Your Blog is Soooo Kewl and Bliss (Happy 101) Awards!

The "Your Blog is sooooo Kewl" award was passed on to me by The Serpentine Library. The Bliss (Happy 101) Award was passed on to me by Kathy at Ms. Martin Teaches Media.

The Bliss Award: list 10 things that make you happy and pass it along to 10 bloggers!

10 Things that make me happy:

1. My children (almost all the time)

2. My pets (more often than not)

3. My family (almost always)

4. Reading

5. Puzzles - jigsaw, word, and more

6. Days where I get to just sit and read

7. My jobs (both for different reasons)

8. Swinging in a hammock

9. Long peaceful walks with my dogs

10. The casino - as long as I don't lose too much
I am passing these awards along to:

1. Taschima Cullen at The Bloody Bookaholic

2. J. Kaye at Home Girl's Book Blog

3. Jill at The O.W.L.

4. Karin & Julie at Edifying and Edgy

5. Wings at Story Wings

6. Andrea at The Little Bookworm

7. Donna at Bites

8. Sarah at I'm a Lit-Bitch, Baby

9. Dazzling Mage, Kabocha at A Reading Kabocha

10. Mama Bookworm at The Fiction Enthusiast

Wanting to Read Wednesday!

A couple weeks ago I was "Waiting" for this book - this week I am "Wanting to Read" this book - - it is, of course, the newest Kim Harrison - Black Magic Sanction. A friend and I went to the book signing in Roseville on Monday, where we met Kim Harrison while she signed all our books! It was a super time and I had a lot of fun. I learned a lot about how she works and how the story seems to play out for her.

Check out more waiting and wanting at Breaking the Spine!

Waiting on Wednesday!

Waiting on Wednesday!
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme started by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It is a chance to talk about a book that we are anxiously awaiting. Post your link in the comments at Breaking the Spine and see what others are waiting for.



This week I am waiting for the new book in the Shifters series by Rachel Vincent called Shift. I am impatiently looking in my mailbox each day for this one!

2010 Thriller & Suspense Challenge

This is where I will be tracking and reviewing my books for the thriller and suspense challenge! This list is not in the order they will be read.

Here is my list:

1. Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag - 3/2/10: kept me turning the pages to the last - but I was hoping for the "happy ending" I had envisioned.

2. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs - - 

3. Storm Front by Jim Butcher

4. Turning Angel by Greg Iles

5. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

6. Dark of the Moon by John Sandford

7. The Front by Patricia Cornwell

8. First to Die by James Patterson

9. Impulse by Catherine Coulter

10. The Killing Ground by Jack Higgins

11. Rough Country by John Sandford

12. You've Been Warned by James Patterson

13. Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown

14. Beach House by James Patterson

15. Apocalypse Happens by Lori Handeland - - 3/25/10
16. Exposure: A Novel by Brandilyn Collins - - 5/4/2010
17. On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - - 4/18/2010 - - 4/18/2010
18. Even Money by Dick Francis - - 6/20/10
19. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting - - 6/18/2010
20. Mind Games by Carolyn Crane - - 6/8/2010
21. Origin In Death by J.D. Robb - - 7/2/10
22. Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts - - 7/8/10

Teaser Tuesday!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
*Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser for today: Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford

p. 14 - "Teenage guys from all over the area show up at Meriian Pool now, like it's church. Religious attendance, absolute devotion, and everybody wants to get saved."

4 Days of LOVE from Ellz Readz

Check out this contest at Ellz Readz.