I am proud to say my book has been reviewed and posted on the following websites:
Amazon.com or Amazon.ca - http://www.amazon.com/review/R3ABSVND5EKL6B/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
BarnesAndNoble.com - http://my.barnesandnoble.com/communityportal/review.aspx?reviewid=1362191
BookCrossing.com - www.BookCrossing.com/631-7942922
Books.Google.com - http://books.google.com/books?sitesec=reviews&id=xGq3PwAACAAJ
BooksAMillion.com - http://www.booksamillion.com/product/9781432735494?id=4697485320733#customer-reviews
Face Book Visual Bookshelf - http://apps.facebook.com/facebookshelf/books/200004238641-kathy-reed-multiple-sclerosis-the-many-faces-of-the-disease?ref=search-title
Gather.com - http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978181449
PaperbackSwap.com - http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/9781432735494-Multiple Sclerosis The Many Faces of the Disease
Reviewer's Personal Blog - http://4theloveofreading.blogspot.com/2010/04/multiple-sclerosis-many-faces-of.html
Reviewer's Twitter Account - http://bit.ly/aqYZKh
They're all the same review, but located in various places to help draw in readers. Please consider visiting one or multiple links to let me know what you think. If you feel like buying my book, even better! Happy reading!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Book contest
I published my first book: "Multiple Sclerosis: The Many Faces of the Disease" in July 2009. Yesterday a friend called me to talk about my aunt and discuss her story from the book. It made me excited that someone actually read it and enjoyed talking about it. I never wrote the story with the intent of making tons of money, but sales have not been great. Therefore, in an effort to spread the word about my book, I have decided to do a book contest for my blog readers and twitter followers. If you know someone with MS, are living with MS yourself, or simply want to support me - please consider participating.
Rules: You may either post a comment here, send me an email at logsdon.kathy@gmail.com, or reply to me on twitter. Your comment(s) should explain why you would like a copy of my book or what it would mean to you to receive a copy. The winner will receive one, free, autographed copy of my book ( I wrote it under my maiden name so the last name will be different). The contest will begin as soon as I publish this post and will end on midnight (US Eastern time zone) on Sunday, February 20, 2011.
Amazon reviews:
Multiple Sclerosis - The Many Faces of the Disease is really a wonderful book to keep handy for anyone who has MS, especially when someone comes into your life and is clueless what MS is really about. While I personally didn't find it helpful for my own use, simply because I've had the disease for so long, I would have LOVED having it available to me at the time of my diagnosis. I wish I had known about it or had it available when I was diagnosed in 1995! For this reason alone, I highly recommend the book to anyone newly diagnosed with the disease or with anyone who's recently come into the life of someone with MS. You need to know the truth, the facts and the stories behind the faces of MS and Reed provides just this opportunity!
Reed has some particular cases she talks about, discusses the disease itself in the most basic of ways and gives some pretty comprehensible descriptions of what MS is and how it can act. The book is small, concise and covers just about every aspect you can imagine about MS from what the disease is to what some people can do to keep the disease under control. It's honest and not at all frightening to the reader, which is a huge plus with this disease. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who wants to explain the disease to someone in their life (children, spouse, family, new romantic partner, co-workers) that could really use some enlightenment on what MS is and how it works. Keep a copy in your library if you have MS or better yet, if you know someone who has MS that may need the help in explaining this confusing disease and all it presents to their life to someone they care about.
Kudos Ms. Reed in a book that was well thought out, well written and simple yet concise!
More information is available at:
Amazon Page or Outskirts Press or My aha moment
Thank you and good luck!
Rules: You may either post a comment here, send me an email at logsdon.kathy@gmail.com, or reply to me on twitter. Your comment(s) should explain why you would like a copy of my book or what it would mean to you to receive a copy. The winner will receive one, free, autographed copy of my book ( I wrote it under my maiden name so the last name will be different). The contest will begin as soon as I publish this post and will end on midnight (US Eastern time zone) on Sunday, February 20, 2011.
Amazon reviews:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have for Anyone Touched by MS, April 18, 2010
By
Beverly Pechin (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Multiple Sclerosis: The Many Faces of the Disease (Paperback)
As someone who has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), I knew that this book would be something that I would either love or hate. I tend to be very harsh on anything that comes out discussing this disease, simply because I have it and know the facts. While no 2 people with MS are the same, we do share many similar symptoms. All too often the first words you read in any book on MS is "MS doesn't kill people" and while this may be true to some degree, it angers me because it's like saying "that Mac truck didn't kill him when it hit him"... technically it didn't, but the results OF that hit were what killed him and often the symptoms of MS are what take someone down. That doesn't mean we have a death sentence, I'm proof of that, but don't dismiss the disease with such nonchalant comments. Of course that's my opinion, but I'll stand by it! So, when Reed's book didn't start out with this big introduction of how MS isn't a death sentence, I was impressed on that fact alone! Multiple Sclerosis - The Many Faces of the Disease is really a wonderful book to keep handy for anyone who has MS, especially when someone comes into your life and is clueless what MS is really about. While I personally didn't find it helpful for my own use, simply because I've had the disease for so long, I would have LOVED having it available to me at the time of my diagnosis. I wish I had known about it or had it available when I was diagnosed in 1995! For this reason alone, I highly recommend the book to anyone newly diagnosed with the disease or with anyone who's recently come into the life of someone with MS. You need to know the truth, the facts and the stories behind the faces of MS and Reed provides just this opportunity!
Reed has some particular cases she talks about, discusses the disease itself in the most basic of ways and gives some pretty comprehensible descriptions of what MS is and how it can act. The book is small, concise and covers just about every aspect you can imagine about MS from what the disease is to what some people can do to keep the disease under control. It's honest and not at all frightening to the reader, which is a huge plus with this disease. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who wants to explain the disease to someone in their life (children, spouse, family, new romantic partner, co-workers) that could really use some enlightenment on what MS is and how it works. Keep a copy in your library if you have MS or better yet, if you know someone who has MS that may need the help in explaining this confusing disease and all it presents to their life to someone they care about.
Kudos Ms. Reed in a book that was well thought out, well written and simple yet concise!
4.0 out of 5 stars A sensitive and practical introduction, March 13, 2010
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Multiple Sclerosis: The Many Faces of the Disease (Paperback)
Although this is a rather short book, it was powerful in its message. It begins with a real life story about the author's aunt, in her struggle with multiple sclerosis. The rest of the book is a discussion about the disease itself, the types, the treatments, causes, drugs and therapies. I definitely recommend this reading for anyone with a family member or friend who is afflicted with MS, as it provides some very important information that is easy to understand, rather than trying to sift through huge medical journals to find relevant information. The story about Suzanne, the author's aunt, truly personalized the experience both for how she courageously grappled with its increasing affects on her life, but also for the impact on those around her as they in their own ways went through this with her also.More information is available at:
Amazon Page or Outskirts Press or My aha moment
Thank you and good luck!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)