Hello World...

Hi! I'm Cae, Martha, or Bibliophile (truth is I answer to just about anything - just ask David Estes - the only person on the planet I've EVER allowed to call me M-Dizzle - feel special Snickers XD).  Things have been kinda hectic for me lately and on top of that taking public transportation home has ensured that it takes me a small (or large depending on the day) portion of FOREVER to get home.

Here is a typical outline of my weekday activity:

• I wake up at around 3am
• I leave the house between 330 and 345 am (415 at the latest if I'm feeling lazy)
• I walk just over two miles between my house and the bus stop so I can catch the first bus to work.
• I catch the bus at 512 (or a touch later depending on the driver)
• I catch my second bus at 538 and I get off that bus at about ten minutes to 6.
• I walk the block and a half to work. 
• I've left the house in "normal people" clothes and have to change into my uniform. 
• I clock in between five and ten minutes late. 
• Work 6-8 hrs
• Leave work at or around 2pm (210 at the absolute LATEST)
• Change back into "normal people" clothes because BLACK POLYESTER in Florida is just a heat stroke waiting to happen.
• Catch my first bus at about 230 (or later since school is back in session and the bus runs a little late)
• I catch my second bus at about 254 (or later if it is running late or just simply DOES NOT SHOW UP) - 324 is the absolute latest bus I can be on if I want to make the third bus and be home in less than 3 hrs of leaving work.
• Make any grocery stops that I need to make either before bus one or between bus number 2 and 3. 
• Get to the stop for bus number 3.  Wait about 30-45 minutes for it to show up.
• Get on bus number 3, and get home at just before 5pm. 

That is a typical day for me, and it usually leaves me absolutely wiped out because of the heat and humidity, the initial walk and ultimately standing on my feet in crappy shoes has me miserable (and lately I've gotten soaked coming home thank you Florida weather). 

So, that is why things have slowed down here, but I have some fantastic things in the works for all of you! I've some guest posts coming up and some interviews in the works as well.  I've also got some giveaways coming and some reviews of some of the books that I've currently read (I know I've got a review backlog, don't lynch me!).  

Reviews you can look forward to:

• Falling Immortality by Robert Downs
• Voulspa by Sam D. & Ray East
• Francesca of Lost Nation by Lucinda Sue Crosby
• Jaguar Sun by Martha Bourke
• $ell More eBook$ - How to increase sales and Amazon rankings using Kindle Direct Publishing by Lucinda Sue Crosby
• Don't Ask, Don't Tell by T.R. Stoddard

Sunday Morning

Good Morning everyone! *checks the clock* Yup, it is still morning.  I actually slept quite well last night, and tonight I'v gotta go to bed early because I have to work in the morning.  Bleh for that.  I'd rather stay here and work on my ever growing to be reviewed list.  My list is quite extensive as most of you know, I finished Dark Passage yesterday, but I've also still in the middle of reading The Forbidden Land, and I've not yet lemminged on Tigana by Gay Gavriel Kay, an extensive and epic read that I am doing for Sword and Laser for their group read this month.

The reviews I need to get done this week are:
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1. The Bastard by Brenda Novak (the title is Honor Bound for the published copy)
2. One Moment by Kristina McBride
3. Code Named Verity by Elizabeth Wein
4. Scars by Cheryl Rainfield

    Author Read and Review

1. Dark Passage by Griffin Hayes
2. The Sky  Inside You by Marco Moreno Flores (need to read)
3. Jaguar Sun by Martha Bourke (need to read)

    Need to Post to Smashwords

1. Believe by E. Leighanne Grimm-Weever
2. Reflection by Jessica Roberts
3. A Story Not Wished to be Read by Nicola Black

Beyond that, everything is kinda up in the air with things here at Confessions of a Bibliophile.  I've got a couple of things brewing, and waiting on some questions back for an author interview series (that has kind of stalled).  I've got to also get together for another give away or two.  But, since my desktop has kind of finally decided to bite the big one for the most part, I've been working on my netbook which is much smaller and I can't do much on as I want to.  So, things are going to be slow, and I'm not sure where my external CD drive is so I can install my camera software for bibliophile eats...which saddens me. 

Other than that, is there anything that you my dear readers would like to see from me? I've also been considering a video review of things, or just an update of my TBR list :) Awesomeness! 

Unscheduled Silence and Life Updates

I do apologize for not writing anything since the release of Michael Cargill's interview, but things have been rather hectic lately and I've not had time to sit down and breath much less formulate any form of coherent reviews.  I need to get Code Name Verity done, and I need to get Beneath the Shadows done as well as they were both supposed to go live this week.  I've not forgotten you all, I've just been kind of swamped with work and fighting to get home on 3 buses every afternoon and it's been raining all week here.

I've also been working on my own little writing project, for CampNaNoWriMo, and I've been trying to catch up on my word count, because as of today, Day 6, I should have reached the 10k mark, however, I'm not even half way to the 2k mark and that is something that needs to be remedied, so I will continue to at least try and get one theme and a few interviews done during the week, a lot of my time will be devoted to my current writing project, and if EVERYTHING goes well, and I manage to survive June, I will be writing another novel in August, and then a third in November...yes I am absolutely starkers for attempting 3 months of National Novel Writing Month events, this has already been confirmed and I am not denying it.  Masochistic tendencies for the win apparently.

My 3 book series is called Songs of the Aether, and book one is titled A Tinker's Tune.  It shall be epically awesome! Here is a teeny, tiny sample of it:

This time, it was Toni that moved first, quickly starting and putting things together, and repacking them in the cases she had for them, since the lab was completely portable to begin with.  Sliding her hands through her hair, she then turned to her current tinkering, she had every intention of leaving it for them to try and claim as their own, but they did not know that she’d already had it claimed in legalities.  She quickly set about the sabotaging she had begun formulating the moment Nathan stepped out of the lab. 

“What are you doing Toni?”  Cassi’s voice caught her attention and she almost dropped the vial she held in her hand.

“Emergency measures that I’d taken some time ago that would immediately begin to degrade any tinkering that I have going at the time of termination, especially one like this one that has many uses for good or ill.”

Tonia Brock is a Doctor, aged twenty, and an experienced tinkerer.  Cassi is her mentor and I'm not sure exactly what else she is to Toni just yet, but I'm sure it will come to light sooner or later.

That's all I have for you at the moment.  I'll have something set up for the weekend, I promise.

Lots of love,

Cae