and shameless pimpage on my part....

My friend terra hosts a great blog with awesome authors and interviews as well as book giveaways. On July 10th she'll give away 5 copies of Knight of Desire by Margaret Mallory. This is a debut novel and the first in a medieval series. For more info, and to participate in the contest, please go to:

yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/2009/06/knight-of-desire-by-margaret-mallory.html

Good luck!

Stargate Atlantis!!! Oh Ronon! I do miss you :(

I'll have to say that for television I will put Firefly and Babylon 5 tied in second place. As for movies, would you all kill me if I said The Fifth Element?

 My friend has added a 'flair' button to her board on facebook:

Stupid Book: I need to sleep but I can't stop reading you!

*snort* *grin*

 and I won't see it for at least a week because I am 5 episodes behind. I am spoiler free (so far...) and hopefully I'll be able to keep it that way.

Castle season finale!

Does anyone know if the show is renewed?????????

 Woe is me!

*falls on knees and wails*

My heart can't take much more of this....

and so I take photos of flowers because I like them :)
I sent this photo of a Magnolia Tree reaching for the sky to a local television station. They choose photos and feature them on the Evening News right before the weather broadcast, (they call it WeatherPix) and I'm happy to announce that it was indeed chosen!

So far this year I have read:

27. The Tree Shepherd's Daughter - Gillian Summers*
26. Rachel Morgan #3: Every Which Way But Dead - Kim Harrison
25. Too Hot to Handle - Robin Kaye
24. Blood Bound - Patricia Briggs*
23. Rachel Morgan #2: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead - Kim Harrison
22. Hotter than Hell - Various Authors*
21. Deadly Morsels - Takis & Judy Iakovou, Steven F. Havill, Jane Rubino, Peter Abresch*
20. More Than Words: Stories of Strength - Carla Neggers, Susan Mallery, Karen Harper*
19. Sookie Stackhouse #3: Club Dead - Charlaine Harris*
18. Wake - Lisa McMann*
17. Rogue Angel #5: Forbidden City by Alex Archer*
16. The Deception of the Emerald Ring - Lauren Willig (audiobook)*
15. Forged by Fire - Janine Cross*
14. Truth or Dare - Lori Foster*
13. A Babe in Ghostland - Lisa Cach*
12. Od Magic - Patricia A. McKillip*
11. Hope's Folly - Linnea Sinclair
10. Black Lace: Quickies 2 - Various Authors*
09. Wolfskin - Juliet Marillier*
08. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammet
07. Hex and the Single Girl - Valerie Frankel*
06. Any Given Doomsday - Lori Handeland*
05. Ghost of a Chance - Yasmine Galenorn*
04. Ironside - Holly Black*
03. Valiant - Holly Black*
02. Tithe - Holly Black*
01. Stargate Atlantis #9: Mirror, Mirror - Sabine C. Bauer

All books with 1 * are going to bookobsessors/bookcrossers. All books with 2 * are going to BookMoochers. Bookrings/audiobooks are just that :)

My goal for 2009 is to read at least 100 books.

 OK, so my very good friend blogs, and she does wonderful reviews of Romance novels. All kinds of Romance novels. Last weekend she had an accident and I now I am 'subbing' for her until she's back on her feet and at work. Her blog is called Yankee Romance Reviewers, (I have mentioned it in the past) and one of the fun things happening on there is the special guest bloggers: authors of Romance novels :)

Well, on Tuesday, Feb. 10,  we are having author Susan Grant write a special blog for us. She'll tell us about her newest, The Warlord's Daughter, and she will be giving away a copy of her book, Moonstruck, to one lucky person. Please come by and leave a comment. You'll see Terra's blog, and you'll see me trying to be as good *grin* as she.

yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/


cheers!

 Why am I stealing lots from deadendmind  all of a sudden? :D 

If you're reading this (and I know you are!) then please post a picture of your keys! Keys are so personal, we have them with us everyday. I'd like to see yours. Please?

