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Book blurb for You've Got Mail from Japan:
Margie and Sandy, two American expatriate women, meet and become friends while living in Saudi Arabia. After their husbands’ assignments were completed, both women returned to their homes in the United States: Margie to Nevada and Sandy to Texas. Margie soon accompanies her husband on his next assignment to Japan while Sandy remains at home surrounded by her family and friends.
Some things are very private—diaries, phone calls, letters, and emails between friends. You’ve Got Mail from Japan lifts that veil of privacy. This book contains actual emails exchanged between Margie and Sandy, with all the ‘warts’ and misspellings as they were written, on an almost daily basis over the course of a year. The writing is real and down to earth, as only emails between good friends can be. The friendship between these two women shines from the pages and you feel as if you have eavesdropped on a private conversation, but accidentally, and then they smile at you and welcome you into their circle of friendship.
Step into Margie and Sandy's world. Follow their incredible, somewhat quirky and offbeat journey as it actually happened. Share their times of joy, times of sadness, times of highs, and times of lows.
One reader stated, "I love this book! It is like I have broken into someone's computer, hacked their email, and now I am looking at all the juicy details...wow, this is fun!"
Warning: Do not purchase this book if you are looking for a typical travel guidebook or a how-to guide for being a model expatriate wife. You've Got Mail from Japan is not that type of book.
Download to your Kindle for only $2.99.
Download to other e-readers for only $2.99.
Kristie Leigh Maguire
Published Author
Monday, November 29, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Kristie Fan Club: DESERT HEAT.
Kristie Fan Club: DESERT HEAT.: "(WOW, what else can I say about this book. It was nothing like I expected it to be and was greatly surprised. It is a book that I have rec..."
Monday, November 22, 2010
Kristie Fan Club: Links to Kristie
Kristie Fan Club: Links to Kristie: "http://kristieleighmaguire.com/ Official site for getting to know Kristie/Margie. PLEASE remember to sign her guest book. http://www.a..."
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Kristie Leigh Maguire reads from You've Got Mail from Japan
Author Kristie Leigh Maguire reads from her latest release, You've Got Mail from Japan, at The Spinning Wheel.
Margie and Sandy, two American expatriate women, meet and become friends while living in Saudi Arabia. After their husbands’ assignments in Saudi Arabia were completed, both women returned to their homes in the United States: Margie to Nevada and Sandy to Texas. Margie soon accompanies her husband on to his next assignment to Japan while Sandy remains at home surrounded by her family and friends.
Some things are very private—diaries, phone calls, letters, and emails between friends. You’ve Got Mail from Japan lifts that veil of privacy. The friendship between these two women shines from the pages and you feel as if you have eavesdropped on a private conversation, but accidentally, and then they smile at you and welcome you into their circle of friendship.
You’ve Got Mail from Japan consists of actual excerpts of emails between Margie and Sandy as they were written, with all the ‘warts’ and misspellings. The writing is real and down to earth, as only emails between good friends can be.
Come along and follow their incredible journey.
Margie and Sandy, two American expatriate women, meet and become friends while living in Saudi Arabia. After their husbands’ assignments in Saudi Arabia were completed, both women returned to their homes in the United States: Margie to Nevada and Sandy to Texas. Margie soon accompanies her husband on to his next assignment to Japan while Sandy remains at home surrounded by her family and friends.
Some things are very private—diaries, phone calls, letters, and emails between friends. You’ve Got Mail from Japan lifts that veil of privacy. The friendship between these two women shines from the pages and you feel as if you have eavesdropped on a private conversation, but accidentally, and then they smile at you and welcome you into their circle of friendship.
You’ve Got Mail from Japan consists of actual excerpts of emails between Margie and Sandy as they were written, with all the ‘warts’ and misspellings. The writing is real and down to earth, as only emails between good friends can be.
