random stuff on my brain

Attention. This is a PSA announcement, please be aware this is not a real blog post. Thank you for listening, you may return to your regular blog reading. Hey folks, today I just have a bunch of junk rattling around in my brain and it’s too much to fit in Twitter… One of my pet [...]

New Release Alert

Not to reinvent the wheel since many other book bloggers do a great job of sharing upcoming releases, but there are few I’ve had my lusty eyes on that I haven’t seem mentioned by anyone else in my google reader. For more visit KB’s Pimpin Cookie Book Covers, what’s on the Book Smugglers’ radar, and [...]

Fun consolation prizes for everyone! And blogiversary winner

Since not everyone could win the giftcard up for grabs on my blogiversary post this week I thought I’d share something fun that EVERYONE can enjoy – bookish trivia and time wasting games online! I know I know, I’m too generous. Just call it my noblesse oblige and good deed for the day to share these with [...]

Opposite day for Haddadi and romance novels

The thing about being a lusty reader is you’ll read anything put in front of you. The back of the newspaper of the guy in front of you, H1N1 pamphlets, the back of coughdrop packages…all these I read on the metro this morning when I finished my book and still had 20 minutes left of [...]

Gift ideas for the bibliophile in your life

Granted it was because of my birthday, and winning a contest, but I recently received some GREAT  bookish gifts. Although I am against starting Christmas too early (I’m looking at you – retailers of America) I do ADORE the holiday season, so why not jump on the bandwagon of all other advertisers and give y’all [...]

Spreading the lusty reading word

Perhaps you remember the amusing fellow who guest posted here when I took my one day of vacation earlier this year? Well when mylittlebecky scratched my back I vowed to scratch hers in return should she ever need me! Although she is probably scratching Chuck’s back while they are on vacation in Montana. [read into [...]

Temporary lusty replacement (guest post)

Since my life belongs to my bestest bestie for her wedding weekend I invited a Really F*cking aMazing blogger (in army speak that would be shortened to corresponding acronym Romeo Foxtrot Mike) mylittlebecky to guest blog! [see what i did there? yes i'm clever] Not only did she accept my invitation, but she flattered the [...]

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

Although I’m from Chicago and the hubby is from God’s Country (as he calls his home state of New Jersey) we heart the south and we definitely fist pumped to Song of the South this weekend at our friend’s wedding in Wilmington, North Carolina. And even though we guzzled sweet tea and brought some Cheerwine [...]

Famous figures in historical fiction

How do you feel about famous figures in your historical fiction? And no I don’t mean famous as in Scarlett O’Hara or Mr. Darcy, even though I can quote them and talk about them like they are real people. I mean like King Charles II, or Abraham Lincoln, or the Duke of Wellington. What happens [...]

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stick together* You gotta be HUMAN

*In case you were wondering, this Des’ree album was the first CD I ever bought. Actually it was one of two but the other one was the Aladdin soundtrack, so I don’t count it. My suspension of disbelief is wacky, it has an ever changing “tolerance line” that can or cannot be crossed as in: it’s [...]