Archive for September, 2008

  I saw this stairs and bookcase in one over at Unclutterer, one of my favorite sites. Now, if you are like me, you’ve got so many books that they are coming out of your ears! I put in track and bracket shelving from floor to ceiling in one of the rooms in our house [...]

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 16:39 | Comments Off
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Borders has a coupon for 25% off the list price of one item. At Barnes and Nobel, you can save 30% on Real Life by Dr. Phil, Indignation by Phillip Roth, or Liberty by Garrison Keillor.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at 07:41 | Comments Off
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Last night, I posted a book review of After the Fire, which I really enjoyed.  I have 5 copies of the book that I’d like to giveaway!  Email me at editor@universalbookreviews.com with your name and address.  I will print out the emails and randomly select 5.  However, I can only send these to US or [...]

Friday, September 12th, 2008 at 07:47 | Comments Off
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Barnes and Noble has a coupon for 10% off one item.  Expires Sept. 21st.

Friday, September 12th, 2008 at 07:37 | 1 comment
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Rating: a really good book Robin Gaby Fisher’s After the Fire is the true story of two roommates and the fire that nearly killed them.     Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos wake up in their freshman dormitory on the Seton Hall University campus to a fire alarm that is not a drill or a [...]

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at 23:23 | Comments Off
Categories: Non-Fiction

I installed Comment Inbox the other day on here because I was drowning in comment spam.  I can say that it has made my life a little bit easier.  Moderating tons and tons of spam is just plain annoying.

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at 21:50 | Comments Off

A new eBook reader has just hit the streets, the Plastic Logic E-Reader, at DEMOfall ’08 in San Diego, CA.  According to BoingBoing, the E-Reader should be competitively priced with the  Amazon Kindle.  It’s 8 1/2 x 11 inches and about as thick as a legal pad.  I could easily see slipping this into my [...]

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 at 15:44 | Comments Off
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Here’s a coupon for 20% off any regular priced item at Borders.

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 17:28 | Comments Off
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This is pretty cool.  Stephen King’s short story “N” can be viewed as a Graphic Video over at Barnes & Noble’s Studio.  I watched the first episode, and it just gave me a taste, but it’s an animated video in the style of a graphic novel.  So far, there are six episodes online at the [...]

Monday, September 8th, 2008 at 16:49 | Comments Off
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Barnes & Noble has coupons for 30% off three new releases: “American Wife,” “Home,” and “Sweetheart.”  They might be worth checking out if you are looking for something new to read.

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 at 16:45 | Comments Off
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