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In My Mailbox: Week of July 4th
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In My Mailbox: Week of July 4th

In My Mailbox: Week of July 4th

Title: Scandalous
Author: Tilly Bagshawe
Received: Charlotte Allen- HarperFiction Publicity
Synopsis: Sasha Miller comes to Cambridge with a dream and leaves on a mission. After falling for the lies and charms of her Director of Studies ‘Theo Dexter’ she finds herself betrayed, humiliated and nursing a bundle of broken dreams. Heading to the US she is determined to rebuild her life. Years later, Sasha emerges from Harvard Business School with one thing on her mind, the downfall of the now famous Professor Theo Dexter. Meanwhile Theo’s long-suffering wife Theresa also finds herself betrayed and cast aside for a younger and prettier model. Unable to cope she returns to Cambridge a broken woman and tries to rebuild her life away from the scheming Theo Dexter. One night Sasha turns up at Theresa’s door, she wants revenge at any cost, will Theresa help her? From the deepest betrayal comes a shocking alliance. Two vengeful women, one very unlucky man…

Title: I Heart Paris
Author: Lindsey Kelk
Received: Charlotte Allen- HarperFiction Publicity
Synopsis: Angela is in the City of Love – but her own love life is heading for trouble…Angela Clark is a British girl living the dream in fabulous New York. But she’s never been to the romantic capital of the world – Paris. So when her lead singer boyfriend Alex suggests a trip there and she is asked to write insider’s guide to the hip city – she jumps at the chance! Meandering along charming streets, perusing Paris’s hot destinations – all in the name of research – Angela decides she could get used to the joie de vivre of Paris. But there’s something awry, Angela soon realises that evil forces are at work, conspiring to sabotage her big break! And when she spots Alex having a tete-a-tete with his ex in a Paris bar – without best friend Jenny to counsel her – Angela begins to crumble. With London and her old life only a train journey away – now is the time to decide if she should stay and face the music or return to the safety of home.

Title: I Remember You
Author: Harriet Evans
Received: Charlotte Allen- HarperFiction Publicity
Synopsis: The perfect book to curl up with on a long winter’s evening. Rich, witty and moving I Remember You is for anyone who likes to dream about a new life — and for anyone who still remembers their first love. Heartbroken Tess Tennant is leaving London and moving back to her picture-perfect home town to take up a teaching job. It’s time for a fresh start, one with warm stone cottages, friendly locals in oak-beamed pubs and of course Adam, her best friend since childhood. But something isn’t right in the town: Adam is preoccupied with a new girlfriend and the past is looming large again. So by the time she has to take her class on a trip to Rome, Tess is feeling reckless. Swept off her feet by a mysterious stranger, she finds herself falling in love. But her magical Roman Holiday is about to turn into a nightmare! Back in Langford, as autumn creeps towards Christmas, Adam is gone and everything has changed.Tess has to decide, once and for all, where she belongs and who with.

Title: Nancy’s Theory of Style
Author: Grace Coopersmith
Received: From Grace Coopersmith
Synopsis: Lively young socialite Nancy Carrington-Chambers has always believed an excellent sense of style and strict attention to detail are what it takes to succeed, but her own husband Todd is showing symptoms of incurable tackiness, so Nancy flees their McMansion for her posh San Francisco apartment. She knows her event planning company, Froth, is a real winner, but she must prove herself by reinventing the turgid Barbary Coast Historical Museum fundraiser. Luckily, Nancy now has the perfect assistant. Derek Cathcart is British, impeccably dressed, gorgeous, and clearly gay—so why does Nancy find him so attractive? Before Nancy can unravel her feelings, her irresponsible cousin Birdie abandons her little daughter with Nancy and takes off. Nancy, Derek, and Eugenia make an unlikely “family,” but strangely it seems incredibly right. Now Nancy’s parents are pressuring her to return to Todd, and she still has to pull off a spectacular party. For someone who’s always known exactly where she’s going, Nancy is in dangerously uncharted waters.

Title: A Vintage Affair
Author: Isabel Wolff
Received: From Isabel Wolff
Synopsis: Do fairytale dresses bring fairytale endings? Every dress has a history, so does Phoebe! Phoebe always dreamt of opening her own vintage dress shop. She imagined every detail, from the Vivienne Westwood bustiers hanging next to satin gowns, to sequinned cupcake dresses adorning the walls. At the launch of Village Vintage, Phoebe feels the tingle of excitement as customers snap up the fairytale dresses. Her dream has come true, but a secret from her past is casting a shadow over her new venture. Then one day she meets Therese, an elderly Frenchwoman with a collection to sell, apart from one piece that she won’t part with ! As Therese tells the story of the little blue coat, Phoebe feels a profound connection with her own life, one that will help her heal the pain of her past and allow her to love again.

July 4, 2010
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I Have a Bone to Pick With….
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I Have a Bone to Pick With….

