Cathy Holton is the author of two previous novels: Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes AND Secret Lives of the Kudzu Debutantes.
Holton’s third novel, Beach Trip, was released in May through Ballantine Books. I thoroughly enjoyed this Southern women’s novel set in the Outer Banks of North Carolina (read my review).
To read more about Holton [...]
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TLC Book Tour – Cathy Holton
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 read [...]
Mystery Read-A-Thon: 2.5 Hours In
I have been reading for 2.5 hours now and my total page count is 102. My reading has been solely that of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher. I am finding this book not only interesting and compelling, but an easy read. Summerscale has written a true life mystery with incredible skill. One of the things [...]
BookAwards II Challenge
August 1, 2008 – June 1, 2009
May 30, 2009 – CHALLENGE COMPLETED
I read 10 award winners from the following prize lists:
Pulitzer Special Awards
Anthony Award
Orange Prize for Fiction
Booker Prize
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
IMPAC Dublin Award
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
Whitbread/Costa Award
Commonwealth Writers Prize
My favorite reads of the bunch included: Maus I & II, Rebecca, Out Stealing Horses, The [...]
Author Judith Ryan Hendricks: TLC Book Tour
The Laws of Harmony by Judith Ryan Hendricks
Harper Paperbacks; 1 edition – February 10, 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0061687365
496 pages
I recently read The Laws of Harmony – the latest novel by Judi Ryan Hendricks – and loved it (read my review). Hendricks has a way of drawing her reader into the story, of making them feel like [...]
Mr. Linky Not Feeling Well
Mr. Linky is having growing pains – he has been “down” more than “up” this last month. To read more, visit the Mr. Linky Blog.
Until he is feeling better, please leave links to reviews and wrap ups for my sponsored challenges in the COMMENTS section of each post. I will upload your links when Mr. [...]
Book Giveaway: No One You Know, by Michelle Richmond
Contest open May 19 – 26, 2009
Thanks to Michelle Richmond and Random House for providing a brand new, signed trade paperback of No One You Know (on sale today in bookstores) for giveaway on my blog! Last year I read Michelle’s novel The Year of Fog and loved it (read my review), so I am [...]
Southern Reading Challenge 2009
May 15 – August 15, 2009
Maggie from Maggie Reads is once again hosting her very popular Southern Reading Challenge for 2009. She writes:
It’s that time of year!
The time when you pour a glass of lemonade or sweet tea and take your official summer spot on the porch. Lean back in that chase lounge surrounded by [...]
Six Years Ago Today…
Happy Anniversary, Honey, I love you!
Sunday Salon – April 12, 2009
April 12, 2009
Good morning to all of you! I hope you had a wonderful week and for those of you who celebrate Easter, I hope you are having a joyous celebration.
(click on photo to enlarge) Raven Update: She is growing by leaps and bounds (I just changed her food to one for large breed [...]
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