Hanukkah Hotties: The 2011-2012 Recap Post

Prepare for The Holidays to begin: Hanukkah will begin at sundown tomorrow night, falling even earlier than U.S.A. Thanksgiving this year. To prepare you for this year's eight nights of The Hanukkah Hotness (it's a little thing we do here at Pagan Spirits - no big deal), here I recap my Hebraic hotties from 2011 and 2012.

Yep, they're almost always actors, with a few musicians sprinkled in for flavor. As you can read in Louise Berkinow's The American Women's Almanac:

"Powerful Harry Cohn at Columbia Pictures refused to groom Judy Holliday for stardom, shouting, 'You're joking! Films are made for Jews and by Jews--not WITH JEWS.'"

...Yet the history of filmdom would suggest that Yiddishkeit and screen time are not antithetical, and The Hanukkah Hotness only provides further evidence of that fact.

2012:

Barbra Streisand



Hank Azaria



Ellen Barkin



Joseph Gordon-Levitt



P!nk



Jason Segel



Patricia Arquette



Zac Efron



2011:

Robert Downey, Jr.



Meital Dohan



Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal



Adam Levine



Scarlett Johansson



Winona Ryder



Adam Lambert



Kat Graham



Who made this year's list? Tune in tomorrow evening to find out. Also, feel free to leave me your suggestions for the 2014 list.

If you need something seasonal to read for Hanukkah, I highly recommend "Spicy, Earthy, Sweet."

WIP Wednesday, Briefly

Authors, would you like to share approximately 100-200 words about a current work in progress on a future WIP Wednesday? If so, please e-mail the details to erinoriordan AT sbcglobal DOT net.

Having expended a large amount of creative energy on the Winter Solstice holidays this past week, I don't have a new work in progress to mention this WIP Wednesday. I will be blogging about Hanukkah one more time, later today at the Whipped Cream guests blog. Join me; I'm giving away copies of my Hanukkah erotic romance "Spicy, Earthy, Sweet."

For this blog, I'm working on a list of my top ten reads of 2011. Inspired by Shah Wharton, I'm also considering a post about the meaning of the traditional New Years song "Auld Lang Syne." Maybe.

In the meantime, I'm enjoying some other bloggers' year-end lists. Here are a few:

This video is from OCD of Books.



Book Soulmates' take on Book Boyfriends 2011

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez's Favorite Reads of 2011

Literary Centenaries 2012

Book Chick City's Best and Worst Covers of 2011

Alex O'Hurley's Sexy Man Monday picks of the year (NSFW!)

I'd love to hear what YOU are writing about this week - or your favorite book boyfriend/girlfriend of 2011!

Other Voices, Other Rooms, Other People's Blogs

A sneak peek of The Smell of Gas, the erotic crime novel I wrote with my husband, who goes by the pen name of Tit Elingtin, is available on Chris Redding's book blog.

"Best Prom Quotes Ever" is a just-for-fun post over at The Holiday Diva [defunct].

On March 30 and 31, leave a comment on Pagan Culture [defunct] for a chance to win "Spicy, Earthy, Sweet."

A little bit of I Made Out With a Teenage Communist! appears on Lea Ryan's blog.

More just-for-fun stuff I put out there includes Queens of the Blogosphere [defunct] and Notable Irish-American Women [defunct, reprinted here on Pagan Spirits Book Blog].

Finally, these are my favorite characters of all the ones I've written, at De's Stories [defunct].

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Get "Spicy, Earthy, Sweet" for $2.24

Listen folks, I know the proper Jewish holiday for the Vernal Equinox time of year is Purim, not Hanukkah, but if I may remind you all of the Winter Solstice holiday for just a moment:

"Spicy, Earthy, Sweet," my Hanukkah-themed romance short story, comes with a rebate through March 31, 2011. You get this deal through AllRomanceEBooks.

"SES" is normally $2.99. You pay $2.24 after the rebate, and the difference is good toward a future purchase at AllRomance. All Ravenous Romance titles are included in the discount.

The book blurb: "Dig in to a delectable winter treat, as warm as a potato pancake on a frosty Hanukkah night! Caught up in the magic of the Festival of Lights, Gabriella wants everything to be perfect for her holiday with Jared. Jared has very specific tastes—and a slight obsession with teasing the individual flavors out of the aromas of fine wines. Even the kosher wine he chooses for the first night of Hanukkah is subjected to his beloved wine aroma wheel. But wine is not the only thing that can be tasted, analyzed, and savored. Gabriella and Jared discover new uses for Jared’s favorite toy as the Hanukkah candles burn down…"

UPDATE: If you're looking to read "Spicy, Earthy, Sweet," you';; find it at my Etsy shop, Writer's Brain Has Wings.

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