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January 19, 2009

From Ashes to Africa

I had heard about this book a while ago from Amy’s blog and once it was availablt to order, I jumped at the chance.  This is a book about a young couple who after learning that they can’t have children, find themselves drawn to Africa to adopt a child.  Both Josh and Amy are [...]

November 7, 2008

Random Friday Update

Because I wanted to share a bit…

I finished reading Swallowing Darkness by LKH on Tuesday night while I was waiting for the election results to come in.  I loved it.  I felt like there was more oomph in this book then some of the others and am looking forward to the next one.  I’m going [...]

July 12, 2008

Nora Roberts & Turn the Page Bookstore

For those of you who don’t know, Nora Roberts has her own bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland called Turn the Page.  Twice a year she does a book signing there and today Rae and I went.  The deal is that you get in line (some people as early as 6am, us not so much) and at [...]

June 7, 2008

Some romance related questions

Holly over at Book Binge answered these questions and I thought I’d follow suit.
Contemporary, Historical, or Paranormal?
I can and have enjoyed them all, though I tend to lean more towards Paranormal and Historicals.

Hardback or Trade Paperback or Mass Market Paperback?
Any. Though it has to be an author I love and a book I plan on [...]

March 16, 2008

2008 DA BWAHA

There’s a contest going on over at Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books
and Dear Author, in which you can vote for books in different categories and on Wednesday you’ll find out how you fared.  Click on the links and they will provide you with the rules and further details. I just did it and [...]

March 12, 2008

To continue the theme of yesterday’s post…

I was riding the metro a while ago and saw an add for one of the new electronic portable book readers.  The caption said something like “Now you can read your romance books with out anyone realizing”.  Seeing that totally pissed me off!  I should not be made to feel silly or ashamed that I [...]

March 11, 2008

The tabooness of romance books…

So, I was sitting here perusing I (Heart) Presents, reading about the women that participate in the blog and came upon Tessa Shapcott’s bio. (She is member of the Harlequin Presents London editorial team.) She said that she started reading romance books when her grandmother gave her Gone With the Wind at the age of [...]