Black 'n' Gold Girl's Book Spot

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka Feature: Approx. 78 mins Bonus Features: Approx. 60 mins Color DVD Overview: The TARDIS lands in a small English village in 2003, where the population is living in fear from a malevolent alien force. With the help of UNIT and his new friend Alison, the Doctor discovers that a race called the Shalka are residing underground, preparing to strip away the earth’s ozone layer and embark on a full-scale invasion of the planet. Voice talents include Richard E. Grant as the Doctor and Derek Jacobi as the Master. My Thoughts: Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka is one of my all-time favorite Doctor Who episodes and that's saying a lot because I'm not normally a fan of animated features unless they're from Disney! I was more than a bit skeptical going into this. A few of the reasons that I enjoy the live action series so much is the little nuances and amusing facial expressions of the actors on the screen. It's impossible to catc...

Photo from www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/gallery/icewarriors/06.shtml DVD Overview Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors   (Story 39) In the distant future, Earth faces a new Ice Age. While a dedicated team of scientists battle to hold the approaching glaciers at bay, a startling discovery is made deep within the ice … an alien warrior, frozen for millennia. When the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie and Victoria arrive they soon discover Earth is under threat from the Ice Warriors – fearsome Martians intent on conquering our planet for themselves. My Thoughts: If you're a fan of the Doctor Who series, chances are you've come across the Ice Warriors. Most recently, we met Ice Warrior Skaldak in the series 7 episode, " Cold War ." As intimidating as a trapped Ice Warrior in an immobilized submarine may be, the Ice Warriors first appeared in the earliest years of the classic Doctor Who series, a whole bunch of them stuck on earth during a new Ice Age is...

Announcing the  FALL INTO LOVE  ultim ate giveaway! Join us as award-winning authors Tracie Peterson, Jody Hedlund, Nancy Mehl, Melissa Tagg, and Jen Turano take us on a journey for love in their upcoming novels. To celebrate the September/October book releases, we're hosting FIVE incredible giveaways with ONE fantastic grand prize drawing.  Enter all five contests and receive FIVE entries into the grand prize drawing with additional chances to enter the FALL INTO LOVE ultimate giveaway throughout the month of September! The Prizes: ONE GRAND PRIZE  winner will receive the FALL INTO LOVE prize package - a $500 value! - containing everything you need to snuggle up with a great book... • A 16GB Kindle Fire HD for all the books you want, right at your fingertips • Fall into love as you fall into this beautiful free-standing wooden hammock • A Sherpa & Micromink cream throw to keep you warm as the weather t...

Thank you all so much for bearing with me throughout these 4 wonderful years. For those of you who just found my blog this week, WELCOME! I hope you like what you see here. I wish I could give you all a ton of prizes I luv you all that much! Since I can't give prezzies to everyone (sad face) I have to host giveaways with a select number of random winners. Read on to see what you have the chance at nabbing today... In case you don't know, I am a fan of pretty much all things British , especially regency set novels and British television. While it isn't a Regency novel, Sandra Byrd 's Roses Have Thorns  IS set in England and it IS one of my all-time favorite books. I don't know about you but I can't think of anything more British than tea so I thought I'd give away another copy of Roses Have Thorns (slightly used) ,  a brand new "Tea Time" print garden flag, AND an adorable, brand new, floral tea cup set (2 cups, 2 saucers, and storage box) all to ...

In case you didn't know it's my 4 year blogiversary ! I can't believe I've been at this for so long! it seems like yesterday that I first posted that picture of baby Coco but it was really March 3, 2009. Like my dad always says, the older you get the faster time goes. Le sigh. Last year, I celebrated my 3 year blogiversary in April since I was so busy in March and this year the month kind of got away from me too so this week is the official party! You don't want to miss it. I'm giving away books all week and the grand prize is going to be AWESOME! I've never given away anything quite like it before. If you want a prize "spoiler", check out this tweet . ;-)  There's no blog button this year, but please help by spreading the word about this party on Twitter or on Facebook!  Don't forget to visit this blog tomorrow for a new post with a new prize to win! Each blogiversary giveaway will be open until Sunday, April 28, 2013. Rem...

Wow it is so hard to believe that I have been blogging for THREE WHOLE YEARS! It's with sheer disbelief that I have almost 300 followers when I didn't think I'd even get to ten. I've met so many great bloggers and reader friends willing to dish and discuss books with that I could probably talk all day  for a whole year with a different one each day and still have friends left over. I don't know where I'd be without your encouragement and willingness to stick with me even when I get blogger's block! I love finding a great book and learning about the authors who write them so I figured there would be no better way to celebrate than sharing some great authors with you! Throughout this week, starting tomorrow, I will be hosting an author friend I'd like you to meet. Sandra Bricker and her dog Sophie have been here before but Sandie has a book coming out this month and I just had to have her tell you all about it! I have some brand new friends to intro...

Thank you all so much for taking the time out to celebrate with Coco the collie, some of my blogger friends and me! Coco is a very special part of my life and my family's life, as some of you are fellow dog lovers and pet owners you know what I'm talking about. Even though there's a cat in my family, dogs hold that special place in my heart. Ever since I was a young girl I've always had a love for the furry and I've had dogs from around age five. Coco was not my first collie however, she is the first sable colored collie that I've had the privilege to share my home with. Just in case you want to know, my first collie was a tri-colored (black, white and tan) named, are you ready for this...Fuzzy. I was around seven or eight and a name like Max or Billy wasn't cutting it no matter how much my mom begged me to chose a "normal" name LOL! Anywho ever since "The Fuzz" (that was the most popular of his nicknames ) I've had a great love of co...

Wow how awesome it must be to celebrate TWO WHOLE YEARS of Blogging? Check out this most amazing blog, Bookalicio.us . I'm slightly jealous of how awesome the set up and graphics are. I'm an antique/steam punk lover so I think it's the bee's knees! Check it out and I'm sure you'll become a lifelong follower. ;-) While you're there you can enter to win some great book prize packs and the grand prize, a Nook Color! Go HERE to check out the Nook Color!!!!

It is so hard for me to believe that I have been blogging for almost a year now! March 3, 2009, was the date of my first blog entry . I have certainly come a long way since then! I've met so many great people through my blog who have been such a blessing to me! To celebrate one AWESOME year of blogging I'm holding a Blogaversary celebration, March 15-19th! Some of my very favorite Christian fiction authors will be stopping by during the week to help me celebrate and I would love for you to stop by too! Not only will there be great posts featuring some great books but there will be giveaways as well! How awesome is that?! After all what is a party without presents? ;-) On top of all that I will also be giving a gift to one lucky person who comments during the week! Below is a list of my Blogaversary VIPs who will be guest posting throughout the week! Be sure to click on each authors name to visit their terrific websites! Trust me, they're beautiful and feature a lot of...