August 2011 Winners!

*Ducks head in shame* I can't even find the words to apologize for how long this took me to post :0 But more importantly, here are ze winners!

A.J! from Collections, the random review was Invisible Touch by Kelly Parra. I've read the book too and I agree 100% with her thoughts about the ending and the blog entries

Sidne! from Reading Rendezvous Reviews and the highlighted review from her blog is Leading Lady of Rap by Torri L. Holmes, I like the tagline of the novel "Not a video vixen" story

Winners email me with your addresses and which book you've chosen from the prize list

Keep on keeping on!

September Review Link-up!

Keep linking up your POC Challenge reviews! You guys are doing great! Just a few months left until the end of the year!

Enter the direct link to your reviews, not to the main page of your blog. We'd like to be able to find your review directly through the link and not have to look for it. Thanks for participating!

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Shelf Awareness for Readers: Books About China

Today's Shelf Awareness for Readers newsletter included a Further Reading section that focuses on books about China. Click here to see the suggestions!

And if you haven't signed up for Shelf Awareness for Readers (which is a free e-mail newsletter that arrives Tuesdays and Fridays), click here to do so!

July Winners

Brandy from Books, Books 'N More Books who reviewed the second book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (which is one of my personal favorite series'), Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith

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Tea from Book Page! Tea reviewed If Sons Then Heirs by Lorene Cary

Congratulations winners (email me if you don't hear from me in 48 hours) and I'm enjoying reading through as many reviews as I can :) And past winners be sure you let me know when your books have arrived

August Review Link-Up

Whooo's Reading a Good Book? by Enokson

School will be starting back up soon; we hope you're able to squeeze in some more POC books before the end of summer!

Enter the direct link to your reviews, not to the main page of your blog. We'd like to be able to find your review directly through the link and not have to look for it. Thanks for participating!

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Dystopia and Diversity?!

Lee and Low, a fabulous diversity rich publishing house, has put the first four chapters of their dystopian Tankborn online for your reading pleasure! Check it out and let us know what you think!

(edited to add: Click here to learn more about Tankborn at Lee and Low's website.)

Sync into summer!

The Audio Book Community is having two free downloads a week for kids audio. This week they are featuring a free download that all of you PoC challgengers may be interested in! It counts towards the challenge. If you download and listen let us know!

WHERE THE STREETS HAD A NAME by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Read by Kellie Jones
Published by Bolinda Audio

Thanks to April at Good Books and Good Wine for letting us know!