tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547376767408577392024-02-20T20:04:00.955-06:00Dollycas's ThoughtsEscape With A Good Book!!!dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.comBlogger787125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-22938579590491623992011-10-18T17:12:00.000-05:002011-10-18T17:12:59.434-05:00To All Google Friend Connect and Email Followers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fffffe; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 12px;">Dollycas's Thoughts has moved to <a href="http://www.escapewithdollycas.com/">Escape With Dollycas Into A New Book</a>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px;">I tried to transfer my followers from this blog to the new one but it did NOT work.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px;">The previous feeds you were receiving through these two options were not transferred correctly due to misinformation from Google/Feedburner. It transferred all your nice pictures here and listed you as followers but you were not receiving information from the new blog only the old one.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px;">For this reason I am asking you to please join <a href="http://www.escapewithdollycas.com/">Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book </a>again, just like you would have had to if Google had not let me back in.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px;">If you follow using Networked Blogs, that application has been having issues since Facebook made it’s major changes last month. If may just be easier to like the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Escape-With-Dollycas-Into-A-Good-Book/294422537236924" style="color: #006891; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Escape With Dollycas Fan Page">Escape With Dollycas Fan Page</a> by clicking the Facebook Button in the upper left column or using this link.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px;">I am so sorry for the inconvenience.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px;">I know I have asked a lot of you the past 2 weeks and I hope everything from now on runs smoothly with no more glitches.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px;">As always feel free to contact me at dollycas@hotmail.com or leave comments.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px;">Thank you!!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px;">Lori/Dollycas</div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-6003237646692062992011-10-15T12:32:00.000-05:002011-10-15T12:32:46.352-05:00Dollycas Is Moving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdOYPc-2NWa-BtTP1fvnR9fUpw4FhnpDn2MB80lcuxPFvGd5t8PXXDUmxUVdwiIheMmeyqaGRbvQRoT9xC7zVbopr_vxMJTGA1kdDs6QKojlnf4yVTcaZQmiLyCi-r1jpYP_OFGb-sNsj/s1600/moving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdOYPc-2NWa-BtTP1fvnR9fUpw4FhnpDn2MB80lcuxPFvGd5t8PXXDUmxUVdwiIheMmeyqaGRbvQRoT9xC7zVbopr_vxMJTGA1kdDs6QKojlnf4yVTcaZQmiLyCi-r1jpYP_OFGb-sNsj/s1600/moving.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Last Sunday I woke up to find that this blog, Dollycas's Thoughts had been disabled by Google, along with all my other Google Accounts. Not knowing if or when I would have access again, I started over at Wordpress. First the free version and then the updated version. It is still a <b>Work In Progress</b> but I invite you all to come check it out.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">You will find a cleaner, clearer, cleaner blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It will load much faster and all the bugs </div><div style="text-align: center;">and errors of this site will be gone.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">If you were following using Google Friend Connect those connections have been transferred.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">If you were following by email, you will have to re-enroll for that. I tried to transfer the Feedburner info but it shows I have 0 followers at me new site.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">I also added a Facebook Fan Page to try to help people find me. If you want to check it out it is at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Escape-With-Dollycas-Into-A-Good-Book/294422537236924">Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book</a>, or just click the Facebook Button on my new blog.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">There are also Twitter, Linked In, and Google Reader Buttons as well.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">If you had entered a giveaway here prior to October 8th, I now have access to those forms again but the contests were started over on the new site. You do not need to enter again. I will combine both lists.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">There was a new <a href="http://www.escapewithdollycas.com/posts/cozy-wednesday-with-jennie-bentley-great-giveaway-too/">Cozy Wednesday post with Jennie Bentley with a giveaway</a> that includes an entire set of her Do-It-Yourself Series.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The history of this blog will not be transferred but most of my reviews are up on several sites and there is a link to the ones on Amazon on the new blog.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">This blog will remain open as long as Google allows, but all new posts will be on the new site.</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope you love the new site as much as I do. There will be some growing pains and little fixes that need to be made. Leave a comment any time if you have problems or questions. I love to hear from you!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-62702755541294705642011-10-08T00:01:00.001-05:002011-10-08T00:01:01.397-05:00Loose Diamonds....and other things I've lost (and found) along the way by Amy Ephron<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZ0wKeEFN1M8fLJINYSKt8C5syiCJJjYjGyUZcX5NF9Z2BDflsQklCvtqJ2WtX0kQwML8TuvOlJaOa11h0Fj6dYG4WDSPdtbfm6IqA-EEdkN2il-oFAJfllKNSftx-aeim9eNmu9eYizV/s1600/loose+diamonds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZ0wKeEFN1M8fLJINYSKt8C5syiCJJjYjGyUZcX5NF9Z2BDflsQklCvtqJ2WtX0kQwML8TuvOlJaOa11h0Fj6dYG4WDSPdtbfm6IqA-EEdkN2il-oFAJfllKNSftx-aeim9eNmu9eYizV/s320/loose+diamonds.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061958743/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0061958743">Loose Diamonds: ...and other things I've lost (and found) along the way</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>William Morrow Publishers</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Available Now</b></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><br />
</b></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Amy Ephron has put together a collection of essays about her memories for us to enjoy including friendships, romances, marriages and even her love for her Filofax. The story that really caught my attention was the afternoon she spent with Squeaky Fromme. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>About This Author from Wikipedia</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ephron is the author of six novels – her latest, the best seller <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G8WWYM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B001G8WWYM">One Sunday Morning: A Novel</a>, is out in paperback. Her national bestseller, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060786205/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0060786205">A Cup of Tea: A Novel of 1917</a> , spent 37 weeks on the LA Times bestsellers list and has been bought by film producer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Bruckheimer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Jerry Bruckheimer">Jerry Bruckheimer</a>. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060786205/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0060786205">A Cup of Tea:</a> won Ephron the 2005 Southern California Booksellers Association award for fiction, received the Booklist Best Fiction of the Year 2005 award and was a Barnes and Noble Book Club selection.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ephron is a frequent contributor to <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper%27s_Bazaar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Harper's Bazaar">Harper's Bazaar</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogue_(magazine)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Vogue (magazine)">Vogue</a></i>, <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELLE" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="ELLE">ELLE</a></i>, <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Times" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="LA Times">LA Times</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saveur" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Saveur">Saveur</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon_(magazine)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="National Lampoon (magazine)">National Lampoon</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Realist" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="The Realist">The Realist</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Weekly" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="LA Weekly">LA Weekly</a></i>, <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Style" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="LA Style">LA Style</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="The Huffington Post">The Huffington Post</a></i>. As a film executive she worked on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Princess" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="A Little Princess">A Little Princess</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_on_the_Fourth_of_July_(film)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Born on the Fourth of July (film)">Born on the Fourth of July</a></i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa_(film)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Out of Africa (film)">Out of Africa</a></i>. She also runs her own food website called <i>One for the Table</i>, which publishes articles and recipes about food, love, and politics.