Howdy

CMash December 5, 2011 7 Comments

Hi everyone!!! Oh it feels good to be home!!! I am not quite sure what happened but I have always proclaimed that I am computer illiterate. Lately I have been getting spammed. It started out slowly when I was away from my computer a lot and by my Mom’s side. Then I noticed it was increasing and I just kept deleting the comments, not knowing about the rules. It then got to the point it was happening daily. So I am thinking that is the reason why.

I have lost some important files, but in time, maybe 10 years lol (I said I’m not computer savvy), I will get it back. My google reader is gone so I will be hopping quite a bit this week to get everyone back so I don’t miss ANYTHING!!!

And I have to give a HUGE THANK YOU to my good friend and computer angel

Gina from Hott Books, who has been helping me all weekend, saving my files, setting up a new site, just in case we need to move. She is a doll. Not only this weekend, but throughout the year, whenever I have a tech question, she is there for me. She has become a special friend that I wouldn’t have met if it weren’t for this wonderful neighborhood of book blogging.

In the meantime, I will be moderating comments so I don’t get in trouble again. I hope this does not cause any inconvenience to all my blogging buddies. I have been searching for the “word verification thingy” but can’t seem to locate it.

And you may be asking what I have been doing these past few days. Well besides …………

I tried attempting to recreate some of my lost spreadsheets, reading 2 books, and writing some reviews. I indulged in my comfort food, ice cream, and instead of shopping, I went on the hunt for one of my other addictions. That post will follow…………..to be continued…………..

Giveaway

GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE "QUEEN OF AMERICA" by Luis Alberto Urrea

CMash December 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

DECEMBER 1st to DECEMBER 15th, 2011

QUEEN OF AMERICA

by LUIS ALBERTO URREA

SYNOPSIS:

After the bloody Tomochic rebellion, Teresita Urrea, beloved healer and “Saint of Cabora,” flees with her father to Arizona. But their plans are derailed when she once again is claimed as the spiritual leader of the Mexican Revolution. Besieged by pilgrims and pursued by assassins, Teresita embarks on a journey through turn-of-the-century industrial America-New York, San Francisco, St. Louis. She meets immigrants and tycoons, European royalty and Cuban poets, all waking to the new American century. And as she decides what her own role in this modern future will be, she must ask herself: can a saint fall in love?
At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, and riotously funny, QUEEN OF AMERICA reconfirms Luis Alberto Urrea’s status as a writer of the first rank.

THANKS TO ANNA AND FABULOUS
PEOPLE AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

I HAVE THREE ( 3 ) COPY OF THIS
GREAT BOOK TO GIVE AWAY.
HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO WIN.

*ALL COMMENTS TO BE SEPARATE*
AND INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU WIN
*LEAVE COMMENT: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ACCORDING TO THE SYNOPSIS…CAN A SAINT FALL IN LOVE?*

*EXTRA ENTRIES*

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU PUBLICLY FOLLOW THIS
BLOG (IF NOT, GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT ON RIGHT SIDE).
*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK.
*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.
*REMEMBER TO INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ALL ENTRIES.

*U.S. AND CANADA RESIDENTS ONLY*
*NO P.O. BOXES*
**PER PUBLISHER**
ONE WINNING BOOK PER HOUSEHOLD
PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF YOU HAVE
WON THIS BOOK FROM ANOTHER
SITE, SO THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY
HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN
AND READ THIS BOOK.
THANK YOU.

*GIVEAWAY ENDS DECEMBER 15th AT 6PM EST*

WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN BY RANDOM.ORG AND NOTIFIED
VIA EMAIL AND WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO RESPOND
OR ANOTHER NAME WILL BE CHOSEN

DISCLAIMER / RULES

Giveaway copies are supplied and shipped to winners via publisher,
the giveaway on behalf of the
above. I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in
exchange for my honest review. No items that I receive are
ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.

I am not responsible for lost or damaged books that are shipped
from agents. I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries
if rules of giveaway are not followed

Booking Thru Thursday

Booking Through Thursday

CMash December 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

http://btt2.wordpress.com

Today’s question:

Do you find that your mood affects the things you read? Like, if you’re in a bad mood, do you tend to indulge in reading that will support it or do you try to read things that will cheer you up? Do you pick different types of books on dreary, rainy days than you do on bright sunny ones?
For that matter, does your mood color what you’re reading, so that a funny book isn’t so funny or a serious one not so deep?

My answer:

Today’s question has taken much thought. I guess I have always chosen my “next book” upon my mood but never realized it. My number one genre is mystery/suspense but the past few books that I have read I would put in the classification of contemporary fictions/romance/chick lit. I don’t go searching through my tbr pile saying “I need something to cheer me up”. I tend to just peruse the pile, select a couple of books that seem interesting at the time, read the blurb and go from there. So I guess subconsciously, my mood is in it’s own way, deciding which book I should read.

Winners

And the winners are……..

CMash December 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

………..of DEADLY REUNION by Amy Manemann

1

Margaret said…No I have not attended any high school reunions. Thanks for the extra giveaway!

Linda Kish said…I have attended a few but none recently. Everyone looks so old now. Oh, yeah, they are. Good thing I stayed young. 3

Jodi Webb said…I attended one…15th? maybe. All the guys were bald! Now they’re on my back about the 25th. 5

An email has been sent to the winners and they have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.

