Camy Tang's Blog, page 140
March 30, 2012
Captain Caffeine said I should write this:
Hunger Games with zombies. He even said it with a straight face.
Then he added, "Amish zombies."
March 29, 2012
Bacon coffin can be yours for $2,999.99
Seriously????
Bacon coffin can be yours for $2,999.99
I like bacon but it's not like my body can enjoy it when I'm dead.
Bacon coffin can be yours for $2,999.99
I like bacon but it's not like my body can enjoy it when I'm dead.
March 23, 2012
CJSF radio interview
Captain's Log, Stardate 03.23.2012
In case some of you haven't seen my videos on Facebook and don't know what I sound like (dorky), I had a radio interview on station CJSF with K.P. Yee, and the MP3 of the interview is up on the web. Here's the link:
http://www.cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2012_March_21_13_30.mp3
The interview starts 4 minutes 28 seconds in after the opening song.
And did you know that the ebook of Protection for Hire is only $3.99? The sale ends on Sunday (I think) so get your copy now! And give copies as gifts to your friends and family!
Read an excerpt here.
Buy Ebook:
Nookbook
Kindle
Christianbook.com
BOOKSAMILLION.COM
Kobobooks.com
In case some of you haven't seen my videos on Facebook and don't know what I sound like (dorky), I had a radio interview on station CJSF with K.P. Yee, and the MP3 of the interview is up on the web. Here's the link:
http://www.cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2012_March_21_13_30.mp3
The interview starts 4 minutes 28 seconds in after the opening song.
And did you know that the ebook of Protection for Hire is only $3.99? The sale ends on Sunday (I think) so get your copy now! And give copies as gifts to your friends and family!Read an excerpt here.
Buy Ebook:
Nookbook
Kindle
Christianbook.com
BOOKSAMILLION.COM
Kobobooks.com
March 20, 2012
How to get Facebook Page updates on your News page
Captain's Log, Stardate 03.20.2012
I've been annoyed lately because Facebook changes SO often that I have to keep changing my settings in order to make sure I get the feed updates I want.
My latest annoyance is that I didn't know how to get the news feeds of the pages I liked, like the ones for music artists and TV shows.
But this also includes Authors I've liked, which is what spurred me to figure out how to do this.
How to get updates from your "liked" pages on your main Facebook news page:
1) Go to your profile.
2) Click on your Likes.
3) You'll see a list of everything you've "liked" on Facebook. Hover your mouse over each one, and a little box will pop up.
4) Hover your mouse over the gray "Liked" box. A dropdown list will show up.
5) There will be a section called "Add to lists" and you may already have lists or there is an option to add a "New list." You can add the page to a list already there, or add a new list.
6) When you add a new list, you'll get a popup box. From here, you can add other pages to your new list besides the one page. Click on "Pages" on the right side and add any pages you want in your new list. You can also add friends and subscriptions, but for my Facebook newsfeed, I've already put my friends in different "friend" lists.
7) After you've added your pages, click Next at the bottom right.
8) Here you can name your list and also pick who can see your list. You can make it public, viewable only by your friends, or viewable only by yourself. Then click Done at the bottom right.
Another option is to get page updates in your email inbox, which I've also done via Hyper Alerts. Here's a good article explaining Hyper Alerts and how to use it.
How do you get updates from your favorite Facebook pages? Any ideas besides these two solutions?
I've been annoyed lately because Facebook changes SO often that I have to keep changing my settings in order to make sure I get the feed updates I want.My latest annoyance is that I didn't know how to get the news feeds of the pages I liked, like the ones for music artists and TV shows.
But this also includes Authors I've liked, which is what spurred me to figure out how to do this.
How to get updates from your "liked" pages on your main Facebook news page:
1) Go to your profile.
2) Click on your Likes.
3) You'll see a list of everything you've "liked" on Facebook. Hover your mouse over each one, and a little box will pop up.
4) Hover your mouse over the gray "Liked" box. A dropdown list will show up.
5) There will be a section called "Add to lists" and you may already have lists or there is an option to add a "New list." You can add the page to a list already there, or add a new list.
6) When you add a new list, you'll get a popup box. From here, you can add other pages to your new list besides the one page. Click on "Pages" on the right side and add any pages you want in your new list. You can also add friends and subscriptions, but for my Facebook newsfeed, I've already put my friends in different "friend" lists.
7) After you've added your pages, click Next at the bottom right.
8) Here you can name your list and also pick who can see your list. You can make it public, viewable only by your friends, or viewable only by yourself. Then click Done at the bottom right.
Another option is to get page updates in your email inbox, which I've also done via Hyper Alerts. Here's a good article explaining Hyper Alerts and how to use it.
How do you get updates from your favorite Facebook pages? Any ideas besides these two solutions?
March 19, 2012
"A Living Prayer" sung by Alfie Boe
Captain's Log, Stardate 03.19.2012
I watched the 25th anniversary Les Miserables DVD a few days ago, and ever since then I've become a total fangirl for the singer who played Valjean, Alfie Boe. His voice is FLIPPIN' AMAZING. Don't believe me? Watch this:
I was literally gasping after watching him sing "Bring Him Home."
So I bought Alfie's CD You'll Never Walk Alone and also Bring Him Home . (His new album, Alfie , will release in June in the US, although I ordered a copy from the UK (here, in case you're interested) because it has one song on it that isn't on the US version— "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" with Michael Ball. In the US version, it's sung with Nick Jonas, who while cuter, does not have as amazing a voice as Michael Ball.)
I thought I'd listen to Bring Him Home more since it's got mostly musical theater songs, but since I've been on deadline, I've found myself listening more to You'll Never Walk Alone, which has a lot of opera songs in languages I don't understand, which makes it perfect background music when I'm working.
