Meme: Book Talk

Psychotic State did this meme a few weeks back that I thought was sort of neat.

But if I were to follow it exactly, I wouldn’t answer most of the questions. So I

adjusted the questions to fit my interests in books. If you’d like to see the original

meme,click on Psychotic State highlighted text.

1. Do you have a favorite author?

no. i have many memorable ones 2. What are your favorite genres?

i like gothic novels but am not goth, historical fiction, biographies/memories,

westerns, murder mysteries, humor 3. Least favorite genre?

manuals, self help, religious, most sci-fi, and books with lots of really gory details.
3. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?

no 4. What genre would you like to read more of but don’t?

real humor, legends/myths/folklore 5. What was your favorite book when you were 10 years old?

books about dogs and horses by a man named thomas hinkle

(spelling is probably wrong but that was 53 years ago) 6. What books are on your wish list right now?

Rashi's Daughters, Book III: Rachel: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval

France

by Maggie Anton

Cleopatra's Daughter

by Michelle Moran

The Traitor's Wife: A Novel of the Reign of Edward II

by Susan Higginbotham

Lizzi & Fredl: A Perilous Journey of Love and Faith

by William B. Stanford

The Shaman and the Rose

by Bill Haynes

Hannibal's Elephant Girl

by Ariion Kathleen Brindley

A Secret Alchemy: A Novel (P.S.)

by Emma Darwin

American on Purpose

by Craig Ferguson

To Know Evil

by Stephen Gaspar

The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire

by C. M. Mayo

Ghost Hunter: Bk. 6 (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness)

by Michelle Paver

Flint

by Margaret Redfern

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder: A Novel

by Rebecca Wells

The Devil's Company: A Novel

by David Liss

from amazon

Corked by Cabernet (A Wine Lover's Mystery)

by Michele Scott

The Riesling Retribution: A Wine Country Mystery

(Wine Country Mysteries) by Ellen Crosby

Lizzi & Fredl: A Perilous Journey of Love and Faith

by Dr. William Stanford

To the Ends of the Earth: The Last Journey of Lewis & Clark by Frances Hunter Chopping Spree (Goldy Culinary Mysteries, Book 11) by Diane Mott Davidson Sticks & Scones (Goldy Culinary Mysteries, Book 10) Needled to Death (Knitting Mysteries, No. 2) by Maggie Sefton Knit One, Kill Two (Knitting Mysteries, No. 1) by Maggie Sefton Died in the Wool: A Knitting Mystery (Knitting Mysteries) by Mary Kruger there are more that should be there but this is the 2nd time i have done this as i screwed up my blog and had to fix it, during which time i lost my entry. it's best that we don't talk about what i have on my wish list over at audible.com

So what about you? What book is on your wish list that you are dying to get?

Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teasers

"She sees ghosts."

"You've never been one for an affair, much less taking liberties with an oddity."

rats, i lost the page number but i can tell you, the book is Leanna Renee Hierber's The Strangely "Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker" (FYI, she is a first time author)

WARNING! DO NOT read the following while drinking

it could cause choking and making a mess! Also, DO NOT read this at work or if you dh is trying to sleep! DO keep tissues close by as tearing may occur! DO NOT read this if you have strained or broken ribs as it may cause futher damage. OK, proceed at your own peril. (a friend sent me this without a warning and I almost died.

Just try reading this without laughing till you cry!!!

Pocket Tazer Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife. A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Tazer for their anniversary submitted this:

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse- sized tazer. The effects of the tazer were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety....??

WAY TOO COOL! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button and pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs.

AWESOME!!!

Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right? There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries.

All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference; pretty cute really and (loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, 'no possible way!' What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best.. .?

I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, 'don't do it dipshit,' reasoning that a one second burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad. I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and . .

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD . . WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION . . . WHAT THE HELL!!!

I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs? The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room.

Note: If you ever feel compelled to 'mug' yourself with a tazer, one note of caution: there is no such thing as a one second burst when you zap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor.. A three second burst would be considered conservative?

IT HURT LIKE HELL!!!

A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I had no control over the drooling.

Apparently I pooped on myself, but was too numb to know for sure and my sense of smell was gone. I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head which I believe came from my hair. I'm still looking for my nuts and I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return!

P.S. My wife, can't stop laughing about my experience, loved the gift, and now regularly threatens me with it!

