Friday, June 29, 2012

Magic Mike!!!

Okay, so how many of you are going to see Magic Mike this weekend?  I'm going tonight with 8 other ladies.  We're meeting at Chili's first for a couple of drinks and then heading to the theater.  It's all in the same parking lot so it will be easy.
So, my big question is, who is your favorite?  I really can't decide.  I love them all.  I've seen everything each of them have been in and this is just a drool worthy film for me.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

KINDLE FIRE GIVEAWAY

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Welcome to the Literary Addicts Kindle Fire Event where we have teamed up with 10 Amazing Authors and several awesome bloggers to celebrate the
Grand Opening of Literary Addicts a Community for Book Lovers!
Please check out the Fantastic authors bringing the Kindle Fire Giveaway to you! Don't miss out on these great reads even if you don't have a kindle yet. You can download the kindle app for you phone, desktop, or ipad HERE. All of these books are less than a Starbucks Coffee! Immortal Voyage Before the time of the great pyramids, there was a place like none other, a city of glass and metal rising from the depths of the ocean. Shrouded in mist, the island of Hy-Brasil and its capital Atlantis lay hidden from the rest of the world by its people, a race of long lived, interstellar nomads. Read more and purchase for only $2.99     Give Me - A Tale of Wyrd and Fae All she wanted was a vacation - but Dumnos offered a new life. Lilith Evergreen has always lived in the California desert, but when she receives an antique ring as a gift, she dreams of a castle by the sea, a magnificent tree at cliff's edge, and a mysterious woman who bids Lilith to come to Dumnos, a land of mist and rain. Read more and purchase for only $3.99 Paperback   Slow Boat to Purgatory (Slow Boat to Purgatory #1) Gaspar De Rouse, an immortal Knight Templar, a man murdered by his brothers for the secret he possessed, resurrected and given a second chance at redemption. Dominicus Bureau, a renegade priest, torn between his vows and the secret he pursues, a secret protected by an immortal. Alex Donovan, a modern day warrior thrust into an ages old war, a war between good and evil, heaven and hell.Read more and purchase for only $2.99 Paperback     Mark of the Witch (Boston Witches Book 1) Magic flows through Jillian Proctor's veins as surely as blood, but so far her life outside Boston has been peaceful. William Morgan blows into Jilly's life like a hurricane, unleashing her magic and sending her out of control. Unknowingly, William brings an enemy who only wants to posses the power of the witch. Jilly must learn to harness her magic before she loses it - and everything in her life is destroyed. Purchase for only $2.99 Paperback   The Marriage Bargain Camille Chandler is a tabloid journalist whose career is right on track--until her boss sees a curious ad in the L.A. Trades. Wanted: Single actress for an extended gig abroad. France's mega-rich playboy Julian de Laurent is up to something and Camille's boss expects her to find out what. Who knew the eccentric gazillionaire was looking to hire a temporary wife? Read more and purchase for only $2.99   Descended by Blood (Vampire Born #1) Brooke Keller is a high school junior who has never spent much time living in one place. She is finally in a town long enough to almost snag the boy of her dreams, until her life is threatened after killing a fanged man in his attempt to kidnap her. Brooke begins a dangerous journey in an effort to find out who is after her and how to stop them. In a world with powerful and prejudiced vampires, Read more and purchase for only $2.99 Paperback     Dirty Blood I killed a girl last night. I did it with my bare hands and an old piece of pipe I found lying next to the dumpster. But that’s not the part that got me. The part that scared me, the part I can’t seem to wrap my head around and still has me reeling, was that when she charged me, her body shifted – and then she was a wolf. All snapping teeth and extended claws. But by the time I stood over her lifeless body, she was a girl again. Read more and purchase for only $2.99 Paperback   Taming the wolf (anna avery series, #1) Attacked by a wolf while hiking in the mountains, Anna Avery's life just got a little hairier. Living in the Big Horn mountains in Wyoming, with a group of werewolves who are more animal than human, Anna must try to hold onto her human side. It's not easy when the alpha continues to persuade her into his bed, while another wolf is chomping at the bit to become her mate. To top it all off, dead bodies are showing up and ..Read more and purchase for only $2.99     Fearless (Kings Series) Tasmyn Vaughn didn't expect much when her dad’s job moved them to a small town in Florida; it was just another new school. But there is more to King than meets the eye, and soon Tasmyn’s ability to hear other’s thoughts is the least of her worries. Entangled in a web of first love, quirky and secretive townsfolk, magic and blood rituals, she discovers the town’s secrets aren’t just bizarre, they’re deadly. Purchase for only $3.99 Paperback   Secrets (Guardian Trilogy) While Olivia Martin observed life through her camera, the Abyss gazed back at her. She discovers mysterious men follow her around, people close to her are dying, and her dreams are no longer her own as she falls head over heels for a perfect stranger. A chance encounter leads to an obsession that could destroy everything she has ever known or loved. Olivia is about to find out there is a lot she doesn't know and sometimes what you don't know can kill you. Read more and purchase for only $2.99   These fine authors are bringing you this Kindle Fire Event via Promotional Book Tours and Literary Addicts This contest is open Internationally! Please fill out the form below to enter. a Rafflecopter giveaway

