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Dear Reader,
It's bug, slug, snake and other creepy crawler week at the book clubs. Be sure to enter this week's Rattlesnake Eggs Giveaway. No, I'm not sending you real rattlesnake eggs, but if you're one of the winners, you will have the time of your life when you share them with your friends and family. My grandson, Paul is proof of that. Paul took a printed picture of the snakes, from the sign-up page of the giveaway, and a package of rattlesnake eggs to school to show his teacher. First he showed her the picture of the big, long, snake hanging down from the tree in their backyard, then he handed her the package of rattlesnake eggs, and told her to look inside. When his teacher opened the package, instantly she heard a loud and quick rattling sound, which caused her to start screaming--rattling and screaming and spoofing your teacher, it was a child's delight.
So, don't be afraid to enter, you'll have a lot of fun with your rattlesnake eggs. (A key to catching someone off guard and hearing a squeal, is to show them a picture of a snake first, then have them open the package of rattlesnake eggs.) Have fun!
To enter this week's Rattlesnake Egg giveaway, go to: http://www.emailbookclub.com/photo/snake052212.html
Love is in the air--literally.
Nineteen years ago, when my husband and I moved from Madison, Wisconsin to Sarasota, Florida, bugs were one of my biggest concerns. I envisioned creepy crawlers that had grown to B-movie proportions, "The Killer-Bugs that ate Sarasota."
But other than an alligator taking a dip in my neighbor's swimming pool, lizards scurrying back and forth across the sidewalk, and occasional black snakes (which are harmless), the two most annoying natives are invisible biting flies--appropriately called no-see-ums--and love bugs.
Twice a year it's mating season for love bugs. Thousands of females emerge from their larvae looking for an acceptable male suitor and when they find one, they latch on to each other in mid-air, but instead of rolling over and going to sleep afterwards, the two lovers fall to the ground in the heat of passion. Frequently they fall into the path of a moving vehicle. Splat, splat. (What a price to pay for love.)
My windshield, everybody else's windshield and sometimes the entire front-end of every single car in Sarasota is covered with a sticky adhesive-like love bug mess. Superglue should be so strong. And the worst part is, if the aftermath doesn't get cleaned off immediately, the love bug leftovers will eat right through the paint on your car.
Yes, at this very moment love is in the air, hanging in the trees, attached to storefront windows, on my car, and inside of my car (because even love bugs appreciate a little backseat romance).
To enter the Rattlesnake Egg giveaway, go to: http://www.emailbookclub.com/photo/snake052212.html
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
http://www.muffinsandmayhem.com/
AUTHORBUZZ: WHAT HAPPENED IN GRANITE CREEK (Fiction) by Robyn Bradley
When a married woman with three children falls in love with a quadruple amputee injured in Iraq, nothing is ever the same for her or her family again. A journey of unexpected twists that reminds us, nothing is ever what it seems.
Go to: http://authorbuzz.com/dearreader click on WHAT HAPPENED IN GRANITE CREEK to find out more about the book and the author, Robyn Bradley. Send her an email, she'd love to hear from you.
*Fun, free books and meet authors. Ask questions, they'll reply and read samples from their books. Visit AuthorBuzz at: http://authorbuzz.com/dearreader
(Fiction)
INTO THIS WORLD by Sybil Baker
(Fiction)
LOVE IS MURDER edited by Sandra Brown
BUZZ BOOKS by Michael Cader
(Fiction)
WHAT HAPPENED IN GRANITE CREEK by Robyn Bradley
(YA Fiction)
THE PROTECTORS by Steven Shreridan
Go to: http://authorbuzz.com/dearreader
* This month's Penguin Classics book is FOOLS CROW by James Welch. Start reading now and enter to win a Penguin totebag. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/May12Classics
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