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2Sep/100

Thursday Book Trailer…Sense and Sensibilities and Sea Monsters

Last week I shared the book trailer to Seth Grahame-Smith's Abraham Lincoln's: Vampire Hunter, this week I found Amazon's 2009 Best Book Trailer - Sense and Sensibilities and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen & Ben Winters. Enjoy!

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Or will they fall prey to the tentacles that are forever snapping at their heels? This masterful portrait of Regency England blends Jane Austen’s biting social commentary with ultraviolent depictions of sea monsters biting. It’s survival of the fittest—and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love! - FROM AMAZON.COM

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26Aug/100

Thursday Book Trailer…Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

This week I'm beginning a new weekly post called Thursday Book Trailer which contain a book trailer and links to the book information. This week's book trailer is for the book Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (one of my new personal book finds that I can't wait to read).

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1Aug/101

Mailbox Monday…08.02.10

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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 see who all is participating this week and read about all kinds of new books.

**It's been some time since I last posted (7/12 to be exact) so I thought I'd do a bit of catch up as well as share some of the books I've picked up from others or purchased myself. You'd think with all the books I receive for free I'd keep myself from buying more books (or so my husband would hope) but on occasion I just can't help myself! This list is lengthier than usual so this round there won't be summaries but I did include links for more book information.**

Chic-Lit

Holly Inbox: Scandal in the City by Holly Dunham

Home

Paula Deen's Savannah Style by Paula Deen (Upcoming tour this month)

Contemporary Fiction

The Book of Eli by Sam Moffie

Classic (Buy)

The Arabian Nights (Barnes & Nobles Collection; I just LOVE their collection of leather bound books! Beautiful artwork on each.)

SciFi/Fantasy/Paranormal (All Buys)

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell Hamilton (wanted to start the Anita Blake series)

Swallowing Darkness by Laurell Hamilton (re-read but I need my own to go with my Meredith Gentry series)

Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell Hamilton

Violin by Anne Rice (re-read but I had to get the hardback copy)

Historical Romance (Buy)

The Truth About Lord Stoneville by Sabrina Jeffries

Suspense (Buy)

Haunt Me Still by Jennifer Lee Carrell

And today I leave a special treat...the book trailer for Haunt Me Still by Jennifer Lee Carrell...

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1Aug/100

The Wild Irish Sea, Loucinda McGary – Review

PhotobucketDrawn to a force he can't resist...
Former police officer Kevin Hennessey is running from his past-choosing to battle smugglers instead of dealing with his personal demons. When a desperate, rain-drenched American woman appears on his doorstep with wild tales of danger, Kevin is drawn to helping her, despite his reservations...

She never saw him coming...
Amber O'Neill knew without a doubt that her brother was in mortal danger. Rushing heedlessly to the rocky shores of Ireland, Amber was stunned to find her rescue mission derailed by a gorgeous, but deeply flawed Irishman...

The tumultuous sea, the intertwined fates of the coastal villagers, and unearthly tales of a hidden selkie prince bring Kevin and Amber together in a connection of mind, body, and soul that neither can deny...

FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS...Reading the book back had my interest peaked in hopes of a good magical love story. But to be honest I found my interest going up and down throughout the book. It took me longer than I had hoped to read because of this. I didn't find telepathy to be that magical and the story entwined with seals that walked around as humans was just that. I expected a seal to actually magically turn into a human and had hoped that some of the main characters were indeed theses "selkies". The danger plot of smugglers had me somewhat interested but then I felt the chase and danger wasn't as adventurous as I expected. This book might peak the interest longer in another reader but for me it's not one I'd read again. The Wild Irish Sea was an ok book in my mind if looking for a love/danger book to read.

This book was provided to me for review from Sourcebooks.
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10Jun/101

Bitter Frost, Kailin Gow – Review

PhotobucketAll her life, Breena had always dreamed about fairies as though she lived among them...beautiful fairies living among mortals and living in Feyland. In her dreams, he was always there the breathtakingly handsome but dangerous Winter Prince, Kian, who is her intended. When Breena turns sixteen, she begins seeing fairies and other creatures mortals don t see. Her best friend Logan, suddenly acts very protective. Then she sees Kian, who seems intent on finding her and carrying her off to Feyland. That's fine and all, but for the fact that humans rarely survive a trip to Feyland, a kiss from a fairy generally means death to the human unless that human has fairy blood in them or is very strong, and although Kian seemed to be her intended, he seems to hate her and wants her dead. - FROM THE BOOK BACK

ABOUT THE AUTHOR...Kailin Gow is the multi-published Author of The Shy Girls Social Club Handbook for Dealing with Bullies and Other Meanies and 30 more books for teens and young adults, including The Gifted Girls Series which have been recommended by the Parents Teachers Association, PBS Kids, Homeschooling organizations, and Best Teens Books lists. Her fiction titles for older young adults and adults are: Diary of a Discount Donna (A Fashion Fables Novel), and the newly released The Phantom Diaries and Rise of the Fire Tamer (Wordwick Games Book 1). She holds a Masters Degree Communications Management from USC, and Bachelors Degrees in Drama and Social Ecology from UC Irvine. She is a mother, a mentor for young women, and the founder of the social group for girls age 13 to 19 called Shy Girls Social Club at shygirlssocialclub.com.

