EXCITING EVENT REMINDER

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Hope you have put tomorrow on your calendar.  Vincent Zandri, author of Moonlight Falls, will be LIVE !!!  He will be posting his thoughts about EReaders and Print.  We, as consumers and avid readers, have had this discussion all over the blogosphere.  BUT tomorrow we will get an author’s perspective.  He is currently on virtual tour for Moonlight Falls.  He will be conducting “a revolutionary experiment” (comment from Dorothy Thompson of Pump Up Your Book) for his new book, The Remains”

Please stop by tomorrow for a fun day as Mr. Zandri has generously given us his time to reply to all comments and answer questions.  So get your thoughts and questions ready.  Either comments for the discussion of EReaders and Print.  Or questions regarding Moonlight Falls or
The Remains.  Post them here and he will answer them all.

Also, please BLOG ABOUT THIS EXCITING EVENT so that your followers may join in on the fun.  Please give them this link   http://cmashlovestoread.blogspot.com/.  I will be here to post comments ASAP so that Mr.Zandri can answer or reply, as he will be checking in all day.  Hope to see you !!!!!!!!   

Saturday Spotlight (2 of 2)

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Hosted by Lori at Lori’s Reading Corner (http://www.lorisreadingcorner.com/)
  Welcome to the Saturday Spotlight, where each week we will have a chance to showcase something new. It will be the place to gather, talk and shine the “spotlight” on all things book related. Not to mention a place to discover new to us authors, characters, series and places.
  Each week Lori will pick a new theme for us to share our favorite of, and every once in a while I’ll make it a “readers choice” week where you can spotlight whatever you want.
  Some of the different things we’ll be spotlighting are our favorite book, author, female/male character, location, murder weapon, series, other book blogs, giveaway sites, places to get our books and just about anything else book related.
  Today Lori has chosen:

FAVORITE FEMALE MYSTERY AUTHOR !!
This is not easy to pick just one..there are quite a few that I will pick up their book and know, it will be an enjoyable page turning read.   Authors like Lisa Jackson and Wendy Corsi Staub.  However, I was lucky to be introduced to Karen Rose from The Hachette Book Group.
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I was asked to read and review a mystery by this author that I hadn’t heard of.  Before reviewing, I would always stick with authors that I knew of.  Only having a couple of “avid readers” in my circle of family and friends, I don’t get much in the way of recommendations.  So my reading and reviewing schedule had gotten to this book.
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I found it to be amazing as a suspense/mystery read.  It was one of those books that I call “just one more chapter”.  Had me guessing to the end with twists and turns throughout.  I knew that I had to read all of her books that I have been missing out on.  I told myself that once I get caught up with my “requested review reads,  I will be purchasing many of her books to my EReader.  But The Hachette Book Group supplied me with another gift…they have offered for me to read and review Ms. Rose’s newest book…I can’t wait to get my hands on this one
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I can’t wait to start reading I Can See You and still plan on reading her novels that I have missed out on for so many years.  If you haven’t read one of her books, you like mystery and suspense, this is one author you have to read. 
One of the great things in becoming part of the “book blogging neighborhood” is now I have many people recommending books, so much so that my tbr list has grown to becoming huge.  Since reading reviews from other bloggers, putting many books on my list, I know have to call my tbr list…my tbr bucket list.
Happy Reading!

EXCITING EVENT REMINDER

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Hope you have put tomorrow on your calendar.  Vincent Zandri, author of Moonlight Falls, will be LIVE !!!  He will be posting his thoughts about EReaders and Print.  We, as consumers and avid readers, have had this discussion all over the blogosphere.  BUT tomorrow we will get an author’s perspective.  He is currently on virtual tour for Moonlight Falls.  He will be conducting “a revolutionary experiment” (comment from Dorothy Thompson of Pump Up Your Book) for his new book, The Remains”

Please stop by tomorrow for a fun day as Mr. Zandri has generously given us his time to reply to all comments and answer questions.  So get your thoughts and questions ready.  Either comments for the discussion of EReaders and Print.  Or questions regarding Moonlight Falls or
The Remains.  Post them here and he will answer them all.

