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Tara Chevrestt
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Big thumbs up to the author for tackling a very "sensitive" subject in the YA world...actually, two subjects: sexual abuse and sexuality.Parmita is at a special sports-oriented school in Canada. Though months from graduating high school, she's already living away from her parents, with a family near the school, sort of like an exchange student program but there is no exchange.
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Love Request
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Ride for Rights
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Dog Tails: Three Humorous Short Stories for Dog Lovers
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Maiden Behind the Mask
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When We Meet Again
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Deaf Isn't Dumb
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Votes for Vixens
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Mating Instinct
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Style Me Sexy
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Plotting to Win
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My Baby Loves My Rockies (Select)
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Anyone remember those western jeans for women called Rockies? My husband used to go nuts for them.. so I wrote a country jingle.. just for fun.
The Dreams That Haunt Our Minds (Entertainment)
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Song lyrics to a rock/pop type thing I wrote a long time ago, about pursuing ones dreams, how we can surprise people.
I Thought I Saw You in a Dream (Poetry)
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A poem/song lyrics? I jotted on a piece of paper years ago. Every now and then, I go and find these things. There's no editing. It's not a perfect, well thought over thing.
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What a book! The author asked me for an honest review. This very well written riveting book is a must read! It deals with a myriad of behaviors and prejudices that should be dealt with and the ignorance abolished.
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When 17 year old tom-boy, Bobbi, learns that her older brother is MIA and assumed dead after the Battle of Gettysburg, she decides to cut her hair off and join the Yankee army posing as a boy to find him. Bobbi has never been very lady like, so ac...
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This is a nonstop Regency thrill ride. There's not a single dull moment in any of its pages. Vidia is a spy...and she appears to be a double agent...or pretending to be. England or France? Where does her loyalty lie? Her "agency" has come to suspect h...more |
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Big thumbs up to the author for tackling a very "sensitive" subject in the YA world...actually, two subjects: sexual abuse and sexuality. Parmita is at a special sports-oriented school in Canada. Though months from graduating high school, she's alread...more |
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“Sometimes girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, don't get a fair break. Too many of us have been bred to timidity. That is why those who escape must run, not stroll, toward what they desire. They mustn't look back. They mustn't question their own instincts. And they mustn't listen to the naysayers. If they can only follow their own true course, well then, they will be as renowned for their bravery as the greatest men are.”
― Chandra Prasad
― Chandra Prasad
“I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.”
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― Amelia Earhart
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― Michael Cogdill
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― Alan Bennett, The History Boys
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Jill wrote: "Hi Tara, TJ MacKay is starting a new magazine, InD'Tale, reviewing self-published and independent press romances, starting in May. Subscription is free from now till May, with the chance to win a g..."My romances aren't self-pubbed...though they may as well be, the attention they get. LOL I'm with a small, digital press. I don't know if they qualify. She says Indie.
Hi Tara, TJ MacKay is starting a new magazine, InD'Tale, reviewing self-published and independent press romances, starting in May. Subscription is free from now till May, with the chance to win a gift bag worth over $250.00.Here's a link to her event page -
http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/2...
And to InD'Tale website -
http://www.indtale.com
Feel free to pass this on to any friends who may be interested.
Erin wrote: "Moving up the ranks of top reviewers! congrats!"Actually, I have moved down. Way down. I was once in top 50.
Hi Amy! I'm looking forward to following your reviews. You always find some interesting books. It makes my to read pile about topple over. LOL
T a R a wrote: "Hi Tara..thanks for the invite :-)"Great profile pic by the way. Looks so happy and fun!
T a R a wrote: "Hi Tara..thanks for the invite :-)"I am always looking for fellow Tara's on here. We are truly the elite. :)
OH, heavens no. They loathe the water! You should see how incredibly angry they are at me after a bath!
New sport for your three? <<-- Click Click!This is pretty funny!
Hope you and the furry ones are well.
Hi Tara, I'm pleased to meet you and look forward to discussing books with you. If you ever have any questions about any of the titles on my shelves or about eHarlequin.com and all it has to offer, please ask. I'll be happy to answer. I’ll also have Harlequin news updates on my profile on a regular basis so be sure to stop by to keep up on everything Harlequin!Kim S., Harlequin Books Ambassador
Tara wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Hi Tara, I spotted this review on a book you might be interested in. Can't even find it on Goodreads.http://cat-bookmagic.blogspot.com/201......."
Very cool. I hope you find it.
Misfit wrote: "Hi Tara, I spotted this review on a book you might be interested in. Can't even find it on Goodreads.http://cat-bookmagic.blogspot.com/201..."
OMG!!!!! Thank you!!! I gotta read that. I will add it to the database myself and now must search for it. I'm familiar with the real life aviatrix the book is based on. She had a chapter in that flying flappers book.
Hi Tara, I spotted this review on a book you might be interested in. Can't even find it on Goodreads.http://cat-bookmagic.blogspot.com/201...
Tara wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Tara, thanks a heap for the thoughtful birthday wishes. I've put it to good use :)"Im so glad! I'm sorry it's a day late. I shall try to keep better track. :)"
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I can't keep track of much of anything these days.