Come along and follow their incredible journey.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Romance: Top 10 of 2010 from Amazon.com
Romance: Top 10 of 2010 from Amazon.com
1. Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley
2. Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick
3. Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole
4. Sin Undone by Larissa Ione
5. Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas
6. A Hellion in Her Bed by Sabrina Jeffries
7. Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery
8.Burning Up by Susan Andersen
9. The Summer Hideaway by Susan Wiggs
10. Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn
1. Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley
2. Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick
3. Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole
4. Sin Undone by Larissa Ione
5. Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas
6. A Hellion in Her Bed by Sabrina Jeffries
7. Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery
8.Burning Up by Susan Andersen
9. The Summer Hideaway by Susan Wiggs
10. Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Imogen Rose reads from Quantum at The Spinning Wheel today!
Imogen Rose, the author of the Portal Chronicles, is reading from her latest release Quantum at The Spinning Wheel today. Come join us for the fun and virtual coffee and sweets.
Product Description
A whole year has passed. It’s October again… or is it?
As California teen, Arizona Darley, contemplates traveling back through the portal to seek out her dad, her life is plunged into a whirlwind ride through the unknown.
But this time, she doesn't disappear through the portal.
Has Arizona been kidnapped–again? Is Raj Sen to blame? Could Dillard have taken her?
As Kellan, David and her parents launch a frantic search with the help of the Wanderers, it becomes apparent that things are much more complex than they seem – for all of them. While investigating her daughter's latest disappearance, Olivia faces shocking revelations about the Wanderers and her life with Rupert.
In the meantime, what's happening in New Jersey? Are both of Arizona's worlds about to collide?
Quantum is the third book in the Portal Chronicles. Catch the start of Arizona’s adventures in Portal and Equilibrium.
Product Description
A whole year has passed. It’s October again… or is it?
As California teen, Arizona Darley, contemplates traveling back through the portal to seek out her dad, her life is plunged into a whirlwind ride through the unknown.
But this time, she doesn't disappear through the portal.
Has Arizona been kidnapped–again? Is Raj Sen to blame? Could Dillard have taken her?
As Kellan, David and her parents launch a frantic search with the help of the Wanderers, it becomes apparent that things are much more complex than they seem – for all of them. While investigating her daughter's latest disappearance, Olivia faces shocking revelations about the Wanderers and her life with Rupert.
In the meantime, what's happening in New Jersey? Are both of Arizona's worlds about to collide?
Quantum is the third book in the Portal Chronicles. Catch the start of Arizona’s adventures in Portal and Equilibrium.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Hot off the virtual presses! "You've Got Mail from Japan"
***BREAKING NEWS***
Just released to Amazon Kindle. Available for download for only $2.99.
You've Got Mail from Japan
by Kristie Leigh Maguire
Margie and Sandy, two American expatriate women, meet and become friends while living in Saudi Arabia. After their husbands’ assignments in Saudi Arabia were completed, both women returned to their homes in the United States: Margie to Nevada and Sandy to Texas. Margie soon accompanies her husband on to his next assignment to Japan while Sandy remains at home surrounded by her family and friends.
Some things are very private—diaries, phone calls, letters, and emails between friends. You’ve Got Mail from Japan lifts that veil of privacy. The friendship between these two women shines from the pages and you feel as if you have eavesdropped on a private conversation, but accidentally, and then they smile at you and welcome you into their circle of friendship.
You’ve Got Mail from Japan consists of actual excerpts of emails between Margie and Sandy as they were written, with all the ‘warts’ and misspellings. The writing is real and down to earth, as only emails between good friends can be.
Come along and follow their incredible journey.
Prologue
You’ve Got Mail from Japan is an example of what true friendship can mean if you have the courage to reach out and embrace it. To forge the bonds of friendship and to hold that friendship close to your heart. To share your experiences, each becoming a stronger person for having shared those experiences with the other.
True friendship is a rare thing. Few have the courage to reach out and grab it. To hold on to it. To even recognize that it has been offered to them. To realize that their lives would be richer for having had it. True friendship is to be there for the other in times of adversity as well as joy. True friendship is a precious thing to be guarded like a valued treasure. Remember, that which has been shattered into a million pieces cannot be pieced back together again.
