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)

Friday 56 (4 of 5)

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Hosted by Storytime With Tonya and Friends http://storytimewithtonya.blogspot.com/
Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
* Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
My 56:
  When the locomotive thundered by him, he had to turn from the tracks and lift one arm to shield his face.

From So Cold The River by Michael Koryta 

Friday Fill-Ins (5 of 5)

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And…here we go!
1. Memories of my boys when they were young, never fails to make me smile.
2. I’m looking forward to fully recovering and going to Aruba.
3. The birds chirping is what I’m listening to right now.
4. Potato salad must have sweet pepper relish and celery in it!
5. It will be my chocolate & peanut butter ice cream that I will have later on, was the best thing I ate today.
6. Today was a perfect weather day.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to reading, tomorrow my plans include my computer to-do list and reading and Sunday, I want to relax and have fun with my Guest Author LIVE!

This morning I woke up to some great news!!!  I started with my usual routine, coffee mug in hand readng my newsletters, emails and checking comments on my blog.  And there it was…a comment to pick up awards…..not 1 award BUT 2 !!!!!!  I feel that I keep repeating myself, but it is true,  it truly makes me feel so good and so part of the “book blogging world”.   It reinforces that I must be doing something right to be presented with all these awards.  Maybe its because my blog only went public in November/December and  that I still consider myself a semi newbie, but it is such an honor for me to be presented with these awards.  Julie from     http://readingwithoutrestraint.blogspot.com/ presented me with the following awards:

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I recently received these same awards and passed them on.  So at this time, I am going to wait and see if I find some new blogs in the Book Blog Hop tomorrow, that I feel I want to pass these great awards on.  And if you haven’t visited Reading Without Restraint, you should.  Julie has a fantastic blog with really good posts.  Julie, thank you soooo much for these awards!!! 

Guest Author Reminders (1 of 2)

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Reminder!!!!!  Tomorrow Jeffrey Leever will be a “Guest Author” and will be giving away a signed copy of his book The University !!!!

Reminder !!!!  This coming Sunday, Vincent Zandri author of Moonlight Falls, will be here live!!
He is currently on his virtual tour of Moonlight Falls and shortly will be trying a “revolutionary experiment” (comment by Dorothy Thompson of Pump Up Your Book) with his next novel “The Remains“.   He will be sharing his thoughts on EReaders and Print.  So have your thoughts, comments and/or questions ready and post them here.  He has generously offered to reply to all comments and answer any questions.  Would your followers be interested?  Then please blog about this event and invite them to join in the discussion.

Booking Thru Thursday (2 of 2)

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Today’s Question:
What’s the most useful book you’ve ever read? And, why?
  This is a tough question for me.  I don’t read self help or how to books.  So the only books I can think of are my text books from college.  Reading them, and of course the classes that I attended, helped me for when I had to take my state license test.  So the answer is college text books.

This morning I woke up to some great news!!!  I started with my usual routine, coffee mug in hand readng my newsletters, emails and checking comments on my blog.  And there it was…a comment to pick up awards…..not 1 award BUT 2 !!!!!!  I feel that I keep repeating myself, but it is true,  it truly makes me feel so good and so part of the “book blogging world”.   It reinforces that I must be doing something right to be presented with all these awards.  Maybe its because my blog only went public in November/December and  that I still consider myself a semi newbie, but it is such an honor for me to be presented with these awards.  Julie from     http://readingwithoutrestraint.blogspot.com/ presented me with the following awards:

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I recently received these same awards and passed them on.  So at this time, I am going to wait and see if I find some new blogs in the Book Blog Hop tomorrow, that I feel I want to pass these great awards on.  And if you haven’t visited Reading Without Restraint, you should.  Julie has a fantastic blog with really good posts.  Julie, thank you soooo much for these awards!!! 

Guest Author Reminders (1 of 2)

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ImageChef.com

Reminder!!!!!  Tomorrow Jeffrey Leever will be a “Guest Author” and will be giving away a signed copy of his book The University !!!!

Reminder !!!!  This coming Sunday, Vincent Zandri author of Moonlight Falls, will be here live!!
He is currently on his virtual tour of Moonlight Falls and shortly will be trying a “revolutionary experiment” (comment by Dorothy Thompson of Pump Up Your Book) with his next novel “The Remains“.   He will be sharing his thoughts on EReaders and Print.  So have your thoughts, comments and/or questions ready and post them here.  He has generously offered to reply to all comments and answer any questions.  Would your followers be interested?  Then please blog about this event and invite them to join in the discussion.

Booking Thru Thursday (2 of 2)

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Today’s Question:
What’s the most useful book you’ve ever read? And, why?
  This is a tough question for me.  I don’t read self help or how to books.  So the only books I can think of are my text books from college.  Reading them, and of course the classes that I attended, helped me for when I had to take my state license test.  So the answer is college text books.