<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2008-10-10T15:10:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008:1</id><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-10-10:links.412131119</id><title>That&apos;s All, Folks!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/thats_all_folks.htm"><![CDATA[This blog is now "read-only." I cannot edit or otherwise administer it and you can no longer post comments. Rather than "going quietly into that deep night," though, I'm making it available in perpetuity because there is so much content, and because]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/thats_all_folks.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-10-10T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-10-10T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-30:links.412131046</id><title>2008 Reading</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/2008_reading.htm"><![CDATA[I close out September, three quarters of the way through 2008, with more than 100 books under my belt. So far it's been a truly wonderful reading year. And the perfect way to close out my postings to this blog.
In about three weeks my current subscri]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/2008_reading.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-30T21:41:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-30T21:41:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-29:links.412130874</id><title>Books Bought Quick Poll</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/books_bought_quick_poll.htm"><![CDATA[Results from the most recent quick poll are in. The vast majority of us have not been able to restrain themselves from buying a book for more than a week, and none of us has abstained from book buying for more than a month. As for me, given all the n]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/books_bought_quick_poll.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-29T19:03:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-29T19:03:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-28:links.412130650</id><title>The Great Schlep</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/the_great_schlep.htm"><![CDATA[Two Funny Jews on The Great Schlep...Joel Stein and Sarah Silverman
Off on the Great Schlep by Joel Stein

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- If you need proof that this is the most important election in a generation, get this: Jewish grandkids are flying to F]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/the_great_schlep.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-28T02:35:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-28T02:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-26:links.412130455</id><title>Please Consider...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/please_consider.htm"><![CDATA[Both here and on the Potpourri Forum I've posted a linked image and sample letter from AAR users to the founders of the DIK Ladies blog. They've had ample opportunity to respond to my email of nearly two weeks ago, and since a couple of them Twitter]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/please_consider.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-26T21:05:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-26T21:05:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-25:links.412129671</id><title>Historical Ownership</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/something_personal.htm"><![CDATA[Earlier this month I "tweeted" about something that had bothered me for about a month. Some days later, I received an email from Sybil Cook (The Good, the Bad, & the Unread) asking if I would write in more detail about it for a blog entry she planned]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/something_personal.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-25T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-25T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-24:links.412130079</id><title>Today&apos;s Recommended Reading</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/todays_recommended_reading.htm"><![CDATA[In Defense of Elitism]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/todays_recommended_reading.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-24T22:23:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-24T22:23:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-24:links.412130048</id><title>Sleep Quick Poll</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/sleep_quick_poll.htm"><![CDATA[Not many surprises here, and it's good to know that none of us are as sleep-deprived as Martha Stewart, who I understand sleeps four hours a night. 
TTFN, Laurie Likes Books]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/sleep_quick_poll.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-24T19:31:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-24T19:31:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-23:links.412129775</id><title>Cash for Trash, et al</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/cash_for_trash_et_al.htm"><![CDATA[I was getting ready to blog about the lack of oversight built into the Paulson plan when I stopped by my husband's blog. That's about the only thing he didn't cover today. He really didn't need to, though, given that Paul Krugman and Bob Herbert have]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/cash_for_trash_et_al.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-23T15:40:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-23T15:40:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-20:links.412129380</id><title>Woven Dreams</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/woven_dreams.htm"><![CDATA[My most recent review just went online today at All About Romance.


Woven Dreams
N.J. Walters
Grade: B
Sensuality: Burning
It was not available through Amazon, but I still read it on my Kindle. I simply downloaded it from the Ellora's Cave site as a]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/woven_dreams.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-20T18:46:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-20T18:46:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-20:links.412129311</id><title>McCain on Spain</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/mccain_on_spain.htm"><![CDATA[The rain in Spain falls mainly on...Europe.

TTFN, Laurie Likes Books]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/mccain_on_spain.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-20T01:13:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-20T01:13:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-18:links.412129054</id><title>Burn Notice...Season Finale</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/burn_noticeseason_finale.htm"><![CDATA[Tonight is the season finale for Burn Notice, one of my favorite summer shows of the last two years. Here's a teaser video, if you're interested.
 
TTFN, Laurie Likes Books]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/burn_noticeseason_finale.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-18T16:57:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-18T16:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-17:links.412128923</id><title>Presidential Quick Poll</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/presidential_quick_poll.htm"><![CDATA[Wow! What a difference a day makes. For the first six days of this poll, Obama/Biden stood out far in front of McCain/Palin, but as of today, this is a dead heat. Very interesting.