</span></div><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I need to Recognize Sharon of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://sharonsgardenofbookreviews.blogspot.com/">Sharon's Garden of Book Reviews</a> </span>for drawing this book to my attention. I saw it on her list for the Monday Meme, It's Monday, What Are You Reading? It looked like something I would like to read and it also had a title that qualified for the <a href="http://whatsinaname4.blogspot.com/2010/11/whats-in-name-4-information-and-sign-up.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">What's In A Name Challenge</span></a>. So with this book I complete that challenge and my being a book recommended by Sharon, it also gives me another entry for my<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://readingreviewsrecognition.blogspot.com/">3 R'S Challenge</a></span> as well, which is one I am really behind on. Thank you Sharon!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-68592352485320868402011-10-07T00:01:00.002-05:002011-10-07T10:26:21.796-05:00Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvpxKI7SYtF3Ku7xKIIdBWLWoeg9oiS2LEQaYUoatponOWtIxthzRcePvoLTLw_29geaJHAn2Cr49IL_sIi2h-7ZBCXknzRiSrbQkyzFblOOBp6LET_XIM1FiP0auzBwOjIVB1cfPaO9i/s1600/death+by+the+dozen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvpxKI7SYtF3Ku7xKIIdBWLWoeg9oiS2LEQaYUoatponOWtIxthzRcePvoLTLw_29geaJHAn2Cr49IL_sIi2h-7ZBCXknzRiSrbQkyzFblOOBp6LET_XIM1FiP0auzBwOjIVB1cfPaO9i/s320/death+by+the+dozen.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425244059/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425244059">Death by the Dozen (Cupcake Bakery Mystery)</a> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>3rd in the Series</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A Berkley Prime Mystery</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by The Penguin Group</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Food Channel comes to Scottsdale, Arizona, by way of the Scottsdale Food Festival. Mel Cooper and Angie DeLaura are determined to win top prize for the Fairy Tale Cupcakes Bakery or may die trying. They have to "beat" their arch rival Olivia Puckett first just to get entered into the competition and beating her with their delicious desserts will just be icing on their cupcakes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even with Mel's mentor, Vic Mazzotta, Food Channel celebrity chef, sitting in one of the judge's chairs, Mel knows she will need to use all her culinary skills to create the best dish using the daily mystery ingredients if they are going to take home the grand prize.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Shocked when Vic doesn't show up to judge the girls know something is amiss. They are just planning to search for him when a dead body is found in a freezer truck on the festival grounds. Someone had put Vic on ice, permanently. Now they not only have to ice their competition with their fabulous cupcakes they also need to find a cold blood killer. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Two strong women, some hunky men and frosting how can you go wrong, lol!!!!</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Truthfully the characters are lovable and becoming more defined in each story. I love Oz, the newest face at Fairy Tale Cupcakes. The plot is timely and clever. The mystery ingredients competition reminded me of the mystery box challenges of <a href="http://www.fox.com/masterchef/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Master Chef on Fox</span></a>. There were assorted "red herrings" to divert us and lead us astray. Plus cupcakes, lots and lots of cupcakes!!! (recipes included)</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><b>WARNING</b>: You will be craving cupcakes while reading this so be sure to have some handy!!</i></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Jenn even gives us a taste of the next temptation, <b>Red Velvet Revenge</b>, and I can't wait to get my sticky hands on it. For now just be sure to get your copy of <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425244059/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425244059">Death by the Dozen</a> </b>today and enjoy!!!</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Rachelle L. (Pennsylvania)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>and </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Debbie P. (Michigan)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>have each won a copy of</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnvZYzm0trjmjfIIuF5EkUCbhftWXhLG1pOh1lYOWr72pvkiNCK4CfNenyY0x5KUKllaYFp7zTiXuhRpZeSILTYArGur4rBZH9lzY_FtBjoSTzwY3_603BSDDNrVc2aZGWQcGCjFVDZrW/s1600/quickstep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnvZYzm0trjmjfIIuF5EkUCbhftWXhLG1pOh1lYOWr72pvkiNCK4CfNenyY0x5KUKllaYFp7zTiXuhRpZeSILTYArGur4rBZH9lzY_FtBjoSTzwY3_603BSDDNrVc2aZGWQcGCjFVDZrW/s320/quickstep.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451234545/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0451234545">Quickstep to Murder: A Ballroom Dance Mystery</a> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Who is your favorite professional dancer?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>According to the answers on your entry forms</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsWMwRmAdvMZ7VhbMTNWdzj7U-n8QE3DEHgefAaanUKPddkWk01s0fv7kDNRPuy2anGQi9iodXq4QNbR313NDm4PkBoe0DY28xkAcPFKXTHBAPJmGOOg4FGhhIm-VXcSZSi6GB9yaP3z_/s1600/dwts+maks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsWMwRmAdvMZ7VhbMTNWdzj7U-n8QE3DEHgefAaanUKPddkWk01s0fv7kDNRPuy2anGQi9iodXq4QNbR313NDm4PkBoe0DY28xkAcPFKXTHBAPJmGOOg4FGhhIm-VXcSZSi6GB9yaP3z_/s320/dwts+maks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Maks received the most votes.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Stay tuned for more</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Book Reviews, Recommendations,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Random Thoughts & Giveaways!!!</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Just a little reminder be really careful when entering your email addresses.</b></span><br />
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</div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-23607190897400729262011-10-06T00:01:00.010-05:002011-10-06T13:53:00.282-05:00Laurel Dewey Virtual Blog Stop With Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzcsRXP4hmRlh_Sg61hlmBsJDzAZmIIOjRUcMrVs-akiOV2a1NSM0pWWRgKEFU3tDF_UZslEwzyYViNnFxGk6XGKeaMqL8Z9YBA1b4k4MpoWEVzuVE3cT8eD5tE6sYQ70o9SuSu0b1SAQ/s1600/promissory+payback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzcsRXP4hmRlh_Sg61hlmBsJDzAZmIIOjRUcMrVs-akiOV2a1NSM0pWWRgKEFU3tDF_UZslEwzyYViNnFxGk6XGKeaMqL8Z9YBA1b4k4MpoWEVzuVE3cT8eD5tE6sYQ70o9SuSu0b1SAQ/s320/promissory+payback.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Detective Jane Perry is on the case. In<b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1611880076/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1611880076">Promissory Payback</a></b> she is investigating the gruesome death of a woman with not many friends and a whole lot of enemies. "Karma is a bitch" is very true in this case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>ANONYMOUS</b>: One of Jane's first AA meetings leads her to an encounter with a woman in need of her detection skills...and a secret she never expected to uncover.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER</b>: Forced by her boss to speak at a high school career day, Jane meets a troubled boy and finds that his story is only the beginning of a much more revealing tale.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>YOU'RE ONLY AS SICK AS YOUR SECRETS</b>: An early-morning homicide call introduces Jane to a mystery as layered as it is unsuspected.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM</b>: Jane finds herself sharing a 2:00 am conversation at a downtown bar with an old acquaintance. Will the bloody night that proceeded this moment complicate Jane's intentions?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Check out <a href="http://www.laureldewey.com/">her Web Page</a> for more information on this author and her stories.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
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</span></b></div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-4186692026815833602011-10-05T00:01:00.001-05:002011-10-05T00:01:01.615-05:00COZY WEDNESDAY - With Author Linda O. Johnston (Giveaway too!!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkUnrs3L5keXhIGRc14JUhYEXxFYz2-rB70y2oPolZ2LcXlNHf-7VbfQDumBoFmAiiQYMsoPAVuTwcpVk_1R6_dlFqtiLxgpESuZmDshLuRhTvhWAQjT6fzDhiNxJR7M1Prihy6YAErjW/s1600/cozy+wednesday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkUnrs3L5keXhIGRc14JUhYEXxFYz2-rB70y2oPolZ2LcXlNHf-7VbfQDumBoFmAiiQYMsoPAVuTwcpVk_1R6_dlFqtiLxgpESuZmDshLuRhTvhWAQjT6fzDhiNxJR7M1Prihy6YAErjW/s320/cozy+wednesday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>My first experience with today's guest was reading her romance novels for Harlequin Intrigue and when I started this blog I realized she wrote cozies as well. Her new <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243796/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243796">Pet Rescue Mysteries</a> have captured my heart. I am so happy she is here today to tell us all about this series and it's latest edition.</i></div><i><br />
