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Do you want to win a brand new Kindle from Amazon??  Then head on over to Bitten by Books and enter their BlogFest contest!!!   (Or don't- I really want to win!!  LOL) They have tons of ways to enter and the only mandatory thing is comment with your First Name and Last Initial and your country.  Sorry everybody else!  This giveaway is only open to US peeps.  Have a great weekend and Good Luck (but not too good.. I need all the really good luck!)

Here are some questions I asked Cheryl Snell author of Shiva's Arms Where are you from? Alberta, Canada, eh. When did you first consider yourself a writer? When I published a poem in an excellent journal whose rep dwarfed my previous publications What inspired you to write your first book? Inspiration didn’t enter in. I had published about 65 poems and a few stories in lit journals and the logical next step was to put together a collection of poetry. Do you have a specific writing style? I write in a lyric narrative style. A critic/professor recently said I was an American surrealist. I like that. How did you come up with the title, Shiva’s Arms? It came to me when I was at McDonald’s with my Mom one day. It had all the elements I needed, incorporating the Hindu god of creation AND destruction, comparing that entity to Amma (who did plenty of C&D herself). All the god’s arms reminded me of Amma’s push-pull with Alice. Is there a message in Shiva’s Arms that yo...

Title: Thumbing Through Thoreau: A Book of Quotations By Henry David Thoreau Authors: Kenny Luck Illustrators: Jay Luke and Ren Adams Publisher: Tribute Books Published: April 19, 2010 ISBN: 978-0982256541 Summary: "On July 4, 1845, when Henry David Thoreau moved into his cabin on the shores of Walden Pond, he was probably unaware that his abode in the woods, and the impact and influence of that endeavor, would forever echo through time. Thoreau was an uncompromising idealist; an ardent maverick who criticized his fellow man. He urged that men and women ought to live more simply, and more deliberately. "The mass of men," he famously wrote, "lead lives of quite desperation." Yet the scope of Thoreau's message is much wider than social criticism. He speaks of spiritual transcendence in Nature and the unbounded potential of the individual. Thoreau is a dreamer and he speaks to dreamers. In a word, shun dogmatism and demagoguery; see beyond the immediat...

Forget Someone's Name? What Would Rob Do? By Rob Sachs, Author of What Would Rob Do?: An Irreverent Guide to Surviving Life's Daily Indignities When nobody else has been around to help out, I've also tried getting someone to talk about her own name. I'd say something like, "I used to get made fun of all the time when I was little because people would call me names like 'Saxophone' or 'Sexy Sachs' or 'Rob my sacks of cats.'" (Okay, nobody ever used the last one.) After sharing my story, I'd ask if she ever got teased, hoping she will give me a funny story that I can use to remember her name. Or sometimes I'd inquire, "What did your family call you when you were little?" Hopefully, it won't be Princess. If you're not so good at face-to-face reconnaissance, there are less invasive methods for procuring names. In college I used to peek in backpacks, binders, notebooks, or anything that might have a name writ...

Thanks to everyone who entered my giveaways!!  Except for the 6 romance books giveaway, if you entered you won! The winner of the 6 romance novels is...#20 Marianna!!  She said "I follow your blog on GFC"  I emailed her and she has 48 hours to respond or random.org will choose a new winner.  Thanks to everyone who entered my giveaway and Happy Reading!!

From 6/4 until 6/11 I will post a new book giveaway each day!!  I have some great titles you can enter to win!!  I might even through in a surprise or 2!!  Make sure to check back in tomorrow for the first giveaway! Giveaway #1~ 6 Romance Books  (1 Winner) Giveaway [and Review] #2~ 101 Things I Learned in Culinary School  (3 Winners) Giveaway [and Review] #3~ Still the One  (4 Winners) Giveaway [and Review] #4~ I Has a Hotdog   (3 Winners)

Title: I Has a Hotdog Author: Ben Huh (AKA Prof Happycat) Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Published: April 20, 2010 ISBN: 978-0446566384 Summary: "I HAS A BWAIN!!!  An you thawt we dint! Now Professor Happycat tells you what's in it and, from I HAS A HOTDOG.com and beyond, lets over 200 LOLdogs loose on the world, all barking the truth about kibble, toys, and bad kitties. This collection of favorites and never-before-seen photos will have you barking for more!  For all you hoomins, a LOLdog is a kay-nine picture with a funny, misspelled caption." SO FUNNY!!  I had not heard of ihasahotdog.com but figured I would give this book a try.  At first I was worried it might be stupid not all that good. But I had another thing coming.  It is very funny and the pictures are so cute.  They are snapshots of dogs from their owners.  My favorite is one of a bulldog dressed up for Halloween as a pumpkin and the caption reads "For this I kill you in you...