Penny Pimpin'

( NOTE – I usually endeavor to keep my reviews spoiler free, however, this is the 10th book in a series. The review will not spoil any of the major plotlines of THIS book but if you are not caught up on the series, there may be slight spoilers regarding events in previous books.) LOVER REBORN by J.R. Ward Published by NAL ISBN# 0451235843 Publication Date: March 2012 Ever since the death of his shellan, Tohrment is a heartbroken shadow of the vampire leader he once was. Brought back to the Brotherhood by a self-serving fallen angel, he fights again with ruthless vengeance- and is unprepared for a new tragedy. Seeing his beloved in dreams—trapped in a cold, desolate netherworld—he turns to the angel to save his former mate, only to despair at the path he himself must take to set her free. As war with the lessers rages, and a new clan of vampires vies for the Blind King’s throne, Tohr struggles between an unforgettable past, and a future that he doesn’t know he can live with… but...

Wow. Three months since my last post, huh? OOPS! Ummm…so I was on accidental hiatus and didn’t know it! See, what had happened wuz….ah shoot, no need to lie; I’m a lazy blogger. Always have been and always will be, apparently. I’m quite lackadaisical about my posts and you good folks seem to like me anyway! So thanks for that! My apologies for my absence; I had not realized it had been so long! I do have a couple of excuses OTHER than being lazy, though! I’ve been focusing on the novel that I’m writing (86,000 words in and coming to the end!) and, as a result, I haven’t been doing much reading. I have done plenty of television watching but I talk about my shows so much on Twitter and in recap e-mails with some of my buddies (you lovelies know who you are!) that I haven’t felt the need to blog about them. I may do some blogging about my fave shows during this long hot summer when my faves are on hiatus though. I need to get more of you into them so I have more folks to commiserate w...

The winner, via random.org, of the Songs of Anarchy CD is..... Marquetta W!!!! Congrats!  The winner has been contacted.  I appreciate everyone for stopping by and reading and commenting!

I’ve been agonizing over how I wanted to do this and then I realized there was no reason for it; my blog…my rules!   So, in usual fashion, I’m just gonna wing it! The time has come for end of the year wrap ups.   Last year, I’d had such a bad year that I decided to wait until after the first of January to look forward instead of looking back.   2011 wasn’t the best year I’ve ever had but it was good enough that I feel ok to look back on it, so here goes!   Below is my list of my favorite things from this year; books, tv shows, music and outings.   A fterwards, there’s a Sons of Anarchy-themed (what else??) giveaway; WOOT! Fave books of the year (**Note – these are books I read this year but they did not necessarily come out this year**) Persuader – Lee Child – I read the entire series of Jack Reacher books by Lee Child this year.   I cannot say enough about how much I love these books!   Action,   adventure,   explosions, fights, myst...

Hello, lovely blog readers! This is just a quick note to say hi there, hello…I haven’t forgotten about you and I hope you haven’t forgotten about me! This year, and in particular, the past six weeks have been very stressful in my personal life which has kept me from reading, writing, blogging and tweeting as much as I would like to. It’s kept me from blogging AT ALL but, I didn’t want you to think I haven’t been THINKING about blogging because I definitely have! Here, for your reading pleasure, are ideas that might have become blogs in the last few months, if circumstances had been different: 1) Your "UUUNNNPH" song! - What is that song that runs in your head when you see someone that you find ridiculously attractive? Do you have one? Do you go old skool or new skool with your song choice(s)? (for the record, the song that I heard on my I-Pod that prompted this topic was Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover by Sophie B. Hawkins; that’s my JAM!) 2) The novels of Lee Childs – Ja...

Beth Mason seemingly has it all. A successful bakery/cafe calledDecadent Dreams, good friends, and a nice home in Stamford, New York. After her boyfriend dumps her for not spending enough time with him, Beth decides she's been through enough and she wants more in a relationship.Throwing herself back into the dating scene, Beth decides to go onto an online dating website called 'A Foreign Affair.' Enjoying the different types of men from all over the world that ‘A Foreign Affair’ catered to, Beth became struck by a handsome man from Belarus named Yuri who was the former manager of the famed Rhapsody night club. After realizing that they had a lot in common, the two struck up a close, intense relationship. Yuri, who’s been depressed since his nightclub burned to the ground and watching his best friend’s parents both die from a terminal illness, decided to take Beth up on an invite and join her for a fun-filled weekend in New York City. With both of them full of emotions, wi...

A week ago today, I returned home from my first ever con, the Authors After Dark Conference in Philadelphia, PA, also known as AADPhilly.   It’s been a week and I’m STILL on a high from the fun I had! I wanted to go through all of my swag and have a giveaway ready before I did this post but that hasn’t worked out, so we’ll consider this my part one post.   Once I have everything together for my giveaway, I’ll do a part two. Deal?   Cool! Months ago when registration first opened for AAD, I had no knowledge of the conference and, therefore, no interest in going.   I saw that several of my tweeps were discussing it on Twitter but I wasn’t paying much attention.   There was a frenzy amongst my tweeps when registration opened and I got caught up in it when my friend Adrienne of DrensBSpot urged me to register, informing me that it would be a great opportunity to meet so many of my buddies on Twitter .   I decided to register, for that very reason.   From...