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<i>Welcome Linda!!!</i><br />
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Hi. I’m delighted to be guest blogging on Dollycas’s Thoughts.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Let me tell you a little bit about myself. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I kill people for a living. Fictionally, of course.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I also save animals fictionally. In real life, I help to save them by volunteering at a private pet shelter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I started the <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243796/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243796">Pet Rescue Mystery Series</a></b> for Berkley Prime Crime, I’d been writing the Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter mystery series for a while. In the eighth in the series, <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425231593/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0425231593">HOWL DEADLY</a></b>, I introduced a character in a subplot, Lauren Vancouver, who really captured my attention. She was the administrator of a private, no-kill pet shelter in LA’s San Fernando Valley, and it was clear that she was a real animal advocate. She’d do nearly anything to save the lives of pets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fortunately, I wasn’t the only one who really liked Lauren. She became the protagonist of my new spinoff series.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her shelter, HotRescues, is funded by Kendra’s latest squeeze, Dante DeFrancisco, a rich mogul who made his money from a chain of pet stores. That meant HotRescues is in a much better situation than most similar organizations, since it has no money issues. As I said, this is fiction. But that gives Lauren a lot of latitude in what she does to save animals.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The second book in the series, <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243796/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243796">THE MORE THE TERRIER</a></b>, became officially available yesterday, October 4. In it, Lauren is faced with a dilemma. She discovers right at the beginning that her former mentor, Mamie Spelling, has become an animal hoarder!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you’ve seen those shows on TV featuring animal hoarders who usually see the light and reform, you know what a sad situation hoarding really is. Like Mamie, many real hoarders don’t set out to harm animals but to save one, then ten, then dozens. The problem is they don’t have the room to do it, nor the money to keep the animals well fed, nor the resources to keep the environment clean. Lauren is horrified when she visits Mamie’s shelter and sees how awful it has become. She calls the authorities--as she must under LA policy--and has the animals taken away. Mamie, too, although officials real and fictional generally realize how fruitless it is to prosecute hoarders for animal abuse since they often have mental issues and they’re almost always recidivists --they do it all over again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In my story, none of the animals is too sick to survive. Lauren is able to save all of them, even though they’re taken into custody by LA Animal Services, a public system where overcrowding can result in euthanasia. But even though Lauren doesn’t have room for them all, she has friends running other private shelters, so every one of the animals is picked up and taken to those shelters till they can be adopted.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once again, this is fiction. And since it’s a cozy mystery, someone--a person--has to die. Mamie is the primary suspect, since the victim is someone who has been hounding her about her hoarding. So here is Lauren’s dilemma: she despises the fact that Mamie has abused animals--but can she allow her aging, confused mentor to be prosecuted for a crime against people that she most likely didn’t commit?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">You know the answer. As I said, it’s a cozy mystery. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And you can be sure that, in the <b>Pet Rescue Mysteries</b>, “no-kill” means pets, not people!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since starting to write the <b>Pet Rescue Mysteries</b>, I've become a lot more conscious about the dilemma of so many pets needing good homes. It started as research, and has become a pet cause (pun intended) of mine. I’m proud to say that I’m a dog adoption counselor at Pet Orphans of Southern California, which means I help introduce people interested in adopting a dog to their potential new family member. I also do the initial screening of possible adopters, since the idea is to attempt to ensure that the pets will go to good, and appropriate, homes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPRYWB4skRF8rRVysKFf-nbj5Mpoq2SZzZ2JkYbrA6KEcWgFD4fBc4aaBDZmIqihSrznm_5AKBlV613e_RZ4uj_jHuF0cEM2LRHGnSYx9J_PRnFIIR-gHNGjpLyHzogfyJ_gU4FlHeVE3/s1600/beaglemania.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPRYWB4skRF8rRVysKFf-nbj5Mpoq2SZzZ2JkYbrA6KEcWgFD4fBc4aaBDZmIqihSrznm_5AKBlV613e_RZ4uj_jHuF0cEM2LRHGnSYx9J_PRnFIIR-gHNGjpLyHzogfyJ_gU4FlHeVE3/s200/beaglemania.jpg" width="122" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Pet Rescue Mysteries started in March with <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425240215/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0425240215">BEAGLEMANIA</a></b>. It begins at a puppy mill rescue, where Lauren meets her love interest, Captain Matt Kingston of Los Angeles Animal Services. He’s a great contact to have, since he keeps Lauren notified of animals in need of rescuing before being put down by the public shelter. The next one will be <b>HOUNDS ABOUND</b>, which will be published in April 2012. It features a very special pet rescue facility that takes in hard-to-adopt animals such as the disabled and seniors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">How about you--are you an animal lover? Are you a fan of pet rescue?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please come visit me at <a href="http://www.lindaojohnston.com/">www.LindaOJohnston.com</a> and at <a href="http://www.killerhobbies.blogspot.com/">www.KillerHobbies.blogspot.com</a> on Wednesdays. Friend me on Facebook. I’d love to hear what you think of pet rescue--and <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243796/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243796">THE MORE THE TERRIER</a> !</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">~Linda</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Thank you so much Linda!!! I am so happy that we have the internet and Facebook so that we can actually contact our favorite authors and let them know how much we love their books!!</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
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</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>The story is exciting with a very current topic of hoarding. I have to admit until I read this book I never thought about someone hoarding pets and it really opened my eyes. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>This series is really packs more of a one-two punch, they stories are fun and entertaining but they also make us aware of a huge over population of pets in the United States. I almost feel we should have a Bob Barker moment to remind ourselves "to have your pets spayed or neutered". I also feel that adopting and giving pets "forever homes" is an uplifting experience. We have 3 rescued kitties under our roof. If you are looking for a pet to love, start out at a shelter and save a life that will love you unconditionally immediately.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>Like cozy mysteries, like animals, you will love this book! Your invisible tails will be wagging with delight!!!!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>U.S. & Canadian Residents Only</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Followers will receive 2 Bonus Entries!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Leave a comment for Linda to receive </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>5 Bonus Entries!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Publicize the giveaway for me and</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>receive 5 Bonus Entries for each link!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Contest Ends October 19 at 11:59 p.m. CST</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Winners will be chosen using Random.org</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><iframe frameborder="0" height="1336" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dDFZRmhNUEI0aVhnbzduUTREMW1iRUE6MA" width="490">Loading...</iframe></b></span></div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-74537856924598541202011-10-04T00:01:00.002-05:002011-10-04T09:59:04.516-05:00NEW RELEASE TUESDAY - OCTOBER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoSNwKfR-xPNWMLwt_hpc5MhY1HFB2bik37QhDohbGUyUyIDYnGvkurLz-mb1WrYlt3CmE0qf7vy9Mb5XMu2GDMvVMlnGnRgTKlUpc8ltwfxlDK97zTV-yU6kdcedb6Kt8SpRTyxCHyJq/s1600/NEW+RELEASE+TUESDAY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoSNwKfR-xPNWMLwt_hpc5MhY1HFB2bik37QhDohbGUyUyIDYnGvkurLz-mb1WrYlt3CmE0qf7vy9Mb5XMu2GDMvVMlnGnRgTKlUpc8ltwfxlDK97zTV-yU6kdcedb6Kt8SpRTyxCHyJq/s320/NEW+RELEASE+TUESDAY.