Wordbird | WWII

About Me

I am merely a girl in a world full of fabulously rich words, begging to be used, manipulated, situated comfortably in sentences as lengthy and enlightening as possible. I am here to grant their loftiest wishes.

In addition to being a girl, I am seventeen years old, have just graduated from high school after [miraculously] managing to stuff four years of school into three, and am working as a bookseller at Barnes and Noble* for the summer. I’m heading off to Southern Virginia University in the fall to major in English and History, happily saddled with dreams of becoming an editor for a publishing house in London. Why London? Because I’m an Anglophile in love with everything British from Doctor Who to Devonshire Cream. Also, Hogwarts is in England, which I consider enough of a reason.

I started blogging in eighth grade and have been reviewing books from the start. Sadly, AP classes and theatre and studying studying studying have meant little time for blogging in the past two years, but I hope to revive this little blog of mine and, hopefully, start writing books of my own again. No matter how busy I am, I am haunted by a desire to read and write. I know this is what I love and that, in the end, the world of words is the one I belong in.

If you’d like to contact me, click the tab to the left. If you’re a publisher or author who would like something reviewed, please read my Review Policy here before using the contact page.

*My opinions on this blog are my own and should not be attributed in any way to my employer.

Posts tagged ‘WWII’

February 9th, 2010

The Book Thief Giveaway… CLOSED

by Madeleine Rex

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

Okay, how could I not force one of the best books in the world on you guys?

Anyway, I’m giving away one brand-new, hardcover copy of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. For a review and synopsis, click.

The giveaway is open internationally, so anyone from anywhere is free to enter – by February 28th, that is.

To enter:

Leave a comment here listing your top three favorite books. They don’t have to be in any particular order. I thought I’d get a few book recommendations out of this!

If you want to be a step ahead the rest, for extra entries, you can do two things:

1) Tweet about the giveaway with a link to this post. +3

2) Blog about the giveaway and/or link this post in your blog’s sidebar. +6

(If you do either, leave a web address in your comment, so that I can take a look.)

So comment/post/tweet quick before you lose your chance to win a copy of a book you must read before you die. May as well get a move on, right?

AND, OUT OF 198 ENTRIES, THE WINNER IS…

Gaby!

Congrats! And thanks to all who entered. I’ll be giving away The Goose Girl [Review] by Shannon Hale someday, but I don’t even have a copy, so it’ll be awhile! Have a wonderful Sunday!