Friday was a no blog day because of the Kidney stone of doom. I slept and then later at night well during the witching hour (which some say it is all 24 of them for me _) I read. It was also when I had the Hagen Dazs sugar overdose lol.

Of course there is more Great Aunt baby cuteness here in this picture. This is Evelyn meeting her new little sister Jillian. OMG how darn cute is that. Evelyn is just enraptured by her. Have you ever seen anyting so cute?

So, early Saturday in the wee hours I spent my time dozing and reading a new book that is going to be coming out by author Melissa de La Cruz called Witches of East End this is going to be a new adult series for her. Melissa primarily only writes young adult paranormal books. I finished the book in an evening/morning. It was pretty damn good. I haven’t read her Blue Bloods YA series so I don’t have anything to compare her previous writing to. Which I am glad about. This isn’t a review of the book. Some lucky reviewer is going to take care of that for you. But I will say this is definitely worth picking up. Melissa has created a very unique new spin on witchcraft and created an alternate world that is pretty interesting, passionate without being seedy, mysterious without being too over the top, a world a person could come to love and buy into.

I also played Words With Friends with one friend and a bunch of people I don’t know at all. Won a few games lost several more. It is like Scrabble and it is an iTunes game. I am playing the free version.  It is pretty fun if you can get people to play their moves. I kind of like Lexulous on Facebook more because if somebody is inactive for a long while you can nudge them to play their turn. I really love playing Scrabble. THERE something you may not have known about me.

Oh! We only had two more unsubscribes over the last day and half or so. I bet we lose a few over the Kidney stone post. LMFAO.

What else…. oh yeah! I hope to watch the current episode of Sanctuary that aired last Monday. We didn’t know it changed days, so I am hoping the DVR caught it. We watched the episode from the week before last night. Because thanks to the fucking hackers getting past the “thank you SONY PS3 for keeping our credit card data and personal data safe from dickwads” we couldn’t watch bones or netflix. Though I do suppose I could hook up to my laptop. I have the “CORD” I can never remember the name of it. Maybe I will do that!

DH has to work all weekend so I am on my own again. Which funnily enough is the name of one of his songs. Hey, maybe that isn’t so funny….hmmmm

So that’s a wrap!

What are you doing for Saturday? Any of you watching Sanctuary? What books are you reading? Or playing Words With Friends or other favorite online games?

Some of you may have heard that I recently broke down and purchased the Kindle reader from Amazon awhile back. I am pretty sure it is one of the more expensive gadgets I have ever purchased outside of say a computer or CAR. So, to get a discount like the one Amazon is offering right now is pretty sweet.

What I can say is that it has completely changed my life and the way I view reading books. I absolutely LOVE it. My Kindle goes everywhere with me! I read a lot, because I love to, and because I am a book reviewer. There is a WHOLE world of electronic books out there ripe for the picking. The added bonus to this reader is that it has internet capabilities with NO additional fees. So, you get your books instantly, no waiting for the mail OR shipping charges (bonus). What could be better? It is super lightweight and holds up to 200 books. I WISH all of my books that I have to move in boxes across country were on my kindle right about now. LOL

So, I was excited when I got this email this week! Basically Amazon has a deal where you can get $100.00 off your Kindle by using their credit card here’s the link to click to the info on the promotion.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA/?tag=bittenbybooks-20
Thanks to Chase, you may be eligible to receive $100 off the regular Kindle price. Of course you get FREE shipping as well. So, if you are thinking about getting a Kindle, hop on over right now and check this offer out. I cannot say enough good things about this device and the hours of pleasurable reading it has brought me. I have NO idea how long this will last, but knowing Amazon, probably not long.

Do you have a Kindle? Or have you been thinking about getting one? Post your thoughts and views here. I would love to hear from you!

Hey everybody,

I went to the book store again last week and picked up a few more new releases to ease the bulge in my wish list. LOL

First up is Playing with Fire (Silver Dragons, Book 1). Katie MacAlister has got to be one of my favorite paranormal and regular chic lit authors. She is hilarious! The second book I had to grab is Gone with the Witch (Triplet Witch Trilogy, Book 2). Anette Blair is yet another very funny author to be sure.

These next two books are ones that I have not read anything by the authors, so am really looking forward to getting to know their style. Both books look really entertaining. Which is a plus in my book (no pun intended). First is 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover by Linda Wisdom. This next book, is completely new to me, it wasn’t even on one of my many wishlists! The Brass Bed by Jennifer Stevenson.

Check these titles out and pick up your copy today so we can read and review them together!

Hey everybody!

Be sure to head over to the Shape Shifters Romance blog everyday this week for a chance to win some awesome prizes. It is FREE to enter!

Here’s a little blurb about their blog.

“Welcome to a world of darkness. Where the moon holds power over the hearts of men and beast.
Man and Animal
Animal and Man.
Beneath the power of the moon
Their hearts collide.

Within these pages you will find the words of the authors who bring you the most animalistic of lovers, the most natural of romance. For within these pages you will learn about ShapeShifter Romance.”

If you like romance with a supernatural / paranormal twist, then this is a must read blog for you. You will find authors; AJ Hampton, Jennifer St. Giles, Lori Devoti, Marcia Colette, Rebecca York, Teresa D’Amario and Terry Spear.

So here’s the deal. Monday through Friday of THIS week these lovely authors will be giving away prizes on the Shape Shifters Romance blog. All you have to do is find the post of the week and answer the question they provide. Today’s question was really easy and interesting. You can go over and check out what my answer was. For those of you who may be saying to themselves “I never win anything”, this is a great chance to prove yourself wrong. I don’t win often, BUT I entered a contest at another author website last month and won an ARC (advanced reading copy) of their upcoming book which is in a favorite series of mine. (watch for the review later this week). I was SHOCKED, but oh so glad I stopped by and entered.

While I was checking out the authors mentioned above, I realized that one of them is giving away a free item, all you have to do is email them. Visit each of their sites to figure out who it is. I have already requested my FREE goody!

Have fun!

Hi everybody,

It is book day again! This is a great time to pick up a few great titles from me. A big thank you to Amy at Charming Sam for creating this groovy new banner for my bookstore!

I went through the other day and lowered prices AGAIN on several titles! Once these are gone, they are gone.
They come from my personal collection and there is only one copy of each title available!

Please take a look at my half.com store and purchase hard to find/rare
books from my private collection. PLEASE NOTE half.com does NOT ship
outside the US at this time.

http://shops.half.ebay.com/racoo_W0QQmZbooksQQsellerZQ2aracooQ2a

There are a very few unique titles up for purchase on my amazon store
as well. Be sure to check them out!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/index.html?ie=UTF8&sellerID=A10K1JMIPOWD0I

The more books you buy, the cheaper shipping is. You save a lot if you
buy several from me at a time.

HUGS, Blessings and a beautiful weekend to all!

Rachel Smith
http://weirdstuffinmydesk.com/
http://www.fragrantsoul.com
Tap Into Your Fragrant Soul!