New Blog I Found

So I found this new little blog today.  The name of it is Amberafterglow.  I'm definitely a  new fan and will be checking her site out often.  Amber has a giveaway going on now that you should check out.  Here's the link:

Go check her out!

Lauren

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Any of these I should go to?

Unless I want to go to NYC, this book store is the only one that I know of that does book signings.  Do you see any authors here that I should definitely go see?

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Summer Plans?

Do you have any summer plans?  Is it something you do every year or is it something new?  I was hoping to take the family to see my dad in NC but I don't think my doctor will let me go.  I had a heart attack a few weeks ago and need to stay close to home for a while until he thinks I'm steady enough to go away.  Anyone traveling outside the country?  If so, where are you going?  I've never been further than the eastern U.S.

Lauren

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Teenagers?

This has nothing to do with books today but it's on my mind anyway.  Do any of you have teenagers? Or did you have teenagers?  I have 4 children, ages 18, 13, 10, and 7.  My 18 year old graduates high school in 2 weeks and can't wait to get out of the house.  She is moving upstate NY where she will attend school and live with her boyfriend.  Can you say freak out?  I can't tell her what to do anymore and I just pray that she will be happy.  Now onto my 13 year old son.  He is such a smart, kind, loving kid but his mouth is horrible.  He thinks he can walk around here and do what he wants.  He talks back and is mean to his younger siblings.  Do you think this is a phase?  It's driving me crazy!  We've punished him, taken things away, and have even threatened to put soap in his mouth.  I know parenting is a touchy subject, but I'm going out of my mind!  They have all been really well behaved since I just got home from the hospital from a heart attack, but now everything is going back to the way it was.  I have not really stressed out over this since I know it is bad for me.  Sorry, I'm really just looking to vent a little.


Lauren

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Free Blogger Opp!!



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Each blogger signed up will receive 1 FREE Link to either Facebook or Twitter (blogger’s choice) in the rafflecopter in exchange for posting about this promotion!
You also have the option of adding an additional link by posting about the blogger sign ups! So two links for FREE!!
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I just copy and pasted this from And the Little Ones too! 

Sunday, June 3, 2012

So Sorry My Friends

I have been MIA again.  I wrote a post last week saying how I was in the hospital for a heart attack. Right after writing that, I had another one.  What happened was that, on 5/25, I had a total blockage in a main artery.  They put in a stent and I was doing okay.  I went home on 5/29.  I wrote my post when I got home apologizing for dropping the ball and missing giveaways.  A bit after that, I was in even more pain than I had with the first heart attack.  The ambulance brought me to a further away, but more specialized hospital.  There, they found that not only did the stent clog up again, which is very rare, but I was totally resistant to the anti platelet that I was put on.  I was in ICU for 3 days and hardly slept with all the wires hooked up to me.  My blood pressure kept plummeting so it was a long road.  I am now home(once again) and am going to need some time recuperating.  I feel fine except that I'm exhausted.  Please say a prayer that everything keeps working the way it should and that I start feeling better.  Thank you so much for your patience.

Lauren