Back in 2002 when we were working on a plan for FaithfulReader.com, I attended a convention in San Diego where I was meeting Christian publishers for the first time. I was slightly overwhelmed getting to know a whole new market. During one meeting I was talking to a colleague named Beverly Rykerd, who had been encouraging me to start this site. She knew me from one of the other book websites that we had running and she knew my taste in reading. I asked her for a recommendation of a book that I might enjoy. She suggested a book by Philip Gulley, CHRISTMAS IN HARMONY.

Back in 2002 when we were working on a plan for FaithfulReader.com, I attended a convention in San Diego where I was meeting Christian publishers for the first time. I was slightly overwhelmed getting to know a whole new market. During one meeting I was talking to a colleague named Beverly Rykerd, who had been encouraging me to start this site. She knew me from one of the other book websites that we had running and she knew my taste in reading. I asked her for a recommendation of a book that I might enjoy. She suggested a book by Philip Gulley, CHRISTMAS IN HARMONY.

My boys are back in school this week for a full week. For all the moms out there, HOW tired are you of filling out forms for school where you list emergency numbers? My favorite was this week when I was filling out a form for my younger son online and I needed cell numbers for all "in case of emergency" contacts, including the three neighbors who can be called if my husband or I cannot be found. This came after I had listed home/office and cell numbers for both myself and for my husband. Both of my sons have cellphones too with all these numbers speed dialed. So the form was not letting me close it without this info for our neighbors, which I did not know. So I typed 000-000-0000 and it worked! I know, I am a bad mother!

Welcome back! We had a lovely week away, with lots of time for reading and relaxing. I had a great time on the Outer Banks. You can read my blog about what I read here. Quick snapshot of the titles I read, what I will call the topline notes: RICOCHET by Sandra Brown, TRIPTYCH by Karin Slaughter, THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield, PROMISE ME by Harlan Coben, ANGEL'S REST by Charles Davis, TALLGRASS by Sandra Dallas (coming in March 2007) and BLOOD AND CIRCUMSTANCE by Frank Turner Hollon (coming in January 2007) and THE WIDOW by Carla Neggers. Please note that there are two blogs on this same page. Scroll down for the vacation reading one, or read both at the same time!