Do you read The Pioneer Woman's blog?

The Pioneer Woman is also known as Ree Drummond. If you haven't seen her blog, you should check it out. Lots of interesting things over there.

Her new book was just released last month:


The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels-A Love Story

I'll never forget that night. It was like a romance novel, an old Broadway musical, and a John Wayne western rolled into one. Out for a quick drink with friends, I wasn't looking to meet anyone, let alone a tall, rugged cowboy who lived on a cattle ranch miles away from my cultured, corporate hometown. But before I knew it, I'd been struck with a lightning bolt . . . and I was completely powerless to stop it.

Read along as I recount the rip-roaring details of my unlikely romance with a chaps-wearing cowboy, from the early days of our courtship (complete with cows, horses, prairie fire, and passion) all the way through the first year of our marriage, which would be filled with more challenge and strife—and manure—than I ever could have expected.

This isn't just my love story; it's a universal tale of passion, romance, and all-encompassing love that sweeps us off our feet.

It's the story of a cowboy.

And Wranglers.

And chaps.

And the girl who fell in love with them.


If you're not into love stories, she also has a cookbook: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Ranch Wife.

New Site to See--HarperCollins: Browse Inside

Harper Collins Publishers has a feature on their site called Browse Inside. Here's what it's all about:

With Browse Inside, you can try before you buy! Browse Inside is just like flipping through the pages of a book at your favorite book shop, but better! You can use the table of contents for easy navigation, search for keywords and phrases, share the book with your friends, and post a widget. HarperCollins Browse Inside lets you start reading books before they go on sale with Sneak Peek and offers Full Access on selected titles, where you can read the entire book for free online.

Go here to try it out!

New Site to See--Readiac

Readiac: only the books you MUST read is a new website that "exists for one purpose: to celebrate the truly powerful experiences we have when we read a really great book." From the creator:

There are plenty of wonderful book review websites, magazines, literary and book related communities, where people can share their thoughts and ideas about books and writers. And many of them are wonderful.

But I wanted to be able to publish just the reviews and other types of writing (memoirs, essays, even literary criticism) that communicate the powerful transcendent and inebriating experience of reading a great book. Readiac gives readers (and writers) an opportunity to tell the world when a book or an author simply knocks your socks off, blows you away, takes you completely out of yourself, transcends every expectation, and transports you to that mysterious place we go when we experience literary greatness. I think that’s alot more interesting for me as a reader anyway. I want to know when a book is having that kind of effect on people, and I want to know the why and the how.

Have you read a really great book lately? To submit a review of your own, email it to readiac.com@gmail.com or use the contact form on the website.

New Site to See--Free Book Friday

How does Free Book Friday work? Here's what the website says:

It's simple. Every Friday, we give away free books!

That's right. Each week, we feature a new author with an exclusive author interview podcast or written Q&A and host a drawing to win free signed copies of his/her book.

All you have to do to enter to win each week is sign up using the entry form. Winners are chosen at random and posted on the site every Friday morning. Hence the name, "Free Book Friday!"

Go there to sign-up to win!

Do You Know About ETSY?

Etsy is a website for buying and selling only handmade and vintage items. They have a whole section dedicated to books!

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Grammar Girl

Have you checked out Grammar Girl? She offers quick and dirty grammar tips through weekly podcasts. Some of her episodes include

Between Me and You
When Is "W" a Vowel?
What Is the Plural of Scissors?

This is my favorite episode.

Go here if you would like to sign up for the Grammar Girl Tip of the Day.

If you're not really into grammar, you can visit Quick and Dirty Tips for other podcasts from

The Dog Trainer
Get-it-Done Guy
Legal Lad
Nutrition Diva

and others.

The Grammar Girl link is featured in Sites to See at the left.

New Site to See: Daily Lit

I just added this link at the left under Sites to See.

Daily Lit: Sparking your mind and imagination with great books and ideas in under 5 minutes a day.

How? Receive short book installments by email or RSS feed.
When? Choose the days and times you want to read.
Where? Read on any computer or mobile device (iPhone, Blackberry, etc).

Daily Lit features over 800 free books as well as many others! Browse them here.

I'm trying The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.



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