I am so honored and pleased to have this author visit with us.  It was at her request, to stop by here today,  and visit with all of us, and tell everyone about her new book, Through Hazel Eyes. She has also generously offered to have 2 of my lucky followers win a signed copy of her book!! So please help me give a warm welcome to Ms. Heather Hummel!!

   Heather Hummel is an award winning author and ghostwriter. She has been called “a writer’s writer” by Victoria Moran (radio host, author, and frequent guest on Oprah).
   Heather has guided new authors through the publishing ropes in the roles of ghost writer, writing coach, writing workshop teacher, editor, and publisher. Her message to new and aspiring authors has been voiced to a variety of audiences, including Victoria Moran’s radio show, “A Charmed Life.” Heather and/or her books have appeared in newspapers such as: Publishers Weekly, USA Today and the Washington Post; and in magazines that include: Body & Soul, First, and Spry Living—a combined circulation and audience of nearly 15 million.
   Heather Hummel’s published works include:
Gracefully: Looking and Being Your Best at Any Age (McGraw Hill, 2008)
– Merit Award of the 2009 Mature Media Awards
Through Hazel Eyes (PathBinder Publishing, 2008)
– 1st Honorable Mention of the 2009 New York Book Festival
The Universe is My Sugar Daddy (PathBinder Publishing, 2009)
   A graduate from the University of Virginia, Heather holds a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree and is working toward a Ph.D. in Metaphysical Sciences.
Visit Heather’s website at http://www.heatherhummel.net/

   Through Hazel Eyes won the first Honorable Mention at the New York Book Festival in 2009. The novel is a journey of life through the eyes of Madison Ragnar, a high school English teacher who is struggling to recover from an emotionally abusive relationship. Madison s speckled view of the world is seen through her troubled students, a fellow teacher, an intriguing man who enters her life, and a haunting past. Yet everything comes into focus when she learns to trust in herself for the first time in thirty years.
   Madison discovers that the most commanding role played throughout our lives is fate. There are times when we embrace it, times when we curse it, and always times when we are blinded by it. As a result of blinding fate, Madison s past catches up to her, and with the help of her students, she learns why a mockingbird is worthier than a diamond ring.
   “Because the iris is the tunnel to our souls, this is where we look in others to find unspoken answers. It is the whites of our eyes that hold our sacred secrets, and knowing that the iris will divulge all, the white remains pure.” – Madison Ragnar, Through Hazel Eyes.
   Through Hazel Eyes is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, PathBinder and other sites. A free sample is available on Heather’s website at www.HeatherHummel.net.

 

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!

   Every day I seem to find another book blog that I start following. In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blog Hop to give us all bookies a chance to connect and find new blogs that we may be missing out on! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs that they may not know existed!
   So, if you’d like to participate, just repost this on your blog, sign MckLinky on her site, and check out other blogs in MckLinky! Let’s connect and make new book bloggy friends!! So, if you consider yourself a book blogger, come join the fun!
   Pretty please – Your blog should have content related to books, including, but not limited to book reviews.

The Hop is going to start having a CRAZY twist each week, to get to know each other a little better!
Each week, I will ask you a question that you will answer on your own blog hop post on your blog – just a way for us to interact and get to know one another! So, when you enter you blog link below, make sure YOU LINK DIRECTLY TO YOUR BLOG HOP POST for the week!!
Tell us your NAME and WHY YOU STARTED BLOGGING

(in your own blog hop post on your own blog – not in the linky below, please!!!)
Hi…my name is Cheryl.  After a time of stalking and learning about this book blogging world, that appeared to be so much fun, I wanted to be part of the neighborhood where there were so many people who wanted to talk about books.  I am not surrounded by readers in real life where I could discuss a great book I had read, but here in bloggy land, there are so many friends that understand the love of books.

Anita Yancey said… 13 I would like to win this book because it sounds very interesting to me. Love to read it. Please enter me. Thanks!

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Anita Yancey said… 13 I would like to win this book because it sounds very interesting to me. Love to read it. Please enter me. Thanks!

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13
Timestamp: 2010-07-01 22:18:41 UTC

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Stop back tomorrow for a New Giveaway!!!!

Today’s Topic:
Name a book or author that you truly wanted to love but left you disappointed. (And, of course, explain why.)
My Response:
A hard question this week.  Off hand I can only think of 3 answers.  One being Carol Higgins Clark, I tried reading one of her books years ago, thinking her books would be similar to her mother’s, but remember being quite disappointed.  So much so that I never did finish the book.  Two, recently I tried reading Nancy Grace’s Eleventh Victim, especially with all the hype, got it from the library and another one I set aside.  And third,  would be any book that I start, read 1/3 into it and have to put it down.