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Friday, May 16, 2008I Earned It! Little did I know that when I made an appointment to go to the spa today that I was going to need it so desperately. I'm still persona non grata over at Amazon, but I'm hoping someone will eventually answer the e-mail I was instructed by their customer service department to send. In the meantime, I apparently "broke the rules" when it came to posting items for sale and those have been deleted. Well, gee - ya think? It was all stuff the idiot hacker posted to my account!And can I just whine about what a bitch it is to think up entirely new nonsensical passwords? Hopefully the entire day I have planned at the spa will restore well-being. This was another one of my awesome Christmas gifts from The Boyfriend. Yeah, I'm just getting around to using it. And did I mention how much I need this today? In the meantime, while I'm getting pampered and hopefully finding myself in a better, less blood-thirsty mood, head on over to The Good The Bad The Unread, where the Harlequin SuperRomance Spotlight rolls on. Today, it's an interview with Debra Salonen. Thursday, May 15, 2008Dear Human ExcrementDear Flaming Pile Of Dog Shit: Thank you so much for hacking not only into my Yahoo e-mail account, but my Amazon account as well. I'm sure sending me into a state of panic was a nice way for you to break up your busy day of sitting in your mom's basement, eating microwave burritos and playing World Of Warcraft. Since you obviously haven't gotten laid, ever, I'm so pleased that I was able to add a little jolly excitement to your day. Please be advised that I have it on good authority that there is a special place in Hell for ass wipes such as yourself and I've already contacted a voodoo priestess to put a hex on your balls. I wasn't entirely sure at first, given that you're obviously not using them and will likely not miss them, but she seems pretty knowledgeable and I'm nothing if not determined. Expect them to shrivel up and fall off any day now. Sincerely, The Super Librarian PS - If anyone out in cyberspace got any weirdo e-mails from me and/or you sent me something of importance that I never responded to, please resend. On the bright side, once I found their customer service number, Yahoo was extremely helpful. My Amazon account is currently frozen, and I'm still awaiting word. Now I'm off to verify that other accounts are still intact..... Wednesday, May 14, 2008A Look Inside My Holds QueueI seem to be suffering from a festering case of ennui at the moment, which in layman's terms means "I got nothing." So I thought it might be fun, or at least blog filler, to let the world at large peak inside my holds queue. In other words, what books have I placed on hold for my own personal amusement at work. Yeah, I know I already own an obscene amount of books on my own, but I do utilize the library for my hard cover fix, and for those titles I'm just not quite sure enough about to buy with my own hard earned dollars. Here's what I'm waiting on at the moment:  Killing Bridezilla by Laura Levine - And the cycle continues. Every June, Laura Levine publishes a new book in her Jaine Austen cozy mystery series. And every June I say I'm going to wait for a library copy, but ultimately cave and buy my own. Then I read the damn thing in less than 24 hours, and end up donating my copy to work. I just cannot wait. These books are fast, fun reads and Levine always manages to cram a compelling mystery, with plenty of viable suspects, into less than 260 pages. I don't know how the woman does it, and does it so well. Not enough people are reading her says I. The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner - A So. Cal. native now living in England, Gardiner hit the "big time" last year when Stephen King devoted one of his Entertainment Weekly columns to her sheer genius. At that point she was only being published overseas. With King's endorsement came publicity and this, her sixth novel, is being released in the States on June 12. Normally I don't give much credence to such endorsements, but the plot on this one tickled my fancy. The heroine is a medical examiner called in to conduct autopsies on several high-profile suicides in San Francisco. Naturally, mayhem ensues. Vodka Neat by Anna Blundy - Another author originally published overseas, Vodka Neat is actually the third book in the Faith Zanetti series. This one flipped my switch after reading a review. Faith is a foreign correspondent with an alcohol problem who is arrested after she sets foot on Russian soil. They think she's connected to a series of homicides. Unfortunately for Faith, she was drunk at the time of the murders, and the details are sketchy. So off she goes to find the charming Russian black marketeer she married at the tender age of 19. That's when all hell breaks loose. Sleeping With the Devil by Vanessa Marlow - Marlow is a pseudonym for erotic-romance author Cheryl Holt. I've only read one novel by Holt, and let's just say the experience left me emotionally scarred. I chalked her up as "not for me," and traipsed along my merry way. Then I heard about this novel, which is billed as an "erotic thriller." I adore erotic thrillers. Also, Katie(babs) blogged about this one ages ago, and her thoughts really intrigued me. Will it turn out to be a case of curiosity killing the Monday, May 12, 2008Oh No She Didn't She Can't Be This Stupid, Can She? News Item Of The Day:Doris Lessing said winning the Nobel Prize has been a "bloody disaster" because of the increased media attention, according to the BBC. The author has said she "would probably now be giving up writing novels altogether."There is so much wrong