Book Review:Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald

Publisher: Bantam
Publication Date: December 26, 2006

Tamil Soroush is depressed. Living in Iran as a teacher at a girls school, she becomes depressed. The regime ruling the country and it's anti women laws are smothering her dreams. Her parents, who have had their passports confiscated and cannot leave the country manage to get her a passport, and a visitor's visa to go visit her older sister in the United States. The unspoken wish is for her to be able to find a husband who is a citizen so that she does not have to continue to live in her home country.

When she steps off the plane in Tuscon, she is overwhelmed with the differences between the countries. She enrolls in an English language class, and starts to really explore the freedoms that she sees as taken for granted here in America. As she documents her experiences through photographs that explore these "little freedoms" and makes friends she id followed by the threat of "if I don't get married I have to go back home and may never get a chance to come here again."

Her culture is one that follows the custom of arranged marriages. She is resigned to the fact that she will get married and then grow to know her husband. This is challenged when she meets and falls in love with Ike, an American barista at Starbucks who is not Persian, not financially stable, but who loves her for herself. When the man she is arranged to marry presents her with a prenuptial agreement that includes a clause that states that if there is a divorce Iranian laws concerning custody would be followed, Tamil knows she can not get married. The threat of losing her future children and not being allowed contact if divorced is one that she will not have hanging over her marriage.

With the date of her return to Iran as an unmarried woman looms closer, Tamil wonders if her life will include the happiness that she dreams of.

This chick-lit book was one that I absolutely loved. I was drawn into Tamil's conflicts between the way she was raised in Iran and the freedoms she experiences as she starts her travels in the United States. While the book does gloss over the way women are treated in Iran under it's very religious rule, it humanized the struggles experienced there in a very engaging way. This story, like most chick lit books had a happy ending but what amazed me was the fact that it was one that was not just "The main character falls in love and gets married." Instead it focused on Tamil embracing her dreams and learning to live life for herself as well as the man she loves. I loved the fact that while her family expected her to follow tradition and marry a man from her culture in order to stay in America, they stood by her when she falls in love with someone who is not what they expected.

This was a sweet and thought provoking story that I could not put down.(less)

Books Wild Released in September 2012

Books wild released in September 2012
1.) Rich in Love by Josephine Humphreys on 9/5/2012
2.) Don't Sit Under The Grits Tree With Anyone Else But Me by Lewis Grizzardon 9/5/2012
3.) Over the Horizon (Harlequin Superromance No. 479) by Kaye Waltonon 9/5/2012
4.) The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carteron 9/5/2012
5.) Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton on 9/5/2012
6.) Vegetable Soup (Sesame Street Book Club) by Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss on 9/7/2012
7.) Joined By Marriage by Carole Mortimerv on 9/10/2012
8.) Of Love and Intrigue by Virginia Coffman on 9/10/2012
9.) A Quiver Full of Arrows by Jeffrey Archer on 9/11/2012
10.) Licence to Kill by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum on 9/17/2012
11.) Rat Race by Dick Francis on 9/17/2012
12.) The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace by M. SCOTT PECK on 9/17/2012
13.) A Time for Love (Harlequin Presents, No. 1566) by Amanda Browning on 9/24/2012
14.) Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing (Lord Meren Mysteries) by Lynda S. Robinson on 9/24/2012
15.) Centaur Aisle (The Magic of Xanth, No. 4) by Piers Anthony on 9/24/2012

Books Read in September 2012

Audiobooks:

1.) Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
2.) Cinder by Marissa Meyer
3.) The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
4.) The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch

e-books:

1.) A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
2.) All about Emily by Connie Willis, J.K. Potter (Illustrator) (novella)
3.) All Seated on the Ground by Connie Willis (novella)
4.) And Other Stories by Emma Bull, Will Shetterly

Print Copies:

1.) Port Eternity by C.J. Cherryh
2.) The Black Mountains by Fred Saberhagen
3.) Wolf Pack by Robert N. Charrette
4.) Joined By Marriage by Carole Mortimer
5.) Of Love and Intrigue by Virginia Coffman
6.) Virginia Coffman by Jeffrey Archer
7.) Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis, & Tracy Hickman
8.) The Rat-Catcher's Daughter by Laurance Houusman, Julia Nooman (Illustrator)
9.) After You've Gone by Jeffrey Lent

Books Read in August 2012

Print Books:

