Loss and Gain

After multiple "you really look like you've lost weight" comments from my mom this week, I dragged out the Wii and checked.  (I haven't been feeling up to getting my Wii on lately, so it's been collecting dust for a while.)  Lo and behold, I've lost another 6.6 lbs.  That's a total of 22 lbs since the end of August.  I'm not really sure where it's come from, since I don't see the difference at all.  But 22 fewer lbs crushing down on my joints can only be a good thing.

And now on a completely different subject.  If you look over to the right, under the About Me section, you'll see a little ad.  In mid-January I signed up with a site called Swagbucks.  Basically, you're letting them market to you and in exchange you earn points that can be used toward "swag".  A lot of it is stuff I wouldn't be interested in, but they do have one piece of swag I can definitely use-- Amazon gift cards.  Got to feed the Kindle somehow!  So far I've earned $25 worth of Amazon gift cards, and I'm just over half way to earning another $5 card.  There are other gift cards available too, like Barnes & Noble, Travelocity, Paypal, Target, iTunes, or Starbucks.  If Swagbucks is something you think you'd be interested in, I'd appreciate it if you'd click on that banner or use this link to sign up: http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/fibrobabe.  I can earn a few points through referrals, and there's always another book I want to buy!

Lip Balm Flavor of the Day: Shamrock Shake

Alien Revealed by Lilly Cain

I'm not calling this a review because it's really more of a recommendation.  Alien Revealed is hot, sexy fun.  The scifi world that Cain has created is interesting, and I'm hoping this is the beginning of a series.  I liked Alinna and I really like David.  There's some bondage, not super intense, but just a heads up.  I know it's not everyone's thing.  My only gripe is that it starts a wee bit slow-- Alinna and David don't start interacting together until page 18, which is pretty far in when the story is only 112 pages long.

This is a Carina Press title and can be purchased from all the usual vendors.  But I recommend if your reader can handle epub that you hightail it over to Kobo Books by the end of the day today.  They've got a $2 coupon running this weekend, which makes this an absolute steal.  The coupon code is "twodollars".  Enjoy!

And just so we're clear, I don't work for Harlequin or Kobo, and I don't know Lilly Cain or any other Carina Press authors, as far as I know.  I just enjoyed a good book and a good deal, and I thought you would, too.