"Only Hers" by Francis Ray (Mass Market is Out)

Here is a link to

"Only Hers"

by

Francis Ray

through

Macmillan/St. Martin's Press

Only Hers

"Swan Place" by Augusta Trobaugh

This version of the trade paperback came out in January 2004.

It is 290 pages.

The ISBN (13 digit) is 9780452281142.

I recently read this version of "Swan Place" by Augusta Trobaugh. I do not normally read what I like to call "regular" fiction. People who know me know I read mostly mystery, thriller, paranormal romance, and the occasional science fiction or fantasy book.

The book centers around fourteen year old Dove. Dove's family goes through many changes during her fourteenth year of life. In that year she makes friends of Savannah and Buzzard. Dove learned she is stronger than she thinks, that friendship and learning comes in different colors and ways,
and family is the most important thing in a person's life.

I found myself NOT wanting to put this book down and wondering why it has not been made into a movie yet.

Augusta Trobaugh did a great job with describing her characters (who sometimes felt like real people) and the places in her book. I could picture all of it in my mind. I realized as I was reading the book that I sometimes have a hard time picturing the characters or places in a book or the places those characters inhabit.

It is a book that I believe could teach all of us a thing or two. I do not like "preachy" books and usually end up not finishing those kind. This one teaches us without getting too "preachy", even though church, God, and spirituality are a strong theme throughout the book. It is a well written book with a strong good story to tell through a young girl who is became a kind and decent young lady.

I almost chose not to read this book, but am so glad I did.

Do You Twitter? Many of your favorite authors do.

We have all been seeing and hearing about people Tweeting.

I wonder if you have looked for some of your favorite authors yet?

I have not looked for all them yet,

but here is just a sample of who is on Twitter:

John F. Merz

Erica Spindler

Harlan Coben

Meg Cabot

Terry Pratchett

Toni Andrews

Nalini Singh

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Shari Anton

Colleen Gleason

Michelle Rowen

Gail Konop Baker

Neil Gaiman

Ruby Blotzer

Nancy Da Silva

Allison Brennan

Sorry, as you can tell I did not put them in alphabetical order.

I went down my list and wrote them down in the order they were in my list.

I have not been Tweeting long

and have only begun to find people or have them find me too.

P.S.

Hugh Jackman

has been Tweeting on his world tour to promote Wolverine.

I know it has absolutely nothing to do with books really,

but it has been fun getting the updates.

There probably is already a book out about the movie anyway.

James Patterson Contest Win a Free Trip To Meet Him

I like many people around the world

am a huge fan of author

James Patterson.

I also receive the newsletter e-mail that anyone can sign up for.

In today's newsletter

there is a contest link

for a chance to

win a free trip to meet him.

How cool is that?

As if that is not great enough if you win

you will receive a complete set of

the Women's Murder Club series

along with an

autographed copy of

"8th Confession"

due out

27 April 2009

and an invitation

to try the beta group testing of upcoming

Women's Murder Club games.

Here is the contest link:

www.wmcsweeps.com

James Patterson official website link:

www.jamespatterson.com

Jim Dorsey Book Signing at Mystery One Bookshop Milwaukee 3 March 2009

Book signing

by author

Tim Dorsey

for

Nuclear Jellyfish

at

MYSTERY ONE BOOKSHOP

2109 N. Prospect Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Telephone 414-347-4077

at 7:00 p.m.
on
3 March 2009


The link to
Book Tour. com.

http://www.booktour.com/places/22043-Mystery-One-Bookstore


Book link at
Harper Collins
website.
http://www.harpercollins.com/book/index.aspx?isbn=9780061432668

Valerie Laken Book Signing at Harry W. Schwartz

BOOK SIGNING

Author

Valerie Laken

is from Rockford, Illinois

and is

currently an

Assistant Professor of English

at the

University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee

teaching

Creative Writing.

The novel

"Dream House"

is the debut novel of

Valerie Laken.

The book is published by

Harper Collins.

While you are on the

Harper Collins

website

you can sign up for

Author Tracker.

Author Tracker

allows you to receive e-mails on

Harper Collins

author appearances near you.

If you would like to read a little about the book

please click on the following link:

http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060840921/Dream_House/index.aspx

If you would like to

meet the author,

purchase a copy of the book,

and

have it signed then here is your chance.

