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The
Frugal Reader
December 9, 2007
Nicole Del Sesto
This month we take a week to shine the FR Author Spotlight on Nicole Del Sesto [coyotemusic], an avid
reader, TV lover and
FR
member since August of this year. Enjoy
learning more about Nicole, her debut novel All
Encompassing Trip and her various pursuits in the Author
Connections forum starting December 10. Then cap off the spotlight week by
joining Nicole and your fellow members
in a live moderated discussion in the FR Chat room on
Sunday,
December 16 at 8:00pm Central.
The brief introduction below will give you a good feel for
Nicole's interesting personality.
Want
to
invite an author to participate? Send a Private Message to the
FR Author Spotlight Committee
today!
Nicole
Del Sesto lives in Northern California with her teen-aged son and finds writing an author bio a daunting task. (Though in comparison to living with a
teenager, writing an author bio should be a cake walk. Do you ever wonder who decided cake walks were the ultimate in easy?) Her life in the
corporate
world is spent managing travel, and she can frequently be found in seat 20B on an American Airlines flight bound for Dallas/Ft. Worth. She's bummed
that the airline employees at her home airport don't recognize her yet.
All Encompassing Trip is her first novel, and she's pretty sure she's writing a second one but don't try to pin her
down on that. Other random and insignificant facts can be learned about Nicole on her website (www.nicoledelsesto.com) and MySpace page (www.myspace.com/nicoledelsesto).
Member Spotlight
Our 16th member to enjoy the spotlight is Jen [notenoughtimetoread]. Jen has been an FR member for well over a year and recently has
been very
active in helping coordinate activities related to the new and increasingly popular FR Author Spotlight feature. Check out Jen's listed
books to find your next great read. Thanks for sharing Jen!
Why do you
read?
I read to be entertained and typically prefer
something light and funny.
When
and where do you most enjoy reading?
I'd like to be able to read anytime and
anywhere, but realistically, usually in bed at
night. I try to take a book with me if I'm going to be sitting and waiting, but my love of talking usually wins out and I end up talking to others
and not opening the book.
What
is your
favorite recently read book?
Come Back, by Claire Fontaine and Mia
Fontaine, for our January Author Spotlight. It is definitely
something I will be recommending to others.
What book is at
the top of your To Be Read list?
What is one of your
listed books that's a sleeper?
I'm not sure that it's a sleeper, but very few people I've asked have read it, so...Peter and the Starcatchers by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry. We read it as a family over the summer
and enjoyed it so
much that I've been recommending it often and have picked up a few copies for Christmas gifts. It is sort of a prequel to Peter Pan ~ great fun to
read about how Peter may have come to be. It's imaginative, funny, suspenseful and even has a bit of romance thrown in - something for
everyone.
What is one of your
favorite things to do besides reading?
I love spending time on the beach. Finding a quiet beach
(to read on, but this is supposed to be besides reading...so ignore that part!) is the best.
What is one of the most
exciting things you've ever done?
Making that leap into parenthood. It was a big step that I didn't take lightly, but it has been so rewarding and fun and
overwhelming and frustrating at times, but I can hardly remember life before kids...well, okay maybe I can remember and maybe even remember fondly,
but still - wouldn't change a thing!
What is something
interesting about you that few (if any) people know?
Hmmm,
interesting? I can't think of anything. How about the fact that I love skydiving? No, not really, but it would be interesting wouldn't it? If I
didn't have a terrible fear of heights, maybe I'd try it.
What is one of the most
insightful lessons you've learned in your life?
One thing I try to drill into my children is that we
really know so little about what is going on in the lives of the people around us ~ even those closest to us. We should try to be understanding and
tolerant of others. Every small act and word, kind or unkind, can have a great impact on someone else's life.
What is one aspect of FR
that you're particularly fond of and why?
Why, the Author Spotlight of course! :-) It's been a pleasure working
together with Richard, Tracy and Jeb to find authors that we hope the other members will enjoy meeting as much as we do. What a great opportunity for
us to try books and authors that we would not otherwise try and then to get the opportunity to discuss their books with
them.
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