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Reading Is Sexy!

[image error][image error]I saw this bumper sticker today – well, a nicer version of this bumper sticker – but since this is my first attempt at using my paint program I figure you'll be pretty forgiving!

The bumper sticker is right on, reading is sexy in the same way that a big, alpha, macho shirtless man is sexy holding a little baby against his bare chest is…

S.E.X.Y.

Of course hubby saw a bumper sticker today that said:

If you're this close, my balls are in your face!

I like mine better!

Thanks to all of you who voted f...

Caught a case of the self-promo disease here…

[image error]Captured is up for Book of the Month at Happily Ever After Reviews!

This is a first for me, so if you love me…you'll head over there and vote for me!

http://hea-reviews.blogspot.com/p/best-book-contest_30.html

Many many many thanks!  julia

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[image error]I'm still reserving judgment on True Blood, Season Three.

Hubby has already announced that he's done.  This last episode turned him off the series.

Why is it that a series like True Blood often begins with an orgasmic first season and then the doldrums set in?  Why?  Maybe it was a good thing Firefly and the original Star Trek series were short lived.

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The Great Thing About Blogging!

Meeting new people.

Have you been watching the World Cup?  I have, along with Susi, The Geeky Bookworm, over in Berlin, Germany!  We've watched together, screamed, hooted and hollered, and cheered over google chat.  It's been great!  Well…except for the United States losing, that is.  Susi and I agree that the vuvuzelas have to go.

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I want to talk about something of interest to me: forced seduction….the appeal or lack thereof.

[image error]Jessica at her site, Read React Review, recently posted about the campy fun of reading ye olde bodice ripper.

She featured The Raider, by Jude Deveraux.  Here is a quote from the book.  Keep in mind, it's taken out of context…He kissed her again. "You have a choice. We make love tonight on the soft cool sand or I rape you tonight on the sharp rocks."

The Raider was released in 1987.  I didn't read romance back in '87 – while I know many of you have been reading romance all your lives, I'm a r...

Yay Morning Glow!

[image error]Morning Glow has won the tote!

Congrats!

Thanks so much for your wonderful comments – wish I had more to give away!

julia

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[image error]Take a look at what I received today!!!  My own SASE containing a 3″x8″ piece of paper!

Read it and weep, sucka!

"Our submission policy has changed.

Blankity-blank-blank Publishing is no longer reviewing unsolicited manuscripts.  Previously we have endeavored to look

at everything that arrived.  This is no longer practical due to the extent of our already planned releases and the challenges

of keeping up with the  volume of submissions in a timely manner that respects the authors needs.

Please...

Light at the end…or a lady of inestimable beauty.

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a dad and a poor mom about to burst.  She gave birth to nine puppies this morning.

We intend to put down a deposit on a puppy, hoping that one will turn out to be a plush coat, like Louie.  Talk about six degrees of separation.  The mom is the spitting image of Louie's mom, who I first met when she was in the same stage of her pregnancy with Louie's litter – and come to find out this guy, this owner, bred Louie's...

Mia Watts pours her heart out.

Author Mia Watts is my friend and she's written a post that felt like a kick in the gut.

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How would you like a conversation piece?

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Tote it to the beach – it's big enough to hold a bathing suit, a beach towel, flip-flops, wallet, car keys, three or four bottles of water, sandwiches…or take it to the local super market and bring home a tote full of groceries.  Hey, use it as a carry-on bag -  I guarantee this tote will get you some looks!

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