Hardly a day passes when I am not tempted to buy a book ... What to read next?
As a book reviewer, I couldn't do my job without you. You keep me well supplied with books; many more of them than I could ever read, but that’s not your fault. Almost every day is like Christmas, with packages full of surprises arriving at my doorstep. Even after four years of doing this, I’m still excited to see what books are coming out next, still thrilled that I have a job where people actually send me free books. Anyone who loves books is okay in my book
Art of Living & Literature Across Frontiers: Valentine Series from David J. Montgomery
You know you need at least five serves of vegetables and two of fruits a day, but how many books are you supposed to be reading?
Three Ways to “Be My Valentine: First, find the perfect gift for your Valentine at the Apple Store. Second, send the love to your sweetheart with a free .Mac Valentine’s Day iCard. And, finally, set the mood for your Valentine’s Day with the iTunes Essentials “Valentine’s Day” playlist (or “Valentine’s Day Alone,” if cupid’s not in your corner this year)
Ach, Valentine’s Day, the celebration of true love and guilt-induced spending
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• · Gianna Farewells where'd the blog go?
• · · New Zealand is a land where blokes are blokes and even women can be blokes. Whose truth is this? New Zealanders love the land. They love being in it, doing things on it; Why men can't help replying to: 'Do I look fat?’ ; Open marriages and strict monogamy are equally unrealistic goals Death, Taxes and Dangerous liaisons
• · · · All parties agree that times, newspapers, photographers and journalistic practices have changed. Desperate Paparazzis ; We’re loud, proud and 37 million strong
• · · · · The possibility that a film will be banned before most of its prospective audience gets a chance to see it does concentrate the mind of a reviewer. Before you can even start to talk about the film, you feel obliged to declare your moral standpoint. There’s nothing restrained about Anatomy of Hell ; Extreme stress can trigger “broken heart” syndrome Stress can break your heart
• · · · · · Scottish Teen's Book Sells Big: Thirteen-year-old Scottish girl Emma Maree Urquhart's DRAGON TAMERS is reported to have sold 50,000 copies in just six weeks in the UK. It was issued by Aultbea Publishing in Inverness, and company head Charles Faulkner tells the Times : I would describe her as a genius . . . You would not know this novel had been written by a 13-year-old. She can take a situation and make it come to life. Even adults have found it interesting. It's difficult to put down. Dragon flies off the shelves for author, 13, in a game of success ; Tropfest founder John Polson says anyone can enter his short film festival Directors cut films short