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My Audiobooks-Only iPod!

August 18, 2011 Books and Reading

I’m normally a very difficult person to buy a gift for. The only things I ever seem to want are books, more books, a few more books, soaps and tech-y gadgets. The problem with books and soaps are, within those broad ranges, I’m very picky. I only like certain types of books. I only like [...]

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Audiobooks by Candlelight

April 5, 2010 Books and Reading

Ward and I recently added a new routine to our nights.
Actually, I started it. One night I was looking at all our candles sitting in their holders in our living room, and I thought, It would be so lovely to light them and sit here just absorbing the peace and beauty of it all.
So I [...]

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Audiobook Appreciation

January 11, 2010 Books and Reading

I’m done with this most recent clump of deadlines! I don’t think I’ve worked at quite a pace like this for a long while – it’s been three to four weeks of fourteen hour days. I am very, very thankful for my audiobooks – I think they kept me sane in the midst of all [...]

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Comfort Reads (42nd Bookworms Carnival)

December 9, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Comfort reads: perfect reading for a cold winter’s night!

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NaNoWriMo Update (Day 6)

November 6, 2009 Books and Reading

Today’s word count: 5,553 words
Total word count to date: 14,668 words
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I didn’t write at all yesterday, so when I woke up today, I was determined to sit myself down and put my fingers to the keyboard.
You wouldn’t think indexing a book is particularly strenuous work, but I always find myself feeling pretty drained after I [...]

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Completed: The Harry Potter Challenge!

November 4, 2009 Books and Reading

NaNoWriMo progress report (day 4): 9,115 words to date. I’ve already had one writing session today, but I’d like to do another one, as I’d like to make it to 10,000 words by the end of today.
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Now for some wonderful news. I have completed my very first reading challenge EVER!
Yes, that’s right. I’ve completed the [...]

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Some Saturday Ramblings

October 17, 2009 Books and Reading

It feels like a “lost” week around here in a way. Monday was a holiday here (not that it matters much to me work-wise since I work when I have a deadline and take time off when I don’t, but there’s the not-minor matter of not having to get up with the kids in the [...]

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Chris Grabenstein and the John Ceepak Novels

October 10, 2009 Books and Reading

Okay, I’m having a real fangirl moment here. Seriously.
I just stumbled on Part 1 and Part 2 of an interview with author Chris Grabenstein at M.J. Rose’s Buzz, Balls & Hype, as part of Gregory Huffstutter’s The Ad Man Answers feature.
Thanks to Beth Fish Reads, my biggest reading “find” of the year so far has [...]

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Harry Potter in Audio: Books 1 and 2

September 21, 2009 Books and Reading

For the Harry Potter Reading Challenge, I decided to re-read the Harry Potter series in audiobook format.
I’d just like to pat myself on the back now, and say, “Good decision, Belle”.
I’ve always had a sort of strange envy for people who decided to start reading the Harry Potter books after book seven was [...]

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BBAW: Because She Introduced Me To Ceepak

September 17, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Thank you, Beth Fish Reads!
Back in early June, Beth Fish Reads wrote a post about the John Ceepak mysteries by Chris Grabenstein. I trust her implicitly, and at the time I was just in the beginning stages of my love affair with audiobooks, so I was very intrigued, because she’d listened to the series in [...]

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On The Road Again

August 14, 2009 Books and Reading

This has been a busy summer for us. In addition to our trip to Nova Scotia back in July, we’ve also been driving up to a few cottages, owned by various friends and relatives.
And now I’m off for a weekend in New York! My cousin got married in Hawaii back in January, but I wasn’t [...]

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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: Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, by Janet Evanovich

July 21, 2009 Reviews

In Janet Evanovich’s Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, Stephanie Plum’s good friend Lula has just witnessed a murder – and the murderers have witnessed her witnessing the murder. The murder victim turns out to be a Food Channel celebrity chef, and despite Lula’s eyewitness account, the murderers are still on the loose … and coming after Lula, [...]

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Back from Holidays!

July 13, 2009 Life

I’m back! And of course, feeling rather like I could use a little break. Isn’t it funny how that works?
I had a grand time in Nova Scotia, and it was fun blogging about it occasionally. Thank you to everyone for your comments – I can’t tell you how lovely it was to hear from [...]