Misfit wrote: "Tara, thanks a heap for the thoughtful birthday wishes. I've put it to good use :)"Im so glad! I'm sorry it's a day late. I shall try to keep better track. :)
Anna wrote: "P.S. Do you have a facebook?!"No. Between goodreads, my blog, and my ten hour a day job, I don't have time to manage stuff on another website. LOL :)
That blue plate.. I wonder if that's a fancy handle on it or a vegetable made into a miraculous shape? Way cool.
Misfit wrote: "Tara wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Happy birthday to Tara and nice cake from your husband. Tried to comment on your blog but ##@@!!@@## blogger ate my comment again."Thank you! LOL. Sorry about blogge..."
Wish that were my table! love those pumpkinettes!
Tara wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Happy birthday to Tara and nice cake from your husband. Tried to comment on your blog but ##@@!!@@## blogger ate my comment again."Thank you! LOL. Sorry about blogger. :( I'm no..."
Eh, it's hit and miss with more hits lately, it eats about 50% of comments I try to make.
Hayes sets a nice table, doesn't she?
Irene.. I posted them on LT member giveaways. I waited a bit and nobody showed interest.. Sorry. Go and put in for it.Hayes, thank you!!! Wish I had some China like that!
Tara wrote: "If any of my friends are interested, I would be happy to send them in hopes you will review them instead. They are: 
and 
"William Trevor!! Do you still have the copy? One of my favorite authors.
Misfit wrote: "Happy birthday to Tara and nice cake from your husband. Tried to comment on your blog but ##@@!!@@## blogger ate my comment again."Thank you! LOL. Sorry about blogger. :( I'm not savvy enough to move somewhere else without losing everything. Great review posted today by the way.. That Sky O Malley. Funny!
Happy birthday to Tara and nice cake from your husband. Tried to comment on your blog but ##@@!!@@## blogger ate my comment again.
Hayes wrote: "Tara wrote: "No, I wish I was that skilled!"Your skills are in another area, obviously. Love your blog. The countdown idea is just great."
Thanks. After about a year or so, I am gonna run out of Countdown topis though. LOL
Tara wrote: "No, I wish I was that skilled!"Your skills are in another area, obviously. Love your blog. The countdown idea is just great.
Hayes wrote: "Tara wrote: "http://wwwbookbabe.blogspot.com/"Brilliant! Did you do the artwork?"
No, I wish I was that skilled! I hired a really cool chick. Her name is Parajunkee.
Tara wrote: "Hayes, have you seen my new blog header?? No, I haven't. I'm not much of a blog follower, but if you send me the link I'll go take a look!
If any of my friends are interested, I would be happy to send them in hopes you will review them instead. They are:
and
Hayes wrote: "Tara wrote: "Friends and fellow readers, Question: Have you ever received books in the mail from publishers that (A) You never asked for. (B) Have no interest in whatsover. I received two hard..."
I suspect the publicist got my name from another publicist who sent me one book I requested months ago. Problem is the new publicist didn't look very closely at my blog or my reading choices or he wouldn't have sent me these books.
Hayes, have you seen my new blog header??
Tara wrote: "Friends and fellow readers, Question: Have you ever received books in the mail from publishers that (A) You never asked for. (B) Have no interest in whatsover. I received two hardback books ..."
Contact the publicist and see if s/he will let you do a giveaway? Lucky you, however. How do you convince people to send you books... no one ever sends me anything!!
Friends and fellow readers, Question: Have you ever received books in the mail from publishers that (A) You never asked for. (B) Have no interest in whatsover. I received two hardback books in the mail today. Neither one interests me in the slightest. I don't know why they were sent to me. Do I contact the publicist listed on the papers with the books and tell him I don't want them and pay my own money to ship the unwanted things back or what? I got too many books I WANT to read to waste time on books I DON'T want to read.
Help!!!
Tara wrote: "Question for my friends: When a book 40 years old is republished by a different publisher with new cover and all that, do they also edit or change the story or prose? I've found a book I want to ..."Just the price.
Most likely not, but really not sure. Maybe instead of Fabio we get Robert Pattison on the cover
Question for my friends: When a book 40 years old is republished by a different publisher with new cover and all that, do they also edit or change the story or prose? I've found a book I want to read and discovered it isn't new at all, but has been out 40 years and published by probably 10 or more different people. Read the new copy or old? Will anything be different?
Tara wrote: "Thanks, Hayes! It's been HOT here. No breeze, no rain. Really feels like a desert and I live in the northern part of the state. It will only be for a while tho. Come October it will be snowing ..."Crazed... but things are calming down, fortunately.
Thanks, Hayes! It's been HOT here. No breeze, no rain. Really feels like a desert and I live in the northern part of the state. It will only be for a while tho. Come October it will be snowing again probably. LOL How have you been?
Morning. Love your new avatar. You look great! How's things out west? It's a gorgeous day here today, cooler and low humidity... what a relief.
Misfit wrote: "Tara wrote: "Sawyer, Misfit, if you ladies have not yet seen the movie, Young Victoria, it was REALLY GOOD. I highly recommend it. Misfit, what is the name of the book you mentioned below? She ha..."I didn't get a recommendation but I did manage to find it. That woman has wrote a lot of books!!
Tara wrote: "Sawyer, Misfit, if you ladies have not yet seen the movie, Young Victoria, it was REALLY GOOD. I highly recommend it. Misfit, what is the name of the book you mentioned below? She has so many, I ..."Sawyer, it is I, Victoria and I believe I sent you a recommendation last night. This is if I did it right :)
Thank you for the friendship.
Stay naughty,
Savannah