FIND/FOLLOW THE AUTHOR
Website: www.sparklesoup.com - Twitter: @KailinGow
Email: sparklesoup@aol.com - Facebook: Kailin Gow

FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS...Bitter Frost is the first in Gow's latest young adult Fey series. We're introduced to goblins, pixies, werewolves, and fairies. Breena is a shy girl who's constantly picked on by her schoolmates except by her best friend Logan who she later learns is a werewolf. We meet Kian, the Fairy Prince who's come to kidnap her and take her to the Winter Kingdom and the queen, his mom. She learns she is part fairy and princess of the Summer Kingdom; the reason why she always felt more at home in her fairy dreams than in the human world. Things don't turn out well and Breena ends up in the Summer Kingdom, where her father is king. She's arrested and taken to the Queen where she learns some of the reason why she was banned from Feyland. I enjoyed Bitter Frost. The descriptions of the the goblins, pixies, fairies, werewolves, and the different lands were amazing and gave me a clear picture. The book is filled with action and I nearly cried when the book ended before we could meet her father and find out what happened to her human mother. Thankfully we get to continue Breena, Kian, and Logan's story in the next book Forever Frost (September 2010).

MY LAST THOUGHT...I think it's time we get a new movie genre out...move over vamps! Love you guys but I'm ready for some Fey action!

I received a copy of this book for review. Receiving a copy in no way altered my opinion of the book.
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16Nov/0913

Curse of the Tahiéra, Wendy Gillissen – Author Guest Post & Giveaway

CurseA journey through haunted forests, through dreams and time.
A story of love, magic and the power of forgiveness.
A Tzanatzi outcast and an Einache shaman are on the trail of an ancient curse.
Will they save their people from destruction?

AUTHOR GUEST POST...Why write?

Do you know that disturbing feeling in the pit of your stomach that there’s something you’ve forgotten, something important? That is how I felt for many years. Despite doing what I thought I wanted to do, despite reaching goals I had set myself, my teaching, my practice, there was always that eerie feeling that there was something I was neglecting. It gnawed at me. The faint, but horrid sliding sense of not doing what I was supposed to do.

It took me thirty years to find out what it was.

When I was six, I knew perfectly well what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a writer. But the fresh self-knowledge of the child became buried under layers of conditioning fed by my own insecurities… Whatever would I write about? Surely I wasn’t good enough to write? Surely there was no way I could make a living through writing? Everybody said so.

So the creative ghosts kept pounding on my door, but I kept it firmly shut. I plugged my ears with my fingers. I hummed and looked the other way. I didn’t even know they were there anymore. Until I ended up on a Greek island in 2005.

There I was, on the beach at dusk. I had visited a gorgeous castle ruin that day. It had somehow rekindled the old longing to write a novel. If only I could! The thought was quickly buried again. But not for long. The Greek soil does not hold ghosts well.

The sky was turning indigo when I noticed a strange cloud formation. It was the shape of a dancing figure, a man with a crown of feathers. It reminded me of Kokopelli. It threw its head back in enviable abandon and laughed out loud as it was dancing, dancing. It was enormous. A strange sense of inevitability passed through me and I knew things were about to change. My life would never be the same again.

I went home and after a month, I began to write. Out of the blue. I was scared. I didn’t know how to do it. But I knew I had to. So I told myself: ‘Just a short story. Just a simple exercise. It doesn’t have to be Literature.’

I wrote a first chapter. It was a story about a dragon. Shaking, I showed it to my first reader. She was enthusiastic. Then I began chapter two. A flashback, a backdrop to the story. A stranger turned up at the inn where my character was staying. I had no idea who he was, or what he was about to do or say. I surrendered myself to the story. And that’s when the story came alive. I wasn’t writing. I was being written.

