Thursday 3

Ahhh...it feels so very exhilarating knowing that I just have to come up with three somethings and not thirteen. So much less stress, so much more time...

Here are three blogs I've been visiting that I think are definitely worth a shout-out:

1. Just Keep Writing and Other Thoughts, blog of Liz Fenwick. She's a writer who seems so grounded and upbeat, not to mention friendly and helpful. And...now I know someone in the United Arab Emirates!

2. Eileen Cook, Just My Type, another author blog (seeing a pattern...?) She's just downright hilarious, and her upcoming debut novel has already been billed as 'laugh-out-loud funny'--definitely someone I want to read!

3. Barrie Summie: site of another upcoming author who writes humorous middle-grade fiction. What can I say, I'm a fan of humor.

And I've been tagged for a reading meme by Ms. Fenwick herself...


Total number of books? I couldn't answer with any amount of certainty, but I'd probably say two hundred, maybe. I'm a library girl, and I try to keep my collection of keepers under control.

Last Book read? A Dangerous Beauty by Sophia Nash. My first true historical romance in a while, and my first time reading Ms. Nash. I definitely enjoyed it--it was a very unique story. I've since started on The Manolo Matrix by Julie Kenner, a long-time member of my TBR posse.

Last Book Bought? Lost in Austen--a choose your own adventure, Jane Austen style.

Five meaningful Books?
This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart, cementing her as my all-time, favorite author
Pride & Prejudice (of course), the beginning of a Jane Austen obsession
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, completely different from everything else I read, but addictive and mesmerizing
Annabelle (The Second Volume of the Six Sisters), a Regency by Marion Chesney, started my fascination with the Regency period
The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne, the sort of book which I aspire to write.

Now I am supposed to tag five people so I tag:
Stacy
Beck
Virginia
Vicki
Christine