Archive for June, 2006

Mood Swings

Jun 30th

Posted by Avid Reader in Avid Musings

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I’ve been hav­ing some seri­ous read­ing mood swings of late. One moment I want to read roman­tica, then want to read a his­tor­i­cal then want to read a YA novel. I finally set­tled into the YA novel and after read­ing Karen Scott’s review of Bet­ting Hearts by Dee Teno­rio, I want to read that right now, too. I promise that Betting

So, Star Gets the Boot

Jun 29th

Posted by Avid Reader in Avid Musings

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So, Star Jones Reynolds gets the boot from The View. I am not sur­prised since Rosie O’Donnell accepted the empty seat left by Vieira. Unless you either a) lived under a rock or b) just couldn’t be arsed, O’Donnell has made caus­tic remarks about Ms. Reynolds alleged weight loss from exer­cise and diet alone. Like we believed…
And

Harry Potter News

Jun 28th

Posted by Avid Reader in Avid Musings

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 J.K. Rowl­ing  gave an inter­view on the UK tele there say­ing that two char­ac­ters will die in the last Harry Pot­ter book. Two that she didn’t intend to kill off — one char­ac­ter got a  reprieve. It’s been spec­u­lated that Harry Pot­ter him­self would  be one of the vic­tims but Ms. Rowl­ing is nei­ther con­firm­ing nor deny­ing those rumors for fear

The Best Of..

Jun 27th

Posted by Avid Reader in Avid Musings

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Linda Howard. The Queen of Roman­tic Sus­pense.
I’ve read many of Linda Howard’s books even the ones that fea­tured Nean­derthals. What’s her appeal to you? I like her because she can write good sus­pense. Her heroes tend to be more dom­i­nat­ing than I care for but her books are usu­ally pretty good. She does push enve­lope when she

Beyonce Gets Ambushed

Jun 26th

Posted by Avid Reader in Avid Musings

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H-town native, Bey­once gets ambushed in a trendy New York restau­rant by PETA. They attacked her for her cloth­ing line that fea­tures fur. How did the two meet for din­ner you ask? Well, it seems that VH1 had a Ebay auc­tion going for fans to win a din­ner and meet Bey­once in New York. PETA out­bid many for

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