Also, please BLOG ABOUT THIS EXCITING EVENT so that your followers may join in on the fun.  Please give them this link   http://cmashlovestoread.blogspot.com/.  I will be here to post comments ASAP so that Mr.Zandri can answer or reply, as he will be checking in all day.  Hope to see you !!!!!!!!   

Friday Fun Will Continue

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I am having some computer glitches that I am trying to resolve.  And seeing that I am computer illiterate at times, it is taking me a while to fix.  As soon as I have it back and working, I will continue in the Friday Fun.  I will visit your blogs ASAP.  And to add icing on the cake, my server and/or computer seems to be in neutral, maybe reverse.  In the meantime, don’t forget to enter at a chance of winning a book signed by the author, Jeffrey Leever, of The University.

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Friday Fun Will Continue

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I am having some computer glitches that I am trying to resolve.  And seeing that I am computer illiterate at times, it is taking me a while to fix.  As soon as I have it back and working, I will continue in the Friday Fun.  I will visit your blogs ASAP.  And to add icing on the cake, my server and/or computer seems to be in neutral, maybe reverse.  In the meantime, don’t forget to enter at a chance of winning a book signed by the author, Jeffrey Leever, of The University.

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Guest Author Mr. Jeffrey Leever of The University and Giveaway (1 of 5)

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I am honored to have Mr. Leever, author of The University visit today so please help me welcome him to my blog.  He is also kind enough to giveaway one of my followers and/or visitors a SIGNED copy of his book, The University.

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Jeffrey Leever is the author of the mystery/suspense novels The University (Capital Crime Press, 2009) and Dark Friday (Capital Crime Press, 2007).


He is a former PR staff member for Colorado Governor Bill Owens, as well as former senior editor for a nonprofit organization. He now lives in Blue Springs, Missouri.

A Nebraska native, he wrote a college football column, the Scarlet Commentary, for several years. He holds a degree in English with a writing emphasis and is perpetually at work on his next suspense/mystery novel.

To learn more about the author and the book, visit his website at JeffreyLeever.com.

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Ah, college life at Tremont University. A place for learning. Partying and dating. And murder.


When investigative journalist Kevin Gibson lets his cousin, a former cop, talk him into looking into a student’s disappearance at Tremont University, he gets more than he bargained for. A former student — injured in a brutal attack two years ago and in a coma — may hold a critical piece of information that can solve the mystery. Meanwhile, an attractive coed continues to hide a very dark secret.

Tremont junior Brett Duncan is determined to find out what happened to his best friend, who’s gone missing. Along with his girlfriend Ciera Kindle, Brett is drawn into a cunning world few know exist — a conspiracy involving faculty, students, and some well-connected people in high places.

Beneath the campus’ Hallmark-card exterior lie many secrets, and a pulse-racing mystery with plenty of chills along the way.

“Jeffrey Leever is giving away a signed copy of his book, The University, to one lucky tour visitor. Go to his book tour page, http://jeffrey-leever.omnimystery.com/, enter your name, e-mail address, and this PIN, 6123, for your chance to win. Entries from this blog site will be accepted until 12:00 Noon (PT) tomorrow. No purchase is required to enter or to win. The winner (first name only) will be announced on his book tour page next week.”  Don’t forget, put the PIN NUMBER 6123 for your chance to win.  GOOD LUCK !!!!!

ADDENDUM:  Watch for my review of The University that will be posted at a later date.

Aloha Friday (2 of 5)

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WooHoo..its Friday !!!  TGIF !!!!  The day I give myself more computer time to hop around the blogosphere meeting new bloggy friends.  And to make this day even more special….A Giveawy !!!  Read my 1 of 4 posts and enter into winning a SIGNED copy of The University.  Make sure you put in the pin code 6123 for your chance to win !!!!!  Good Luck! and I am off to hop……….

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Hosted by An Island Life http://islandlife808.com/
Today’s question:
Favorite flavor of ice cream?
Hands down…my favorite is Friendly’s Chocolate and Peanut Butter.

Book Blog Hop (3 of 5)

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Hosted by Jennifer from CRAZY FOR BOOKS http://www.crazy-for-books.com/
Here are the instuctions from her site:

  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.