Win Game Widow: 11/21/08
I may be showing my age here but I remember when pong was still a pretty cool game. I've been playing video games since I was about my son's age. My crowning moment was finishing Donkey Kong Jr. on one quarter at the local grocery store. It was my one and only time but I was in the zone.

My latest book giveaway looks at women and video games. The book is Game Widow and it's by Wendy Kay. She writes about her own experience as a non-gamer who is married to one. As a gamer (and in a family gamer) I'm curious to read Kay's book.

If you'd like a chance to read my copy when I'm done, you can enter my contest. Please remember to follow the rules, especially when it comes to answering the question posted in rules #4. I use the question to rule out spam entries and to make sure that the winner is a good match for the book.

The rules for the contest are as follows:

1. Contest runs from today through December 22nd at 11PM Pacific Time
2. Winner will be notified via email at 11PM on the day the contest ends have 3 days to respond with a mailing address. If no response is received in that time, a new winner will be picked.
3. Open to the entire world.
4. To qualify you must tell me about your favorite video game. It doesn't have to be new one. If pong is your favorite, let me know why! I will accept arcade games, console games, computer games and web games.
5. For extra credit you can:
   a) include your blog's URL
   b) blog about the contest and link back here.

The product description from Amazon:

Is your loved one constantly monopolizing your computer or TV to play video games? If so, you might be a game widow. Wendy Kays, former game widow, is here to help. In this book, she successfully bridges the gap between those who game and those who don't by sharing invaluable advice and practical strategies for reclaiming your relationship with a video-gaming spouse, friend, or family member.

books | nonfiction | contest | wendy kays | 2008

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Atlantis Gate: 11/20/08
Atlantis Gate is the third book in a five part series by Greg Donegan (a pen name for Bob Mayer). As it is so far along in the series there is little time given for back story or character development. Gates start opening all around the world in the present and past and the Shadow start making their move.

I believe books should stand on their own even if they are part of a series. It isn't always possible to start at the beginning. Atlantis Gate doesn't live up to that standard. It may very well be good book having arrived at it after having read the previous two books. By itself, though, it is a choppy, disjointed narrative that is somewhere between mystery/thriller and science fiction.

The five part series is:

• Atlantis: Bermuda Triangle (2000)
• Atlantis: Devil's Sea (2001)
• Atlantis Gate (2002)
• Assault on Atlantis (2003)
• Battle for Atlantis (2004)

books | scifi | greg donegan | 2002

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