# book giveaway (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 8 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover book giveaway. Page: Feed: --- ## [Big Summer Book Post](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/big-summer-book-post) _2026-08-21 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ + Giveaway of a Secret Book I will chose for you!! ## [Yesteryear Is Not Just a Book About Tradwives](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/yesteryear-is-not-just-a-book-about) _2026-08-19 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ Tony P, Paige Lorenze and the personal costs of living in a surveillance state ## [The Joy of Hazel](https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/the-joy-of-hazel) _2026-08-18 · Karen Swallow Prior · The Priory_ On puppies, and people, and belonging ## [Silver & Gold: Mid-Month Update](https://joangriffin.substack.com/p/silver-and-gold-mid-month-update) _2026-08-16 · Joan M. Griffin · It's Dawning on Me_ Fortune's Wheel, a Ferris Wheel, and Ssshhh! A Special Edition! ## [FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Byebye Karoline, Tony P hates you too, & Where are the aliens?](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/friday-roundup-byebye-karoline-tony) _2026-08-14 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ + Caroline Chambers' brand new cookbook!! ## [Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: Wrap-up](https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/moll-flanders-by-daniel-defoe-wrap) _2026-08-11 · Karen Swallow Prior · The Priory_ What the critics have had to say over the years ## [MONDAY OUTLOOK: Primary DAYS, No Deals in the wars and the End of Woke 1?](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/monday-outlook-primary-days-no-deals) _2026-08-10 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ + 1 year of National Guard in DC ## [Becoming Human with Samuel Loncar](https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/becoming-human-with-samuel-loncar) _2026-08-08 · Karen Swallow Prior · The Priory_ Listen or watch now: "Why Does Reading Shape the Modern World" ## [America in 25 things?](https://technicallyfood.substack.com/p/america-in-25-things) _2026-08-07 · Larissa Zimberoff · Technically Food_ In this issue: An attempt to describe America via 25 items, how our diets need to shift as we age, and Chipotle's jalapeño drama. ## [FRIDAY ROUNDUP: National Abortion Ban (?), The girlies are wearing bandanas & Making friends with a crow (life goal!)](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/friday-roundup-national-abortion) _2026-08-07 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ + a delicious book giveaway ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/L1SfgESNvC33) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [Summer Musings](https://joangriffin.substack.com/p/summer-musings) _2026-08-04 · Joan M. Griffin · It's Dawning on Me_ Summer Reading, Writing, Movies, Music, Nostalgia ## [Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: Week 7](https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/moll-flanders-by-daniel-defoe-week-dfc) _2026-08-04 · Karen Swallow Prior · The Priory_ And my new column at The Dispatch! ## [MONDAY OUTLOOK: Attorney General in the bag & lecherous creeps/domestic abusers in the House](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/monday-outlook-attorney-general-in) _2026-08-03 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ + everyone in DC wants to GTFO ## [It's the Third Anniversary of The Priory!](https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/happy-third-anniversary-to-the-priory) _2026-08-01 · Karen Swallow Prior · The Priory_ New year, new headshots, new book! ## [Double Detection - Belton Cobb](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/07/double-detection-belton-cobb.html) _2026-07-31 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ THE STORY: Noel Ross, ex-police sergeant with Scotland Yard, has just ad an operation to remove shrapnel from his head. He and his wife take a vacation for him to recuperate. Ross is distracted and annoyed by his fellow guests at the White Cliffs Hotel on the South Coast of England. When Mr. Griggs, a supposedly amusing and witty man, is found unresponsive in his room the maid jumps to the… ## [FRIDAY ROUNDUP: No Influencers (!!) Signs, Are the Monarch's back, Trump Attorney Stalled](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/friday-roundup-no-influencers-signs) _2026-07-31 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ + a feminist history book you'll want to read (and win!) ## [Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: Week 6](https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/moll-flanders-by-daniel-defoe-week-30a) _2026-07-28 · Karen Swallow Prior · The Priory_ The Devil laid the snare. ## [MONDAY OUTLOOK: The Senate Alone, a War on Pause, and the Deportation Flights That Start This Week](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/monday-outlook-the-senate-alone-a) _2026-07-28 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ + A lot of late July activity on the hill ## [FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Dystopian Comic Book, How I feel about AI & Coral Reefs.](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/friday-roundup-dystopian-comic-book) _2026-07-24 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ + A sexy messy motherhood book givewaway ## [Canadians miss bourbon!](https://technicallyfood.substack.com/p/can-you-wash-it-off) _2026-07-24 · Larissa Zimberoff · Technically Food_ In this newsletter: tips for how to deal with produce during peak cyclospora, the unusual place where you can find soy milk, and the new high-protein legume coming for your dinner. ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ldWqO2dU7Bkm) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: Week 5](https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/moll-flanders-by-daniel-defoe-week-fd8) _2026-07-21 · Karen Swallow Prior · The Priory_ What Charles Taylor Reveals about Moll Flanders--and a book GIVEAWAY! ## [MONDAY OUTLOOK: The War Widens as Washington Races the Recess Clock](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/monday-outlook-the-war-widens-as) _2026-07-21 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ + IS MITCH DEAD YET? ## [FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Dems can flip shit, Rasberry sugar in the sky & ban child marriage.](https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/friday-roundup-dems-can-flip-shit) _2026-07-17 · Emily Amick · Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick_ + the feminist heist book you need!! ## [You Didn’t Choose All Your Beliefs](https://www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/why-we-think-what-we-think) _2026-07-16 · Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel · The Power of Us: Interviews_ Turi Munthe on the hidden forces that shape belief—from God and ghosts to politics and pineapple pizza. ## [Interrupting Regularly Scheduled Programming](https://joangriffin.substack.com/p/interrupting-regularly-scheduled) _2026-07-16 · Joan M. Griffin · It's Dawning on Me_ A Short Mid-Month Newsy Newsletter with Book Giveaways and Book Recommendations ## [Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: Week 4](https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/moll-flanders-by-daniel-defoe-week-44f) _2026-07-14 · Karen Swallow Prior · The Priory_ And another book giveaway! ## [FIRST BOOKS: The Swan Island Murders - Victoria Lincoln](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/07/first-books-swan-island-murders.html) _2026-07-13 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ There is nothing more upsetting than falling for the hype on a book jacket. The Swan Island Murders (1930) with its striking Art Deco influenced illustration of a silhouetted damsel being threatened by claw-like hands and the promise of "mystery, horror and detection" was enough to lure me in. While there is plenty of mystery and a smattering of rudimentary detection on display there is little… ## [Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: Week 3](https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/moll-flanders-by-daniel-defoe-week-241) _2026-07-07 · Karen Swallow Prior · The Priory_ And a book giveaway! ## [Foreign Affairs - Hugh Fleetwood](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/07/foreign-affairs-hugh-fleetwood.html) _2026-07-06 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ Paolo Levin, concert pianist living in Rome, is being followed by an emaciated and crippled young man. He stands outside Paolo's apartment and watches the pianist. For weeks the young man shadows Paolo. He starts to show up dressed exactly like Paolo. After several failed attempts to get the stalker to explain himself the young man speaks: "I wish you would speak in English. I don't understand a… ## [Mouse in the House](https://othercuriouspeople.substack.com/p/mouse-in-the-house) _2026-07-03 · Sharon Wishnow · Research for Writers and Other Curious People_ Pest control is not on my preferred research list ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lPG2Ee5zvPtX) _2026-07-03 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [Requiring the Bible in Public Schools? Not Whether but Why](https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/requiring-the-bible-in-public-schools) _2026-07-01 · Karen Swallow Prior · The Priory_ My new column at Religion News Service ## [FIRST BOOKS: A Man Died Here - Gina Dessart](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/07/first-books-man-died-here-gina-dessart.html) _2026-07-01 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ THE STORY: Liz & Bob Macklin purchase an old home in Marshall, Massachusetts and begin an extensive rehab project transforming the gloomy, dark paneled, house into a bright, livable home. Liz is curious about the former owner, Seton Williams, who died in the house several years ago. Cancer she's told was the cause. A lonely old man dying alone, she thinks. But who was he? One day at the post… ## [Let The Summer Begin!](https://joangriffin.substack.com/p/let-the-summer-begin) _2026-07-01 · It's Dawning on Me_ June Brought Us the Summer Solstice, Father's Day, a Birthday, and Kicks Off a Special Twentieth Anniversary Celebration! ## [LEFT INSIDE: Another Bookshop Receipt](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/06/left-inside-another-bookshop-receipt.html) _2026-06-29 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ This bookshop receipt was Left Inside a copy of The Wallet of Kai Lung that I purchased many moons ago from John Chandler's long-lived but sadly now defunct bookstore Bookman's Corner on Broadway and Wellington in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. I've mentioned this mess of a bookstore that I dearly loved visiting a couple of times on this blog. I bought both books listed on this receipt as… ## [Skip fasting. Drink ketones?](https://technicallyfood.substack.com/p/can-we-drink-smarter) _2026-06-27 · Larissa Zimberoff · Technically Food_ In this issue: the explosion of fitness drinks in the beverage case, a big funding round for a new kind of cooking oil, and the trouble with No. 5 plastic. ## [The Snare of Circumstance - Edith E. Buckley](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-snare-of-circumstance-edith-e.html) _2026-06-26 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ THE STORY Elmer Bliss, reporter, is hired by a mysterious gentleman called Philander Summerfield to look into a recent Peter Somhers murder case that he believes was never solved. Bliss has been fascinated by the case because Somhers' nephew, Harrison Milbrath, was tried twice for the murder. In the first trial he was found guilty then he and his lawyer appealed due to an abundance of… ## [LEFT INSIDE: Ancient Sherlockiana & German Post Card](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/06/left-inside-ancient-sherlockiana-german.html) _2026-06-21 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ These bits of ephemera are rather remarkable for both being well over 100 years old. Both post card and newspaper story were Left Inside my extremely scarce copy of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Harper & Brothers, 1894. Revised 2nd