Choosing a book

Perhaps you have been wondering where all those books are that I’ve been reviewing since our last Giveaway? Travel Memoir, travel guides, travel literature, fiction with a sense of place, travel non-fiction, travel adventure–in short, all those things we call travel books.

The usual.  They’re stacked in a box that is threatening to trip Ken when he comes in the office.

This will be the largest number of books given away yet.  I think there are 25 books (but since that’s more than fingers and toes, I may be off a couple). I’m offering some packages. And the best news is YOU GET TO CHOOSE which book you want if your name is drawn.

Rules are here, and you will have a better chance of winning, if you check the rules. For this contest only ONE book or book package per winner. Once you’ve won, you’ve won. That’s it.

In addition to comments, don’t forget that Tweets (with @pen4hire in them) and Google+ comments count, as do new e-mail subscriptions to A Traveler’s Library. (Be sure to check the rules if you are a current subscriber, as you can enter too. Just tell me in a comment that you want to be entered automatically in EVERY drawing.) You may comment on several posts in one day–but only one comment PER post will count toward the contest.

I will notify winner and give him or her a chance to choose. Then I will move to the next round and notify that winner. It is a bit complicated, so it will take a bit of time, but you can help by replying quickly when notified.

Note: I would link all these books back to my reviews, but then Google would think I’d created a link farm and that’s a very bad thing. So if you want to refresh your memory, use the search box over in the right hand column.

Ready?

Fiction:

• The Last Time I Saw Paris
• Contact Creede (Historical Colorado)
• The Floor of Heaven (Historical Alaska)
• Our Daily Bread (Nova Scotia) [not reviewed--a dark novel of a hill family that could be Appalachia as well as Nova Scotia]
• The School of Night (England-historical mystery) [not reviewed]
• The Tapestry Shop (Robin Hoods’ England) [Not reviewed]
• Shadow of the Sword (the Crusades)
• The Bird Sisters (Wisconsin)
• Chronicle in Stone (Albania)
• The Civilized World (Africa)
• A Trick of the Light (Montreal–Audio Book)

Non-Fiction

• One Day I Will Write About This Place (Africa)
• Paris Was Ours (essays)
• Turn Right at Machu Picchu (Peru)
• Gib’s Odyssey (The Intracoastal Waterway, Eastern U.S.)
• How to Cook a Crocodile (Gabon, Africa–includes recipes, but nor for croc)
• The Caliph’s House (Casablanca Morocco)
• Culture Smart: China [reveiwed at Indie Travel Podcast]
• The Sinner’s Grand Tour (review copy–humor) [ not reviewed]
• On the Road to Babadag (Balkans)
• Bread of Angels (Syria)
• Egypt package: [#2 and #3 reviewed at Indie Travel Podcast]

1. A Traveller’s History of Egypt
2. Egypt: Cadogan Guide
3. Cairo: Cadogan Guide

• Cemetery Package:

1. Ghosts in the Cemetery: Volumes I and II (Photo Essay book)

So if you have the great good fortune to be the next person to be drawn–which book will you choose?

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Occupied France: Suite Francaise

“Némirovsky is able to stand apart and describe not just the people who rise to the situation, but those who petulantly insist on retaining their privileges, or find ways to cheat and steal from others for their own benefit.”

Provence: The Grocer’s Son

“The director, interviewed in the film’s press kit, claims that he removed the most beautiful scenes because they would have distracted from the story. Imagine that. Provençe is even more beautiful than portrayed.”

Paris: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank

“An American writer finds he has to rein in his American tendency to blurt out questions and rush acquaintanceship.“

Normandy: Madame Bovary

“At the time he published it, critics were shocked at his(Flaubert’s) portrayal of s-e-x. They missed the descriptions of the land and people–an aphrodisiac to the traveler.”

Cévennes: Travels With a Donkey by Robert Louis Stevenson

“..this area was wracked by wars between the dominant Catholics and the Protestants in the late 18th century.”

Bonus read:

I must admit that my favorite of my jottings about France did not appear here, instead I talked about a dinner conversation in Normandy over a Your Life Is a Trip. This article stirred up quite a bit of comment and controversy in the comment section, so if you go, read that, too.

