Popped over to Kristie’s for a visit ad saw her post on DearAuthor’s Viral Blogging Contest. So, being such a vocal proponent of blogging at work, I couldn’t resist adding my ‘hand’, so here goes:
I am participating in a blogging experiment hosted at dearauthor.com. To enter the contest, put up this blurb, image, and trackback […]
Posted on August 21st, 2006 by ag
Filed under: All else, Just for Fun, webwatching | 4 Comments »
Sometime back, I highlighted a few summer movies that I was eagerly anticipating. While I ended up skipping Superman Returns and X-Men 3 on reviews by friends, I managed to catch these two:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Saw this on the big screen end of July, the weekend right after my daughter’s term test. […]
Posted on August 19th, 2006 by ag
Filed under: All else, Screen | 11 Comments »
A shocking injustice has been committed tonight.
Idol finalist Mathilda D’Silva, who is easily the only one with the vocal prowess to keep the Singpore Idol name flying high, was ousted.
The division of the contestants into ‘safe’ and ‘unsafe’ groups already signals where voters are inclined. If you haven’t guessed it yet, those talented ones were in […]
Posted on August 17th, 2006 by ag
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I got so tired of checking on the local bookstores now and then for the books I’ve been wiating to read, so I decide to order them from Amazon, and just a couple of days ago, the good people at Amazon sent me a notification.
We thought you’d like to know that we shipped your items, and that […]
Posted on August 17th, 2006 by ag
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It’s WebWatchWednesday again, and to make up for the last two weeks of non-activity, I’m going to unearth more reader blogs that you should surf over to. So without further ado, here they are in no order of merit:
Meljean
I’ve long admired Meljean’s blog layout since I stumbled upon it last year. The banner shows a […]
Posted on August 16th, 2006 by ag
Filed under: All else, Eye Catcher, webwatching | 10 Comments »
Sometime late last month, Lisa Kleypas posed a very interesting question on the Squawkers’ blog. She asked:
What you you think about alternative time periods for romance novels? Do you like the comfort and familiarity of the Regency and Victorian periods to the exclusion of all other settings? Can American be an appealing backdrop for a […]
Posted on August 13th, 2006 by ag
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Sam set a very tough book quiz that had me stumped. Really stumped, ‘coz I know the answer to one of the questions, and it’s related to a literature classic, but I can’t identify any of the lines from romance novels. Ha ….the irony of it when I’m an ardent romance fan. Very demoralizing too.
So, […]
Posted on August 13th, 2006 by ag
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Move over, Craven! Here’s a Kleypas hero who moves me in ways you never did.
For those who haven’t read this, Devil in Winter is the ONE BOOK in the Wallflower series that you MUST NOT MISS!! It was definitely worth my forgoing sleep just to finish it … right after I rushed through It Happened One […]
Posted on August 11th, 2006 by ag
Filed under: Books, Romance, Authors A to M | 8 Comments »
