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Yesterday was a grey day, so unlike the previous two days which were almost dare i say...SPRING LIKE. There had been some weather warnings up, but by mid afternoon they were removed, so naturally i assumed that meant that it would continue its trek towards spring.
Boy when i am wrong..i am really wrong!
(I tend to do nothing half-assed,this being no exception)

This morning, i woke up to..well...WINTER. Sometime during the night, Old Man Winter snuck back into the area and covered us in a deep blanket of snow. Now..It IS pretty. Really pretty. I would not lie..take a look...

See..i told you it was pretty.

But the thing is..
(lean in closer)

(closer)

i am so done with Old Man Winter.

Yes, i realize that i am a winter lover, but it is the end of February and since we here in Wilsonworld have been in winter mode since October we approaching 5 months..and we are done with it.

So as pretty as it is...it is time for Spring. Sunshine and flowers. Biking and swimming pools.
Swimming pools?
Swimming?
Speaking of swimming...

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming is almost here!

tgwss, as it is lovingly known is Joshilyn Jackson's new novel.

Around here, we love Faster Than Kudzu (which you can find in my handy links on the right hand side..no..the OTHER right..yes..thats it) and we also love her other books...gods in Alabama and Between, Georgia.

SO we have been waiting for tgwss..and it is almost here....March 4th according to the Chapters website.

Here is a little peek into the heart of tgwss....

Laurel Gray Hawthorne hasn't seen a ghost in the thirteen years she and her husband have lived in the beautiful gated neighborhood of Victorianna. keeping her head down, she's managed to make a good life for her beloved daughter and husband while working on her nationally acclaimed art quilts. But in the dog days of a Florida August, she wakes to find a dead girl standing by her bed. It's the ghost of her daughter's best friend, Molly, who leads the way to her own small body, floating lifelessly in the Hawthorne's backyard pool. Now, with police on her lawn and neighbors peeking over the fence, Laurel's carefully constructed existence cracks, and her past seeps through.

Laurel and her sister, Thalia, grew up in what appears to be a typical blue-collar home, but the Grays have long been hiding a very literal skeleton in their closet. While Laurel built her pretty, pleasing life in the suburbs, Thalia became an actress with a capital A, about as unconventional as they come. She's the walking definition of mess, and no longer fits in Laurel's tidy world. Yet Molly can't rest until someone learns her secrets, and she has opened a door to the past that Laurel can't close alone. She turns to her wild and estranged sister, though asking for Thalia's help is like jumping into a hot frying pan protected only bu a thin layer of Crisco. Together they set out on a life altering journey that will reveal their family's buried history, the true state of Laurel's perfect marriage, and what really happened to the girl who stopped swimming.

Doesn't that sound yummy?
So..you have until March 4th to pre-order from your fave online store, or go to your local bookhouse...or you could do what i am doing....see..there is this contest. Dee, at Dee's Book Dish is having a contest for all of us who want this book. And by posting the cover and telling you about the book..I am entering.

Not that i would not have done this even if there wasn't a contest...but you know me..it is all about free books!

What?
You are still here?
Go now...to Joss's or Dee's or  even to this place where you can pre-order personalized, signed copies. (click here for info) 

Go.
That is all.
I am going back to bed...maybe if i wake up again, this snow stuff will all have been a dream.