I did something a little foolish on Friday. It's a bit crazy but well worth it for the payout.

Larry & Willy, two local radio personalities, are holding a contest. Individuals bought near life-size cutouts of the guys, were handed a list of tasks each of which has a points value and on April 30th, whoever has the most points takes home $10,000. It's a nice chunk of change and that was enough encouragement to get me to drop some of my hard earned Jack points for a one in 50 chance at the money. Loads more details on the contest on the official website.

So for the next month, you're going to be seeing a lot of pictures and probably hearing a lot of crazy stories about how various photographs were taken. Here's one of my fave so far. Task #29 was to take a photo at a restaurant or bar. We went to White Spot for lunch and told our waitress what was going on since we walked in with the cutout. She told the Assistant manager who came over with two of the kitchen staff and posed for a photo with Larry & Willy. Thank you soooooo much guys! That was awesome!!

To see all of the entries, check out the Facebook page.

Oh yeah. And you have a chance of winning too! If you spot one of the cutouts, snap a photo and upload it to the FB page and you have a chance to win $100. Good luck to all!!

You may remember that a few weeks ago I ran a contest, that I then extended (dues, sadly, to lack of entries) but during the extension, two fabulous ladies swooped into the rescue and rather than having anyone vote, I've decided to grant them both a book from the list of banned works.

The first entry came care of the fabulous Colleen who, of course, is reading some thing uncommon:

Thanks for participating ladies! Take a browse through the list and either email, leave a comment or just let me know which book you're interested in and I'll get it ready for the next time I see you!

Not sure if it's lack of interest, short time span or just that very few people read this blog, I'm extending the deadline for the context until next Friday, March 6th.

Hope you'll consider participating...all it takes is a book and a camera! Details here.

It's easy to take it for granted when you walk into a bookstore to find hundreds if not thousands of books to choose from but even with all the freedoms allotted to us, there are still many books that are, for one reason or another,  not easy if at all possible to find.

The Freedom of Expression Committee is a committee of the Book and Periodical Council and they monitor censorship issues in Canada as they pertain to books and every year they run "Freedom to Read Week" in an effort to shine light on the censorship issues.

Looking down the list of banned books is something else, especially when it includes titles like "A Handmaid's Tale" and "Snow Falling on Cedars" (really?).

There's a lot of action going on this week in support and even our Bookcrossing friends are getting in on the action but I want to do something a little special.

Until Friday, I will be running a contest and the winner will have a chance to win a book from the censored list. To enter, simply email me a photo or link to a photo in the comments, of you reading. It's pretty simple - I just ask that you keep it PG please!

Starting Saturday, I will post the photos and allow individuals to vote on their faves with the one receiving the most votes winning. That part of the contest will run until March 7th with the winner being announced on March 8th.

Get those cameras ready and send in your entries!

Thanks to Monica for the info on Freedom to Read Week!