Over the years of my lifetime, I have been faced with many difficult choices. Which road should I choose next? How would the path that I chose to follow affect the ultimate design of the grand scheme of my life? It has not been easy for me to know which road to choose. I have had to make some very tough decisions along the way but I know the road I chose to follow at the time was the right one for me at that point in my life.
I have had to be tough. Very tough. I am like an old piece of rawhide. That old rawhide has become weathered and worn over the years. That old rawhide has been strengthened by the challenges that life has thrown at me. On the other hand, that same old tough piece of rawhide is constantly being polished to the soft sheen and luster of the finest piece of rare silk with each new test that I face and overcome.
I am woman! Hear me roar!
Just released to Amazon Kindle. Available for download for only $2.99.
You've Got Mail from Japan
by Kristie Leigh Maguire
Margie and Sandy, two American expatriate women, meet and become friends while living in Saudi Arabia. After their husbands’ assignments in Saudi Arabia were completed, both women returned to their homes in the United States: Margie to Nevada and Sandy to Texas. Margie soon accompanies her husband on to his next assignment to Japan while Sandy remains at home surrounded by her family and friends.
Some things are very private—diaries, phone calls, letters, and emails between friends. You’ve Got Mail from Japan lifts that veil of privacy. The friendship between these two women shines from the pages and you feel as if you have eavesdropped on a private conversation, but accidentally, and then they smile at you and welcome you into their circle of friendship.
You’ve Got Mail from Japan consists of actual excerpts of emails between Margie and Sandy as they were written, with all the ‘warts’ and misspellings. The writing is real and down to earth, as only emails between good friends can be.
Come along and follow their incredible journey.
Prologue
You’ve Got Mail from Japan is an example of what true friendship can mean if you have the courage to reach out and embrace it. To forge the bonds of friendship and to hold that friendship close to your heart. To share your experiences, each becoming a stronger person for having shared those experiences with the other.
True friendship is a rare thing. Few have the courage to reach out and grab it. To hold on to it. To even recognize that it has been offered to them. To realize that their lives would be richer for having had it. True friendship is to be there for the other in times of adversity as well as joy. True friendship is a precious thing to be guarded like a valued treasure. Remember, that which has been shattered into a million pieces cannot be pieced back together again.
Over the years of my lifetime, I have been faced with many difficult choices. Which road should I choose next? How would the path that I chose to follow affect the ultimate design of the grand scheme of my life? It has not been easy for me to know which road to choose. I have had to make some very tough decisions along the way but I know the road I chose to follow at the time was the right one for me at that point in my life.
I have had to be tough. Very tough. I am like an old piece of rawhide. That old rawhide has become weathered and worn over the years. That old rawhide has been strengthened by the challenges that life has thrown at me. On the other hand, that same old tough piece of rawhide is constantly being polished to the soft sheen and luster of the finest piece of rare silk with each new test that I face and overcome.
I am woman! Hear me roar!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
C. E. Grundler is reading at The Spinning Wheel today
C.E. Grundler is reading from her novel, Last Exit In New Jersey at The Spinning Wheel today. Come join us for the fun and the virtual food.
Nice young ladies from the Garden State really shouldn’t be dumping bodies at sea. Then again, 20 year-old Hazel Moran is anything but your typical Jersey girl. Raised aboard a schooner and riding shotgun beside her father in their old tractor-trailer truck, there's little on the road or water that she can't handle; it's her people skills that need work. Normally that isn’t an issue – behind the wheel of a Kenworth most people tend to leave her alone. But when Hazel and her father become the targets of some unsavory characters hunting for her blue-haired cousin, their stolen tractor-trailer truck and a delivery that never arrived, she knows it's time to heed a lesson learned from her favorite hardboiled paperbacks: playing nice will only end in tears.
