Look what a lovely I found in my mailbox today, Finding Poe by Leigh M. Lane! Finding Poe by Leigh M. Lane 2012-03-18 Follow the final moments before Edgar Allan Poe’s mysterious death, journeying through twisted bits and pieces of his musings, both brilliant and mad, in search of the truth behind his final, unfinished work "The Lighthouse," while unraveling the mystery behind the elusive woman desperately seeking the author for answers behind her husband’s haunted death. Big Thanks to Ms. Lane, for sending me a copy…
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Book of the Day – A Year with Hafiz
Hope you’re having a great weekend! I found this in my mailbox yesterday, and thought you’d like to see. It’s a book I received from Penguin! A Year with Hafiz: Daily Contemplations by Hafiz Release Date: 2011-11-02 A year’s worth of ruminations from one of the world’s most revered literary and spiritual teachers. The poems of Hafiz are not literary remnants from a remote past but masterpieces filled with cherished and timeless wisdom. With learned insight and a delicate hand, Daniel Ladinsky explores the many emotions addressed in these…
Read MoreFriday Reads / Am Reading: a couple of things
Happy Friday folks! Hope you had a great week and are ready to hit the weekend running! It’s that time of year for me. You know, when between “the weather kicking the crap out of my sinuses” and “the neighbors all mowing their lawns on the same day” makes my head pound so hard I feel it in my face and just hide under a pillow for days. Yea, that time of year. Go Me. haha. We’re just planning a lazy weekend at home this week since my Mr is…
Read MoreWishlisting this Wednesday – April 18 2012
Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a great week! I wanted to pop on and show you a few books that are currently sitting in my Amazon WISHLIST. Here’s a few books that have found their way into my wishes over the last few weeks, and I can’t wait to see them sitting on my bookshelves! 13 Secrets by Michelle Harrison Release Date: 2012-06-12 Happy with life at Elvesden Manor, Rowan is doing her best to put the past behind her. But it’s tough to forget the past when fairy messengers…
Read MoreBook of the Day – Island Eyes, Island Skies
Hope you’re having a great weekend! I just wanted to pop on and show you what I found in my mailbox yesterday! Island Eyes, Island Skies by Richard Levine Island Eyes, Island Skies by Richard Levine 2012-03-15 This is the story of a friendship that develops between Rob, an introspective middle school boy, and D.C., a tall, smart-alecky girl from another town. The two meet and are drawn to each other at D.C.’s cousin’s early summer party, but as soon thereafter tragedy strikes their respective families, they don’t see…
Read MoreWishlisting this Wednesday – April 11 2012
Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a great week! My kiddos are on Spring Break this week so I haven’t really had a minute to myself (or online shopped) all week! Anyway, I had a minute today, so I thought I would pop on and show you a few books that are currently sitting in my Amazon WISHLIST. Here’s a few books that have found their way into my wishes over the last few weeks. Balthazar: An Evernight Novel by Claudia Gray Release Date: 2012-03-06 For hundreds of years, the vampire…
Read MoreBook Haul / In My Mailbox April 8 2012
Hope you had a fantastic Easter weekend. My kiddos are on the Spring Break this next week, so not sure how much posting will be happening. Until then here is a little book haul type video for you. Hope you like it. Ignore the blooper on the end, I thought it was funny so I stuck it on there, now I wish I wouldn’t have and am just too lazy to re-edit the video. Oh well, now you can see how much of a dork I am. What evs.…
Read MoreSundays with Stevie Giveaway – 4th Book
Happy Easter, friends! I hope you are all having a wonderful day! I thought I would pop in real quick and add another book to the Sundays with Stevie Giveaway box! If you haven’t heard about my giveaway, please read THIS POST for all the info! The next book going in the box is a hardback copy of: Dreamcatcher by Stephen King Release Date: 2001-03-20 Once upon a time, in the haunted city of Derry (site of the classics It and Insomnia), four boys stood together and did a brave…
Read MoreBook of the Day – the Wind Through the Keyhole
omg! omg! OMG! You guys! When I checked my mail today I about had a stroke! You know how much I love my Stephen King, right?! I mean – I’m having a year long give away of Stephen King books – so yea, I might like him – just a little… Look! THIS! THIS WAS IN MY MAILBOX! *yes I am still squealing like a 4 year old!* A swag pack from Scribner!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They sent me a tshirt, book mark, Illustrated copy of Wolves of the Calla, and a…
Read MoreBook of the Day – Curses! A F**ked-Up Fairy Tale
Look what I found in my mailbox today! Huge “THANK YOU” to J.A. Kazimer and Kensington Publishing! I couldn’t believe it when they contacted me and asked me if I would like to review it. I had just put it on my wish list the day before! See people! Wishes DO really come true!!!!!! Curses! A F**ked-Up Fairy Tale by J.A. Kazimer Release Date: 2012-03-01 Definitely not for baby’s bedtime reading, this hilarious and irreverent take on classic fairytales–think Shrek for grownups–combines humor, mystery, and characters only a…
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