Po(sey) Sessions

It is true. I have caught a case of the Ick, just a short while after getting over a stomach thing I now have a cold thing.  And for the past few days I have felt like death warmed over.  But whether I feel 100% or not my invalid time is almost over since soon I will have to pick up my girlies and do my ever important mommy time.  Which doesn’t particularly mix with invalid time. But don't feel too bad for me because the week was filled with book shopping and I have some author events coming up I don't plan on missing.     I love Scholastic book fairs.  I always have, and I hope I always will. In the  fall there is a regular priced fair that acts like a fund raiser for our school.  Now that I understand the workings of this better I can appreciate buying a few full priced books.  But it will not surprise many people that I love the buy one get one free fairs even more. This fair we got more books than we ever had before.  Unfortun...

I had never heard of author Julie Wright until LTUE 2010 (last year and my first time attending). She kept talking about this one book that I could not wait to read called Hazardous Universe .  I remember clearly even now Julie’s bubbly personality and I loved hearing what she had to say about writing. I knew I wanted to read a book by her.  But as it usually goes for me, I never did.  Now I am going to get my chance because Hazardous Universe will be here in just a few days.  There is even a launch party that I wish I could go to, but just because I can’t doesn’t mean YOU can’t!   The book launch is at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Murray UT. On the corner of 5300 S and State St on Wednesday, March 9th from 6-8 pm.   Julie and coauthor Kevin Wasden will be there to sign books and be part of other wonderful festivities.  I am super excited that the book is here.  It is the first in a series and I think it has a pretty fabulous cover. ...

I am so happy that there have been so many entries into my giveaway for Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon . Unfortunately these entries also broke my commenting system on the entry post.  But not to worry, I have email copies of all the entries.   I did want to clarify a few points of the giveaway and add some other details.   The giveaway is for 5 copies of Silver Phoenix . While I am excited for the release of Fury of the Phoenix , I do not have any copies of the book to giveaway at this time.           As long as Book Depository ships to your country this giveaway is open internationally .  While at least one copy of the book will be awarded through random drawing, other copies of the book can be awarded at any time for any reason.   Here is a list of the entrants so far, if you think you have entered but don’t see your name on the list, please go to the original post and comment again using the blogger comment s...

It is a pleasure to have my first guest review of Silver Phoenix come from someone who I personally pushed to read the book.  I bet Gail $5 that she couldn’t finish Silver Phoenix before the weekend was over, and she came through.  I also still owe her the $5.  Gail blogs at Ticket To Anywhere , where you can find great reviews, fragment fridays, contests and more. You can also find her on Twitter , @Irisheyz77 . Thank you, Gail, for letting me repost your review on my blog.     Publisher: HarperTeen Source : Purchased Publication Date : 28 April 2009 Series or Standalone : Series ISBN: 0061730211 Format : Hardcover Pages : 338 Websites : Cindy Pon - Official Site (be sure to check out the amazing artwork on her site!) Cindy Pon - Blog Cindy Pon - Twitter Place(s) Traveled to : The Kingdom of Xia (based on ancient China) Rating : 4 out of 5 stars   First Line : The eunuchs said the windows were ceiling height to all...

Never in my adult life have I read a book that immediately made me want to go out and meet the person who wrote it. Never until I read Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon . Honestly there are so many things not to like about Silver Phoenix for me.  That may seem like a harsh thing to say, but I have blogged quite a bit about how much I dislike fantasy and find it unapproachable.  I also particularly dislike historical fiction.  Cindy described Silver Phoenix as faux historical and instead of hating that fact about the book I LOVED IT.  The fantasy, the history, and the mythology all weaved together into a perfect story for me.   In honor of the forthcoming sequel entitled Fury of the Phoenix , I am giving away 5 copies of the paperback edition of Silver Phoenix so you can have a chance to read this remarkable book before the next one releases on March 29, 2011 .   To enter just leave a comment on this post saying you would like to win the book.  ...

Well my goal was to read a lot of dystopian books in February for Lenore’s Dystopian month.  But, as so many things that I plan, that never actually happened.  I did START a lot of dystopian books including: The Scorch Trials, Eva, Those That Wake, Rage, and The Dispossessed. I actually finished all of…two.   1. Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder (audio) - young adult, dystopian 2. Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton - young adult 3. The Dark Divine by Bree deSpain (audio) - young adult, paranormal 4. The Legend Of Spud Murphy (audio) - children's, humor, Ireland   That’s right. I only finished 4 books total and three of them were audiobooks.  I need to find better ways of coping with reading while traveling.  I usually can’t read in the car, but have found that I can now read at night on my phone (back lit) since I can’t see the motion outside.  For whatever reason this doesn’t make me sick to my stomach.  I started reading Dreaming A...

It is sunny this morning in the desert of California.  You would think the desert part implied the sunny part, but yesterday southern California was covered in snow!!  It was a very weird experience as we drove in and out of San Diego to be faced with a small but surprising amount of snow.  I have already had two cups of coffee; it always tastes better when someone else makes it for you!   On the spur of the moment Mr. X and I decided to escape in the dark of night! We ran away to San Diego to go to a science fiction and fantasy convention called Condor . It is a three day convention, so there are some people having an amazing time there right now, but we only had time to go for about half a day. We  left Utah and stayed overnight somewhere around the halfway point.  We made it to San Diego just in time to get to the first panel I wanted to go to.   I am so lucky Mr. X  is willing to drive me around to all these types of author events. Es...