I have two links for you today, both going to My Book Addiction and More.
The first is a marvelous review of The Welcome Committee of Butternut Creek. “Perrine’s small-town tale is a big-time triumph of gentle humor, fast-paced plot, and wonderfully engaging characters.” To read more go to http://ow.ly/a3CiA
AND, I’m blogging at My Book Addiction and More today, Wednesday. Hope you’ll stop by and leave a comment. http://mybookaddictionandmore.com/
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life
Today I’m visiting Jaunty Quills at the invitations of the extremely talented and delightful (really!) Emily MacKay. I’ll be blogging about books, books, books.
If you love books, come join us, leave a comment. I’d love to see you there.
jauntyquills.com
Here I am at a romance readers’ social February 25, 2012, at the library in Pflugerville, TX. Patrice Sarath stands on the left and April Kihlstrom on the right in her Regency gown. Sadly, my eyes are closed. Oddly, I seem to be doing something unspeakable to the cardboard figure of Fabio. I really wasn’t. I was holding him up so he wouldn’t fall over.
I can’t remember whose face the librarian had placed over Fabio’s. Any one recognize him?
President Abraham Lincoln was born on Febuary 12,
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, February 14th AND Love Inspired writer Missy Tippens will be guest blogging right here.
So, what happened on this day in history? Thanks to historyorb.com here are a few of the events that took place on February 13.
1633 – Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
1837 – Riot in New York due to a combination of poverty and increase in the cost of flour
1861 – US President Abraham Lincoln1861 – Abraham Lincoln declared president 1866
1867 – Johann Strauss’ “Blue Danube” waltz premieres in Vienna
1907 – English suffragettes storm British Parliament & 60 women are arrested
1945 – Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die
1972 – “Grease” opens on Broadway
1981 – A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky. I used this one because we lived in Louisville at the time and I remember this.
1996 – Rock musical “Rent,” by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway
2000 – The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
Happy February 13th!
Best wishes for the holidays and the new year.