November is here, and I’m already seeing holiday/Christmas commercials. It’s giving me some major anxiety. On the bright side, I’m basking in all the cute kiddie costume photos that are appearing on Twitter and Facebook. … NaNoWriMo has begun! To everyone participating, GO GO GO! I’m doing my first NaNo this year and I’m trying not to put so much pressure on myself. Ideally, I’d like to find out what sort of writing process works … Continue reading Links: In Memoriam, Babies, & Pawgwarts →
Where did October go? I blinked and – poof! – it’s pretty much November. And that means the holiday season starts to creep up on everyone. For those who dread this particular time of year, I’m with you. So let’s treat this weekly links as a way to find some peace and happiness for a few minutes. … NaNoWriMo is kicking off soon and I’m going to try my hand at it. (I’m very nervous.) … Continue reading Links: Plot Bunnies, Bluegrass, & Dogs →
Update: I still need a vacation and am not getting one till January, so I’m reading all the beach-y things. Enter Holiday in the Hamptons. Sarah Morgan is one of my go-to Happy Feels authors, but I was lukewarm on Holiday in the Hamptons because of weak internal conflict and a heroine who, on occasion, baffled and irritated me. Felicity “Fliss” Knight grew up with a horribly emotionally abusive father, so her summer vacations in the Hamptons … Continue reading Holiday in the Hamptons by Sarah Morgan →
Jill Shalvis is my go-to feel good author for contemporaries. I was stoked to see she had a new series coming out (Lost and Found Sisters is the first book in the Wildstone series). I enjoyed the book, but strictly speaking, it’s not a romance novel. So I enjoyed what I got -but I didn’t get what I expected. While I can’t fault the book for being tagged as a romance at places like Goodreads, I … Continue reading Lost and Found Sisters by Jill Shalvis →
It’s Wednesday! If you’re in the Northeast, I hope you all made it through the lovely little blizzard we had yesterday. If you’re not, I still hope you made it through Tuesday like a champ! … Cheerios is giving away wildflower seeds to help #BringBacktheBees! To receive your packet of seeds, just fill out this form. Cheerios is also working to turn their oat farms into bee habitats. … … Sarah is also hosting another … Continue reading Links: Honeybees, Happy Dogs, & Diversity →
For me, knitting is a comfort activity. It stimulates me creatively, but the repetitive motions of knitting and purling are incredibly soothing. I don’t knit as much in the summer, but now that fall is upon us (at least, it is here), I want the cozy feeling of curling up with a movie and my latest knitting project. When I picked up The Knitting Diaries, I was hoping for the same feeling of coziness. Normally … Continue reading The Knitting Diaries by Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery, and Christina Skye →
It’s time for Wednesday Links! Also, is anyone else having trouble keeping track of what day it is? Elyse keeps thinking it’s Thursday. I keep thinking we’ve reached the weekend. … We’re about halfway through our RITA® Reader Challenge! There are still several slots open, either due to a book not having reviewers or no reviews coming in on a book’s due date. Just look for the empty gray-shaded cells. Here’s a brief rundown on how to … Continue reading Links: Ballet, Jane the Virgin, & Dogs! →
The Obsession by Nora Roberts is some creepy suspense, followed by a chunk of contemporary small-town romance, followed up by a dash more suspense. It’s a strange book in that the suspense plot isn’t very evenly distributed, but Roberts’ writing is so excellent that I didn’t care. Roberts’ books are filled with fabulous detail–from competence pr0n to home remodeling pr0n to descriptions of old barns–that my brain just goes into vacation mode. Her novels, even … Continue reading The Obsession by Nora Roberts →
