Food For Thought...

"When you give someone a book, you don't give him just paper, ink, and glue. You give him the possibility of a whole new life."

Christopher Morley
1890-1957, Novelist, Journalist and Poet

This seemed like a great quote for a bunch of book lovers! :)

Have a great day!
Peace and love,
Alannah

What I'm Reading...

Demonica Series - Book #2

Pleasure is their ultimate weapon . . .

Runa Wagner never meant to fall in love with the sexy stranger who seemed to know her every deepest desire. But she couldn’t resist the unbelievable passion that burned between them, a passion that died when she discovered his betrayal and found herself forever changed. Now, determined to make Shade pay for the transformation that haunts her, Runa searches for him, only to be taken prisoner by his darkest enemy.

A Seminus demon with a love-curse that threatens him with eternal torment, Shade hoped he’d seen the last of Runa and her irresistible charm. But when he wakes up in a dank dungeon chained next to an enraged and mysteriously powerful Runa, he realizes that her effect on him is more dangerous than ever. As their captor casts a spell that bonds them as lifemates, Shade and Runa must fight for their lives and their hearts—or succumb to a madman’s evil plans.


I'd heard good things about Larissa Ione, but when Janelle sang her praises, I had to rush right out and get her books. I read the first one while I was at the beach vacationing with hubby back in April and absolutely loved it! I love paranormal anyway, and teh first one was freaking fantastic!

One really fun thing about this book - the heroine is a werewolf and right now, she's about to turn for the 2nd night of the full moon. hehe...it was kind of cool to read this while looking out my window at the full moon. Totally adds to the flavor of the book. :)

I hope everyone has a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend!!!

Peace and love and special thanks to all who have, or are currently, serving!
Alannah

I don't Want To....

But I must...Give away a bunch of books. *sniff*

One positive thing about living in a small, two-bedroom house: it cuts down on clutter. I have no spare bedroom in which to store things. I have no extra closets, and I don't have a single wall available where I can put a bookshelf and keep books.

So, I'm giving away a bunch. I really, really don't want to so I'm hoping they can go to good homes, with people who will love them.

I'm sure a lot of you already have most of them, but I'm going to list the ones that I have available right now and if you want any of them, all you have to do is say so.

If you will, post the ones you want in the comments, so everyone else will know that ones taken (first come, first serve) but then e-mail me your mailing address so I can send them out to you. E-mail is: alannah@alannahlynne.com

Here's the list:

Blaze - Yule Be Mine - Jennifer LaBrecque
Blaze - Stripped - Julie Leto
Blaze - The Domino Effect - Julie Leto
Blaze - The Loner - Rhonda Nelson (Men Out of Uniform Series)
Blaze - The Hell-Raiser - Rhonda Nelson (Men out of Uniform Series)
Blaze - Sinfully Sweet Anthology with Janelle Denison, Jacquie D'Alessandro, Kate Hoffman
Blaze - Boys of Summer Anthology - Julie Leto, Kimberly Raye, Leslie Kelly
Fade To Black - Leslie Parrish (The first in the Black CATS series)
Casual Hex - Vicki Lewis Thompson
Pink Jinx - Sandra Hill
Wild Jinx - Sandra Hill
Knock Me Off My Feet - Susan Donovan
The Kept Woman - Susan Donovan
He Loves Lucy - Susan Donovan
The Girl Most Likey To - Susan Donovan
I Heart Bad Boys - Lori Foster, Janelle Denison, Donna Kauffman
My Wicked Vampire - Nina Bangs (Castle of Dark Dreams Series)
Naked In Death - JD Robb
Immortal in Death - JD Robb
Ceremony in Death - JD Robb
Rapture in Death - JD Robb


I think that's it for now. As I accumulate more, I'll do this again.

Have a great Thursday!!
Peace and love,
Alannah

Hump Day Humor....

How to write a sex scene:



Even if you're not a writer, I think you'll find this article hilarious. And it's written by a man!

