It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

Time again for one of my favorite meme's ...

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme sponsored by my friend Sheila at Book Journey! Check out what other book review bloggers are reading - http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/
Here's what I'm up to this week:
What I Am Reading Now:

What I Hope To Read This Week: 
(I may be a little ambitious this week, but I'm gonna try!)

 What are you reading this week???

It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

Wow, is it Monday again already?  That week went by fast, didn't it!

Time again for one of my favorite meme's ...

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? This is a fun weekly meme sponsored by my friend Sheila at Book Journey! Check out what other book review bloggers are reading - http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/
Here's what I'm up to this week:

I'M CURRENTLY READING:

I am about 200 pages out from being finished, and I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It was all I hoped for and more!

WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:

SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK:

Tuesday, May 10 - Review and Giveaway for Sherryl Woods' Driftwood Cottage

Wednesday, May 11 - Blog Tour Stop, Review and Giveaway of The Sandlewood Tree by Elle Newmark

Thursday, May 12 - Blog Tour Stop and Review of When You Dare by Lori Foster

Whew!  A busy week ahead, but ya gotta love it!  Great books!!

Happy Reading, Ya'll!

It's Monday - What Are You Reading?

It's Monday, and I've got a cold ...blehhhh; and the weather is chilly and rainy ...blehhhh!

But I'm still reading!

I am currently reading:

I hope to read this week:

In addition to the books mentioned below - I am going to take some time this week to start the classic Southern novel - "Gone With The Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. 

This month is the 75th Anniversary of this great book's release, and I've never sit down and read the book, although I've seen the movie many times - it's my mother's favorite!


Special Events:

May 1-8: Check out my post for the Springtime Blog Carnival (click the button on the sidebar) and enter to win one of two fantastic books!

Tuesday - Five Questions with Kaira Rouda, author of "Here, Home, Hope" (plus review)

Wednesday - Book Blog Tour Stop for "Friendship Bread," by Darien Gee

Thursday - Book Blog Tour Stop for "People of The Book," by Kathi Macias

Saturday - Five Questions with Hannah Reed, author of "Mind Your Own Beeswax: A Queen Bee Mystery"

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? This is a fun weekly meme sponsored by my friend Sheila at Book Journey! Check out what other book review bloggers are reading - http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/
And now, back to my tissues .....

Blog-Hopping and looking forward to summer reading!

It's also a blog-hopping weekend.  This fun event is sponsored by Jennifer at Crazy-For-Books.com (http://www.crazy-for-books.com/) and is always a lot of fun!  Jennifer asks a weekly question, and this week's is:

 "Summer is coming quickly - what 2011 summer release are you are most looking forward to?"

Ok, I'll confess it - I love Danielle Steel's books!  I've read nearly all of her work, ever since her first book, "Going Home," in 1978.

I'm looking forward to her new book, "Happy Birthday," which is coming in July, 2011!

About The Book:

Valerie Wyatt is the high priestess of elegance: She has built an empire on how to entertain, how to decorate, how to live beautifully, and is at the top of her game with licensing arrangements for fine fabrics, furniture, wallpaper; six books; and a highly rated TV show. Valerie's daughter, April, is a classically trained chef and the workaholic proprietor of a comfortable, popular downtown New York restaurant. They couldn't be happier in their chosen fields—or more different in their attitudes. Yet as each faces a major birthday milestone—Valerie her 60th and April her 30th—neither has had a significant relationship for years and both are wistful at what they've sacrificed for success. That is about to change, after a chance encounter in an elevator and one holiday weekend indiscretion.


What book are you looking forward to reading this summer?   Have a great weekend, and as always Happy Reading, Ya'll!

It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? This is a fun weekly meme sponsored by my friend Sheila at Book Journey! Check out what other book review bloggers are reading - http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/

This is what I've got lined up for this week!

What I Am Currently Reading: 

What I Hope To Read This Week:

Blog Tours This Week:  Wednesday, April 20th!

Special Events:

I'll be participating in the Hoppy Easter Giveaway Blog Hop!  The fun starts Wednesday!

As always, Happy Reading, Ya'll!

Snapshot Saturday! My First!

Some of my blogger friends participate in this neat meme, so I thought I'd join in the fun!

My roses are doing so well this spring - it's just amazing at the loads and loads of buds that are fixing to pop everywhere!  This is my Lowell Thomas rose - it smells so sweet, just like honey! 

I have 50 roses in our backyard, and my husband and I have been fertilizing, and spraying, and tending them this past week - and we've got the sunburn and sore muscles to prove it!  But they reward us in beautiful flowers and sweet smells all summer long!

My sweet husband Don took this wonderful photos!

Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce of At Home With Books.  It’s easy to participate – just post a picture that was taken by you, a friend, or a family member and add your link on Alyce’s site.

To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky below. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How much detail you give in the caption is entirely up to you.

Teaser Tuesday! From "The Goodbye Quilt" by Susan WIggs

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading (http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/). Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser today comes from the amazing new book, "The Goodbye Quilt" by Susan Wiggs!  (Be sure to check out my interview with Susan in the post below this one!)

I'm just using one sentence today, because it is such a great sentence!  Found on page 11:

         " You can always tells what's going on in a woman's life based on the quilt she is working on."

Ain't that the truth! 

Susan has a great contest running in connection with the release of this new book - check it out here:

http://www.susanwiggs.com/contests.shtml

Happy Reading, Ya'll!