Coming Up on Movie Addict HQ

An exciting February lineup has been put together for Movie Addict Headquarters this year. From saluting an important Oscar nominee to predicting and analyzing the 85th Academy Awards as well as celebrating Valentine's Day with a book giveaway drawing, the shows promise lots of fun for film fans. Here is the February schedule:

Tuesday, February 5 -- HUGH JACKMAN CELEBRATION

Tuesday, February 12 -- FAVORITE ROMANTIC FILMS AND BOOK GIVEAWAY

Tuesday, February 19 -- OSCAR MANIA: PART ONE

Tuesday, February 26 – OSCAR MANIA: PART TWO

As usual, all shows air on BlogTalkRadio at 4 p.m. Eastern Time (1 p.m. Pacific Time). During the live episodes, listeners are invited to call in and to participate in a chat. Archived segments are also available for your listening pleasure.

For more information about Movie Addict Headquarters, please click the link below.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/movieaddictheadquarters

HOST: Betty Jo Tucker

PRODUCER: Nikki Starr

CALL-IN NUMBER: 646-478-5668

GUESTS: Award-winning blogger Fausta Rodriguez Wertz, film historian James Colt Harrison, author/entertainment journalist Diana Saenger, Mad Movie Man A.J. Hakari, and others to be announced.

BOOK GIVEAWAY: Kindle edition of IT HAD TO BE US, award-winning romantic memoir by Harry & Elizabeth Lawrence; paperback edition of CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT, award-winning memoir by Betty Jo Tucker.

Coffee Time Romance

                       
I’m pleased to be today’s “Thursday Thirteen” blogger for Coffee Time Romance. When asked to blog about any thirteen things of interest to me, I couldn’t resist listing 13 romantic films from IT HAD TO BE US, the award-winning memoir my hubby and I co-wrote under the pseudonyms of Harry and Elizabeth Lawrence. I also included information about our screenplay contest, mostly because the deadline for entries is July 1st. Here’s the link to this “Coffee Thoughts” blog for today:

http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/13-romantic-movies-in-it-had-to-be-us/

Our Valentine Book

Where can you find a heartfelt true love story, some yummy recipes and over 20 reviews of favorite romantic films -- all in one package? Only in the expanded KINDLE version of IT HAD TO BE US, the award-winning romantic memoir my husband and I co-wrote which is now available at the Amazon Kindle store. If you don't have a Kindle device, Amazon has free software you can download which enables you to read the book on your computer.

Nancy Lombardo, host of Comedy Concepts on BlogTalkRadio, calls our story "A Recipe for Love" in her recent rave review. She also says the book is "a wonderfully touching homage to love -- sweet, honest and filled with hope -- a great gift for Valentine's Day, so share it with someone you love."

Because I don't eat anything that once had a face, I added some delicious vegetarian recipes to our book, and that's probably why Nancy used "Recipe" in her review title. As a movie addict, I gave most of the recipes film-related monikers, such as "Oscar-Worthy Nachos." However, my hubby is still a carnivore, so he fries up a bit of hamburger and mixes it into his own servings of our "4-Star Chili" and "Thumbs-Up Spaghetti," which proves that vegetarians and carnivores can live together in harmony, at least in our house.

About those romantic films, I know many are highly predictable and not very entertaining, but my husband and I still have a lot of favorites, so we included reviews of several excellent ones, such as Love Actually, Pride & Prejudice and Kate & Leopold. It was fun compiling our list, even though we frequently disagreed while making the selections.

For more information about IT HAD TO BE US, click on the link below.

http://bit.ly/bjFCtr

Happy Valentine's Day!