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Sara Reyes | Packing up the Tiara, What's new at Fresh Fiction...



Peaches and her tiara!

Last Saturday was our annual Boas and Tiaras Tea, and if you follow our musings you'll know we posted a recap and link to Felicia's blog about the event. I'll wait if you need to go catch up.

In the meantime, it was fun to reminisce about it. There are over 50 pictures you can check out on our Meetup.com page. We filled the room with readers, I got rid of a couple of boxes of books (ha!) and we meet old friends and new friends. But now, I've put away my tiara (gasp) until either next year or the next "big" event! We did miss several of our members and also has had people say, why didn't you tell me about it? It's hard to judge with the effectiveness of getting the word out, but we try really hard. SO I thought I'd tell YOU all now, next year's big event, the Boas & Tiaras Tea will be held on Saturday, June 11th, 2011. It will be held somewhere with high tea, chocolate, scones and champagne! Promise! And no long walking in the heat (had to promise that after last year's tea in the Arboretum, we're precious flowers, ya know!) We'll have author guests (let me know, authors if you want to reserve early!) and goodies as usual!

Other events this week include our book club with Pamela Clare. She's got depths, unknown before the meeting! She really does her research! As in falling off mountains, being threatened by stalkers and businesses she's investigated in her real job as an editor and investigative reporter. It makes the story so much more real to know the author has "experienced" some of the action.

News at the office, we have our first intern! Maybe that isn't exciting to some but it means our business is really taking off! Becky will be with us for the summer and so you need to give her a big welcome when you see her post! Right now she's helping with our backlog of books. yes, we have a backlog of about two months! But we're working our way thorough it! And she'll be working with Gwen on our upcoming author events including Readers 'n 'ritas, re launch of FreshFiction.tv with lots of author interviews, and other special events in the fall and winter including Jane Porter and Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

So what's happening with you this week? Read anything good? Got something on your TBR stack that you're raring to dive into? Let us know!

Sara ReyesUntil next time...Get out there and READ a book...
Sara Reyes
DFW Tea Readers Group
Join us at Readers 'n 'ritas November 12-14, 2010! with Sherrilyn Kenyon and more guests

See you on the Twitter (@FreshFiction)

Comment and of course there will be a prize! Tom's been sorting out the prizes and has some new ones he's ready to mail out to TWO lucky winners!

 

 

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52 comments posted.

Re: Sara Reyes | Packing up the Tiara, What's new at Fresh Fiction...

This week I am finally getting round to the books I have by Brenda Joyce, just finished Dark Victory and loved it.
(Barbara Hanson 6:25am June 19, 2010)

I just finished and enjoyed
Masked by Moonlight by Nancy
Gideon.
(Jacqueline Cook 11:11am June 19, 2010)

My TBR list grows faster than I can possibly read. I need to find some way to organize the list better!
(Jessica Badeaux 12:05pm June 19, 2010)

i want these for my summer reading@!!
(Debbi Shaw 12:21pm June 19, 2010)

With the hot weather, I'm taking it easy this weekend. I read I read McKettricks Of Texas:Austin by Linda Lael Miller and I might read Debbie Macomber's 92 Pacific Boulevard next.
(Leni Kaye 12:33pm June 19, 2010)

You are kidding, right? There are soooo many goodies on there I cant wait to get too - Books 2 and 3 of Barbara Freethy's latest, Mariah Stewart, Rachel Gibson, Susan Donovan; could go on and on.
(Pat Lieberman 1:30pm June 19, 2010)

No big plans for the weekend, to hot to do much! The best books I have read lately is Kaki Warner's Blood Rose series. Pieces of Sky and Open Country, these books are awesome reads.
(Gail Hurt 1:54pm June 19, 2010)

These teas sound like so much fun.

Celebrating Father's Day with my husband, children and grandkids.

