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The Time Between {Review and Giveaway}

by NancyT June 3, 2013 20 comments

Nancy is a staff reviewer at 5 Minutes for Books. She received a copy of the book to facilitate her review. Eleanor Murray lives with her aging mother, wheelchair-bound sister, Eve, and Eve’s husband, Glen. [...]

The Crooked Branch {Review and giveaway}

by NancyT April 1, 2013 28 comments

I’m a big fan of historical fiction, with one of my favorite locations and time periods being New York City during the mid 19th century, when thousands of Irish immigrants arrived, fleeing the famed potato [...]

Mega Bloks® Skylanders Giants™ {Giveaway}

by NancyT March 19, 2013 137 comments

Last year for Christmas, my kids begged for Skylanders™ for the Wii. Santa came through, and throughout the year, every time we stepped foot in Target, Wal-mart or Toys R Us, they wanted to buy yet [...]

Captain Underpants is back! {with Giveaway}

by NancyT February 3, 2013 46 comments

Hi– This is Nancy from 5 Minutes for Books. In last year’s Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers (because this is apparently a better name than Professor Poopypants), Tippy escapes from the [...]

After the Rain {Review and Giveaway}

by NancyT January 6, 2013 63 comments

In Falling Home, Karen White introduces the town of Walton, GA and its tightly-knit community with Cassie Madison’s return home to visit her ailing father and estranged sister Harriet. After the Rain brings newcomer [...]

Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Christmas {with Giveaway}

by NancyT November 25, 2012 55 comments

Now that Scaredy Squirrel has made a friend, had a birthday party, and survived the dark and the beach, he takes on Christmas (check out some of the links if you aren’t familiar with Scaredy’s [...]

Get BRAVE On Demand! (Giveaway)

by NancyT November 16, 2012 90 comments

My family tries to get to the drive-in every summer (yes we still have one!) and this year’s film was BRAVE, a movie we all enjoyed. With a girl as the lead character, I wasn’t [...]

Ten Girls to Watch {Review and Giveaway}

by NancyT September 9, 2012 60 comments

Charity Shumway was hired by Glamour Magazine to research the 500 past winners of their Top Ten College Girls contest. She used this experience as the basis for her fun new novel, Ten Girls to [...]

The World Almanac for Kids 2013 {Review and Giveaway}

by NancyT September 2, 2012 98 comments

My kids love facts and trivia; actually, don’t most kids? The World Almanac for Kids 2013, filled with bright, colorful illustrations, fills that need for more information, covering a wide range of topics that appeal [...]

The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner {Review and Giveaway}

by NancyT July 9, 2012 102 comments

Ruth Saunders’s dream is about to come true: her script is about to be turned into a sitcom to be aired on a national network. But working with the network, studio and actors is not [...]