by 123pizza on May 20, 2009
I pride myself on reading anything. I tell people I will read anything. That’s actually not true. I’ll read anything but science fiction or fantasy. I have a hard time imagining the fake worlds and reading the strange names. It frustrates me. I did enjoy the Harry Potter series but I only started reading the [...]
by 123pizza on May 18, 2009
Hubby and I are avid readers and have read to our children since they were born. So imagine our surprise when N announces he hates reading. Ever since then it has been my mission to find the book that will hook him and make him a life-long reader. This evening while we were at our [...]
by 123pizza on January 30, 2009
So I’m part of this competition and am working on finishing books I have started reading but not finished. (What a concept.) This is the second book I’ve finished for the competition, The Reader. I started this book sometime last year with the intent of reading it with Best Friend. Somehow life got in the [...]
by 123pizza on January 19, 2009
Rick is having a little competition for this year. It’s finish reading books you have started but haven’t finished reading. I thought it was excellent so I signed up. The rules are simple. Only books you have previously started count and you have to take a photo of the book. My first finished book is [...]
by 123pizza on December 1, 2008
It is time for the FIRST Blog Tour! On the FIRST day of every month we feature an author and his/her latest book’s FIRST chapter! The feature author is: Sherri Sand and his/her book: Leave it to Chance David C. Cook (May 2008) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sherri Sand is a wife and mother of four [...]
by 123pizza on November 1, 2008
It is time for the FIRST Blog Tour! On the FIRST day of every month we feature an author and his/her latest book’s FIRST chapter! The feature author is: James David Jordan and his book: Forsaken B&H Fiction (October 1, 2008) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James David Jordan is a business litigation attorney with the prominent [...]
by 123pizza on October 17, 2008
Today’s findings will be a bit different. Instead of sharing links I’ve found on the internet, I’m going to share some authors I have enjoyed reading lately. Ellen Hopkins – I’ve read Crank and am in the process of reading Impulse. Elizabeth Berg – I’ve read Talk Before Sleep: A Novel and Dream When You’re [...]
by 123pizza on October 16, 2008
Crank by Ellen Hopkins is the best book I have read in quite some time. To say I loved it would be an understatement. From the back cover: Life was good before I met the monster. After, life was great, At least for a little while. Kristina is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, [...]
by 123pizza on October 11, 2008
It is October 11th, and FIRST is doing a special tour to ‘Say Goodbye to Hollywood Nobody’. Today’s feature author is: LISA SAMSON and her book: Goodbye Hollywood Nobody NavPress Publishing Group (September 15, 2008) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lisa Samson is the author of twenty books, including the Christy Award-winning Songbird. Apples of Gold was [...]
by 123pizza on October 2, 2008
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing It’s Not About Me Sheaf House Publishers (September 1, 2008) by Michelle Sutton ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michelle Sutton has lived in Arizona and since 1991 and has two sons and a husband of 18 years. She began writing fiction in August 2003 when God inspired her [...]