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October 7, 2012
What I’m reading…
I’m still editing. Sigh. I’ll be editing for a while yet.
I thought I would read the Hunger Games this week, but I think I need a little break…read something different. So I selected two contemporary authors that are supposed to be hilarious. Okay, so one has a bit of paranormal in it.
Here are the blurbs for this week:
You Slay Me~
I’m Aisling Grey, and I have the job from Hell….
Literally. My prior career as a courier began and ended when I traveled to Paris to deliver a six-hundred-year-old gol...
October 4, 2012
Review: Cast in Peril by Michelle Sagara
Title: Cast in Peril Author: Michelle SagaraGenre: Fantasy
Publisher: Harlequin Luna
Release date: September 2012
Pages: 544
ISBN-10: 0373803508
ISBN-13: 978-0373803507
Rating:★★★★☆
DESCRIPTION:
It has been a busy few weeks for Private Kaylin Neya. In between angling for a promotion, sharing her room with the last living female Dragon and dealing with more refugees than anyone knew what to do with, the unusual egg she’d been given began to hatch. Actually, that turned out to be lucky, because it abso...
October 1, 2012
More books…
To celebrate officially writing the end, I placed an order for some more books (and a movie). Some of these have been on my wishlist for a while.
I’m waiting on one more book. The other one was cancelled when they found out they didn’t have it in stock anymore. Oh, and I should mention I purchased three digital books, too. I’m equal opportunity. 
Now I’m editing my book. It’s going well, but I have to hurry if I want to make my deadline. Yikes!
What about you? Have you purchased any good books...
September 30, 2012
What I’m reading…
I chose to read another fantasy book this week. I placed an Amazon order to celebrate writing ‘the end’, and both of these books arrived in the mail. I’ve read the Cast series for the last three years and love them. I’ve also read the firstLaura Anne Gilman series and can’t wait to see if the second set of books are just as good.
Here are the blurbs for this week:
Cast in Peril~
It has been a busy few weeks for Private Kaylin Neya. In between angling for a promotion, sharing her room with the la...
September 27, 2012
Review: A Brother’s Price
Title: A Brother’s Price
Author: Wen Spencer
Publisher: Roc
Release date: July 2005
Pages: 320
ISBN-10: 0451460383
ASIN: B001NXDRTY
Rating:★★★★☆
DESCRIPTION:
In a world where male children are rare, a man is a valuable commodity- to be sold to the highest bidder…
It isn’t easy being the oldest boy in the house run by women – especially for Jerin Whistler. The grandmothers of his clan are descended from soldiers, spies, and thieves – and their ruthless skills kept their family alive during their time in...
September 25, 2012
Movie Review: Snow White and the Huntsman
Synopsis~
In the epic action-adventure Snow White & the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) who was dispatched to kill her.
I had high hopes for this movie, but didn’t expect much. I purchased it when it was firstreleased, then it languished on m...
‘Tis the season for…tractors.
On my ride home today.
You don’t even want to know how many I passed on the road this week.
September 23, 2012
What I’m reading…
Both of these books came highly recommended to me…a few years ago.
Here are the blurbs for this week:
A Brother’s Price~
In a world where male children are rare, a man is a valuable commodity- to be sold to the highest bidder…
It isn’t easy being the oldest boy in the house run by women – especially for Jerin Whistler. The grandmothers of his clan are descended from soldiers, spies, and thieves – and their ruthless skills kept their family alive during their time in the wilderness. Jerin’s now af...
September 20, 2012
Review: Break Out (Blood Hunter)
Title: Break Out (Blood Hunter)
Author: Nina Croft
Publisher: Entangled Select
Release date: August 2012
Pages: 400
ASIN: B0096BCVH4
Rating:★★★½☆
DESCRIPTION:
The year is 3048, Earth is no longer habitable, and man has fled to the stars where they’ve discovered the secret of immortality—Meridian. Unfortunately, the radioactive mineral is exorbitantly expensive and only available to a select few. A new class comprised of the super rich and immortal soon evolves. The Collective, as they’re called, rule...
Ups and Downs…
This weeks has been full of a lot of ups and downs for me.
For every step forward, I was knocked backward or sideways. I’m mentally tired. The weekend can’t come soon enough for me.
Some good news that I can share…I officially wrote ‘The End’. The book needs a lot of work. Toward the end, I have sections like : Add fight scene here
I’m both excited and dread editing this book. I’m really not sure how it turned out until I dig into the pages.
Wish me luck…I’m going to need a lot of it!
