Sorry, Elisabetta, I wouldn't have voted for you

I finally watched Dancing with the Stars, week 2. I'd like to see everyone stay for a couple dances before someone leaves. I mean really, one dance and you're gone? I know it works and they've been doing it all along but now that Ron and Elisabetta are gone I want to see how the rest do over a couple of weeks/dances.

My favorites this week were J.R. and Nancy.






I watched Criminal Minds, "Exit Wounds" (season 5, episode 21). This one got to me more than the others and I startled several time during the show. Gotta love Penelope :)






I also watched Cold Case, "Factory Girls" (season 2, episode 2). You know, there is a reason the police suspect the husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend.




Castle is on the DVR....guess what I'm watching tomorrow - oops, later today

Why is it that I have no problem purchasing too many books but won't purchase a season's worth of a TV show?

Numb3rs is streaming on Netflix but Cold Case and Criminal Minds isn't and I'd love to see all of them. Oh, and Remington Steele!

There is a pair of tickets to the county fair hanging on the 'fridge and we missed going through a couple of buildings. Not sure if we're going Thursday or Friday.

What are your plans for the weekend?

Finished Reading - An Engagement in Seattle

This is a two for one title....previously released separately in 1993, this title includes Groom Wanted and Bride Wanted.

Description (from back cover):

A Convenient Beginning....Aleksandr Berinksi is a Russian biochemist in the U.S. on a visa that is about to expire. Marriage will allow him to stay-marriage to Julia Conrad. If Julia's going to save her Seattle-based company, she needs him as much as he needs her. There's a Groom Wanted in Julia's life. And not just any groom!

An Unusual Beginning....A billboard on the side of a Seattle road is common enough-but one advertising for a bride? It's Chase Goodwin's solution to the problem of finding a wife quickly a wife to bring home to Alaska. Lesley Campbell has her own reasons for responding...and in no time she's the Bride Wanted in Chase's life!

Book Stats
Title: An Engagement in Seattle
Author: Debbie Macomber
publisher: Mira
ISBN: 978-0-7783-2918-3
date published: March 2011
format: Mass Market Paperback
genre: contemporary Romance
pages: 475

available online at Harlequin/Mira, here


My Stats
Date Finished: 9-26
fiction
new read
own
new purchase
print
purchased at: Target (?)
just because....well, it's Debbie ;)


Reviewed at...
none

Challenges
just because

copyright Gina Francis 2009-2011

Finished Reading - Pumpkin Muffin Murder

Description (from publisher):

Phyllis loves to spend quality time with her grandson. She'll be taking him to a festival with hopes of winning the baking contest-now that her friendly competitor, Carolyn, is judging and not competing. But when a decorative scarecrow is actually a dead body in disguise, it's Phyllis's sleuthing skills that are needed.

The dead body is that of the festival's organizer- and his wife, Carolyn's friend, falls under suspicion. Carolyn turns to Phyllis for help, because who's better at dishing out some justice than a baker extraordinaire who can handle the heat...

Book Stats
Title: The Pumpkin Muffin Murder
series: A Fresh-Baked Mystery
Author: Livia J. Washburn
publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-451-23132-1
date published: November 2010
format: paperback 8.26 x 5.23in
genre: cozy mystery, foodie
pages: 304


My Stats
Date Read: 9-23-11
fiction or non-fiction
new or re-read
own or borrowed or review
from the shelf or new purchase (2011)
print or electronic
if new...purchased at Target
challenge or Just Because


Reviewed at...none

Challenges
Crusin' thru the Cozies
Foodie
Monthly Mix-up Mania

copyright Gina Francis 2009-2011

Finished Reading - Bad Kitty Gets a Bath

Description:

Bad Kitty really needs a bath, and she is forced to take one in this hysterical new illustrated how-to for young readers. The following are some items you will need for Kitty’s bath: one bathtub, plenty of water, dry towels, a suit of armor, a letter to your loved ones, clean underwear (because stressful situations can cause “accidents”), an ambulance in your driveway with the engine running, and, oh, yeah, you’ll also need Kitty . . . but good luck with that! Kitty is at her worst in this riotous how-to guide filled with bad smells, cautionary tales of horror, and hopefully by the end . . . some soap.

Book Stats
Title: Bad Kitty Gets a Bath
series: Bad Kitty
Author: Nick Bruel
publisher: Square Fish/macmillian
ISBN: 978-0-312-58138-1
date published: September 2009
format: paperback, 5 1/2 x 8 inches
genre: humor, graphic novel, chapter book
pages: 125 plus author Q&A and excerpt
Grade Range: 2 to 4
Age Range: 7 to 9
B&W Illustrations



My Stats
Date Read: 9-23-11
fiction or non-fiction
new or re-read
own or borrowed or review
from the shelf or new purchase
print or electronic
if new...purchased at: Target (9-22-11)
challenge or just because


Reviewed at...
none

Challenges

PB&J (age/reading level)

copyright Gina Francis 2009-2011

Challenges, work in progress

Open and Upcoming Challenges
at
The Book Dragon's Lair

50 States/Where are you reading?
100 Best Novels here perpetual
101 Fantasy Challenge here perpetual
100+ for 2012

A to Z (titles)
ARC (read & review)

Banned/Challenged Books here life-long and here 4-1-12
A Book a Week (NOT 52 books, one book each week)

Cardathon: Orson Scott Card here perpetual
Chill Baby, Chill
The Chronicles of Narnia

Disney Literature here perpetual

Fall in Love
Fall into Reading
Foodie Reading Challenge

Getting Lost in a Comfortable Book here 2012

Harlequin/Silhouette

Magic Kingdom of Landover here Jan to ???
Memorable Memoirs (try for 5 this time)
Monthly Mix-up Mania here to 3-31-13

PB&J here always
Prey here perpetual (finish the series)

A Review a Month
R.I.P ~September/October, read six!

Spring into Action
Spring Reading Thing

Toss Me a Frosty One

Welcome to Cedar Cove here complete series
What an Animal