http://bookembargo.com One of the cooler Word press blogs, on books! Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:39:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes its been a while :) Hope you are well! I will be better soon, not sure when soon is though! Head over to Epiphanie.com and take a look at this contest. EPIPHANIE IS GIVING AWAY YOUR CHOICE OF A BRAND NEW CANON 5D MARK II! OR A $2500 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO SOUTHWEST AIRLINES!! So go ... http://bookembargo.com/story/epiphanie/ Spider Robinson's wife needs help. Jeanne Robinson has cancer. Not the easy to get rid of kind. She has the kind that strips away so much, and costs so much, in body, mind, soul and cold hard cash. Go to Boing Boing for more information. Please retweet, repost, talk about, and just generally ... http://bookembargo.com/story/help-for-someone-who-needs-it/ http://bookembargo.com/story/shana-norris/ Hell yeah! I can't decide which I like more. "Promise Not to Tell" or "Dismantled" but Jennifer McMahon freaking ROCKS! After Promise Not to Tell I said, "wow" After Dismantled I said, "oh wow." yeah, just...... OH WOW! go read it, and if you live in NH/NE Jennifer will be at MY BOOKSTORE!!! June 21st, ... http://bookembargo.com/story/dismantled/ Two more blogs I follow, in my Horses Header: I Hate Your Horse: http://ihateyourhorse.blogspot.com/ and Acacia: http://wildacacia.blogspot.com/ Same woman, but different focus for each. I Hate Your Horse highlights the problems in the horse world, in terms of stupid people and the stupid things they do, good bad and just plain annoying. Acacia is a Mustang ... http://bookembargo.com/story/more-reader/ I wanted to give a list of some of the bookish blogs I am following in my Google Reader. http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ Author of the Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels thriller novels Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, and Rusty Nail. http://bookwormygirl.blogspot.com/ lots of giveaways! http://blbooks.blogspot.com/ LOTS OF REVIEWS HERE! I love Becky's reviews. She reads a ... http://bookembargo.com/story/my-reader/ Have you twittered lately? I do! (I am @gracefulshrimp) and I met Larissa Cox (@ridingcoach) through there. Larissa has some awesome links and posts and her own blog. Well, I was beyond honored and thrilled when Larissa asked me to participate in her “Real Riders” series. She is going to be ... http://bookembargo.com/story/tack-and-talk/ I borrowed two of Hunter's books from a friend, and now have a pile of 7 more! They are fun historical romances, all based around the Boscastle family. Head over to Jillian's website for more information on her series. For the Boscastle family, her first book is "Seduction of an English ... http://bookembargo.com/story/jillian-hunter/ In case you were wondering why May was so quiet, I WENT ON A CRUISE! We did a 5-day Carnival Easter Caribbean cruise, and it rocked. You can see my Flickr set here. It was amazing and beautiful and I loved it! Here is a picture of Justin diving off Grand ... http://bookembargo.com/story/mia/ AND LOVING IT. I am only a few chapters in, and I love his voice. It is fabulous. If it keeps up at this pace I will be laughing and loving my way through the entire book. More information at the website, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet Here is a ... http://bookembargo.com/story/currently-reading-ts-spivet/