Thanks for offering this prize.
(Joanne Vitale 1:56pm June 19, 2010)

Im reading the Ellie Haskell series by Dorothy Cannell
(Lisa Garrett 2:15pm June 19, 2010)

Nothing big going on this weekend... will dive into my TBR pile though... so many choices...
(Colleen Conklin 2:17pm June 19, 2010)

I just finished reading Jennifer Estep's Spider's Bite, a fantastic urban fantasy. I getting ready to read Crimson & Steam by Liz Maverick which I've had on my TBR shelf for a a bit.
(Barbara Elness 2:19pm June 19, 2010)

Always great to see the name of Jane Porter, my fellow Hoosier!
Blessings,
Marjorie
(Marjorie Carmony 2:23pm June 19, 2010)

sounds cool
(Sagrario Vigil 3:00pm June 19, 2010)

Currently reading the Host by Stephanie Meyer and recently ordered Christie Ridgways' Crush on You. I have about 15 on my to read list. Also recently received a Kobo reader and wonder if there is a chance of Fresh Fiction and the wonderful writers who are a part of Fresh Fiction if they are going to start offering ebooks as prizes? I am in Canada so ordering from Amazon (even with good prices) the shipping is the cost of the book or more...
(Darci Paice 3:20pm June 19, 2010)

I've been reading the first two books in Toni Blake's Destiny series.
(Jane Cheung 3:49pm June 19, 2010)

I don't have a lot on my tbr, but have a couple of suspense books I picked up at the library by Linda Howard.
(Karen Triolo 4:16pm June 19, 2010)

I just finished Grace Coopersmith's "Nancy's Theory of Style," which is wonderful--funny & touching, a great summer read.
(G S Moch 4:21pm June 19, 2010)

I'm in the middle of J. R. Ward's "Lover Mine" which I'm not sure I should read as I haven't read the earlier ones in the series.
(S Tieh 5:27pm June 19, 2010)

It's father,s day weekend ,so we're having a cook out.
(Deb Pelletier 6:27pm June 19, 2010)

Hello Sara and Sandi, Please enter me in your fantastic contest and please let me know when I am a winner too!
God bless both of you with success, Cecilia
(Cecilia Dunbar Hernandez 9:16pm June 19, 2010)

I went to the cemetry to wish my Dad a Happy Father Day.

I reading Fan Mail by P.D. Martin and trying to get to Stella Cameron's Court of Angels series.
(Kai Wong 9:30pm June 19, 2010)

well i just finished Monica Burn's Assassin's Honor and Donna Grant's Forbidden Highlander. i am getting ready to dive into Gena Showalter's The Darkest Passion...that is if i can ever get my kiddies to go to bed!!
(Christy Mitchiner 9:45pm June 19, 2010)

I just read Enemy Lover by new author Karin Harlow. Enjoyed it.
(G. Bisbjerg 10:16pm June 19, 2010)

Working all weekend so no reading; I'll get back to I'll be slaying you by Cynthia Eden on monday.
(Diane Sadler 10:23pm June 19, 2010)

Just watched a Lance Burton Magic Show and it was very good! I also carry my bag with a book and Sudoku - just in case :>)
(Karin Tillotson 12:28pm June 20, 2010)

Looks like the Tiaras and Boas was a fun time. Enjoyed seeing the pictures. I am reading A Black Tie Affair by Sherrill Bodine. Just started it today.
(Gladys Paradowski 1:25am June 20, 2010)

I'm currently reading Toni Blake's SUGAR CREEK. Today I bought Jane Green's PROMISES TO KEEP and Grace Coopersmith's NANCY'S THEORY OF STYLE.

My TBR stack goes up much faster than it goes down.....sorta like my weight!!!
(Jill Hayden 1:59am June 20, 2010)

Hi Sara, thanks for your reply. I agree that times are changing and think this would be a wonderful item that many of the Fresh Fiction junkies would like :) It is pretty cool to have a signed novel too though, not to take away from that.
(Darci Paice 3:48am June 20, 2010)

Peaches looks adorable in the tiara. I am about to begin reading 'The Bottom Line' by Shelley Munro.
(Mary Preston 3:57am June 20, 2010)

I;d love to win these so I can read them this summer!
(Mary Smith 6:33am June 20, 2010)

I've just finished Lover Unbound by JR Ward and I'm having a hard time looking for its sequel, Lover Enshrined' in my local bookstores...D: Good thing I still have The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman waiting for me to be read :D
(Rose Valentino 6:41am June 20, 2010)

There is a baby shower gift that I have to finish knitting, before I start on anything else!! In between, I've been trying to finish an autobiography that I've wanted to read, then I'm going to start on some of the books I've been reading about on the blogs!! It should be a good summer!!
(Peggy Roberson 7:30am June 20, 2010)

