It Just Has To Feel 'Write'

This week, MizB of Should Be Reading did a post that hit close to home because it's about a topic that is very important to us...about something that few of us could truly appreciate and that is...PENS!

Yes, we said pens! Now most of you are probably rolling your eyes and thinking that we're nuts, but that's OK! A pen may be just a pen to some, but to a few of us, as MizB put it, "it's a tool"...or maybe even a collectible.

Think about it though. Take a trip to your local Office Depot, Staples or Office Max and just look at the variety and prices of pens these days. If we're going to be asked to spend $20 bucks on a pack of 1 to 4 pens, you better believe that we expect to happy with our purchase.

We're perfectly fine with being at Office Depot for an hour if it means testing pens until we find the "write" one! We like pens that are smooth and don't skip, that don't smudge or run, and that are comfortable to hold.

We've also noticed that certain pens make your handwriting appear differently. If we're writing with a really good, quality pen that is smooth, then our handwriting just appears better! Weird, but true...

♥ Isalys's Fave Pen(s) ♥

Paper Mate LiquidExpresso Pens with Porous Tip in Medium Point. They come in a bunch of colors and are AWESOME!! My handwriting is so sexy with these pens, LOL!!


♥ Vanessa's Fave Pen(s) ♥

Uni.Ball Vision Elite :) These are a bit on the pricey side, but they are so smooth and so worth it!!

Wicked Wednesday Giveaway 4.21 - 5.5 {Part 2}

Wicked Wednesday Giveaway {Part 2}
April 21 - May 5

by Bree Davis

Synopsis:
A-Tac is an elite CIA unit masquerading as faculty at an Ivy League college. Brilliant, badass, and seemingly bulletproof, the members of A-Tac are assigned to the riskiest missions and the most elusive targets.

TORN BETWEEN DUTY AND DESIRE
Covert operations expert Nash Brennon has spent the last eight years trying to forget Annie Gallagher, his former field partner and the only woman he ever loved. Annie betrayed him when he needed her most, then vanished without a trace. Now suddenly she's back in the game - this time as a suspected traitor and threat to national security.
Annie's son has been kidnapped by political terrorists. The price for his life? Assassinate a UN ambassador. When Nash and his group find her, the smoldering passion between Annie and the man she swore she'd never contact again blazes out of control. But can Nash trust her? The stakes couldn?t be higher: Their enemy's endgame is personal, and one false move could cost them their lives.

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• Winners will be chosen using random.org!

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Wicked Wednesday Giveaway 4.21 - 5.5 {Part 1}

Wicked Wednesday Giveaway {Part 1}
April 21 - May 5

by Rita Herron

Synopsis:
SHE SEES HIM IN HER DREAMS...

Fueled by her family's murder years ago, Dr. Marlena Bender has devoted her life to understanding violent criminals. But when a serial killer in this small Southern town starts taking the lives of women in diabolical ways--leaving trophies of his kills on Marlena's doorstep--it all hits too close to home. Terrified, Marlena turns to the only man she can trust...the man who saved her life.

BUT HIS SECRET IS HER WORST NIGHTMARE.

Sheriff Dante Valtrez would move heaven and earth to keep Marlena safe, but he's not the savior she thinks he is. A dark legacy runs through his blood and a dangerous secret lies within him. Now a fierce, hot, ruthless desire draws Dante and Marlena together--as a demonic force from his past threatens to rip them apart, destroying everything they hold dear.

♥♥♥♥♥♥

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{5 Copies Available}

Rules:
• To enter the giveaway you must complete the form (linked above) and leave a comment indicating that you've completed the form.
• Books will be delivered directly from the publishers so the giveaways are only available for U.S. and Canada residents. No P.O. boxes please.
Note: It may take several weeks to receive your prize so please be patient!
• Winners will be drawn soon after the contest ends and posted thereafter.
• Winners will be chosen using random.org!

Ways to earn extra entries:
+1 for being a follower
+1 for following us on Twitter
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Ning's Bubble Burst: No More Freebies!

**News Alert**

So it seems the new owner of Ning has decided to be a turd {yes, we said it, a turd!} by forcing its networks creators to pay up or ship out!

What does this mean?
It means that creators will no longer be able to host a free network by relying on the income earned from ads. They must now decide on whether to upgrade to a Premium service (at a cost designated by the level of service they choose) or move their network to another service provider which can be very daunting based on the amount of data that needs to be transferred.

In addition to this bit 'o news, the new CEO of Ning has decided to scale back the number of employees by over 40%. {Right, because jobs are soooo easy to find these days!}

One month after long-time Ning CEO Gina Bianchini was replaced by COO Jason Rosenthal, the company is making some major changes: It has just announced that it is killing off its free product, forcing existing free networks to either make the change to premium accounts or migrate their networks elsewhere. Rosenthal has also just announced that the company has cut nearly 70 people — over 40% of its staff.

As book bloggers, many of us rely on BookBlogs.Ning for our book news, to network our own blogs as well as to see what our fellow bloggers have going on. Tricia, creator of BookBlogs.Ning, has advised us that by May 4th, she'll learn more about how these changes will affect our beloved group. Depending on what options are available to her, we may all have to cough up some dough or we'll be rolling over to another service.

As you can tell by the tone of our post, we are NOT happy about this! We find it selfish that after having "raised around $120 million, getting valuations of a half-billion dollars in April 2008 and a reported $750 million last summer" it's still not enough and leaving quite a number of people unemployed makes it all that much worse!

Please click [HERE] to read the original article.

Teaser Tuesday 4.20.10

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading and it asks us to...

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

Isalys's Teaser:
"The Nightlash slammed a thick club down on Shade's skull. The sharp crack echoed through the cell like a gunshot. Shade grunted and settled down, but his eyes glowed, and he still watched her... Watched her with the single-minded intensity of an aroused male who wanted one thing. And wanted it now!"

~ p. 34 from "Desire Unchained (Demonica #2) by Larissa Ione

*Phew* Is it warm in here or is it just me?! ♥Isalys

Vanessa's Teaser:
"Killing is no ordinary act," said the vampire. "One doesn't simply glut oneself on blood." He shook his head. "It is the experience of another's life for certain, and often the experience of the loss of that life through the blood, slowly. It is again and again the experience of that loss of my own life, which I experienced when I sucked the blood from Lestat's wrist and felt his heart pound with my heart. It is again and again a celebration of that experience; because for vampires that is the ultimate experience."

~p. 29 from Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

♥ {Counts towards our iVamp Challenge} ♥