Archive for December, 2009

Dec 31 2009

RomCon Reading Challenge

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My sister in law Melanie (my partner in crime for most of my reading adventures) are headed to Denver in July for RomCon, the romance readers convention. As there are several authors already slated to attend we have decided to read a book from each of these authors. Now in all fairness several of these [...]

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Dec 30 2009

That Jane Austen Book Club (movie review)

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IMDB databaseExplores Austen’s adage that general incivility is at love’s essence. Sylvia’s husband dumps her for another woman, so Bernadette and Jocelyn organize a book club to distract her. They recruit Sylvia’s daughter Allegra; Prudie, a young teacher whose marriage may be on the rocks; and Grigg, a sci-fi fan who joins out of attraction [...]

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Dec 29 2009

The Reading Nook

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My sister in law and I are starting a new venture. We are hoping that this will develop into an online bookstore. For now it is a website where we have different reading groups for all the different genres. We are looking for people to come and join us. We are hoping to have a [...]

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Dec 28 2009

Top Books of 2009

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 As the year winds down I thought that I would go back and see what my top books of 2009 were.  Seduce me at Sunrise by Lisa KleypasDreaming of You by Lisa KleypasA Million Little Pieces by James FryA Circle of Souls by Preetham GrandiForbidden Nights with a Vampire by Kerrelyn SparksBranded by Fire by [...]

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Dec 22 2009

Free ebooks

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I got an email the other day with a link to 17 free ebooks from Harlequin in conjunction with their 60th anniversary so I thought that I would share them all with you. Follow the link and begin downloading, they have several formats for you to download.

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Dec 21 2009

Three Trees

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The Three Trees Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. The first little tree looked up at the stars and said: ” I want to hold treasure. I want to be covered with gold and filled with precious stones. I’ll be [...]

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Dec 17 2009

I’m so EXCITED (book watch)

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Okay so I am a HUGE Christine Feehan fan, and my favorite series of hers is her Drake Sisters series. For those of you that read her and love this series, you know who was introduced in the last book and how it ended with this character. You also know that the series ended with [...]

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Dec 16 2009

The Weight of Silence

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The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf It happens quietly one August morning. As dawn’s shimmering light drenches the humid Iowa air, two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night. Seven-year-old Calli Clark is sweet, gentle, a dreamer who suffers from selective mutism brought on by a tragedy that [...]

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Dec 11 2009

Christmas Traditions

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I love Christmas it is one of my favorite holidays. I have great memories of Christmas from when I was a child. As a parent it has become even more important to me that I share my favorite things about Christmas with my children, as well as those from Mike’s childhood, so that when our [...]

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Dec 09 2009

Storm of Shadows

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Storm of ShadowsThe Chosen Ones bk 2 Christina’s websiteBrilliant but predictable and proper Rosamund Hill has lived her life buried in universities and libraries, discounting the legend of the Chosen as a myth. Until Aaron Eagle shows up at her door. Aaron both unsettles and enthralls her. But she can’t resist his irresistible offers of [...]

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