edition). I have to brag a little about this book because my partner Joe found it at a book sale in Libertyville, Illinois many moons ago. I paid one buck for the… ## [Giveaway Results Are In](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/06/giveaway-results-are-in.html) _2026-06-17 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ The results of the Cecil M. Wills book giveaway are in. After a highly scientific method that I left to one of the many Random Number Generators on the internet a winner was selected at random by a machine. How fitting for our new age of omnipresent AI and robots. And now for the Lucky Stiff...uh, lucky winner -- Comment #5 assigned to jdf21 was selected. Congrats to jdf21 ! You are the winner of… ## [Giveaway Results Are In](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/06/giveaway-results-are-in.html) _2026-06-17 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ The results of the Cecil M. Wills book giveaway are in. After a highly scientific method that I left to one of the many Random Number Generators on the internet a winner was selected at random by a machine. How fitting for our new age of omnipresent AI and robots. And now for the Lucky Stiff...uh, lucky winner -- Comment #5 assigned to jdf21 was selected. Congrats to jdf21 ! You are the winner of… ## [LEFT INSIDE: "Thank you for arranging the Madrigal Singers..."](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/06/left-inside-thank-you-for-arranging.html) _2026-06-14 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ On rare occasions I find a letter still in its envelope inside a book. This one dated January 29, 1976 and mailed on Jan 30 of that year was Left Inside my rare copy of Call Mr. Fortune (Dutton, 1921) by H. C. Bailey. I uncovered a wealth of information about the letter's writer, her husband and the photographer who took the photo on the stationery. First, the photographer. Sally Savage has had… ## [The metabolic matrix](https://technicallyfood.substack.com/p/the-metabolic-matrix) _2026-06-12 · Larissa Zimberoff · Technically Food_ In this issue: The new one-liner rule to eat by, some surprising new uses for broccoli and sweet potatoes and protein-packed ramen. ## [Cecil M. Wills New Reprint on Sale & Giveaway!](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/06/cecil-m-wills-new-reprint-on-sale.html) _2026-06-10 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ A couple of years ago I bought a small pile of rare hardcover editions of Cecil M. Wills mystery novels. These included Author in Distress (his debut as a mystery writer), The Chamois Murder and Death Treads . I read all of them in quick succession, but only reviewed Author in Distress (1934) on the blog. Shortly after I posted that review I sent a PDF of the entire book to Gavin O'Keefe as a… ## [How scientific fraud roiled the world of social science](https://www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/how-scientific-fraud-roiled-the-world) _2026-06-10 · Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel · The Power of Us: Interviews_ An interview with Max Bazerman clearing the air about his fradulent paper ## [Sailing Towards Summer](https://joangriffin.substack.com/p/sailing-towards-summer) _2026-06-10 · Joan M. Griffin · It's Dawning on Me_ From May Day to Mother's Day to Memorial Day, and Suddenly, School's Out and It's June! ## [FREE BOOKS!!!](https://othercuriouspeople.substack.com/p/free-books) _2026-06-08 · Sharon Wishnow · Research for Writers and Other Curious People_ It's Women's Fiction Day ## [LEFT INSIDE: Sales Slip for Used Book](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/06/left-inside-sales-slip-for-used-book.html) _2026-06-07 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ For those among you who were with me from the start of this blog back in 2011 you may recall I had a somewhat regular feature (at one time weekly) in which I share photos of objects, mostly paper ephemera, found in the old books I own. Well, this summer that feature has returned. Huzzah, hurrah and hallelujah! Each Sunday, for the next three or so months, I'll have some little tidbit to share with… ## [Feedback - Hugh Miller](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/06/feedback-hugh-miller.html) _2026-06-05 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ THE STORY: Matt Galt, Scottish ex-pat and private detective with a middling business, lives and works in Stratford primarily because he is an aficionado of the Bard. At the start of this novel he is hired by antiques dealer Timothy Barton to discover who has been sneaking rats into his shop. Galt spends the night in the shop, has a frightening encounter with the vandal and a small army of rats.… ## [NEW STUFF: Strange Houses - Uketsu](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-stuff-strange-houses-uketsu.html) _2026-06-02 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ Here we go again. Another puzzle laden "mystery" novel has arrived fresh from the pen of Uketsu and the English language translator Jim Rion. It's Strange Houses (2025, original Japanese edition 2021) and this time instead of a variety of unusual picture puzzles that are supposed to reveal the hidden motives of the criminally minded characters in its pages ( Strange Pictures ) we have an… ## [Kimchi vs plastic](https://technicallyfood.substack.com/p/can-kimchi-save-your-life) _2026-05-30 · Larissa Zimberoff · Technically Food_ In this issue: a new study reports kimchi can clear the body of nanoplastics, the first cell farming symposium in the Netherlands and life-saving food prescriptions in New York. ## [Sentence Deferred - August Derleth](https://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2026/05/sentence-deferred-august-derleth.html) _2026-05-30 · J F Norris · Pretty Sinister Books_ THE STORY: Sentence Deferred (1939) tells of how circumstantial evidence and coincidence can complicate a murder investigation. Two men, Beckit and Alford, claim to have shot a thoroughly disliked bank whose savings and loan institution failed taking with it most of the accounts. The victim was shot twice according to each shooter's confessions, once in the head, once in the chest. But only his…