WHERE:

HARRY W. SCHWARTZ BOOKSHOP

2559 North Downer Avenue

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

414-332-1181

WHEN:

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Valerie Laken website:

http://valerielaken.com

Harper Collins website:

http://www.harpercollins.com/author/OnTourThisWeek.aspx

Waldenbooks at Regency Mall Is Closing

Waldenbooks

in

Regency Mall,

Racine, Wisconsin

is

closing.

I just wanted to write something for

everyone that reads this blog

and who have supported

Waldenbooks in Regency Mall

by shopping there

and

the authors

who have graciously shared

ARCs, bookmarks, bumper stickers, and more

with the employees and the customers

THANK YOU!!!!

I have only been with the since August 2006,

but have shopped there since it opened back in the early 1980's.

It is going to be hard to say goodbye to the friends I have made there

and the customers who have made me smile.

I still plan on keeping this blog

(I know I have not updated for a while--sorry about that)

but it might be hard to write about books at first.

I will try to get to different websites

to let you know about

contests, free downloads, et cetera.

Since I am looking for a job

it might take a while to write about new books coming out.

I just do not have the funds to buy new books right now.

Although,

I do have many I have not read yet

because I just do not read as fast

as my mother and my friend Lori.

Those are mostly mysteries though.

insert a shameless plug and plea here....lol...

Since I am looking for a new job

(whether I want to or not)

if you hear of anything

please let me know

and if you are an author

that would like some free publicity

and have a spare ARC to send

please contact me.

I also have a Facebook and Myspace page

(though I admit I am on Facebook a lot more)

to spread the word.

Once again

THANK YOU

Sherrilyn Kenyon Free Short Story Link

Sherrilyn Kenyon

has a new

FREE

short story ! ! !

To sign up to get

Sherrilyn Kenyon's

short story

"FEAR THE DARKNESS "

click on the link below.

http://yearofacheron.com/email.html

Wallpapers, cursors, banners link

http://yearofacheron.com/extras.html

Sherrilyn Kenyon's

home page link

http://yearofacheron.com/home.html

"Wicked Weaves" by Joyce and Jim Lavene Coming 2 September 2008

"Wicked Weaves"

A Renaissance Faire Mystery

The first book in a new series

by

Joyce and Jim Lavene

Coming 2 September 2008

If you like the Renaissance era, mystery, and recipes

this sounds like the book for you.

I have not read it yet,

but my mother and I have read

The Peggy Lee Garden Mysteries

and really liked them.

I for one am looking forward to this new series.

If you would like to know about all the other series

(there are more than listed here)

this team write click on the link below.

Joyce and Jim Lavene official website.

http://www.joyceandjimlavene.com/

This book should either be

in stock, or possibly available to special order,

or available at Borders.com

once it comes out

2 September 2008

Borders website

http://www.borders.com/online/store/Home?schid=GGL%7CG_Borders+Brand%7CGeneral+Brand%7CBorders

Harlequin Presents Has A Contest---Link Included

Harlequin Presents

has a contest going

where you can win

an autographed book.

Contest

starts

July 8, 2008

and

ends

September 30, 2008.

Harlequin Presents

contest link.

http://www.harlequinpresents.com/contest/contest.html

Harlequin Presents

home page link.

http://www.harlequinpresents.com/index.html

Harlequin Presents

upcoming releases link.

http://www.harlequinpresents.com/releases/upcoming_home.html

Thank You Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kim, Otto, and Publishers

I will start by saying I work in a bookstore.

If you have visited my blog before

you might have either seen a

previous posting stating that

or figured it out.

I had asked

Ms. Kenyon

if there were any possibility

in receiving promotional items

to hand out to

her fans at our store

or to perhaps to help create new fans.

Kim

(and I am guessing here...her assistant?)

sent a kind reply stating

that she would tell

Otto

(publisher?).

The package arrived

and there were

two-sided bookmarks, bumper stickers, and pins

(which my manager really got a kick out of)

and there were a lot of them!!!

I had no idea we would receive so much

and we have been having so much fun handing them out to our customers.

The customers wanted me to publicly thank everyone involved in sending the items.

I did have one young lady visiting today

and she and her mother will be visiting Ms. Kenyon in Plano, Texas.

