Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author

Happy Holidays! Welcome to  my Second on-line Christmas Day Blog Book Fair. We have a great mix of books here. All kinds, for all tastes. So please browse and choose a wonderful book to keep you entertained!

Below are new books are coming for your future pleasure;

Brooks Wachtel‘s fascinating new book;

“Lady Sherlock: Circle of the Smiling Dead”  

is Due Out in 2014!

Nancy Cornell-Healy‘s exciting new book, Intersection

will be out in January!

So Pick up your copies of these great books as soon as they are avail!

The raffle is now closed. I want to thank everyone who took part in it both authors and readers. It was a great deal of fun and I think everyone ended up with something special. 

Our last pull was a tie, the winners will receive the following books; winner one will receive Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti and winner…

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ALBERT EINSTEIN

Photo: Model Twiggy reads to daughter Carly (born 1978).

To celebrate the Yuletide season, we’re offering a free Kindle version of the Silver Birch Press Green Anthology — available from Tuesday, Dec. 17th through Saturday, Dec. 21st at Amazon.com. (If you don’t have a Kindle device, you can still read the book — with free reading apps, available at this link.) If you are in the UK, try Amazon.co.uk.

Featuring the work of 72 writers from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Europe, and Africa, the Silver Birch Press Green Anthology includes poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, an author interview, memoirs, and poetic essays that touch on the theme of green in creative, fresh, and compelling ways.

We would appreciate any reblogs, tweets, emails, and facebook posts about this Kindle giveaway!

Deforestation is at the worst it has ever been.
More species than ever are disappearing from the planet
and the animals are crying out for our help.

50% of all sale proceeds of Mungai and the Goa Constrictor, from 13th December until 13th January, will be donated to the Wildlife Conservation Society – my Christmas gift to the animals.

The holidays are almost upon us – What better time to gift someone a copy!

Mungai and the Goa Constrictor offers the ideal way to spread awareness of the intentional devastation wreaked on the forest environments by unscrupulous members of society;  those propelled through life by callousness and greed. Those who are so impervious to the effects of deforestation on all who inhabit the earth, only the united strength of the global community can stop their activities.

Mungai and the Goa Constrictor is a children’s book best suited to ages…

Today starts the beginning of “I Am A Reader Not A Writer’s” 2013 Debut Author Giveaway Hop.  The Giveaway Hop is hosted by both I Am A Reader Not a Writer and Bookhounds.  During the hop you can visit the nearly 100 author’s blogs and enter for a chance to win copies of  2013 debut books you want to read.  As part of this giveaway hop, I will also be giving away a signed copy of my book.  The Linky Tools below will take you to all the giveaways.  To enter my give away, please use the Rafflecopter link at the bottom of the post.  I am looking forward to entering to win some free books myself.  The giveaways through Rafflecopter are easy.  You sign in with your name and email and then follow the directions to earn entry points.

Imagine that the very food you eat and the beautiful carpet on your floors start…

A little while ago, I noticed this outside  on one of the streets of Bloomington, Illinois,  which is a stone’s throw away from where I live.

The concept is beautiful, sharing books with your neighbors.  Take a book. Leave a different book. Let the love spread. Interact with your neighbor and bring your love of books beyond the schools and libraries where they live.

I think this is an amazing idea! If you visit their website, you can get complete details.  The kits can be a bit pricey (anywhere from 250 to 1000) dollars.  But you can always just build one yourself.  This could be the perfect idea for people like me who absolutely dread winter. And the website has building tips. (They also have a book bench idea, which is pretty snazzy.)

This is a great idea for book lovers like myself who find their library overflowing with…