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Daily Archives: September 30, 2015
Lovely Christmas Romance Anthology by eight great authors
The Last Chance Christmas Ball
By: Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, Joanna Bourne, Patricia Rice, Nicola Cornick, Cara Elliott, Anne Gracie, Susan King
Rating: 5 of 5
“The Last Chance Christmas Ball” is a collection of short stories which are tied together by way of both the relationships of the various characters (brothers here, neighbors there, etc.) as well as by their invitations to an annual Christmas ball.
The eight authors are all stars in historical romance and each shines in their various stories in this book. It was really interesting to see that their style was so evident in a short story as well as a longer novel. If you are at all interested in one of these authors (Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, Joanna Bourne, Patricia Rice, Nicola Cornick, Cara Elliott, Anne Gracie, Susan King), this book will give you a good foretaste of the type of book that they write. Some are quite serious and others have a little more fun with their writing.
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Fashionable animals get their glad rags on
Dapper Animals Coloring Book (Design Originals)
By: Thaneeya McArdle
Rating: 5 of 5
This coloring book is a fun set of 30 oh-so-cool and stylish animals. They are dressed in some very trendy and unusual fashions (at least for animals, that is!) While the book is by Thaneeya McArdle and Design Originals, I cannot tell if it is from her Coloring is Fun series.
The designs are quite open and beg for the colorist to try some of the techniques that the artist has included lessons in drawing, patterning, color techniques and media (including shading) as well as basic color theory at the front of the book, along with some great color examples (some of which I will show in my attached photos.) The lessons are generic to the line but the samples are specific to this book.
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