“When I travel, I prefer to observe and learn, not proclaim political beliefs. Above all, I don’t want to be the know-it-all American, assuming the right to lecture.”

Do any of these articles appeal to you? Which one would you choose to pass on to friends?

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Running on the Map

The Great American Road Trip: A directory

Are you planning a Road Trip? Here’s a state-by-state directory of the travel literature and travel movies we have recommended in the past 14 months, as we crossed the country on the Great American Road Trip. Find each one by plugging info into the search box on the far right.

Road Trip Across America from West to East

Hawaii: Shark Dialogues (novel) by Kiana Davenport, guest post by Kris Bordessa

♥Southern California: Farewell My Lovely (classic mystery) by Raymond Chandler

Northern California: Cannery Row (classic novel) by John Steinbeck

Nevada: Charlie Varrick (Movie) (bank heist movie)

Oregon: The Heart of the Beast (novel) by Joyce Weatherford

Alaska: Insomnia (movie thriller)

Washington: The Baker Brothers (comedy movie)Guest post by Beth Whitman

Idaho: Five Skies (novel) by Ron Carlson

Montana: The Way West (classic historic novel) by A. B. (Bud) Guthrie

Wyoming: Come Again No More (novel) by Jack Todd

Colorado: Butch Cassady and the Sundance Kid (western movie)

Utah: The Mountain Between Us (novel) by Charles Martin

Arizona: Going Back to Bisbee (memoir) by Robert Shelton

New Mexico: The Guardians (novel) by Ana Castillo, My Town (novel) by Margaret Randall and Po’pay (history) ed. by Joe S. Sando and Herman Agoyo

Texas: The Last Picture Show (novel), Lonesome Dove (western novel, TV series)by Larry McMurtry. Guest post by Ruth Pennebaker

Oklahoma: Mountain Windsong (mystery novel) by Robert J. Conley

Kansas: In Cold Blood (classic non-fiction crime novel and movie) by Truman Capote

♥Nebraska: My Antonia (classic historic fiction)by Willa Cather

South Dakota: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (children’s book) by L. Frank Baum , a guest post by Kristen Gough

*North Dakota: Movie: Fargo (detective movie ), a guest post by Sam Lowe

Iowa: Movie: Field of Dreams (movie)

Minnesota: Vermillion Drift (mystery novel) by William Kent Krueger

Wisconsin: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (novel) by David Wroblewski

Michigan: Thank You, Mr. Falker (children’s book) by Patricia Polacco and Weird Michigan (humor, guidebook) by Linda S. Godfrey, a guest post by Kristen Gough

♥Ohio: The Thurber Carnival (classic humor collection) by James Thurber

The Great Lakes region: The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the GREAT LAKES (non-fiction travelogue) by Ted McClelland

Indiana: Movie – Hoosiers (Movie drama)

Illinois: The Book of Ruth (novel) by Jane Hamilton

Missouri: Puddin’head Wilson (clasic novel) by Mark Twain

Arkansas: Farther Along (novel)by Donald Harington

Louisiana: A Free Man of Color (historic mystery novel) by Barbara Hambly

Mississippi: The author William Faulkner (classic American novelist), guest post by Paul Kaser

Alabama: Gods in Alabama (humor, novel) by Joshilyn Jackson

*Florida: Nature Girl (mystery novel) by Carl Hiaasen

Georgia: A Man in Full (novel) by Tom Wolfe

South Carolina: Bull’s Island (mystery novel) by Dorothea  Benton Frank, a guest post by Margo Millure

*North Carolina: The Last Child (thriller novel)by John Hart

Tennessee: Movie – Nashville (classic movie)

Kentucky: No Heroes (novel) by Chris Offutt

*West Virginia: Movie – October Sky (drama)

Virginia: Sister Jane’s Foxhunting Books by Rita Mae Brown and Mrs. Murphy Mysteries by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown, (all mystery novels) a guest post by Paula Price

Maryland: Chesapeake Blue (romance novel) by Nora Roberts

Delaware: The Du Ponts: Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine 1900-1951 (non-fiction) by Maggie Lidz

