MN

Back from MN trip. Busy, Busy!!..Lots of flooding up North these days. I don't like detours so I was a little panicky about the whole thing. We were busy the whole short time I was there. Got my new book from my favorite author and got to visit my favorite book store!!! It was fun! They have a new dog that hangs out at the store and he is a lover!! Got cheese, forgot cheese:( and realized that my god daughter is truly a teenager (YIKES)!

Books

Finished the new Prey book.....VERY VERY GOOD...Love John Sandford....He is the best....No, I'm not sharing BFF

A Funny Thing Happened....

A funny thing happened at the B&B store today. A woman was checking out, when low and behold, I saw her Waldenbooks bag with 2 John Sandford books in it..........Being the fan I am, we struck up a conversation about his books....(Didn't mention the photos or signed books) We talked about Dead Watch, his wife dying, and how he has become quite prolific again.... SHould have mentioned that she really needs to read the Prey books in order, but, it was a nice conversation. Lasted a couple of minutes, but was the highlight of my work day...:)

New Books

BFF- your books are being bumped down my list again....I have The Brass Verdict coming from Once Upon A Crime Books in Minneapolis, a new David Morrell book comes out on Oct 28th, and I have 2 Star Trek books coming out the end of the month as well. I am still working on Heat Lightning. Gosh darn it, I've just been selling soap so much that I haven't gotten into the book any faster. Kind of sucks, but nice to be busy....I am excited, though, so many new books to read!! Yeah!!

Heat Lightning

Once Upon A Crime Books has come through again and are mailing me my personalized, signed copy of Heat Lightning......No, I probably won't make it up there for the John Sandford stop :(, but my book is coming...............And they are shipping it to me!!! Yes, you heard me right- the book store (Gary and Pat) are taking time out of their schedules to send me my book....wrapped tight and secure............This is customer service to the max and much appreciated :)

Heat Lightning Tour

Well, I am very lucky. The new book that I have been waiting for is coming out September 23. The author, my favorite, John Sandford, will be making one and only one stop on this tour and that is at my favorite bookstore Once Upon A Crime in Minneapolis on September 23. My BFF teases me, but I have been checking their site daily, and sure enough, up pops a tour stop. I made a quick call to Once Upon A Crime and they already have me on the list for books, signed, and personalized. How we pay will be dealt with later..........Yeah! These people are amazing. If I was closer, I would be broke stopping at their store whenever possible. They take care of their customers and they remember you!! AMAZING this day and age!! Thank You Gary and Pat!!

Joy Rush List

All right, I have been reading some other blogs lately and they suggested a joy rush list, so I thought I would give it a try..

Joy Rush List (in no specific order)

1. Having Wendell (the cat) crawl up on my pillow and go to sleep with me. He's purring like crazy and puts his little paw on my head as if to make sure I don't go away.

2. Driving in the car with the window down on one of the first nice days of the year. The radio/CD is blaring music that you love and life is good.

3. Hanging out with my goddaughter and listening to life and she sees it. Always fun and makes me feel 20 years younger.

4. Reading a good book and just crawling into the story and enjoying it. Thank you John Sandford!!

5. Brownies straight out of the oven. A combination of the smell of the house and the warm brownies. Yumm!!

6. Going on a cancer walk with my sister and my niece. Feeling healthy, empowered and lucky to be.

7. Finding an episode of Star Trek on t.v. that I haven't seen for awhile.

8. The snow storm where the snow is falling and all is quiet, calm, and clean.

9. Waiting for my husband to come home from work and seeing that he is genuinely happy to find me waiting for him.

10. A hot bubble bath and a good book. Life is good..

Patiently Awaiting My New Book

I 'm patiently awaiting my new book. Truly I am! It actually came out today. The further adventures of Lucas Davenport. I'm getting a signed copy that will get to me the 1st of the week. In the mean time, I'm rushing to finish the other 2 books I'm in the middle of. Those who know me, know I never read 2 at a time so I'm jumping from sci-fi to mystery and back again, hoping to finish both before my book arrives.

Thank you Shawn for showing me how to cut and paste this stuff!!