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Meredith Bond is the author of the Vallen series of which "Magic In The Storm" is being reviewed over at Unleaded:  Fuel for Writers. Meredith Bond is an award-winning author of a series of traditionally published Regency romances and indie-pu blished paranormal romances. Her paranormal romances include “Magic In The Storm,” “Storm on the Horizon,” and "In A Beginning" (in the anthology “Tales From The Mist”). Her traditional Regencies include “The Merry Men Quartet” of which “A Dandy In Disguise” has just been released. Meredith also teaches writing. If you want a taste of her class, Chapter One is available at your favorite e-retailer.   Want to know more? Come visit Meredith at her website, www.meredithbond.com or chat with her on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/meredithbondfan ) or Twitter (@merrybond). I had the opportunity to interview Ms. Bond during my review of her first book of the Vallen series. What inspired you to write your first boo...

    At the beginning of the year, and incidentally my last post, I talked about keeping track of the books I read this year on Goodreads .  The goal was to read 24 books in a year.  With that being two books a month, I am about two books behind for the year.  I have started reading several books this year, but haven't finished any of them (Khafka's The Trial , The Spy Who Came In From The Cold , Bloodlands , and Meredith Bond's Magic In The Storm ). With that being said, I have to ask myself why I've started these books but not finished them.   I started reading The Trial when I had some quiet time and thought a little academic reading would do me good.  I liked the book, but just didn't pick it up again. I was on an espionage track with both my reading and my video watching ( MI-5 ) for a while, so I picked up The Spy Who Came In From The Cold at a book sale knowing it was a classic story which had been made into a movie (Richard Burton, 196...