August Giveaway is a Samsonite tote and seven other special surprises
Hey there! Can you believe August is here? And I couldn’t resist the pun of “picking you up” and the giveaway being a tote bag. You know, you pick stuff up and carry it in the tote. Okay, I’m a nerd. We all know it now. LOL And yet, we’re still friends.
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The August newsletter is about to be sent out. I can’t wait to read all of your comments for August.
I’m very excited about this month’s giveaway. I love surprises. Do you? If you’re a newsletter subscriber, then you know where to find the instructions about how to win this brand new Samsonite tote bag and seven other surprise items. It will be like Christmas comes to you. Only in August. Well, September because that’s when the winner is announced. But you know that already because you’re a faithful subscriber.
And see the puppy in the picture? He was a gift from Susan Jackson. I’ve been calling him Puppy. She refers to him as Puppy. But I think it’s time he gets a name–maybe that will be the game for the giveaway for September.
I’m so enjoying The Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe. I’m on the third and final book of the trilogy. And as we are moving to the end of summer, so is the book. I can’t wait to find out what Dora, Carson, and Harper have in store for their darling grandmother.
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Happy Reading,
Linda Joyce
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I live this quote from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: I did really cry in good earnest when I went to bed, to think that my expectations had done some good to somebody.
Deborah,
Very nice quote! Thanks for sharing. It’s one that will make everyone think…about expectations and doing good to others.
Smiles,
Linda
“However small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there.”
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Jeana,
I can’t tell you what a delight it was for me when I discovered the book of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when I was a kid. What a great quote you’ve shared. The book, the quote, truly helped me understand the concept of hope.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Smiles,
Linda
it’s not a quote, but I love these two sentences from A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J.Maas:
One heartbeat,I was staring after him—
the next, I had my shoe in a hand.
I hurled it at him with all my strength.
I find it really funny
Susanti,
I’ll have to check out the book. I think the “heartbeat” in my romantic mind suggests attraction, but then she throws her shoe at him…but you know they say that love and hate are NOT opposite emotions. 🙂
Thank you for sharing.
Smiles,
Linda Joyce
That looks like a comfy couch to read, accompanied by that cute puppy!! 🙂
I love the quote from Erich Segal’s “Love Story,” Love means never having to say you’re sorry.
Just hearing that line could get me tearing up. Because… sigh. That’s a sad love story, wasn’t it.
Didi,
I probably do more writing there than reading. 🙂 It’s my magic chair. When I’m working on creating new pages for a story, that’s where I sit. I actually read mostly in bed before I go to sleep. And I do have a desk–that’s where I work. LOL sounds a bit strange, but I consider editing and emails and all the other stuff I have to do to be the serious work done at a desk.
I recently happened to catch the last half of Love Story on TV. I cried while I was folding clothes. In the middle of the day.
Thanks for sharing the quote.
Smiles,
Linda
I have so many book quotes that resonate with me. One of my all time favourites is:
“A person’s a person, no matter how small.” ― Dr. Seuss
from Horton Hears a Who!
Mary,
That’s a great quote. The first book I ever learned to read was Go Dog Go! Thank goodness for Dr. Seuss!
Smiles,
Linda
There are so many quotes in books that I’ve love but this one is one of my favorites. It’s from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
Morgan,
J.K. Rowling did an excellent twist on a cliche. She took “United we stand, divided we fall” and made it her own. Certainly a hallmark of good writing.
And I did a bit of research on the original phrase. Evidently, it dates back to to the Greek story teller Aesop in 6th century B.C. Such an interesting quote.
Thank you for sharing,
Linda Joyce
My favorite quote is from My Familiar Stranger by Victoria Danann. “So I asked to see his fangs and he showed me. Then I gave him wood.” This made me laugh so hard I woke up my hubby at 1 in the morning. It’s one of those things where you would need to read it to understand.
Bobbi,
I’m intrigued by your quote. The book you mention, it’s not my go-to genre, but I’ll put it on my to-be-read list.
I don’t know if the fanged one is a shifter or an animal or even the un-dead, but it reminded of me of when I saw Dracula on Broadway in New York. It was delightfully scary. And the man who played Dracula–I would’ve have given him access to my neck–he was ALL that and more. LOL
Smiles,
Linda
“Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity.” In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (One of my favorite lines from a book.)
Cute pup.
Kim,
Thank you. He’s very dear to me.
Smiles,
LJ
My favorite quote from Louisa May Alcott’s, “Little Women” solidified my belief in what path I should take early on in my life. Though, I didn’t follow that path initially, I rediscovered the earlier laid breadcrumbs and am finding my way back.
“I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle–something heroic, or wonderful–that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead. I don’t know what, but I’m on the watch for it, and mean to astonish you all, some day. I think I shall write books, and get rich and famous; that would suit me, so that is my favorite dream.”
-Jo March
Shelby,
Great quote! Little Women is one of my favorite books. I received a copy for Christmas when I was about eight or nine. The book was published before I was born. It was my first look into a “historical” point of view. Because my father was in the Air Force and we moved around a lot, I didn’t get to keep many of the books I was given as a child. Little Women is only one of three I have, dating before I was 10.
Smiles,
Linda
My favorite quote is “You are, and always have been, my dream” Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.
“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
I read this in the 60s and thought it was the best definition of love that I had seen and never forgot it.
Linda,
This quote really resonates with me. Thank you so much for sharing it.
Smiles,
Linda Joyce
I love Jane Austen. My favorite quote from Pride and Prejudice is from Mr. Darcy “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” One only dreams that some hot guy can come and tell you this line and you will fall over heels in love. I love romance and who doesn’t love Mr. Darcy.
Yaritza,
Fabulous quote! I love all Jane Austen. Even the modern movies that are a take off on her stories.
You must allow me to thank you for sharing this.
Smiles,
Linda
Adorable puppy.
The is a cute puppy. I love the bad. It’s so nice you want to give it a name.