tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237033642007-03-16T18:31:06.440-07:00MoiBlogger41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23703364.post-85219113908676199462007-01-30T08:46:00.000-08:002007-03-15T08:22:23.682-07:00<a href="http://www.stephanieknight.com/images/divabooks/chances.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand" height="194" alt="" src="http://www.stephanieknight.com/images/divabooks/chances.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Next Title &amp; Meeting:</strong> <em>Chances</em> by Jackie Collins - March 16th<br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">**ATTENTION**</span></strong> Out-of-Towners and others unable to attend to the "Scrapbook" in person - Please add your comments below by clicking "COMMENTS".<br /><div><div><br /><div>*********************************<br />Jackie Collins tour de force!!!</div><div><br /><div>Enter the world of Gino Santangelo, a handsome small time hood who rises to the top of the crime lords with respect, fame and fortune. The story will take you through Gino's childhood and adulthood. You will be amazed by the characters in this novel. Maria Santangelo (Gino's wife), Lucky Santangelo, (Gino's daughter), who makes every woman proud to be a woman. From Gino's family to the Bonatti's family you will be intrigued from the onset, with love betrayal and deception at an all time high. If you are ready to enter the world of wiseguys be prepared to be up a few late nights. It will be quite difficult for the reader to tear himself/herself away from this riveting piece of work.</div></div></div></div>Moitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23703364.post-1158507828682892252006-09-17T08:36:00.000-07:002006-11-11T17:57:37.516-08:00Meeting November 18th 2006<br /><br /><img height="164" alt="Cover Image" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/8490000/8494958.gif" width="100" align="right" border="0" />Undead and Unwed<br />by MaryJanice Davidson<br /><br />****************************************<br />From the Publisher<br />First Betsy Taylor loses her job, then she's killed in a car<br />accident. But what really bites is that she can't seem to stay dead.<br />And now her new friends have the ridiculous idea that Betsy is the<br />prophesied vampire queen, and they want her help in overthrowing the<br />most obnoxious power-hungry vampire in five centuries.<br /><br />Reader Reviews<br />Bust a Gut Laughing<br />This gal is making the rounds with my friends. Who can read about<br />this 'lisping', cussing vampire without cracking up? She may be<br />Valley Girl, but she kicks major butt. And Eric Sinclair is YUMMY! Be<br />Warned: Once you laugh out loud, people try to steal your book to<br />read it.<br /><br />Darling Vampire book.<br />This was a refreshing, light, fun read. If you are in the mood to<br />laugh at the Vampire genre, this is the book to get. I liked the<br />ending especially. We modern day women/vampirellas know how to put<br />men/vampires in their place.<br /><br />So funny!!<br />It is one of those books that when you read it, even for the 3rd or<br />4th time, it's just as funny or even funnier..Definitely a must<br />buy!!! I love a series romance writer, so it only gets better in her<br />future books. Find out more about shoe guru Betsy Taylor!<br />****************************************Moitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23703364.post-1151028259214521782006-06-22T18:50:00.000-07:002006-07-05T19:27:08.240-07:00Next Book: Bride of the Fat White Vampire<br />Next Meeting: Friday August 18th - Field Trip<br /><br /><a name="BN"></a>The Barnes & Noble Review<br />In Bride of the Fat White Vampire, Andrew Fox's sequel to his debut novel, Fat White Vampire Blues -- a laugh-out-loud, satirical look at the horror genre -- Jules Duchon, a 500-pound, bloodsucking taxi driver, will do anything to bring his dead stripper girlfriend back to life.<br /><br />Jules's old sidekick Rory "Doodlebug" Richelieu, a transvestite vampire educated by Tibetan monks, has a problem: He has been strong-armed into finding out who is systematically mutilating members of an aristocratic vampire clan in New Orleans; and if he can't solve the mystery posthaste, the patriarch of the family will destroy a meditative institute Doodlebug has worked hard to make successful. Doodlebug turns to his friend Jules for help.<br /><br />He finds Jules in the form of a swarm of fat white rats feasting on New Orleans cuisine in a back-alley dumpster. After using his mystical powers to transform Jules back into his morbidly obese human form, Doodlebug makes a deal: Jules will investigate the bizarre mutilations if Doodlebug can somehow bring his girlfriend (who is now a pile of ashes) back to life. Add to the mix a looming vampire race war, a satanic rock star, a greedy catfish magnate, and one very important wayward rat, and sidesplitting chaos ensues!<br /><br />Fans of authors like Anne Rice, Laurell K. Hamilton, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and P. N. Elrod will absolutely love this corpulent comedy and its supersized antihero. After reading Bride of the Fat White Vampire, fans of vampiric fiction will never look at gothic romanticism the same way again. In a word: hilarious.Moitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23703364.post-1145833338122555902006-04-23T16:01:00.000-07:002006-04-23T16:02:18.123-07:00Diva Novelties<br /><br />Our book club online!Moi