My very part-time second job pretty much rocks. I am a Testing Technician for the USEF’s Equine Drugs & Medications Program. In a nutshell, I am part of a 4-person team comprised of 3 Testing Technicians and 1 Veterinarian which is sent to USEF- and AQHA-sanctioned horse shows to perform random drug testing of the contestants. (The horses, [...]
Archive for April, 2011
The Power of Hippotherapy
Posted in horses, life, tagged Hippotherapy on April 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Book Giveaway
Posted in books, Giveaways, tagged Something Like Fate, Susane Colasanti, Take Me There, Waiting for You, When It Happens on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
YA author Susane Colasanti has a book giveaway going on over at her blog. Make sure to check out her post on Screen-Free Week 2011, too!
Book Giveaway Over at The Deadline Dames
Posted in books, Giveaways, tagged Book Giveaway, Devon Monk, Jackie Kessler, The Deadline Dames on April 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Author Devon Monk is giving away a copy of Magic to the Bone, a copy of Magic on the Hunt (which was released yesterday), and a knitted gargoyle named Stone who is absolutely adorable! Author Jackie Kessler is giving away a copy each of her books Hunger and Rage, and a signed poster of Rage. [...]
March Books (8)
Posted in books, tagged 13 Reasons Why movie, book review, Book suggestion, books, Carrie Ryan, cassandra clare, City of Glass, Cynthia Hand, Fallen, Fallen movie, Jana Oliver, Jay Asher, Lauren Kate, Sara Gruen, Stephen Chbosky, The Demon Trapper's Daughter, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Forest of Hands and Teeth movie, the mortal instruments, The Mortal Instruments movie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Perks of Being a Wallflower movie, Thirteen Reasons Why, Unearthly, Water for Elephants, Water for Elephants movie, ya literature on April 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Goodreads’ synopsis: Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski’s ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled [...]
It’s All About The Series: ’11 Books I’m (In)patiently Awaiting
Posted in books, life, random, tagged ally condie, book suggestions, cassandra clare, chronicles of the warlands, City of Fallen Angels, Crossed, Demon Trappers, elizabeth vaughan, forever, i am number four, Ilona Andrews, Jana Oliver, Kate Daniels, lorien legacies, Maggie Stiefvader, magic slays, matched, pittacus lore, Soul Thief, The Demon Trapper's Daughter, the mortal instruments, the power of six, The Wolves of Mercy Falls, TMI, Warcry on April 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
City of Fallen Angels takes place two months after the events of City of Glass. In it, a mysterious someone’s killing the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine’s Circle and displaying their bodies around New York City in a manner designed to provoke hostility between Downworlders and Shadowhunters, leaving tensions running high in [...]




