The Dark Child Winner!

TEA!!!!

Congratulations Tea, I will email you asap. And I apologize 100x over for taking so long to post the winner....

Much Belated Giveaway!

The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy by Camara Laye

The Dark Child is a distinct and graceful memoir of Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea. Long regarded Africa's preeminent Francophone novelist, Laye (1928-80) herein marvels over his mother's supernatural powers, his father's distinction as the village goldsmith, and his own passage into manhood, which is marked by animistic beliefs and bloody rituals of primeval origin. Eventually, he must choose between this unique place and the academic success that lures him to distant cities. More than autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world.

Quite some time ago a winner at the POC Reading Challenge donated her prize to CO. I am FINALLY getting around to passing the book on to be read and reviewed. Thank you so much Niranjana for your generosity!

Summary from Goodreads.com

U.S. only. All you have to do is comment with your email (feel free to share why you are interested in the book).

Giveaway ends: September 15, 2011 11:59 CT

We've Got Books: Book Prize Winners Announced!

Community,

I am pleased to announce March book prize winners:

Big Book of Soul Giveaway- Falon
Diversity Roll Call- Katy @ A Few More Pages
Women Unbound- Bonnie @ Bonnie's Books
POC- April @ Good Books & Wine
Color Me Brown- Laura @ Reading and Rooibos
Quiz- Anishinaabekwe @ Anishinaabekwe
Sunday Salon- Steph Su @ Steph Su
New Crayons- Ari @ Reading in Color

Recap on how to win books at Color Online
Participate in CORA Diversity Roll Call. Each month, we will draw a name randomly to win a book from our Prize Bucket. We run a new assignment roughly every two weeks, here or at Worducopia. Join us. It's fun and the exercise introduces participants to new reads and different perspectives on our reading habits.

Participate in Women Unbound. I'd love to see more women of color reviews. Join us. Once a month I draw a name.

The POC Challenge. Color Online is a sponsor. Post a link to your review of a POC title and you're entered.

Color Online Quiz. Every month we try to post four quizzes. Random monthly drawing.

Color Me Brown- Read and blog brown. I'm always looking and then sharing links to your reviews. Completely random. Do what you do and you might win a book.

Every week I post a query for Sunday Salon and we share what new books we have in our New Crayons post. Comment to Sunday Salon or write a New Crayons post on your blog and you'll be entered in a monthly drawing.

We are committed to connecting readers with great literature. If you want to donate books to schools or Color Online, check our contact page. When we get requests or I hear about a school/program looking for books, I send them.

If you don't have books, send me $1 stamps. We don't have a fund. We have you and me, a sister with more passion than cents.

Unclaimed prizes
Holiday winners- Cassy, Mardel, Gavin, Laura and Catherine
Quiz- Elizabeth at LJ (Feb)
Roll Call- Puss Boots (Feb)
Color Me Brown review- Charlotte
Women Unbound- Melissa (Jan) Angela (Feb)

Winners, please contact me. I need your book choices and snail addresses.

Foxy: My Life in Three Acts Giveaway

Foxy: My Life in Three Acts by Pam Grier with Ardrea Cagan
Thankfully the book doesn’t read like a kiss-and-tell-all, though, that would have been easy. Grier gives candid accounts of her relationships with Abdul-Jabbar and Freddie Prinze Sr. However it was details of her relationship with Richard Pryor which left me gasping in disbelief. Sorry, you’ll have to read it yourselves to find out that one. See full review at Sable VeritySocial Commentary.

Thanks to Anna at Hatchet Books, we have 5 copies to give away. Deadline is April 16th. Earn entries:


+1 if you leave a comment why you want the book
+5 if you commit to review the book on your blog or here.
+3 if you add this link to your blog, twitter, Facebook or MySpace page. Leave link.
+2 if you add Color Online to your blogroll

Healing Book Giveaway: Win Stephanie R. Bird Titles

Community, thanks to Stephanie we have 1 copy of he Big Book of Soul: the Ultimate Guide to the African American Spirit: Legends & Lore, Music & Mysticism, Recipes and Rituals and 2 copies of Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones: Hoodoo, Mojo and Conjuring with Herbs for a giveaway.

1 entry for leaving a comment with the title you want here.
+2 entries if you indicate you're willing to review the title.
+2 if you post a link on your blog or twitter.


You must include your e-mail address or send it to me in a e-mail. Put Bird Giveaway on the subject line. I'm no longer going to hunt for them.

Deadline is March 31st. Winners please check back here for announcement.

Commercial Break: Free Books!

Community,

I want take a moment to reiterate our commitment to connecting readers with books so this is a reminder about how to get free books from Color Online:

Participate in CORA Diversity Roll Call. Each month, we will draw a name randomly to win a book from our Prize Bucket. Participation is down and this bothers me. We run a new assignment roughly every two weeks, here or at Worducopia. Join us. It's fun and the exercise introduces participants to new reads and different perspectives on our reading habits.