I have two birthdays to
celebrate this week - my
sister's on the 20th and my
younger daughter's on the
23rd. And of course, there are
always books that I want to
read! This week, I'm diving
into Just Listen by Sara
Dessen and the third book in
the Soul Screamers series - My
Soul to Keep - by Rachel
Vincent.
(Margay Roberge 9:15am June 20, 2010)

Going to see toy story 3 this weekend and I'm finally getting time to read Revolutionary Road.
(Pam Howell 9:25am June 20, 2010)

We just got back from a two week
vacation and I didn't read anything.
That is a first. My DH and I spent a lot
of time talking and we did a lot of
hiking - in 105 to 112 heat index heat
in Florida. It was fun, but we will head
that way in cooler months next time : )
This week I am starting THE
FORBIDDEN RISE by Joanna Bourne. I
look forward to it. She is a new author
to me.
(Patricia Barraclough 10:50am June 20, 2010)

i'm reading desire me by robyn dehart right now. after i finish, i want to dive in into more YA novels. i'm into YA lately.
(Michelle Santiago 12:13pm June 20, 2010)

I just reading Love With the Perfect Scoundrel. Spending today with my dad. Me, my brothers and sisters are taking my dad out to eat, we also went to church with him this morning. He was so happy.
(Kimberly Lane 12:54pm June 20, 2010)

I spent the weekend in beautiful Mackinac Island, MI. The weather was perfect! And I got to spend time with my daddy for Father's day.
(Joelle Beebe 1:01pm June 20, 2010)

Authors seem to be having lots of fun at these get-togethers!! I've read about soo many of these events lately. I didn't even realize these events existed until I started reading blogs and twitter. Thanks to all who post the pics so we can enjoy too. Sue
(Susan Hussein 1:13pm June 20, 2010)

I have been trying to read Life in Defiance by Mary E Demuth, but with two boys, summer break, it will take me some time.
(Cynthia Plaza-Harney 1:26pm June 20, 2010)

I want to win
(Catherine Myers 2:14pm June 20, 2010)

I've been saving to read Wild Instinct by Sarah McCarty, but obsessive reader that I am I had to start with the first of the series. I just finished Ms. McCarty's Running Wild and just loved it. Its a very light paranormal centering around werewolf cousins and the mates they finally find.
(Armenia Fox 4:12pm June 20, 2010)

Julie Anne Long's TO LOVE A THIEF is the most poignant story I've read in a long time, if not ever. Lily and Alice Masters are destitute after their mother's death. Gideon Cole is an ex-soldier who also lost his parents as a teenager with a sister and is now a brilliant barrister who has a Master Plan for his life, but no money. He spends his last 30 pounds to rescue Lily from a thief's fate. The smiles and chuckles the story-telling offers make this a very appealing book.
(Sigrun Schulz 4:45pm June 20, 2010)

I have two days to myself and I'm
going to sleep late, go to bed
late, and read in the hammock all
day.
(Lisa Richards 4:47pm June 20, 2010)

hello ladies well me i am use to reading alot and blog on mutly
site and would love to win the books for some more time on hand need to keep busy
(Desiree Reilly 7:08pm June 20, 2010)

I would love to attend one of your teas, maybe next year. My TBR list grows, have The Passage on the table and Charlaine Harris' most recent book.
(Vikki Parman 7:15pm June 20, 2010)

I spent two of the most wonderful days reading The Lady of the Butterflies by Fiona Mountain. It comes out in July and you just have to read it, everyone! It is such a wonderful not to be put down book rich in characters, the science of butterflies and the 17th century!
(Brenda Rupp 9:50pm June 20, 2010)

This week-end I got together with my 4
fine sisters and BFF and went to Zoofari, a
charity event for our local zoo. It was a
lot of fun!!
(Molly Wilsbacher 10:30pm June 20, 2010)

I just picked up Lisa Gardner's "The
Neighbor" and cannot wait to start.
(Kimberly Kelly-Sydow 10:37pm June 20, 2010)

Hello all - I can't believe have nothing left in my TBR pile. I am now starting the search for my next book...
(Kellie Bennet 11:14pm June 20, 2010)

I have Masked by Moonlight by Nancy
Gideon in my TBR pile!
(Sue Ahn 11:21pm June 20, 2010)

i'm reading fallen by lauren kate right
now and its been a great read so far...
(Tina Werner 12:57pm June 21, 2010)

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