Yldich, the middle-aged shaman in storyteller guise, and Rom, the distrustful outcast Tzanatzi, began a dialogue and I had no idea where it was going. They went on a dangerous journey and I had no idea where it would lead. But the words came into my head and I wrote them. Images, thoughts, feelings welled up that were not my own. It was like stepping into a three—no, four-dimensional movie, a world that was already in existence. I only had to step in and allow it to pass through. And once I did, I couldn’t stop. The exhilaration, the thrill. How had I done without it all these years?

I never thought writing would be this way. I thought writers made up stories. But my characters are living entities, and the story is their world. I only have to tap into it and let it pass through my fingers and into the keyboard. I laugh with them. I cry with them. I feel their joys and their pain. It’s amazing. It changed my life and my view of the world for ever. And I never want to stop doing it ever again.

WendyGillisenABOUT THE AUTHOR...Wendy Gillissen is a psychologist and dream worker, and author of fantasy novel ‘Curse of the Tahiéra’. She lives in Delft, the Netherlands. Currently Wendy is working on a sequel: ‘The Search for Tzanáta’. In her spare time she plays the Celtic harp.

‘Curse of the Tahiéra’, ISBN 9781601458391 was published by Booklocker in 2009. Available in paperback, illustrated, 444 pages, $19.95

Visit www.wendygillissen.com for a free excerpt, more on the author, a sneak preview of the sequel including an illustration by artist Michelle Ross, and much more!
Preview excerpt
Find Curse of the Tahiéra on Amazon

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18Oct/091

Thunder and Blood, Stacey Voss – Review

ThunderandBloodWhen Sarah Ingram and her sister Christine left Thunder Bay on a chilly November afternoon, they thought that they were going on a weekend getaway, leaving their problems behind. What they didn’t realize was that they would end up in a world that was, in many ways, very different from their own, but in others eerily familiar. Separated almost at once, the two women found themselves struggling to come to terms with the reality of their situation. How could they tell friend from foe? How did this world become so different from the one they knew? Was it possible that there could be more to the vampire stories from their own world than simple myth? – FROM THE BOOK BACK

FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS...Voss created a fascinating different world of vampires where blood is the currency and gates of fog bring new blood from a different time.  Thunder and Blood was both intriguing and quick to read. The characters have been created so that one can easily become one with them and understand their motives and feelings. My favorite characters? The bad guy! I just couldn't resist! I felt sorry for him and almost hypnotized in emotion like Christine. I couldn't help but wonder if this world had been real, would I have wanted to create another vampire to be with me for eternity so I wouldn't be lonely and would I have been more carnal in feeding high on the feeling of power? After reading the tease for the next novel Thunder and Ice, I am definitely looking forward to it and hoping Stacey comes back again to The Book Faery Reviews.

Be sure to get a chance at a copy of Thunder and Blood by visiting Stacey Voss' author interview with The Book Faery Reviews before October 31, 2009.

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30Sep/091

Drake Sisters Series, Christine Feehan: Review

DrakeSisterGate7 sisters with a secret magical legacy protected by their Sea Haven village and their ancestors home. Feehan knits together a series filled with suspense, family love, romance and lots of passion, and acceptance as each bear their strengths and weaknesses to overcome the battle they face.

Since I have a tendency to fall for the bad boys and strong women who fight against loving them, I thought for sure that Hannah and Jonas' story or Joley and Ilya's would be my favorite but later discovered that Elle's story with Jackson was my favorite.

Hidden Currents was intense and kept me on my toes from the first page all the way to the end with all the drama, action, and suspense the author weaved into the last story in her series. As usual, Feehan's erotic scenes will leave you breathless and your heart pumping with desire while the love you see between the characters will have you longing for your loved one or wanting one.

Although the books can be read as stand alones, it is still recommended that you read the seven books about the Drake Sisters from oldest to youngest. The books are in the following order:

  1. Magic in the Wind is about Sarah Drake (Security) and Damon Wilder (Retired Scientist) [This story can also be found in Lover Beware.]
  2. The Twilight Before Christmas is about Kate Drake (Author) and Matt Granite (US Ranger)
  3. Oceans of Fire is about Abigal Drake (Marine Biologist) and Aleksandr Volstov (Russian Agent)
  4. Dangerous Tides is about Libby Drake (Doctor) and Ty Derrick (Firemen/Genius)
  5. Safe Harbor is Hannah Drake (Model) and Jonas Harrington (Sheriff)
  6. Turbulent Sea is about Joley Drake (Singer) and Ilya Prakenskii (Russian Bodyguard)
  7. Hidden Currents is about Elle Drake (Undercover Agent) and Jackson Deveau (Sheriff).

Which Drake sister are you?!  Take the quiz here to find out: http://www.christinefeehan.com/cgi-bin/fog/questionsds/fog.cgi.

