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This is a perpetual challenge hosted by Becky at Operation Actually Read Bible. The goal is to actually sit down and read the Bible. This fits well with one of my own personal goals, being more consistent with daily Bible reading. My plan is to start with Matthew and continue on through the New Testament. I'm also hoping to read one of the Psalms each day....

Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page. You also need to share the title of the book that you're getting your "teaser" from...that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you've given. Please avoid spoilers! My teaser: But the glorious absurdity of one of rock 'n' roll's greatest icons, the leader of my favorite band, my Jew-Rock idol, attempting to cut me down like a marauding moyel was so surreal, surprising and bizarre that it made me palpably giddy. Somehow, despite every molecule in my body commanding me to unleash gales of joyful laughter, I managed to stay stone-faced. That was the moment I knew I was a professional. -pg. 76, "The Professional" by Jacob Austen in Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish: The Heeb Storytelling Collection edited by Shana Liebman Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along....

Congratulations! You've won a copy of Lucan by Susan Kearney. I'm sure you'll love it. mindy Kimmy L Laurie Green Sharon C. Beth I will be e-mailing all of you. I just need your mailing addresses to pass on to Hachette books....

I truly appreciate the awards I've received, but I am horrible at passing them on. So, I'm going to try harder. Here are a few that I've received recently. Thanks, Michael! If you haven't checked out his blog, A Few Minutes with Michael, you should. This award means that this blog is: B: Beautiful I: Informative N: Neighborly G: Gorgeous O: Outstanding I'm going to pass this on to: B: Beautiful -Sweet Vernal Zephyr I: Informative- The Movieholic and Bilbiophile's Blog N: Neighborly- Wordsmithonia G: Gorgeous- Seductive Musings O: Outstanding-Things Mean a Lot Thanks, Ryan! I mentioned his blog, Wordsmithonia, above. You should definitely stop by and visit him. Here are the rules for this award: 1. Each Superior Scribbler must in turn pass The Award on to 5 most-deserving Bloggy Friends. 2. Each Superior Scribbler must link to the author & the name of the blog from whom he/she has received The Award. 3. Each Superior Scribbler must display The Award on his/her blog, and link to This Post, which explains The Award. 4. Each Blogger who wins...

Vicki of Reading At The Beach hosts A-Z Wednesday. Today's letter is H. I read this in the summer of 2008, before I started this blog. I remember loving the setting. I'm not sure why I never got around to picking up Lake of Sorrows, the second in the series. I need to  before the third comes out next year. Haunted Ground by Erin Hart From the author's website: Two farmers cutting turf in the west of Ireland make a grisly discovery—the  perfectly preserved severed head of a beautiful young woman with long red hair. Called out to the bog to investigate, Irish archeologist  Cormac Maguire and American pathologist Nora Gavin are thrown together by their shared curiosity about her fate. Archaeologist Cormac Maguire is quickly called to the scene—“bog bodies” are always a remarkable find, sometimes centuries old but still close to their original condition. Cormac and Nora embark on a mission to determine the identity of the beautiful young  woman and what led...