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Book #1 for 2012

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Simona Taylor

I don’t know if it is significant that my first book for 2012 is one that I’ve slaved over page by page in the littlest room in my house, but I do question the wisdom of buying a BATHROOM Reader … Continue reading →

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Self-publishing, here I come

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Simona Taylor

Thinking about…no, intending to self publish.  I’m very encouraged by the story of Amanda Hocking here. Not that I expect to make $2 million, but it’s nice to know self-published authors are coming out of the ghetto of the book … Continue reading →

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Balls to the wall

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Simona Taylor

Well, last year slipped under my radar, but not this one!  This year, I am going balls to the wall with my writing career, starting with bringing out as many e-pubs as possible. Anyone out there has any experience in … Continue reading →

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Missed it by that much!

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Friends, as 2011 draws to a close, I have to announce that I made it to Book #49 in my 50 Book Challenge.  Sorta sad about that, but I guess it’s my fault for abandoning so many books.  But at … Continue reading →

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Book #48 makes it cool to be dead

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Simona Taylor

I’ve really taken to the Sookie Stackhouse series, and Book #3, Club Dead, was as sexy and delightful as all the others.  I generally don’t go for human/non-human sex, but Eric is to die for (ha) and so is the … Continue reading →

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Book #47 is pure nostalgia

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Book #47 is The Complete Peanuts 1961-1962 by Charles “Sparky” Schultz.  I never realised how incredibly adult these Peanuts kids are.  I read most of these comics as a child, loved every page, but I guess I missed much of … Continue reading →

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Book #46 is…I forget!

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Simona Taylor

If you forget a book in your 50 book challenge, doe sit still count?  If it doesn’t, I’m cheating anyway. But I will list the books I’ve started in the past month or two and given up on: Tishomingo Blues … Continue reading →

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Book #45 – Deadbeats beware

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Simona Taylor

D is For Deadbeat, by Sue Grafton.  You know how I love my Kinsey Milhone! But i have to admit that, as always, Sue left me deeply disturbed.  I can take a lot of things in my fiction, but the … Continue reading →

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Freaked out over Superfreakonomics

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Book # 44 was great fun.  Superfreakonomics: Global cooling, patriotic prostitutes and why suicide bombers should get life insurance by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.  I’m not usually one for non-fiction, but I had a great time with … Continue reading →

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Naughty Uncle Oswald

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Book #43 is My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl.  I’ve read so many of Dahl’s books to my children (and loved it along with them) that I decided it was high time I read one for me.  In true Dahl … Continue reading →

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