It’s Monday and time to share my mailbox with you! I got some great books this week…my cup runneth over: Crossed Wires, by Rosy Thornton arrived direct from the author. The book blurb reads: ‘This is a story about the small joys and tribulations of parenthood; about one-ness and two-ness; about symmetry and coincidence; about [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
Sunday Salon – June 14, 2009
June 14, 2009 Good morning, fellow readers! Today is a beautiful spring day in Northern California – the birds are singing, the sky is a brilliant blue and my porch is calling to me. I’ll be finding a comfortable chair where I can breathe in the the fresh air and settle down with my latest [...]
Bloggiesta – A Marathon Blogging Event
Sponsored by Natasha at Maw Books I’m participating in the first ever Bloggiesta – a marathon blogging event which lasts 48 hours beginning at 8:00 AM June 19th. Natasha wants us to “focus on blog content, improving/cleaning up your blog or working on your social network profiles.” She provides some ideas on the post about [...]
Book Giveaway – A Thousand Veils, by D.J. Murphy
A Thousand Veils, by D. J. Murphy Pub. 2007 by Lulu.com ISBN: 978-1-4357-05319 Giveaway Open June 13 – June 20, 2009 Many thanks to author D.J. Murphy for sending me a copy of his book A Thousand Veils to read and review. Murphy has written an important book (read my review). Recently the novel won [...]
A Thousand Veils – Book Review
Hesitating momentarily, as if to summon her resolve, she stood tall and erect, a black-shrouded shadow at the top of the staircase. The wind tugged insistently at her abayah and the hot desert sand stung her eyelids as she took a deep breath behind the folds of her veil. Then she went down the cement [...]
Suspense-Thriller Challenge COMPLETED
Hosted by J. Kaye, this challenge was all about reading sub-genres of suspense-thrillers. The challenge was a two year challenge, which I started in March 2008. To see the books I read and get links to the reviews, visit this post. I thoroughly enjoyed this challenge. I have a lot of books on my TBR [...]
Malice – Book Review
Handsome in a rugged way. Athletic and muscular rather than thin. With a square jaw and eyes that could cut through any kind of lie, he’s smart and pensive, his emotions usually under tight rein. And yet he has an Achilles heel. One that will bring him down. – from Malice, page 59 – After [...]
Mailbox Monday – June 8, 2009
It’s Monday and time to share my mailbox with you! The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark arrived direct from the author via Pump Up Your Book Promotion. The novel was published through Atria Books in December 2008. The story is set in 1498 and revolves around a street urchin named Luciano who witnesses [...]
Mystery Read-A-Thon: End of Event Summary
Many thanks to both Kathrine and Marleen for hosting this fun event. They were inspired by Dewey’s 24 hour Read-A-Thon, but this event was much more laid back – something that made it possible for me to participate right now! My final stats for the event are: TOTAL time spent reading: 9 hours TOTAL number [...]
Mystery Read-A-Thon: 10.5 Hours In
It is 8:30 PM here on the West Coast and I am closing in on the finish line for this event – 1.5 hours to go to hit my goal of 12 hours of participation. Here are my stats thus far: TOTAL time spent reading: 7.5 hours TOTAL number of pages read: 348 TOTAL time [...]
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