Basket of Kisses

Only one more week to win one of three copies of The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook! Please remember that nested replies in the contest comments will not be entered into the drawing. The drawing is done by random number generation and the replies are not numbered.

Smart Pop Books have provided us with three copies of The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook for our readers. I’m especially pleased to tell you that this giveaway is open to U.S. and Canada residents! I know you Canadians often get left out of these things, so yay. That’s the triple part. The double part is, [...]

photo credit: The Greenery Nursery One of the unsung features of Basket of Kisses is our periodic book reviews. Yes, we cater to the intellectual TV fans, and so for our December Fundraiser, I thought I’d take you on a stroll through our literary endeavors. Way back in 2008, I heard about a novel set [...]

The True Adventures of the World’s Greatest Stuntman: My Life as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman and Other Movie Heroes, by Vic Armstrong The stuntman is the unsung hero of the film industry, and Vic Armstrong is one of the few who have been “sung;” he’s an Oscar and BAFTA winner. If you’re a fan [...]

Big, Easy Style: Creating Rooms You Love to Live In, by Bryan Batt Bryan Batt (Salvatore Romano for three seasons of Mad Men) has written his second book, this one about one of his life’s passions and his second career: Home decor. In addition to being an accomplished actor, Bryan is the owner of Hazelnut [...]

Swimming in the Steno Pool: A Retro Guide to Making It in the Office, by Lynn Peril Lynn Peril is an administrative assistant who sees secretarial work from the inside. She is also a breezy, lighthearted writer with an easy way of presenting her material. Swimming in the Steno Pool travels to the nineteenth century, [...]

The Fashion File: Advice, Tips and Inspiration from the Costume Designer of Mad Men, by Janie Bryant, with Monica Corcoran Harel You know, it’s a tricky thing to combine your “angle” with straight-ahead fashion advice, as I discovered with Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? It’s easy to lose your way or to muddy [...]

This time around, we are giving away two copies of Sterling’s Gold by random drawing. To enter: Add a comment with your favorite Rogerism. For an extra entry: Follow Roberta/Basket of Kisses on Twitter and leave a separate entry here saying so. Winner will be selected by a random drawing of all entrants. Please no [...]

We didn’t win. (Cakespy did.) But the good news is, Chronicle Books is offering 35% off to all losing blogs and their readers! Yippee! Use the promo code “HAULIDAYS” for your discount.

Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?: Timeless Lessons on Love, Power, and Style by Pamela Keogh. Hardcover, 272 pages. You know what would be a fun book? A book that took Paul Kinsey’s Season 2 statement that all women are either a Jackie (Kennedy) or Marilyn (Monroe) to heart, and in a lighthearted way [...]

This one has multiple methods to win, and a prize worth about $500! Here’s how it works: Bloggers who post a list of $500 worth of Chronicle Books they’d like to win get entered into a random drawing. Every commenter on the winning blog then gets entered into a second drawing, so that a blogger [...]

Don’t forget to enter our contest. Two winners will be able to answer all their Jackie and Marilyn questions with a new book by Pamela Keogh.