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Poll Wednesday: Presidential Reading

Posted by admin on 01.07.2009 at 3:04 pm

Today’s question is about the Commander-in-Chief: Do you believe Karl Rove when he says that G.W. Bush has read almost 100 books in 2006 and about 50 each in the last two years?

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Karl Rove vs. President Bush Book Challenge

Posted by Jack on 01.07.2009 at 2:59 pm

Karl Rove, courtesy of the WSJ:

With only five days left, my lead is insurmountable. The competition can’t catch up. And for the third year in a row, I’ll triumph. In second place will be the president of the United States. Our contest is not about sports or politics. It’s about books. It all started on New Year’s Eve in 2005. President Bush asked what my New Year’s resolutions were. I told him that as a regular reader who’d gotten out of the habit, my goal was to read a book a week in 2006. Three days later, we were

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Exciting NCFL News!

Posted by admin on 02.11.2008 at 12:17 pm

Great news from the NCFL, I’ll let them tell the story:

eHarlequin.com issues 2008 100,000 Book Challenge
Year-long event will benefit NCFL programs

eHarlequin.com has challenged its community members to read an astounding 100,000 books in one year in the 2008 eHarlequin.com 100,000 Book Challenge. At the end of the year, Harlequin will make an unprecedented donation of an equivalent number of books to the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). The estimated retail value of a 100,000 book donation to NCFL by Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. is $700,000.

In addition to promoting literacy, the 2008 eHarlequin.com 100,000 Book Challenge encourages readers to discuss the titles they’ve read on the eHarlequin.com Web site in their own blogs. Those participating in the challenge share their thoughts, reviews, opinions, recommendations and progress. The 2008 eHarlequin.com 100,000 Book Challenge is taking place right now at eHarlequin.com. In one short week 350+ participants have accepted the 2008 100,000 Book Challenge and already read some 1,000+ books. Click here to find out more about the Book Challenge or how to participate.

Alright ladies, get reading!

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Burn Calories by Reading!

Posted by admin on 12.03.2007 at 7:03 am

Just before Thanksgiving, I received a forward that read “The average person consumes 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day”. This got me thinking about what I would need to do to counter all those extra calories. Hint: it will not include portion control.

With the holidays around the corner, I guess my Christmas wish list could include new running shoes or some sort of ab blaster but why torture myself when I can do something I really enjoy? Did you know that you can burn Calories just by reading? It’s true I read it online and I burned a calorie doing it too. So I crunched the numbers and at my weight, I will only need to read for 2800 hours to offset this past Thanksgiving dinner! Well I guess my Christmas list just got condensed to just BetterWorld.com and since it is open 24/7, there will be plenty of time for my family and friends to get my Christmas gifts. Happy shopping!