Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West Imagine finding evidence that your boyfriend, an up and coming movie director, was cheating on you with one of his starlets through a gossip magazine. Imagine also that your mother Shelby and beloved step father just recently died in a plane crash, you’ve never had a good [...]
I was tagged by Lorin of Arch Thinking to take part in this theme. An appropriate topic since Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Thanks for tagging me, Lorin! The rules for the tag are simple. Link to the person who has tagged you. Write down six things that make you happy. Post the [...]
After the Zappos.com excitement from my previous Mailbox Monday post, last week was a light book week. This is good, because if there was a deluge every week, I could not keep deluding myself that I’m ever going to be completely on top of my ARCs. Here’s what I found in my mailbox over the [...]
Last year I offered up eight or so books to people to read and review because I just didn’t have the time to do it myself. Valerie from Life is a Patchwork Quit (love me some warm snuggly quilts this time of year) selected Nineteenth Street, NW by Brett Wood. She read and published her [...]
Trish led me to Sizzle Says, a great new blog to me (thanks Trish). One of her recent posts listed 10 things she loved that begin with the letter R. It’s a really fun meme, especially if you follow everyone’s posts afterward. If you want to join in, leave a comment and you get assigned [...]
I found this post that Miss Holly wrote in response to Cheryl’s. I just had to jump on in… If your book collection were on fire and you could only save three books from burning, which three would you save and why? While I’m answering this, I’m going to assume that I’ve already rescued my [...]
Since I was traveling last week, I didn’t think I’d have a very busy book week. Boy, was I wrong. I don’t want to take away from my upcoming post about Zappos.com, but no sooner had I walked in the door I was told to peruse their library and select any of the books I [...]
Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek During Nanowrimo 2008, Karen Harrington posted an article that Janet Finch wrote to encourage participants, “Dear Author – ‘Make Trouble for Your Characters.’ “ Jayne Pupek did just that for Ellie Sanders, an adolescent girl growing up in a home with a mentally ill mother. Ultimately, she is the one [...]
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