with this, and on so many levels. First, she's whining (yes, whining) about winning the Nobel Prize. People like this make me want to find a really heavy book (something written by Stephen King or Leon Uris, something that's at least 900 pages long) and aim my throw to land right between their eyes. You're whining about winning the Nobel Prize! I don't care that she's 88 years old, nobody can bitch about winning the Nobel Prize and not sound like a bloody moron. Ugh, and so people want to interview you and take your picture? Here's a radical thought - say no! No, I'm not giving interviews. No, I'm staying home and writing. No, no, no. Hell, it worked for J.D. Salinger, it can work for you too! Honestly. Saturday, May 10, 2008The ShakesOK kids, let's play a game. How long do you think it's been since I last set foot into a bookstore? Go ahead, take a wild guess...... Ready? It was March 9. Back when Nath and Ames were visiting and Rosie, Lori and I met them at Borders and later for lunch. Gah. I know. That's really, really sad. Two months, and no go to bookstore for Wendy. Today the time had come. I had several gift certificates burning a hole in my pocket (thanks to my Borders Rewards Visa credit card) and frankly I was starting to get the shakes. So I parked The Boyfriend in front of the TV, and off I went. Here's what I got after I forked over my wad of gcs plus $2 and some change:  Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - Simply put, I succumbed to all the Blog Land buzz on this one. I really enjoyed Clare's guest posts over at The Good, The Bad, The Unread as well. Damn. I'm still a little torn here because my one prior experience with Clare's romantic suspense was not a positive one. The heroine drove me insane. That said, I do remember conceding in my ranting, raving review (such heroines have that effect on me) that Clare can write. So I'm willing to give her romantic suspense another shot. Taking The Heat by Kathryn Shay - The short answer is that Shay's an autobuy author for me. I buy all of her books brand new, typically the month they're released. The long answer? I have a sickness when it comes to "collecting" books by certain authors and letting then languish in my TBR for years. I adore Shay's HSR titles, but do you think I've read any of her single titles yet? Gosh, of course not! But there they be - sitting in the TBR. Hungers Of The Heart by Jenna Black - Look kiddies, a paranormal! I read the first book in this series and really, really enjoyed it. Probably because the heroine wasn't a shallow vessel (my main beef with paranormals actually). Yeah, hunky vampire heroes are great and all, but if he's paired with a wet dishrag there's just not a whole lot for me to get excited about. Just saying. Anyway, this is the fourth book in the series. Yep, it's joining books two and three in the TBR. Sigh. Comanche Moon by Catherine Anderson - This is a reprint of one of Anderson's older historicals that has been out of print forever. I basically bought it on principle. I'd love to see publishers (hey, I'll even take print on demand!) reprint more of these long-out-of-print backlist titles by popular authors. Just saying. Wild, Wild Women Of The West by Delilah Devlin, Layla Chase & Myla Jackson - I love westerns. I also love books with naughty bits. Yes, I'm that transparent. This anthology features three historical western stories with naughty bits. It's been on my wish list forever. I finally broke down and bought it. Wild, Wild Women Of The West II by Layla Chase, Delilah Devlin & Myla Jackson - See above. And once I saw that WWWotW now had a Part II, I figured it might be time for me to actually break down and buy Part I. Plus, I had gcs to burn. So I figured I had nothing to lose.Friday, May 09, 2008Flying Around Blog Land Super Librarian has been busy. I had a post up at Romancing The Blog yesterday and today, an interview has gone live over at The Good The Bad The Unread that I did with Harlequin SuperRomance author supreme, Kathryn Shay. Shay's a personal favorite of mine, so please do stop on by and comment, comment, comment. Also, the more you comment on the HSR Spotlight posts, the more chances you have to win the books that are currently sitting on my dining room table. And who doesn't love free books?Thursday, May 08, 2008Beatlemania Thirteen Great Lines From Beatles' Songs 1. " Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye." I Am The Walrus 2. "The newspapers said, she's gone to his head; They look just like two gurus in drag." The Ballad of John and Yoko 3. "You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer." Helter Skelter 4. "I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping." While My Guitar Gently Weeps 5. "And though she tried her best to help me; She could steal but she could not rob." She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 6. "Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right? Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight." I'm Looking Through You 7. "Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see." Strawberry Fields Forever 8. "You and I have memories; Longer than the road that stretches out ahead." Two of Us 9. "I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me..." Norwegian Wood 10. "But when you want money for people with minds that hate; All I can tell you is brother you have to wait." Revolution 11. "Silently closing her bedroom door; Leaving the note that she hoped would say more." She's Leaving Home 12. "Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door." Eleanor Rigby 13. "Changing my life with a wave of her hand." Here, There and Everywhere You now have permission to go hit YouTube. |