OK. So these are my keys: car, home and work. The stick keyring says Aloha Hawaii on it. I couldn't get a good photo of it, though.

 I'm stealing this from deadendmind  (and copying word for word because I'm lazy...) because I really liked this idea :)


The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

# I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
# What I create will be with you in mind.
# It'll be done this year.
# You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be wood. Possibly metal. Perhaps a picture. Something written. I might sew you something. Or, I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
# I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you put this in your journal as well. We all can make stuff.

 I loved... loooooved the latest episode of Supernatural. It was super. The magic was well incorporated and I was really trying to figure out what they were working up to. Very cool, boys.

Oh, and did I mention Dean strung up? Mmmrawr!

SGA may have finished (we will NOT go there.... I'm not over that yet...) but Sammy and Dean are keeping me lots of company (and with a really good smile on my face!)

What do you think so far?

season premiere of LOST

!!!!

:D yeah, I'm excited!

 and I am so very glad it is over.

Something to make me smile: I received a package from my friend NeedSun with 2 books, one is an anthology, Demon's Delight, which is a bookring, and the other is All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire, part of Love at the Stake series by Kerrelyn Sparks. I love this series. I am thrilled the book is here.

Now to sleep.... or maybe read :)

 Hmmm...... I will say that last night's SPN episode was creepy. They did a good job on making the girl look... um, I don't know how to explain it, except to say that I am glad I was not in that house and I would so have run out screaming. Yeah, I'm not that brave. Not sure if I like the twist about the father and then the brother. I see what was intended, but I think I still would have liked it to remain about ghosts or any other supernatural being. Apart from that, BOY! did I ever get my Dean fix :D

On a book note, I am now reading Ironside by Holly Black. This is the third book in the series (after Tithe and Valiant) and I am liking! Very, very much. The world Ms. Black has created is just super. Savory :)

A small message to all my friends. I am now trying to get back to lj. The last 1/4 of 2008 was not very good for me and many of the things I love doing were set aside. I have much to catch up on and I am hoping that it will go well now in 2009. It is because of some special people at bookobsessed.com that I was even a little cheery. They kept me sane and I am very thankful.

- Yesterday night I watched the last 4 episodes of SGA. (yeah, I was that far behind)
I hadn't read any spoilers so almost everything was a surprise for me. I almost fell apart when Ronon was stabbed.... the pause button on my remote control was the only thing that saved me. I needed some time to catch my breath and calm down. After the 4 eps, I was so very sad and I didn't want to believe that next week there will not be another.

- I am very much looking forward to tonight's SPN because I need some Dean and happiness.

- BSG is starting this week, too, so I'll have something else to keep me from crying over the end of SGA.

So what have you all been up to?

 Four books from Sourcebooks authors are up for grabs in today's post at Yankee Romance Reviewers Blog. The authors and their books are:

Loucinda McGary, The Wild Sight

Michele Ann Young, The Lady Flees Her Lord

Cheryl Brooks, Warrior

Kendra Leigh Castle, Dark Highland Fire

Please go to Yankee Romance Reviewers and read the clips by the gals. They are blogging today and answering questions. The contest is explained at the end of the post :) Enjoy and Good Luck!! Link --->

yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/2008/10/casablanca-sourcebook-gals-launch-party.html

 Well, it's time for a new Argeneau Vampire novel by the wonderful Lynsay Sands.



My friend Amber has a contest going on her book blog. Lynsay did an awesome interview and is giving away a signed copy of The Rogue Hunter. To enter, go to Amber's blog, read the interview and follow the directions at the end. It's VERY EASY :)  Have fun!!!  Link --->

amberkatze-amberkatze.blogspot.com/2008/10/author-interview-and-contest-with.html

My good friend sireesanwar 's house!!



I hope you had a super, wondeful day!! Here's chocolate for you, it's a little hard to ship in warm weather, so the pic will have to do for now :P

Happy Birthday, my friend!