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Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

May 29, 2010 by Arena Blake 3 Comments

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith This work of historical fiction catalogs the life of our 16th President in a story never before told. Using Lincoln’s newly-discovered personal journals, Seth Grahame-Smith explains the role vampires (yes, vampires) played in shaping the Civil War and the life of Honest Abe. What can I say about…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Four Stars, Historical Fiction, Seth Grahame-Smith, Vampires

Book Blogger Hop: Giveaways!

May 28, 2010 by Arena Blake 9 Comments

 Happy Friday! That means it’s time for another Book Blogger Hop from Crazy-for-Books! For this week, I thought I’d compile a list of giveaways from book blogs I follow.  Everyone likes free books, right? ***** First up, there’s my Dead in the Family Giveaway! Enter to win a *signed* copy of Charlaine Harris’ latest Sookie…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Book Blogger Hop, Giveaway

Buttermilk Sugar Cookies

May 27, 2010 by Arena Blake 5 Comments

These sugar cookies are *so* chewy and flavorful. This is a great go-to recipe for those times when you’re craving delicious sugar cookies but don’t want to go to the trouble of rolling out the dough, cutting out the cookies and then decorating them. Just slap some buttermilk frosting on the top, sprinkle with some…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Recipes Tagged With: Cookies, recipes

Waiting on Wednesday

May 26, 2010 by Arena Blake 7 Comments

“Waiting on Wednesday” is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming book releases that we’re eagerly anticipating! Here’s my pick this week: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer Release date: June 5, 2010 Product Description from Amazon: “Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, Waiting on Wednesday

Signed Books

May 25, 2010 by Arena Blake 9 Comments

BookExpo America is underway in New York, and I am sitting here in Tejas wishing I was there. Can you imagine? A room full of authors just sitting in their booths, waiting to autograph my books? I could be chatting up R.L. Stine right now. Well, I guess it wouldn’t go quite like that, but…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Armchair BEA, Signed Books

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