What did you read in February and how would you rate it? One book that I read, or attempted to read, was Something in the Water by Jule McBride. I'd give it a...
Amazon is terrific, Ally (we don't have B&N in the UK), especially as I live a fair way from the nearest big bookseller. My local town has a tiny shop that...
Hi Darlings, I had such a fabulous weekend. No reading, but LOTS of gardening! And I got a good bit of sun. If it's still icky and winter like or super hot...
As you know, we're getting ready to announce the winners of Best Book of 2005 so all this week we're gearing up with announcements of the nominees and...
Great list of single titles, Ally. I have to admit I've read only one of these: Vickie Taylor's CARVED IN STONE. Her second in the series about living...
The winners are in. If you haven't taken a peek, head over to SingleTitles.com to watch the "awards ceremony." http://www.singletitles.com/Home_Page And be...
Congratulations to all the winners. A few of my favorite writers were in there. Nell http://nelldixonrw.blogspot.com The Cinderella Substitute – Moonlit...
Ally, I've been bombarded with emails all day about The Marriage Miracle, but frustratingly couldn't get on the Cata site. However, I've now been and seen...
I'm so thrilled to see that The Antonakos Marriage won Best M&B Modern 2005 - Thank you to the readers so much! At least - I hope I'm thrilled! I read the...
I was finally able to get onto the website and view that wonderful presentation ceremony -- great work Ally and anyone else who helped put that together....
I finally got into the website and it was great. Lots of fun with the awards ceremony. Congrats to all the winners! Charlene Sands RENEGADE WIFE HH 2/06 ...
Hey guys, How's it going? So I just finished up a new book the other day, Secrets in the Marriage bed. Anyone read that? I don't want to spoil it. :) I had a...
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Donna Zapf
donna@...
Mar 22, 2006 12:19 am
You will find all the Avalons for sure in the library. Some libraries have paperback areas too. But I confess I haven't been to the library in years either. ...
Hi Ally and all I happen to work at a library, and it is romance friendly. :-) One thing that many people don't know is that most public libraries *love* to...
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smeierwriter@...
Mar 22, 2006 11:43 am
In a message dated 3/21/2006 10:09:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, nicola_merrells_321direct@... writes: Hi Ally and all I happen to work at a library,...
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Donna Zapf
donna@...
Mar 22, 2006 8:19 pm
Great info and insight Nicola. Now Ally has a librarian brain to pick for her article about romance friendly libraries! LOL Thanks, Donna [Non-text portions...
Must clarify that I'm not actually a librarian (maybe one day) -- I just work there. Anyway, now you all know to boost the romance industry book sales by...
Our local, small-town library is very romance friendly and has a quite impressive romance inventory which is very popular, according to the librarian. She is...
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smeierwriter@...
Mar 22, 2006 10:26 pm
In a message dated 3/22/2006 5:19:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Bronwyn@... writes: I do that with my own and after previous trips to...
Who couldn't love Bron? She's a doll all the way around! Very good idea about donating your books. Have any of our readers on the list donated books to the...
<Who couldn't love Bron? She's a doll all the way around!> Not A Barbie doll, though. <g> Thanks Susan and Ally...and back at you! Re donating books to...
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smeierwriter@...
Mar 22, 2006 11:53 pm
In a message dated 3/22/2006 6:09:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Bronwyn@... writes: She mentioned that they get a lot of donations and many...
Speaking of donating books, someone once told me that romance novels are popular in many hospitals. Patients (who might not usually read, or read romance in...
Ally, I'm so fortunate. I have a wonderful local library; it's small but they stock a great range of romances and the latest women's fiction. They support...
I always take my hardcovers from the RWA conference to my local library and
donate my own books there, too, but I don't see many romance other than
sweet ones...
We have brand new column to introduce this month. It's called Epinions and we want to hear yours. Each month we start off with a column from one of our staff...
My local library (there are three in my area, but the one that is closest) has a whole lot of romance books. They are out in the middle of the library section...