You've Got Mail Mondays!

Monday is here again. That means it's time for another edition of You've Got Mail Mondays.

I received a mini-catalog for kids clothes from Land's End. They are offering free shipping through February 14th in this one. A reason I order children's clothes from them most often is their age-appropriate styles. Their clothes are fashionable, but modest.

The Home Gardening Product Pack came last week. This includes a slew of mail-in postcards for a variety of products. This time I signed up to receive a few catalogs I didn't already get. There was one I was interested in, but since there was no website--only the card to mail in or a phone number--so I skipped it.

I received two coupons for Meow Mix® I had requested. We don't currently use Meow Mix, but discounted offers are great ways to try something new. The first coupon is for $1.00 off any size bag of NEW Meow Mix Tender Centers. The other is for a FREE cup of NEW Meow Mix Paté Toppers™.

On the book front, I received three books from one of my favorite children's publishers--Clavis Publishing. They began sending me unsolicited shipments. I liked their books so much that I requested they continue to send new releases along. Usually I donate unsolicited copies or use them for giveaways, but luckily I read one book from the initial shipment first. Their authors really understand children. Guido van Genechten has become one of my favorite children's authors. In this shipment I received:

• Little Snowman Stan by van Genechten,
• My Little Troublemaker by Thierry Robbertecht and illustrated by Philippe Goossens,
• and I Have Two Homes by Marian De Smet and illustrated by Nynke Talsma.

All except van Genechten are new to me, so we'll see how I like them.

Even though the mailman didn't deliver this one item, it's worth talking about. I entered a giveaway at Hollywood Daze for a chance to win a copy of Love Begins, the prequel to Love Comes Softly. Everyone has raved about this series, so I figured I should start at the beginning. The DVD arrived mid-week.

That's it from my neck of the woods. Hope you received some great presents from your mail carrier last week.

Hollywood Stories by Stephen Schochet Giveaway at Hollywood Daze

Becky over at Hollywood Daze is running a giveaway for a FREE copy of Hollywood Stories by Stephen Schochet.

At high noon on a cold November day in 1974, sixty-seven-year-old John Wayne faced off with the staff of the Harvard Lampoon on the famous campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The students had issued their challenge by calling the beloved American icon a fraud. Wayne, who had his new movie McQ to promote, responded by saying he would be happy to show his film in the pseudo-intellectual swamps of Harvard Square. After the screening, without writers, the former USC footballer delivered a classic performance. When one smart young man asked where he got his phony toupee, Wayne insisted the hair was real. It wasn't his, but it was real. The appreciative underclassmen loved him and after the Q and A session, they all sat down to dinner. Later Wayne, who was suffering greatly from both gout and the after effects of lung cancer (sadly the Duke only had five years to live), said that day at Harvard was the best time he ever had.Just when you thought you've heard everything about Hollywood comes a totally original new book -- a special blend of biography, history and lore.


HollywoodStories is packed with wild, wonderful short tales about famous stars, movies, directors and many others who have been a part of the world's most fascinating, unpredictable industry!

What makes the book unique is that the reader can go to any page and find a completely engaging and illuminating yarn. Sometimes people won't realize that they are reading about The Three Stooges or Popeye the Sailor until they come to the end of the story. The Midwest Book Review says Hollywood Stories is, "packed from cover to cover with fascinating tales." A professional tour guide in Hollywood, Stephen Schochet has researched and told thousands of entertaining anecdotes for over twenty years. He is also the author and narrator of two audiobooks Tales of Hollywood and Fascinating Walt Disney. Tim Sika, host of the radio show Celluloid Dreams on KSJS in San Jose has called Stephen," The best storyteller about Hollywood we have ever heard."Full of funny moments and twist endings, Hollywood Stories features an amazing, all-star cast of legendary characters and icons and will keep you totally entertained!
 
Doesn't this sound like a must have book?
 
Visit Hollywood Daze at http://valleygirlmusings.blogspot.com/2011/11/hollywood-stories-book-giveaway-and.html to find out how you can enter for your chance to win!