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. 

What are your plans today?  Anything exciting?

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!

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.

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. 

What are your plans today?  Anything exciting?

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!

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

Damaged by Pamela Callow
Published by Mira Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-2750-9
At the request of Meryl Moss Media, The Book Trib, a PB was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest opinion.
  Synopsis (back of book): How far are you wiling to go to forget your past? Haunted by the death of her sister and wounded by her ex-fiance’s accusations, Kate Lange throws herself into her new career at a high-powered law firm.
  When grandmother of a lonely private school student seeks her counsel, Kate thinks it’s just another custody case. But then the teen is brutally murdered. And it isn’t only Kate who wonders if her legal advice led to the girl’s death.
  How far are you willing to go to redeem yourself? Put on notice by Randall Barrett, the firm’s charismatic managing partner, Kate must fight for her career for her reputation-and for redemption.
  Unwilling to live with the damage she may have caused, Kate pursues the case on her own and unearths some chilling facts.
  Facts that lead straight to the heart of a legal conspiracy.
  Facts that lead Kate directly into the surgically skilled hands of the Body Butcher.
  My Thoughts and Opinion: Once again I am amazed. This is the 4th book that I read this year, as an author’s debut book, that blew me away. I was pulled in by the time I finished the first chapter to the very last page. This 453 page novel had all the elements and writing style of a seasoned author. Many twists and turns at a fast pace. It could be described as both a legal thriller and medical mystery page turning read. It is hard to explain some aspects of this book without giving away spoilers. However, what I will do, is highly recommend this book especially if you love legal/medical thrillers, because this book has it all.

DISCLAIMER
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.

Damaged by Pamela Callow
Published by Mira Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-2750-9
At the request of Meryl Moss Media, The Book Trib, a PB was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest opinion.
  Synopsis (back of book): How far are you wiling to go to forget your past? Haunted by the death of her sister and wounded by her ex-fiance’s accusations, Kate Lange throws herself into her new career at a high-powered law firm.
  When grandmother of a lonely private school student seeks her counsel, Kate thinks it’s just another custody case. But then the teen is brutally murdered. And it isn’t only Kate who wonders if her legal advice led to the girl’s death.
  How far are you willing to go to redeem yourself? Put on notice by Randall Barrett, the firm’s charismatic managing partner, Kate must fight for her career for her reputation-and for redemption.
  Unwilling to live with the damage she may have caused, Kate pursues the case on her own and unearths some chilling facts.
  Facts that lead straight to the heart of a legal conspiracy.
  Facts that lead Kate directly into the surgically skilled hands of the Body Butcher.
  My Thoughts and Opinion: Once again I am amazed. This is the 4th book that I read this year, as an author’s debut book, that blew me away. I was pulled in by the time I finished the first chapter to the very last page. This 453 page novel had all the elements and writing style of a seasoned author. Many twists and turns at a fast pace. It could be described as both a legal thriller and medical mystery page turning read. It is hard to explain some aspects of this book without giving away spoilers. However, what I will do, is highly recommend this book especially if you love legal/medical thrillers, because this book has it all.

DISCLAIMER
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.