Author: CMash

An avid reader for many years. Married for 31 years with 2 fantastic adult sons who I am so very proud of with great gfs. Am disabled. Found this wonderful community of book blogging in approximately December 2009 and have loved every minute of it. Am now a reviewer for authors, publishers, publicists, etc. And am also a partner in a Virtual PR tour company, Partners In Crime Tours for authors of novels of mystery, suspense and crime (www.Partnersincrimetours.net)

Its Monday, What Are You Reading? (3 of 3)

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This is a meme to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finished this week
FINISHED LAST WEEK:
Sun 07/11  Living In The Hope Of My Imagination by William D. Simpson

Sun 07/11  Finding Marco by Kenneth C. Cancellara (didn’t finish)
Fri   07/16  Damaged by Pamela Callow
CURRENTLY READING:
Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress Of The Game by Tilly Bagshawe
UP NEXT:
Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy
Revenge Served Cold by Jackie Fullerton

Announcement…..

Just saw something on FB and wanted to share.  Vincent Zandri, who stopped by here last week and a few months ago, author of The Remains and Moonlight Falls is offering a great deal that will end tonight on Amazon.  You can download his newest book, The Remains, for ONLY $2.99.  I have this book in my TBR Review Schedule and can’t wait to read it.  If it is anything as phenomenal as Moonlight Falls, you will be getting a deal!!!!!   Why wait until it comes out in print at the end of the year.  Order it now…you won’t be disappointed!!!!!

Announcement…..

Just saw something on FB and wanted to share.  Vincent Zandri, who stopped by here last week and a few months ago, author of The Remains and Moonlight Falls is offering a great deal that will end tonight on Amazon.  You can download his newest book, The Remains, for ONLY $2.99.  I have this book in my TBR Review Schedule and can’t wait to read it.  If it is anything as phenomenal as Moonlight Falls, you will be getting a deal!!!!!   Why wait until it comes out in print at the end of the year.  Order it now…you won’t be disappointed!!!!!

Slapdash Sunday

SUNDAY

Congratulations winners of Impostor’s Daughter!!!  Just waiting for one of the winners to respond and then will send off an email to Anna at Hachettte so that you can look for your book in the mail.

Going to be another hot day in New England.  Our plans today are the same as yesterday…to relax and read while floating in the pool.  Hubby and I were out by and in the pool all afternoon yesterday and we had such a nice day…didn’t get as much reading done as I had planned to, because we were both in a talkative mood. 

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What are your plans today?  Anything exciting?

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Hosted by Kayla at The Eclectic Element

Slapdash Sunday is a day for your proverbial week ‘leftovers.’ Is there something you wanted to say, but just forgot? Is there something you want to write about, but isn’t worth a whole page? Do you have a random thought, funny or otherwise that needs to be written down?   That is what Slapdash Sunday is for!

Today’s Topic:
Gadgets for your blog.

I enjoy blog hopping, not only for reading others’ reviews, but to also see the newest and different gadgets on one’s blog.  I wonder how bloggers find these sites to add different gadget thingys.  Examples:  polls, quizzes, different images and footer tool bar to name a few.  If I see something on somebody’s blog, I usually email them and ask about the site in which they got their gadget.  Just this past week I sent off an email to Larissa at Welcome To Larissa’s Bookish Life to ask her about the tool bar and another item on her blog.  She was kind enough to help me.  
The sites that I mostly use are Photo Bucket, Image Chef and HTML Basix.
How do you find gadgets to add to your blog?  What sites do you get your images from?  Are there any sites you would like to share.

Slapdash Sunday

SUNDAY

Congratulations winners of Impostor’s Daughter!!!  Just waiting for one of the winners to respond and then will send off an email to Anna at Hachettte so that you can look for your book in the mail.

Going to be another hot day in New England.  Our plans today are the same as yesterday…to relax and read while floating in the pool.  Hubby and I were out by and in the pool all afternoon yesterday and we had such a nice day…didn’t get as much reading done as I had planned to, because we were both in a talkative mood. 

