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YAY, it's on NetGalley for request now !!!

Focus On Me by Megan Erickson

Also on Amazon for pre-order @ $2.99:

www.amazon.com/Focus-Me-Megan-Erickso...

I've got it on preorder :)

Tried netgalley a few days ago and the publisher turned me down. Seems they only like reviewers that review for websites. So they'll probably let you have it :)

Jewel wrote: "I've got it on preorder :)

Tried netgalley a few days ago and the publisher turned me down. Seems they only like reviewers that review for websites. So they'll probably let you have it. :)"

HA, is this the part where I say, "If they don't, I may just let THEM have it!" *wink*

I worked PR for Megan on the first book like it was a stripper pole and my name was CANDY. hehe

Jewel wrote: "I've got it on preorder :)

Tried netgalley a few days ago and the publisher turned me down. Seems they only like reviewers that review for websites. So they'll probably let you have it :)"

Me too. I don't have a blog. Seems they only want bloggers with more than 1000 followers. :(

Duck wrote: "Me too. I don't have a blog. Seems they only want bloggers with more than 1000 followers. :( "

Like I told Amy Jo, I'll pay the $2.99, I just want it now, now, NOW!!! hehe

Damn, they're fucking picky! Not only a blog, but 1000 followers. *shakes head*

$2.99 is not a price I will complain about, that's for sure.

And, yeah, you did work it. LOL

1000 followers!? Well I don't even have a blog so. ..
The price is right

Lol about the stripper pole.

Eleftheria wrote: "1000 followers!? Well I don't even have a blog so. ..
The price is right

Lol about the stripper pole."

I'm with you $2.99 is not a lot and mind if I just sit down here next to you while we listen to the tales of the stripper pole?

Karen wrote: "I'm with you $2.99 is not a lot and mind if I just sit down here next to you while we listen to the tales of the stripper pole? "

HA, feel free to pull up a chair. : )

☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "I'm with you $2.99 is not a lot and mind if I just sit down here next to you while we listen to the tales of the stripper pole? "

HA, feel free to pull up a chair. : )"

Great I'll just grab us some wine and chocolate and we should be good to go. Sounds good right? Wine, chocolate and stripper pole tales or is that tails?

Karen wrote: "Eleftheria wrote: "1000 followers!? Well I don't even have a blog so. ..
The price is right

Lol about the stripper pole."

I'm with you $2.99 is not a lot and mind if I just sit down here next to..."

Sit next to me friend. It's not a lot but we'll have to wait until it's out.
I can't wait for Todd's review (stripper pole dancer) on this. He is my supplier in Y/A

Eleftheria wrote: "Karen wrote: "Eleftheria wrote: "1000 followers!? Well I don't even have a blog so. ..
The price is right

Lol about the stripper pole."

I'm with you $2.99 is not a lot and mind if I just sit dow..."

Gladly you know I always enjoy your company. Oh lovely a July release, I'll have it in time for my 'road trip reading' this is good.

Karen wrote: "Great I'll just grab us some wine and chocolate and we should be good to go. Sounds good right? Wine, chocolate and stripper pole tales or is that tails? "

HA, I guess it's 'tails'...

☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "Great I'll just grab us some wine and chocolate and we should be good to go. Sounds good right? Wine, chocolate and stripper pole tales or is that tails? "

HA, I guess it's 'tails'....."

LMAO!!! That's perfect!

Haha... the pussycat lounge... Lol

Eleftheria wrote: "Haha... the pussycat lounge... Lol"

I hear they serve good cocktails there and on that note me and my lame jokes are going to bed. I have a date with my hubby and Neil Diamond tomorrow night so I need to be getting my beauty sleep tonight.