♥New Jersey: Independence Day (novel, also movie) by Richard Ford

♥Pennsylvania: An American Childhood (memoir) by Annie Dillard

*Northern New York (Buffalo): City on the Edge (non fiction)by Mark Goldman

New York City: Charming Billy (novel) by Alice McDermott

Rhode Island: We’re There Rhode Island (children’s book) by Elizabeth S. Grumbach

New Hampshire: The Good, Good Pig (memoir)by Sy Montgomery

*Maine: The Lobster Chronicles (memoir)by Linda Greenlaw

Vermont: South of the N.E. Kingdom (memoir) by David Mamet

Connecticut: Ice Storm (Movie drama)

♥Massachusetts: Dogtown (non-fiction) by Elyssa East

♥*Kickoff of Road Trip: Blue Highways (road trip memoir) by William Least Heat-Moon

*The asterisk indicates the most popular posts from the Great American Road Trip. (An imperfect measure, since the ones at the bottom of the list have been around longer and have therefore had more opportunity to gain readers.)

♥Indicates my personal favorites

Don’t forget that for each stop on our road trip, Music Road supplied musical background. Take a jaunt over there and check out some of her great suggestions. Kerry has a beautifully written and useful blog, and I encourage you to check it out.

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What was your favorite Road Trip post? Your own state or someone else’s? Where should A Traveler’s Library go next? I’m always open to suggestions.

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Woot!! Cambria Suites has offered to give a two-night stay plus a $100 dining voucher to one lucky person who comments during the January Giveaway.  All prior commenters will be counted in this separate drawing, even prior prize winners.

But from now on, if you are interested in the Cambria Suites Grand Prize, please mention which location you would choose to stay in when you win. Check out the Cambria Suites web site, or take a look at their Facebook Page.

WINNERS

Congratulations to our first January Giveaway winners:

• Casey Barber writes a lively blog for foodies called Good. Food. Stories. She says she and her husband are going to love reading Come Again No More.
• Rosemary Carsten reviews books for her terrific quarterly newsletter, Feast, but she welcomes another new book–Cemetery of Dreams.

For the Rest of January

Keep commenting to win more books. Tell me what city you would visit  when you win the Grand Prize Cambria Suites stay.

And, remember, you can win a copy of Tony Hillerman’s Landscape by going to the Tahoma Blog contest.

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The Geography of November? Vienna, Texas, Arizona, France, Egypt, New Mexico, Utah, Ireland, Oklahoma, Scotland, Iran, Oklahoma.

Ten Most Popular Posts

Two about movies, three about my personal travel, three by guests, five about books, one about Passports With Purpose.

1. A Mystery Book and a Taste of Vienna a guest post by Kristen J. Gough. She talks about a mystery book set in Vienna, her experience living in Vienna, and gives us a link to a Vienna torte recipe.  THANK YOU, Kristen for writing the post that got more than two times the visits as the 2nd post on this list!

2. Being a Cowboy in Wickenburg, Arizona This travel post described our weekend stay at the luxurious guest ranch, Rancho de los Caballeros. Those wonderful folks also donate a 3 night stay worth $1500 to Passports With Purpose. You can have a chance to win it for a $10 donation. Yippee! for los Caballeros!

3. Ten Perfect Gifts for Travelers Who Read. Among the other gifts, three new books were mentioned in this post: Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust to Go, Lonely Planet’s Moveable Feast, edited by Don George and the Museyon Film + Travel  Guides. Not to mention suggesting you check out Interlink Publishing.

4. My post on Passports With Purpose gets traffic as people visit to check out the prizes I’m hosting–Rancho de los Caballeros in Arizona and the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. Are YOU in??

5. Remembering the Veterans of Normandy. Ken’s and my visit to Normandy and the book he was reading as we traveled.

6. Agatha Christie’s Egypt. A wonderful guest post by Benedict Davies, an Egyptologist who reads more than scholarly papers. Don’t miss this one. He contributed some lovely photos, too.

7. Movies that Travel. A peek at two coming movies that travel, and some websites for travel/movie fans.

8. Books for the Road Trip to New Mexico. Three authors, three cultures of New Mexico

9. Movie Review: Secret of Kells. This review by movie guru, Jane Boursaw of the Film Gecko, sold me on going to the gorgeous film. (The clip helped, too!)