My results showed me as Sarah & Hannah at 82% for each one...

You are like Sarah Drake, a born leader and the eldest of your family. If there is a crisis people come to you. You have a quick mind and are able to solve extremely difficult problems. You are known for your hacking talents and no computer is safe from you. You are very reliable and considered “the rock” of your family. You are athletic and love to be outdoors. You have a penchant for breaking and entering; locked doors pique your curiosity. Your favorite pastime is curling up with a book by the fire and having a cup of tea. Brainiacs are for you, especially ones who can keep a secret.

Your colors: the colors of air — yellows and greens

You are like Hannah Drake, a true homebody. Your family is your whole world and their happiness is extremely important to you. You are the darling of the family and everyone’s favorite to be around. You believe in an “eye-for-an-eye” revenge when it comes to defending the ones you love. You are extremely beautiful inside and out, but you don’t always recognize your own beauty. You are shy in public, but are the life of the party at home. Your sense of humor often gets you into trouble and you can never resist goodhearted mischief. You are at home in the kitchen and can always be counted on for remembering your loved ones' favorite dishes. Quick-tempered, bossy men are for you, especially ones who will make you the center of their universe.

Your colors: a spectrum of blue colors

christinefeehan-newABOUT THE AUTHOR...#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan has over 40 novels published, including four series.  Each of her four series has hit #1 on the NY Times. Her debut novel Dark Prince received 3 of the 9 Paranormal Excellence Awards in Romantic Literature for 1999. Since then she has been published by Leisure Books, Pocket Books, and currently is writing for Berkley/Jove. She also has earned 7 more PEARL awards.

She is pleased to have made numerous bestseller lists including the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Bookscan, B. Daltons, Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, Waldenbooks, Ingrams, Borders, Rhapsody Book Club, Washington Post, and Walmart. She has received numerous honors throughout her career including being a nominee for the RWA’s RITA.  She has received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times and the Borders 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.

She has been published in multiple languages and in many formats, including large print, palm pilot, e-book, and hardcover.  In October of 2007 her first manga comic, Dark Hunger was released in stores.  This was the first ever manga comic released by Berkley Publishing and it made #11 on Publisher’s Weekly Bestseller’s List. Her ground-breaking book trailer commercials have been shown on TV and in the movie theaters. She has been featured on local TV, appeared on the The Montel Williams Show, and her book Dark Legend was featured on the cover of Romantic Times Magazine.

Christine Feehan has also appeared at numerous writers’ conventions and book signings including: Romantic Times Convention, Get Caught Reading at Sea Cruise, Celebrate Romance Conference, Emerald City Conference, and numerous Romance Writers of America Conferences. - FROM AUTHOR SITE

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8Sep/091

Tuesday Book Tease…Laced with Magic

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 like the teaser you’ve given!

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Isadora wouldn't have been able to hijack Steffie's spirit if Steffie hadn't still been in transit.
Spirits were dimensional travelers on a mission to right a wrong,
deliver a message, achieve some kind of closure before they reached their destination.

Laced with Magic ~Barbara Bretton

While you're here are The Book Faery Reviews,
be sure to stop by Barbara Bretton's author guest post.

Now it's your turn! Add the link to your Tuesday Book Tease and let's see what everyone's reading!

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8Sep/090

Laced with Magic, Barbara Bretton: Author Guest Post

Laced with MagicEver have the feeling that the fates finally got it right? That's how I felt when I met Luke MacKenzie. And no one could have convinced me otherwise - not the trolls, selkies, or spirits who also call Sugar Maple, Vermont, home. But since I live in a town that thrives on secrets, why am I surprised that the man I love has a few of his own? Because out of nowhere his ex-wife has suddenly shown up, claiming to see the spirit of their daughter, Steffie - a daughter I knew nothing about.

Now it seems Steffie's spirit is being held hostage by a certain Fae leader. And if I weave a spell to free her spirit, my enemies will also be free - free to destroy my yarn shop, all of Sugar Maple, and everyone in it. But if I don't, Steffie won't be the only one spending eternity in hell. I'll be joining her, cursed with a broken heart... - FROM THE BOOK BACK

Read the first chapter of Laced with Magic.
For all you Kindle users, Laced with Magic is available at Amazon.com in Kindle format.

AUTHOR GUEST POST...The Writer’s Secret Weapon

First the good news: if you’re looking for information on how to develop your author’s voice, you can stop reading right now. Your own true writer’s voice is already firmly in place and has been ever since you opened your mouth and spoke your first words.

The bad news? You’ve been trained over the years to do everything in your power to suppress it.

