I’m pleased to announce that the winner of the Packing for Mars giveaway is Maria!

Congrats! I hope everyone who reads this book enjoys it as much as I did.

I’m excited to officially launch Books, the Universe, and Everything on its new home!

I’ve moved here from emilyw.vox.com, and have copied over all my posts from there by hand. I still have a little work to do on the design and the sidebar, especially adding all the blogs I read to the blog roll!

You can grab my updated RSS feed here. I’ve also created a Facebook fan page where I’ll post links to new posts.

In honor of “the move,” I’m hosting a book giveaway! Two winners, chosen with the Random Number Generator from all entries, will receive their choice of one of my favorite books:

-Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
-The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse
-The Trouble With Poetry by Billy Collins
-The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
-The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
-A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel

To enter: Become a Fan of Books the Universe & Everything on Facebook. (You can use the Facebook widget to the right, or click here to visit the Facebook page and click the “Become a Fan” button from there.)

For an extra entry: Tweet or blog a link to this giveaway post, and leave a comment here with a link to your tweet or post.

Other notes about the giveaway:
-If you don’t have a Facebook account, or if you don’t want to become a Fan on Facebook for any reason, you can do the Twitter or Blog post option for an entry. Be sure to leave a comment here with the link.
-If you are already a fan on Facebook, you’ll automatically be entered.
-This giveaway is open worldwide; I will ship internationally.

This giveaway will be open until midnight eastern time on November 18, 2009.

Thanks and welcome to Books, the Universe, and Everything’s new home! :)