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What are your plans today?  Anything exciting?

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Hosted by Kayla at The Eclectic Element

Slapdash Sunday is a day for your proverbial week ‘leftovers.’ Is there something you wanted to say, but just forgot? Is there something you want to write about, but isn’t worth a whole page? Do you have a random thought, funny or otherwise that needs to be written down?   That is what Slapdash Sunday is for!

Today’s Topic:
Gadgets for your blog.

I enjoy blog hopping, not only for reading others’ reviews, but to also see the newest and different gadgets on one’s blog.  I wonder how bloggers find these sites to add different gadget thingys.  Examples:  polls, quizzes, different images and footer tool bar to name a few.  If I see something on somebody’s blog, I usually email them and ask about the site in which they got their gadget.  Just this past week I sent off an email to Larissa at Welcome To Larissa’s Bookish Life to ask her about the tool bar and another item on her blog.  She was kind enough to help me.  
The sites that I mostly use are Photo Bucket, Image Chef and HTML Basix.
How do you find gadgets to add to your blog?  What sites do you get your images from?  Are there any sites you would like to share.

And The Winners Are……

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Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

3    10    14    2    1
Timestamp: 2010-07-17 22:13:13 UTC



Jules@OneBookShy said… 3 Thank you for the great giveaway. I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about this book.

Anita Yancey said… 10 I would like to win this book, because I think it would be very interesting to read. I really liked the reviews on it. Please enter me. Thanks!

Debs Desk said… 14 I am a new follower.

Hott Books – Gina said… 2 Wow, this books looks really good and since I’m doing the BBA Book Buying Ban Challenge I’m hoping to win books.

Bonnie said… 1 Thanks for the great review and the chance to win a copy of the book. It’s always interesting when you find things out about your family as an adult that you were never aware of. It makes you question who you really are, I know! I’d like to see how the heroine handles her situation.

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

And The Winners Are……

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Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

3    10    14    2    1
Timestamp: 2010-07-17 22:13:13 UTC



Jules@OneBookShy said… 3 Thank you for the great giveaway. I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about this book.

Anita Yancey said… 10 I would like to win this book, because I think it would be very interesting to read. I really liked the reviews on it. Please enter me. Thanks!

Debs Desk said… 14 I am a new follower.

Hott Books – Gina said… 2 Wow, this books looks really good and since I’m doing the BBA Book Buying Ban Challenge I’m hoping to win books.

Bonnie said… 1 Thanks for the great review and the chance to win a copy of the book. It’s always interesting when you find things out about your family as an adult that you were never aware of. It makes you question who you really are, I know! I’d like to see how the heroine handles her situation.

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

A Bit of Me

SATURDAY
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Good morning all !!  It is early here and the weather is supposed to be hot and humid later on.  So my plan is to get all my Saturday Computer To-Dos done and then grab my book, iced coffee and head on out to the backyard, get in the pool on my float and read.
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So if you comment and it doesn’t show up quickly, you will know where I am.  What are your plans today?
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Hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book

From her blog:
We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by being here. I created this weekly meme to get to know the blogging community I love just a bit better. To know what makes them tick, outside of books, that is. Each week I will post a question to be answered in the following week’s “A Bit of Me(Me)”. Check back each Saturday to get the info for next week’s post and link up with your current post right here.
Today’s glimpse:
So, let’s get started!

This Weeks Question: What is your favorite smell and why? Does it bring back memories?
Read more: http://www.theresabook.com/category/a-bit-of-meme/#ixzz0twAikgi1
A Bit of CMash:
It also reminds me of vacations, which we are so overdue for.

Then it would be scents of different foods.  My mom and grandmother were great cooks/bakers and I would love walking into the house smelling what they had just cooked and/or prepared.  Examples like homemade pasta dough for lasagna, blueberry and apple pies.

This one will sound strange but its the smell of gas.  That brings back vivid memories of my Dad.  He owned a service station and whenever I smell the scent, I think of him.

Do you have favorite smells, why does it trigger memories?