Fire & Ice Discussion in the Book Club

Calling all Anne Stuart readers! This week's Cherry Forums Book Club is for you! Please join us July 1-7 for a discussion on Anne Stuart's Fire and Ice, the 5th book in her ICE romantic suspense series. If you haven't had a chance to read Fire and Ice yet, you may still ask Anne (AKA Krissie) a question, please visit the Ask an Author thread HERE and post one. She's a great participant and always answers our questions thoroughly. If you're not a member, it's quick and painless to sign up. I promise. Hope to see you there! :)

Cherry Forums Book Club

Please join us in the Book Club December 1 (Tomorrow! Can you believe it?) through December 10th for Laura Fitzgerald's Veil of Roses discussion. It's a great book!

Check out her website!

Her Publisher, Bantam Dell

Buy it on Amazon - A great holiday gift!

or on Barnes and Noble

Join us!

It's that time again! Time for another fabulous Cherry Forums Book Club with your hostess, me. (Ha. It's my turn. There's 5 of us.) Anyway, August 1-10, 2007 (That would be tomorrow) we are pleased to welcome Susan Holloway Scott and her fabulous book Royal Harlot: A Novel of the Countess Castlemaine and King Charles II to the Book Club. She will be with us Aug 1-7, 2007 to answer questions and talk with us about Harlot as well as her Miranda Jarret books.

If you haven't read this book, you're in for a real treat. Here's a little taste:
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"February, 1660

I was, I think, a gambler born.

I don’t mean a few pennies at whist or ombre, a piddling hand of pasteboard cards. I speak of grander games, where the stakes are power, titles, great fortunes, even the heart of the King of England. Mark you, I’m no coward. I wouldn’t have survived so long if I were. I know how to take my risks, and my vengeance, too, on those who dared to cross me. But how I did parlay my beauty and wit to rise so high: that was the game I chose, the game that became my life."


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I suggest you order yours today! :)

If you have read any part of the book, are a fan historical fiction, the British Royal Family and European history in general, don't miss our discussion. You don't have to be a member to read the Book Club Board or comment, so come on over and have a look. :)

I love my mailman

Actually, it's a mail person. What do you call a mail lady? A letter carrier? Sounds good. I love her anyway--she's adorable--but I love her even more this week. One arrived on Thursday and the other on Friday. Please be suitably jealous.

Coolness!

My friend Viki was in the paper!

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Victoria Campbell just re-read the sixth “Harry Potter” book in anxious anticipation of Saturday’s launch of the seventh — and last — J.K. Rowling novel about the boy wizard.

Campbell is no kid. She’s the head of youth services for the Beaverton City Library.

Just like thousands of other Harry Potter readers, Campbell is counting down the hours until the hefty 784-page “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” will be popped onto bookstore and library shelves.

“People are excited about this,” Campbell said. “In a way I’m kind of sad that this is the last one. All the previous (Harry Potter) books just fly off the shelves. You see kids and teens really excited about reading.”
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Go here to read the entire (short) article. Congrats to Ms. Campbell on her 15 minutes of fame!

Viki was also nice enough to mention my other blog, Today's Beautiful Thing, on her wonderful Blog. Thank you!

Robin

Update: No camera USB cord found yet. Sigh.

Photo situation: Saved by Robin herself.

Go here for photos of Robin's Book Launch Party. You can see a (distorted) pic of my mom and me, the third one from the botttom. :)

Will post mine as soon as I am able!

R.L. LaFevers AKA Robin

Robin's Theo launch party went very well last night. I was going to post some photos, but the USB cord for my camera is missing. It has to be around here somewhere! I will post some pix and a little bit about it this weekend as soon as I find it

I had a long and busy week and I have a busy weekend ahead of me. Hopefully Sunday night I'll have a little time to relax. Happy Friday everyone.

Three Cheers for Robin and Theo!

I'm so excited for my friend Robin! She's just released her sixth children's book, but her first with Houghton Mifflin. They love her new Book, Theodisia Throckmorten and the Serpents of Chaos so much, they are throwing her a Book Launch Party tomorrow night. It matters little to me that it's a work night, that I always get lost in LA County and that I have no clue where I'm going, I simply MUST be there to cheer her on!

Robin's had the idea for this book for quite some time, but it took a while for her to sell it. All of us who'd read excerpts knew it was pure gold, but sometimes it takes publishers a little longer to figure out what the rest of us already know. Three cheers for Houghton Mifflin for buying this incredible book! Three cheers for RL LaFevers for giving children such wonderful books to read! And three cheers for Theo, for being such a great role model for girls!

Wouldn't you like to be a cherry too?

I don't know why I didn't post this sooner. Oh well...

The Cherry Forums are now open the the public! For those of you wondering why on earth anyone would call herself Cherry Red, go here and find out.

We all have "cherry" names in Jennifer Crusie's Forums and e-groups. It's part of the fun. This is a great group for readers and writers alike. I happen to be a moderator on the Reading Board, but I try to participate on all the boards when I have time. You have to join to view the Writing Boards, but it's painless and free. The writing boards ("Writing Craft", "Writing Life" and "Publishing") are great resources for writers of all genres and experiences, pubbed or unpubbed.

We always have wonderful conversations going on in the Forums so please come visit us. You'll find me listed as Kim AKA Cherry Red. The threads are organized and easy to navigate, plus the boards are just plain pretty. Everyone is welcome to join, so please stop on by and check us out!

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