Happy New Year everyone! May 2007 be all you hope it to be.

Blossom and I are relieved and so excited that 2007 has arrived. With the arrival of the new year means the long awaited arrival of China Dolls! While the launch of China Dolls is still a few weeks away, preparations similar to that of New Year's Eve at Times Square are in the works for the the book tour, book launch parties, and book signings. Okay, so there won't be any waterford crystals or ball droppings but there will be lots of fun festivities. Over the holidays, I couldn't help myself one afternoon during a session of (what people call) retail therapy and went out and purchased the dress and shoes for the launch party. Now, I've been trying to hit the gym to make sure I can fit into the dress! That's what happens during the holidays - too much food consumption and holiday stress makes people buy crazy attire that you hope you can still fit into in a couple of months! I guess that's why they make those resolutions!

***Sigh***

Anyhow, we've also been checking out all the calendar events on all the bookstores that we'll be doing booksignings for including Vromans's and Book Passage in Californi. I must say, it's pretty cool. We've also been profusely working on our publicity campaign and receiving reviews. Check out the latest one from Booklist. 

From Booklist
Yu and Kan's novel centers around three young Chinese American women looking for love and career success in New York City. M. J. is a successful sportswriter who dreams of becoming an on-air reporter, but fears her gender is an obstacle. Despite some setbacks, her star is rising, and when she reconnects with her high-school boyfriend, she thinks everything might finally be falling into place, until she discovers he hasn't changed as much as she'd hoped. Alex, a lawyer, is grappling with the absence of a love life and trying to work through her feelings for her unrequited college love. A stockbroker who plays to win, Lin finds herself falling under the spell of a charming new recruit at work and jeopardizing her job to be with him. Though readers may see the characters' paths to love long before they do, Yu and Kan's heroines are eminently likable, and their adventures in love and on the job do ring true. Kristine Huntley
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Hopefully, only more good news is to come in the next few months!

 

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