Kristi (Books and Needlepoint)

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Faith and Fangs - Blog Tour (Nov 16 - Nov 20)

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 12:53 pm
There are two books touring this week for Multnomah Books. They are Thirsty and Touched by a Vampire. Thirsty by Tracey Bateman About the book: There's no place like home, they say. "Hel...
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Cherokee Legend

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 11:51 am
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I am being featured at Scene of the Blog today!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 8:45 am
I am very honored to be featured this morning by Cathy over at Kittling: Books. Please stop by and see my blogging space and visit some of her previous Scene of the Blog posts to find some other blog...
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It's Monday! What are you reading? 11-16-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 12:30 am
What are you reading on Mondays? is hosted by J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog. If you would like to participate, please leave your link with Mr. Linky at J.Kaye's blog - but you can also leav...
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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - Audiobook Giveaway!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 12:10 am
Thank you Hachette Books for another great giveaway! I have 3 copies of The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold to giveaway! When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. This was ...
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New Audiobook Giveaway! Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 12:05 am
I have 3 copies of the audiobook Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan to giveaway courtesy of Hachette Books. Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and r...
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Win Custom Thank You Cards from Digital Room!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 9:15 pm
I am having my first non-book giveaway and I am very excited! Thanks to Digital Room, an online printing website, I have 50 - yes 50 custom Thank You Cards to giveaway to one lucky winner! These car...
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The Wildest Heart by Rosemary Rogers (Book Review)

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 8:45 pm
Title: The Wildest Heart Author: Rosemary Rogers Publisher: Sourcebooks Lady Rowena Dangerfield travels from the exotic palaces of India to the splendor of the Royal Court of London to the savage New...
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Congratulations!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 12:15 am
I have some new winners to announce! The lucky ones who have won the 1 of the 5 copies of Life after Genius are: Linna Heather Becca Sarah BevE The winners of 1 of the 5 copies of The Heretic's ...
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In My Mailbox/Mailbox Monday 11-16-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 14, 2009, 11:24 pm
Mailbox Monday is hosted at The Printed Page or In Your Mailbox at The Story Siren. Please stop by those posts and take a look at what packages everybody else got this week! Until Now by Denise Skelt...
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The Peruke Maker by Ruby Dominguez (Book Review)

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 11:11 pm
Title: The Peruke Maker: The Salem Witch Hunt Curse Author: Ruby Dominguez Publisher: Outskirts Press My synopsis: This story starts out in the 17th century during the Salem Witch Hunt. It includes ...
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Interview with the author of The Peruke Maker - Ruby Dominguez

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 2:00 am
I would like to welcome Ruby Dominguez to Books and Needlepoint today. She is the author of the novel/screenplay - The Peruke Maker. Can you start us off a little by telling us about your new nov...
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Kid's Korner: Christmas Fun and Mean Machines

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 2:10 pm
Title: Mean Machines: A Spot-it Challenge Author: Jennifer L. Marks Publisher: A+ Books/Capstone Press Title: Christmas Fun: A Spot-it Challenge Author: Jennifer L. Marks Publisher: A+ Books/Capstone...
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Teaser Tuesday: Beg, Borrow, Steal: A Writer's Life

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 1:58 pm
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also ne...
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures - Win this audiobook!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 1:40 pm
I have three copies of the audiobook What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell up for grabs courtesy of Hachette Books. Over the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has become the most gifted and influential jo...
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Cheating Death by Sanjay Gupta, MD - Win this audiobook!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 6:05 am
Cheating Death: The Doctors and Medical Miracles that are Saving Lives Against All Odds by Sanjay Gupta, MD, read by the author About the book: An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect . . . a skier ...
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White Picket Fences Blog Tour (Nov 9-Nov 13)

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 5:51 am
Be sure to watch for White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner this week as she begins her week long blog tour with Waterbrook Press. About t...
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The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy by Sara Angelina (Book Review)

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 3:22 pm
Title: The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy Author: Sara Angelini Publisher: Sourcebooks This book says on the cover it is a modern Pride & Prejudice. Since I have never read Pride & Prejudice throu...
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It's Monday! What are you reading? 11-9-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 8:03 am
What are you reading on Mondays? is hosted by J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog. If you would like to participate, please leave your link with Mr. Linky at J.Kaye's blog - but you can also leav...
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In My Mailbox/Mailbox Monday 11-9-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 7, 2009, 9:34 pm
Mailbox Monday is hosted at The Printed Page or In Your Mailbox at The Story Siren. Please stop by those posts and take a look at what packages everybody else got this week! I won this DVD from The M...
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Hey - you there -

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 8:54 pm
Look at me - announcing winners in the same week that the giveaways ended! For The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy - the winner was Nancye! The winner of Kiss Me Again is Nickolay!
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Interview with Bill Walker - author of A Note From an Old Acquaintance

