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My Bookstore is Stalking Me (And I Like It)

Without realizing it, I reached a tipping point recently. Have you seen those newsletters from booksellers that alert you about books you might be interested in? Last year, I subscribed to a number of those. Imagine…

In Praise of Geoffrey Rush

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY10ZL9eORgLinnieGayl recently wrote about Colin Firth in The King’s Speech. Now that I have seen the movie as well, I would like to talk about Geoffrey Rush. In The King’s Speech, he plays Australian-born speech therapist…

Speaking of Audiobooks: Anne Stuart Interview and Ruthless Giveaway (Contest Closed)

Romance readers have enjoyed Anne Stuart’s books for years with many of her titles sitting on countless DIK shelves.  My own list of Stuart DIKs includes A Rose at Midnight, The Devil’s Waltz, and Ritual Sins.  …

All the History I Learned From Romance

I am a history geek – for some reason unknown to me, when it comes to history, my brain registers and stores a multitude of little details presented to it, unlike, say, names of trees or…

Laughing at Lunatics

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZtTd3vmjws This is another serious blog topic today at After Hours, about the Charlie Sheen train wreck.  It’s what everyone’s talking about — tiger blood, “bi-winning,” his bitchin’ life, the drug that is Charlie Sheen.  He’s…

What Agency Pricing and EBook Lending Limits Mean for Readers

At first when I thought about the latest eBook news, this piece was going to be a mini rant about how publishers haven’t got a clue about eBooks and how popular they’ve become. But I suspect…

Dress in Blue Day

Wear pink! We’ve all seen the signs, and many of us have worn pink clothing and ribbons each October during Breast Cancer Awareness month. But dress in blue? What’s that all about? Last April,in a post…

Let It Snow

Even though there’s still snow on the ground, I can feel spring around the air.  Unlike many people, I mourn the loss of the winter when spring comes – I’m not really one for rain and…

Good things to come out of a cold

I’ve got this nasty cold – started with a headache last Thursday, turned into a cough on Sunday, and has saddled me with an extremely runny nose today. While the cold’s disadvantages are obvious (feel bad,…