For ten sweltering days Hazel navigates the Garden State's highways and shorelines, contending with a suspiciously wealthy stranger, white trash, Born Agains, appliance salesmen, an unstable stalker and his curiously troublesome companion. It'll take all her ingenuity, not to mention some fishing tackle and high voltage, if Hazel hopes to protect her family and unravel this tangle of greed and betrayal. And anyone who gets too close, no matter their intent, will discover just how dangerous shy little Hazel truly can be as she sets in motion a twisted plan to uncover the truth, settle some scores, and if possible not wind up dead in the process.
Somewhat hard-boiled, slightly noir, Last Exit in New Jersey is an offbeat tale that travels from a Delaware Bay ghost-town to metropolitan north Jersey, where boats and big rigs set the scene for danger, suspense, dark humor and an unlikely bit of romance.
Author web site: http://cegrundler.com/
Nice young ladies from the Garden State really shouldn’t be dumping bodies at sea. Then again, 20 year-old Hazel Moran is anything but your typical Jersey girl. Raised aboard a schooner and riding shotgun beside her father in their old tractor-trailer truck, there's little on the road or water that she can't handle; it's her people skills that need work. Normally that isn’t an issue – behind the wheel of a Kenworth most people tend to leave her alone. But when Hazel and her father become the targets of some unsavory characters hunting for her blue-haired cousin, their stolen tractor-trailer truck and a delivery that never arrived, she knows it's time to heed a lesson learned from her favorite hardboiled paperbacks: playing nice will only end in tears.
For ten sweltering days Hazel navigates the Garden State's highways and shorelines, contending with a suspiciously wealthy stranger, white trash, Born Agains, appliance salesmen, an unstable stalker and his curiously troublesome companion. It'll take all her ingenuity, not to mention some fishing tackle and high voltage, if Hazel hopes to protect her family and unravel this tangle of greed and betrayal. And anyone who gets too close, no matter their intent, will discover just how dangerous shy little Hazel truly can be as she sets in motion a twisted plan to uncover the truth, settle some scores, and if possible not wind up dead in the process.
Somewhat hard-boiled, slightly noir, Last Exit in New Jersey is an offbeat tale that travels from a Delaware Bay ghost-town to metropolitan north Jersey, where boats and big rigs set the scene for danger, suspense, dark humor and an unlikely bit of romance.
Author web site: http://cegrundler.com/
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Courtney Cascadian is reading at The Spinning Wheel today
Come join us today at The Spinning Wheel for Courtney Cascadian's reading from her novel The Nostrildamus Document. Plenty of virtual coffee and sweets and fun for everyone.
Review:
Not since Clockers or Homocide has there been such an insider's book. Told from a mercilessly real perspective-that of a smart, scheming, disturbed drug dealer, realistically flawed, who is able to invoke both sympathy and horror- the book is an explosive, cinematic tale that sets a new literary standard. --as seen in The New York Times Book Review
It s refreshing to read the memoir of a hardcore thug who, despite a jailhouse conversion, makes no apologies-and asks no forgiveness-for his willingness to exploit the weakness of others. The sharply written narrative is by turns fascinating and repulsive, intriguing and reprehensible. --Kirkus Discoveries
Product Description:
There is a right way to do the wrong thing...Here is my story, I'd like to thank Courtney Cascadian for helping me tell it.
Review:
Not since Clockers or Homocide has there been such an insider's book. Told from a mercilessly real perspective-that of a smart, scheming, disturbed drug dealer, realistically flawed, who is able to invoke both sympathy and horror- the book is an explosive, cinematic tale that sets a new literary standard. --as seen in The New York Times Book Review
It s refreshing to read the memoir of a hardcore thug who, despite a jailhouse conversion, makes no apologies-and asks no forgiveness-for his willingness to exploit the weakness of others. The sharply written narrative is by turns fascinating and repulsive, intriguing and reprehensible. --Kirkus Discoveries
Product Description:
There is a right way to do the wrong thing...Here is my story, I'd like to thank Courtney Cascadian for helping me tell it.
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