Participate in Women Unbound. Great challenge and aren't we about women? I have not been shy. I'd like to color up the challenge. Join us. Once a month I draw a name.

The POC Challenge. Color Online is a sponsor. This is really simply. You review a POC title then post your link at the challenge. No count requirement. Post and bounce. How easy does it have to be?

Color Online Quiz. Every month we try to post four quizzes. Random monthly drawing.

Every week I post a query for Sunday Salon and we share what new books we have in our New Crayons post. Starting this week, if you comment to Sunday Salon or you post a New Crayons post on your blog, you'll be entered in a monthly drawing.

We also host giveaways. Stay tune for some wonderful giveaways in March for Women's History Month.

Deadline for A Wish After Midnight giveaway is Sunday.

Life is crazy busy for most of us. I don't always post four quizzes and sometimes I don't announce all winners but I am very serious about redistributing books. Our review policy says we connect readers with books. We honor that commitment.

Today I'm updating the Prize Bucket and the Book Loan page.

If you want to donate books to schools or Color Online, check our contact page. When we get requests or I hear about a school/program looking for books, I send them.

If you don't have books, send me $1 stamps. We don't have a fund. We have you and me, a sister with more passion than cents.

We all do what we can and my part includes shipping books. Special thanks to Barb who sent me a book of stamps. I'm off to the post office today.

Monthly Winners:

Quiz- Elizabeth (sanguinty)
Roll Call- Puss Boots
Color Me Brown review- Charlotte
Women Unbound- Melissa (Jan) Angela (Feb)

Happy reading,
S

A Wish After Midnight Release Giveaway!

Amazon Encore launches A Wish After Midnight nationally of February 16th and to celebrate, we are hosting a giveaway.

Elliott does an excellent job of recreating 1863 Brooklyn and the tumult of the time, including the roiling anger against those who could buy their way out of military service that led to the deadly Draft Riots in July, the back-to-Africa movement that galvanized both white abolitionists and free blacks alike, and the overarching danger of being black and female that exceeds anything Genna had known in the 21st century. And although there is plenty of history embedded in the novel, A Wish After Midnight is written with a lyrical grace that many authors of what passes for adult literature would envy as it examines universal themes of finding lost love, belief in one’s dreams and the power of friendship. ~Paula Woods at Defenders Online.

We have 2 copies to give away. Deadline is Feb. 28th. Earn extra entries:

+1 if you leave a comment why you want the book
+2 if you are a librarian, teacher or other educator
+3 if you add Color Online or Reading In Color to your blogroll
+3 if you add this link to your blog, twitter, Facebook or MySpace page. Leave link.

Ari at Reading In Color is hosting a giveaway here and so is Zetta here.

You want this book. Buy it and win a copy to give.

I always feel guilty when we get a lot of entries. Instead of 2 books, I used random.org to select 3 winners:

Neo
Katy
Wisteria

Sunday Salon: The Gift of Reading, Color Online's Holiday Giveaway

In my recent CORA Diversity Roll Call post, I shared that I always give my daughters books for Christmas. You all know my commitment to literacy, supporting educators and how strongly I feel about getting books into the hands of readers.

Today’s Sunday Salon is about giving. I have six children’s books to donate to school libraries or classrooms. If you’d like one of these books, please comment here with your preference and the name of your school. I’ll do a random drawing. It’s hectic right now and schools will be on break so all books will ship after Christmas. The following titles are available:

Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story by Paula Yoo illustrated by Lin Wang

In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage by Alan Schroeder, illustrated by Ja Me Bereal

Sacred Mountain: Everest by Christine Taylor-Butler

As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua

Hersel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson illustrated by Raul Colon

John Coltrane’s Giant Step by Chris Raschka

Testing The Ice by Sharon Robinson illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Our review policy states all books are redistributed. I mean what I say.

If you are an author and would like to donate your book, contact me and I’ll add it to the list.

Deadline to request book is December 31st. All books will ship after the first week of January.

I would like to ask that all recipients, if possible, please publish a review of the title on your blog or grant me permission to publish your review at Color Online.
Happy Holidays and happy reading,

Sunday Salon: Books, Books & Books

Hello all, hope you enjoyed the holiday with family and friends. We had a small group of twelve at my aunt's. I ate too much but better than previous years and that's because I knew I'd be seeing my trainer the next day. That night, I got on the treadmill and Friday I showed up at the gym. Don't be too impressed. I have quite a few pounds to drop so a chica is doing what a chica has to do.


This week we feature Tara Betts in our Women Writers of Color Series. Show her some love. Buy her collection, Arc & Hue.

