Okay so it's rainy here in NC..........

Okay so it's a rainy day here in my part of NC and I'm playing online and reading and just in general doing nothing. But it got me to wondering.....What do you most enjoy doing on rainy days? Any book(s) that you just know would make a perfect rainy day read? Do you like to watch/read scary movies/books when it's dark, rainy, chilly, and in general a day to stay inside?

Okay so spill what do you do on rainy days? (Anyone else got the song "Rainy Days and Mondays" running through their minds now?)

hugs,
Wendyk

a giveaway

I have an extra copy of Maureen Child's FALLING FOR KINGS FORTUNE, Kings of California

SILHOUETTE Desire May 2008.

If you'd like a chance to win this book, all you have to do is comment to this blog before Monday, June 23, 2008 and tell us what you are reading and why you decided to pick that book up.

Good luck and hugs,

WendyK

A great Book!!!!

HIDDEN by Shelley Sheppard Gray
Read my review here:
http://www.theromancereadersconnection.com/reviews2/grayshellleyshepard1608.html


This book is wonderfully written, and deeply emotional. HIDDEN tells the story of Anna Metzger who runs to her Amish friend Katie and her family's Amish Bed and Breakfast. Anna is unsure of herself and her life, but longs to feel safe again. Within Katie's home and with Katie's family Anna begins to find the person she truly wants to be, and the place she feels she belongs. But the past is not going to go away. And Katie's brother Henry isn't too happy to have Anna staying with them. At least at first. Has Anna found her home finally? While in hiding will Anna find her true self?

This is a Christian fiction with romance and I'd suggest everyone read it. It's a great story. You will be glad to have read it!

If you've read the book please tell me your thoughts?
WendyK

Christian Fiction Challenge

Living Waters Publishing Company has teamed with Compassionate
Healing Ministries International to present our first annual Summer
Christian Reading Challenge.

TAKE THE CHALLENGE FOR YOUTH

Dates: June 9 - July 18
Ages: 10-15 Prize: $75
Number of winners: 3
Drawings held on: July 25
Participating sites: http://livingwaters publishing. blogspot. com,
www.livingwaterspc. com, http://chmi. weebly.com,
http://paradiseforw riters.blogspot. com

Details: Every Monday, we will put a book on the participating sites,
found below. Each Friday, we will post a quiz under that listing. It
must be copied and pasted into a Word document, answered and emailed
back to info@livingwaterspc .com by Saturday noon in order to be
eligible for the drawings. The more books you complete, the more
chances you'll have at winning. The answers must be correct to gain
entry.

TAKE THE CHALLENGE FOR ADULTS

Dates: June 9 - July 18
Ages: 16 years of age and up
Prize: $100
Number of winners: 3
Drawings held on: July 25
Participating sites: www.livingwaterspc. com,
http://livingwaters publishing. blogspot. com,
http://learntofeelp retty.blogspot. com,
http://paradiseforw riters.blogspot. com, http://chmi. weebly.com

Details: A book will be posted on participating sites on Mondays and
the quiz will be posted on Fridays. You must copy and paste your quiz
into a Word document, answer it correctly and email it to Jessica at
info@livingwaterspc .com to gain entry into the drawing. All quizzes
are due in by the following Saturday noon.

FOR MORE INFO, EMAIL US AT info@livingwaterspc .com

Memorial Day

With Memorial Day coming up I'm wondering if anyone will be reading more military fiction? I find I enjoy reading a good military romance around this time of year. Not sure if it's the summer and heading to the beach, and going past military bases or if it's just this holiday brings me closer to my appreciation for the military or what. So do you plan to read something with a military hero this month? If so what book?

hugs,
WendyK

Reading Christmas Titles

Okay so the holidays are here. Do you grab every new Christmas book out? Do you read them this time of year or do you only read the ones by your favorite authors? Do you look forward to the Christmas titles every year?

I find I enjoy some, but I don't grab every book out. I'm a bit picky. Now I'm eager to read Debbie Macomber's ANGELS EVERYWHERE, as I love those angels of hers.LOL

But I honestly just keep reading as normal. But I do find that I enjoy books that seem to match our real life timeline, ie Christmas at Christmas, or whatever.

So tell, what Christmas book are you most eager for? Are you looking forward to them all?

If you've read one was it all you expected?

WendyK

Book Survey

I was blog surfing today, just wasting time. And found this. I enjoyed reading the answers and thought I'd post it here and see if anyone will answer. I would love to read everyone's responses.

Book survey --


What are you reading right now?


DEAD SEXY by Kimberly Raye (just started it today)

Do you have any idea what you'll read when you're done with that?

Nope, have no idea.:)

What magazines do you have in your bathroom right now?

I think there's a Cabelas in there and a Carolina Country and I think I saw Sportsman and some magazine with building plans.

What's the worst thing you were ever forced to read?

hummm.....I'd rather not say, but I will say it was a Christian Fiction with characters I couldn't relate to.......