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">These wonderful books are available today </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">wherever books are sold or </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">click on the book cover to order </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">from Amazon and have them </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">shipped right to your door!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243796/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243796"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0425243796&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243796/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243796">The More the Terrier (A Pet Rescue Mystery)</a> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Linda will be here for Cozy Wednesday tomorrow!!!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425244075/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425244075"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0425244075&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425244075/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425244075">Flipped Out (A Do-It-Yourself Mystery)</a> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jennie will be here for Cozy Wednesday on October 12th!!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451235010/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0451235010"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0451235010&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a> </b></div><div><div><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451235010/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0451235010">How to Party with a Killer Vampire: A Party-Planning Mystery</a> </b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Penny will be here for Cozy Wednesday October 19.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425244040/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425244040"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0425244040&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425244040/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425244040">Liver Let Die (A Clueless Cook Mystery)</a> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Liz will be here for Cozy Wednesday on October 25th.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</b></div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-72067911614927117142011-10-03T09:48:00.000-05:002011-10-03T09:48:58.453-05:00It's Monday!! What Are You Reading??<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRj_6WuIoUYQyncabEiRpxnClSw9X6G6yMtmqRVH6PVMGfbfr6Qat2vV3HaBweJ9SrCpCdfQoeOyAY_BaYwHQj0o_VukdXuDakgpwze66G3v1atytthhng45t7ypLL5lD1DYSnrIYz-lPi/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRj_6WuIoUYQyncabEiRpxnClSw9X6G6yMtmqRVH6PVMGfbfr6Qat2vV3HaBweJ9SrCpCdfQoeOyAY_BaYwHQj0o_VukdXuDakgpwze66G3v1atytthhng45t7ypLL5lD1DYSnrIYz-lPi/s1600/19.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>This great meme is hosted by Sheila at</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"<a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/">Book Journey</a>".</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>It's a great way to start the week and</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>find out what other bloggers are reading.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>My To-Be-Read pile has grown to an</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>unbelievable number thanks to this meme.</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>You never know how much you use </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>something until until it is gone.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I am reposting this again this week </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>in case anyone missed it.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>If you use Blogger and want the gadget back don't just like the Facebook Page go to the Blogger Help Forum and post there as well.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Thank you.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blogger and Amazon are having issues and those of us who use Blogger for our blogs are being punished. We have had the luxury of a gadget that with just a point and click we could add Amazon links to our posts. Since September 15 this gadget has been turned off and links must be created on the Amazon site and copied and pasted. Yes, I was spoiled, but these created links don't always format as easily as the ones made with the gadget, plus it just takes more time. Amazon has answered our questions/complaints and has stated they are willing to work with Blogger. We have seen no response from Blogger/Google at all. Plus there are many bugs in other Google products, as well, that have been "updated", like Google Docs that are not being dealt with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHui69UQPaChCwy_6jY6JrnPShMNXlLpggNmyocZuCfQ_OOOZ6WMDBzoHObn3dqmVxZ-Z4oD5u4AKq_MltDh4IpzbZIxxVEZoiBHEEpvOQt44XkWzQlGdtbjKWEGQAuyMh9fgWgF5-ixx/s1600/AMAZON1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHui69UQPaChCwy_6jY6JrnPShMNXlLpggNmyocZuCfQ_OOOZ6WMDBzoHObn3dqmVxZ-Z4oD5u4AKq_MltDh4IpzbZIxxVEZoiBHEEpvOQt44XkWzQlGdtbjKWEGQAuyMh9fgWgF5-ixx/s1600/AMAZON1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Out of my frustration and upon learning that this has gotten Blogger's attention in the past I have created a Facebook page addressing the Amazon issue. If you use Blogger and are missing the Amazon Gadget as much as I am, please go to Facebook and "like" this page and leave comments. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blogger-Bring-Back-Our-Amazon-Associates-Gadget/160132077409251">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blogger-Bring-Back-Our-Amazon-Associates-Gadget/160132077409251</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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</b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ON DECK</span></b></div><div><div><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061958743/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0061958743"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0061958743&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a> </b></div><div><div><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061958743/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0061958743">Loose Diamonds: ...and other things I've lost (and found) along the way</a></b></div></div><div><b>This will complete my </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRziTL1aKv1Ji9Sj-ynZ2_mUOSMo5mS7Nclv6_vAAP4X_3XXHan8uaFTwJaQSlYKTYCj9WAja9bbVt9vyp1BbzMU3k8j-5Z9e4Ts5oPFBpKTm1D0pR7pHjexjktxx1ze0FGAbLeFOjzx6u/s1600/whatsinname4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRziTL1aKv1Ji9Sj-ynZ2_mUOSMo5mS7Nclv6_vAAP4X_3XXHan8uaFTwJaQSlYKTYCj9WAja9bbVt9vyp1BbzMU3k8j-5Z9e4Ts5oPFBpKTm1D0pR7pHjexjktxx1ze0FGAbLeFOjzx6u/s1600/whatsinname4.jpg" /></a></b></div><div><b>Challenge</b></div><div><b>and qualifies for my </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTrjn6qPtxDWCg5jieEVEgTLyN23jx3-sN5v6pZM0pJnkla3kQSKY7S-igsVJK3VmpE6IBI675gGy3i4vvxtKzU4uEjZTwSVUl02mXBxYiR2CBOxxoRpNPkDN-ZXKfxQtrsN0uPZIN6gv/s1600/The+3+Rs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTrjn6qPtxDWCg5jieEVEgTLyN23jx3-sN5v6pZM0pJnkla3kQSKY7S-igsVJK3VmpE6IBI675gGy3i4vvxtKzU4uEjZTwSVUl02mXBxYiR2CBOxxoRpNPkDN-ZXKfxQtrsN0uPZIN6gv/s1600/The+3+Rs.jpg" /></a></b></div><div><b>Challenge as well!</b></div><div><b><br />
</b></div><div><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425244075/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425244075"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0425244075&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a></b></div><div><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425244075/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425244075">Flipped Out (A Do-It-Yourself Mystery)</a> </b></div><div><b>Release Date: TOMORROW</b></div><div><b>Jennie will be here on October 12 for Cozy Wednesday!!</b></div><div><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">There is a lot going on in Archer's Rest. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">First, Nell and Oliver are planning a huge surprise for Eleanor. They are going to replant the beautiful rose garden in her backyard and bring it back to the way it was before Grace, the previous owner died. But the surprise turns out to be on them as while digging up the garden they discover the skeleton of a human body. The mystery is started as Nell and her Chief of Police boyfriend, Jesse, start to gather clues to determine who the deceased was and how he came to be buried in rose garden.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Archer's Rest is also planing a a big anniversary celebration for the town. There will be a parade, a carnival, a quilt show, and fireworks to mark the 350th year since John Archer had founded the town that bears his name.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Add to that, someone is vandalizing everything from the school to the cemetery, and the rumors are flying around town about ghosts and witches.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As the clues and many secrets are revealed the job of sewing them all together may be too much for Jesse even with Nell's help. Thankfully they have many friends willing to assist them in solving this mystery.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>My favorite passage from this book, <b>"We are all joined by needle and thread, by the usefulness and beauty of a quilt, and by the friendships that form because of it."</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I love the way Clare writes, she describes the scene, makes her characters shine, threads together a complex plot with so many suspects, and keeps it all tight and real. This time there were so many pieces I didn't know how they were all going to come together but she sews everything up with missing a stitch. