Sex, Swears, and Aggression

/ September 27, 2011

Credit If you’re a book person, you already know that this week is Banned Books Week. As a writer and book lover, this is an extremely important week because yours truly believes that censorship is crap. Even High School Alicia and College Alicia didn’t like the concept. It’s one thing if you personally disagree/dislike/outwardly hate something, but it’s totally different

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The Great Book Reorg of 2011

/ September 26, 2011

Back in the spring of 2010, I admitted that I have a book habit. Now in the fall of 2011, I’m here to tell you it hasn’t improved. With the demise of Borders, the addiction grew worse. The combined TBR pile morphed into 4 totes full of unread books. Houston, we definitely have a problem. So a few weeks ago,

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Covers, Posters… Same thing.

/ September 21, 2011

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday.  Today’s topic:  What are your all-time favorite book covers? I’ve talked about covers once before, but some topics just need repeating. The covers

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Summer Literary Recap

/ September 9, 2011

Lurkdom, you’re officially reading post 500! *throws confetti and glitter* Because of this and the fact that math has broken my brain*, today’s post will be short. I read some fantastically awesome published books this summer**. After having such a reading slump at the start of the year, it’s amazing to see how my reading picked up. Pam raves about

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Hidden Gems Blogfest: The Tower

/ September 6, 2011

So yesterday was Labor Day in the US, which meant somebody wasn’t chained to her computer. (Shocking, I know.) What sucked about that was I couldn’t post my entry for AJ Mullarky’s blogfest right away. But Alicia, you could’ve scheduled it ahead of time.I know, but I’m kinda weird in that I don’t like doing that. What if I changed

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