1.) The Rebel Worlds by Poul Anderson
2.) Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer
3.) Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
4.) The Snake River by Winfred Blevins
5.) Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc, Edward Gorey (Illustrator)
6.) Scones & Bones by Laura Childs
7.) Eric by Terry Pratchett
8.) Baby Be-Bop by Francesca Lia Block
9.) Sinbad's Guide to Life [Because I know Everything] by Sinbad
10.) Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn
11.) Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle
12.) Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick


Audiobooks:

1.) Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
2.) Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper

E-Books:

none read this month

Books Wild Released in August 2012

1.) The Going-To-Bed Book by Sandra Boynton on 8/1/2012
2.) The Partner by John Grisham on 8/2/2012
3.) Men Made In America #49, Starstruck, Wisconsin by McAllister Anne on 8/2/2012
4.) Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles on 8/2/2012
5.) Rebel Worlds by Poul Anderson on 8/2/2012
6.) Curfewed Night: One Kashmiri Journalist's Frontline Account of Life, Love, and War in His Homeland on 8/6/2012
7.) Love Is The Key (Harlequin Presents) on 8/10/2012
8.) A Grandmother's Guide to Babysitting: Times-Have-Changed Practical Advice and Space for Important Information (Capital Ideas) on 8/10/2012
9.) Animal Babies on the Farm on 8/13/2012
10.) But Not the Hippopotamus on 8/13/2012
11.) Spot Counts from 1 to 10 on 8/13/2012
12.) One Little Sheep on 8/13/2012
13.) Haunted Highways: Spooky Stories, Strange Happenings, and Supernatural Sightings on 8/16/2012
14.) The First Thing Smoking on 8/16/2012
15.) Till Murder Do Us Part on 8/21/2012
16.) Bloodline on 8/22/2012
17.) Scones & Bones on 8/24/2012
18.) Driftwood Summer by Patti Callahan Henry | on 8/24/2012
19.) Sinbad's Guide to Life: Because I Know Everything by Sinbad on 8/27/2012
20.) SNAKE RIVER, THE (Rivers West, Book 8) by WINFRED BLEVINS on 8/27/2012
21.) Smiley's People by John le Carré on 8/29/2012

Books read in July 2012

Print Books:
1.)Blood Lines by Tanya Huff
2.) Driftwood Summer by Patti Callahan Henry
3.) Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
4.) The Virgin's Lover by Phillipa Gregory
5.) The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
6.) Picture Maker by Penina Keen Spinka
7.) Blood Pact by Tanya Huff
8.) Coffee With Marilyn by Yona Zeldis Mcdonough
9.) Mutiny on the Enterprise by Robert E. Vardeman
10.) New Writings in SF-2 edited by John Carnell (Editor)


Audiobooks:
1.)Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
2.)Old Man's War by John Scalzi
3.) The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
4.) The Last Colony by John Scalzi
5.) Bleak Seasons by Glen Cook


E-Books:
1.) Superliminal by Andy Kaizer
2.) 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
3.) Mannequin: a short story by Susan Helene Gottfried (short Story)

Books Wild Released in July 2012

1.) The Sea-Wolf by Jack London on 7/2/2012
2.) The Bridge of San Luis Rey: A Novel by Thornton Wilder on 7/3/2012
3.) Giant Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter on 7/3/2012
4.) The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver on 7/3/2012
5.) Return of the Jedi: The Storybook Based on the Movie by Joan D. Vinge on 7/9/2012
6.) The Vicar's Daughter by Betty Neels on 7/9/2012>
7.) The Bridge of San Luis Rey: A Novel by Thornton Wilder on 7/11/2012 (rerelease)
8.) The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory on 7/13/2012 CAUGHT!
9.) Tales for Children by Aesop on 7/14/2012
10.) The Penguin Book of Sick Verse edited by George MacBeth on 7/18/2012
11.) Main Street by Sinclair Lewis on 7/18/2012
12.) Out of Town: The Williamsburg Paradigm by Jonathan Fineberg
13.) Picture Maker: A Novel by Penina Keen Spinka on 7/19/2012
14.) Coffee with Marilyn (Coffee with...Series) by Yona Zeldis Mcdonough on 7/22/2012
15.) Night Mare (The Magic of Xanth, No. 6) by Piers Anthony on 7/26/2012
16.) Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell on 7/26/2012
17.) The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman on 7/26/2012
18.) MUTINY ON THE ENTERPRISE by Vardeman on 7/26/2012
19.) Gendered Lives : Communication, Gender, and Culture by Julia T. Wood on 7/26/2012
20.) One Month to Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life by Kerry Shook, Chris Shook on 7/26/2012
21.) New Writings in SF-2 Edited by John Carnell on 7/30/2012
22.) Moo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton on 7/30/2012
23.) Through Western Eyes: Walls of China Through Photographs by Krannert Art Museum on 7/31/2012

