BABBLING BOOKS

BABBLING BOOKS NEWSLETTER - MARCH 2009

Hello Readers! 

Welcome to all new members – thank you for joining; we look forward to hearing from you!

  • March Book Club - This month we are discussing Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom. Thank you for your suggestions and for voting. We hope you enjoy month’s choices and will take part in the discussion: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum5.php

** We will be accepting nominations for April's book and film club shortly - we'll let you know when**

Chat with Author! - We are pleased to announce that Kate Jacobs author of The Friday Night Knitting Club, Comfort Food and Knit Two is coming to BB on 23rd March to answer your questions about her work. If you would like to take part, please post your questions here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about3194.html or PM them to Lisa2062. We look forward to receiving your questions and to chatting to Kate Jacobs.

Many thanks - to Sophie Hannah who visited BB in December to talk about her work. We hope you enjoyed the Q&A session - you can revisit the threads here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum56.php

2009 Readalong - A new readalong started in February - Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. We'll be reading three chapters a week. Don't worry if you're late joining the readalong - it's never too late to take part. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum106.php for more details and to view the discussion threads.

Birthday Bookbox - Thank you to everyone who took part in the '1001 Books' bookbox ring. The box has travelled full circle and is on its way home. For more info and to see what is now in the bookbox, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum105.php

Books We’ve Read – To add books you’ve read each month and are currently reading, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum70.php  

Books of the Month – Nominate and vote for your favourite read of the month. You can now nominate your favourite February read. The winning book will be entered into a final fun poll in December/January for you to decide an overall 2009 winner. You voted Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte as your favourite read in 2008. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum69.php 

Book Chat - To keep up-to-date with book news, chat about books in general and have a go at our literature quizzes, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum12.php.  .

The Reading Challenge continues… - How many of the 1001 books have you read this year? To take part in the challenge and check out our new leaderboard, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum35.php. The challenge is to continue throughout 2009. Can you better your score this year?

1001 Movie Challenge - Those of you interested in film can take part in the 1001 Movie Challenge to see how many of the films listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider you can get through by the year end. You can access the full list via the forum and add to the film challenge chat here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum76.php

Book Reviews - To view the forum and add your own reviews, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum34.php.

Children's and Young Adults' Books forum - we have added a forum dedicated to children's and young adult books. Feel free to add book reviews, events, competitions, news etc. whenever you can.  

THANK YOU - to everyone who has and continues to shop via our affiliated links (Amazon, The Book People and now Play.com and BookRabbit). As you know, cashback earned is used to fund our monthly competitions.

Congratulations - to everyone who has won prizes via the competition links featured on BB. The links are regularly updated – please feel free to post details of any book related competitions you come across and add your wins to the What You Have Won thread here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum10.php.

Fun Stuff  - Play Hangman and other fun games and quizzes in the 'Your Space' forum. Book related quizzes can be found in the 'Book Chat' forum.

Do you have any suggestions? - If you have any ideas or suggestions for BB, do let us know. We appreciate your feedback. 

Finally, Find us on Facebook! You can now keep up-to-date with BB on Facebook. To join the BB group, visit: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2830388450 We now have a BB page - become a fan!

Happy reading, 

From the Babbling Books team 

http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/index.php

 

BABBLING BOOKS NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 2008 

Hello Readers!

The monthly newsletter is back - apologies to everyone who has missed it!

Welcome to all new members – thank you for joining; we look forward to hearing from you!

  • November Book Club - This month we are discussing The Secret History by Donna Tartt and Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood. We hope you are enjoying this month’s choices and will take part in the discussion: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum5.php

**You can now vote for December's book and film club here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about3102.html. We will be accepting nominations for January's book and film club shortly - we'll let you know when**

Christmas Competition - Apologies to everyone who has missed our monthly competitions over the last few months. The competitions are now back and we'll be posting details of a Christmas prize draw in the BB Monthly Prize Draw forum very soon!

Advent Competitions - Details will be posted soon of the Christmas competitions we can enter daily in the run up to Christmas. They're a great way of getting into the Christmas spirit and fingers crossed we'll all win a prize!