Celebrities and their money. I don’t want to sound like I’m just jealous of the ridiculous cash flow celebrities have, but constantly flaunting your wealth makes me a little ill. Nothing frustrated me more than last week, I get on the internet and start reading about people in the Gulf. Families who have lost their homes, their possessions, their jobs. Then I read about the flooding that is affecting my home state, Iowa, once again. There are some people that still aren’t back on their feet after the devastating floods of 2008. So while our own country is going through hard times, I have to read about celebrities buying their children, their babies, toys and cars that cost thousands and thousands of dollars. Celebrities who think it’s hilarious to drop $20,000 in one hour on Rodeo Drive. Spend millions of dollars on homes they visit twice a year. I ask- couldn’t this money be used on something better? Why are celebrities getting paid to party and make sex tapes, while teachers work their asses off trying to give children a decent education and a chance for a future and can barely scrape through the year? I just wish these celebrities would realize they don’t need 15 cars, 4 houses, and different hair extensions each week to be happy.
What do you think are the most ridiculous items celebrities blow their money on?

July 2, 2010
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Author Profile: Jandy Nelson
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Author Profile: Jandy Nelson

Author Name: Jandy Nelson

Website: http://www.jandynelson.com/

Bio: Jandy received a BA from Cornell, an MFA from Brown in poetry, and another MFA from Vermont College in writing for children and young adults. It was at Vermont College, under the tutelage of amazing mentors, where the whole marvelous world of children’s literature opened up for her. That was her inspiration to work around the clock on a first novel after previously being devoted solely to writing poetry. For the past twelve years Jandy has been a literary agent with Manus & Associates Literary Agency. Before agenting, she worked in theater, doing everything from making palm trees out of styrofoam to stage managing to dramaturgy. She loves teaching, and plans to do more in the near future. She has taught creative writing at Brown and other places, and gives lectures and workshops on various subjects at writer’s conferences all over the country throughout the year.

Titles: The Sky is Everywhere
Author Name: Jandy Nelson

Website: http://www.jandynelson.com/

Bio: Jandy received a BA from Cornell, an MFA from Brown in poetry, and another MFA from Vermont College in writing for children and young adults. It was at Vermont College, under the tutelage of amazing mentors, where the whole marvelous world of children’s literature opened up for her. That was her inspiration to work around the clock on a first novel after previously being devoted solely to writing poetry. For the past twelve years Jandy has been a literary agent with Manus & Associates Literary Agency. Before agenting, she worked in theater, doing everything from making palm trees out of styrofoam to stage managing to dramaturgy. She loves teaching, and plans to do more in the near future. She has taught creative writing at Brown and other places, and gives lectures and workshops on various subjects at writer’s conferences all over the country throughout the year.

Titles: The Sky is Everywhere

June 29, 2010
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GIVEAWAY: One Signed Copy of I Scream, You Scream
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GIVEAWAY: One Signed Copy of I Scream, You Scream

Tallulah Jones, proprietor of Dalliance, Texas’s old-fashioned ice-cream parlor, dishes up luscious ice cream that is simply to die for….
Unfortunately, Remember the A-la-mode’s profits are melting faster than a snow cone in July–and Tally’s stuck scooping sundaes for her two-timing ex-husband and his bodacious new girlfriend, Brittanie, at his company luau. To make matters worse, twenty years after she dumped him in the Tasty-Swirl parking lot, Tally’s high school beau, Finn Harper, comes back to town–looking every bit as delicious as a double-dip raspberry mascarpone waffle cone.
The cherry on top? Brittanie drops dead, and Tally’s suddenly the prime suspect in her murder investigation. To catch a killer, Tally will have to churn up Dalliance’s darkest secrets and dip deep into the past. But can Tally freeze out the real culprit before a murder charge puts her dreams on ice for good?

I have one SIGNED copy to giveaway! Post a comment here, on Facebook, or on Twitter to be entered. The winner will be announced Saturday July 3rd. Good luck!

June 28, 2010
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I Have a Bone To Pick With….
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I Have a Bone To Pick With….

Reality TV “stars.” What is the deal with all these people thinking they are God’s gift to Earth when they possess no talent? I am tired of seeing the cast of ‘Jersey Shore’ thinking that they need more money and more privilege. We know you got on the show because of you’re ridiculous home videos, cosmetically enhanced bodies, and being stupid enough to repeatedly embarrass yourself on national television. Also, Heidi Montag. What is your deal woman?? How can you tell girls that they should feel beautiful in their own bodies when nothing on your body is real anymore? We know that you can’t act, that you definitely cannot sing, so now the only way you can be famous is to destroy your body and start over again? Creepy. And oh Kate Gosselin. Stop crying to the cameras about how much you miss your children. That you have to do stints like Dancing With the Stars to be able to support them. Maybe if you didn’t live in a $1.1 million dollar house and get hair extensions every other day, your children would be okay. There are countless mothers out there that don’t feel the need to be a fame whore in order to get their children by. They get jobs, they work hard, to get their kids a good education and a roof over their head. Maybe Kate should think back to the days when she and Jon were happy and thankful for the little miracles in their lives, before money and fame got to their heads. Now your children are growing up in a divorced family and only seeing their mom when cameras are rolling. Makes me ill. Kate, you honestly can’t tell me that the only way you can make a living is by being a reality star. Give me a break.
I just have to wonder, do these people really think they’re all that and a bag of chips? You exploit your own lives, your children’s and parents and friends lives just to make good TV. You will never win a Grammy or an Oscar. You will continually be the butt of people’s jokes. And the worst part is? We see people with real talent act with more grace that these reality folks. Look at Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Angelina and Brad, George Clooney, countless celebrities who use their money and platform to help others. While Kate spends her money on hair extensions, Heidi on EE breasts, and Snookie on spray tans. I’m scratching my head.

