I've joined the Kindle Klub ...

Well, folks. I did it. I bought a Kindle (paying a premium since those puppies aren't shipping). My review: worth every penny. Already, I'm able to read more than I have before (I don't think it's just the newness!) Plus, I'm reading more new (NYT blog and the WSJ).

I uploaded an audiobook, but haven't tried it out (other than to test it), but the book reading is great. I still wish it had a built in light -- would love to read in bed, and the recommended book light is too bulky for a small purse.



The cover gets bad reviews on Amazon, but I think it's perfect.

Another nice feature for v. 2 would be a button to put it into screensaver mode, so that you can close and strap the book cover w/o accidentally hitting the next page bar. {edited: ha! there is such a button. Good job Kindle dudes.}

But all minor things.

I love the KindleNowNow feature: send a question and they send back an answer. Pretty cool stuff!

And I've downloaded a billion books (give or take) from ManyBooks.net, which has put Gutenburg.org books in Kindle format.

5 enthusiastic novels from me!

This is just too, too funny ....

I have taken the MySpace Plunge!

And the water is just fine.

Come visit me and be my friend :)


http://www.myspace.com/juliekenner

Vote on this cool trailer!

A friend of mine entered this clip in The Lot, where they compete to win a deal. I just watched it and love it!

If you do, too, please rate it high (you have to log in, but it's painless) and pass this bulletin on to your friends!

Here's the link: http://films.thelot.com/films/2070

Temptation's Child

I'm doing something new with my website ... moving a lot of the fun little extras to my blog. And although I'm not moving some things (old, out of date) this one just had to come, too.

This is a cover that my wonderful editor at Harlequin, Brenda Chin, had the art department make for me when I was pregnant with Catherine. She gave it to me in 2001 at the RWA conference just a few months before Catherine was born. She and several of the Temptresses (other Temptation authors) had thrown me a baby shower.

Note the author's name ... and the fact that the guy looks like my dh ... if my dh were a cover model!

Needless to say, with such a cool present, such cool friends, and my raging hormones, I was a blubbery mess!

Have I ever mentioned how much I love my job and the writing community? Well, I do!

March of the Penguins

YouTube - March of the Penguins

This video is a hoot!