Deep Kiss of Winter

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Books, Fiction

Title: Deep Kiss of Winter
Authors: Kresley Cole and Gena Showalter

Publish Date: October 2009
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
ISBN-10: 1439159661
ISBN-13: 9781439159668

THE STORIES:
UNTOUCHABLE By Kresley Cole
A breathtaking tale of a brutal vampire soldier about to know love for the first time…and a Valkyrie aching to be touched.

Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela the Ice Maiden — the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart beat for the first time in three hundred years. Yet the exquisite Danii is part ice fey, and her freezing skin can’t be touched by anyone but her own kind without inflicting pain beyond measure. Soon desperate for closeness, in an agony of frustration, Murdoch and Danii will do anything to have each other. Together, can they find the key that will finally allow them to slake the overwhelming desire burning between them?

Read more…

The ZUMBA Craze

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Books, Health, Non-fiction

BOOK TITLE: Zumba
AUTHORS: Beto Perez, Maggie Greenwood-Robinson

Category: HEALTH & FITNESS
Format: HARDCOVER BOOK
Publish Date: 9/10/2009
ISBN: 9780446546126
Pages: 304

ABOUT THE BOOK
Created by celebrity fitness trainer Beto Perez, Zumba® combines fun, easy-to-follow dance steps with hot Latin beats to help you shed pounds and inches fast. Now the DVD and classes that have hooked millions are available in book format, with a complete workout program, fat-burning diet, and an exclusive instructional DVD with 60 minutes worth of music to help you Zumba your way to the perfect body.

Using the principles of interval and resistance training, the simple dance and sculpting moves (inspired by the traditional cumbia, salsa, samba, and merengue) tone and shape your body. And because it burns 600 to 1,000 calories per hour, you don’t have to restrict your meals to boring or bland-tasting diet foods. The Zumba diet begins with a 5-Day Express Diet to jump start weight loss (lose up to 9 lbs in 5 days) and then offers 14-day meal plans and recipes that target weight loss in the stomach and thighs. You’ll find:

Read more…

Oldboy (a Korean drama)

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: DVD, Movies

I stayed up late last night, or should I say this morning? I got started watching a movie and could not turn away even though I came in midway through and usually, that is enough to turn me away. Anyway, the movie is called Oldboy and it is a subtitled Korean movie.

This movie has a lot of twists and turns, some of them totally unexpected and the cinematography is fantastic. Very artfully done. I guess that is why it was awarded the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The movie is loosely based on a Japanese manga and is the second installment of the Vengeance trilogy.

If you don’t mind spoilers, click here for the Wikipedia Site for Oldboy which provides a really good synopsis of the movie’s intricate plot.

Here’s a trailer for the movie:

Fetching Friday for Bloggers

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Blogging, Web Finds

One site that I have been subscribed to for a while because it has been tremendously helpful in my blogging attempts is Kikolani.com. Whether you’ve been blogging a while or just getting started, Kikolani.com has a ton of useful information for you. One series that I look forward to from Kikolani.com is her weekly Fetching Friday post. Every Friday, she posts about other blogs that she finds interesting that week. Kristi, the author of Kikolani.com, is an avid stumbler and Fetching Friday is a roundup of all the blogs she stumbled on.

I like Fetching Fridays because she organizes the posts she finds into categories that range from blogging, photography, to free seo tools. Here are how she breaks down some of the articles she stumbles on:

    Blogging & Writing
    Business & Finance
    Graphic & Web Design
    Make Money Online
    Personal Development, Self Improvement & Health
    Photography & Digital Art
    Seach Engines/SEO
    Social Media
    Tech Security
    Wordpress

Once in a while she would also post about weird and bizarre things she finds online. I don’t always have time to read all the links, but of the ones that I have followed, I was never disappointed in the content and always found something new and interesting.

Oh, and if you’re interested, Kristi also hosts the Do-Follow Blog Directory. If you don’t know what do-follow means, get on over there and learn more about it.

Feddie Girl by Nona David

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Books, Eats, Fiction

Feddi Girl cover

GENRE: Women’s Fiction, International Adventure, Thriller
PUBLISHER: Bernard Books Publishing
PUBLISHER WEBSITE: https://bernardbooks.com
PAGE COUNT: 400
PUBLICATION DATE: February 2010
TARGET AGE: 13 and above
ISBN: 978-0-9824526-0-8
PRICE: $19.99
WHERE AVAILABLE:
1. Publisher: https://bernardbooks.com
2. Amazon: http://amazon.com


Read more…

One Hundred Butterflies

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Books, Eats, Non-fiction

Book Title: One Hundred Butterflies
Author: Harold Feinstein and Fred Gagnon

Category:PHOTOGRAPHY
Format:HARDCOVER BOOK
ISBN:9780316033633
Pages:128

ABOUT THE BOOK
New Feature Box - Main site, blank 65359 Sign up for Newsletters & Alerts
In One Hundred Butterflies, photographer Harold Feinstein showcases butterfly varieties from around the world, turning exquisite details into mesmerizing works of art. Feinstein’s breathtaking photographs capture the color, vibrancy, and infinite variety of patterns that occur on the wings of these ornate insects. One hundred impeccably reproduced, oversized photographs allow viewers to appreciate the Blue Morpho of Central America, the African Birdwing, and the Asian Swallowtail at a scale and depth impossible to experience in nature. An elegantly printed deluxe gift book, it is a treasure for butterfly enthusiasts and art lovers alike.

Read more…