If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!

stop the presses

dh got everything finished and ready for the people to come but by the he got bathed and everything, it was about 3 a.m. i woke him up at 8. he was kind of goofy so he called the power company and postponed everything until tomorrow. while i do have power, i think that i shall join him in the land of nod.

i don't have to go to the store

to buy popsicle sticks and containers because i won the yoplait whips giveaway! robyn of robyn's online world, i do thank you. i like your giveaways and your nongiveaways (i like the way your mind bends) and i really like that i won this giveaway!! look at this package and you will see how cool a win this is!

when i saw the posting, i asked dh what he thought, and we didn't think to clearly because we just took popsicle sticks and popped them into the lid. have you seen my problem yet? the bottom is wider than the top. but we did find out that any yogurt of theirs works.

now, i gotta tell you one of the reasons why i am a pretty loyal fan of theirs. next month is breast cancer awareness month. in the last few years, they have supported women by having us save the lids to send in to them as they support us. i lost a sister to that nasty disease so i am a supporter of a good product that supports the work to stop this disease. so next month, you watch for special lids and the instructions of what to do with them and you help them to help us.

poor dh

this is the way it started.

him: the water heat has a leak.

me: can you fix it?

him (a couple of days later): well, i tried every thing i can think of. looks like we need a new water heater.

me: damn it. this will be the 3rd one we have put in since we got the house.

me (after doing some thinking): honey, can you find us an electric green water heater for the same price as a regular one would cost? i looked for one and all i can find are gas ones.

him (later): i found one.

me: then let's get it. how much is the installation going to cost on top of that?

him: nothing. (chest sticks out) i can do it.

(see a happy camper)

UNTIL he has every thing set up for the power to be cut off tomorrow and runs into something we have found with other wiring bits in the house.

me: i told you before and i will tell you again, the guy that wired this house were drunk and on dope and they must have shared it with the inspector or how the hell would it be this way?!?!?

(the was my comment when he told about a problem he found pulling cable and doing whatever else in the attic, only a mess that he said had to be fixed as it wasn't "up to code". now the guy is supposed to come tom...scratch that, today (sometime in the a.m.) to turn off the power. problem, this is a holiday so there is no way to stop him. so dh is trying feverishly to get thing finished up tonight. my thought, we call them at 0800 to say "houston, we have a problem" so come another day. but he wants to be ready for tomorrow, soo...

so far, he has come in twice to have me sterile wounds in his hand, a his head.

i think the next "honey due" should not be one that requires other people going poof and appearing on our doorstep. oscar has been none too happy with him in the attic either...just sits and stares up into the attic until dh come down.

the good news is that we may get a tax credit for it (going green) and it should bring down the utility bills and there will be more space in the utility room.)

at the sound of the gong it will be 0100 (1 a.m.)

oh, did i happen to ever mention we are in texas? and have you figured out that dh is filthy? do you remember that the water heater while installed, has no power yet as the new junction box has to be connected after the power is turned off tomorrow, then dh's work has to be inspected, and then the guy has to come back to turn the power back on? will you pray for a really cool day tomorrow?

someone asked

did you just buy that book?

yes, i did.

so why all the whoola?

this one is autographed! and i don't mean just with leanna renee hieber's name...it address to me!!! now i ask you, seriously, wouldn't you get all oooolala??

what would you do with a $25 gift to itunes?

albums? singles by your favorite artist? are you new to my blog? if are not new, you know i bought 2 BOOKS!!! ok, so i had to chip in a few pennies....i got 2 BOOKS!

ok, i know i won a hard copy of my name is will. so why in the blue blazes buy the audio? because i decided to give the hard copy to my little sister for her birthday....and because i heard a bit of the author's recording and i liked what i heard and i do belong in a room with soft walls.

• and why the last queen? because all the book bloggers that read it loved it. because i like historical fiction. because i know nothing about her. because i won a $25 gift card!!!

egads...i got so excited i forgot to tell you that i won this giveaway at igirl's site iphone app of the day. do i have an iphone. nooooo but it was a new blog and it looked interesting sooooo if you have an iphone, check her out and if you don't have an iphone, check her out anyway...she's nice and you can learn something you can share with your friends that do!

The Last Queen

A Novel

Written by C. W. Gortner

• Category:
• Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
• On Sale: July 29, 2008
• Price: $25.00
• ISBN: 978-0-345-50184-4 (0-345-50184-5)
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awwwward

THE FROM ME TO YOU AWARD

well, that's my name for it 'cus you just look at him with his little flower and go AWWWW. it's really the "from me to you" award.

i'm waiting to find out what the rules are for passing it on but i just could not wait for alexia of alexia's books and such to reply. i just had to share him with you! alexia is so nice to send me this! she has a great blog that i visit often. (go on, check her site out. you'll be happy you did.)

it's true, i'm a big mush.

it's a good day

it's a good day when the mail man brings you a book. but, it is a grrrreat day when he brings you a book autographed especially for you by the author! and that is what i got today!

happy, happy lady!!! if i could i would dance a jig!!!!!

so, i finished my review of the book i finished this morning and now... can you guess what i am going to do now???

that's right!!!!

read my book...mine mine mine mine MINE!!!!

opps, where are my manners? thank you LEEANNA RENEE HIEBER!!! (*_-) (that's me winking at you!)

i love my mail man

he brought me 2 new books!

