About Us

My Dear Bookworms!

My name is Melanie Friedman. I’m in my sixties, married to my own ‘RA’, working for a great company, and have grown kids.

My hobbies are gardening, reading and painting. As an avid reader I love to talk about books I’ve read, especially romance novels.

To reach me you can leave a comment here, and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible, or you can leave me a message on our b2b Facebook Page. You can also catch me on Tweeter under @b2bMelanie.

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1423294Hi!  My name is Mariana Gollaher.  I have two young daughters with my hero husband of over a dozen years. I love to read, hike, visit botanical gardens around the world, and…read on hiking breaks, at soccer practice, on the plane.

Okay, you get the idea.  I try to type a brief sentence or two about my thoughts on a book and will try to call out triggers.

My comments are definitely based on my emotional reaction to a book and not a true literary critique.  Look forward to sharing impressions with you.  🙂

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This is a personal weblog. The opinions expressed here are our own. 

Material on this blog may not be suitable for minors.

Some of the pictures are from the web, and if you find your own, and would like us to take it down, we will [please don’t sue us!]

My favorite thing about blogging is reading comments, so won’t you please leave one before you go?

Thanks and hope to see you back often!!

Melanie & Mariana

53 thoughts on “About Us”

  1. Someone said this to me when I wrote my first post a little more than 6 months ago:
    “Welcome to the blogging world!!”

    You’re on the dark side now!! lol! Enjoy it! I hope you have many up to encourage you, enough downs to exercise persistence, and plenty of new dreams to replace the old ones for your blog that you are destined to achieve. Blog about what you love and you’ll always love blogging!

    All The Best, Melanie!
    -Rita

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    1. Rita!
      Thank you so much for your support 🙂
      You’re at it only six months? I thouught six years, you’re that good! I love your blog!
      I’m having much fun (for now, mind you).
      I hope you stop by once in a while!

      Mel

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    2. Hi, Melanie, my name is Elizabeth Haran. You reviewed my book STAIRCASE TO THE MOON. Thank you for your kind comments. My publisher would like to know if you’d like a complimentary copy of my next new release STARS IN THE SOUTHERN SKY in return for an honest review. I recommended your wonderful page to them. Let me know, and meanwhile have a lovely day. Elizabeth.

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      1. Hi Elizabeth!

        Thanks for stopping by the blog. I believe you were talking about Connie, who’d reviewed your book. She, unfortunately, isn’t reviewing for the blog any longer. I think she’d love to do your next book as well, and you can find her on Goodreads under Connie Fisher.

        As for me, I’m not able to commit to reading it right now. I’m in the middle of editing a book and also backed up in my reviewing.

        Sorry 😦

        Have an awesome day!

        Mel

  2. I love this!! Love being a part of this and Iw ill try to add my two cents whenever my work schedule will allow!!!

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    1. Hey!

      Welcome to the Blog-world! Anything on your mind, anytime you’re ready, we’re here to hear it! I know nothing about Paranormals, and you like them. Why? What’s so good about them?

      Thanks so much for joining me! I know we’ll have fun together!

      Mel

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  3. Hello, Ladies. Sorry for the lateness of my reply. I recently discovered your blog (Thanks, Melanie :D) but I’m just now getting around to commenting.

    Thank you for your feature about “The Tempest.” I was so happy to learn that you enjoyed it. The Gisbornes seem to be in demand right now, so we’ll be hearing more from them. 🙂

    Love your site. It’s beautiful, and I’ll be visiting often. Have a wonderful day!

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    1. Is this THE Charlotte Hawkins?! OMG!

      I loved your books and I’m looking forward to more from you. I’m so glad you stopped by and thanks for writing Guy as I see him 😉
      BTW, we need to book you (if you have the time-name it and we’ll make room)!

