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DAY SEVEN of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR

DAY SIX of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR - at the Blue Willow in Houston, Tx

The kids and I had such a great time traveling through Texas. They went to Six Flags in San Antonio and Schlitterbahn Water Park in New Braunfels, then later in the week we drove up to Houston where I got to see my old college roommate, Rhonda. We ended the week on Galveston Island. We couldn't find a boogie board to rent, so I bought one, and we brought it back on the plane. Not sure where we'll use a boogie board in the deserts of New Mexico, but I wasn't about to leave it behind once I...

DAY FIVE of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR

Read the interview with Houston blogger, Lisette, and discover deleted scenes from TAKE ME THERE...
See the excerpt below. For the rest of the interview go to...tvandbookaddict.blogspot.com/2010/07/author-interview-carolee-dean-take-me.html.

What was your favorite part about writing  Take Me There ?I loved travelling to California and Texas to research the locations. I think setting has a lot of affect on character... where we're from shapes the sort of people we become. Not completely, but it h...

DAY FOUR of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR - Houston, TX

Here I am at the Barnes & Noble In Houston Texas with Cynthia. I miss the bluebonnets.

Here is here review:


Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with the wonderful author of Take Me There, Carolee Dean. We met for an interview and to talk about her book at the River Oaks Barnes and Noble and let me tell you that me being the really shy and nervous self  that I usually am around authors was actually able to relax for a bit. Carolee was super nice and had a huge contagious smile that you just ...

SNEAK PREVIEW - Texas Trivia Challenge

The official Texas Trivia Challenge will appear at the end of the blog tour on Thursday, August 5th. It won't be posted until that time because you can only enter once and all of the answers won't be available until the end of the tour, but I'm posting the questions here so you can be thinking about them as you read the blog posts.

  

The Texas Trivia Challenge:

 

The amusement park, Six Flags Over Texas, opened in 1961 in Arlington, TX. The six flags represent the six different nations that...

DAY THREE of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR in Austin, Texas

I met with Katie Bartow in my old stomping ground - Austin, TX. My husband and I lived there for a couple of years when we got out of college. My favorite barbecue dive - the Ironworks, is still there. In fact, I risked rush hour traffic to stop by and purchase some barbecue rub for giveaways.


See the interview with Katie Bartow of Mundie Moms below:



This past week I had the privilege of meeting Take Me There author, Carolee Dean. She was on a blog tour meeting various bloggers through out...

DAY TWO of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR

I had the pleasure of meeting with Shannan and Stacie from Girls in the Stacks at the Legacy Bookstore in Plano where we drank strawberry smoothies and did a video interview.



Here is the interview below:

Shannan and I (along with a couple of friends) recently had the pleasure of meeting Carolee Dean, author of Take Me There, at one of our favorite books store, Legacy Books in Plano, Texas.  Let’s see…we talked books, Texas things like the Prison Rodeo at the Walls Unit (who knew??) and more spe...

DAY ONE of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR

I spent last week meeting with book bloggers at bookstores all across Texas. My first stop was Dallas where I met with Kari Olson at Barnes & Noble. She signed my blogger boots and I signed the chucks she won from Heidi Kling, author of the amazing debut novel, SEA.

Today is the first official post for the Blog Tour by Kari Olson of A Good Addiction. See below:

A little over a week ago, I was lucky enough to meet Carolee Dean, author of Take Me There, at a local Barnes & Noble. Though she...

Book Stores with Signed Copies of Take Me There

You can find autographed copies of TAKE ME THERE at bookstores all across Texas and New Mexico. See the list below to locate a bookstore near you.

 

NEW MEXICO

 

Albuquerque

Alamosa Books

8810 Holly Ave.

(NW corner of Ventura and Paseo Del Norte)

Albuquerque, NM  87122

LAUNCH PARTY – Sunday, August 22 at 1:30

 

Las Cruces

Barnes & Noble

700 South Telshor Blvd.

Las Cruces, NM  88011

575-522-4499

 

TEXAS

 

Amarillo

Hastings
3601 Plains Blvd.
Amarillo, TX 79102

 

Austin

Barnes & Noble at the Arboretum

10000 Research...

Take Me to the Twig

Tuesday, July 20th, was the release date of TAKE ME THERE. I celebrated by visiting with Claudia Maceo Sharp of the Twig, a beautiful independent bookstore situated on the San Antonio River Walk.  As usual, I got a little lost. Google maps said it was a short walk... 4 minutes.  Or maybe it was four miles because it turned out to be on the far end of the River Walk and I had to hire a river taxi to take me there. This is the first time I've ever had to wave down a boat to get to a bookstore.



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