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I just moved to a small town in West Texas in early 2008. After moving 11 times in the past 10 years, I'm enjoying putting down roots, the slower pace of life out here, and the ability to indulge in creative interests such as my shameless addiction t
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Moonstone by Marilee Brothers
I thought Moonstone, by Marilee Brothers, was a good choice for a Friday the 13th. (It's young adult and about my level of spooky -- which is to say, not much.)Plot Summary: Fifteen-year-old Allie Emerson doesn't live a glamorous life. She spends m...
Teaser Tuesday - Moonstone by Marilee Brothers
Teaser Tuesdays are hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.It asks us to:(1) Grab our current reads.(2) Let the book fall open to a random page.(3) Share two (or three) teaser sentences from that page somewhere between lines 7 and 12 (avoiding spoilers...
Teaser Tuesday - Soul Catcher
Teaser Tuesdays are hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.It asks us to:(1) Grab our current reads.(2) Let the book fall open to a random page.(3) Share two (or three) teaser sentences from that page somewhere between lines 7 and 12 (avoiding spoilers...
BBAW Book Discovery
Today's BBAW challenge is to blog about a book I've read only because I discovered it on another blog.One of the books that immediately comes to mind for me in response to this challenge is Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells. I think I originally re...
Teaser Tuesday - The Protector's War by S. M. Stirling
Teaser Tuesdays are hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.It asks us to:(1) Grab our current reads.(2) Let the book fall open to a random page.(3) Share two (or three) teaser sentences from that page somewhere between lines 7 and 12 (avoiding spoilers...
Teaser Tuesday - Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang
Teaser Tuesdays are hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.It asks us to:(1) Grab our current reads.(2) Let the book fall open to a random page.(3) Share two (or three) teaser sentences from that page somewhere between lines 7 and 12 (avoiding spoilers...
Teaser Tuesday - Death's Daughter by Amber Benson
Teaser Tuesdays are hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.It asks us to:(1) Grab our current reads.(2) Let the book fall open to a random page.(3) Share two (or three) teaser sentences from that page somewhere between lines 7 and 12 (avoiding spoilers...
Green Lantern -- The Movie
My brother knows my addictions too well. He fed me this trailer to a Green Lantern movie:Then pointed out that it's a fan compilation, not a real Green Lantern movie trailer. So disappointed!jaronpitts, the creator of the trailer, says on YouTube:T...
Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells
I started hearing about this book from other book bloggers (see some of the links below). I couldn't resist the redhead connection -- especially from a Texas author! I finished this book last week during my travels (airports are so good for chippin...
Teaser Tuesday - The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Teaser Tuesdays are hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.It asks us to:(1) Grab our current reads.(2) Let the book fall open to a random page.(3) Share two (or three) teaser sentences from that page somewhere between lines 7 and 12 (avoiding spoilers...
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
I love Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is one of the books I've read over and over -- along with several of the other Jane Austen books.Plot Summary: As with the original P&P, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies tells the story of the Bennets -- a f...
The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint
Let me just say, to start out with, that I love Charles de Lint. If I can get my act together and get some writing done, he's one of the three writers I'd want to be like. I'll try to be somewhat objective with this review, but you should know that...
Teaser Tuesday - Red-Headed Stepchild
Teaser Tuesdays are hosted by Should Be Reading. MizB asks us to:(1) Grab our current reads.(2) Let the book fall open to a random page.(3) Share two (or three) teaser sentences from that page somewhere between lines 7 and 12 (avoiding spoilers).We'...
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Plot Summary: In a world similar to our own, other than the wizards, werewolves and vampires, Rae works as a baker at Charlie's Coffeehouse. We are introduced to Rae's mom, Charlie (Rae's stepfather and the owner of the coffeehouse), and the other ...
Aidan's Post -- Harry Potter
The last weekend in March I was in New Orleans. I was there for one college friend's wedding, but also got to catch up with another. We had a wonderful seafood dinner & I got to meet her husband and sons for the first time.As usual, the convers...
Teaser Tuesday- The Haunted Mesa
Teaser Tuesdays are hosted by Should Be Reading. It asks us to:(1) Grab our current reads.(2) Let the book fall open to a random page.(3) Share two (or three) teaser sentences from that page somewhere between lines 7 and 12 (avoiding spoilers).We'r...
