18th
June
And All that Jazz – Chicago day 2
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Today I met Shannon and she toured me around her great city. We saw Millenium Park (a city planner’s dream!), drooled over the new romance novels at the Chicago Public Library (sooo many!!!), ate popcorn at Garretts (yum!), and ate lunch at the Chicago Diner (a vegi/vegan institution!). The grande finale: A trip to Shannon’s local used bookstore that is (sniff) going out of business. We left with armfuls of great, cheap finds. Whoot!
My treasure pile:
- Naked in Death by J.D. Robb – In Death book #1: finally I’ll see for myself how fabulous Roarke is. My expectations are high. MaryKate snagged him first on the DIK hero round robin! KatieBabs lovely Haiku:
Eve and Roarke have fun
Having sex and solving crimes
JD Robb is great! - Saving Grace by Julia Garwood (rec’d by Shannon)
- Wolf at the Door by Christine Warren (the Others, book 1: rec’d by Bridget)
- Tempting Danger by Eileen Wilks (Liked her short in On the Prowl)
- Cover of Night by Linda Howard (Shannon has been pimping Linda Howard’s Mr. Perfect, but since they didn’t have that one, she rec’d this.)
- Kitty and the Midnight Hour (pimped by Thea – read her review)
- This Time Love by Elizabeth Lowell (secret babies!)
- You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister (I already own this – so I bought one for a BLOG GIVAWAY!)
I also finally broke down and bought on this trip Twilight by Stephanie Meyers, because Naida listed it as one of her Desert Island Keepers. I have no idea why I’ve waited so long.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
The Others series is good, but it gets great once you get to The Demon You Know. Hot, hot, hot!
I’m glad you’re having a good time. I’ve never been outside of Oregon or Washington State. Yes, it’s pathetic. *sigh* One of these days.
June 19th, 2008 at 2:30 am
How so awesome that you two met!!! Woohoo! You look great! : )
June 19th, 2008 at 5:01 am
You two look so adorable with your books! Once you read Naked in Death, you will be hooked and spend all your money buying the other 28 books in the series.
June 19th, 2008 at 6:15 am
I’m glad you had fun! It was great getting to show off me city. I almost cried when I put my books away last night. The TBR is about to swallow my apartment!!!
And now I will go back to eating my breakfast of champions: Garrett’s popcorn
June 19th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Sounds like you guys had a ton of fun!!! Great pic!
June 19th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Great picture of you two
Meeting up, how exciting! How sad that the used bookstore is closing down though.
And yay! Ima pimp! Hope you enjoy Kitty
June 19th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Look how hot you two are with your fabulous new books! Oh, I am SO jealous of your fun meet-up. It sounds like you had a blast. What is this about popcorn?
I’ve been wondering about Katie McAllister. Maybe I’ll go hunt for your review now.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:38 am
I actually just read Naked in Death myself. ^_^
June 20th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Sounds like you two had fun! Great selection of books
I bought 3 this week (yes I know I shouldn’t have but i got 3 for 4.00)
Nightlife Caitlian K…
Fallen Erin McCarthy
Hunting the Hunter Shiolah Walker (sp?)