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Has this ever happened to you?

August 29, 2010

You’re reading an excerpt from a book online. Maybe it’s something someone recommended to you, maybe it’s something you stumbled upon while looking for something else. Either way, you’re reading and everything about it is just perfect. Realistic dialogue? Check. Smooth writing? Check. Action that draws you in and leaves you wanting more? Check. Your [...]

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Has this happened to you? (Book Buying Habits)

August 26, 2010

For the past few weeks I’ve been meeting my sister and her mother-in-law at our local Books-a-Million cafe for a small crochet/knitting circle. At the moment, we’re making preemie hats. It’s very relaxing – there’s gossip & coffee and a good time is usually had by all. The problem comes in when I leave the [...]

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Is it 2010 yet? I wanna read something!

December 16, 2009

I’m really, really itching to read something right now but everything I pick up is a challenge read for the new year! Ugh! It’s making me positively antsy.

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Ebooks versus OCD, or How do you sort your ebooks?

December 15, 2009

I should probably rename my blog “I Heart Ebooks” because my ebook buying has taken a drastic step up from my paperback buying over the past year. I find myself with a folder full of ebooks and I’m at a bit of a loss for the best way to sort them. Should I sort them [...]

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A short word re: author/reader relations

December 8, 2009

Eyre posted today about nice authors and the one whose books she’ll never read. It reminded me of my own experience with an author, who shall remain nameless, a few years ago. I admit up front that it was my own mistake that led to this, but the author’s response to it left me feeling [...]

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The first romance I ever read…

December 6, 2009
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The first romance I ever read was Barbara Cartland’s Call of the Heart. I found it in a small box of books my grandmother gave me when I was about 12. There were six Cartland’s in the box total. The rest were various “nurse stories” and gothic romances. I don’t think a single book in [...]

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