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19 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

(Book) ANOTHER Harlot’s Sauce Contest!

Check out Lauren with Hidden Helper’s blog for an additional chance to win a copy of Harlot’s Sauce, a book I read and reviewed earlier… it was really good too! ====Synopsis When Patricia, the Italian-American, marries Gregori, the “gorgeous” Greek, she spends almost two decades in a sometimes tragic, sometimes uproarious pursuit of ‘Happily-Ever-After’. In [...]

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09 July 2009 ~ 17 Comments

(Contest) Harlot’s Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece by Patricia Volonakis Davis

Contest is located after the interview – don’t miss the bonus I reviewed this book yesterday, you can read my review on it here. Great great, funny book and I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview the author and I had a few questions for her. Thank you, Patricia, for taking the [...]

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04 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

(Product) Olympus Stylus 850SW 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

We got this camera a year or more agao as a replacement for a previous Olympus SW we misplaced. I simply cannot say enough good about this series. You can do some pretty rough stuff with this camera and simply does not stop working. Throw it in the pool, throw it against the wall… it’s [...]

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01 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

(Book) Family by Lauren Dukoff (photography)

I’m giving this one 3 stars only because if you are a fan, you might find some of the snapshots interesting. From a photography fan, I didn’t see a lot here that wowed me. Granted, I’m no art critic or anything like that, but I know what I like. These are definitely family photographs, a [...]

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30 June 2009 ~ 2 Comments

I’m a Spam blog? Yum! Musubi anyone?

So, apparently blogger’s “spam bots” think I might be a spam blog. Geez, is my writing THAT boring, people?!?! That’s what they say anyway… which I find interesting because this blog has been around for quite a while, so it’s not like some new blog selling viagra. I wonder if there’s a way to “report” [...]

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18 June 2009 ~ 0 Comments

(TV) Six Feet Under – The Complete Series Gift Set

I really hate when a series I’ve been watching has it’s finale. It never fails that I’m disappointed how they ended it. This is one of the few exceptions. The story lines in this series are dynamic, engaging and well, just plain amazing. I was sad when this ended and loved the way this box [...]

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28 April 2009 ~ 0 Comments

(Book) Soul Identity by Dennis Batchelder

25 I’ll be honest, I picked this book up from Amazon on my Kindle when it was a penny. Why not, right? I figured it would at least be worth a read… but what a great surprise. A different type of premise and a quick fun read. It’s still a suspense/mystery, but it felt fresh. [...]

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17 April 2009 ~ 0 Comments

(Contest Winner) The Disappearance by Efrem Sigel

We have a winner for our contest for the Efrem Sigel novel named The Disappearance. Truly, this is a book well worth a read, if you don’t win, still – go buy it. It’s THAT good. Helping me out this time is… the one, the only… hubby Tom! Thanks for being such a good sport [...]

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05 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

(Contest Winner) Kimberley! – But I need her to contact me! FOUND!

Update: I found her and it’s on it’s way to her! Congrats, Kimberly! Looks like the winner of Mommy I’m Still In Here is Kimberley. The problem? She didn’t leave contact info and her profile is private. Oops! I will give her until Friday, January 9th to contact me and then I’ll pick another winner. [...]

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07 November 2008 ~ 12 Comments

Book Giveaway: What Peace There May Be by Susanna Barlow

I reviewed this book earlier this week HERE. Want this book? I’m giving it away by random drawing: 1. Entries are taken until Noon (Central), Sunday, November 30, 20082. To enter, just give me a comment on this post and include your email address (spell it out if you want) or give me some other [...]

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