I do not know where this young lady was from...

we just never got that far....

but she talked about the Dark Hunter series

and Christine Feehan for about an hour.

She is soooooo excited

about going to Plano

and has been enjoying all the characters

in both authors' books.

She was a real delight today.

You can still reserve

"Acheron"

at any

Waldenbooks,

Borders,

or

at

Borders.com.

The Year of Acheron link

http://yearofacheron.com/about-the-author.html




Borders website link
http://www.borders.com/online/store/Home?schid=GGL%7CG_Borders+Brand%7CGeneral+Brand%7CBorders

Not Too Late To Reserve "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer

It is almost here!!!!

What?

"Breaking Dawn"

by

Stephenie Meyer

that is what.

Seriously

anyone wanting to make sure they have a copy right away

should reserve it this week.

Most stores

have a cut off date of

27 July 2008.

Some stores

have a cut off date of

25 July 2008.

Waldenbooks

in

Regency Mall

in

Racine, Wisconsin

is having a midnight night release party.

Festivities start at 9:30 p.m.

The book will be

REVEALED

and

sold at

midnight.

Costumes are definitely allowed.

Please remember though

there may be a few younger children

so nothing too scary please.

Thanks.

The telephone number

for the

Regency Mall

Waldenbooks

is

1-262-554-0406

or

drop in

to

resereve your copy.

It does look like

the

calendar

for the

"Twilight"

movie

will be in this week,

unless something changes at the last minute.

The calendar is a

Borders

exclusive

and

quantities

will be limited.

You may

also reserve

the calendar

and the

book

at

Borders.com

http://www.borders.com/online/store/Home?schid=GGL%7CG_Borders+Brand%7CGeneral+Brand%7CBorders

Shameless Plead To Authors for Arcs or Promo Items For Our Customers

I work in a bookstore as a senior bookseller/keyholder.

We are always willing to read new books to help sell them

and ARCS very helpful in doing that.

We also look for promotional items we can give our customers to help sell books.

Things like

bookmarks, postcards, book jackets, pens,

anything that an author or publisher can provide.

Our customers really enjoy receiving items

from their favorite authors

or are will to try someone new.

If you are able to you can always send me an e-mail at

marylsracine@aol.com

or

schneidermaryl@yahoo.com

I also have a

Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1100411799

and a

Myspace page

http://www.myspace.com/scoobydoodino

Then I can give you the address for the store.

Thanks for reading this and considering my request.

"Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer Midnight Release Party On Waldenbooks, Racine, Wisconsin

Before I get into any details

I would like to ask in

Stephenie Meyer's name

(I hope you do not mind)

The publishers and Ms. Meyer

are asking a big favor

that if you see any spoilers out there

real or not to notify them.

The book has a hard street date of

2 August 2008,

That means nobody should have a copy before that.

If you or someone else does you have it illegally.

Stores are being asked to

sign that they will NOT

open the boxes before the release date.

There will be serious fines for people who do open the boxes

and display or sell or read before the street date.

The object of street dates is primarily so

ALL stores have an equal time to sell the book

and not to spoil books before they come out.

There are books

that sometimes have advance reader copies,

but not books on this nature

(big anticipated books in a series).

That is so everyone can find out together what happens.

If you find spoilers,

anyone breaking street date,

anyone where you work

if you sell the book

opening the boxes the contact link is below.

Please take this seriously.

Thank you

bdcopyrightviolation@hbgusa.com,

It is official

there WILL be

a midnight release party

at the Waldenbooks store

in Regency Mall,

Racine, Wisconsin.

The festivities will

start at 9:30 p.m.

with the book

being released at

midnight

There will be various activities, trivia,

and please feel free to come in costumes.

I will post more as I find out more details.

It is not too late to

reserve your copy of

"Breaking Dawn"

You can also reserve your

Borders exclusive

2009 calendar

for the movie version of

"Twilight"

The calendar is now

going to be

released the same day as
"Breaking Dawn"

So if you reserve both

you will be able to

pick both up at the same time.

The calendar is $13.95.

The weekly magazine

"Entertainment Weekly"

is going to have

a cover story on the movie version of

"Twilight"

To find your nearest

Waldenbooks

or

Borders

store or to order online

click on the link below.

http://www.borders.com/online/store/Home?schid=GGL%7CG_Borders+Brand%7CGeneral+Brand%7CBorders

Stephenie Meyer's

official website.