Chat with Author! - We are pleased to announce that Sophie Hannah, author of The Point of Rescue; Little Face; Hurting Distance, and The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets, is coming to BB on 1st December to answer your questions about her work. If you would like to take part, please post your questions here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about3002.html or PM them to Lisa2062. We look forward to receiving your questions and to chatting to Sophie Hannah.

Many thanks - to Chris Bohjalian and John Boyne who visited BB recently to talk about their work. We hope you enjoyed the Q&A sessions - you can revisit the threads here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum56.php

Birthday Readalong - Thank you for keeping the weekly readalong going - we hope you're enjoying it. It's never too late to take part. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum106.php for more details and to view the discussion threads.

Birthday Bookbox - We're also running a themed bookbox event - thanks again for keeping this on the go too. For more info and to see what is now in the bookbox, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum105.php

Books We’ve Read – To add books you’ve read each month and are currently reading, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum70.php  

Books of the Month – Nominate and vote for your favourite read of the month. You can now nominate your favourite November read and vote for your favourite October read. The winning book will be entered into a final fun poll in December/January for you to decide an overall 2008 winner. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum69.php 

Book Chat - To keep up-to-date with book news, chat about books in general and have a go at our literature quizzes, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum12.php.  

2008 BB Trivia Tournament - Apologies for the lack of quizzes over the last couple of months. There will be a special December/Christmas quiz and the person who answers the most questions correctly, and is top of the leader board in December, will receive a prize. You can play to compete or just for fun. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum88.php for more details.

The Reading Challenge continues… - How many of the 1001 books have you read this year? To take part in the challenge and check out our new leaderboard, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum35.php. The challenge is to continue throughout 2008. Can you better your score this year?

1001 Movie Challenge - Those of you interested in film can take part in the 1001 Movie Challenge to see how many of the films listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider you can get through by the year end. You can access the full list via the forum and add to the film challenge chat here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum76.php

Book Reviews - To view the forum and add your own reviews, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum34.php.

New Children's and Young Adults' Books forum - we have added a forum dedicated to children's and young adult books. Feel free to add book reviews, events, competitions, news etc. whenever you can.  

THANK YOU - to everyone who has and continues to shop via our affiliated links (Amazon, The Book People and now Play.com and BookRabbit). As you know, cashback earned is used to fund our monthly competitions.

Congratulations - to everyone who has won prizes via the competition links featured on BB. The links are regularly updated – please feel free to post details of any book related competitions you come across and add your wins to the What You Have Won thread here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum10.php.

Fun Stuff  - Play Hangman and other fun games and quizzes in the 'Your Space' forum. Book related quizzes can be found in the 'Book Chat' forum.

Do you have any suggestions? - If you have any ideas or suggestions for BB, do let us know. We appreciate your feedback. 

Finally, Find us on Facebook! You can now keep up-to-date with BB on Facebook. To join the BB group, visit: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2830388450 We now have a BB page - become a fan!

Happy reading, 

From the Babbling Books team 

http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/index.php

BABBLING BOOKS NEWSLETTER - JULY 2008 

Hello Readers!

Happy 2nd Birthday BB! We're running special birthday book events for you to take part in this month - read on for details!

Welcome to all new members – thank you for joining; we look forward to hearing from you!

**We are now accepting suggestions for August's book and film clubs. If you'd like to suggest a book and/or film, please PM Daniela-26 and Glynis respectively with your choices. We look forward to receiving them.**

Summer Avatar Competition - To mark BB's birthday we're giving away a copy of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean Dominique-Bauby to one lucky BB member. To enter the competition, upload a summer/holiday themed avatar and post in the following thread so we can easily find your entry: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2799.html The closing date for entries is 20th July. We look forward to receiving them - Good luck!

Congratulations - to Sally3 who won a copy of Unseen by Mari Jungstedt. We hope you enjoy the book. Thank you to everyone who entered.

Live Chat with Author! Don't forget that Anthony Capella, author of The Food of Love and The Wedding Officer, is coming to BB to chat about his work tomorrow, Wednesday 9th July at 7pm. Once again, feel free to post your questions and messages to Anthony now or log in at 7pm on the 9th to chat with him live. For more information, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2617.html We're looking forward to the event and hope to see you there.

