Happy New Year
Published January 3, 2012 | 
We hope that you and yours have had a safe and happy holiday season. Now we are back to the grind and discussing new topics for post today and in the future. We are working on some things and hope to be posting on a more regular basis. We also hope you have been reading your favorite characters and would like to participate in some lively discussions. And we are still hoping to interview female detectives this year.
If you haven’t heard about the new Kindle Fire you need to check it out. That is on my Top 10 Must Haves for the new year. I own a Kindle with a keyboard and take it with me everywhere. I can download books from Amazon in a flash and begin reading almost immediately. They offer FREE books every month and not just the out-of-copyright books either. Quite a few are being offered from modern writers. We even got a copy of one of JA Jance’s first Beaumont Novels for Free. Now, they do change the titles out regularly so you need to check back every other week or so. I have enjoyed my Kindle and the new Kindle Fire has a colored Touch Screen and you can even watch videos as well as read or listen to books!
Kindle Fire, Full Color 7″ Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi
One of my Favorite writers, Janet Evanovich, has a movie coming out about her main character, Stephanie Plum. Now Stephanie, is not what you would consider a detective, per se, she is a bond enforcement agent and hunts down criminals. That sounds pretty ominous but the series, which has just released it’s 18th book, is funny, thrilling and has just a little bit of sex thrown in. Stephanie, has my kind of luck, mostly bad, but she makes it work in the end. Anyway, the first book in the series is One for the Money and the movie version is scheduled for theaters on January 27th! Here is the movie trailer:
Last,but not least, our sponsor, Jolene’s Books and More, is hosting a new website All About Limericks and they are holding a monthly contest for a cash prize. Granted, it’s now very much to begin with but it only cost $5 to submit anywhere from 1 to 5 limericks and they want contemporary, family oriented limericks from their contestants. You don’t have to be a writer to compose a limerick you just need 5 lines, some rhymes and a character. What better characters than your own favorite book characters, or female detectives, or female private detectives? You can create some fantastic modern limericks about the characters you love to read about, the career you want to explore, your friends, family and fellow readers! Go the the website and check out the contest, the rules, etc. They even have links and video about how to write a limerick.
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