Blog Archive
Defending the Faith
Every year in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day and on the holiday itself, the radio station I listen to every morning engages in a tradition that always gets under my skin. They call it…
Touching Moments
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEF4QKWGmNU A friend sent me this link (scroll to bottom of screen) of a video which contains the song played above. I fell in love with the music. I must have watched the video half a…
Grand Central Publishing to Publish More Romance!
That’s right! I got a press release from Grand Central today announcing that it will be expanding the Forever imprint. After reading what Anne had to say below about the pending Penguin and Random House merger,…
Random Penguins, Part Deux
Last November, I blogged about the possible Random House and Penguin Books merger. Or rather, the merger between German conglomerate Bertelsmann (the owner of Random House) and the parent company of Penguin (the British company Pearson).…
TBR Challenge 2013: You Made Me Read It
This month’s TBR Challenge read is supposed to be one recommended by a fellow reader. In this case, I went for a 2003 paranormal historical(and RITA winner) recommended to me when I blogged about my hunt…
Watching the oldies: Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gluDUR-_qKULast weekend, for the first time ever I watched Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte (German title, incidentally: Lullaby for a Corpse). It’s a Southern Gothic story with quite a few horror elements, starring a fantastic Bette…
AAR Goes to the Movies: Safe Haven
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbHwSVx5OmYThis weekend I went to see Safe Haven, the latest movie based on the Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name. I hadn’t planned to see this in the theater because, well, I have a fundamental…