      Best,
      Mel

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      2. Charlotte,

        I’m truly humbled and appreciate authors like yourself supporting Bloggers like myself 🙂
        I would be ‘tickled pink’; ‘happy as a clam or pig in shit’ and all around THRILLED if you would stop by and guest blog to your hearts content ANY time you HAVE the time! I have Judith James’ interview coming up this Monday 9/19/2011; Keeping my fingers crossed for Eileen Dreyer for 10/3/2011; Joanna Bourne is scheduled for 10/17/2011 and Ashley March for 10/26/2011 😉

        Week of September 26 is open wide and week of October 10….Let me know what you think and I would love to know your take on self publishing. BTW I just read that quite a few blogs out there don’t review Self-pub authors. Is that true?! I was frankly stunned. I mean, some of the best reads lately that I’ve reviewed were from those authors….you work included:)

        Mel

  4. Hello There!

    Forgive me for leaving this in two places, but I wasn’t sure where to post it…

    I would love to do an interview. My best days are Tuesdays and Thursdays, so the 27th or 29th of this month will work just fine. Just let me know what I need to do. I’m happy to discuss my work. Hope to hear from you soon.

    Yours,
    Charlotte H.

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    1. Charlotte,

      Thanks for stopping by and you can leave me a msg any time any where and as many times you want 😉

      I’ve sent you an email so we can continue this discussion. Hope to hear from you soon, and until then,

      My Best Always,
      Mel

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  5. Hi Mel!
    I’d love to introduce your site to two authors I don’t see on here … the first is Kaki Warner, whose gorgeous western romance adventure series won her the Rita for Best First Book at the RWA last June. She writes beautifully.

    The second is me! My debut novel, “Under the Same Sky” (Berkley/Penguin US) debuts Jan 3 2012 and I’d love for you to take a look – and maybe I could pop by your blog sometime? Please come see my site: http://www.GenevieveGraham.com

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    1. Hi Ms. Graham!

      Thank you so much for stopping by and introducing yourself 🙂 I’m ALWAYS open to new authors, be they Debut or ‘new’ to me.

      I have heard of Ms. Warner (last year was her Debut, I believe and she won with that book a Rita?) and I do hope to read that book soon. I do on occasion leave the comfort of Regency World for the Wild West. Currently I’m reading Caroline Fyffe’s WHERE THE WIND BLOWS and I like it a lot. I like Ms. Fyffe’s style of writing.

      I went to your website and looked around…I see that one of your fave’s is mine as well. THE OUTLANDER and Ms. Gabaldon’s other books in that series are one of my prize possessions. I have them all and re-read them as soon as I find out she’s coming up with the new one 🙂

      Your books do sound very much what I love to read about. I saw the trailer and liked it a lot as well. The covers of both of them are very good, and I hope you stay with the second one (it looks like it’s only temp?).

      I wondered if you’d be interested in sending me it for a review, and I would love to interview you also. I have second week in December free.

      Hope to hear from you soon.

      Mel

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  6. Hi Mel-

    I often visit your blog and would love to send you an ARC of my debut, THE RUNAWAY COUNTESS. It is a Regency 😉 and releases March 6, 2012.

    Best-
    Leigh LaValle

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  8. I first came to this blog because of the title. Bookwyrm to bookworm. Now comes another another Evelyn in NY. It must be fate. : slips back into lurking mode:

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    1. LOL!

      Welcome to the fold, and GET BACK here from your lurking mode 😀
      We love it that you’ve stopped by and hope to see you here often:D

      mel and her awesome team of women that ROCK this blog, Evelyn and Krissie 😀

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  9. Hi! Thanks for the great giveaway! Id love to read your book! Thanks!
    shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com

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  10. Thank you so much for picking me to get Maureens book. Love that she’s a friend here on FB. My e-mail is TerryParrish 2010 (at) hotmail (dot) (com). Thanks again, everyone!

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  15. Hi Melanie and Kristal,

    Hello from FOREVER Romance! I started here at Grand Central in September as an assistant to Jessica Bromberg, who oversees publicity for all of FOREVER and FOREVER YOURS titles. We’re working on updating our contact list and would like to make sure we have the correct email addresses for both of you.

    We’d love to keep sending you all the books you want to read, so if you don’t mind please send me your contact info at foreverpublicity@hbgusa.com.