Karen wrote: "I have a date with my hubby and Neil Diamond tomorrow night"

Ooooh, a 3-way. Sounds saucy! haha ;- )

☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "I have a date with my hubby and Neil Diamond tomorrow night"

Ooooh, a 3-way. Sounds saucy! haha ;- )"

No, Neil's a little old for me but hubby and I have been fans of his music since we were teenagers so when we heard he was playing in Toontown we couldn't resist. It's kind of my bucket list to attend concerts of the singers/groups that I really liked and who are still around. So far I've seen Rod Stewart (x2), The Eagles, Billy Joel and after tomorrow I'll be able to cross Neil Diamond off the list. We took a pass on Elton John because holy crap his ticket prices were so obscene it was just too rich for our budget (had a kid in college at the time and it was either EJ tickets or his tuition or at least that's what it seemed like and they weren't even going to be great seats.

Karen wrote: "☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "I have a date with my hubby and Neil Diamond tomorrow night"

Ooooh, a 3-way. Sounds saucy! haha ;- )"

No, Neil's a little old for me but hubby and I have been fans..."

Yeah, music's pretty powerful for trips down memory lane.

My sister in Nashville called me a couple of months ago (losing her ever-lovin' mind) because she saw a Pat Benatar reunion concert on PBS and knew how much I liked her back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth and God was just a boy. : )

☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "I have a date with my hubby and Neil Diamond tomorrow night"

Ooooh, a 3-way. Sounds saucy! haha ;- )"

No, Neil's a little old for me but hubby and I ..."

Hush now. Neil Diamond predate Pat Benatar so there will be no talk of dinosaurs and good being a boy. Way to make a girl feel old :)

Karen wrote: "Hush now. Neil Diamond predate Pat Benatar so there will be no talk of dinosaurs and good being a boy. Way to make a girl feel old : ) "

Oh, trust. Neil was there, he just wasn't on my particular radar. I was too busy ogling Billy Idol's shirtlessness. hehe

See what I miss when I make myself go to sleep, instead of reading or hanging out at GR?

Ah, yes, Billy Idol. He did look mighty good back in the day. :)

☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "Hush now. Neil Diamond predate Pat Benatar so there will be no talk of dinosaurs and good being a boy. Way to make a girl feel old : ) "

Oh, trust. Neil was there, he just wasn't on..."

That seems fair we fans need to spread it around you know otherwise how will we have multiple talents to ogle?

Billy Idol has a huge fan club in Greece. My mom would lead it if she could

So...Renee and I realised we haven't seen Dani lately.Where are you Dani??

Eleftheria wrote: "Billy Idol has a huge fan club in Greece. My mom would lead it if she could

So...Renee and I realised we haven't seen Dani lately.Where are you Dani??"

I'm not a big fan of his music, not to say that his music is good or bad it just doesn't appeal to me that's all, sorry try not to hate me too much because ironically I think Billy Idol is adorably funny. I've seen him in a few interviews and he had a small part in Adam Sandler's movie The Wedding Singer and I thought he was awesome.

Eleftheria wrote: "Renee and I realised we haven't seen Dani lately.Where are you Dani??"

She's been swamped at work. I talked to her a bit yesterday via *real* e-mail, not on here. : )

☆ Todd wrote: "Eleftheria wrote: "Renee and I realised we haven't seen Dani lately.Where are you Dani??"

She's been swamped at work. I talked to her a bit yesterday via *real* e-mail, not on here. : )"

I know how that feels...

Jewel wrote: "☆ Todd wrote: "Eleftheria wrote: "Renee and I realised we haven't seen Dani lately.Where are you Dani??"

She's been swamped at work. I talked to her a bit yesterday via *real* e-mail, not on here..."

She just posted somewhere else here on GR and I told her that she needed to say hi to you because you were missing her ;) oh, now I remember it was on her review of Maps.

☆ Todd wrote: "Eleftheria wrote: "Renee and I realised we haven't seen Dani lately.Where are you Dani??"

She's been swamped at work. I talked to her a bit yesterday via *real* e-mail, not on here. : )"

God, I'm starting to get swamped too.Fucking finals...

Eleftheria wrote: "God, I'm starting to get swamped too.Fucking finals... "

God, if I never have to take another class, I'll be ecstatic.