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/

Entertainment Weekly

https://subs.timeinc.net/EW/ew_bluedynamo4rf.jhtml?experience_id=192819&pkw=PSEWGLTX102307SNND1263&source_id=1&_requestid=952128

Regency Mall

http://www.shopregency-mall.com/shop/regency.nsf/index

Lisa Jackson--"Left to Die" release date 29 July 2008---links included

The bestselling author

Lisa Jackson's

newest book

"Left to Die"

is coming out

29 July 2008.

Lisa Jackson's official website link.

http://www.lisajackson.com/

This is the link to get to the series books.

Once there you may click on the series you are looking for.

http://www.lisajackson.com/series.cfm

About the book link.

http://www.lisajackson.com/book.cfm?bookid=114

To read an excerpt from the book link.

http://www.lisajackson.com/excerpt.cfm?bookid=114

To join Lisa Jackson's mailing list link.

http://www.lisajackson.com/mailinglist.cfm

Lisa Jackson's Myspace link.

http://www.myspace.com/lisajacksonbooks

Lisa Jackson's blog.

http://blog.lisajackson.com/

This book will be available at your local

Waldenbooks

or

Borders

store.

To find your local

Waldenbooks

or

Borders

store

or to order online

click on the link below.

http://www.borders.com/online/store/Home?schid=GGL%7CG_Borders+Brand%7CGeneral+Brand%7CBorders

"Left to Die" link from Borders.com

http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=1420102761

From Sherrilynn Kenyon **Free E-Book--Seize the Night** link

The bestselling paranormal romance author

Sherrilyn Kenyon

and

St. Martin's Press

has a free e-book offer for her fans.

You do have to fill in some information like

name, e-mail, et cetera

and agree to the terms.

The e-book is for

"Seize the Night".

"Seize the Night"

is part of the popular

Dark Hunter series.

This is to get ready for the "Acheron" release.

This is for a limited time

so hurry!!!!

http://www.yearofacheron.com/ebook.html

Polls Added Please Vote

I decided it would be fun to add some polls.

I added 3 of them off to the side.

1. Your favorite mystery/thriller author.

2. Your favorite science fiction/fantasy author.

3. Your favorite romance author from Wisconsin.

So, do me a favor if you are reading this and please take a minute to vote.

If your favorite is not there then leave me a comment. I am trying to see who people are reading and I will try to find more information about upcoming books or appearances to blog about.

THANKS!!!!!

Internet Book Database--website and MySpace links included

I found this actually on Myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/ibookdb

This website is for people who read books, for authors who want their books listed, even for bloggers (so cool), etc.

You can look for an author, see what is being read, it has author interviews, reviews, giveaways and more.

So check them out!!!

This is their official website:

http://www.ibookdb.net/

Harper Collins

Harper Collins Publishing tells you sooooooo much about their authors, books, etc.

Some of their authors are:

Janet Evanovich--careful with her she's addictive
Jamie Lee Curtis--yes she writes!!! she writes very good children's books
Criss Angel--from Mindfreak
Madeleine Albright
Buzz Albright
Ray Bradbury
Paulo Coelho
Jackie Collins

and dozens and dozens more!!!!

They publish every genre it seems like so whether you like inspirational, a good mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, childrens, I am sure you will find an author perfect for you.

They also have what is called Author Tracker. What that is you sign up where you live and share your e-mail and they will e-mail you when one of their authors will be in your area for a booksigning, etc. It is really nice because newspapers, television, and radio do such a poor job at letting people know when authors are coming into the area.

Happy Reading!!!!

http://www.harpercollins.com/members/authortracker/Authors.aspx

Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America ("MWA") is for mystery and crime writers, professionals, allied to the crime writing field, aspiring crime writers, and anyone who loves a good mystery or crime book.

You can learn about the various programs available to help writers, professionals, etcetera from their website (the link is below). You can also learn about authors and their books, the calendar of events, announcements of their authors, tour dates, new releases and they have added a blog that is brought to you by mystery authors.

http://www.mysterywriters.org/


Mystery Writers of America also present The Edgar Awards (registered trademark). This is the 62nd year for the awards. The banquet is Thursday, 1 May 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. For more information on The Edgar Awards click on the link below.

http://www.theedgars.com/