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>This is the perfect story to cozy up with as the weather turns cooler. Sit back and enjoy as Archer's Rest works together to not only pull off a fine festival but uncovers the real "devil" behind this mystery puzzle.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"> <td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">142.</td> <td class="xl64">Unrevealed</td> <td class="xl64">Laurel Dewey</td> </tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"> <td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">143.</td> <td class="xl64">The More The Terrier</td> <td class="xl64">Linda O, Johnson</td> </tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"> <td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">144.</td> <td class="xl64">The Devil's Puzzle</td> <td class="xl64">Clare O'Donohue</td> </tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-34333306744064923172011-10-01T00:05:00.000-05:002011-10-01T12:16:40.053-05:00Sex On The Moon by Ben Mezrich Giveaway Winners!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWe_XGRmU3Em1XfDJ0DTZSSv3zXfIDIu4v9Vb93WZE0ZJO7LCQVWmKiVregRNtinr-vw_Nu3df4aUW0EZcU4apCA3elnZQWWjp0_Otj2Iw4z6w1SpzBBqFAscOW7Kpj3JgzAzBK_PO4ru/s1600/congrats22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWe_XGRmU3Em1XfDJ0DTZSSv3zXfIDIu4v9Vb93WZE0ZJO7LCQVWmKiVregRNtinr-vw_Nu3df4aUW0EZcU4apCA3elnZQWWjp0_Otj2Iw4z6w1SpzBBqFAscOW7Kpj3JgzAzBK_PO4ru/s320/congrats22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-57768774723483310362011-09-30T00:01:00.002-05:002011-09-30T10:57:58.672-05:00The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SYAbEhnIFq7lUdpTlKrOhxHnR06vbK2ctemv9iXkEVewkImyhD5XC0Q5VJJd2onsuCGdtZvwib_6_DryeOwriPN_FqY9CWTpy9rW8XjjoS94Q8mWC4gtwQ2IKw1E6Prl33GULt2RTMSt/s1600/sherlock+holmes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SYAbEhnIFq7lUdpTlKrOhxHnR06vbK2ctemv9iXkEVewkImyhD5XC0Q5VJJd2onsuCGdtZvwib_6_DryeOwriPN_FqY9CWTpy9rW8XjjoS94Q8mWC4gtwQ2IKw1E6Prl33GULt2RTMSt/s200/sherlock+holmes.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143120158/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0143120158">The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes</a> </b><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Sherlock Holmes, the world's best-known and most-loved fictional detective, is more popular today than ever. This collection presents many of the most familiar cases Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, ever solve, including "Silver Blaze," "The Greek Interpreter," and "The Musgrave Ritual." As Holmes's fame grows, it brings him notoriety that piques the ire of London's criminal underworld, who begin to scheme against him. It is in "The Final Problem" that Dr. Watson relates the grisly, fatal, and shocking tale of how Holmes finally meets his match, encountering the diabolical Professor Moriarty in a terrible struggle at Reichenbach Falls. </div><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Back in the days when there were just 4 television selections, ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS, chances were pretty good that late nights on Fridays or Saturdays there would be a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> movie on at least one of the channels. My favorite Holmes was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Rathbone">Basil Rathbone</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce">Nigel Bruce</a> was my favorite Dr. Watson. But today with the Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey, Jr. and its sequel coming out in December there is a whole new audience for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a> character. If you are a fan of the television show <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(TV_series)">House</a> you would also notice many similarities between Sherlock Holmes and Gregory House. In fact many episodes contain actual Holmes references. For example in the season two finale, House is shot by a crazed gunman credited as "Moriarty," the name of Holmes's nemesis. Today I just found <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/cbs-developing-modern-sherlock-holmes-adapting-mommy-track-mysteries-books/">this article</a> that says CBS is working on a modern day Sherlock Holmes story. BBC already has out their own <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Season-One-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B004132HZS/ref=sr_1_4?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1317319242&sr=1-4">contemporary series</a>. There are even cartoons based on the characters and books written about Holmes for all grade levels.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I guess what I am trying to say are these stories are timeless and can be read again and again at any time in your life. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Be sure to go see the new movie in December. I am not sure I like explosions and shooting but that's what is in all suspense movies these days.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I am more a fan of the Holmes in this book who uses his deductive skills, perceptions and sharp observations to solve the cases. This is a fantastic book for the older fans like me and a great way to introduce new fans on how Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson started out. The first story was published in 1887 and the character of Sherlock Holmes is still relevant today. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has truly created characters that are timeless and who I "deduce" will be with us in one form or another forever and ever.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well if you are from Wisconsin you can't help </span></b><br />
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<b>The Milwaukee Brewers have won their first division championship since 1982.</b><br />
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<b>NFC Player of the Month!</b><br />
<b>plus</b><br />
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<b>beating South Dakota last Saturday 59-10,</b><br />
<b>and Madison is filling up for tomorrow's game</b><br />
<b>against Nebraska!!!</b><br />
<b>and</b><br />
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<b>Matt Kenseth is up to 6th place in </b><br />
<b>The Chase </b><b>with 8 races to go.</b><br />
<b>Please keep his wife Katie in your prayers,</b><br />
<b>she was practicing for a charity race when her car hit the wall </b><br />
<b>and she has a broken scapula and bumps and bruises.</b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now tell me</span></b></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>What made you Feel <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">G</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">d</span> this week?</b></span></b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I hope you will take a moment to share!</b></span></b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmXi4DxftirgHdJsASiZ7cnvgIP2or6P0mu8mcq5GM3ElCiTjVoMPbcZlMCX5OQ_o-hhOv2Fy6WUn98d42djT7H2xXAHCxnPxqbGfBUi9UcjYjwQ5_DVGtjhw5mYOkzn7MG9pWkOLLDWo/s1600/blacktrans.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmXi4DxftirgHdJsASiZ7cnvgIP2or6P0mu8mcq5GM3ElCiTjVoMPbcZlMCX5OQ_o-hhOv2Fy6WUn98d42djT7H2xXAHCxnPxqbGfBUi9UcjYjwQ5_DVGtjhw5mYOkzn7MG9pWkOLLDWo/s1600/blacktrans.png" /></a></b></b></div></div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-84601145212231501952011-09-29T16:28:00.000-05:002011-09-29T16:28:38.896-05:00Sleight of Paw Giveaway Winners!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAzA5IDvZbS4nFCrLFC5nJfJWIbVYFwt3utX3AK2T6DASIZrPUwSU1XI73qN6ivI7GdVqjZl_ThFKjN-4D8QNFFIhLe8g46sKEvBIWAtzj2TY_bDdksno0uLEEtboP-a7hR-Zh5ct9mGn/s1600/cat+paw+congratultions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAzA5IDvZbS4nFCrLFC5nJfJWIbVYFwt3utX3AK2T6DASIZrPUwSU1XI73qN6ivI7GdVqjZl_ThFKjN-4D8QNFFIhLe8g46sKEvBIWAtzj2TY_bDdksno0uLEEtboP-a7hR-Zh5ct9mGn/s320/cat+paw+congratultions.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nora-Adrienne D. (New York)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Peggy A. (Pennsylvania)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-46799955329145301232011-09-29T00:01:00.008-05:002011-10-04T09:57:09.131-05:00India Black and the Widow of Windsor by Carol K. Carr (With Giveaway!)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b>The Berkley Publishing Group</b><br />
<b>Published by The Penguin Group</b><br />
<b>A Madam of Espionage Mystery</b><br />
<b>Second book in the series.</b><br />