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[TSS] More Beach Reads, Movies and Writing (Not Really)

July 5, 2009 Books and Reading

Not very original, I know, but I can’t believe how this week has just flown by. I seem to be caught up in a routine of eating, drinking, reading and relaxing, not necessarily in that order.
My husband is on his way back from the fish market right now, with fresh lobster and deep fried clams, [...]

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Vacation Reading List

June 25, 2009 Books and Reading

I’ve finally pared down my vacation reading list – room is limited, unfortunately, so I had to be very selective. Here’s what I’ll be taking with me on holidays.
Print books:

Audiobooks:

Ebooks:

I’m probably not going to be able to read all of these books, but I figure I’ll have something for nearly every reading mood that strikes [...]

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What’s Up Sunday – June 14

June 14, 2009 Books and Reading

I normally post this as “What’s Up Saturday”, but yesterday kind of flew by really quickly, especially since I was behind on the big giveaways post.
Deadline Alley
I’m heading into Deadline Alley over the next ten days – I have five deadlines to lay to rest and I’d like to get everything finished by next Wednesday. [...]

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Flash Reviews: The Agatha Christie Audiobook Edition, Part 1

June 11, 2009 Books and Reading

Flash Reviews: Quick reviews of the Agatha Christie audiobooks One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, A Pocket Full of Rye and Murder is Easy.

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Audiobook Magic: 7 Reasons Why You Should Listen to Your Next Read

June 2, 2009 Books and Reading

One of the things that has really amazed me is how I have so suddenly become an audiobook convert. Last year at this time, I wouldn’t have even considered listening to a book in audio, unabridged or not (but please don’t get me started on abridged versions – I have only one word for them, [...]

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Audiobook Review: Death in the Clouds, by Agatha Christie

April 30, 2009 Books and Reading

A woman dies in her seat in an airplane en route to London from Paris. If not for Hercule Poirot’s quick eyes, her death may have been attributed to a wasp sting. Luckily, though, Poirot spots a half-hidden venom-tipped dart, and accident turns into murder. A search of the plane reveals a South American blowgun. [...]

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More Library Decadence

April 22, 2009 Books and Reading

After my recent Library Loot post, I really didn’t think I could have that many more hold requests at the library coming in. I haven’t had a chance to read ANY of the books from that batch, with the exception of an audiobook, a BBC Radio Production of Agatha Christie’s The Caribbean Mystery (it helped [...]

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Library Loot: Mostly Mysteries – and BBC Audio

February 4, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s time for Library Loot, where book bloggers share what they brought home from the library this past week.
I love going to the library, although these days, because I’ve been very efficiently using the library’s request holds system, I normally just pop in, grab my on hold books off the hold shelf, take a quick [...]

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Audiobook Love

February 3, 2009 Books and Reading

I never expected it to happen – but it did. I thought we weren’t really compatible – but incredibly, we are.
Isn’t that the thing with falling in love, though? So unexpected.
It all started innocently enough. I’m a freelancer in the publishing industry; basically, I read books for a living. I’m quite happy about that. The [...]

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TSS – Currently Reading: Fowler, Springer & Berry

January 25, 2009 Books and Reading

Time for The Sunday Salon again! Here’s what I’ve been reading this week:
Ten Second Staircase, by Christopher Fowler. I finished Full Dark House, the first book in the Bryant and May Peculiar Crimes Unit series, a few days ago (review coming soon), and I loved it so much I picked up the next Peculiar Crimes [...]

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TSS: Currently Reading Fowler, Springer, Carr and Greene

January 18, 2009 Books and Reading

I’m in the midst of a hectic weekend of deadlines and such, but thanks to a little experiment I did involving changing my beliefs about time, I find myself with the time to write today’s Sunday Salon post!
What I love best about The Sunday Salon is checking out what everyone is reading. So my own [...]

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Audiobooks: Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum Series, read by Lorelei King

December 12, 2008 Books and Reading

I quite like serendipity, so I was happy to learn last night that there’s a new Stephanie Plum YouTube video out – Stephanie Plum’s 12 Days of Christmas. I’ll be putting the video at the end of this post, but where does the serendipity come into play, you might be asking? It’s serendipitous (what a [...]

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