Thank you - to Roger Jon Ellory for taking time out to chat with us last month. If you missed the chat, you can view the complete thread here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2727.html

Birthday Readalong - As you know, BB is nearly 2 and to celebrate we're hosting a special readalong event. A readalong is a great way of reading a longer book - the one we all have gathering dust at the bottom of Mount TBR. The chosen book will be read in weekly/fortnightly instalments from 22nd July and a separate thread for each will be created for you to journal your thoughts. At the moment a poll is running to decide which book we'll be reading - there are some great titles to choose from. To vote, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum106.php

Birthday Bookbox - We're also running a themed bookbox event. For more info and to sign up, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum105.php

Books We’ve Read – To add books you’ve read each month and are currently reading, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum70.php  

Books of the Month – Nominate and vote for your favourite read of the month. You can now nominate your favourite June read and vote for your favourite May read. The winning book will be entered into a final fun poll in December/January for you to decide an overall 2008 winner. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum69.php 

Book Chat - To keep up-to-date with book news, chat about books in general and have a go at our literature quizzes, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum12.php.  

2008 BB Trivia Tournament - July's book quiz is now available for you to play. The person who answers the most questions correctly, and is top of the leader board in December, will receive a prize. You can play to compete or just for fun. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum88.php to take part in this month's tournament.

The Reading Challenge continues… - How many of the 1001 books have you read this year? To take part in the challenge and check out our new leaderboard, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum35.php. The challenge is to continue throughout 2008. Can you better your score this year?

1001 Movie Challenge - Those of you interested in film can take part in the 1001 Movie Challenge to see how many of the films listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider you can get through by the year end. You can access the full list via the forum and add to the film challenge chat here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum76.php

Book Reviews - To view the forum and add your own reviews, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum34.php.

New Children's and Young Adults' Books forum - we have added a forum dedicated to children's and young adult books. Feel free to add book reviews, events, competitions, news etc. whenever you can.  

THANK YOU - to everyone who has and continues to shop via our affiliated links (Amazon, The Book People and now Play.com and BookRabbit). As you know, cashback earned is used to fund our monthly competitions.

Congratulations - to everyone who has won prizes via the competition links featured on BB. The links are regularly updated – please feel free to post details of any book related competitions you come across and add your wins to the What You Have Won thread here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum10.php.

Fun Stuff  - Play Hangman and other fun games and quizzes in the 'Your Space' forum. Book related quizzes can be found in the 'Book Chat' forum.

Do you have any suggestions? - If you have any ideas or suggestions for BB, do let us know. We appreciate your feedback. 

Finally, Find us on Facebook! You can now keep up-to-date with BB on Facebook. To join the BB group, visit: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2830388450 We now have a BB page - become a fan!

Happy reading, 

From the Babbling Books team 

http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/index.php

 

 

 

BABBLING BOOKS NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2008 

Dear Readers,

Welcome to all new members – thank you for joining; we look forward to hearing from you!

**We are now accepting suggestions for July's book and film clubs. If you'd like to suggest a book and/or film, please PM Glynis with your choices. We look forward to receiving them.**

Competition - This month we are giving away a copy of Unseen by Mari Jungstedt to one lucky BB member. To enter the competition please PM Glynis by Monday 30th June 2008. For more information, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum...5.php#28025g/sutra28025.php#28025 Thank you to Amarie for donating this prize. Good luck!

Congratulations - to Ronniejacobs who won a copy of The Olive Readers by Christine Aziz. Thank you to everyone who entered.

Live Chat with Author! - Don't forget that R. J. Ellory is coming to BB to answer your questions about his work on Tuesday 17th June 2008 at 7pm. As you know, Candlemoth is our current book of the month and you'll remember that A Quiet Belief in Angels, was our March 2008 book choice. Roger has also written Ghostheart, A Quiet Vendetta and City of Lies. His next novel, A Simple Act of Violence, is out in October this year. You can post your questions now or log in on the 17th to chat with Roger. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2576.html We look forward to the event and to seeing you there!  

