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October 5, 2014 · 4:59 pm

Sunday is Lazy & Planning Day

Sunday always begins as a wonderful day. Lazing around, doing nothing and other miscellaneous activities I feel like doing.

I don’t have to clean, I probably did that yesterday or last week.

I don’t have to cook, I understand the concept but practical application is rarely put in practice.

I might groom the doggies, depends on ‘our’ moods and the current level of cleanliness.

I read. I surf the internet. I read blogs. I read science news.

I drink coffee, leisurely of course. I look for items and books I want to blog about.

I enjoy the majority of Sunday – until – planning for the week ahead and setting my alarm. Anguish. Not because the week ahead will be anguish though sometime there is suffering. Because my laziness has come to an end. If I think about this too early in the day, the laziness ends and anxiety creeps into my body.

So I am going to write a quick note to my blog reading friends. Ask a question or two and tell you some upcoming plans. I will then proceed to reading Archaeology the magazine and the website Archaeology Today.

UPCOMING & QUESTIONS:

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I am scheduling some author interviews. I do have some friends that are authors. I have sent requests to Shannon Leigh of Deconstructing Lila and Candace Havens. Shannon & Candy have collaborated on Tycoon Reunion (Entangled Indulgence). Candy has a large library of published books (and I swear more energy that a two-year old – really).

What would you like me to ask them about? Do you have a question about a favorite book? Their writing technique?

What authors would you like me to interview? I’ll do my darndest to get that interview.

What authors want me to interview them?

I am finishing Hugh Howey’s Wool Omnibus Edition (Wool 1 – 5) (Silo Saga), Shift Omnibus Edition (Shift 1-3) (Wool Trilogy Book 2) and Dust (Wool Trilogy Book 3). Enjoyable. Review coming.

I am fairly certain that later today I will watch (re-watch) Orphan Black, Season 2. Amazing series from BBC America with a very talented lead. Recommended!

So enjoy your day. Your input is welcome. I appreciate your stopping by and comments.

Deconstructing Lila, Available 9/23/14 Buy It!

I love a great romance novel. I enjoy getting caught up in the journey to a happily ever after.

In Deconstructing Lila, Shannon Leigh had delivered the enjoyment and escape into a well written novel.

Deconstructing Lila (Entangled Select) Available September 23, 2014.

Preservationist Lila Gentry returns to her small Texas hometown to restore the famous Chisholm Trail whorehouse where her great-great-grandmother was a madam in the 1880s. On her agenda is winning back Jake, the one that got away. But how do you rope a man who doesn’t want to be wrangled?

Jake lives by one creed: Keep it simple. His ex showing up in town complicates his life and makes him think about things he’d rather forget.

When Lila’s restoration project is threatened before it even begins, she turns to Jake for help. Working together stirs up old feelings, but while Lila and Jake always sizzle between the sheets—or wherever the moment takes them—it will involve some sweet-talking and finesse to bring these two together.

Shannon Leigh’s Deconstructing Lila is a breath of fresh air. She writes with an easy style and draws you into the world so easily you don’t even realize your obsession until it is 3 a.m. and you are saying ‘just one more chapter’.

Leigh delightfully blends a traditional modern romance with historically accurate Texas and a second love story. Lila has returned to the home town, a past she has left behind and an ex husband.

Lila’s great-great grandmother, ran a brothel called Miss Pru’s house. Someone sent Pru’s journal to Lila. She is motivated and intrigued. And the handsome Jake is a target along with rebuilding Pru’s house into a day spa. She is determined, to rebuild Pru’s house and win over Jake.

“It appeared her job in Hannington had taken on a new twist.
Win back estranged husband. Make the town like her again. And find out what
happened to one Prudence MacIntosh and one Luke Pierce.”

As Lila forges ahead to build a happily ever after, Pru speaks to her great-granddaughter through her old diary, revealing her own life and wisdom/lessons on how to attract a man and make oneself desirable.

Lesson #14 Silent words conveyed with the eyes are as powerful as those spoken.

Lesson #6 Stand up for yourself. Do not let folk railroad you or make you feel bad. Have pride in who you are and what you do, and the people trying to bring you down to their level will admire you. So will your man.

This is a romance so we know a happily ever awaits, but the journey is a delight. For other books by Ms. Leigh see my review of Forbidden Kiss.