Carol's Notebook

Vicki of Reading At The Beach hosts A-Z Wednesday. Today's letter is C. This one has been sitting on my shelf for a while, just waiting for me to get around to it.   Collision of Angels by Michael Carver When Tony Campbell accepts his father-in-law’s invitation to chat, he braces himself for yet another of Silas Jackson’s ambitious business schemes. But even in his wildest imagination, Tony couldn’t have prepared himself for what Silas proposes this time: a run for the United States presidency. In the wake of recent controversial elections, Silas and his colleagues fear America is being run by the few and has turned it’s back on God. Their remedy: attempt to put a man of faith into the White House. This crusade proves to be the ultimate challenge however, and Tony finds himself facing his greatest test of faith ever. What appears to be a battle between church and state in the human realm is gradually revealed to have far higher...

Thanks to Bermudaonion's Weblog for hosting this weekly event. Head over there to play along. My words today are from Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny.   macadam- pavement made of layers of compacted broken stone, now usually bound with tar or asphalt. "Now the road was of macadam, but I didn't recognize the place at all."   halberd- a shafted weapon with an axlike cutting blade, beak, and apical spike, used esp. in the 15th and 16th centuries. "Then we washed up in the outbuilding, beeped the horn at the gate, and waited till a man with a halberd hanging over his right shoulder came and opened it for us."   What new words did you run across this week?...

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 is a snippet of conversation: "Unless you put the claw marks on the wall, you have nothing to be sorry about." "You can't possibly work in here until we Lysol the whole place." "Either that or an exorcism." -pg. 86, Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along....

Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. I found one book in my mailbox this week, but I think it'll be a great one. I won it at Peeking Between the Pages. Thanks, Dar!   Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross For a thousand years men have denied her existence--Pope Joan, the woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to rule Christianity for two years. Now this compelling novel animates the legend with a portrait of an unforgettable woman who struggles against  restrictions her soul cannot accept. When her older brother dies in a Viking attack, the brilliant young Joan assumes his identity and enters a Benedictine monastery where, as  Brother John Anglicus, she distinguishes herself as a scholar and healer. Eventually drawn to Rome, she soon becomes enmeshed in a dangerous mix of powerful passion and explosive politics that threatens her life even as it elevates her to the highest throne in the Western world.   What books found their way to your...