Books Wild Released in June 2012

1.) Calypso's Island (Harlequin Presents, No 18*) by Rosalie Ash on 6/4/2012
2.) Daddy's Little Matchmaker (Harlequin American Romance) by Nikki Rivers on 6/4/2012
3.) A Ghostly Affair (Harlequin American Romance, No. 488) by Charlotte Maclay on 6/4/2012
4.) The Magic of Krynn (DragonLance Tales, Book 1) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman on 6/5/2012
5.) Marry Me, Cowboy by Janet Dailey, Margaret Way, Susan Fox, Anne McAllister on 6/13/2012
6.) Sleeping Partners (Harlequin Presents) by Charlotte Lamb on 6/13/2012
7.) Valentine Bachelors by Elisa Title, Pamela Bauer, Tiffany White on 6/13/2012
8.) Through Violet Eyes by Stephen Woodworth on 6/14/2012
9.) With Red Hands by Stephen Woodworth on 6/14/2012
10) Black Beauty by Anna Sewell on 6/18/2012
11) Black Beauty by Anna Sewell on 6/18/2012
12) Black Beauty by Anna Sewell on 6/18/2012
13) Erath Grosser Als Des Menschen Herz by Vom Wahren Leben on 6/20/2012
14) Black Cherry Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke on 6/20/2012
15) J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton on 6/20/2012
16) Heartstone by Phillip M. Margolin on 6/20/2012
17) Unplanned Parenthood: The Confessions of a Seventy-something Surrogate Mother by Liz Carpenter on 6/20/2012
18) The environmental handbook by Garrett De Bell on 6/20/2012
19) Island Turmoil (Harlequin Presents) by Annabel Murray on 6/20/2012
20) Is Salami and Eggs Better Than Sex? Memoirs of a Happy Eater by Alan King, Mimi Sheraton on 620/2012
21) Happy New Year Darling (American Romance) by Margaret St George on 6/20/2012
22) Midwest Gardens by Pamela Wolfe on 6/26/2012
23) The Emerald Atlas (Books of Beginning) by John Stephens on 6/26/2012
24) Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence on 6/27/2012
25.) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne on 6/29/2012

Books Read June 2012

Audio Books

1.) Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
2.) The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
3.) The God Engines by John Scalzi
4.) Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
5.) Zero History by William Gibson
6.) Redshirts by John Scalzi
7.) The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
8.) Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

E-Books

1.) Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh
2.) The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber

Physical Books

1.)Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
2.) Through Violet Eyes by Stephen Woodworth
3.) With Red Hands by Stephen Woodworth
4.) Into This Air by Cindi Miles
5.) Water Bound by Christine Feehan
6.) The Vanishers by Heidi Julavits (ARC)
7.) The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Lucia Graves (Translator)
8.) Lady Chaterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
9.) Grunts! by Mary Gentle
10.) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Books Read in May 2012

Print Books:

1.) Summer Chills: Tales of Vacation Horror by Stephen Jones
2.) Asking the Right Questions by M. Neil Browne
3.) Breakfast with Buddha by Breakfast with Buddha
4.) Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen
5.) Girl Cook by Hannah Mccouch
6.) Spaceman Blues: A Love Song by Brian Francis Slattery
7.) All in a Day's Work for Real Estate Agents

Audiobooks:

1.) Tricked by Kevin Hearne
2.) Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art by Christopher Moore
3.) Red, White, and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth
4.) I Shall Wear Midnight by I Shall Wear Midnight
5.) Chandra's Secrets by Allan Stratton

