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 local [...]
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 way [...]
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 The [...]
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 young children who keep [...]
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 Texas law firm [...]
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 Feeling Blue: [...]
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, quiet, never any trouble. Then she meets the monster: crank. And what [...]
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 her first novel for [...]
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 to write a novel with realistic [...]