What was begun as an online journal of the books I read evolved...or maybe it devolved...to also feature behind the scenes goings-on at All About Romance from my perspective (mostly based on my personal feelings - okay, it's a personal pity party); topics I've gone over ad nauseum in commentary at AAR, including the nature of reviews and online behavior; and my non-cyber life (including family and items in pop culture that capture my interest, which is just about everything).

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Below you'll find the blogs I visit, broken out in my own odd little system of categories.

June 2005



Dead as a Doornail

Wednesday, 29 June 2005 4:40 P GMT-05
If it's May, it must be time for Sookie Stackhouse!  And so it was last month when I picked up my copy of Charlaine Harris' Dead as a Doornail, the fifth in her vampire/romance/mystery series.  Sometimes I "save" books for a time rather t
Category: Reading

PPP contest - final year?

Tuesday, 28 June 2005 2:15 P GMT-05
I just posted a disheartening note on our Reader to Reader Message Board...after eight extremely successful years of running our PPP contest, it appears as though this, the ninth year, may be our last. While the entries received are absolutely terrif
Category: AAR
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Romancing the Blog...my big decision

Tuesday, 28 June 2005 8:55 A GMT-05
I was out of town for a couple of days, and my final "act" before leaving was two-fold: to write and prepare for publishing today's Romancing the Blog column, and to resign as a columnist for Romancing the Blog.  Because of an RTB preferen
Category: Blogging
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How'd she do that?

Friday, 17 June 2005 10:30 A GMT-05
I spoke with my friend Clare yesterday, just catching up.  We don't mall-walk once a week anymore, and don't really have the time to get together since she and her husband moved to a new development fairly far outside the city.  The last time I act
Category: Personal/Political
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Elizabeth Lowell on my EBookwise

Thursday, 9 June 2005 7:31 P GMT-05
I mentioned last month that among my first e-book purchases for my EBookwise was Elizabeth Lowell's Where the Heart Is. Well, recently ebookwise.com had a 25% off sale, and I was able to download four other Elizabeth Lowell titles not previously in
Category: Reading
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Diana Palmer

Thursday, 9 June 2005 4:35 P GMT-05
Many, many years ago, when I'd first dipped my toe into the romance pool, I picked up a couple of contemporary titles at the bookstore.  I'm not sure if either or both were series titles or simply single titles, but they were both written by Diana P
Category: Reading
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Fever

Saturday, 4 June 2005 8:18 P GMT-05
I've been quite the naughty little e-book Romantica reader of late, and last night I read a short story that was so incendiary and fun that right after I finished it, I read it again.  I think the fact that it didn't have any butt plugs, anal sex, o
Category: Reading
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Me and My Motherboard

Thursday, 2 June 2005 4:09 P GMT-05
I'm typing this from my daughter's computer - I took my computer in to be repaired yesterday, and it won't be ready for pick-up until tomorrow.  Here's what happened: when I bought my wonderful EBookwise device, I installed the driver necessary to c