Naughty Girls in town...

Sorry about the delay, but I wanted to get the books finished before I posted and I've had a hellacious (good ole southern term I've picked up) week. So without further ado -- our pictures from last week's Naughty Girl tour...

Back row (from left): Kelley, Sandi and Jackie Charnier (manager of Vista Ridge Waldenbooks, Front row (from left): Julie Leto, Julie Kenner, Shari Shattuck, Gena Showalter.

The "Naughty Girls" were touring courtesy of Downtown Press -- and each book was contemporary but with a "chick lit" flair. For those readers loving mysteries, LETHAL by Shari Shattuck is the second in her Hollywood series. Hollywood socialite Callie Wilde is on jury duty and stumbles on more than just great shopping during her break. With the help of her lover, Detective Evan Paley, Callie manages to uncover murder in a drug smugglers ring and geisha girls triangle.

Gena Showalter has burst on the scene with a plethora of books in her first year of publishing. With AWAKEN ME DARKLY, her paranormal bent glows through. Definitely a book for those who love a bit of romance with their paranormal reading.

Julie Leto lends the Hispanic flair with her story set in Tampa -- Marisela is a kick ass heroine with a secret life -- she's still running as a bounty hunter even with her license to carry revoked. Her skills have caught more than the bad guys attention; she's been recruited to, well, you'll have to read DIRTY LITTLE LIES to get the whole story. One thing for sure, you won't be denied any steam in this one.




Julie Kenner takes on the DA VINCI CODE by giving us a grad student heroine out to decode arcane clues in order to make money to buy more apparel. It's an interesting bent to the arcane phenomena sweeping the world, a chick lit sway to the hip reading.

All-in-all the authors were a delight to meet and the books each had the chick lit label in common, but they also appealed to a distinct segment of readers. An interesting way to market and the Naughty Girls of Downtown Press are a good step in a new direction.

Finally an Answer to my copyright page question

This may be of no interest to anyone but myself, but I'm going to share it anyway. We've talked many times as a group about ISBN numbers, Wal-Mart's involvement of the evolution of UPCs and copyright pages and what info you can glean from the bits listed there.

While researching an unrelated matter on the web (isn't that always how the most interesting things are discovered) I found the following:


Q. I would like to know what the numbers on the copyright page represent that are written:
14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 1 2 3 4 5, for example.

A. Impression Line. The first group of numbers refers to years (2014 to 2005), and the second group indicates the impression number. The line tells the reader that this is the first impression, printed in 2005. If the next impression were printed in 2007, the printers would mask the numbers 05 and 06 in the first group and the number 1 in the second group, so the following line would appear:

14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 2 3 4 5

This would tell readers that it was the book’s second impression, printed in 2007, and it could be done without retypesetting the copyright page.

Neat, huh??

Now I have to go back to what I was looking for in the first place.

Do you need a Brawny Man?

I really think I'm insulted by this -- or at least it has definitely put me off buying Brawny towels. Have you SEEN the "innocent escapes" from Brawynman.com? Good grief, it's enough to make you barf.

The shirt has to go and his sensitivity? And they spent TWO years researching what women really want? I'd just take a man using a brawny towel to do the cleanup!!

Okay, enough with the ranting....enjoy the innocence!!!

~sara

What I'm Reading

Let's see, what have I read this past week? I had a really busy week so didn't get as much reading in as I usually do.

In audio, I'm still working on Left Behind book 3: Nicolae in the car. I'm about halfway through it so far. At work, I'm listening to lake in the Clouds by Sara Donati. I had been listening to LitC in the car and N at work but I had to swap them out. There's something wrong with the tapes for LitC which I borrowed form the library and the sound is messed up, so it can barely be heard, even at full volume. But with earphones I can hear it just fine. Go figure. LOL So now it's my work book.

In paper, I finished up Madeline Hunter's Lord of Sin this weekend. In spite of the minimal reading time I've had lately, I still finished this one up in a week, which was quick considering. I took it with me to the gym for my exercising and read while I biked. LOL This book was great and I can't wait for the next one. I love how she worked so much into the book that uses her expertise as an art professor. That added to the story in a lot of ways.

After finishing that one, I started Holly Jacobs' September book, Once Upon a King. I have an advance copy and this one is good so far. I'm almost halfway through it already and just started it on Saturday.

In electronic I'm still reading Soul of a Witch by Angela Verdenius, the latest in her Heart and Soul series. I'm about 1/3 of the way through and the story is really picking up and making me want to read more then I have time for.

Kelley