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January 9, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (21)

Ok, it's never pretty when you get hit in the face by a wad of rice.

I love traveling and trying new things.  Last night, Tina and I were invited to dinner by author Sherrilyn Kenyon and her family.  They took us to a Japanese restaurant (a first for me).  I know the best part is the preparation of the food and our chef really put on a show.  Lots of flames, volcanos, beating hearts and the highly entertaining food toss.  If you've never ex...Read More

January 8, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (25)

Chris Barton, firefighter, bookclub member

I arrived in Nashville to visit pal Tina, expecting sunshine and warmth.  Got cold and rain, but better than the cold and snow I left.  But the surprise I got was a chance to interview Janet Evanovich of Stephanie Plum fame.  Janet was at Borders signing her latest "between the numbers" book, Plum Spooky.
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January 7, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (8)

Well, I'm off on holiday to Nashville to visit a friend for a couple of weeks, so I'll be blogging from there.  Let's see how they feel about stalkers in bookstores and libraries.

Now here's this weeks WW Ladies Book Blurbs:

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January 6, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (19)

Well, the 2009 conference schedule is on the calendar...kind of.  I have the for sures, the maybes and the I wishes.

The for sures are:

New York Comic Con, February 5-7
Washington RWA,  Leesburg, VA, April 17-19
WisRWA, Green Bay, WI   June 5-7
Romance Writers of America (RWA)  Washington DC, July 15-18
San Diego Comic Con, July 23-36
Dragon Con, Atlanta, September 4-7
Moonlight and Magnolias, Atlanta, October 2-4
K-Con, New Orleans, October 9-11

Maybes are:

Heart of Dixie Readers Luncheon,  Huntville, AL, May 2
Thrillerfest, New York, July 3-11

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January 5, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (29)

Over the holidays I was on a readathon.  I read a ton of books, all different kinds, and what happens when you read nonstop is that they all start to meld together.  Especially if they are the same genre.  So I really mix it up by reading a historical, then contempory, paranormal, thriller, historical fantasy, humorous and so on.

Here's the thing that really jumped out at me.  A lot of the contempories seemed to have a race to see how fast the characters could have sex.  I started watching page numbers to see when the deed was done.  Now this is all fine, but give me a reasonable explanation as to why they would fall into bed (ok, usually not a bed) right away.

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