(Thanks, Lu, for letting me know the link was missing!)

Have a happy hump day!
Peace and love,
Alannah

Food For Thought...

"Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way."

Eileen Caddy
Author


I love this!! Great thought to keep in mind.

Have a great day!
Peace and love,
Alannah

What I'm Reading....

The first book in Nalini Singh's Psy/Changling series is "Slave To Sensation." I'm not sure how I found it, but I absolutely loved that book. I arrived to the series kind of late, so as soon as I finished the first book, I went on a search to find the rest of the series.

She's one of those writers that keeps me in awe, and frustrated because I fear I'll never write like that. Her ability to capture the essence of the changlings (cats and wolves), fascinates me, and keeps me turning the pages deep into the night.

That's why I've been so disappointed that I've had such a hard time getting through Blaze of Memory. A friend told me she'd read, the first book of Singh's she'd read, and that she really didn't like it. I was stunned. I thought my friend was warped in the head. I went straight to B&N and got the book so I'd know whether or not my friend needed to be committed. :)

That was months and months and months ago. In fact, I may have already done a "What I'm Reading" on it, because I've had it for so long.

I think the problem with this book is that it doesn't have a changling as either the hero or the heroine, which causes it to lose a lot of the sensuality that I've loved so much in the other books. In one of the books, I was about 2/3 of the way through when I realized the couple hadn't had sex. But the sensuality of the books is so high, and they'd grown so close, I thought they had.

The Psy are clinical beings - humans who've had their emotions conditioned out of them -- and even though the heroine of this book does have feelings, it's not the same as the changlings. And the hero also has feelings, but he's a cold person who draws strength from metal, so....yeah, not a real warm-fuzzy kind of couple.

Fresh Fiction - which gave the display quote - obviously feels different: "Singh gets better with every book in this unique series."

I'm not giving up, I'll get it through it. Eventually.

Has that ever happened to you? All of a sudden an author that you love throws you a curve ball and leaves you scratching your head, wondering what the hell happened?

I hope it's a fantastic weekend for everyone!!!!
Peace,
Alannah

Blog? What blog?

I swear, sometimes I think my mind takes a vacation on me! This past week (since last Friday) has been pretty stressful and my blog completely slipped my mind. Completely!!

On Friday, at 3:36 (when school is releasing for the day), I get a call from school. As soon as I see Boad of Education on my caller ID, I cringe. But I figured it was just another automated message because school was letting out so what could be the problem?

Ummm...it had just taken the assistant principal that long to get to me. Kidlet had gotten into an altercation with another boy in the gym during PE. He was being suspsended for 4 days AND was CHARGED with disorderly conduct. He'll have a juvenile court appearance in a few weeks. The other boy was charged with disordly conduct and assault.

I'm not complaining about the punishment, I think it was deserved and I hope the trip to court, and subsequent community service will be a wake-up call to kidlet that he needs to keep his mouth shut and not always engage when being picked on. I know, hard to do. But he needs to learn.

To top that off, on Saturday my oldest calls and says, "I need to talk to you about a few things." Oh shit! That's my initial reaction. Always! To that statement. It turns out not to be too bad, and I think he's making progress in getting his life togerher, albeit slowly. It's like 2 steps forward, 1 step back. But a friend of mine said her son was still sidestepping so I'll take the slow forward progression. :)

Anyway, with having kidlet home this week, and having to constantly supervise and keep him working his little tail off so he doesn't get the impression this is a vacation, I completely forgot about my blog. I already had Mon. - Wed. set, so I didn't have to think about getting them together. But not todays. *sigh*

So what's going on in everyone else's life? Lu, you want to share about the ladies? Liza, how's the training going (I'm so impressed with your efforts!!!). Silver? Paula? Janet? Anyone else who visits but doesn't comment?

Someone share some good news with me please? LOL

Have a great, fantastic Thursday!!!
Peace and love,
Alannah