<b>Available October 4, 2011</b><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">India Black is back and on a new mission with her friend French in Scotland.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Queen Victoria attended a séance where she is contacted by her dearly departed husband, Prince Albert, where he insists she break tradition and spend the Christmas holiday at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmoral_Castle">Balmoral</a>, their Scottish castle. The Prime Minister believes that Scottish nationalists are planing to assassinate the Queen and calls on his friend and British spy, French, who invites India to join him undercover at the castle. French poses as one of the guests, while India's assignment is to be the maid to the eccentric Dowanger Marchioness of Tullibardine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIR1Cu6jugxLPlG7dacnRn28S4X4wVhiwRDRvF1pv4j87wqWBISGD00fNvi7I5UuDqkmRTpJj_YJMYHwcTTE-tL7Iwcg8glj39IkzcU6sigbYFVIhVxpEGaIpZDiw4VrRO8t5XljfDwDP/s1600/250px-Balmoral_Castle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIR1Cu6jugxLPlG7dacnRn28S4X4wVhiwRDRvF1pv4j87wqWBISGD00fNvi7I5UuDqkmRTpJj_YJMYHwcTTE-tL7Iwcg8glj39IkzcU6sigbYFVIhVxpEGaIpZDiw4VrRO8t5XljfDwDP/s320/250px-Balmoral_Castle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It doesn't take long for India to realize the Prime Minister was exactly right in his assessment of the situation. For the next few days India and French will be running themselves ragged to find the Queen's enemies and assure her safety.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLn-27392c_MUmOWDSmGGrEWkdJRXDMWPTs0cFf8bkZUoDLTfdR7Bi1ZcWGKe0eandfDup9I5LNJJWA7zISwWRnVisEKCiqOj0PuW3ghqGj4e0A5U1-zB6Z4RwxThrwJcN0whVf0Oj2R9/s1600/a+perfect+escape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLn-27392c_MUmOWDSmGGrEWkdJRXDMWPTs0cFf8bkZUoDLTfdR7Bi1ZcWGKe0eandfDup9I5LNJJWA7zISwWRnVisEKCiqOj0PuW3ghqGj4e0A5U1-zB6Z4RwxThrwJcN0whVf0Oj2R9/s320/a+perfect+escape.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6k1jpv7EFtXYZTGgZDp48hHsQ-_TeyPXsGoplIRKxz-6t5_y1ghRK4XYR23zyevFwf4lliOi3y6-MBeE2L6_yvgYkB9QTjyxb6XSNCFG2lORlwkrL6qogk3RhYTpqOPO_RZTveBA9aLfJ/s1600/5+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6k1jpv7EFtXYZTGgZDp48hHsQ-_TeyPXsGoplIRKxz-6t5_y1ghRK4XYR23zyevFwf4lliOi3y6-MBeE2L6_yvgYkB9QTjyxb6XSNCFG2lORlwkrL6qogk3RhYTpqOPO_RZTveBA9aLfJ/s1600/5+stars.jpg" /></a></div><div><b><i><u>My Thoughts</u></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="http://dollycas.blogspot.com/2010/12/india-black-by-carol-k-carr.html">Like the first book</a> in this series, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425238660/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0425238660">India Black</a>, I loved this story. I adore where the author took this character on this adventure. Balmoral is a fascinating setting and I don't know how true the author's descriptions are of the castle, but I felt like I was right there sneaking through the hallways with India.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The story also contains a wonderful mystery with plenty of twists but what really captured by heart in this story was the humor. India has a quick wit and keen intelligence and while not at all happy with her job in this adventure she continues to entertain us with her observations and quips. The Lady India serves sets up several instances that had me laughing out loud.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Carol K. Carr is an amazing storyteller. I love her writing style. In her case, her words are worth a thousand beautiful pictures. I have absolutely no problem "escaping" far into her books and don't want to leave after the last words are read. I want to follow India on her next adventure. Please Carol don't make me want too long for my next trip abroad.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To find out more about this wonderful author be sure to visit her <a href="http://carolkcarr.com/">Web Page.</a></div><div><i><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243761/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243761">Button Holed (Button Box Mystery)</a> is the first installment of a brand new series and I loved it!!! My full review will follow Kylie's Guest Post. Please help me give a warm welcome to Kylie Logan!</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Welcome Kylie!! </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thank you so much for the invitation to blog on your site.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6T5Fa4BKoVC1qwr7S-Z6VslnJDjfRok1_gj3cJwRspH-oDHIXoKHWO9tS5TxBWu7xYGIbs00sEvWdSRlul_-O2hlp39vWiklH3Vai4pBhiegyWyqDGh-a3cBImIdX_Y7E-SMynUZ1gmPy/s1600/CaseyDanielsPublicityPhoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6T5Fa4BKoVC1qwr7S-Z6VslnJDjfRok1_gj3cJwRspH-oDHIXoKHWO9tS5TxBWu7xYGIbs00sEvWdSRlul_-O2hlp39vWiklH3Vai4pBhiegyWyqDGh-a3cBImIdX_Y7E-SMynUZ1gmPy/s200/CaseyDanielsPublicityPhoto.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not everyone is lucky enough to not only have more than one personality, but to be able to celebrate it. As Casey Daniels, I write the Pepper Martin mystery series about a cemetery worker who investigates for the ghosts in her cemetery. The seventh book in that series, "A Hard Day’s Fright" came out in April and book #8, "Wild, Wild Death," will hit shelves on January 3.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But I’ve got a new alter-ego, and she’s just recently made her first official appearance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">She’s Kylie Logan, author of the Button Box mystery series. Book #1, "Button Holed," hit store and virtual shelves early this month.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s been an interesting road to publication for Kylie and it all started, quite simply, because I like buttons. As Josie Giancola, the heroine of the new series comments, buttons are little bits of history, and tiny works of art. They say something about a person’s style, and that person’s social class. Many antique buttons display incredible workmanship, dazzling jewels and even say something about a wearer’s love life; back in the nineteenth century, it was fashionable for a young lady to have a photograph of her beau put on her coat buttons!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Still, I never thought about actually writing a mystery series about buttons until a couple years ago when I visited Ann Arbor, Michigan. I’d just finished lunch at a charming coffee shop and I was alone on the front porch, sipping coffee and knitting, when a couple sat down at the table next to me. There are a couple operative words in that last sentence, namely, alone and next to. You see, they decided to pick that very moment to break up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I listened to it for ten minutes or so and honestly, I expected them to apologize. After all, there was no doubt I could hear everything they were saying. They didn’t. Instead, they went on and on and I’d had enough. I gathered up my knitting and went next door to an antique shop.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What I didn’t know until I opened the door was that it was an antique shop that specialized in buttons.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thousands and thousands of buttons.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I was in heaven, and the nice lady who owned the place was only too happy to tell me stories and answer my questions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was that encounter that gave me the idea for the Button Box mysteries. Josie owns an antique button shop, too, though hers is in a Chicago brownstone. It’s there that she meets a famous actress who’s come to Josie for the buttons she’ll put on her wedding gown when she marries a European prince. And it’s that actress who is murdered in the shop. When Josie’s cleaning up, she finds an unusual button–one she knows didn’t come from her collection.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As for those multiple personalities of mine . . . readers who enjoy the Pepper Martin mysteries can expect much the same light and airy reading experience and the same sort of humor and intricate plotting. However, there are no paranormal elements in Kylie’s books as there are in Casey’s.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because Kylie is a new person, she has her own, new blog. You can find her at:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://kylielogan.blogspot.com/">http://kylielogan.blogspot.com</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Email her at:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">mailto: <a href="mailto:kylielogan@rocketmail.com">kylielogan@rocketmail.com</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">or friend her on Facebook.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">~Kylie</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Thank you so much for being here today. You are always welcome to come back no matter what alias you are using. Kylie also shared with me that she also writes as Miranda Bliss, author of the Cooking Class Mysteries, another of my favorites. She has other nom de plumes as well but I won't give out all her secrets here today. </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Wingdings;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243761/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243761"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0425243761&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243761/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243761"><b>Button Holed (Button Box Mystery</b>)</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>A Berkley Prime Crime Mystery</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Berkley Publishing Group</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Published by The Penguin Group</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>A Brand New Series</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKyAyG7f5qlUoqwtSaF6439r6OXK4vgiYOCkvZd8baoU206i4ojKBuPfbHS7BJcMJa_PjzZr1yByn4GBH8vPHBxX-c2a6Ky9KyDX_04mFh97tV7Ov4N_-s32kDoXpgjpEr1LDtb_NZGlB/s1600/BUTTONS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKyAyG7f5qlUoqwtSaF6439r6OXK4vgiYOCkvZd8baoU206i4ojKBuPfbHS7BJcMJa_PjzZr1yByn4GBH8vPHBxX-c2a6Ky9KyDX_04mFh97tV7Ov4N_-s32kDoXpgjpEr1LDtb_NZGlB/s200/BUTTONS.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Josie Giancola is known as a button expert for all kinds of buttons and has even worked in Hollywood. Today she is opening her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">new button shop, The Button Box, set up in a Chicago brownstone. She also has an appointment with a well known Hollywood starlet who wants to find the perfect buttons for her perfect wedding dress. Josie arrives extra early on her opening day to make sure everything is ready for her appointment only to find that her store has been broken into and ransacked. There are buttons everywhere. Buttons she had spent many days sorting and categorizing and displaying with flawless precision.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things don't get any better when the next day the starlet is found dead right in the middle of The Button Box. The homicide detective seems to be looking for clues in all the wrong places and the murderer has now set his sights on Josie. She has no choice but to follow the clues she has and get this murderer all buttoned up before she finds herself "Button Holed"!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I fell for Josie on the very first page. I come from a family of seamstresses and they all had button bowls and boxes. As a child I spent hours sorting, stacking and separating my favorites. I have my own button box around here somewhere from my sewing days and I know there are some buttons in there from my ancestors as well. </i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243761/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243761">Button Holed (Button Box Mystery)</a> and </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The Button Box brought back some wonderful memories. Thankfully none of my memories include a dead starlet.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br />
