The Sunday Salon A bit of This and That

Happy Sunday all! I hope you having a fabulous weekend. Here in Southern California it is HOT. Today it is supposed to be 107 degrees. YUCK.

I took the first part of the weekend away from the computer and it was great! Sometimes it's good just to get away.

I know I haven't posted a link round up in some time. Mostly that's because I fell really behind in reading blogs. I do plan to start it up again but here are a few links of immediate interest!

Eva is planning a sort of book blogger's mentoring program. This is an idea I love, but I think Eva is still looking for ideas so go weigh in! :)

Trish and Michelle are putting the nuts and bolts together of a book blogger con in New York. They are trying to gauge interest now so if you are planning on going to BEA next year and also would be interested in a day of book blogger nerding out, please go fill out the form.

Have you ever visited the Book Blogs Ning site? Lately you might have stayed away due to an increase in spam, but the administrators are working on getting it cleaned up...go check out the new rules and provide feedback!

Okay now on to the other stuff.

I am seriously considering a ban on acquiring books as it seems crazy out of control. But I am always super excited about the books that wind up in my hands! :) A few recent acquisitions include:



I became interested in this book when I attended Penguin's panel at Comic-Con and the editor there, (can't remember her name!) said this was one of her favorite books. A few people in the audience agreed. Apparently it was out of print for awhile and the rights had reverted back to the author, but since he has recently written a follow-up they were able to reissue the book and the following sequel. So I look forward to reading it. Have any of you read it?


Unsuprisingly for those that know me, I bought this for Melissa Marr's contribution. This marks her adult debut, hee hee. I'm not all that interested in the others since I haven't read the books by the authors (yet!) but will probably read Marr's someday soon here.



Back when I lived and worked with Australians in Japan, they would often cite these books as their favorite. I always wanted to read them, but forgot the title after returning to the States. But thank God for book blogs, I have rediscovered the title and now have the first and second book waiting for me to read them!

Sadly, I don't think I'll be reading any of these today. I have a few obligations to fulfill first.

Finally to wrap up today's quite random post, I'd like to ask if anyone else spent two hours of their lives watching the completely incomprehensible movie Knowing. Seriously, I thought this movie had some potential but it was beyond ridciculous. I really can't recommend it all. I can't even believe the movie made it so far.

Have a fab Sunday everyone...stay cool! What are your plans? Tell me all!