More Live Chat with Author! We're delighted that Anthony Capella, author of The Food of Love and The Wedding Officer, is also joining us for a live chat on Wednesday 9th July at 7pm. Once again, feel free to post your questions and messages to Anthony now or log in at 7pm on the 9th to chat with him live. For more information, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2617.html

Books We’ve Read – To add books you’ve read each month and are currently reading, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum70.php  

Books of the Month – Nominate and vote for your favourite read of the month. You can now nominate your favourite May read and vote for your favourite April read. The winning book will be entered into a final fun poll in December/January for you to decide an overall 2008 winner. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum69.php 

Book Chat - To keep up-to-date with book news, chat about books in general and have a go at our literature quizzes, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum12.php.  

2008 BB Trivia Tournament - June's book quiz is now available for you to play. The person who answers the most questions correctly, and is top of the leader board in December, will receive a prize. You can play to compete or just for fun. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum88.php to take part in this month's tournament.

The Reading Challenge continues… - How many of the 1001 books have you read this year? To take part in the challenge and check out our new leaderboard, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum35.php. The challenge is to continue throughout 2008. Can you better your score this year?

1001 Movie Challenge - Those of you interested in film can take part in the 1001 Movie Challenge to see how many and what you think of the films listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. You can access the full list via the forum and add to the film challenge chat here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum76.php

Book Reviews - To access the forum and add your own reviews, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum34.php.

New Children's and Young Adults' Books forum - we have added a forum dedicated to children's and young adult books. Feel free to add book reviews, events, competitions, news etc. whenever you can.  

THANK YOU - to everyone who has and continues to shop via our affiliated links (Amazon, The Book People and now Play and Waterstones). As you know, cashback earned is used to fund our monthly competitions.

Congratulations - to everyone who has won prizes via the competition links featured on BB. The links are regularly updated – please feel free to post details of any book related competitions you come across and add your wins to the What You Have Won thread here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum10.php.

Fun Stuff  - Play Hangman and other fun games and quizzes in the 'Your Space' forum. Book related quizzes can be found in the 'Book Chat' forum.

Do you have any suggestions? - If you have any ideas or suggestions for BB, do let us know. We appreciate your feedback. 

Finally, Find us on Facebook! You can now keep up-to-date with BB on Facebook. To join the BB group, visit: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2830388450 We now have a BB page - become a fan!

Happy reading, 

From the Babbling Books team 

http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/index.php

 

 

 

BABBLING BOOKS NEWSLETTER - MAY 2008 

Dear Readers,

Welcome to all new members – thank you for joining; we look forward to hearing from you!

If you'd like to suggest a book and/or film title for June's book and film clubs, please PM moderator, Daniela-26 with your book choices and Glynis with your film choices. We look forward to receiving them.

Competition - This month we are giving away a copy of The Olive Readers by Christine Aziz to one lucky BB member. To enter the competition please PM Glynis by Friday 30th May 2008. For more information, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2589.html Good luck!

Congratulations - to Nicnic who won a copy of The Book Club Bible. Thank you to everyone who entered and thank you to Anne for donating the prize.

Congratulations to Shazza who won £50 worth of books in the competition run by Browse For Books. Many thanks to Liz for running this competition. Check out Browse For Books webstore: http://www.browseforbooks.com/catalog/index.xhtml 

Live Chat with Author! - We are delighted to announce that R. J. Ellory is coming to BB to answer your questions about his work on Tuesday 17th June 2008 at 7pm. You'll remember that his book, A Quiet Belief in Angels, was our March 2008 book choice. Roger has also written Candlemoth, Ghostheart, A Quiet Vendetta and City of Lies. His next novel, A Simple Act of Violence, is to be released this year. You can post your questions now or log in on the 17th to chat with Roger. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2576.html We look forward to the event and to seeing you there!  

Books We’ve Read – To add books you’ve read each month and are currently reading, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum70.php  

Books of the Month – Nominate and vote for your favourite read of the month. You can now nominate your favourite April read. The winning book will be entered into a final fun poll in December/January for you to decide an overall 2008 winner. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum69.php 

Book Chat - To keep up-to-date with book news, chat about books in general and have a go at our literature quizzes, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum12.php.  