As for me, I continue to rely on my husband for anger and my TV news]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/presidential_quick_poll.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-17T21:44:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-17T21:44:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-16:links.412128743</id><title>Wildwood, The Deed...&amp; More Charts</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/wildwood_the_deed_more_charts.htm"><![CDATA[As promised, two new reviews from me went online at AAR this morning. According to Cheryl, who edited them, the first needed no work. As for the second, well, she asked me for additional detail in a couple of areas and as a result, the review is now]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/wildwood_the_deed_more_charts.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-16T20:26:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-16T20:26:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-16:links.412128566</id><title>Books Read</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/books_read.htm"><![CDATA[I have two reviews going online tomorrow at AAR - one of them, as noted in today's AAR newsletter, an F review - and today I turned in my latest Publishers Weekly review. As of right now I've read 94 books in 2008.

While I've slowed down, I attribut]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/books_read.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-16T00:27:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-16T00:27:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-14:links.412128323</id><title>From SNL Last Night (try again)</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/from_snl_last_night.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-14T21:43:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-14T21:43:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-13:links.412128226</id><title>Smut Lady</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/smut_lady.htm"><![CDATA[Last night MaryK commented on a blog entry I'd posted in late August about what I'd been reading lately, and a good deal of it was erotic romance. Her comment that my writing about erotic romance was helpful to her was, in turn, helpful to me. Just y]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/smut_lady.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-13T17:50:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-13T17:50:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-12:links.412128084</id><title>Tea</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/tea.htm"><![CDATA[I've always loved hot tea, but for some reason never liked the taste of iced tea. On the flip side, until a year and a half ago, I adored the smell of coffee but couldn't stand the taste of it. Given my love of Starbucks over the past year, I probabl]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/tea.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-12T17:53:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-12T17:53:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-10:links.412127673</id><title>The Pleasure of His Bed</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/the_pleasure_of_his_bed.htm"><![CDATA[My latest AAR review went online this morning. A more sucky book is hard to imagine.

The Pleasure of His Bed
Melissa MacNeal, Donna Grant,and Annalise Russell
Grade: D-
Sensuality: Burning]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/the_pleasure_of_his_bed.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-10T19:58:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-10T19:58:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-10:links.412127670</id><title>Project Runway Quick Poll</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/project_runway_quick_poll.htm"><![CDATA[I know Leanne has won the last two challenges in a row - and deservedly so - but I'm surprised my choice, Kenley, didn't fare better. That she tied with Blayne really shocked me; I'm not sure why the boy-man with a tan continues to survive each week.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/project_runway_quick_poll.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-10T19:57:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-10T19:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-09:links.412127366</id><title>Last Night&apos;s TV</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/last_nights_tv.htm"><![CDATA[Trueblood - I wish I could be as enthusiastic about it as Sandy. I am loving Anna Paquin, but the explicit sex, which is so not what these books are about, is a problem for me. On the other hand, the ending was so terrific for this first episode that]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/last_nights_tv.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-09T01:16:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-09T01:16:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-08:links.412127286</id><title>Not Tooting His Horn...Really</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/not_tooting_his_hornreally.htm"><![CDATA[My husband, who blogs sporadically, is fired up these days, and writing some really terrific stuff on the upcoming presidential election. Since I don't want to turn my own blog into the constant rantings of an angry woman, I'm going to share his link]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/not_tooting_his_hornreally.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-08T18:13:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-08T18:13:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-06:links.412126973</id><title>Maverick Reformer...Reformed Maverick</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/maverick_reformerreformed_maverick.htm"><![CDATA[One of my facebook friends alerted me to this "bio" of John McCain from last night's Daily Show (I watched Bill Maher instead):

Thanks, Shayera!
TTFN, Laurie Likes Books]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/maverick_reformerreformed_maverick.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-06T17:38:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-06T17:38:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-05:links.412126860</id><title>Speaking of Alpha Heroes</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/speaking_of_alpha_heroes.htm"><![CDATA[Speaking of alpha heroes...Andy Hillstrand, The Deadliest Catch]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/speaking_of_alpha_heroes.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-05T22:26:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-05T22:26:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com,2008-09-03:links.412126442</id><title>For Once, the Right Choice</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/for_once_the_right_choice.htm"><![CDATA[Shelfari, which has had an affiliation with Amazon for some time, today announced that they were acquired in full by the massive online bookseller yesterday. When it came time for AAR to join a book-related social network, I wasn't sure which would b]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com/for_once_the_right_choice.htm"/><dc:creator>Laurie Gold</dc:creator><author><name>Laurie Gold</name></author><updated>2008-09-03T22:48:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-03T22:48:00Z</published></entry></feed>