My Little Pocketbooks

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

In My Mailbox #8

This post is my weekly update about the shiny new books I have bought (I know I need to stop buying them), won (I love to enter giveaways) or received from authors or others. As well as purses I buy or receive, of course!

Click the photo to go to Amazon.com or Goodreads.com to read more about the books or to purchase a copy.

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Review: The Darkest Child

The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Author: Delores Phillips
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Soho Press
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Paperback: 462 pages
Source: Purchased at EsoWon Bookstore
Buy the Book: Amazon

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Passion & Prose Conference 2012

On February 25, I attended my first and the first Passion and Prose Conference. I had a wonderful time!! There were so many authors there that I just waned to sit and chilax with. Here are a few pictures. And more to come later.

Left: Meg Cabot signing books Top: Beth Revis with my signed copy of Across the Universe Right: Me and Zuri Day with my signed coy of Lovin' Blue Bottom: Gale Carriger with my signed copy of Soulless.

The day started with Gale Carriger talking about her former carrier as an archeologist and by the way she is a very cute, vintage, funny woman. She also talked about her writing process as the salads were being served. During the conference we dinned with two authors at our table. OOh and Meg Cabot was the Speaker. The Meg Cabot!!! I sat with author Anne Randol who writes Historial Romance Novels ("A Secret in Her Kiss") and is working a YA book about Ninjas. How cool is that? I would be interested in seeing how that one turns out. At my table #14 was the most prolific writer at the conference. Check out this bio.

Kathleen Creighton

Kathleen Creighton is the award-winning author of nearly 50 romance novels, published by Bantam, Harlequin, Silhouette, and St. Martin’s Press, and translated into a dozen different languages. One of her books, "A Christmas Love," was the basis for a made-for-TV movie. She is a five-time winner of RWA’s RITA award, and a 2009 inductee into the Romance Writers’ Hall of Fame. Romantic Times Publishing Group has named her "Best New Romantic Author," among other honors. After spending 18 years in South Carolina and following the death of her husband, this California native recently moved back to the Kern River Valley, where her roots run deep. She has been at work on a new series, called "The Scandals of Sierra Malone." The second book in the series, "The Pretender," will be a February 2012 release for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. www.kathleencreighton.com

I loved the feeling of the overall friendship of a group of women who never ever meet each other. It was a great sisterhood of book hoarders. I was soo at home. lol! I also meet another book club called "Sista's Thoughts from Coast to Coast" and Mandy blogger of The Romance Bookie. It was such a GREAT! day that ended with me spending too much money and eating sundaes with two gift bag full of books and swag on my arm. LOL!! What could be better? Yes, there was chocolate too!
By the way my Tuesday post will have the list of goods from the conference. I can't wait till the next one!!

Saturday, February 25, 2012

What I am Listening To

The Gentle Brush of Wings: Short Story by David Niall Wilson

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Friday, February 24, 2012

TGIF #6 ~Required Reading~

I decided to join a weekly meme called TGIF. I kept seeing the button on top of so many sites, so I wanted to join in too.
This feature is for Fridays to re-cap the week's posts and to answer the proposed question from Ginger at GReads. Check her out and join in the fun!

This Friday's Question

Required Reading: Which book from your school days do you remember reading & enjoying? Is there a book published now that you'd like to see in today's curriculum for kids?

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