Most of us mistrust our true and genuine voice. It seems too easy, too uncomplicated. Too much like sitting across the kitchen table from your best friend and telling a story.

A friend of mine named Deborah Hecht first used the Kitchen Table analogy one day at our local diner. We were eating Greek salads and talking writing and Debbie remarked that every important thing she ever learned she learned at her kitchen table and I think she’s right. In fact, I’ll take that one more step and say that most of life’s truly important decisions are made at the kitchen table too.

The Kitchen Table voice is the natural voice of the storyteller. How many of us have sat spellbound as our mothers or grandmothers or aunts told family stories and shared gossip. Those dramatic pauses, the punchlines, the conspiratorial whispers! They didn’t stop to think about it or agonize over how to present it: they just told the story and we loved every word.

I was sixteen years old when I first learned I had a recognizable writer’s voice. It was the summer of 1966 and I was madly in love with the boy I would marry two years later and not at all interested in spending two precious weeks at Lake Placid with my parents. I tried to convince them that I could be left home alone, but they weren’t buying it so the three of us schlepped north from to Lake Placid where I did my teenage best to ruin their good time.

I wrote to Roy every night while I was away, long letters on pink stationery with little roses along the top border. I can’t remember exactly what I wrote about but we can safely assume the letters were filled with teenage angst and passionate diatribes about my parents and their appalling lack of faith in me.

Cut to our first day home. Our heroine is reunited with her hero and what are his first words to her? “I loved your letters. They sound just like you.”

I’m here to tell you that I had never been more insulted in my life. What did he mean they sounded like me? They weren’t supposed to sound like me, they were supposed to sound like the sexy, sophisticated twenty-one year old fashion model/Pulitzer Prize winning novelist I was in my imagination.

It took me many years—and many false voices—before I finally saw the light.

You are your own greatest writing resource.

Your own life is your best reference book.

Your view of the world and the people in it can provide the fuel to fire up your writing engine every single day for the rest of your life but first you have to figure out how to get out of your own way long enough to be able to access those riches.

Here are a few tips to help you unleash your natural voice:

  1. Write emails. Bet you never thought emailing your friends was a creative opportunity but it is. Carve away the LOLs and I’ll bet you’re using your authentic voice without even trying. Ever have email writer’s block? I didn’t think so. We tell each other a thousand stories through our emails and never once struggle for the right word. The right words are always there, in the right order, waiting for us.
  2. Keep a journal. A writer’s journal or a personal journal, it doesn’t matter which. What does matter is sitting down every day, preferably around the same time (I’ve never been able to manage that) and tell yourself about your day. What you did. How you did it. How you felt about it. Don’t pretty it up. Tell it conversationally and without that damned internal censor who thrives on telling you that you stink.
  3. Julia Cameron recommends Morning Pages in The Artists Way. Three pages handwritten first thing in the morning. A stream-of-consciousness that can serve to kick start the creative process.
  4. Natalie Goldberg fills notebook after notebook with what she calls writing practices that actually serve a much greater creative purpose. Goldberg also does much of this writing practice in cafes and restaurants, places where people gather, where life happens. Sometimes we isolate ourselves too well. We’re so intent upon using our writing time wisely that we cut ourselves off from the stimuli and experiences that feed a writer’s imagination.

I’m reminded of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz who battled witches and testy trees and flying monkeys in her quest to find her way home to Kansas. Finally, after the Tin Woodsman and the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion and even the Wizard himself had been granted their heart’s desire, Dorothy turned to Glynda the Good Witch and said, “I guess you can’t help me find my way home,” and Glynda laughed and pointed toward the ruby slippers. “You’ve always had the power to find your way home,” Glynda said. “If that’s true, why didn’t you tell me sooner?” Dorothy demanded. Glynda had the answer ready and waiting. “You wouldn’t have believed me if I had,” she said. “You had to find out for yourself.”

You don’t need Dorothy’s ruby slippers to find your natural voice. It’s the one you use every day. The one that’s been part of you since the day you were born.

Trust me.

Trust yourself.

Trust your voice.

It's the writer's secret weapon.

BarbaraBretton

ABOUT THE AUTHOR...Barbara Bretton is the USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of more than 40 books. Her most recent title, Laced With Magic, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. She currently has over ten million copies in print around the world. Her works have been translated into twelve languages in over twenty countries. Barbara lives in New Jersey with her husband but has many online homes.

You can find Barbara on the web at:

Website: www.barbarabretton.com
Personal Blog: http://bmafb.blogspot.com
Knitting Blog: http://romancingtheyarn.blogspot.com
Twitter: @BarbaraBretton
Facebook: BarbaraBretton
Ravelry: wickedsplitty

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