To celebrate Summer, we are giving away two delightful books from Modern History Press, a great indie publishing house right here in Michigan. (Check out www.LHPress.com for more of their wonderful selection of books, many written by Michigan authors.) The U.P. READER brings “Upper Michigan literature to the world.” Each year, for the past six…
We are back to our Book Give-Away Schedule. Hooray! I love finding great books and giving a copy to one very lucky reader!! This winter I took a few months “off” due to a variety of factors, including a first-for-us-winter as “snowbirds,” a bout with Covid (despite having all the vaccinations and boosters), and being…
If you’ve been reading my posts over the past few years, it will be no surprise to you that I am a great fan of Canadian novelist, Janie Chang. It’s my privilege in this first month of the New Year to give away an amazing novel, a combination of history, fantasy, and a love story,…
Many of us are still in a Stay-At-Home situation. It’s a great time for hobbies! Maybe cooking is one of your favorite pass-times, and most of us consider eating to be a favorite pass-time as well. I thought it would be fun to give away a cookbook of traditional USA Southern recipes . My dad’s…
This month, we will give away a wonderful book by Mary B. Knapp. Set in the 1940s and 1950s on a small Midwest farm, WINSOME WINTERS is a delightful visit to that time when families were pulling themselves out of the Great Depression. From the back cover: “What was it really like to grow up…
Congratulations to Kathy Carlson Spencer who won our December Free Book! Kathy’s favorite Christmas traditions are family times together, drinking hot chocolate, decorating, and eating cookies! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, Kathy!! Message me your address and I’ll mail your book ASAP! Blessings! Sue
This December we are giving away a new hardcover edition of Claire Hopley’s THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS FOOD AND FEASTS! From the flyleaf: “This … book celebrates classic Christmas stories and their food and feasts. Each chapter covers a different era and the important foodie tales of the time… 40 must-try Christmas recipes [include] a…
Congratulations to Mary Cahill who won our November 2019 FREE BOOK!! I have your address, Mary. I’ll send the book ASAP! Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Cooking! Sue
We tried to give away this book last February, but, because it was not claimed by the winner, we get to give it away again! This time of year, I long for those hearty stews, soups, roasts, and homemade desserts known as “comfort food.” The COMFORT FOOD COOKBOOK (edited by Karen K. Will) is packed…
Our October 2019 Free Book is one of Lori Benton’s lovely historical novels, THE KING’S MERCY. From the back cover: “When captured rebel Scotsman Alex MacKinnon is granted the King’s mercy — transport across the Atlantic Ocean and exile to the colony of North Carolina — he’s indentured as a blacksmith to Edmund Carey…. Unwittingly,…
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