Most people reading this blog know about the book giveaways that I do each month. Sometimes, I wish I could actually read ALL of the books that I give away, but I just don’t have the time! I’m a member of the Heartsong Presents Bookclub, and I also received the Heartsong Presents Mysteries before they canceled that book club. In addition to those books, I purchase novels from the Family Christian Bookstore, or Barnes and Noble whenever I take my family into the Bowie area to get their haircuts. I also purchase novels from Amazon.com fairly frequently. When I give books away on my blog, or when I give them to friends and family, and I haven’t read the book, I may feel a little wistful. Am I missing a good story? Should I have read that book? I can’t keep all the books that I buy because I simply don’t have room in this house to keep them all! Plus, I get a number of free books each year from authors and publishers when I agree to do book reviews for them on this blog!

Do any of you feel kind of sad or wistful when you get rid of books that you haven’t read? Do you read the first few pages of a book before you give it away to make sure you’re not missing a great story? When I get rid of my books, I think of the way kids act when they don’t want to go to sleep – they’re afraid that they’re going miss something. Do you think you’re missing something when you get rid of unread books?

~Cecelia Dowdy~

I was going to continue looking for the scripture I blogged about yesterday, but, I’m too tired. I was also going to post a review for Love Finds You In Last Chance California, but again, too tired! The one-hour time change is affecting me! I’m off to bed!

~Cecelia Dowdy~

I’m guest blogging today at Urban Christian Fiction Today Blog! Stop by and leave a comment!

Believe it or not, I have a variety of things to blog about tonight, but, energy escapes me! I’m tired, tired, tired. It’s still early, but I’m going to bed NOW and getting some rest! It really wore me down, spending the majority of last weekend at my day job! If I had to do that all the time, I’d be a mess!

~Cecelia Dowdy~

For those of you who don’t know, I’m an accountant at my day job. It’s close to audit time, and I spent the majority of today (Saturday) at work, and will probably be at work all day tomorrow.

I’m about ready to go to bed now, I’m so tired. I’ll be posting more book reviews soon…

~Cecelia Dowdy~

I’m part of the Christian Authors Network. You can check out their January 2009 newsletter here. Also, if you want to see what great Christian Fiction titles are coming out each month, I encourage you to sign up for our mailing list in the box in the right column of the website. EZines go out every month, on the first of the month, and they feature new releases from CAN members, the book club schedule for the upcoming month, and author news items.

We’ve also got a fantastic blog. Check it out here. Also, I’ve placed the link on my sidebar!

So visit our site and rush out to your favorite bookstore or internet site to purchase some wonderful books! Stock your shelves for the New Year!

~Cecelia Dowdy~

I forgot to mention awhile back that my stat counter has surpassed the 20,000 mark! So, my blog has had the pleasure of over 20,000 hits! Wow!

~Cecelia Dowdy~

I was going to review The Flower Of Grass today, but, I’m too tired. Hopefully, I’ll get to it within the next day or so.

~Cecelia Dowdy~

I signed up on Facebook. If you’re a member, look me up here.

~Cecelia Dowdy~

Feeling a bit under the weather. Everyone in our house has colds. I read a great book last weekend: Riding Through Shadows by Sharon Ewell Foster. I purchased this novel from Crossings years ago, but never got around to reading it. There’s a sequel and I look forward to purchasing that and reading it.

I’ll post reviews on Sharon’s novel as well as Dark Pursuit by Brandilyn Collins soon.

~Cecelia Dowdy~