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<b>All wars have rules!</b><br />
<b>1. No killing innocent bystanders.</b><br />
<b>2. No killing anyone under the age of eighteen.</b><br />
<b>3. Have a child before you are eighteen, the child must be turned over to the other side.</b><br />
<b>BREAK THE RULES YOU BECOME THE TARGET!</b><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Children are indoctrinated at the age of 16 and begin their war training. On their eighteenth birthday they become the hunters and the hunted in the war of "us" vs. "them". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The war has gone on for generations, fought all over the world, with two distinct sides "good" and "evil". The terms vary based on which side you are on. Reasons for the war change depending on who you ask. Every killing is done in way to look random or like an accident right out in the field of innocents. Plus the "us" and the "them" are not even clearly identified by those fighting the war. There is one rule everyone knows,<b> Paranoia will keep you alive.</b><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>This book takes us with Joe on his journey in this war. It is definitely an intense suspense thriller that at times will have you on the edge of your seat, but it is so much more than that. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525952373/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0525952373">Children of Paranoia</a> is a book that will make you stop and think.</i><br />
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<i>What really knocked me for a loop is that this is <a href="http://trevor-shane.com/">Trevor Shane's</a> first novel. He has created the character of Joe with so many layers, it is almost like peeling an onion and there is still more. He also surrounds Joe with other wonderful characters that the reader becomes invested in with a few short sentences. Joe's mother is just one of those characters, her actions were both shocking and understandable. </i><br />
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</i></div></div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-60906670617577554322011-09-26T10:46:00.002-05:002011-10-03T09:56:26.123-05:00It's Monday!! What Are You Reading??<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRj_6WuIoUYQyncabEiRpxnClSw9X6G6yMtmqRVH6PVMGfbfr6Qat2vV3HaBweJ9SrCpCdfQoeOyAY_BaYwHQj0o_VukdXuDakgpwze66G3v1atytthhng45t7ypLL5lD1DYSnrIYz-lPi/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRj_6WuIoUYQyncabEiRpxnClSw9X6G6yMtmqRVH6PVMGfbfr6Qat2vV3HaBweJ9SrCpCdfQoeOyAY_BaYwHQj0o_VukdXuDakgpwze66G3v1atytthhng45t7ypLL5lD1DYSnrIYz-lPi/s1600/19.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>This great meme is hosted by Sheila at</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"<a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/">Book Journey</a>".</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>It's a great way to start the week and</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>find out what other bloggers are reading.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>My To-Be-Read pile has grown to an</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>unbelievable number thanks to this meme.</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>You never know how much you use </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>something until until it is gone.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blogger and Amazon are having issues and those of us who use Blogger for our blogs are being punished. We have had the luxury of a gadget that with just a point and click we could add Amazon links to our posts. Since September 15 this gadget has been turned off and links must be created on the Amazon site and copied and pasted. Yes, I was spoiled, but these created links don't always format as easily as the ones made with the gadget, plus it just takes more time. Amazon has answered our questions/complaints and has stated they are willing to work with Blogger. We have seen no response from Blogger/Google at all. Plus there are many bugs in other Google products, as well, that have been "updated", like Google Docs that are not being dealt with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHui69UQPaChCwy_6jY6JrnPShMNXlLpggNmyocZuCfQ_OOOZ6WMDBzoHObn3dqmVxZ-Z4oD5u4AKq_MltDh4IpzbZIxxVEZoiBHEEpvOQt44XkWzQlGdtbjKWEGQAuyMh9fgWgF5-ixx/s1600/AMAZON1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHui69UQPaChCwy_6jY6JrnPShMNXlLpggNmyocZuCfQ_OOOZ6WMDBzoHObn3dqmVxZ-Z4oD5u4AKq_MltDh4IpzbZIxxVEZoiBHEEpvOQt44XkWzQlGdtbjKWEGQAuyMh9fgWgF5-ixx/s1600/AMAZON1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Out of my frustration and upon learning that this has gotten Blogger's attention in the past I have created a Facebook page addressing the Amazon issue. If you use Blogger and are missing the Amazon Gadget as much as I am, please go to Facebook and "like" this page and leave comments. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blogger-Bring-Back-Our-Amazon-Associates-Gadget/160132077409251">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blogger-Bring-Back-Our-Amazon-Associates-Gadget/160132077409251</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>FINISHED</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0451233247&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></b></span></div><div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451233247/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0451233247">Louisa and the Missing Heiress: </a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451233247/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0451233247">The First Louisa May Alcott Mystery</a></b><br />
<b>by Anna Maclean</b><br />
<b><a href="http://dollycas.blogspot.com/2011/09/louisa-and-missing-heiress-by-anna.html">My Complete Review</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143120158/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0143120158"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0143120158&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143120158/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0143120158">The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes</a> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>by Arthur Conan Doyle</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Release Date: September 28, 2011</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>With cats named Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson and Professor Moriarty how could I turn this book when it was offered to me for review.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Review Coming Soon!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243192/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243192"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0425243192&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243192/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243192">India Black and the Widow of Windsor</a> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>by Carol K. Carr</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Release Date October 4, 2011</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Review Coming Soon!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525952373/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0525952373"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0525952373&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525952373/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0525952373">Children of Paranoia</a> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>by Trevor Shane</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243796/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243796"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0425243796&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=dollycsthoug-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243796/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0425243796">The More the Terrier (A Pet Rescue Mystery)</a> </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Release Date: October 4, 2011</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Linda will be here on October 5 to </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>celebrate Cozy Wednesday!</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">This is a fun meme conducted by </span><a href="http://thenewxmasdolly.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Xmas Dolly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> co-conductors</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://stacysrandomthoughts.