• Two weeks and counting down …

    3 Comments

    Do you guys realize it’s only two weeks until Crimmus? I’m so not ready. Must … wrap … more presents … :rolleyes:

    What about you guys? Are you ready to deal with the holiday madness yet?

  • 916 and counting …

    Finished The Moneypenny Diaries by Kate Westbrook.

    This is a James Bond-related book, focusing on M’s famous secretary, Miss Moneypenny. Basically, the book is a year of journal entries from Moneypenny’s point of view during 1962, when she became involved in the Cuban missile crisis, among other adventures.

    The book manages to weave in quite a bit of the Bond lore from the Ian Fleming titles while still making Moneypenny an independent character with her own adventures. During the course of the year, Moneypenny finds out what happened to her father, is asked to be a double agent, and falls in love with a man who may or may not be an enemy spy. I found it interesting to read about Bond’s world from the point of view of someone else.

    For those who might not be so familiar with the Bond novels, there are plenty of footnotes about various characters and events mentioned (and yes, Bond himself does appear throughout the book). The footnotes are helpful, but after a while, they started to annoy me simply because there were so many of them. Having to read them interrupted the flow of the story for me.

    Overall, I’m giving this one a thumbs up, but really, Bond fans will probably enjoy it more than other folks.

    Up next: Warsworn by Elizabeth Vaughn.

    Books in my TBR pile: About 10.

  • For a good cause …

    Lots of authors (including yours truly), editors, agents, and others have donated books, critiques, and more goodies for the For Jo Leigh auction. The auction will help author Jo Leigh with medical expenses related to her husband’s passing.

    I’m offering Karma Girl and Hot Mama T-shirts and signed copies of all three Bigtime books. Here’s the link to my stuff. Hope you can check it out. :ww:

  • The most wonderful time of the year …

    I always thought that was a funny saying. Christmas is more like the busiest time of the year. Shopping … decorating … wrapping presents … the older I get, the more I realize that it’s all sort of exhausting. Still, I’ve accomplished a few holiday items on my list, like the following: 

    Tree — up.

    Decorations — up.

    Shopping — mostly done.

    Presents — mostly wrapped.

    Christmas cards — mostly sent.

    My house — a disaster area (which is how it will stay until after Christmas when I take my tree down and put all the furniture back where it belongs). :rolleyes:

    What about you guys? What are you looking forward to or stressing about during the holidays? Share in the comments.