January 2011 Blog Posts (223)

This week’s historical trivia unashamedly looks at Victorian sayings that involve cats.

If a thief talked about a ‘Cat’, the chances are he wasn’t referring to our feline friends but a lady’s muff. Similarly if he mentioned ‘Freeing a cat,’ best hold on tight to your possessions, because he was about to steal something.

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Another week, another set of new novels to come out. Will it ever end? No I doubt it so let get right to it shall we. Here are some of the new novels out this week:

• The Investment Answer/ Daniel C. Goldie
• Wild Man Creek/ Robyn Carr
• Marrying Daisy Bellamy/ Susan Wiggs
• One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are/ Ann Voskamp
• Academically Adrift/ Richard Arum
• Silver Borne/ Patricia Briggs
• Dragon Warrior/ Janet…

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For those not keeping up with the series or those of you who have possibly lost track for whatever reason, this is number six in the series. Yes, I have read them all and yes, I have also enjoyed them all. Did I enjoy this one as much as the others? No not as much, but I am a fan of the character and W.E.B. Griffin. Here is what Charlie has against him this time:

“Charlie Castillo's secret unit has been disbanded-but that doesn't mean he's out of business. As experience has painfully…

Today Grace Elliot is guest blogger over at Terry's Place. Grace's debut novel, 'A Dead Man's Debt' was rated 5/5 by The Romance Reviews and described as 'Historical romance at its best.'

For a chance to win a copy of A Dead Man's Debt simply pop over to Terry's place and leave a comment!

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I’m pleased to have as my guest today Wayne D. Dundee. Wayne is the author of the Joe Hannibal private eye series and the founder of Hardboiled Magazine, which over the years has featured the work of many of today’s crime writers. I think you’ll find his comments interesting and informative.

JL: Wayne, You’ve signed a contract with Oak Tree Books for your first Western novel, Dismal River, due out this year. What’s the premise of the novel?

WD: DISMAL RIVER is…

The Thanksgiving Coat: Inspire Acts of Kindness, Happiness and Healing, written by Elizabeth Hoadley and illustrated byher talented 5-year daughter, Kailee, is a fine example of what level that teaching and learning can rise to.

This inspiring and motivational children's book is based on a true story that began with Kailee's visit with her mother to a food bank to…

Surfing the web I find an amazing amount of writers who do their utmost to promote their books.l I am so impressed by their willingness to do this grunt work. They blog, they Facebook, they Twitter. the go to seminars, do readings, appear at county fairs, grocery stores, almost any venue that will take them.

Their undustry is awesome. I commend them for their hard work and for their efforts.

I try to do this kind of thing, but my efforts are feeble. for example, this…

I love to find new stuff to read and this Bob Lee Swagger novel rocked. This was my first read on a Stephen Hunter novel and I liked everything about it. Today I want to include two things in this post about the novel, the synopsis and also some text from the novel to give you a little flav of Bob Lee if this is the first read for you on this character. Here we go, a little of what is between the covers first:

“Bob Lee Swagger tracks down an AWOL Marine sniper who resurfaces to…