June 28, 2010
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In My Mailbox: Week of June 27th
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In My Mailbox: Week of June 27th

In My Mailbox: Week of June 27th

Title: Welcome to My Life
Author: Micheline McAllister
Received: From Micheline McAllister
Synopsis: Lights, camera, action! Samantha Kelly is a thirty something personal assistant working in Hollywood, and still looking for the perfect role as an adored girlfriend with a balanced checkbook, good friends, and all the respect she deserves. But somehow, she’s caught in a world where she working fourteen hour days, her boyfriends are cheating, her bosses are completely crazy, and her friends aren’t quite to be trusted. Even worse, as the glamour quotient in her life goes up, her bank account begins to skyrocket down. As she moves from being a personal assistant to becoming an actress, and from boyfriend to boyfriend, she begins to slowly rescript her life. But can she make a fairytale come true and find the life she’s meant to lead? And will that life have the happy ending Sam’s so desperate for? This is a brash and funny account of Hollywood, told by an author who lived through it. Full of insider information about the entertainment world and its denizens, and peppered with a roster of famous names, this is smart and savvy chick lit with a Hollywood pedigree.

Title: Love You, Love Your Work, Let’s Do Lunch!
Author: Micheline McAllister
Received: From Micheline McAllister
Synopsis: Love You, Love Your Work, Letas Do Lunch! is about a talented teleplay writer, Ashling Donovan, who moves from Des Moines to L.A. to live with her boyfriend. Unfortunately, she doesnat have the proper Hollywood connections to get a writing job on a television show, so reluctantly she takes a position as a production assistant. When, unexpectedly, she splits up with her boyfriend, she finds herself looking for a place to live and having to make her own future as a writer. She comes up with a brilliant idea and tells one lie that changes her entire world. Just like that, she is a head writer, creator of a new show, and her own personal assistant. Can this girl from Iowa make a career for herself living a double life and find happiness again?

Title: Tuesday Tells it Slant
Author: Holly Christine
Received: Amanda Parker- BookSparks PR
Synopsis: Tuesday Morning has always been a little… different. She’s kept a diary since 1989 and while researching for her senior seminar paper on Emily Dickinson’s Transcendental tendencies, reads a poem that will change her life. And not just her future. Tuesday changes her past. We all have secrets and skeletons in our closets, but Tuesday has managed to clean hers out with a pen and a diary. Just how precious is our past? And how much has our past created what we are today? How far would you go to forget your past? Tuesday Tells it Slant is a story about the tension between one’s past and personal dreams with a uniquely purposed presentation.

June 28, 2010
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Author Profile: Diane Chamberlain
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Author Profile: Diane Chamberlain

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June 25, 2010
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Your Workout Cleanser
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Your Workout Cleanser

Should you use different cleansers after your workout? According to an article in the June edition of Fitness magazine, that answer is yes. After a workout, you will want to go beyond the surface and get deeper down in the pores, and Fitness highlights three of the top after-workout cleansers.
Neutrogena Deep Clean Sport Facial Cleanser. This claims to break up the clogged oil with salicylic acid, along with reducing redness with menthol.
Garnier Skin Renew The Brusher Gel-Cleanser. This is the cleanser I am most eager to try out. The rubber bristles wipe away dead cells, and vitam E is able to penetrate deep into the skin, giving it silky smooth touch.
L’Oreal Paris Go 360 Clean Deep Cream Cleanser. This scrub has 500 touch points that spread the suds over the skin, leaving the face feeling smooth and invigorated.

June 24, 2010
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Fitness Craze: Yantra Mat
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Fitness Craze: Yantra Mat

What will be thought of next? The June edition of Fitness magazine highlights the Yantra Mat- a spiked mat that claims to stimulate blood flow, sooth back pain, and relieve anxiety. You didn’t read wrong- this is a spiked mat. The Yantra (Yan meaning form, tra meaning free) is similar to acupuncture, with the spikes reaching pressure points helping to relieve pain and pressure put on the body. While reading the testimonials, it looks like the majority of people did experience some discomfort the first few times laying on the mat, but eventually they were feeling more pain free! I am always having back pain, and with the Yantra not being too pricey ($59) I think I would want to purchase one and try it out for myself!

June 21, 2010
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