How I Spent My Winter Vaca

Happy 2009! Hope you had a wonderful holiday. Besides the regular holiday hoopla and major family time, here's how I spent the break.. 

1. Read some great books while I waited for JaNoWriMo to begin..

2. And just as I was about to drive to the book store to spend my Visa Gift Card, these goodies arrived signed in the mail. Thanks, Lenore! 

3. After my eyes bugged from too much reading, I joined Netflix (what an amazing invention) and caught up with Season 5 of my fave show... :)  

4. And finally, I watched this.. 

How did you spend your winter break? Any suggestions for my Netflix 'queue'? Isn't queue a great word? :) 

Happy Release Day, Alexa Young! Book 2 of the FRENEMIES series: FAKETASTIC drops today. 

PRETTY TOUGH TUESDAY: Check out some tips on how to make 2009 your best sporty year ever here. 

Have a fantastic day everyone! 

Rock and Read

Are you going to be in Hollywood on Sunday? If so, check out Rock n' Read. Rock n' Read is a celebration of reading and rock music that includes a ton of amazing authors signing and reading their books along with live recording artist performances. Also, you can enter to win some fabulous prizes to help support the charity, Virgin Unite. Check it out. 

Speaking of contests,  don't miss this Happy 16th Birthday 'your choice' contest.  It's a good one. 

Last night was the first night of the Wednesday Teen's Writers Workshop I'm facilitating at the Cape May County Library. I met a great group of writers and we had a blast chatting about books, writing, Writer's Notebook, and Chase Crawford. :) Check out their fun blog here. 

Yay! My book streak continues. Alexa Young's book FRENEMIES is a blast. I always can tell when I'm going to enjoy a book because I make an instant connection and FRENEMIES immediately reminded me of a quirky, fun friend from middle school. Then, if it's really, really good, I usually dream about that particular time period in my life. How do you know when you're falling in like or love with a book? Does anyone else dream about books or characters?  

Have a great day!