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Hey everyone,

It's Carl. Just got a comment from our friend Hacksaw Jim Duggan over at the Guys Read blog. Take a look:

Hey Guys,Cool post. It Makes me want to celebrate Happy Blog Day! I want to list my top 12 07-08 books,too, so here goes. ( Not listed in any certain order)
1)The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
2)The Looking Glass Wars & Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
3)Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
4)Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz ( I cant put the whole series because I read all the other books last year)
5)The Maximum Ride series by James Patterson By far the best series I've ever read...
6)Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
7)The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
8)The Teen James Bond series ( Silverfin & Blood Fever) by Charlie Higson
9)Crispin & the Cross of Lead by Avi ( I haven't read the second yet )
10)The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Seltznik
11)The Downsiders by Neal Shusterman
12)Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Well, those are my top 12 07-08 books read. If you want to see my Meosphere, then check out the latest post on the Guys Read blog!
Hacksaw Jim Duggan from Guys Read

Thanks, Hacksaw Jim! I haven't had a chance to look at your Mesosphere yet, but hope to soon. Have any of you other guys seen it? BTW, they've had a great discussion on what makes a book a Guy Book. Do you all have any thoughts about that? Or a Top 12 list of your own? Write to them and us!

Sketching has been so much fun. Why didn't I start this sooner? The secret for me is to let myself off the "perfection" hook. I'm using a small freebie notebook from my husband. It's not at all precious. Also, I've given myself permission to draw a French fry if I want. My hubby's at CES (Consumer Electronics Show), so I took the kids out for lunch. As usual, I finished first and had to wait for them. This time, I had my trusty sketchbook and started to draw their lunch. It was fun and they loved it. They've each started their own book. Yippee!

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One of my favorite blogs is DaniDraws. She's compiled a list of her favorite blogs. I'm really excited about quite a few blogs. It's very addicting. I enjoy seeing what others are up to. It's a wonderful thing for one with a solo career.

Here's my list:
Holli Conger, DaniDraws, Genine's Art Blog, Claudine Helmuth, Paige Keiser, Elizabeth Dulemba, Scott Franson, Paula Becker,and last but not least, Paula Pertile. I add more all the time. Check these out and enjoy!