Monthly Archives: August 2009

the brilliant fall of gianna z by kate messner

summer was slow for new releases but it’s
now fall and you, fortunate reader, are in luck.
there will be quite a few awesome debs releases
and today, kate messner is stopping by for
THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z!
About The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z
Gianna Zales has a lot on her plate this fall –
a father who drives [...]

36.

what a busy, full and wonderful birthday
i had yesterday! i started with a three hour
critique group meeting with my writing friends.
brainstormed with them about possible revisions
to the sequel.
in the evening, tried market in del mar for the
first time. very impressed by their food! the love
and i both did the four course tasting menu. their
portions are [...]

what if you had to choose?

i’m only a lot obsessed with can you read my mind?
by the killers today. i don’t know how many times
i’ve listened to the song on youtube. so indulge me
as i play this what if game, will you?
it’s a question i’ve asked myself and others before,
and i’m not sure if i know the answer, years later.
let’s [...]

cindy’s wild ride

*a la mr.toad’s wild ride at disneyland.
what a weekend! i’m glad i’m here
to tell you about it! a playgroup mom friend
was very kind to host a book club meeting at
her house for Silver Phoenix on friday night.
composed of two book clubs and two playgroups,
we had a group of women who mostly did not read
young adult [...]

29 again.

*speaking of vanity cam shots! my hair looks
esp curly here!
actually 36 years old on the 29th this month.
the love and i are going to see a play (we haven’t
in *years*) and try out a new fancy restaurant to
celebrate my ox year! =D
my mom has come and gone (she can endure about
36 hours of the rabid [...]