200th Post Giveaway!!!

My last post (the review of The Unseen) has put me at a grand total of 200 posts since starting my blog in March of this year. Wow!

In honor of my 200th post, I want to host a giveaway. :)
I am willing to part with my gently read copy of The Unseen. Since it was the topic of my 200th post, it seems only fitting to give it away. The book is too good to keep to myself!

Here are the rules:

1. Leave a comment on this post with your email address, so that I may get in touch with the winner. (For one entry).

2. For 2 entries, let me know that you are a Follower of my blog, or become a Follower of my blog.

3. For 3 entries, blog about this giveaway on your blog (in the sidebar is fine) or Tweet about it on Twitter.

This giveaway is open to US/Canada only. If I had a little more money, I could open it to everyone...sorry. Maybe next time!

This contest ends on July 22, 2009. (That's my Dad's birthday, btw!) I will draw a winner using random.org and announce the winner on July 23, 2009.

Good Luck to everyone!

~Book Review~ The Unseen by T.L. Hines

I have a new favorite author. His name is T.L. Hines. He is an incredible author! I have read only one of his books (I am ordering his others) and I can honestly say that his writing is awesome.

The Unseen grabbed me from the first page and didn't let me go until the very end. Hine's story flows evenly. There are no disjointed paragraphs or chapters. I was able to keep all of the characters straight and not get lost along the way. Although the story is very straightforward, there are many twists and turns. It is a gripping story from start to finish!

From the back cover:
Lucas is a loner, but he's never alone. From secret hiding places, he peers into the lives of others - watching them while they work, while they commute, while they sip their morning coffee. He is a master at remaining silent and unseen in his carefully constructed world as an invisible observer.
But when a chance encounter turns the tables, the watcher becomes the watched. Caught up in an escalating series of events he is powerless to stop, Lucas discovers an underground organization with a chilling mission.
Anyone can be watched. No one is safe. And the most terrifying secrets of all remain unseen. Until now.

FIVE STARS
Thomas Nelson (2008), Hardcover, 400 pages
ISBN1595544526 / 9781595544520



A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
T.L. Hines writes "Noir Bizarre" stories, mixing mysteries with oddities in books such as WAKING LAZARUS and THE DEAD WHISPER ON. His work has won recognitions ranging from the Maryland Writers Association novel contest to LIBRARY JOURNAL'S "25 Best Genre Fiction Books of the Year" award.
He lives in Montana with his wife and daughter, where he defends an undefeated 3-0 record in air guitar competitions.

I'm Back!

Well, vacation time is over! It always goes too fast. We had a great time at the beach. The weather was good...sunny and in the 80's. The stretch of beach that we were at this summer was very crowded...I couldn't believe how many people were there! If we didn't get down to the beach before 10:00 am, we actually had a difficult time locating a place to put our chairs and umbrella! Just think of that....ridiculous! By the third day that we were there, I figured out what was going on, and it infuriated me. People would go down to the beach around 8 or 9 and would put up their umbrellas, or tents (so many people had these huge tents like something you would put in your back yard) and then leave....they were "saving" beach space for themselves. . It was crazy. At the resort where my cousin was staying, there was a big sign out at the pool that read "No Saving Chairs". She said people were doing it anyway....taking their beach towels down and draping them over chairs, then disappearing for two hours...probably eating breakfast. What is this world coming to? I just don't understand.......

Anyway, enough of my grumbling. We had a great time. I read one book while I was there (and what a GREAT book it was!) The Unseen by T.L. Hines. I highly recommend this book...it was intense...a real page turner!

Now that I am home, I need to catch up on so many things! At least I have one more day to relax before heading back to work tomorrow.

I hope that everyone has a great day today, and I am glad to be back....I missed everybody!