, 2009 The Privacy Policy

This Old Musty Books Privacy Policy describes the privacy practices that apply to Old Musty Books’s products, services and websites collectively, Old Musty Books’ “services”.
Old Musty Books collects personal information when you register for an Old Musty Books service or otherwise voluntarily provide such information to provide a better user experience.
Old Musty Books NEVER sells [...]

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Take A Mini-Vacation Book Giveaway

by Rachel BakerJune 10, 2009 Giveaways

I truly enjoy having an opportunity to give books away.  This month is one of those lucky months where I get to have two giveaways for two very different reasons.  The first giveaway this month was the Dads and Grads Giveaway and I’m now announcing the second one!  Let’s call this one, unofficially, the Take [...]

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Bob Moore: Don’t Call Me A Crook!

by Rachel BakerJune 9, 2009 Reviews

Don’t Call Me A Crook is a lost memoir originally published in 1935 by Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. Its original publication name was Don’t Call Me a Crook: My True Autobiography, and was reprinted by Dissident Books this year with the addition of the subtitle “A Scotsman’s Tale of World Travel, Whisky, and Crime“.
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

by Rachel BakerMay 28, 2009 Authors

Australian author Markus Zusak grew up hearing stories about Nazi Germany, about the bombing of Munich and about Jews being marched through his mother’s small, German town. He always knew it was a story he wanted to tell.
“We have these images of the straight-marching lines of boys and the ‘Heil Hitlers’ and this idea that [...]

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Markus Zusak: The Book Thief

by Rachel BakerMay 28, 2009 Reviews

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is one of those books that I suspect will be with me for a lifetime.  One I wish I could make EVERYONE read.  Here’s the funny thing:  It took me months to get through.  Seriously, months.
I first started this book sometime back in February, and could only read a [...]

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Jennifer Haymore: A Hint of Wicked

by Rachel BakerMay 28, 2009 Authors

Debut author Jennifer Haymore’s new historical romance, A HINT OF WICKED is turning up the heat all across the country. This sexy tale of one woman caught between duty and desire is a sultry novel about a royal love triangle.? Already garnering praise from all over the country, Haymore has been lauded as “an author [...]

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