Review: Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 300Release Date: November 2008Publisher: Allen and UnwinFormats Available: Paperback, HardbackPurchasing Info: The Book Depository.co.uk, Amazon, The Book Depository.com,  Good Reads

Book Blurb:

Melbourne, 1929. The year starts off for glamorous private investigator Phryne Fisher with a rather trying heat wave and more mysteries than you could prod a parasol at. Simultaneously investigating the apparent suicide death of a man on St Kilda beach and trying to find a lost, illegitimate child who could be heir to a wealthy old woman’s fortune, Phryne needs all her wits about her, particularly when she has to tangle with a group of thoroughly unpleasant Bright Young Things. But Phryne Fisher is a force of nature, and takes in her elegant stride what might make others quail, including ghosts, Kif smokers, the threat of human …

Bookish Rants or Raves: It’s Raining Kick-Ass Men!?!?

I read a post on Wicked Little Pixie’s blog by the Queen B (you can check out the post  HERE) where she talks about Urban Fantasy, more specifically about the scarce number of Male protagonists in UF. She also mentions that the word on the grapevine is that, and I quote: “writers writing male leads in UF are not being picked up by publishers. Even if the stories are good. What I’m hearing is that they don’t really want men, and they especially don’t want the male protagonist to be bisexual or gay.”

I couldn’t help but take advantage of my little bi-weekly feature and put on my two cents in this whole deal.

I have to admit that I am very ambivalent in this whole thing. On one side I am all for the Kick-Ass men of Urban Fantasy, bring on Dresden, Felix Castor, Simon Canderous and any …

All YA Love: Interview Author Jacquelyn Wheeler

We here at Book Lovers Inc. are so happy to welcome Jacquelyn Wheeler author of both Rising Shadow and Merger (book 1 and 2 in The Soterians series). Both of which, I enjoyed!The YA Lover: Hi there Jacquelyn, I hope you’re doing well…could you tell us a little bit about yourself, how you got into writing, and why you decided to go the self-publishing route?

JW: Hi Jenn! I’ve been a professional writer in software for 19 years, and I’ve written some children’s stories, poetry, and screenplays for fun. But when I got the idea for the Soterians series, I knew right away that it was going to be a series of five novels, and I knew that these stories were powerful enough that they had to go out in the world and not just sit on my desk. I queried a few …

Review: My Soul To Keep (Soul Screamers, #3) by Rachel Vincent

Format Read: BookNumber of Pages: 304Release Date: June 1, 2010Publisher: HarlequinFormats Available: Paperback, Ebook, AudioPurchasing Info: Amazon, Book Depository, Goodreads, Rachel Vincent’s Website

Book Blurb:

WHEN KAYLEE CAVANAUGH SCREAMS, SOMEONE DIES
AND KAYLEE IS ABOUT TO SCREAM HER HEAD OFF…

Kaylee has one addiction: her very hot, very popular boyfriend, Nash. A banshee like Kaylee, Nash understands her like no one else. Nothing can come between them.

Until something does.

Demon’s breath. No, not the toothpaste-challenged kind. The Netherworld kind. The kind that really can kill you. Somehow, the super-addictive substance has made its way to the human world. But how? Kaylee and Nash have to cut off the source and protect their friends—one of whom is already hooked.

And when the epidemic hits too close to home, Kaylee will have to risk everything to save those she …

Guest Post: Author Lauren Dane +Giveaway

We are very proud to have author Lauren Dane here today. Her new book Insatiable, book 3 in her Federation series, will be released next Monday (July 5th) and she is here today to talk about how her characters come to life and how they grow into what they are. Be sure to check out Lauren’s question at the end and answer it to get entered into the giveaway. You can find all the info at the end. Please give Lauren a warm welcome.

Thank you so much for having me guest with you today! I’m thrilled to be invited and I hope I don’t bore you all too much.

Over the years I’ve written all sorts of characters. At the end of each book I love them all, usually for different reasons. Some of them are easy to …

Review: Once Bitten by Kalayna Price

Format Read: EbookNumber of Pages: 260 pagesRelease Date: January 9, 2009Publisher: Bell Bridge BooksFormats Available: Paperback, EbookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Author websiteEbook received by Publisher for review.

Book Blurb:

Kita Nekai, on the run and the smallest of her shifter clan-a calico cat among lions and tigers-is being hunted. She was expected to accept her role as her father’s successor whether or not her cat was up to the task of leading the clan. She disagreed. Now she’s less than a step ahead of the hunters, bone-tired, cold, and living hand-to-mouth in the city of Haven. And that’s the high point of her day. She’s also drugged, “accidently” turned into a vampire, and sentenced to death for recklessly creating a rogue shifter who tortures its human prey. She’s got seventy-two hours to find the rogue, evade a city full of hunters, prove …

And the winner is…

I’m a bit late today but I had to watch the Germany-England match and I hope you can forgive me the wait.*Susi hurries to random.org and comes back breathing hard*

The winner of our Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh giveaway is…

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Cheryl

Congrats hon. I will email you now.

For all the others there are still some giveaways running at Book Lovers Inc:

There’s still time to enter our Cynthia Eden giveaway for a signed copy of I’ll be Slaying You. Leave a comment here. The giveaway ends July 10th.

You can win a signed copy of Pray for Dawn by Jocelynn Drake. Giveaway ends July 3rd. JUst leave a comment here.

You can also win a paperback copy of one of the Immortals After Dark books by Kresley Cole. Just tell us which one is your favorite cover. Giveaway ends July 4th. You …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

There was lots of interesting book news this week so here goes:

The White House gatecrashers, Michaele and Tareq Salahi,  have decided to write a book about the incident according to reports at The Boston Herald and other news outlets.

Galleycat reports that Sammy Hagar, the former Van Halen frontman,  has a deal to publish his autobiography with It Books.  Publication is scheduled for next year.

Galleycat also has a piece about Ellie Kemper of the TV show, The Office.  She has a book deal with Three Rivers Press to print her novel.

Hollywoodnews.com is reporting that Michael Jackson’s mother is self-publishing a photo book about Michael.

Twenty-four of Jack Higgins’ books are being released as eBooks by Open Road Integrated Media according to an article at Publishers Weekly.  I like seeing more backlist titles being …

Review: Zerah’s Chosen by Isabelle Santiago

Format Read: PDFNumber of Pages: 200Release Date: September 28th, 2009Publisher: Drollerie PressFormats Available: eBookPurchasing Info:Author’s Website, Amazon

Book Blurb: In Zerah, Guardians of Water, Air, Fire, Earth, Life and Death are chosen by The Beings to serve their people. Able to feel the emotions the Beings cannot, they help their world stay in balance.  Guardians live and die together, but when Kieran is born with the marks that prove he’s the Guardian of Death, his mother hides him instead of giving him up to the temple. She loves him too much to lose him. But then he starts seeing people die, and they’re begging him for help. Trying to remove the “curse”, he inadvertently kills a seer and is brought to the attention of the temple.

His mother is imprisoned and he’s turned over to the temple. The …

My Wichlist: Circle Series by Linda Robertson

Hi all! And welcome to another segment of my bi-weekly Wish list! I hope you will like this week’s wishlistBut first here is the winner of the first 3 books in Casa Dracula Series by Marta Acosta

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mountie9
Congrats!
We will contact you ASAP!

This week I chose as my Wish list is…Circle Series by Linda Robertson… Another series I am hoping to read and review. I actually have the second title but I am having trouble getting a copy of the first book. Anyway… here’s my pick for this week’s wish list. I hope you will enjoy!

Anyway here’s …