What if you had a second chance to chart your life? What if you only had a few days to live? Would you love? Would you laugh? Would you give? Would you live differently than you do right now? –Billy Joe Daugherty If possible, would you do a makeover on parts of your life? Most [CONTINUE READING]
Apr 302010
Apr 262010
Mailbox Monday is where other bloggers write about the books they received the previous week. The Printed Page is the host of the Mailbox Monday meme. Visit her blog to see what books made it her way and get a chance to get one of her books once she’s done reading it. You can also [CONTINUE READING]
Every day, we express affection, love, and care for others. We also compare ourselves to others and strive for respect, influence, and power. Elaine N. Aron, the bestselling author of The Highly Sensitive Person, shows that true self-worth results from a healthy balance of these two, love and power. When we focus too much on [CONTINUE READING]
“Being fat isn’t your fault; staying fat is.” That’s what Jackie Warner, America’s favorite no-nonsense celebrity fitness trainer tells her own clients, and that’s why no one delivers better results than Jackie does. Now for the first time, Jackie shares her revolutionary program, showing readers the best ways to drop pounds and inches fast, without [CONTINUE READING]
Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. Don’t forget to tell us the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from…that way people can have some great book recommendations if they [CONTINUE READING]
Apr 192010
Mailbox Monday is where other bloggers write about the books they received the previous week. The Printed Page is the host of the Mailbox Monday meme. Visit her blog to see what books made it her way and get a chance to get one of her books once she’s done reading it. You can also [CONTINUE READING]
TITLE: What’s It Like, Living Green? Kids Teaching Kids, By the Way They Live AUTHOR: Jill Ammon Vanderwood PUBLISHER: BookSurge Publishing PUBLICATION DATE: March 10, 2009 PAGES: 148 pages GENRE: Non-Fiction, Green Living, Resource Reading Level: 9-12 years old These days, there’s a lot of talk about living green, but does anyone actually do it? [CONTINUE READING]
It’s Earth month and earth day is coming soon. It’s the month to remind us of ways to help preserve our resources. As readers, we can help keep books out of landfills and even save money and space. 1. Borrow books from friends, family, and the local library. 2. Buy used books if you must [CONTINUE READING]
Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. Don’t forget to tell us the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from…that way people can have some great book recommendations if they [CONTINUE READING]
Apr 092010
Humiliated by his hoofed legs, the flies on his haunches, and the grass in his mouth, a bull named Etre tells his tender and thought-provoking story about the brutal insignificance of cow life at Gorwell Farm. In a world where the line between disgrace and dignity is drawn by a pasture fence, Etre finds himself [CONTINUE READING]
Apr 082010
I have a question. How many times have you walked by a mirrored window and glanced at your reflection and cringed? The other day, I was walking around Campbell, and I happened to turn and look at my reflection in the mirror. Suddenly, I was annoyed. Why was a huge person following me so closely. [CONTINUE READING]
Thank you for having me at The Book Faery. I’m very happy to be here. It’s hard for me to believe, but I have been happily published for twenty years now. My first book came out in 1990 and now I’m thrilled my twenty-first book, An Earl to Enchant, the third book in the Rogues’ [CONTINUE READING]
