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November 4, 2009
Winner Announced!
Congrats to Patti, from the romance blog Book Addict, for winning the Amazon gift card compliments of Gregor Klaus. (I swear it's not because she gave me an award this week. I honestly picked her name out of the hat! Ask my daughter!). Anyway, please stop by on Monday, Nov. 9 for Sven's visit. He's the shaggy-haired, Birkenstock-wearing, hippy-ish toy designer from the North Pole. (And he is also hunk-alicious, of course!) Thanks to everyone for stopping by this week. And now I am off to...
November 2, 2009
Klaus Brother's Invasion Week 2: Gregor Klaus
Welcome to Week 2 of the Klaus Brother's Invasion. For five consecutive Mondays the Klaus brothers (Nicholas, Sven, Wolfgang, Gregor and Oskar) from Penny Watson's debut novel Sweet Inspiration, will be entertaining us at Penelope's. Today we have Gregor Klaus visiting with us...financial guru of Klaus Enterprises, snappy dresser extraordinaire, and most likely president of his high school math club. Gregor lives in Manhattan, and jets back and forth (via sleigh, of course) to the North...
October 30, 2009
Review of Kresley Cole's Untouchable In Deep Kiss Of Winter
Untouchable by Kresley Cole
First of all, I have not read Gena Showalter's story yet. This review is only for Kresley Cole's novella, Untouchable. Second, I am an idiot. I did not realize as I was clicking that fun little button for primetime customers at Amazon that this was a freakin' hardcover. So, I am doubly irked that I did not like this story, and I paid out the wazoo for it.
Okay, I am seriously disappointed. Lots of folks loved this story, and I was all jazzed up. I did not love KC's...
October 29, 2009
Feeling Paranormal-ish
I am looking forward to the weekend. Paranormal activities will include Halloween parades, parties, trick-or-treating, hopefully watching a butt-load of horror movies on the Sci Fi Channel, and of course a couple of paranormal romance novels. One is Kresley Cole's Deep Kiss of Winter, which I am very excited to read. And the other is an ARC of Annette Blair's Naked Dragon, which looks very lusty and funny. Hope everyone is looking forward to a horror-licious weekend. Too bad all 14 bags of...
October 28, 2009
Contest Winner!
Big congratulations to Jessica, who won an Amazon gift card, compliments of Oskar Klaus. (Jessica, Oskar said you should check out the Chinese poetry section, but I'll let you decide for yourself what awesome books to buy!) Thanks to everyone who stopped by for Oskar's Invasion. Next Monday, Nov. 2, will be Gregor's day to entertain us. (He's the financial wiz for Klaus Enterprises, and he looks seriously hot in his suit. Yowzah!) I will be posting an interview with new author Michelle...
October 26, 2009
Klaus Brother's Invasion Week 1: Oskar Klaus
Howdy, everyone! I am back from a rocking New Jersey romance writer's conference. Had a most excellent time with The Quirky Ladies, met some new authors, listened to some cool workshops, drank an incredible mango cocktail, hung out in a bizarre lounge area decorated with lava lamps, a disco ball, leopard-skin pillows, and sequin-covered walls. I shit you not. And now I am happy to welcome Oskar Klaus, youngest brother of Nicholas Klaus (hero of my novel Sweet Inspiration) to Penelope's...
October 21, 2009
Review of Almost Like Being In Love: A Novel by Steve Kluger
Almost Like Being In Love: A Novel by Steve Kluger
Have you ever finished a book and thought, "Geez. I think the author wrote this book just for me." Well, that's how I feel about Almost Like Being In Love. Is it so damned funny that it made me laugh out loud more than any other book I've read in my life? Yep. Is the structure of the book refreshingly outside of the box and utterly unique (POV of various characters reflected by numerous memos, letters, newspaper articles, journals, etc.)...
October 19, 2009
Gonna Be A Crazy 2 Weeks!
Okay, folks, next 2 weeks is gonna be a little bit crazy. Here's the agenda:
1) I'll be getting ready for the New Jersey RWA Put Your Heart In A Book Conference, Oct 23-24. This includes hair appointment, shopping for clothes other than sweats and T-shirts, getting the NECRWA goody basket ready (I'm on the promo committee!), and getting my husband mentally prepped to take care of the children without me for three days. Oy.
2) Soooo looking forward to Michelle Picard's book launch for her debut...
October 17, 2009
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Reading Slump Is Officially Over!
I am in love. With a book. Not almost in love. Not almost like being in love. Totally, completely, joyously in love.
This book is quirky, touching, absolutely freakin' hilarious, clever, and sweet. And a M/M love story. But it is not erotic. It is sweet. It is brilliant. I am in love.(This book is definitely not for everyone, but since I love quirky stuff, it is right up my alley).
When I have finished, I will post a review. In the meantime, here is a snippet of dialogue that made me laugh out...
October 15, 2009
Still Waiting For A Stunner...
Wicked All Day by Liz Carlyle
I though Wicked All Day by Liz Carlyle was going to end this irritating reading jag I have been enduring for the last several weeks. But alas, no. Although No True Gentleman is one of my all-time favorites, there are some other books by this author I did not love (The Devil You Know, for example). Wicked All Day is not one of Carlyle's best efforts, in my opinion. Zoe, the heroine, was not very appealing...she was more or less a spoiled, naive, whiny girl. She...