New! 2008 BB Trivia Tournament - we've decided to make the monthly quiz more interesting. Each month we'll post a quiz and the person who answers the most questions correctly, and is top of the leader board in December, will receive a prize. You can play to compete or for fun. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum88.php to take part in this month's tournament.

The Reading Challenge continues… - how many of the 1001 books have you read this year? To take part in the challenge and check out our new leaderboard, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum35.php. The challenge is to continue throughout 2008. Can you better your score this year?

Book Reviews - We have copies of The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson available for you to review. Please PM Glynis for more details. To access the forum and add your own reviews, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum34.php.

New Children's and Young Adults' Books forum - we have added a forum dedicated to children's and young adult books. Feel free to add book reviews, events, competitions, news etc.  

THANK YOU - to everyone who has and continues to shop via our affiliated links (Amazon and The Book People). As you know, cashback earned is used to fund our monthly competitions.

Congratulations - to everyone who has won prizes via the competition links featured on BB. The links are regularly updated – please feel free to post details of any book related competitions you come across and add your wins to the What You Have Won thread. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum10.php.

Fun Stuff has moved - you can now play Hangman and other fun games and quizzes in the 'Your Space' forum. Book related quizzes can be found in the 'Book Chat' forum.

Do you have any suggestions? - If you have any ideas or suggestions to make BB a more fun and interesting place, do let us know.  

Finally, Find us on Facebook! You can now keep up-to-date with BB on Facebook. To join, visit: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2830388450

Happy reading, 

From the Babbling Books team 

http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/index.php

 

 

BABBLING BOOKS NEWSLETTER - APRIL 2008 

Dear Readers,

Welcome to all new members – thank you for joining; we look forward to hearing from you.

We are now accepting nominations for May's book and film clubs. Please PM moderator, Daniela-26 with your book choices and Glynis with your film choices. We look forward to receiving your suggestions.  

Competition - This month we are giving away one copy of The Book Club Bible: The Definitive Guide That Every Book Club Member Needs with a foreword by Lionel Shriver to one lucky BB member. For more details visit, http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum24.php. To enter, please PM Glynis by 30th April 2008.

Congratulations - to winners of our March competitions – Lauzc (Agatha Christie and the Quiche of Deathby M. C. Beaton); Mummymelly and Deaddogsmoking (Sarah's Keyby Tatiana de Rosnay). We hope you're enjoying your prizes. Thank you to everyone who entered and thank you to Amarie and Lovely Treez for donating the prizes.

Live Chat with Author! - We are delighted to announce that Tatiana de Rosnay is coming to BB to answer your questions about her new book, Sarah's Key, on Wednesday 16th April 2008 at 7pm. You can post your questions now or log in on the 16th to chat with Tatiana. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum56.php We're looking forward to the event and to seeing you there!  

Promotion - online bookstore, Browse For Books, is running a competition to win £50 worth of books. They're also offering 5% discount on all books. For more details of this promotion, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2240.html

Books We’ve Read – Add books you’ve read each month and are currently reading. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum70.php  

Books of the Month – nominate and vote for your favourite read of the month. You can now vote for your favourite March read and nominate your favourite April read. The winning book will be entered into a final poll in December/January for you to decide an overall 2008 winner. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum69.php 

Book Chat - To keep up-to-date with book news, chat about books in general and have a go at our literature quizzes, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum12.php.  

New! 2008 BB Trivia Tournament - we've decided to make the monthly quiz more interesting. Each month we'll post a quiz and the person who answers the most questions correctly, and is top of the leader board in December, will receive a prize. You can play to compete or for fun. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum88.php to take part in this month's tournament.

The Reading Challenge continues… - how many of the 1001 books have you read this year? To take part in the challenge and check out our new leaderboard, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum35.php. The challenge is to continue throughout 2008. Can you better your score this year?

Book Reviews - To access the forum and add your own reviews, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum34.php.

New Children's and Young Adults' Books forum - we have added a forum dedicated to children's and young adult books. Feel free to add book reviews, events, competitions, news etc.  

