Carol's Notebook – Page 661

Winners!

July 31, 2009 by Carol5 Comments

Congratulations to the winners of My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare by Jess Winfield. Mia J. MMW rhapsodyinbooks cenyasmom Heather E I'll e-mail all the winners shortly. I just need your mailing addresses to pass on to the Hachette Book Group....

Booking through Thursday

July 30, 2009 by Carol9 Comments

Join in at Booking through Thursday. What’s the funniest book you’ve read recently? This is actually a harder question than it sounds. I just don't read that many truly funny books. Of course, I'm one of those people that always laughs at inappropriate moments in movies, and in conversations I'm the only one who finds me funny, so maybe my sense of humor's just screwed up. I think the last funny book I read was A Night at the Operation by Jeffrey Cohen. One of my favorite books of all time is Pipsqueak by Brian M. Wiprud, which I thought was hilarious. I guess I just really enjoy comedic mysteries. What about you? What funny books have you read?...

From Amber’s sketchbook

July 29, 2009July 29, 2009 by Carol10 Comments

I stated a few days ago that my daughter, Amber, loves dragons. I told her I had mentioned her on my blog, and she wanted me to show you one of her drawings, so here's a dragon she drew a couple months ago....

Wondrous Words Wednesday

July 29, 2009 by Carol3 Comments

Thanks to Bermudaonion's Weblog for hosting this weekly event. Head over there to play along. I only ran across one new-to-me word this week. It's a bird I'd never heard of in The Old Motel Mystery created by Gertrude Chandler Warner. anhinga- any of a genus (Anhinga) of long-necked birds having a sharp, pointed bill and inhabiting swampy regions of tropical and subtropical America. Also called darter, snakebird, water turkey. "Now the bird is coming up. He's speared a fish with his sharp beak." "The bird ia an anhinga," Rolf said. Any new words for you this week?...

The Light of Burning Shadows by Chris Evans

July 28, 2009July 28, 2009 by Carol3 Comments

The Light of Burning Shadows: Book Two of the Iron Elves by Chris Evans "They might be doomed, damned, and buggered for all eternity, but that didn't mean they couldn't sparkle like a diamond in the sun and grin like a skull in the moonlight on their way to oblivion." Musket and cannon, bow and arrow, and magic and diplomacy vie for supremacy once again in this second epic fantasy adventure from acclaimed author Chris Evans. As the human-dominated Calahrian Empire struggles to maintain its hold on power in the face of armed rebellion from within, the Iron Elves' perilous quest to defeat the power-hungry elf witch, the Shadow Monarch, takes on greater urgency. The Iron Elves, shunned by their own people for bearing the mark of the Shadow Monarch, and desperately wanting to forever erase this shame, became legendary for their prowess on the battlefield as the Calahrian Imperial Army's elite shock troops. But when their commanding officer, Konowa Swift Dragon, murdered...

Teaser Tuesday

July 28, 2009July 28, 2009 by Carol11 Comments

Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. 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: "You pluck and stroke the very essence of the world around you. What I do is something very different, and not nearly as wholesome." -pg. 128, The Light of Burning Shadows by Chris Evans Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along....