The last classes I've been in were the ones that Dell sent me to Chicago and Costa Rica to TEACH! ;- )

☆ Todd wrote: "Eleftheria wrote: "God, I'm starting to get swamped too.Fucking finals... "

God, if I never have to take another class, I'll be ecstatic.

The last classes I've been in were the ones that Dell sen..."

Well that sounds like a rough job, lol. Costa Rica, hey? Damn, well somebody's got to do it, right? Wait does this mean you work for Dell? I just ask because that's what my computer is has been for over 10 years now. I love them.

Karen wrote: "Well that sounds like a rough job, lol. Costa Rica, hey? Damn, well somebody's got to do it, right? Wait does this mean you work for Dell? I just ask because that's what my computer is has been for over 10 years now. I love them. "

Oops, sorry. "Anonymity Fail". ;- ) But yeah.

It was San Jose, Costa Rica, so VERY, VERY urban. There was razor wire everywhere. Picture the *opposite* of Jurassic Park. That was along the coasts.

☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "Well that sounds like a rough job, lol. Costa Rica, hey? Damn, well somebody's got to do it, right? Wait does this mean you work for Dell? I just ask because that's what my computer i..."

Ok well that just killed the visual of you off having a fun time in Costa Rica. Your anonymity is safe with me. I just wanted to say I love my computer to someone who might at least not roll their eyes at me (my kid, if it's not a Mac yadda, yadda) but I happen to love my Dell. Especially this one. I got a 13" so it's nice and portable and when I'm in my office it connects to my lovely 24" Dell monitor, I freakin' love it. Ok, I'm done now.

Karen wrote: "☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "Well that sounds like a rough job, lol. Costa Rica, hey? Damn, well somebody's got to do it, right? Wait does this mean you work for Dell? I just ask because that's wha..."

They gave me a crazy tricked out 15.6" ultra-lightweight, insanely thin laptop that sells for about $2400. It feels about as heavy as my hubby's work iPad. Love, love, LOVE it.

☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "Oops, sorry. "Anonymity Fail". ;- ) But yeah."

Shhhhhhh....

When I was in my class for work, the instructor asked me if I had considered teaching. They're looking for another person on the training team. I said 'absolutely not'. There are 2 huge issues for me - 1) It would be ALL travel and 2) WAY too many hours. Easily 60+ Not no, but hell no.

Jewel wrote: "When I was in my class for work, the instructor asked me if I had considered teaching. They're looking for..."

Mine's only maybe once a year, for a week, then only to train new members of my own team, nobody else.

☆ Todd wrote: "Jewel wrote: "When I was in my class for work, the instructor asked me if I had considered teaching. They're looking for..."

Mine's only maybe once a year, for a week, then only to train new membe..."

I've done that, on occasion, and that's ok. But no way would I want that to be my job. I don't have the temperament for it, I think.

Jewel wrote: "☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "Oops, sorry. "Anonymity Fail". ;- ) But yeah."

Shhhhhhh....

When I was in my class for work, the instructor asked me if I had considered teaching. They're looking for..."

So Jewel how do you feel about teaching? I'm not quite clear on that? Lol, I don't blame you, I enjoy travelling but there are limits. My sister's husband required to travel A LOT!!! and he missed out on so much when his kids were growing up.

☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "Well that sounds like a rough job, lol. Costa Rica, hey? Damn, well somebody's got to do it, right? Wait does this mean you work for Dell? I just ask beca..."

*wipes drool from chin* that sounds really nice :)

☆ Todd wrote: "Jewel wrote: "When I was in my class for work, the instructor asked me if I had considered teaching. They're looking for..."

Mine's only maybe once a year, for a week, then only to train new membe..."

Oh,. and the position in my company would be internal training as well as customer training. If it was all internal, I'd have considered it (still probably would have turned it down, but I would have thought about it). But I really dislike most of our customer base that I have met and have no desire to spend that much time with them.

Karen wrote: "So Jewel how do you feel about teaching? I'm not quite clear on that? Lol, I don't blame you, I enjoy travelling but there are limits. My sister's husband required to travel A LOT!!! and he missed out on so much when his kids were growing up."

