Wednesday Cha-Cha: Tales From My Starred Folder

Wow, it's been awhile since I've done one of these! There's been lots of good information lately, though, so definitely check these things out if you haven't already!

First of all, have you entered my giveaway for a copy of The Army of the Republic? It closes tomorrow so be sure to comment for a chance to win!

Second, here's a chance to win an ereader or $100 gift card from Monica at The Bibliophilic Book Blog! Put Emily @ What Book is That? down as the person who referred you and we each get five extra entries!

Speaking of ereaders, Dear Jane had a very informative post to answer the question, what ereader should I buy? I'm in the market for an ereader myself and I found this post tremendously helpful.

I tweeted about this earlier, but Barnes and Noble is doing another summer reading program for kids in grades 1-6! I found out about this from Free Technology for Teachers, and if the participant reads the required number of books of his or her choice, there's a list of free books to choose from as a prize! This is definitely worth investigating if you have kids or will be responsible for kids this coming summer.

Do you read Cake Wrecks? If not, you should, as it's hilarious, and there's also a weekly feature on cakes that are delightfully un-wrecky. This past Sunday's post was all about book-related cakes. Here's my favorite:
Head on over and check out the rest of the cakes!

Finally, from the always-inspiring Craftzine.com blog, here's a really catching, informative video on what we can do about the amount of plastic that ends up as garbage:


How has your week been so far? What are you up to?