THANK YOU - to everyone who has and continues to shop via our affiliated links (Amazon and The Book People). As you know, cashback earned is used to fund our monthly competitions. You can check the progress of the fund here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/sutra12113.php#12113 

Congratulations - to everyone who has won prizes via the competition links featured on BB. The links are regularly updated – please feel free to post details of any book related competitions you come across and add your wins to the What You Have Won thread. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum10.php.

Fun Stuff has moved - you can now play Hangman and other fun games and quizzes in the 'Your Space' forum. Book related quizzes can be found in the 'Book Chat' forum.

Do you have any suggestions? - If you have any ideas or suggestions to make BB a more fun and interesting place, do let us know.  

Finally, Find us on Facebook! You can now keep up-to-date with BB on Facebook. To join, visit: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2830388450

Happy reading, 

From everyone at Babbling Books 

http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/index.php

 

 

 

BABBLING BOOKS NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2008 

A belated Happy New Year! Welcome to all new members – thank you for joining; we look forward to hearing from you.

We have two new moderators – Annecater and Lisa2062. Welcome on board to you both! Thank you to everyone who offered to help out as mods – we received more replies than anticipated and are extremely grateful.  

  • February Book Club - This month we are discussing The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. We hope you’re enjoying this month’s choices and will take part in the discussion: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum5.php 

We are now accepting nominations for March’s book and film clubs. Please PM Sirg1006 and Glynis respectively. We look forward to receiving your suggestions.  

Competition - Our monthly competitions will be back soon! 

Congratulations - to winners of our December competitions – Willie (£10 gift voucher); Lovely Treez and Amarie (beaded bookmark); Katey (Second Glance by Jodi Picoult); and Lisa2062 (1001 Movies book). We hope you’re enjoying your prizes. Thank you to everyone who entered.

Secret Santa 2007 - Thanks again to everyone who took part. Have you guessed the identity of your Santa? If not, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about1847.html to find out. 

Books We’ve Read – Add books you’ve read each month and are currently reading. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum70.php  

Books of the Month – nominate and vote for your favourite read of the month. You can now nominate your favourite reads of December-February. Polls will be made shortly for you to decide the subsequent winners. The winning books will be entered into a final poll in December for you to decide an overall 2008 winner. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum69.php 

Book Chat - To keep up-to-date with book news, chat about books in general and have a go at our literature quizzes, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum12.php. You can now vote in our fun Best Read of 2007 poll. 

New Chat with Author - Are there authors you’d like to invite to BB for a question and answer session? If so, please contact admin/mods and we’ll do our best to secure a slot with them. (You never know!)

The Reading Challenge continues… - how many of the 1001 books have you read this year? To take part in the challenge and check out our new leaderboard, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum35.php. The challenge is to continue throughout 2008. Can you better your score this year?

Book Reviews - We have one copy of Hallam Foe by Peter Jinks up for review. Please PM Glynis if you’d like to review it for Headline Review. To access the forum and add your own reviews, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum34.php

THANK YOU - to everyone who has and continues to shop via our affiliated links (Amazon and The Book People). As you know, cashback earned is used to fund our monthly competitions. You can check the progress of the fund here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/sutra12113.php#12113 

Congratulations - to everyone who has won prizes via the competition links featured on BB. The links are regularly updated – please feel free to post details of any book related competitions you come across and add your wins to the What You Have Won/Winners' Club threads. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum10.php.

Fun Stuff - Take part in our fun word games and quizzes here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum24.php. If you come across any fun quizzes and games, feel free to post them here. 

Babbling Books Quiz Tournament - To take part in February’s tournament, visit: http://my.funtrivia.com/private/main.cfm?tid=72182 or click on the link at the bottom of the forum to play the daily quizzes. The Top 10 players are written into the Hall of Fame at the end of each month. Good luck!

Do you have any suggestions? - If you have any ideas or suggestions to make BB a more fun and interesting place, do let us know.  

Finally, Find us on Facebook! You can now keep up-to-date with BB on Facebook. To join, visit: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2830388450

Happy reading, 

Debbie, Glynis, Sparky, Lisa and Anne x

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

BABBLING BOOKS NEWSLETTER - JULY 2008 

Hello Readers,

Happy 2nd Birthday BB! We're running some special book events this month to celebrate BB's birthday - read on for more details!