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Stacy from Stacy Uncorked</span></a>, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://wmljshewbridge.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> </a></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://wmljshewbridge.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Lorie fromThe Shewbridges of Celebration</span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://jamericanspice.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Callie at Jamerican Spice</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://cakeblast.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Larry from Cakeblast</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; 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</span></span></span></div><div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>It's A Freebie Week!!!</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>On September 17, my high school class got together to celebrate our 50th birthdays!</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>This song even had me dancing!!</b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="362" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hmbEuRzlhIs" width="490"></iframe></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>MAKE YOUR OWN POST AND LINK UP</b></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Welcome to</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Feel <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">G</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">d</span> Friday!!!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Erika had found that a lot of her bloggy friends reading posts about being positive, so she thought she might try her very own meme. She just wanted everyone to feel good and have some happy thoughts as you begin the weekend. Go over to her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.thegirlnextdoorgrowsup.com/">blog</a></span> for the details.</span></div><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The Girl" is busy constructing a new website so for the time being this feature is being hosted by<a href="http://sparkling74.blogspot.com/"> lia sophia tomgirl.</a> She has a great blog, be sure to check it out!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What made me FEEL<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> G</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">O</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">O</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">D </span>this week?</span></b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Last Saturday night I attended the 50th Birthday Bash for my high school graduating class. You may remember from last week's post I was really nervous about going. Well I went and I had a blast!!! My anxiety melted away as soon as I saw my friends.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>There was a really good turnout!</b><br />
<b>That's me front row on the left.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>This definitely describes all of us!!!</b></td></tr>
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Kevin was always the life of the party and he hasn't changed a bit,<br />
I think he caught Colleen a little off guard!!</b></td></tr>
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but it was a great joy to see them too!!</b></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There is no picture of my best moment of the night. My girlfriends were all on the dance floor and I was very happy sitting on the sidelines when a friend came over and grabbed my hands and started dancing with me. My wheelchair didn't faze him one bit. I had a blast and probably haven't have that much exercise or fun in years. For those few minutes I forgot about my disability and felt like my old self again. He doesn't follow my blog and is not on Facebook so he will probably not even know the effect those few minutes had on me until maybe we see each other again at the next reunion. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you Gigi and Elisa for a wonderful idea!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a night I will never forget!!</div><br />
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We plan to get together again in three years for another reunion. It shocks me to think it will be 35 years since our high school graduation. Hopefully we will get an even bigger turnout. I can hardly wait!!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now tell me</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>What made you Feel <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">G</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">d</span> this week?</b></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I hope you will take a moment to share!</b></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmXi4DxftirgHdJsASiZ7cnvgIP2or6P0mu8mcq5GM3ElCiTjVoMPbcZlMCX5OQ_o-hhOv2Fy6WUn98d42djT7H2xXAHCxnPxqbGfBUi9UcjYjwQ5_DVGtjhw5mYOkzn7MG9pWkOLLDWo/s1600/blacktrans.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmXi4DxftirgHdJsASiZ7cnvgIP2or6P0mu8mcq5GM3ElCiTjVoMPbcZlMCX5OQ_o-hhOv2Fy6WUn98d42djT7H2xXAHCxnPxqbGfBUi9UcjYjwQ5_DVGtjhw5mYOkzn7MG9pWkOLLDWo/s1600/blacktrans.png" /></a></b></div><br />
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</div></div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854737676740857739.post-60498558665633565562011-09-23T00:01:00.001-05:002011-09-23T00:01:00.447-05:00Louisa and the Missing Heiress by Anna Maclean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge79BCwBc8q7k5Qv3xeZNeVjOxbLGVD1mgbEexemsjmmmgSCwppljLfwGl6fscpYnGTQk5aCfP0m_uVFupBpStZoS1W6eOEcQ-w5WsLjzAvYwK7OPzO30E2B31ILsr6cItworiHuqS2QlS/s1600/louisa+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge79BCwBc8q7k5Qv3xeZNeVjOxbLGVD1mgbEexemsjmmmgSCwppljLfwGl6fscpYnGTQk5aCfP0m_uVFupBpStZoS1W6eOEcQ-w5WsLjzAvYwK7OPzO30E2B31ILsr6cItworiHuqS2QlS/s320/louisa+1.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451233247/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0451233247">Louisa and the Missing Heiress: The First Louisa May Alcott Mystery</a> </b><br />
<b>Obsidian</b><br />
<b>Published by New American Library</b><br />
<b>A Division of The Penguin Group</b><br />
<div style="font-size: small;"><b>ISBN-10: 0451233247</b></div><div style="font-size: small;"><b>ISBN-13: 978-0451233240</b></div><div id="gr_add_to_books"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004LRPDM8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B004LRPDM8">Also availble for Kindle</a></b><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451233247/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0451233247">Louisa and the Missing Heiress: The First Louisa May Alcott Mystery</a> takes place in Boston in 1854 long before Louisa gains the fame from her book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1420929089/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1420929089">Little Women</a>. Back then she was writing a children's book and "blood and thunder" mysteries. Her father was a philosopher and would never approve of her literary pursuits. Her mother was a very frugal woman but very independent. The family followed some very risky pursuits for the time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But the life she was leading in no way prepared her for the death of her friend, Dottie, a young newlywed, barely home from a year long trip abroad. She was clearly changed when she returned. Louisa was trying to find a way to spend time with her friend to determine what had caused this change, but she was too late. Dottie was found dead in the Boston Harbor. Accident... suicide... no it was murder. Suddenly Louisa feels as if she has been thrust into one of her mystery writings and she needs to find out who killed her friend and why. There are definitely many secrets and strange happenings. Louisa must sleuth out the truth before she falls victim herself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><u>My Thoughts</u></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I really enjoyed this story. Stories behind the scenes of any famous person are always fun. It appears to be pretty historically accurate and reads much like something written my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Alcott">Louisa May Alcott</a> herself. She was definitely one of my favorite authors while growing up.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Maclean takes us effortlessly back in time with a great mystery plot and true to the facts characters. It is books like this the remind us of authors who wrote wonderful classics and brings them back to life for yet another generation of readers. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The next book in this delightful series, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451234715/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dollycsthoug-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0451234715">Louisa and the Country Bachelor</a> will be released October 4, 2011. I venture to say that after reading these stories you will probably feel like rereading some of Alcott's classics or reading them for the first time if you haven't before.</i></div><i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I chose this book this month to read Just For Fun because it has been shouting from my To-Be-Read stacks since it arrived and the new one is coming out next month. Louisa May Alcott was one of my favorite authors growing up when all my reading was "just for fun" so I had to continue the tradition!!</b></div></div>dollycas aka Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083999148282652155noreply@blogger.com1