cindy pon
a little sweet, a little sour

Category Archives: books

art show!

all san diegans are cordially invited to the
chinese brush painting society’s art show.
i can’t believe it’s just next week–i’m very
excited, especially since i’ll be selling my cards
for the first time this year. they have been well
received and i hope people enjoy them!
i finished The Glass of Time, which i enjoyed,
but didn’t find as compelling as [...]

TGIFBM uk edition and arc goodness!

hello everyone!
blech, it’s monday again!
i think it’s time to give away some
more awesome books to help us get
over the weekend. weekend, why do you
run away from us so fast??
i’m very excited about both these books i’m
giving away!

first off is sarah rees brennan’s The Demon’s Lexicon,
which is one of my top ten reads from 2009. my [...]

TGIFBM uk edition!

augh! is it monday already?
this is so icky i simply must give away
some books to make myself feel better!
while in england this past x’mas, i picked
up a few awesome uk editions (with uk covers!)
of debs novels, including r.j. anderson’s
gorgeous KNIFE. to my utter surprised pleasure,
her sequel REBEL came out while i was there–
and i can’t [...]

TGIFBM morris and indie love!

we despise mondays!! =D
this is the reason i decided to feature my
free books giveaway on monday, to try and
bring some cheer to this day.
today, i have a very special giveaway.
three books that were on the morris shortlist
for 2010. the morris award is given to excellent
young adult debuts, and i’ve had the pleasure of
meeting the authors [...]

tgifbm!

*today, as the bubs helped their daddy search
for “treasures” with his metal detector. 8)
i’ve been tweet-bragging about our sunshine
and high 70’s temps and getting grouchy and
threatening replies from all over. =p what can
i say, i’m a southern cali girl through and through.
i’ll gladly trade “seasons” for constantly temperate
weather. and proximity to the beach. i don’t [...]