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 1:56 pm
"> 1. To get us started, please tell us a little about your latest book - A Note from an Old Acquaintance. I would consider this book to be more of a love story, rather than a category roman...
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Library Loot 11-04-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 7:48 am
I have been spending way too much time at the library recently - the problem is that I have actually been combing back over all my Friday Finds and Waiting on Wednesdays and reserving them! Library L...
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Waiting on Wednesday: A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 7:38 am
A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer Publisher/Publication Date: 5 Spot, Dec 23, 2009 Grace Hawkes has not spoken to her previously tight-knit family since her mother's sudden d...
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Blog Housekeeping - as Pesky as the Real Stuff!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 9:55 pm
I wanted to give everyone an update on my son - he tested negative for H1N1 (Yah!) He went back to school today. My oldest daughter however has had a horrible ear infection since Saturday, but hopefu...
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It's a Great Day for a Giveaway!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 8:54 pm
I have one copy of White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner to give away to a reader! The Janviers have the idyllic life - a beautiful home, great jobs, two wonderful kids - and surrounding it all is th...
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Family Plots by Mary Patrick Kavanaugh (Book Review)

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 1:56 pm
Title: Family Plots: Love, Death & Tax Evasion Author: Mary Patrick Kavanaugh Publisher: iUniverse First Sentence: The day was unusually hot and clear. My synopsis: This is a somewhat autobiographic...
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Teaser Tuesday: 11-2-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 9:48 am
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also ne...
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Musing Mondays 11-02-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 2, 2009, 2:33 pm
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about social reading… How much of your reading do you share with others (outside of blogging?) Do you belong to a book or library club? Do you trade books with frie...
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11-02-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 2, 2009, 1:56 pm
What are you reading on Mondays? is hosted by J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog. If you would like to participate, please leave your link with Mr. Linky at J.Kaye's blog - but you can also leav...
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Night of Flames by Douglas W. Jacobson (Book Review)

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 1, 2009, 3:21 pm
Title: Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II Author: Douglas W. Jacobson Publisher: McBooks Press First sentence: Anna Kopernik slept on this hot, muggy night, but it was a restless sleep troubled...
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In my Mailbox/Mailbox Monday 11-02-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Nov 1, 2009, 10:31 am
Mailbox Monday is hosted at The Printed Page or In Your Mailbox at The Story Siren. Please stop by those posts and take a look at what packages everybody else got this week! The first two Halloween b...
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Chocolate as a Stress Buster? Oh Yeah!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 31, 2009, 6:00 am
Remedy SuperStress with Chocolate By Roberta Lee M.D., Author of The SuperStress Solution If you love chocolate, you're not alone. It turns out that the average person in the United States consum...
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Happy Halloween!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 31, 2009, 12:01 am
Happy Halloween From My Family to Yours! Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!
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First Wild Card Tour: Last Breath

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 10:30 pm
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes ...
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Devil Anyone? (Giveaway)

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 5:15 pm
To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt Reynaud St. Aubyn has spent the last seven years in hellish captivity. Now half mad with fever he bursts into his ancestral home and demands his due. Can this wild...
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Friday Finds 10-30-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 4:28 pm
Here are my finds this week! The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen Twenty-seven-year-old Josey Cirrini is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favorite season, she'...
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Is it H1N1?

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 4:08 pm
My son (who will be 5 in 12 days) started coughing yesterday and complained of a stomach ache off and on - then about 6pm last night started running a fever. I took him in to the doctor first thing t...
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Putting the Fun Back Into Funerals (Guest Post)

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 1:30 am
Putting the Fun Back Into Funerals Mary Patrick Kavanaugh, a California writer, put to rest grandiose dreams of publishing contracts, movie options, and a guest spot on the Oprah Winfrey Show at a ve...
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First Wild Card Tour: Mom Needs Chocolate

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 1:00 am
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes ...
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Chance to win Born of Fire from St. Martin's Press!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 9:14 pm
New from St. Martin's Press is #1 New York Times bestselling author, Sherrilyn Kenyon's 3-book series, 'The League'! With over 19 million books in print, Sherrilyn Kenyon is renowned ...
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Library Loot 10-28-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 5:02 pm
Can you believe that I haven't had a Library Loot post since June? It isn't because I haven't been going to the library, just lacking the time to post! So, even though it is evening - I ...
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Sins of the Flesh - Book Giveaway!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 4:38 pm
Sins of the Flesh by Caridad Piñeiro Caterina Shaw's days are numbered. Her only chance for survival is a highly experimental gene treatment-a risk she willingly takes. But now Caterina barely r...
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Waiting on Wednesday: Alice I Have Been

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 2:00 am
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin Publisher/Publication Date: Delacorte Press, Jan 12, 2010 Few works of literature are as universally beloved as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Now, in this...
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Sherri Shepherd to be on Blog Talk Radio on Oct 29!

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 11:50 pm
Please join us in a live interview with Sherri Shepherd, author of PERMISSION SLIPS Grand Central Publishing ISBN 9780446547420 Date: October 29, 2009 Time: 1:00 PM ET Author: Sherri Shepherd Ti...
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Teaser Tuesday 10-27-2009

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 7:11 am
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also ne...
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An Interview with Douglas Jacobson - author of Night of Flames

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 3:00 am
I cannot tell you how excited I was to have the opportunity to interview Douglas Jacobson. His book, Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II drew me in from the very beginning and held me captive un...
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Pendragon's Banner by Helen Hollick (Book Review)

Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 2:00 am
Title: Pendragon's Banner (Book Two of The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy) Author: Helen Hollick Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark First sentence: With an exhausted grunt of effort, Arthur, the Pen...
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