The Fireside

On the Love of Reading Foundation website, you are able to vote for which children's book you'd like to see find its way into kids' hands. Harry Potter. Narnia . Anne of Green Gables. The Hobbit. The Secret Garden. His Dark Materials. And many more. Or, you can 'nominate' a book. Either way, the charity is letting voters decide what books they will donate. In the number one spot with a lot of votes (over 5000 more than second place) is the Harry Potter box set. I myself voted for The Hobbit, in hopes of raising its position, and being included in the donation. Also, it's quite a nice edition, and is usually the one I gift (or would intend to gift)  You can take part here: https://www.lor10.ca/en/books And should you wish to nominate a school, head to : https://www.lor10.ca/en/schools/new

Chapters has recently highlighted some books. Due to the amount, I'm putting in a page break.

Ending tomorrow is a box set sale at Chapters, Canada's national bookstore. You can save up to 50% on some boxed sets. To view them, go here http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/sale/DOTW-20-Box-Sets?s_campaign=Paid%3ASocial%3AFacebook%3ADOTW .  Highlights include: The Complete Far Side, The Hunger Games, Legend of Zelda strategy guide set, Divergent Complete series (including Four) , Harry Potter Complete series (adult edition), The Chronicles of Narnia , and of course, A Song of Ice and Fire (trade paperback). To check to see if a series is eligible, type in the name of it (or author, etc.) and 'box' or 'boxed' and you should get a few results showing the various editions or types of sets.

I believe it was when season 2 of Game of Thrones was beginning to air that Chapters, a national bookstore (a Canadian version of Barnes and Noble) featured tables and displays with some Thrones merchandise, as well tables and displays marked as 'If You Like Game of Thrones, Try These...' and I can recall seeing some titles on display such as The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham, Enemy of God by Bernard Cornwell, and some by Ken Follett (I forget if it was Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, or Fall of Giants.  Anyway, now that the newest season has begun, Chapters has a similar section on their website. Here are the books they list:

Chapters will be having an online sale. You save 15% off weekends. The sale applies Saturdays and Sundays only, and ends March 30th, 2014. The promo code is 15offweekends . you enter this at the online checkout. Starts Saturdays (12:01 EST) and ends Sundays (11:59 PM EST). There is no minimum spend, and on regular priced items.  Can't be used on giftcards, ebooks, doantions etc..... I'll be doing a Book Shopping Guide post, which I'm sure will help you buy books as gifts...either for yourself or others.