Monthly Archives: May 2012

Tuesday’s Word

Panniers noun a large basket, esp one of a pair slung over a beast of burden one of a pair of bags slung either side of the back wheel of a motorcycle, bicycle, etc  (esp in the 18th century) a … Continue reading

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An Uncommon Sense by Serenity Woods http://www.serenitywoodsromance.com/ has one of the most refreshing heroines I’ve read in a long time. On the outside Grace Fox is a prim school mistress in buttoned up cotton, but on the inside she’s wearing a … Continue reading

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Tuesday’s Word

Vociferous adjective ▸someone who is vociferous expresses their opinion loudly and with force ▸a vociferous opinion, reply, protest, etc. is expressed loudly and with force She was so small that it would have been easier to toss her over his … Continue reading

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Unveiled was my first full-length Courtney Milan http://www.courtneymilan.com/. I picked it up after a friend recommended it, and am so glad I did. Courtney writes with such power and finesse. Her writing is, in a word, sophisticated. She is one of the masters … Continue reading

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Daguerreotype noun a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vaporMy husband uses this word a lot.  I like the way it sounds.  I’m going … Continue reading

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I was looking for something light, hot, and on the short side when I picked up Kara’s Wolves by Becca Jameson http://beccajameson.com/. I got all that and more. Kara’s Wolves was superbly written with quick pacing and well-edited copy, but the … Continue reading

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Tuesday’s Word

Surfeit noun the state of being more than full verb to indulge (one’s appetite) to satiety Pasted from <http://www.onelook.com/?w=surfeit&ls=a&gt; She pondered the possibility that she’d developed some kind of hormone imbalance, perhaps a surfeit of perky little eggs.–Moning, Karen Marie (2008-05-20). … Continue reading

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A badass biker, a clueless but sweeter-than-sugar biker babe in training, a small town in Colorado, and a quest for special. Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley is the story of a divorced woman, Lauren, committing herself to a nothing life … Continue reading

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Tuesday’s Word

Mulish adjective unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack She squirmed, wanting him inside her right now, but either he wasn’t cooperating or she was too clumsy to angle them into the right position, which, she … Continue reading

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