Holiday, Misc

Happy New Year Exciting Day

CMash January 1, 2012 14 Comments

Happy New Year everyone!! How did you ring in the New Year?

It’s a really exciting day here at the CMash blog, especially if you are reading this. It means you found me at my new home!!! And to those that did, I say:

Thanks to my computer angel, Gina from Hott Books, I would not be here nor would I be in one piece. This blog is put together solely by her. I have said many times that I am computer challenged, and she will agree that I am, but she has been so patient with me, answering every question, teaching me this new platform and I think, at least I hope, she is still sane lol. I am still trying to navigate and learn my way around here at WordPress, so you may see some bumps in the road, but eventually I hope to figure it all out. What year that will be….I’m not sure lol.

And another day I have been waiting for for months, days of stalking A Novel Challenge, days of looking at a page that is all set up with cute little buttons waiting to be filled in wih titles. YES!!! May the 2012 Challenges begin!!!!

Winners

And the winner is……..

CMash January 1, 2012 1 Comment

………….of the BEST OF 2011 GIVEAWAY BLOG HOP

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61

Timestamp: 2012-01-01 14:53:30 UTC

Michelle @ The True Book Addict said...61 Follow on Twitter–@truebookaddict

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Holiday, Misc

Happy New Year’s Eve

CMash December 31, 2011 4 Comments

REMINDER:

TOMORROW IS MOVING DAY!!! I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT MY NEW HOME

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The end of another year. And how fast it went by. However, it was been a bittersweet year for me. It’s been two (2) years now that I have been part of this great community of book blogging and reviewing and am having as much fun today as I did when I first started. I have met many new friends, read some phenomenal books, have had the opportunity for new adventures and have been honored to host Authors as my guests just to name a few events of this past year. As far as reading, I fell short of what I wanted to accomplish but I hope to do better in 2012.

There were some road blocks that I had to get through this year, but I did, and I want to thank you all for being there for me when I didn’t think I was going to make it to the other side. Your prayers, genuine concern, caring, words of encouragement and comfort helped me through. I will forever be thankful.

Tomorrow is going to be a big day for me.

First, I will be moving to my new home over at wordpress. I hope you all come visit, take down my new address, sign up and/or on, leave me a little comment that the directions I gave or that your GPS worked and you found me. Since I am not tech savvy, it might take me a while to learn my way around and navigate the new platform, so I apologize in advance.

And tomorrow, the day I have been patiently waiting for. I am being very optimistic that 2012 is going to be a better year for me….it can’t get any worse lol…..at least I don’t think so. Remember all those challenges that I signed up for…..all 23 of them….WooHoo…..they start tomorow. One of my resolutions this year is to read more. Because of my personal real life issues, I only read 49 books in 2011…pitiful. There were some months that I read 1 book. So let the challenges begin.

HAVE A SAFE, HEALTHY AND HAPPY 2012 NEW YEAR!!

Winners

And the winner is……….

CMash December 30, 2011 Leave a Comment

……..of A WHISPER TO A SCREAM by Karen Wojcik Berner

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Timestamp: 2011-12-30 23:04:07 UTC

Vicki said…I belong to WordShakers (hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey)

I also belong to two book clubs at Sparkpeople.com 6

An email has been sent to the winner and she has 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. Thank you to all that entered.

Aloha Friday

CMash December 30, 2011 3 Comments

Reminder: As of 01/01/12, the moving trucks are ready and will be rolling to WordPress. Hope to see you there!!!

www.cmashlovestoread.com

Hosted by An Island Life

From An Island Life:

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, visit An Island Life answer the question and then post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

MY QUESTION:

From a blogging perspective, what are you most looking forward to in 2012?

MY ANSWER:
Hopefully navigating and feeling comfortable at my new home at WP.
Might have to invest in a GPS lol.
Hope to see you there
www.cmashlovestoread.com

Booking Thru Thursday

Booking Through Thursday

CMash December 29, 2011 8 Comments

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Today’s question:

What were your favorite books of 2011?

My response:

I always get palpitations when a question asks for “a favorite”, maybe because I’m a parent and I would never be able to answer the question “who is my favorite child”. And since moving into this neighborhood of book blogging and reviewing, I have a total new outlook about books. I used to purchase them, read for enjoyment and either they would go on my shelf or be passed on. Now I know the hard work, the heart and soul the author puts into writing a particular book for my pleasure of reading. That book IS “their child”

This year I had the opportunity to read many outstanding books that I would recommend, many more than I am going to list, but I narrowed it down to these 10 that really stood out:

Spinning by Michael Baron

Night Road by Kristin Hannah

Midwife’s Confession by Diane Chamberlain

Concrete Pearl by Vincent Zandri

Dead of Wynter by Spencer Seidel

Scream Catcher by Vincent Zandri

Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens

Lethal by Sandra Brown

Megan’s Way by Melissa Foster

Voices of the Dead by Peter Leonard

(review to be posted 01/19/12)

What were your favorites of 2011?

W.W.W. Wednesdays

W.W.W. Wednesday

CMash December 28, 2011 4 Comments

Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

This book will be touring with Partners In Crime Tours from February through April. We still have some spots opened for review. If you think you might be interested in reading and reviewing this novel, please contact me at CMash@Partnersincrimetours.net and I will get back to you with more details.

Synopsis:

Matt DeMarco is an accomplished Manhattan attorney with more than his share of emotional baggage. His marriage ended disastrously, his ex-wife has pulled their son away from him, and her remarriage to a hugely successful Arab businessman has created complications for Matt on multiple levels. However, his life shifts from troubled to imperiled when two cops – men he’s known for a long time – come into his home and arrest his son as the prime suspect in the murder of the boy’s girlfriend.

Suddenly, the enmity between Matt and his only child is no longer relevant. Matt must do everything he can to clear his son, who he fully believes is innocent. Doing so will require him to quit his job and make enemies of former friends – and it will throw him up against forces he barely knew existed and can only begin to comprehend how to battle.

GODS AND FATHERS is at once a powerful mystery and a provocative international thriller, all of it presented with LePore’s signature fascinating characters placed in dire circumstances where every choice poses new and potentially fatal challenges.

Giveaway

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CMash December 26, 2011 61 Comments

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