Giveaway

GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE "QUEEN OF AMERICA" by Luis Alberto Urrea ENDED

CMash December 1, 2011 22 Comments

DECEMBER 1st to DECEMBER 15th, 2011

QUEEN OF AMERICA

by LUIS ALBERTO URREA

SYNOPSIS:

After the bloody Tomochic rebellion, Teresita Urrea, beloved healer and “Saint of Cabora,” flees with her father to Arizona. But their plans are derailed when she once again is claimed as the spiritual leader of the Mexican Revolution. Besieged by pilgrims and pursued by assassins, Teresita embarks on a journey through turn-of-the-century industrial America-New York, San Francisco, St. Louis. She meets immigrants and tycoons, European royalty and Cuban poets, all waking to the new American century. And as she decides what her own role in this modern future will be, she must ask herself: can a saint fall in love?
At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, and riotously funny, QUEEN OF AMERICA reconfirms Luis Alberto Urrea’s status as a writer of the first rank.

THANKS TO ANNA AND FABULOUS
PEOPLE AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

I HAVE THREE ( 3 ) COPY OF THIS
GREAT BOOK TO GIVE AWAY.
HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO WIN.

*ALL COMMENTS TO BE SEPARATE*
AND INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU WIN
*LEAVE COMMENT: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ACCORDING TO THE SYNOPSIS…CAN A SAINT FALL IN LOVE?*

*EXTRA ENTRIES*

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU PUBLICLY FOLLOW THIS
BLOG (IF NOT, GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT ON RIGHT SIDE).
*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK.
*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.
*REMEMBER TO INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ALL ENTRIES.

*U.S. AND CANADA RESIDENTS ONLY*
*NO P.O. BOXES*
**PER PUBLISHER**
ONE WINNING BOOK PER HOUSEHOLD
PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF YOU HAVE
WON THIS BOOK FROM ANOTHER
SITE, SO THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY
HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN
AND READ THIS BOOK.
THANK YOU.

*GIVEAWAY ENDS DECEMBER 15th AT 6PM EST*

WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN BY RANDOM.ORG AND NOTIFIED
VIA EMAIL AND WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO RESPOND
OR ANOTHER NAME WILL BE CHOSEN

DISCLAIMER / RULES

Giveaway copies are supplied and shipped to winners via publisher,
the giveaway on behalf of the
above. I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in
exchange for my honest review. No items that I receive are
ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.

I am not responsible for lost or damaged books that are shipped
from agents. I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries
if rules of giveaway are not followed

Giveaway

GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE "QUEEN OF AMERICA" by Luis Alberto Urrea

CMash December 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

DECEMBER 1st to DECEMBER 15th, 2011

QUEEN OF AMERICA

by LUIS ALBERTO URREA

SYNOPSIS:

After the bloody Tomochic rebellion, Teresita Urrea, beloved healer and “Saint of Cabora,” flees with her father to Arizona. But their plans are derailed when she once again is claimed as the spiritual leader of the Mexican Revolution. Besieged by pilgrims and pursued by assassins, Teresita embarks on a journey through turn-of-the-century industrial America-New York, San Francisco, St. Louis. She meets immigrants and tycoons, European royalty and Cuban poets, all waking to the new American century. And as she decides what her own role in this modern future will be, she must ask herself: can a saint fall in love?
At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, and riotously funny, QUEEN OF AMERICA reconfirms Luis Alberto Urrea’s status as a writer of the first rank.

THANKS TO ANNA AND FABULOUS
PEOPLE AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

I HAVE THREE ( 3 ) COPY OF THIS
GREAT BOOK TO GIVE AWAY.
HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO WIN.

*ALL COMMENTS TO BE SEPARATE*
AND INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU WIN
*LEAVE COMMENT: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ACCORDING TO THE SYNOPSIS…CAN A SAINT FALL IN LOVE?*

*EXTRA ENTRIES*

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU PUBLICLY FOLLOW THIS
BLOG (IF NOT, GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT ON RIGHT SIDE).
*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK.
*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.
*REMEMBER TO INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ALL ENTRIES.

*U.S. AND CANADA RESIDENTS ONLY*
*NO P.O. BOXES*
**PER PUBLISHER**
ONE WINNING BOOK PER HOUSEHOLD
PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF YOU HAVE
WON THIS BOOK FROM ANOTHER
SITE, SO THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY
HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN
AND READ THIS BOOK.
THANK YOU.

*GIVEAWAY ENDS DECEMBER 15th AT 6PM EST*

WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN BY RANDOM.ORG AND NOTIFIED
VIA EMAIL AND WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO RESPOND
OR ANOTHER NAME WILL BE CHOSEN

DISCLAIMER / RULES

Giveaway copies are supplied and shipped to winners via publisher,
the giveaway on behalf of the
above. I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in
exchange for my honest review. No items that I receive are
ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.

I am not responsible for lost or damaged books that are shipped
from agents. I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries
if rules of giveaway are not followed

Booking Thru Thursday

Booking Through Thursday

CMash December 1, 2011 4 Comments

http://btt2.wordpress.com

Today’s question:

Do you find that your mood affects the things you read? Like, if you’re in a bad mood, do you tend to indulge in reading that will support it or do you try to read things that will cheer you up? Do you pick different types of books on dreary, rainy days than you do on bright sunny ones?
For that matter, does your mood color what you’re reading, so that a funny book isn’t so funny or a serious one not so deep?

My answer:

Today’s question has taken much thought. I guess I have always chosen my “next book” upon my mood but never realized it. My number one genre is mystery/suspense but the past few books that I have read I would put in the classification of contemporary fictions/romance/chick lit. I don’t go searching through my tbr pile saying “I need something to cheer me up”. I tend to just peruse the pile, select a couple of books that seem interesting at the time, read the blurb and go from there. So I guess subconsciously, my mood is in it’s own way, deciding which book I should read.