Entries from July 2007

July 31, 2007

Blogging Tips Meme

Holly tagged me for this meme.
Blogging Tips
It’s very simple. When this is passed on to you, copy the whole thing, skim the list and put a * star beside those that you like. (Check out especially the * starred ones.)
Add the next number (1. 2. 3. 4. 5., etc.) and write your own blogging tip [...]

July 29, 2007

Amazon or B & N?

When you order books online, who do you buy from? I’m not talkin’ ’bout ebooks. I’m talkin’ ’bout paperback and hardback? When I first started buying stuff online I always ordered from B & N, because if you spend $25 or more you get free shipping and they’re usually pretty quick about sending stuff out. [...]

July 28, 2007

Wraith by Phaedra Weldon

Favorite Lines: “He kissed me. I pressed my lips tight against the tongue as it pushed harder and harder to get into my mouth.” (213)
After a horrific rape, Zoe Martinique found herself able to leave her body and walk around. She’s not dead; just able to travel around and spy on people and she [...]

July 27, 2007

Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper

Favorite Line: “She was covered with blood, and it wasn’t hers.” (5)
Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper is a paranormal book following Special Agent Riley Crane who has awoke to find herself covered in blood. She has no wounds and knows that it can’t be hers. She doesn’t remember anything from that night or the [...]

July 26, 2007

13 Gift clubs

You don’t want to look for gift ideas, so I’ll do it for you. I haven’t tried any of the following, but they look interesting and worthy of investigation.

Ice cream club
Hot sauce club
Beer club
Cheese club
Salsa club
Gourmet entree club
Fruit preserves club
Cake club
Brownie club
Bread club
Olive club
Pasta club
Steak of the month club

Full Plate
Life is Rantastic
Kitchen Table
Rosie

July 25, 2007

Irked!

I’m a little irked. I was browsing ebay and stumbled across an ARC for Elijah by Jacqueline Frank for sale. You’ll never believe the asking price…$38.99. I want to read it, but damn!!! Asking a bit much maybe?

July 25, 2007

Shopping

When I worked at my old job (before I went back to school) I used to shop compulsively. If I wanted it, I bought it. I was really bad about clearance shelves. There is just something about getting a $100 comforter for $20 that makes me happy.
Two years ago I bought an expensive maroon comforter. [...]

July 23, 2007

Do you ever…

pick up a book because it sounds good, but then decide that you really don’t want to read it? I have a bad habit of this. My latest pick up regret was Erica Spindler’s Last Known Victim. I wanted to read it until I had it in my hand. Then it took me a week [...]

July 18, 2007

Exit Stategy by Kelley Armstrong

Favorite Line: “”Scream, and I’ll snap your wrist,” I said.” (100)
Nadia is a hitwoman; she’s also a former cop who owns/runs a nature lodge. There’s a killer on the loose and he’s bringing heat to the professional world of hitmen and she is recruited, along with a few others, to stop the killer. The killer [...]

July 17, 2007

Go Play!

They’re playing truth or dare at the Midnight Moon Cafe. Go Play!!