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Explore This!: Roanoke, Virginia
After just finishing A Night of Southern Comfort by Robin Covington, I must admit my geographical confusion was at its peak. Why? you might ask. Well, throughout the story, the male lead, Jackson, kept talking about his desire to return to the FBI in Washington. But the way things were discussed, it sounded not all that far off from Virginia. Then it hits me that he’s talking about Washington D.C., not Washington state. I always mix those up!
Anyway, we’re here to talk about Roanoke, Virginia. It isn’t really described much in Covington’s book as the story takes place in Elliott, Virginia, which I believe is a made up small town not far from the larger city. In fact, Roanoke itself has a mere 97,000 people that call it home (as of 2010, as noted here). Seeing the images of Roanoke makes me think of a smallish city, …
14 Jul 2012 
Comments Off on The International Giveaways Café (51) The International Giveaways Café (51)
Welcome back to this week’s edition of the virtual book giveaway café, where we love spreading the news about giveaways on other sites. I hope everyone survived yet another Friday the 13th unscathed. I know I certainly had no run-ins with hockey masked wearing scary guys (apart from on my Facebook feed) nor any unsettled Templars 😉
Remember to let us know if you’ve won anything recently; the Book Lovers would love to hear! At Book Lovers Inc., it’s our pleasure to share the bookish love! Good luck to everyone and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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Guest Post: Big Girls Don’t Cry…But do Bad Boys? by Diane Alberts + Giveaway
Hello all and welcome to today’s guest post with Diane Alberts! Diane is becoming a fast favourite around here. Today, she comes to us with a little insight into Jeremy, the main character in her novella, Try Me, and some true life examples of what really goes in the hearts of Marines. Take it away, Diane:
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Big Girls Don’t Cry….But do Bad Boys?
Anyone can probable tell, from looking at the cover of Try Me, that Jeremy is a bit of a bad boy. He’s got a body worth drooling over every single day (at least, I have been!) and the tattoos to match. Ah, and we can’t forget the dog tags around his neck. Not only is he a bad boy, but also he’s a Marine. Go ahead and look now.
Nice, right? But besides the hotness, there is a lot more to Jeremy. The same can be said …
7 Jul 2012 Comments Off on The International Giveaways Café (50) The International Giveaways Café (50)
Welcome back to this week’s edition of the virtual book giveaway café, where we love spreading the news about giveaways on other sites. Today, in my part of the world, it’s a rainy Saturday. This is good news for two reasons, the first being that it means an end to the horrendous heat wave we’ve been having here. The second reason? Rainy days are the perfect excuse to curl up with a book. Am I right? 🙂
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Explore This!: Manhattan
In Sylvia Day’s Bared to You, the heroine, Eva, has just left her home in San Diego, crossing the country to Manhattan to start a new job. I thought it would be nice to take a look at this often mentioned, affluent part of New York City. Manhattan is one of five boroughs in the city, though maybe one of the more familiar of them all, as seen in films and TV shows.
Manhattan was the origins of the city of New York, from which the town expanded north. It lays claim to many famous landmarks as well as being the former site of the Twin Towers. For that fact alone, its skyline, then and now, has to been one of the most recognizable in the world.
An overview of the island.
Brownstone living.
Lower Manhattan, as seen from the bridge.
The International Giveaways Café (49)
Welcome back to this weeks edition of the virtual book giveaway café, where we love spreading the news about giveaways on other sites. The more the merrier and all that, ya know? So, if you’ve got an international book giveaway, feel free to list it below to increase exposure.
And, remember to let us know if you’ve won anything recently; the Book Lovers would love to hear! At Book Lovers Inc., it’s our pleasure to share the bookish love! Good luck to everyone and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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The International Giveaways Café (48)
Good morning all! How is the weather in you part of the world for this weekend? We’ve just hit the official summer months here in the north and things are looking pretty good 🙂
Remember to let us know if you’ve won anything recently; the Book Lovers would love to hear! At Book Lovers Inc., it’s our pleasure to share the bookish love! Good luck to everyone and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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Elements in Lit 201: The End
It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these “lessons” and it will probably be the last one for quite a while to come, so it seemed fitting that we talk about endings.
With so many resources online these days and easier access to the authors, for the most part, us readers know ahead of time if a book will be a stand-alone or if it will be X part of a series, right? But what about when you read something and you feel that there’s no resolution, yet you know there will be no more? Or, probably worse than that is if a book that was mostly just okay to begin with ends on a cliff hanger? What do you do?!
I’ve come across both of these situations over the last couple of years. In the first scenario, I was reading Lisa McMann’s Wake trilogy. They were quick, …
Explore This! Rome, Italy
Thanks to Stella, our awesome Latin Lover, we have today’s travel inspiration. She’s read a few gladiator romances recently and thought maybe we needed to have some visual aid for this beautiful, ancient city. And I totally agree!
The first thing most of us probably think of when we here about Rome are the Colosseum and the Parthenon, right? But there has to be much more to this city, so lets check it out and see what it has to offer:
The Colosseum.
The Acropolis.
Lovely azaleas at the Spanish Steps.
The Trevi Fountain.
The Tiber River with the Vatican as a backdrop.
We can break from the sites to enjoy a little shopping:
Then off to see more of Rome’s wonders:
Inside the Basilica of San Clemente.
The obligatory night shot. So pretty!
And if …
The International Giveaways Café (47)
Welcome to the Saturday evening edition of the café. After a hard day of holding a garage sale I have a bit of (what should be obvious) wisdom: if you’re planning on stopping by the café patio on a hot, sunny day, make sure you have lots of sunscreen on and find a nice place to sit under an umbrella. I say this because I have been accidentally burnt to a crisp today and because I care 😉 Enough thinly veiled complaints from me though, lets move on to the book giveaway business:
Remember to let us know if you’ve won anything recently; the Book Lovers would love to hear! At Book Lovers Inc., it’s our pleasure to share the bookish love! Good luck to everyone and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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