A Separate Country by Robert Hicks

and

now i made a promise to my books that they would have my full attention for the rest of the day. ie, no reading email, you reading facebook, twitter, or anything else on the computer for the rest of the day. how knows, if i finish at least one today, you may get a review.

Thursday Thunks

Welcome to the September 3rd version of Thursday Thunks!
(which we always seem to post on Wednesday)
Where we make you think a little bit before you blog!
This week we will answer some crazy questions brought to you by Berleen, the number one thousand twenty six and the color of the dirt spot you need to wipe up on your kitchen floor.

1. Your thoughts on truck drivers? can they see me down here?

2. Did you hear Michelle Duggar is pregnant for the 15th time? (but that will be kid #19 if you lost count....) yes. rather she than me...but give them their due, they seem to be responsible.

3. Have you ever done something to hurt someone intentionally... just for the sole purpose of hurting them because you thought they deserved it? Maybe a paybacks a bitch sort of thing? yes. and as soon as i finished giving her what she had dished out, i felt terrible. i learned i don''t like retaliating.

4. Is there anyone in your life that when you go to their place of residence, you just walk in without bother knocking? Does anyone just walk into your house without knocking? my mom's. my best friend. oh, and the critters...they have their own door, of course.

5. Whats in the trunk of your car? Do you even have a clue? i haven't the foggiest idea as the dh has strange ideas of where things should be stored.

6. When you go to a family holiday get together (such as Christmas or Thanksgiving), about how many people are there? one never knows. that's par of the holiday joy.

7. What is in your kitchen sink right at this very moment? i don't want to know! i would like to think it is cleaned out but dh did dinner,

8. You go to a store to buy an expensive item... say $150. You pick up that item and a couple other this n' that. You get to the register and the expensive item rings up at $40. The cashier doesn't seem to notice and tells you your total. Do you go with what they say and pay it or do you question the price difference? You know you would question it if your $40 item rang up at $150.... i would ask if i had misread the price, was it on sale?

9. Do you fold your underwear or do you just toss it in a drawer? i try to fold things neatly...but with his help things don't generally stay that way.

10. There is a Harley-Davidson giveaway. Chances are $100 and they are only selling 250 tickets. Do you buy one? don't be silly. i learned in high school that i am way to short for anything that huge (4'8" is just too short!

11. Who is your favorite Disney character? sleeping beauties little nice blumpy good fair god mothers.

12. It's September - most of the weekly sitcoms/dramas are starting new seasons again. Which one are you most looking forward to? not yet here. we have to wait a week or more. i will think about them then.

13. You are at a grocery store and are on your way out to your car with your cart full of grocery bags. On your way to your car you see a black kitten in an empty cart. What do you do? go pick it up and check it out. ask every one around if they know anything about it. after 15 minutes, the groceries will be stowed. the kitty will go with me and off to my vet who deals with stray kittens.

14. Is there anything that you do for a hobby that you are asked to do for friends/family that most people would hire a professional to do? (example: cake decorating, fixing cars....) if asked, i would do my best as they would expect and know that i had and love it and me for it.

15. Are we there yet? no...i can tell even with the lights are...it's just dh, the critters, and me.

Knit Picks demos different ways to wear shawls

ok, we know i can't get videos in here so this is where the video is on how to wear a shawl without looking like grandma!

ABC’s of moi

cristine of book tumbling tagged me for this ABC meme.

Here are the rules:

1. Link to the person who tagged you
2. Share your ABC’s
3. Tag three people at the end by linking to their blogs
4. Let the three tagged people know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website
5. Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag

Available or single? neither

Best Friend? sheila!

Cake or Pie? Cake

Drink of choice? lady grey tea

Essential item for every day use? my mac

Favorite color? green

Google? swagbuck

Hometown? don't have one...an army brat born in the panama canal zone

Indulgences? brand spanking new books, fuzzy socks, Triple Shot iced Breve

January or February? how well do i have things organized for taxes this time!

Kids and their names? oscar wild and mystery puppy

Life is incomplete without…? critters

Marriage date? august 14, 1986

Number of siblings? 2 one dead one not

Oranges or apples? fresh oranges (navel) and crisp apples (whatever happened to winesaps)

Phobias and fears? that the damn water heater will break and flood the house again!

Quote for the day? “to err is human, to really screw up you need a computer!" unknown

Reason to smile? critters

Season? pepper and garlic and as little salt as possible

Tag 3 people?

lori of psychotic state

eleni of la femme readers

hervee of book bird dog

And anyone else who would like to play!

Unknown fact about me? i have the coolest most versatile blue electric wheelchair in the world.

Vegetable you hate? boiled okra...it is so pornographic!

Worst habit? bitting my cuticles...well, it;s better than bitting my finger nails.

X-rays you’ve had? every thing but my eyes, ears and nose.

Your fave food? good mexican

Zodiac sign? leo

Do what you will with this information!!!!