More community news: We have lots of winners to announce. In order to simplify my life and hopefully to increase your participation, at the end of each month I'll post a single listing of monthly winners. We exist to support writers and that means among other things, reading and reviewing their work. We provide ample opportunity for you to acquire books. If you haven't been participating in our giveaways, the quizzes or memes, I strongly encourage you to do so. Winning is as simple as commenting or reviewing on your blogs. No hoop jumping. Support and your name is likely to be entered for you by me. November Winners' Circle:

Bum Magnet Giveaway- Akila from The Englishist
Color Online Quiz - Elizabeth at LiveJournal
Color Me Brown- Debbie at Genre Reviews
Women Unbound- Danielle at Leaning Towards The Sun
CORA Diversity Roll Call- Erika at Reading With Momma

This week Women Unbound announced that Color Online is sponsoring a monthly book drawing each month. We will draw a winner among participants who spotlight women of color. Represent Color Online and promote women writers of color. Join the challenge.

Don't forget to sign-up for our Greeting Card Exchange. Please join us.
Looking forward to celebrating the holidays with you.

The Bum Magnet Giveaway

Community, thanks to Karla we have a copy of The Bum Magnet for a giveaway so all you chick lit lovers, come on and get your groove on.

Leave a comment here if you'd like to win a copy.
+2 entries if you indicate you're willing to review the title.
+2 if you post a link on your blog or twitter.

...is a woefully delicious tale of the worst and best, but mostly worst kind of men any single woman could come across. And darn it if the author doesn’t try her utmost to warn the female population – her intended audience – against these deviants, highlighting ways to recognize these charlattans. Once we do recognize them, run straight for them hills. Read full review at Long Live Chick-Lit.

Deadline is November 28th.

Mrs. O Giveway Winners!

Congratulations to our winners!

Mary Ann
Mardel
Lisa
hms
Birdie


Thank you all for participating. More giveaways and contests to come. Stay tuned.

Del Rio Bay Series Giveaway

Today, we launch our Del Rio Bay Series Giveaway. One lucky winner will win the entire collection.

To enter leave your name and addy in the comment section. You must provide contact information. To earn extra entries:

+3 if you link to the giveaway on your blog or promote through twitter, Facebook, MySpace or any other social network.
+3 for teachers, librarians and youth mentors.

Deadline to enter is October 30th. Winners will be contacted via email. No email, no entry. Good luck.

Mrs. O Giveaway!

Pleased to announce a Mrs. O Giveaway. Thanks to Hatchette Books, I'm giving away 5 copies of Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy, a beautifully illustrated volume of images and positive commentary about our First Lady. To enter leave your name and addy in the comments. For extra entries:

+1 if you leave a comment why you want the volume
+2 if you are a librarian, teacher or other educator
+3 if you add Color Online or Black-Eyed Susan's to your blogroll
+3 if you add this link to your blog, twitter, Facebook or MySpace page. Leave link.

Original photographs of Michelle Obama's most iconic looks, along with commentary from fashion experts, top off this tactile visual feast. Woven together with sketches and illustration inspired by the first lady, the book reveals the story of a new era of American fashion.

Deadline to enter is October 29th. You have a second chance to win at Black-Eyed Susan's. You may only win once. Winners will be contacted via email.

Color Online's BBAW Book Giveaway

Congratulations, Jasmine and Paradox!

Thanks to all for participating.

Monday begins Book Blogger Appreciation Week. We love any excuse to share books so in conjunction with the week-long schedule of activities, we are hosting a BBAW Giveaway. At Color Online our winners get to pick a book from our Prize Bucket, a great bounty of books numbering more than 50 titles!

To enter comment to this post with your email addy and you're in. It's that easy! Earn extra entries by:

+ 2 comment to any post on this forum and post a link to your comments.
+2 for each Stumble, tweet or sidebar link. Leave a link to your CO BBAW promo here.
+5 Tell a friend about Color Online. All visitors who say you referred them, earns you 5 more entries and the visitor earns +2 if they enter the drawing. Post all entries to one comment.

Giveaway will run Saturday, September 12th through Thursday, midnight est. 2 winners will be announced Thursday, September 17th sometime after 5pm. I use random.org to draw winners. Contest limited to US residents. Find more giveaways here.

We're glad to have you. Hope you'll pull up a chair, get comfy and sit a spell with us.

Happy blog hopping!

On The Line Giveaway

Congratulations, winners:
minishoes
ledena
wanda
trig
regina

Stay tune for a chance to win a new Michelle Obama title.


You've heard me say it: Books are to be read not hoarded. I asked and now I have 5 copies of Serena Williams with Daniel Paiser, On The Line to give away. I read a fantastic review by Tea. Read her Amazon review.
How to enter:
1 entry for leaving your e-mail in the comment box
+2 if you comment to Tea's review (honor system)
+2 if you tweet, link, blog about giveaway

Giveaway ends September 30th. Thanks to Anna at Hatchett.