    Thank you so much, and we can’t wait to continue working together!

    Best,
    Marissa Sangiacomo

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  18. Kristal, great, awesome author of paranormal with a Freebie up on Amazon [oops, no longer free, but only .99]. 1st in a series, it’s called, Bound to Night–great VAMP romance. A good friend of mine, too. She has lots of great vampire stories to tell… hey! maybe she is one??? well, who knows…

    I was going to tell you it was up for free on Amazon but that must have been a one day thing for the release of her new book, 2nd in the series, Bound to Moonlight, which I’ve read and is just awesome, too.

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  20. Hello, I cannot remember how I got into you but I assume that one of the authors I am friends on fb with would have pointed you guys out and since then I am hooked. You sending me daily emails makes it even more interesting. Now I am informed about a lot more books than I would have been through the library and the local bookstores. I used to blog in my lovely cat Fluser’s name but after I had to let him go two weeks ago into the higher hunting grounds I am not sure if I will continue. It is a bit of a hell, but I love it hot.
    I love to read and I am a bit of an addict when it comes to books. So bring it on. 🙂

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  21. Hi, Melanie. Any chance you’d like to see my new Regency, Against the Wind? It just got 5 stars from the Reading Cafe and I’d love to see it on your site. Also, I have an idea for a post on How to Write a Worthy Review. (Authors and their friends often don’t know how to write them…). Let me know. You can email me via my website, http://www.reganwalkerauthor.com.

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    1. I’m on board!
      Sent you an email just now through your website. Thanks for thinking of me. I really appreciate it ;D

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  23. Hi Melanie,

    You had a peek at my Pinterest Board for Illicit Love. Would you like to review it, if so I can let you have an eARC now, it’s launched on May 2nd, but no hurry, you can review it whenever you have time.

    Best wishes, and thanks again for the RT.

    You might also want to have a glance at my blog, if you haven’t yet, I share loads of true historical stories on there. http://janelark.wordpress.com/

    Jane 🙂

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    1. OMG!

      YES!!!
      I looked all over the net to pre-order it but Amazon doesn’t have it yet!!! Color me HAPPY!!!
      It really sounds intriguing and I would love to read and rev it for you.

      I only glanced at your site and noticed so many interesting things on it and I wanted to subscribe, but couldn’t find the button 😦

      I’ll send you my email and you can send it to me. I’m sure I’ll be able to rev it by the time it comes out…

      Thanks a bunch!
      Hugs from Chicago ;D

      Mel

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  24. Thanks Mel, can you either let me know your email address here, or friend me on facebook and message it to me, and then I can let you have a copy 🙂 I’m thrilled you’re so keen to read it, that’s really great feedback, and also thanks for the feedback on the subscribe button on my blog, I’ll make sure it’s on there and shift it to the top 🙂

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  28. Hello Bookwork! Would love to work with you in a possible book review and/or author spotlight for one of our authors. Could you email me your steps for submission? jenny(at)badassmktg(dot)com. Thanks so much!

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  29. Hi Melanie, Connie & Leah,
    Have just found your blog and am really loving your reviews. I love reading fictions whenever I have the time, and am looking forward to discovering new books to enjoy.

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  30. Mel – I was just wondering if your account was hacked. I received a WhatsAPP message from you in my email account. When I clicked on it, it showed your gmail address, but wanted my password to sign in for the message.

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  31. Kim, thanks for that. Do you mean my sbcglobal.net email acct or my gmail acct? I obviously haven’t sent it and will look into it ASAP …

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  32. I can’t believe it has taken me so long to discover this website! Love the fact that you devote so much time and effort historical romance–especially those set in the Regency era! Thank you for reviewing my two recent releases: AN EARL LIKE NOT OTHER and THE MEMORY OF YOUR KISS.

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      1. Thanks so much! She put so much into it!

        best Laurel

        On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 6:43 AM, bookworm2bookworm’s Blog wrote:

        > Bookworm commented: “Laurel, Thanks so much for that. I stand corrected. > HUGS! Mel” >

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