Weekend Wondering - Pick a book for review

I'm out walking with mom and boys this morning in the local Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk.  We've been looking forward to this for weeks so I know we are enjoying ourselves.

Thanks for the great ideas for guest posts - they were very helpful and I will be incorporating them in the future.  Now I am excited about having guest posts. 

Last week's winner is:   Bookie

If you see this before I email later today, please email me with your choice from here and your addy.

So my weekend wondering this week is simple, I'm a little behind on some of my review reading due to a reading slump.  The reading slump has passed and I have some time to play catch-up before my next reviews are due.  So my question for this weekend is which book would you like to see reviewed?  Comment below for a chance to win a selection from my giveaway shelf.  Open through April 30 and giveaway limited to US/Canada only.

Choices for next book to read/review:

Crystal's favorite books »

Have a wonderful weekend.

Weekend Wondering - Guest Post topics

Dear readers, it's time to help me out again.  In the next few months I have opportunities to have authors for guest blogs.  I have done interviews, but never guest blogs because of one main reason - the authors want you to select a topic.  Here is where I am clueless - I keep thinking they are the authors, they know what to write, but I realize what they are asking is what my blog readers want to read.



So my readers, what  would you like to see an author or other guest blogger write about here?  I really do need your help here and to sweeten the pot, I will select one commenter to pick two books from my giveaway shelf.  So comment and let  me know a topic you would like to read about.


My giveaway shelf can be found here, it may change during the week as other giveaways end, but there will always be plenty to choose from.  This giveaway ends on 4/23 and I will draw the winner and post on the next Weekend Wondering.


Thanks for your help!

Weekend Wondering - Read-a-thon edition - 4/10

Okay - we are in the midst of Dewey's Read-a-Thon as I post this and since I first participated last fall, this is something I really look forward to.  A day for reading.  Do I think I will make it 24-hours.  Nope, not at all - I have church on Sunday morning and have kids so that is next to impossible.  Will I enjoy the 12 hours or so that I do read - yes - every minute.


The weather is nice, my son's t-ball game was canceled (something I am saddened by - I was ready for his first game) and even though my oldest son has a friend over, I still plan on reading the day away.


So I want your thoughts.  Would you enjoy doing something like a read-a-thon?  Are you doing the read-a-thon?  Do you think we are all crazy?  Tell me what you think of read-a-thons.  Just a yes I love them or no I would never do one is fine - or you can explain.  I just love to hear your thoughts.


Tell me what you think and be entered to choose a book from my giveaway shelf which is here and may change over the weekend (I'll add books).  This one is open to international and will end on 4/16.  I'll announce the winner next weekend.


Here's a sampling from my giveaway shelf and you can see it in it's entirety here:

Crystal's giveaway shelf

Crystal's favorite books »

Disclaimer: The books on my giveaway shelf have generally been read once, but I take good care of them.  Also some are ARCs, some are hardcover and others are paperbacks - all are very readable!

Weekend Wondering + Giveaway - What Review do you want to see

Still no topic to ramble on - sorry.  My grandmother is going down hill and we are expecting the call at any time.  I will greatly miss her.  My mom has encouraged me to stay home and just come up for the funeral and to remember my "Ma" as she was.  So that is what I am doing.  As soon as we get the call and know the plans we will head out of here and drive 5 hours with a 4 and 9 year old.

Last week's weekend wondering winner is:

MarthaE

So I have some reviews I never did - these were either books from my shelves or library books.  So to enter this week -simply tell me which book you would most like to see reviewed.  That's it.  The winner will get a choice from my giveaway box, which some of the books are shown below.  Be advised that the winner from today gets a choice so one book will be gone, but there is still plenty to choose from and there is a good chance I will add more this week.  Followers (blog, facebook, networked blogs, twitter) and tweets/blog posts will earn extra entries.  Help me decide what review to do.


So here are some books I haven't reviewed:

• 13 1/2 by Nevada Barr
• Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz
• Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
• Hunted (House of Night #5) by P.C. and Kristen Cast
• Only in Your Dreams (Gossip Girl #9) by Cecily von Ziegesar
• Relentless by Dean Koontz
• True Colors by Kristin Hannah
• Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• Matters of the Heart by Danielle Steel
• The Pretty Committee Strikes Back (The Clique #5) by Lisi Harrison
• Revelations (Blue Bloods #3) by Melissa de la Cruz
• Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse #5) by Charlaine Harris
• Invitation Only (Private #2) by Kate Brian
• Smash Cut by Sandra Brown

Books you can win:

Crystal's favorite books »