10. Osiyo. Another post about travel rather than books or movies–this tells about my visit to Oklahoma with the Cherokee Nation and the invention of their alphabet.

TOP COMMENTERS

Bloggers are catching on to the fact that in coming links are a very good thing. And everybody who manages to comment frequently at A Traveler’s Library, will be rewarded with a link to his/her blog. Not only that ALL bloggers who comment are rewarded by being able to highlight a post from their site when they comment, thanks to Comment Luv. And as for the rest of us–we just love to hear the conversation.

Among visitors who commented five or more times in November, we have three ties.

First place with 8 comments:

• Kerry Dexter of Music Road
• Richard Mussler-Wright, of no blog at all.

Second place with 7 comments:

• Kristen J. Gough, of My Kids Eat Squid
• Jessie Voigt of Wandering Educators.

Third place with 5 comments:

• Casey Barber of Good. Food. Stories.
• Sheryl Kraft of Mid Life Matters.

REFERRALS

And now for the beloved people who send readers over to A Traveler’s Library. As usual, search engines and Stumble and Twitter and Facebook get lots of credit, but there are other folks being helpful as well.  These are the ones who sent the MOST traffic in November.

• Passports with a Purpose (Have you checked out the prizes yet??)
• Lonely Planet Because I’m a L.P. BlogSherpa and my posts go on their site.
• My Itchy Travel Feet I wrote a guest post for this NUMBER ONE RATED Baby Boomer Blog about visiting Bayeux
• Practical Travel Gear I wrote a fun guest post for this very useful web site about 5 Things to Pack
• Paperback Traveler Although this site is on hiatus, there are some good traveler literature reviews to be seen.
• Midwest Guest Dominique lists articles she likes, and she’s referred to ATL .
• Mother of All Trips One of my very favorite family travel sites.

December will be a short month, as we’re taking a break after December 17, so read fast!!

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• Under $25: See Numbers Two,  Four and  Nine
• $25-$50: See Number One
• $50-150: Numbers Three, Five, Six, and Eight
• Over $150: See Numbers Seven and Ten

1. USA Book

USA Book

Lonely Planet lays out the whole country in gorgeous, and sometimes unexpected pictures in The USA Book:
A Journey Through America. State by state, it coves all 50 of them and demonstrates the amazing varietyto be found on a virtual road trip covering the territory from Hawaii to  Maine and Alaska to Florida.

The USA Book joins others in the series, like Cities, Europe, Africa or Asia, and you can bundle them for savings at the Lonely Planet store. (I’ll be reviewing USA book in early December.)

Chances are, your giftee does not have this book yet, as it just debuted in September.

$39.99,(now selling for $35.99 at Lonely Planet. Click on book cover to go to L.P. shop) 256pp, full color,
hardcover, 14” x 10”
Released September 2009

Publisher: Lonely Planet

2. Time’s Great Discoveries: Explorations that Changed History

Great Discoveries

This truly scrumptious book should be inspiring travelers for generations to come.  In one fascinating story after another it tells about archaeological, geographic, geologic and even space exploration discoveries that change our concept of man’s past present and future on this earth.You will be right there with the explorers of the past, and shooting into space with the explorers of the future.

You will be able to read my full review in the new edition of Indie Travel Podcast Magazine when it is published in December. Until then, take my word for it, every traveler on your list will be enthralled. $20.00 at Amazon. with Great Discoveries.

3. Periscope Book Light

Periscope Book Light

This nifty invention, Periscope Book Light, folds your book or Kindle in a soft leather cover and lights your words with a strong light on a flexible arm. The size for hardback also will fit trade paperbacks–two slots to accommodate all standard sized books. The smaller one, for small paperbacks and the Kindle, also holds a pad of paper, and leaves a pocket to store a passport, ticket or other papers. I have been using one that the publisher sent me to review and I am delighted. Look for a full review in early December. Prices range from $34.95 to $59.95.

You will love the contest on their site. Tell them about your favorite book and win a Periscope Book Cover. There will be a Monthly Winner of the contest, so enter any time.