What's the one book you always recommend to just about everyone?


A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR by Jude Deveraux
and
BORN IN SIN by Kinley MacGregor or FANTASY LOVER by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sorry can't do just one.

Admit it, the librarians at your library know you on a first name basis, don't they?

Not really. Since I have to pay for the libraries closest to me, well the one in my town has less books than I do. But the others I either have to pay to join, or the one for my county is out of the way for me. So I go once in awhile, but not often. Does it count if BN knows you? Or the lady who puts out the books at Wal-Mart?

Is there a book you absolutely love, but for some reason, people never think it sounds interesting, or maybe they read it and don't like it at all?

Can't really think of one right now. I know there was one, but for the life of me I can't think what it was.

Do you read books while you eat? While you bathe? While you watch movies or TV? While you listen to music? While you're on the computer? While you're having sex? While you're driving?


While I eat, no. While I drink a little Mello yello, yes. While I bathe..NEVER While watching movies or TV, of course. While listening to music, of course. While on the computer, yes I have dial-up so I read while waiting for the pages to load. While have fun:), nope that time is for my hubby. While driving...NO. While waiting at the light for the light to change or will sitting in traffic waiting for it to move, okay yes I do that. But not while I'm actually driving.

When you were little, did other children tease you about your reading habits?


Yes, mostly because I'd read 2/3 books at a time and I read boring historical books, or they were boring to them. And I loved the original Grimm's Fairy Tales and anything Disney or about North Carolina. So while they hated history and English I loved it. So yeah, but there were probably 4 of us, who read like that and we'd just ignore the teasing.

What's the last thing you stayed up half the night reading because it was so good you couldn't put it down?

HIGH STAKES by Dana Warren Smith. I started out not really caring for the heroine but like a car wreck unable to not look. Then I wanted to see how the hero, Ren would handle things. He, I feel for like a ton of bricks. Hubby layed beside me on the couch while I read last night and just let me pet him while I read.LOL Poor thing.

Okay let's hear your answers!

WendyK

Reading? Or not?

Okay so school has begun. I know for alot of readers it began a while back. But for me school just started this week. So I'm curious do your reading habits change when school starts again? Do you read more or less? Do you find the types of stories you read changes? What are you reading?

I'm about to start a historical romance. I know that my reading habits will change with school starting. Mostly I'll have a little time during the school hours to read once I get over the thrill of shopping without kids that is.LOL I can't say the types of stories change, at least no more than normal.

So what's on your bookshelf? What are you reading now? What will you read next?

hugs,
WendyK

sexual tension?

Recently in a yahoogroup I'm part of, a discussion was started as to what works for sexual tension in a romance. It got me to thinking. Some authors are experts at creating sexual tenion without the actual act taking place. Some stories seem to fall short on the tension but have tons of sex. That doesn't work for me. I want the tension and I want it to mean more than just sex. But I still haven't been able to come up with an exact reason some stories work better than others in the sexual tension aspect. It's something I believe I'll have to think on more. But I'd like to know what you all think makes a story's sexual tension work. Are there things authors do or don't do that make things work better than others? Are some stories trying too hard to be sexy and fall short? What book you think of as the best for sexual tension, with or without the acutal act taking place?

hugs until later,
WendyK

Category books

I'm reading Maureen Child's Desire book, THIRTY DAY AFFAIR. And it's good, really good. These books usually take me a couple of hours, if I have nothing else to do. But while I'm reading this book it brought to mind how many readers grab category books as quick reads, for either waiting at the doctor's office or while on commute, if they ride and don't drive of course. Or do some readers actually read only categorys like my Aunt does. She reads the American Romance and Presents I believe and rarely if ever reads a single title book. So I have to wonder who benefits from the changes in the lines, those of us who seek quick reads or the faithful readers who only read these lines. Is there a difference? Should there be?

I also have to wonder if there's more of a humm what word, an issue with others when they see us reading these books. I get looks when I'm seen reading a category book taht I don't always get when reading a single title. It's a look that somehow these books make me less of a reader. Why? Many of them offer outstanding storylines and you get the feeling you are reading a longer story. Things just progress quicker.

So readers, what do you think of the category lines? Do you love them all? Only read certain lines? Don't like them? What are your feelings?

WendyK

Series? Do you follow forever?

Okay I gotta know, do you follow a series forever or do you just have to say enough is enough. Doesn't matter if it's a continuity series by different authors or long-running series from one author, is there a time when it's over? When the stories have run their course and you can't take another one?

Do you buy a series completely before you read it? What about a series that is started again after it's been completed? Say the take it from historical to contemporary, do you buy the books without really knowing about them?

Do you hate series and wish all books even if they are connected had the ablity to stand alone or do you love a series that starts at a certain date and keeps going on following the lives of the characters?

How about a series that characters are continually killed off as they age? Is that realistic or too much so for your reading pleasure?

WendyK