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EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert
I know...I know...I'm always telling you how much I love this book or that book, but OMG I LOVE THIS BOOK. And yeah, I know that I'm kind of late to the party and that everyone around the world has been loving it for a while now, but what can I say? It was time for me...
Please Welcome Guest Blogger, Janette Rallison
I'm very excited that I've coerced convinced author Janette Rallison over to my blog to tell us a story. But first, I want to say that Janette is launching yet another fabulous book. This one is called Just One Wish and I think it is my favourite book of Janette's....
Who loves ya, baby?
I do! I love you all. That is why I have arranged to have the hilarious (often on purpose) author, Janette Rallison step into my shoes and guest blog for y'all. She'll be here Friday telling us about her new book, heroes, and a few other funny things. And I'll put up...
STICKS by Joan Bauer
This is a perfect book. I know, I know...I love everything I write about, but this is really good. It's also 13 years old and perfectly timely, even though it was a contemporary book at the time. The only thing that dated it was the cover, and now it's got this cool...
You need to see this if you write…
I know...no posts for forever, and now three today. If you are a writer, you need to see this.
FLIPPED by Wendelin Van Draanen
Alex recommended this book to me (for once I actually remember who recommended the book) and she had me pegged. I LOVED this book. You could say I flipped over it. I actually listened to it on audio, which added a bit to it, I think because there are two points of...
Why I love Joan Bauer
For those of us who find ourselves taking the linear approach to describing a character (he had blond hair, blue eyes, and a great smile...) and especially those of you who are guilty of #16 – Using coffee, cappuccino, and café latte to describe black people’s skin,...
Ransom My Heart by Princess Mia (Meg Cabot)
I am pretty sure that this is the only adult romance novel I have ever read. Boy, was it fun! The characters were kind of stock, but true to Cabot's style, they were all well drawn. It was laugh out loud funny in places, and the adventure took some good twists. I...
Just One Wish by Janette Rallison
I am happy to announce the release of JUST ONE WISH. I think this is Janette's best book yet. Definitely worth putting on your to-buy list. Janette is always funny, but I think that in this book, she takes her writing up a notch. I am sure you'll enjoy it too.
THE WINK OF THE ZENITH by Floyd Skloot
I've been reading some nonfiction lately (for adults - more YA reviews coming soon). The subtitle of this book is: The Shaping of a Writer's Life I put this book on hold at my library back in September when Janet Reid wrote this post about it. Not so much because of...
Talk about good company!
Last year, Sarah Dessen wrote several blog posts about her husband's bicycle accident. I think he broke his pelvis...and maybe his collarbone? Either way, it was not good. Last week, Meg Cabot's husband broke his arm when he swerved his bike to avoid being hit by a...
Friday 5
I haven't updated this blog in a while (not writing, so nothing much to say) and I haven't done a Friday 5 in ages, so I thought I'd throw one out there. 1. I eat the same snack every day for months until I am totally sick of it and then I pick a new snack and repeat....
Allie Finkle’s Rules For Girls – Best Friends and Drama Queens
I hate to brag, okay...in this case, I love to brag... I got an advanced copy of Meg Cabot's latest book in the Allie Finkle series. I love Allie. I really do. She's the coolest nine year old I've ever seen. Did I mention she reminds me of me? Okay, so she doesn't...
Bloggity, blog, blah, blah, blah!
I’ve been reading a bit about blogging lately. First I read The Huffington Post book about how they got started. Well, I read about 2/3 of it, but after a while I was kind of over it. Plus it was due at the library. It did accomplish one thing though (which was...
Writing in my sleep?
I am not one of those writers who carries a notebook, and I definitely don't keep one by my bed for writing down ideas that I might suddenly wake up with in the middle of the night. My thoughts have always been that if whatever idea I come up with has enough sticking...
Middle of the Night Ramblings
I was standing out in one of our fields with four other people. I wouldn’t call them friends, but that didn’t seem weird at the time because nothing was normal. For one thing, our field was sort of electric green, kind of like those postcards you see of the English...
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
I'm putting this book on the main blog, rather than Need To Read, because I have a few things to say besides, "you should read this book". But I won't totally disappoint my regular readers. Here I go... I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!! Okay, now, back to business. I thought...
Barcodes -continued! I’m not the only one annoyed!
Apparently barcodes on books bug EVERYONE! I've been getting emails and comments and even linked to other blogs because of my barcode post. Cool! What I found out, much to my disappointment, is that many libraries seem to do it however works best for them and there is...