But there are a few English songs on You'll Never Walk Alone, and one of them has become one of my favorite songs, "A Living Prayer." The original was sung by Allison Kraus as an acoustic version, but I'm finding I like Alfie's orchestrated version better. It just seems more powerful and full of the awe of God. Plus listening to him hit the high notes is simply divine.
I can't embed the video, but here's the link and here are the lyrics. I hope you like it as much as I do!
"A Living Prayer"
In this world I walk alone with no place to call my home
But there's One who holds my hand
The rugged road through barren lands
The way is dark, the road is steep
But He's become my eyes to see
The strength to climb, my griefs to bear
This Savior lives inside me there
In Your love I find release
A haven from my unbelief
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee
In these trials of life I find
Another Voice inside my mind
He comforts me and bids me live
Inside the love the Father gives
In your love I find release
A haven from my unbelief
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee
take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee
I watched the 25th anniversary Les Miserables DVD a few days ago, and ever since then I've become a total fangirl for the singer who played Valjean, Alfie Boe. His voice is FLIPPIN' AMAZING. Don't believe me? Watch this:
I was literally gasping after watching him sing "Bring Him Home."
So I bought Alfie's CD You'll Never Walk Alone and also Bring Him Home . (His new album, Alfie , will release in June in the US, although I ordered a copy from the UK (here, in case you're interested) because it has one song on it that isn't on the US version— "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" with Michael Ball. In the US version, it's sung with Nick Jonas, who while cuter, does not have as amazing a voice as Michael Ball.)
I thought I'd listen to Bring Him Home more since it's got mostly musical theater songs, but since I've been on deadline, I've found myself listening more to You'll Never Walk Alone, which has a lot of opera songs in languages I don't understand, which makes it perfect background music when I'm working.
But there are a few English songs on You'll Never Walk Alone, and one of them has become one of my favorite songs, "A Living Prayer." The original was sung by Allison Kraus as an acoustic version, but I'm finding I like Alfie's orchestrated version better. It just seems more powerful and full of the awe of God. Plus listening to him hit the high notes is simply divine.
I can't embed the video, but here's the link and here are the lyrics. I hope you like it as much as I do!
"A Living Prayer"
In this world I walk alone with no place to call my home
But there's One who holds my hand
The rugged road through barren lands
The way is dark, the road is steep
But He's become my eyes to see
The strength to climb, my griefs to bear
This Savior lives inside me there
In Your love I find release
A haven from my unbelief
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee
In these trials of life I find
Another Voice inside my mind
He comforts me and bids me live
Inside the love the Father gives
In your love I find release
A haven from my unbelief
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee
take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee
March 16, 2012
Review: Come Be My Love
Come Be My Love by Diana Brown
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wonderful, engaging, entertaining book with occasional passages of literary merit that aren't off-putting or alienating like other literary fiction I've read.
Both hero and heroine change admirably in the book. The heroine's childhood infatuation for the hero takes a mature turn at the midway point, and although her decisions are a bit stubborn at one point, they're understandable in light of how the men in her life have treated her in trying to force her to bow to their will. I liked her so much by that point that it wasn't off-putting to me how some of the decisions she made weren't good ones, or that she naively believed in the goodness of a man a bit like Wickham from P&P.
The hero also matures and shows his love for the heroine with his protective and sacrificial actions even before he tells her he loves her, which really makes his love seem more believable.
My only two complaints are that the heroine's father complies too easily at the end, and the misunderstanding about the hero's engagement at the end is a little far fetched because I would think that while Lady Blackwood helped Alex recover, she would know to tell Alexandra the identity of her betrothed in light of the digs and arguments she'd had with her over the hero. Her not saying anything seems odd and overly spiteful in light of her engagement and apparent happiness about it.
However, aside from that, a really engaging story that I absolutely loved. Once I started it, I didn't want to put it down.
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March 4, 2012
Review: Jane Austen Ruined My Life
Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really wasn't sure what to expect when I started this book, but since I had enjoyed the author's Betsy books, I was reasonably certain I'd enjoy this one.
I didn't just enjoy this book, I absolutely loved it. It was partly due to the fact that I adore Jane Austen and reread her books at least once every year.
The parallels the storyline took with Austen's novel plots was both poignant and surprising. I'm sure I didn't describe that adequately, but there it is. There were several points at which I teared up with the poignancy of the story, and other times I was gasping in surprise and delight.
It's rather a big deal for me to like a book I cried over, because in general I hate books that make me cry. (Give me a suspense or a comedy any day over a women's fiction or literary book. Life has enough pain that I don't care to be slugged with it in the pages of a novel.) But I truly loved this book even though it also made me cry.
The ending was unexpected but I thought entirely appropriate considering what the message of the story was.
I would suggest reading Jane Austen's Persuasion before reading this book because some of the parallels with it, both mentioned and unmentioned, make it an especially powerful and romantic read.
Bottom line: A fantastic book and one of the best Christian fiction books I've read in a long time.
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February 21, 2012
Nook Tablet new 8GB only $199
I got this deal in my email today and thought I'd pass it on in case any of you were looking at an ereader tablet. I just saw a comparison "prize fight" between Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet on cnet.com (embedded below) and both were comparable, although Nook Tablet came out a little ahead.
February 14, 2012
Review: Harriet
Harriet by Joan Mellows
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Joan Mellows is probably one of my favorite traditional Regency authors. Her writing style in this book is similar to Jane Austen's (witty but sometimes long sentences), and the characters are very likable. Harriet is strong-willed but soft-hearted and the hero is tortured and passionate without being cliche. A very entertaining, engaging read.
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