E-Books:
1.) Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh

Books Wild Released in May 2012

1.) On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1) by Piers Anthony on 5/7/2012
2.) Chow Down (Melanie Travis Mysteries) by Laurien Berenson on 5/7/2012
3.) Shadow of an Angel by Mignon F. Ballard on 5/7/2012
4.) America's Wild Woodlands (People, Places & Discoveries) on 5/7/2012
5.) Perfection by Walter Satterthwait on 5/8/2012
6.) The Bride Of Santa Barbara by Angela Devine on 5/8/2012
7.) Saint Among Savages: The Life of St. Isaac Jogues by Francis Talbot on 5/8/2012
8.) Ladysmith by Giles Foden on 5/8/2012
9.) The Spirituality of Imperfection; Storytelling and the Journey to Wholeness by Ernest Kurtz and katherrine Ketcham on 5/8/2012
10.) Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross by Sigrid Undset on 5/8/2012
11.) The Gardens of Kyoto: A Novel by Kate Walbert on 5/8/2012
12.) Liszt by Sacheverell Sitwell on 5/14/2012
13.) The Painters of Lexieville by Sharon Darrow on 5/14/2012
14.) Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women's Lives by Jean Shinoda Bolen on 5/17/2012
15.) The Taming of the C.A.N.D.Y. Monster by Vicki. Lansky on 5/21/2012
16.) Witch by Donald E. Mcquinn on 5/22/2012
17.) Spaceman Blues by Brian Francis Slattery 5/22/2012
18.) A Flame in Hali by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross on 5/23/2012
19.) Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic, Book 1) by Tamora Pierce on 5/31/2012
20.) Tris's Book (Circle of Magic #2) by Tamora Pierce on 5/31/2012
21.) Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning (Chicken Soup for the Soul) on 5/31/2012

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

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!

This week's teaser comes from: Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh

There was no need for Brenna to worry that her tormentor had come back from the grave. Of course that was Psy logic at work and she was indisputably a changeling. More to the point, she didn't know that Judd been present at Enrique's execution and, by extension, her rescue. He had no intention of changing that.

Books Wild Released in April 2012

1.) S by John Updike on 4/2/2012
2.) Deadly Medicine by Kelly Moore, Dan Reed on 4/2/2012
3.) The Crepes of Wrath (Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery) by Tamar Myers on 4/4/2012
4.) Sky Burial by Xinran on 4/10/12 CAUGHT!
5.) Zel by Donna Jo Napoli on 4/10/2012
6.) Haunted Heartland by Beth Scott, Michael Norman on 4/11/2012
7.) Classic Irish Short Stories (Oxford Paperbacks) by Various Authors on 4/16/2012
8.) Being a Green Mother (Book Five of Incarnations of Immortality) by Piers Anthony on 4/16/2012
9.) Fire by Sebastian Junger on 4/19/2012
10.) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See on 4/21/2012
11.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
12.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
13.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
14.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
15.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
16.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
17.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
18.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
19.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
20.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
21.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
22.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
23.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
24.) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
25.)The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
26.)The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
27.)The Book Thief by Markus Zusak on 4/23/2012
28.) The Noonday Friends (Harper Trophy Books) by Mary Stolz 0n 4/24/2012
29.) Vixen (The Flappers) on 4/30/2012
30.) Key Witness on 4/302012
31.) Tree of Promise on 4/30/2012

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

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!

This week's teaser comes from: Does Anything Eat Wasps by NewScientist

(pg 108) "We found that a 750-milliliter wine bottle emptied in 9.9 seconds if inverted, but in 8.1 seconds if held at 45 degrees. Swirling the bottle so that a little tornado forms in its neck, allowing air to enter continuously and replace the liquid, brings pouring time down to just 7.7 seconds."


I'm being geeky and pulling from a science related trivia type book which is a compilation of question and answers from the column "The Last Word" in New Scientist.

Books read in April 2012

Print Books:

1.) Zel by Donna Joe Napoli
2.) Sky Burial by Xinran
3.) Food Ethics edited by Paul Pojman
4.) Fire by Sebastian Junger
5.) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
6.) The Noonday Friends by Mary Stolz
7.) Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology by Alexis Madrigal
8.)Tree of Promise by Juliet Shore
9.) Haunted Highways: Spooky Stories, Strange Happenings, and Supernatural Sightings by Tom Ogden

E-Books:

1.) Old Nathan by David Drake
2.) Clockwork Fairies by Cat Rambo (Short Story)
3.) Ghost Hedgehog by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Short Story)


Audiobooks:

1.) Ship Breaker by Ship Breaker
2.) The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
3.) The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron
4.) The Spirit Rebellion by Rachel Aaron
5.) The Spirit Eater by Rachel Aaron

World Book Night 2012 Recap.

