From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Reading E-books: Sony Reader or iPhone?

July 31, 2009 Books and Reading

My birthday’s coming up next month, and I’ve been trying to decide what I should ask for. I’ve been thinking for a while that I’d like a Sony Reader (I can’t buy a Kindle because I’m in Canada and it’s been, what, four years since the first Kindle and well, we’re still waiting here in [...]

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Writing Goal Update

July 29, 2009 Writing

I haven’t written lately about how NANTUCKET’s been going – it’s because every day I keep thinking, yes! today’s the day I’ll finish this baby, wrap things up, print it all out and lock it away for six weeks to expand and meld together on its own (I’m assuming the unread manuscript must do something [...]

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Review: Tilt-a-Whirl, by Chris Grabenstein

July 29, 2009 Books and Reading

Danny Boyle is a 24-year-old part-time cop in the summer resort town of Sea Haven. His partner is John Ceepak, a former military police officer just back from Iraq who is also new to the Sea Haven police department. This summer, though, things are heating up in the usually quiet tourist town: Reggie Hart, a [...]

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Review: The Strain, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan

July 28, 2009 Books and Reading

A Boeing 777 packed full of passengers lands at JFK and begins its way across the tarmac when it suddenly stops dead – the engine’s turned off, all window shades are down, all the lights are off, and no-one on board is communicating with the outside world, not even passengers screaming about delays through their [...]

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Chinese Dragon Emperor, Part 2 (Or, Our Summer Vacation Video)

July 27, 2009 Life

Several of you have mentioned you would like to see more of our summer vacation photos (well, okay, two people vaguely said something about this in passing). We took 100s of photos while on holidays, most of which feature much the same elements: sand, surf and blue skies. So I thought it would be far [...]

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways – July 26 Edition

July 26, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to the Sunday, July 26 edition of the Big List of Book Giveaways at MsBookish.com

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Are You a Re-Reader?

July 24, 2009 Books and Reading

I’ve been thinking about this lately – the fact that I’m a re-reader, I mean.
It used to make sense, back before I began blogging about what I read, and discovering other bloggers doing the same thing. Back then, I actually went through periods during which I ran out of books in my TBR.
Yes. It’s true. [...]

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I Didn’t Write Today

July 23, 2009 Writing

Yesterday’s word count: 927 words
NANTUCKET total word count: 80,101 words
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Didn’t meet my writing goal today. Word count: 0
I also didn’t meet my 2,000 words a day goal yesterday, either. I did, however, write first, meeting my other writing goal – making my writing a priority. Yesterday I was wrestling with the end of a rather [...]

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Harry Potter Reading Challenge

July 23, 2009 Books and Reading

I couldn’t resist! And yes, I know I’ve been very derelict in keeping my other reading challenge posts updated. But come on! It’s a Harry Potter reading challenge!
I just couldn’t say no. So I’m signing on for this one.
I’ve read all the Harry Potter books (I can remember waiting by the mailbox, eagerly [...]

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Winner of June and July Giftaway

July 22, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

The winner of the June and July Giftaway is:
Joanne, from The Book Zombie!
I’ve emailed Joanne to let her know she’s won, and once she selects her five books from the Giftaway Shelf, I’ll update this post with her choices.
Update: Joanne has chosen the following books:

Compulsion, by Jonathan Kellerman
Obsession, by Jonathan Kellerman
Bones, by Jonathan Kellerman
Considering Lily, [...]

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