Teacher and Author
The CMAs were awesome, of course. Since I love Taylor Swift, I was happy to see her take home all four awards in the categories she was nominated, including Entertainer of the Year. Her couple of performances were also great. And the night wouldn’t have been half as funny if a bunch of the stars didn’t poke fun at Kayne. (And what was the deal with Wynonna Judd’s super dark fake tan? Holy cow, I thought I was going blind watching my HD TV!).
When Swift hosted Saturday Night Live last week, she was funny! Here is the video “Monologue” from that:
And her performance on SNL:
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One more week until “New Moon”! Do you have your tickets yet? I do! (Yes, I’m way too excited about it).
I’ve been reading faster and more often these days, so I have two book reviews this week:
“Evermore” by Alyson Noel
St. Martin’s, 2009

Thoughts
I’m not usually a paranormal fan, but this reminded me somewhat of “Twilight.” It has a contemporary feel and a great love story with a lot of mystery that keeps you turning the pages. If you enjoy paranormal YA romance, I would recommend this author. This book is part of the “Immortals” series, and the second book (the sequence to “Evermore”) was released a couple of months ago.
“Lost It” By Kristen Tracy
Info
Simon Pulse, 2007

Thoughts
This contemporary YA is about a girl who loses her virginity, and the way she deals with it, along with her struggling family situation. The author has a great voice and style that keep you moving through the story. I liked the ending and how the character was changed even though we don’t quite know what will end up happening in her life.
Keep reading and have a great week!
Lynn Rush
November 13th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I was so happy to see Taylor win so much on the CMAs. It was a blast. OH, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE ya paranormal romance. I’m going to check out that immortal series you mentioned! Woot!
Have a great weekend.
Sandi Greene
November 13th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Yeah, you would totally love it, Lynn! It’s right up your alley
Mechelle Fogelsong
November 14th, 2009 at 5:10 am
I’m drawn in by the cover art on Lost It. The way the boy’s legs aren’t showing the kind of enthusiasm that the girl’s legs are, leaves me wondering if this female protagonist isn’t asking for trouble.
Maybe I’m delving too deeply to find hidden info in the cover art, but I teach reading, and one of the skills I try to teach my students is cover-art-analysis. It can help us decide whether or not we want to buy a novel, you know what I’m saying?
Mechelle Fogelsong
November 14th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Side Note: Christian literary agent Rachelle Gardner is asking her blog followers “What are your favorite blogs?”
I listed this blog among my favs.
Sandi Greene
November 16th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Aw, thanks Michelle! I really enjoy Rachelle’s blog…it always makes me feel better