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Connie Brockway Is Launch Author in Amazon’s New Romance Imprint

We had quite a party around here when Connie Brockway announced her intentions to self-publish several books that readers have long been waiting for, including sequels to As You Desire and, my personal favorite, All Through…

Nook Update: It’s Great! Not.

This cartoon from Edward Lear’s Laughable Lyrics perfectly illustrates my feelings about the recent Nook Color (NC) software update: A man, sitting on a fence, with a bucket over his head. When it comes to technology,…

Venturing into Frivolity

I thought long and hard before I made this statement, and I can say it for fact: I’ve never made a whimsical shoe purchase in my life. I go to shoe stores for specific purposes, whether…

Speaking of Audiobooks: May 2011 Releases

Our Group Listen of Nalini Singh’s Slave to Sensation starts this week.  If you were looking for it on April 25th, its release was delayed and is now set for May 4th in CD/MP3 CD formats. …

Fascinating Fascinators

Let’s be perfectly honest: the best part of the Royal Wedding fashion are the hats.  Sometimes I truly wish hats were fashionable in the US.  If I could pull it off, I would totally wear hats…

More Than I Bargained For – When Books Come With a Message

There are a few published authors who have a reputation for being passionate about a particular political or social topic. Most readers know this up front and share these authors’ views. But what about those individuals…

The Best of Both Worlds

Development is a natural part of any civilization, but I think most people accept that the past few decades have blown the other millenia out of the water.  I swear, I blink and my cell phone…

Princes and Princesses

I’ll put it right out there – I own a commemorative mug of Charles and Diana’s wedding. I also still own a book commemorating the event. I tell myself these might be worth something someday (hence…

Dumb Moment of the Week

So, yesterday I drove a friend to the airport. It was Easter Monday, the last night of a long weekend, at 5pm. And it was raining. Probably, most of you guys are thinking, “Traffic jam! Traffic…