May 21 2012
This book won the RNA Romance Novel of the Year Award for 2011. The RNA Award is unique because it involves readers, authors and other industry professionals working together to award one book. I thought it would be fun to repost the review. “How much can you hide? Jemima Hutton is determined to build a(…)
Nov 23 2011
Dear Ms. Harrington, I’ve been wanting to read more YA; the genre seems to have changed so much since I was a, well, young adult. There are so many fresh and exciting YA books being written these days, and that’s exciting to me, especially when I’ve just finished my umpteenth uninspired English historical. Even though(…)
Feb 11 2011
Brown Sugar (2002) Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama Grade: B Since I’ve started doing these Friday Film Reviews, I’ve been trying to expand my film horizons. Netflix has helped since it makes it relatively easy to try new-to-me films and actors and “Brown Sugar” is a case in point. I’d seen Sanaa Lathan and Taye Diggs in other(…)
Sep 15 2010
Dear Ms. Balogh, I've been reading your earlier traditional regencies lately, with varying degrees of enjoyment. So far Dark Angel and A Chance Encounter are the two I have enjoyed most of the ones I've read this year. I lucked into a copy of Red Rose, one of your out of print books, through Paperbackswap.com.(…)
Oct 13 2009
Dear Ms. Walsh, You don’t know me, but I sometimes lurk at your blog, Writer Unboxed, which is one of the best blogs for writers I know of. I’ve been following it since the days when you were writing this book, under the working title of Unbounded, so when Jane told me that we had(…)
Jun 26 2009
May 18 2009
For a small $5.00 per month, you can stream music from Napster’s library of over 7 million song titles and download five mp3s to keep as your own. I’m not sure the profitability of this model, but I’m curious to see what publishing house or retailer will offer a subscription based ebook club. Harlequin? Send(…)
Mar 18 2009
Dear Ms. Ferrer, This year, Jane, Janine and I are participating in the 2009 TBR Challenge. I know your novel doesn’t fit into March’s theme but given my past history with this challenge, that should come as no surprise. It was in my TBR pile, however. And since I was in the mood for a(…)
Sep 17 2008
Dear Ms. Cohn and Mr. Levithan: I was bemoaning to Jayne in email that I wish I was more adventurous because maybe I would have read this book sooner, particularly when it was given special treatment at Smart Bitches Trashy Books. While I like Young Adult books, the idea of reading alternating first person present(…)
Dec 11 2007
Princess Tutu created by Ikuko Ito and Junichi Sato. Released in English by ADV. Entire 26 episode series available at Amazon for $28.49. Manga adaptation available but really, don’t go there. Dear Readers, I’m cheating today. This blog is for book reviews, things you read. And so I’m going to review an absolutely terrible manga(…)
Sep 25 2007
Amazon’s new music store is now open and offering over 2 million songs from artists like KT Tunstell, 50 Cent, and the Rolling Stones. Every song and album is in the MP3 format, the most universal format for digital music, and can be played on nearly every device on the market from the iPod to(…)
Aug 22 2007
Wal-Mart positions itselfto be a force in the digital music business in which Apple ITunes holds a more than 70% market share. To challenge the big gun who is now third in the overall music sales, Wal-Mart has begun to sell high quality (256 ) songs from EMI at a lower price point. While Apple(…)
Aug 13 2007
I admit I have a vintage fetish which naturally means I tend to love all things retro. Is there anything more retro than a USB stick for personal mixes? That is packaged in a tape cassette holder and has an area to handwrite your playlist? Lloyd Dobler + USB stick = Contemporary Hotness. Via Gizmodo.(…)
Aug 10 2007
Universal, the largest music company in the recording industry, is testing the DRM free waters with a portion of its catalog. From August 21 to January 31 of 2008, UMG will offer mostly its popular content DRM free. The format will be MP3 which can be played on nearly any music device including the iPod(…)
May 16 2007
Amazon.com announced that later this year it will open a music store that will sell DRM-free music from more than 12,000 music labels. (I didn’t know that there were 12,000 music labels). Every song and album in the Amazon catalog will be in MP3 format and DRM free meaning that you will be able to(…)
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