4. Select Wisely Cards

Cards from Select Wisely

What a find for travelers with allergies–particularly food allergies. Go to the web site, tell them what the problem is, they will make a set of cards in any language you specify.

Do you have an allergy to wheat products? Is your problem onions, or seafood, as pictured here? Or do you have a serious medical condition such as asthma or diabetes that may demand emergency care?  Select Wisely has you covered, in any language you need. They add new laminated cards frequently, so be sure to check their web site.

$8.50-$9.50 per pair of cards.

Order at the Select Wisely web site.

5. A Year’s Subscription to Dream of Italy

Dream of Italy Subscription.

What a great gift this publication would be for the reader/traveler who is in love with Italy .  Whether they are planning a trip, or just dreaming, Dream of Italy will fill the bill. Kathy McCabe’s much praised magazine, Dream of Italy, comes in print or online editions, and right now she is offering a special DVD along with each subscription. See the details by following the link below. Subscriptions $79-$109

Special $10  Discount to A Traveler’s Library readers!!

At checkout, be sure to enter your discount code: 10OFF

6. Gadabout Salons Travel Kit

Gadabout Spa and Salon

Gadabout Salons of Tucson Arizona suggests this travel kit– a travel pillow filled herbs to relieve the travel tensions ($40) AND a set of Go Gorgeous  skin care products ($42), gift wrapped and shipped. If you buy both together,  they include a complimentary gift (Keep it for yourself, we’re not telling!). PLUS They have provided a discount code for shoppers from A Traveler’s Library.

Special discount for readers of A Traveler’s Library!!

Orders can be placed online at sales@gadabout.com or via our 800 number at 800.600.3662. Please mention TRAVELBLOG as the discount code.

7. Luggage from Travel Pro

My husband and I have traveled with a Travel Pro© bag, comparing it to the wear or another brand, since 2002. The other bag is ready for retirement, and the TravelPro 22″ expandable, with its excellent design, is a little stained, but rarin’ to go. Zippers in tact, seams not fraying. Its’ design seems absolutely perfect. It is one of those “Why didn’t I think of that?” kind of luggage designs. And I’m sure that George Clooney would agree.

This line is featured in the new movie Up in the Air which also partners with American Airlines and Hilton and Sprint. Wow! talk about product placement!

Enter the Travel Pro© Up in the Air Contest here.

The George Clooney Travel Pro© Crew™ 7 suitcase prices vary by store. 22″ Currently $175 at Amazon Store.

8. For the Road-Tripper, a AAA Membership

We have given this gift in the past to give ourselves peace of mind when our sons travel with their families. We know they will have road side assistance if they needed it.  They can get reduced prices on car insurance and discounts from many merchants. They love the discount prices at hotels and restaurants. And don’t forget the FREE maps and travel advice.

I have been taking road trips for longer than I want to talk about–and my AAA card covered me all those years. I also take advantage of getting an emergency spare key made and passport pictures taken, and I always  buy their U.S. road atlases.

Go to AAA.com and put in your zip code for your home state. Prices range between $53 and $119. If you already have a card, associate memberships are cheaper for people who live in the same household.

9. Am I Boring My Dog? And 99 other things every dog wishes you knew

a book for the dog lover in your family.

We’re talking about the TRAVELING dog lover in your family, too, because the entire 8th chapter is devoted to tips for travel with your dog.

If you have not yet stumbled upon the delightfully funny and educational blog, Will My Dog Hate Me?, you might want to drop in there to get a flavor of the kind of well-researched but entertainingly presented information in Am I Boring My Dog?. Edie Jarolim, veteran travel writer, hesitantly adopted a dog from a friend who is a dog rescuer, even though she was wracked with worries. How do I know if I’ll be able to take care of a dog? How do I know what to feed it? How do I know when it needs a veterinarian? Will it hate me?

She did what writers do, she researched the heck out of her questions and then put the whole thing in a book to help other people. Am I Boring My Dog lists for $15.00.

10. Electronic Reader: Kindle or Nook

There I said it. Electronic reader.

Now, before some of us are even through debating “paper or electrons” we  have a choice of delivery systems. Will it be Kindle By Amazon or Nook by Barns and Noble? (Will the next one  come right out with it and be called “Cozy”?) I refuse to enter the shootout and pick one right now, but here are some reviews that may help you decide.

