The Pajama Gardener (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
I'm excited about Melissa Senate's latest The Secret of Joy for what will be obvious reasons for anyone who's read my book Children of the Waters . Half-sisters who find each other! In addition, I'm excited because Melissa has been a real joy to me, filling me in on what happens when your book is made into a TV movie. So I'm thrilled to let you all know about what promises to be...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Because I loved the book so much, I am offering one lucky reader my gently read copy of Melissa Senate's The Secret of Joy. Want to know more about this book? Read my review . Rules: Deadline for entry is Tuesday, December 1, 2009 11:59pm EST. Giveaway is open to all US residents. To Enter: (mandatory) Follow this blog on Google Connect (see right sidebar). Fill out entry form below....
Books, movies, and Chinese Food (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... The Love Bus, and a sexy carpenter for whom Rebecca finds herself unexpectedly falling in love... Melissa Senate has always been one of my favorite chick lit authors. I loved all her books that she wrote for the Red Dress Ink line and was excited to hear that she had another one coming out. As soon as I started reading this one, I knew I'd love it as well. The story is really easy...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Book Details Paperback, 352 pages 2002, Downtown Press ISBN: 978-4391-0717-1 Synopsis As 28 year old New York paralegal Rebecca Strand's widowed father lays dying, he confesses a secret: he had an affair 26 years earlier when Rebecca was just a toddler. Now he wants Rebecca to deliver the secret stash of letters he wrote, but never mailed, to the daughter he fathered. Rebecca's lawyer boyfriend, Michael,...
Boxing the Octopus (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... is always the case with sisters, secrets, and broken hearts, everything that happens after that in Melissa Senate's latest novel, The Secret of Joy , is complicated, to say the least. The book is in stores this week, and Melissa spared a moment for 3 Qs in the midst of launch-o-palooza. This is fertile ground for a story to grow, Melissa. I'm curious about the roots....
A Book Blogger's Diary (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate 352p, Downtown Press, Isbn-1439107173 In Melissa Senate’s sweet and sentimental eighth novel, twenty-eight year-old Rebecca Strand is about to lose her father and be left alone in the world without a family. But her father makes a confession on his deathbed—that he had a secret affair twenty-six years ago and Rebecca has a...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
It's Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event at J. Kaye's Book Blog to celebrate what we are reading for the week as well as books completed the previous week. Books I Completed This Week Seven Up by Janet Evanovich N or M? by Agatha Christie The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate (Review Coming Soon) Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris Books I Am Currently Reading Dune...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Every week we'll post about what books we have received that week (via your mailbox/library/store bought)! Created by The Story Siren ! For Review (4) Life After 187 by Wade J. Halverson The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate (blog tour) What Your Mother Never Told You: A Survival Guide for Teenage Girls by Richard M. Dudum 600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster Library (5) The Red Badge...
