What Is Happening Today On Gather - Thursday June 26 2008

I do hope each of you are having a wonderful week this week. We actually had a day - Tuesday without any rain. It is the first day in weeks that the storms had not caused havoc in the community.

BRING ON THOSE POINTS! 

Have you joined the Relax group yet? You are going to love this offer. You can win 1000 points. Yep, you heard me right. They are going to be giving away 1000 points each week.  All you have to do is be a member of the Relax group.  Christine M. Team Gather  has written an article with more details in it. Click here to read the article. This group is owned by Westin Hotels & Resorts . So if you want more points, hurry on over and join the group. This promotion will last  will run until August, 31, 2008.

WHO WON THAT BEACH BOYS CD PACK?

Laura Cushing  has posted an article with all the details of who won the CD pack. You can read the update here. Congratulations JULIE (SEARCHING FOR AND FINDING SERENITY) G.  Enjoy your music!

LIVE CHAT

♥¸.•* Bridget *•.¸♥  is hosting a live chat with Abby Dodge, author of "Around the World Cookbook"  Thursday, June 26th at 5:00 PM EST. To join in the chat simply click here.

DID YOU  MISS THESE CHATS AND INTERVIEWS?

The group Bright Ideas from Bestselling Authors  was home to two great live chats on Tuesday. I hope you were able to catch the chat but if you were not, you can still read the transcripts.

Transcript of Live Chat with Daphne Miller, M.D., Author of _The Jungle Effect_ .   This chat was hosted by Dorine Houston and featured the author of The Jungle Effect by Daphne Miller MD.

Transcript Of LIVE Chat with Kenneth Davis - Author of "America's Hidden History".   This live chat was hosted by ~Connie ~ MLC  and featured the author of America's Hidden History, Kenneth Davis.

Transcript of the live interview with Maryanne Raphael .  This interview was hosted by René Allen, and Jennifer N and featured "WHAT MOTHER TERESA TAUGHT ME" by Maryanne Raphael.

YOU COULD WIN A FREE BOOK JUST FOR YOUR COMMENT

Abby Dodge has posted an article  titled Falafel - the original veggie burger!  She has posted an great looking recipe as well as a chance to win her book AROUND THE WORLD COOKBOOK.  For your chance to win - all you have to do is tell about  your favorite Middle Eastern recipes! Leave your answer in the comment  field of her article between now and June 29th and you could receive Around the World Cookbook. Gather will select 2 members to receive a copy.

Would you like to review a new book?

Lauren at Fiction Readers  has published an article titled Fiction Readers Picks for July -- enter to get free books!    The Fiction Readers Group currently are needing 10 people to review each of the two featured books for July. If you are interested in reading and reviewing either of these two books click here to find out more.  Requests must be submitted by July 1, 2008.

Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead by Saralee Rosenberg
In Mindy's yoga-obsessed, thirty-is-the-new-wife neighborhood, every day is a battle between Dunkin' Donuts, her jaws-of-life jeans, and Beth Diamond, the self-absorbed sancti-mommy next door who looks sixteen from the back. So much for sharing the chores, the stores, and the occasional mischief to rival Wisteria Lane.

It's another day, another dilemma until Beth's marriage becomes fodder on Facebook. Suddenly the Ivy League blonde needs to be "friended," and Mindy is the last mom standing. Together they take on hormones and hunger, family feuds and fidelity, and a harrowing journey that spills the truth about an unplanned pregnancy and a seventy-year-old miracle that altered their fates forever.

Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead is a hilarious, stirring romp over fences and defenses that begs the question, what did you do to deserve living next door to a crazy woman? Sometimes it's worth finding out.

The Smart One, by Ellen Meister
Bev is the Smart One, who finally leaves her artistic ambitions in chalk dust (and her humor-impaired husband in the arms-and legs-of his nubile protégée) to become a schoolteacher. Clare is the Pretty One, who married well and seems to be living a designer version of the suburban dream. Joey is the Wild One, struggling to stay clean and sober now that she's used up her fifteen minutes of fame as a one-hit-wonder rock star.

They love each other but mix like oil, water, and hundred-proof gin . . . a combination that threatens to combust over family tensions, suspected infidelities, a devastating accident, a stunning confession, and the sudden reappearance of their handsome, now all-grown-up former neighbor, Kenny Waxman, who's back in town making his mark as a TV comedy writer.

It seems they'll never understand where their differences begin and their own destructive tendencies end. Then it happens: the sisters discover a decades-old body stuffed inside an industrial drum and begin a bold, heartbreaking, and sometimes hilarious journey that will either bring them together . . . or tear them apart for good.

THIS WEEK IN THE GREEN

The Green group is chatting about animals this week. To join in on the check out this article by  The Green Moderator  titled Let's Talk About the Environment: ANIMALS.   This article offers several tips that we can all do to help the environment when it comes to animals.  Do you follow these tips? Do you have any other tips for greener living for our pets and wildlife? Post your comment in the field of the article for a  chance to receive a green prize pack! Responses must be posted by July 29^th.

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