Sandra Ruttan's Blog – December 2008 Archive (4)

A Happy Holidays Meme

What's the most original Christmas gift you received?

A strawberry rhubarb pie from Dangerously Delicious. It was amazing, and Brian gets an A for effort there, because I spent the summer keeping an eye out for strawberry rhubarb, and never saw it once.

What book did you get for Christmas?

A Choir of Ill Children by Tom… Continue

Added by Sandra Ruttan on December 31, 2008 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

Quick Updates

WHAT BURNS WITHIN has made the top 10 best reads list compiled by the lovely librarian blogger, Lesa Holstine, and I consider that a real honour.

I was also recently interviewed for Shots Magazine, and you can find out the answers to whether or not I agree that I'm… Continue

Added by Sandra Ruttan on December 31, 2008 at 12:40am — 7 Comments

Best Of

Who thought Linda L. Richards, Tom Piccirilli, Christa Faust, Val McDermid, Anthony Neil Smith -and Sandra Ruttan?! - should get top honours? Check out this varied, cross-genre best of list contributed to by multiple authors and reviewers.

Added by Sandra Ruttan on December 20, 2008 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

No Return?

Borders and HarperStudio have made a bold move to eliminate returns. I'll be curious to see how this plays out in the coming months, but I'm also curious to know what people in the book business think. Is this move good or bad?

Added by Sandra Ruttan on December 17, 2008 at 1:47am — 4 Comments