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Posted by Barbara Vey on February 10, 2010
Cupid and Psyche

Here it is Valentine's Week.  We are being bombarded by ads for flowers, candy and jewelry.  I recently saw a cartoon that asked, "When did Valentine's Day start coming so soon after Christmas?"  I can understand that sentiment.

How about a nice romantic book for that special someone?  While there are plenty out there to choose from, here's a couple of special Valentine's stories to put you in the mood.




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Posted by Barbara Vey on February 9, 2010


Hi everyone!  WW Lady Kate here with my picks  for the new authors to watch in 2010.  If you’re like me, you love to know about new debut authors. Here are some great authors who are creating quite the buzz in the romance genre. 

Jill Myles has a new type of sexy paranormal series out about a former ugly duckling who has transformed into a sexy succubus torn between a...Read More

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Posted by Barbara Vey on February 8, 2010
Anne Miller and Mike Davoti
From Anne and Mike's Wedding Album

HCI Books is launching a new genre in October 2010 that they promise will "rock the romance world and redefine memoir forever."  Their hook is that each book in the Vows series is based on a true life couple.

"Welcome to Reality-based, or RB Romance™ where the inspiratio...Read More

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Posted by Barbara Vey on February 5, 2010
The Lady Jane’s Co-founders toast to the anniversary, and to our beloved crowd of supporters. Ron, Leanna, Maya and Hope.
     
Author Leanna Renee Hieber here with birthday wishes to Lady Jane!
 
Monday marked the one year anniversary of New York’s only reading series devoted to Romance Fiction; Lady Jane’s Salon.  Lady Jane’s was founded in late 2008 by myself, fellow ro...Read More

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Posted by Barbara Vey on February 4, 2010

Thought we'd start the WW Ladies Book Club off with a smile today.

A couple go on vacation to a fishing resort in northern Minnesota. The husband likes to fish at the crack of dawn. The wife likes to read.

One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and takes a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and continues to read her book.

Along comes a forest policeman in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, "Good morning Ma'am. What are you doing?"

"Reading a book," she replies, (thinking "Isn't that obvious?"
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Posted by Barbara Vey on February 2, 2010


WW Lady Stacey here in the midst of a New York Winter. 

     
Inspired by a conversation I was having with Ron Kolm, one of my work colleagues, I found myself trying to recall the worst book I’d ever read.  I know it might be hard to believe, but I have two: Wuthering Heights and War and Peace....Read More

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Posted by Barbara Vey on February 1, 2010

Friday night saw Amazon pull a fast one on Macmillan by pulling all the buy buttons on their books.  This included the bestsellers, top releases and Kindle titles.  While the Macmillan books are still shown, they can only be purchased through other sellers, the Kindle books aren't available at all (I checked this morning to see if anything changed).  Not only this, but Amazon also went into reader's Kindles and removed Macmillan titles from their wish lists and sample chapters that had already been downloaded.

Macmillan responded to the Amazon move with the following letter from John Sargent addressed to All Macmillan authors/illustrators and the literary agent community:

This past Thursday I met with Amazon in Seatt...Read More

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Posted by Barbara Vey on January 28, 2010

Apple unveiled their highly anticipated iPad.  It looks like the kind of eReader I've been waiting for.  But while enthusiastists are itching to get their hands on the device that looks like an iPod on steriods, others are having problems getting past the name.  Twitter and Facebook was burning up with jokes about the moniker that brings up images of feminine hygiene products.  The hottest trending topic on Twitter is iTampon.

"Were there no women in the Apple think tank when they came up with iPad for a name?"
"Got your period? There's an app for tha...Read More

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Posted by Barbara Vey on January 27, 2010

Harriet Richardson Ames received her bachelor's degree three weeks after her 100th birthday.  She had a two year teaching degree and taught first graders to read.  A wonderful example of never giving up on your dreams.  Now here's the WW Ladies with their reads of the week.

Windswept by Ann Macela
 
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Posted by Barbara Vey on January 26, 2010

Sheila here, one of the WW Ladies.  I’m a picky reader. I don’t grab books off the shelf or follow bestseller lists. I ignore perfectly delicious, nutritious books. I have to work to find a book I like. It’s okay though, because I love to browse as much as I love to read.

 

When I find the right book, it’s like I fall ...Read More

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Posted by Barbara Vey on January 25, 2010

I receive about a hundred books a month.  They come from publishers, authors, publicists and friends.  Soon they pretty much all blend together.  Then every once in a while one arrives so cleverly packaged that it makes you sit up and take notice.  One arrived the other day.

It was in a plain brown envelope, but it was stamped with "Fugitive Survival Kit."  Inside the package were a toothbrush, wig, sunglasses, $50 dollar bill (a little smaller than a real one, but believable), a postcard from Colorado that read "What a long, strange trip it's been...Rosemary" and a black backpack.  Of course, it also included the book, Dead Head by ...Read More

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Posted by Barbara Vey on January 22, 2010
Top row: Barbara Vey, Isabel Sharpe, Laura Iding, Shari Anton-Bottom Row: Lori Handeland, Liz Kreger

I love libraries.  I go to them as often as I can and I visit them when I travel.  They may all be set up a little differently, some with sofas and chairs, others with only tables and desks.  There are firepla...Read More

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