Welcome to all new members – thank you for joining; we look forward to hearing from you in the forum!

**We are now accepting suggestions for August's book and film clubs. If you'd like to suggest a book and/or film, please PM Daniela-26 and Glynis respectively with your choices. We look forward to receiving them.**

Summer Avatar Competition - BB is 2 this month so we're giving away a copy of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean Dominique-Bauby to one lucky BB member. To enter the competition, upload a summer/holiday themed avatar and post in the following thread so we can easily find your avatar: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/sutra29185.php#29185 The closing date for entries will be 20th July 2008. A poll will then run til the 27th to decide the winner. We look forward to receiving your entries. Good luck!

Congratulations - to Sally3 who won a copy of Unseen by Mari Junstedt in last month's competition. We hope you enjoy the book. Thank you to everyone who entered.

Live Chat with Author! Don't forget that Anthony Capella, author of The Food of Love and The Wedding Officer, is coming to BB to chat about his work on Wednesday 9th July at 7pm. Feel free to post your questions and messages to Anthony now or log in at 7pm on the 9th to chat with him live. For more information, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2617.html We're looking forward to the event and hope to see you there.

Thank you - Thank you to Roger Jon Ellory for chatting with us last month. If you missed the chat, you can view the complete thread here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2576.html 

Birthday Readalong - To mark BB's 2nd birthday we're hosting a readalong and would love you to join in! A readalong is a great way of reading a longer book - the one we all have gathering dust at the bottom of Mount TBR. The readalong will commence on 22nd July. The chosen book will be divided into weekly/fortnightly instalments and a separate thread created for each so you can journal your thoughts. At the moment a poll is running for you to decide which book we'll all be reading. To vote, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about2790.html There are some great books to choose from. The poll will close on 15th July. For more info, visit the readalong forum here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum106.php

Birthday Bookbox - We're also running a themed bookbox. For more details and to sign up, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum105.php

Books We’ve Read – To add books you’ve read each month and are currently reading, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum70.php  

Books of the Month – Nominate and vote for your favourite read of the month. You can now nominate your favourite June read and vote for your favourite May read. The winning book will be entered into a final fun poll in December/January for you to decide an overall 2008 winner. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum69.php 

Book Chat - To keep up-to-date with book news, chat about books in general and have a go at our literature quizzes, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum12.php.  

2008 BB Trivia Tournament - July's book quiz is now available for you to play. The person who answers the most questions correctly, and is top of the leader board in December, will receive a prize. You can play to compete or just for fun. Visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum88.php to take part in this month's tournament.

The Reading Challenge continues… - How many of the 1001 books have you read this year? To take part in the challenge and check out our new leaderboard, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum35.php. The challenge is to continue throughout 2008. Can you better your score this year?

1001 Movie Challenge - Those of you interested in film can take part in the 1001 Movie Challenge to see how many and what you think of the films listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. You can access the full list via the forum and add to the film challenge chat here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum76.php

Book Reviews - To access the forum and add your own reviews, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum34.php.

New Children's and Young Adults' Books forum - we have added a forum dedicated to children's and young adult books. Feel free to add book reviews, events, competitions, news etc. whenever you can.  

THANK YOU - to everyone who has and continues to shop via our affiliated links (Amazon, The Book People and now Play and Waterstones). As you know, cashback earned is used to fund our monthly competitions.

Congratulations - to everyone who has won prizes via the competition links featured on BB. The links are regularly updated – please feel free to post details of any book related competitions you come across and add your wins to the What You Have Won thread here: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum10.php.

Fun Stuff  - Play Hangman and other fun games and quizzes in the 'Your Space' forum. Book related quizzes can be found in the 'Book Chat' forum.

Do you have any suggestions? - If you have any ideas or suggestions for BB, do let us know. We appreciate your feedback. 

Finally, Find us on Facebook! You can now keep up-to-date with BB on Facebook. To join the BB group, visit: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2830388450 We now have a BB page - become a fan!

Happy reading, 

From the Babbling Books team 

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