My original idea was to try and pass out my copies of The Book Thief at the Skokie Holocaust Museum. Which is a fantastic place with the mission of informing and remembering what happened during WWII to the Jewish people. However due to logistics issues it ended up not happening.

Then I ended up with a crazy hectic day, and between school work, classes and more end o the term schoolwork didn't have much free time to go someplace and hand out books.

So, being a bookcrosser and being used to wild releasing books I threw my copies into my bag and took them with me. In the early morning while working at a computer lab before class, I left five copies of the book on free paper racks in the hallway. Since my computer was right across from where the books were, I got to see people picking up the books to see what they were, I witnessed several get picked up (and the exited response by one of the finders). I left five more copies at the Skokie campus of Oakton Community College later that afternoon, and was able to hand a copy off to an interested person walking out from the cafeteria. I left three more copies on a ledge in the front window of the place I stopped for lunch as you entered(all of which were gone by the time I finished eating). And finally left my last four books in various parts of the hospital nearby (one in the professional building, One on a bench in the hall to the cafeteria, and two in the ER waiting room). I have also passed along my last three copies by hand through people I know.

It was a fun day. I was surprised at how quickly the books were picked up - It was either the eye catching green "pick me up!" notes I put on the covers or the striking cover image for the books themselves. Hopefully World Book Night will continue to occur here in the USA. I would love to hand books out again, and do it in person next time.

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

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!

This week's teaser comes from: Powering the Dream: The History and promise of Green Technology by Alexis Madrigal

"Coal is a flammable rock. You can put it in a pail and carry it to your house. Or, you can pack it into one hundred cargo containers and load it onto a rain. It's plentiful and spread pretty evenly around the world.Take a pound of it. Burn it completely and you would generate ten thousand British Thermal Units (BTUs) of heat. Dirty and heavy, coal has exactly one thing going for it: price." (pg 201)

World Book Night 2012

The date draws near! Yesterday I picked up my box of books to pass out for World Book Night on 23 April 2012.

I am passing out copies of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak which I read in 2009. You can see my response to the book here I was thrilled to see it on the list of 30 books chosen for this first year of giving away books on World Book Night here in the United States.

My original idea for passing out books fell through due to complications in logistics.

So, I'm thinking of where to leave 20 books for light readers to find, and figuring how to register the copies on bookcrossing without obscuring the World Book Night information found on the covers.

Celebrating the release of King Trevor by Susan Helen Gottfried

One of my good online friends is a writer. We met through bookcrossing, and the now defunct book relay site. We've traded opinions on books over the years, chatted on forums,and reviewed books for Front Street Reviews.

A few years back Susan started to post outtakes on her blog from the world she had created for her then looking to be published novel. When we her readers clamored for more she jumped on the self-publishing bandwagon and put out three volumes collecting the outtakes by year called The Demo Tapes. Shortly before the third demo tapes book came out she published her novel Trevor's Song. I read this last year and have yet to add a review here as I've been struggling to write it without revealing too much. It had a powerful story, and a very sudden ending leaving me wanting more.

Today, I get more of Trevor's story. Today the sequel King Trevor is being released.

In celebration, I have a book giveaway. One person will get signed copies of the Demo Tapes years 1,2, & 3 as well as Trevor's Song.

Two other people will get a copy of a book Susan recommended to me in the past that I found amazing.

I have One copy of Snow flower and the Secret Fan and 1 copy of Cowboys are my Only Weakness to pass along.

Leave your name a way to contact you and a way music has touched your life. I'll draw winners on Monday 16 April 2012

Swing by her blog over at West of Mars to see what Susan has in store for everyone on her release date, and to congratulate her on the new book and a happy birthday!

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

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!

This week's teaser comes from: The Kittens of Boxville by Ryosuke Handa (this is a book that should be read as it is very dependent on the photos of the kittens in the story)

(pg 30) "Today of course, Pauly Pancakes is on vacation, and the kitchen of the resteraunt is quiet and still. Minnie sits in front of the stove and pouts. "If Pauly was here he would make us some breakfast." she says sullenly, watching Borris from the corner of her eye as he tries without sucsess, to scratch open the pantry door. "He keeps crackers and stuff in here!" Huffs Borris. "Tinned Fish!""