Here are the reviews: PC News , Wired,

Nook E-Book Reaer

You can put in a pre-order for the November 30 release of the Nook at the Barnes and Noble website here. The cost will be $259.
I would not mind if you choose Kindle, if you also choose to order it right here through my link.

Disclaimers: Publishers furnished me with review copies of USA and Great Discoveries. The manufacturers of Periscope and Select Wisely supplied me with sample products for review. The publisher of Dream of Italy has supplied me with a year-long subscription to her magazine.

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When I want to consult a guidebook for travel, find an audio book to accompany me on the road, or research a book to discuss here, I just fire up the computer, request that the book be held at my nearest public library, and stop off on my way to the grocery store to pick up my free book.

In Kenya, it is not so simple. In northeastern Kenya, near the Somalia border, families are nomadic, and the schools that serve them struggle along in the desert, often far from paved roads. In order to reach them, books need to be delivered by camel (12 are in service so far). So the camel bookmobile arrives, the books are spread beneath an acacia tree and people select their books to read until the next time.

When author Masha Hamilton learned about the camel bookmobiles, she got an idea for a novel. And as a consequence of the novel, a charity was born. Book clubs, fellow authors, schools and individuals have been donating books and money to buy camels, local books and tents for shade, since 2006.

Now it is our turn.  I am sending off a box of books to Kenya. After looking at the Camel Book Drive site, you may decide to order books from Amazon, Powells, or one of the other sources with a wishlist; or you may decide to send a donation via Western Union. But please do help. Think about how easy it is for you to find a book to read, and then share this information with your church, your book club, your friends.

To get more details about how you can help, click here to go to the Camel Book Drive web pages. Be sure to read the suggestions about what not to send.

When I asked for a progress report, Masha wrote:

At this point, we have raised books for the initial camel library, raised books and funds for camels to start up a new camel library in Wajir, even closer to the Somalian border, and our books are now going to nomadic schools. We are also sending money to help publish, in a simple fashion, the traditional stories, hoping in this way to incorporate the old ways into the modern world.

Mr. Farah, the librarian in Kenya who oversees the project recently reported to Masha that a drought had interfered with deliveries, and his own university studies had slowed down the publishing, but:

So far, the nomadic schools received about 1,200 books through the camel book drive. These are schools that because of their proximity can not be reached  by the camel service. The books have been appreciated. We have also assisted some four of those schools with cupboards and book boxes that help them to keep the books.We expect also to utilize future donations to further develop more school libraries in the rural area.

International Literacy Day

Note: This post is part of an effort by Bloggers Unite celebrating International Literacy Day, September 8. The UNESCO projects promoting literacy have been celebrated on that day since 1966. We want to remind our readers that “Some 774 million adults lack minimum literacy skills; one in five adults is still not literate and two-thirds of them are women; 72.1 million children are out-of-school and many more attend irregularly or drop out.”

ANOTHER NOTE: When you visit the Camel Book Drive pages, you will see that they need updating.  Masha says,”You don’t know an intern, do you, who wants to update the project? ” Any volunteers?

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Running on the Map

Put Your Place on the Map

Have you read a book or movie that really nailed your state, your region, your country?  The place where you live?  What reading or viewing do you recommend to people who want to see what your territory is like? Add your choices to A Traveler’s Library.

TAKE TWO MINUTES–TAKE A SURVEY

Please click here to take this brief  survey and make suggestions of books and movies that best represent your state, region, or country.

Of course, you can leave comments as usual, but it is much easier for me to keep track of your replies to this question if you actually fill in the very short survey. Let me know in the comments section if you have any problems with the poll.

THANKS for your help.

Photograph by Archibald Jude

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Party Time. The Great 5 Day 5 Book Giveaway. Win a book here.

Five Readers will win One Book Each. Just browse through A Traveler’s Library posts and leave a comment on a post here or tweet @pen4hire, naming a book that I have discussed that you would like to win. No guarantees, because the winners are picked at random. Click here for Details of 5 Books 5 Days Contest. And here for Basic Traveler’s Library Contest Rules.

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