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It’s That Time of Year Again! Time for the Book Blogger Holiday Swap!

The holiday swap is a way for book bloggers to connect and celebrate the holiday spirit by sharing gifts. It’s done secret Santa style; all of the participants are randomly assigned a blogger to send a gift to, and these assignments are kept secret until the gift has been delivered. So no one knows who their gift is coming from!

The swap was started two years ago, in the winter of 2007, by Ana. Dewey, a very involved book blogger, promoted the event in 2007 and helped co-host in 2008, before her sudden passing in November of that year.

I participated in my first swap last year and it was a very rewarding experience. I met a new blogger and got some great bookish gifts!

Interested in learning more? Head over to the Holiday Swap Web site and out the Introductory Post or FAQ page.

What do you need to do to sign up? Visit the Holiday Swap Web site and fill out the Google form! But make sure you do so before the deadline of November 12, 2009. So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and fill out the form now!

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11 2009

by Jenn
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Teaser Tuesday: November 3rd

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!

Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser this week comes from Knit the Season: A Friday Night Knitting Club Novel by Kate Jacobs (released today!):

“Memories add color to the facts,” said Gran, sliding her arm through Dakota’s for the return walk, moving somewhat more slowly than before. “All the different pieces, all the different relationships, come to gether to make up a life.”

What is your teaser this week?