I really admire good teachers. Frankly, they are overworked, underpaid and under appreciated. I don't have the temperament for it. At. All.

And the travel wouldn't be fun travel, at all. Yeah, I'd get airline miles, but I wouldn't have time to enjoy wherever I was being sent.

Jewel wrote: "Karen wrote: "So Jewel how do you feel about teaching? I'm not quite clear on that? Lol, I don't blame you, I enjoy travelling but there are limits. My sister's husband required to travel A LOT!!! ..."

Me neither and yes to everything else. My sister taught for years and the stories she use to tell us some of them just made me cringe. She worked a larger city. Honestly it's scary at times. She had a student who regularly threw his desk, his parents didn't see what the problem was.

Karen wrote: "Me neither and yes to everything else. My sister taught for years and the stories she use to tell us some of them just made me cringe. She worked a larger city. Honestly it's scary at times. She had a student who regularly threw his desk, his parents didn't see what the problem was. "

O.M.G. Seriously? Get the boy a foam hammer, or something and put him in time-out.

Oh, and I love that this book review thread, for a book that hasn't even been released, is already over 40 messages. Makes me proud :-D

Jewel wrote: "Karen wrote: "Me neither and yes to everything else. My sister taught for years and the stories she use to tell us some of them just made me cringe. She worked a larger city. Honestly it's scary at..."

I think he finally got suspended because the school thankfully didn't share his parents attitude about his slinging a desk around. I find it amazing what some people find acceptable from their kids but I'm betting if someone else's kid did the same thing it would be a different story.

Jewel wrote: "Oh, and I love that this book review thread, for a book that hasn't even been released, is already over 40 messages. Makes me proud :-D"

That's pretty good just imagine what's going to happen when the book gets released, lol.

Karen wrote: "Jewel wrote: "Oh, and I love that this book review thread, for a book that hasn't even been released, is already over 40 messages. Makes me proud :-D"

That's pretty good just imagine what's going ..."

Ha! I look forward to that!

Karen wrote: "Jewel wrote: "I think he finally got suspended because the school thankfully didn't share his parents attitude about his slinging a desk around. I find it amazing what some people find acceptable from their kids but I'm betting if someone else's kid did the same thing it would be a different story. "

Yep.

Karen wrote: "She had a student who regularly threw his desk, his parents didn't see what the problem was. "

Oh, give me TWO MINUTES alone with them and I'll TELL them what the problem is. It's *THEM* letting their kid get away with being a fucking angry-assed DIVA with zero shame in showing his ass in public.



Time to either reinstate some corporal punishment or take away every 'toy' that requires power to run until he shapes the fuck up.

☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "She had a student who regularly threw his desk, his parents didn't see what the problem was. "

Oh, give me TWO MINUTES alone with them and I'll TELL them what the problem is. It's *..."

Go get 'em! :-D

☆ Todd wrote: "Karen wrote: "She had a student who regularly threw his desk, his parents didn't see what the problem was. "

Oh, give me TWO MINUTES alone with them and I'll TELL them what the problem is. It's *..."

Unfortunately true and I think a lot of parents have forgotten that being a good parent is work it doesn't just happen. My son had a friend in public school whose parents were so busy ripping each other apart they forgot to pay attention to him. He was a nice kid tiny in stature and he got picked on a lot so he started carrying knives. I found this out one day 5 minutes before he was due to arrive at my house to work on a school project so when he knocked at my door I relieved him of his knives (all 3 or them and one was scary assed sucker let me tell you)I told him he could have them back when he left. We had a long talk about why carrying weapons were a bad plan and I told him as long as he didn't have any weapons on him he was always welcome in my home. He showed up at our place a lot after that and never again with a weapon.

My son ran into him a few years after they'd each graduated high school. He was doing good things, had gone to college and was having a good life. He told my son it was because I took the knives away from him. All I can say is if that's even a little bit true I'm glad that he gave me the chance to talk to him and that he listened even a little bit. It takes a village, right?