International ARC Giveaway: Alien vs. Alien by Gini Koch

About the book:
Paperback, 432 pages
Expected publication: December 4th 2012 by DAW

Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini and the rest of the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps are still recovering from their introduction to Washington D.C. politics, parties, and conspiracies. So when compromising pictures arrive, no one’s too surprised. They’re also the least of anyone’s worries.

Evil androids running amok, birds of all kinds and from all places creating havoc, a Senator trapped in an ever-tightening web of intrigue, and escalating international tensions all seem tough but manageable. But the disappearance of Jeff Martini and Charles Reynolds during the International One World Festival signals more than the usual nastiness — and it looks like even ACE can’t help them.

Then new trouble arrives in old packages and even with the best hackers in the world, beings from near and far, the full might of Earth’s military, and the Wonder Twins on their side, Centaurion Division’s outmanned …

Romance and Me: Science Fiction Romance

Since I started blogging I’ve become much more adventurous when it comes to reading. I’m more open to taking chances and discovering some new genres/subgenres I previously never would have read. Two of my most recent discoveries were the fantasy and sci-fi subgenres.

The way I discovered sci-fi romance was quite accidental: I never set out to venture into science fiction land and read some “weird alien book” (what old, ignorant Stella would have said), it was not a conscious decision on my part.

I simply stumbled upon Gini Koch’s debut novel Touched by an Alien and loved its cover so much that after some internal debating and torturous dilemma (because in spite of the gorgeous knee-weakening cover I feared that as a sci-fi book I wouldn’t enjoy it) I gave in (hail to the inner cover whores 😉 ) and I was …

Interview Author Gini Koch + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome G. J. Koch here today. Most of you might now her under one of her under pen names e.g. Gini Koch. Her latest novel, Alexander Outland: Space Pirate is a hell of a ride and today she will tell us a bit her novel and the world it is set in. She also has a giveaway in tow so be sure to take your chance to win your own copy. 

BLI: Gini, can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

G. J.: I live in Hell’s Orientation Area (aka Phoenix, Arizona) with my husband, three cats (aka the Killer Kitties) and three dogs (aka the Canine Death Squad), and one very spoiled daughter, who admits to being spoiled, but likes to point out that the pets are more spoiled than she is…which is probably true. The chicklet is heading to law school …

Review: Alien Diplomacy by Gini Koch

Format read: ARC provided by author
Series: Book #5 Katherine “Kitty” Katt series
Genre: science fiction romance
Release Date: April 3rd, 2012
Number of pages: 448 pages
Publisher: DAW
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository (UK), Book Depository (US)

Book Blurb:

Being newlyweds and new parents is challenging enough. But Jeff and Kitty Martini are also giving up their roles as super-being exterminators and Commanders in Centaurion Division while mastering the political landscape as the new heads of Centaurion’s Diplomatic Corps. Enter a shadowy assassination plot and a new set of anti-alien conspirators, and nothing will ever be the same…

This review contains minor spoilers for previous books in this series.

My Thoughts:
In Alien Diplomacy we find our favorite well dressed Aliens and the fabulous Kitty as sharp and funny as always but the setting itself is changed. Jeff’s and Kitty’s new job as Diplomats for the ACs seems to change the game …

ARC Review: Alien Proliferation by Gini Koch

Format read: ARC provided by author
Series: Book #4 Katherine “Kitty” Katt series
Release Date: 6th Dec 2011
Number of pages: 448 pages
Publisher: DAW
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository (UK), Book Depository (US)

Blurb:

Alien Super-Being Exterminator Kitty Katt is expecting her first baby. But the alien attacks are getting more dangerous, and now Kitty and her Alpha Centaurion husband, Jeff, have to find out who’s behind the conspiracy to kill Kitty’s secret agent mom and what caused Kitty’s transformation into a superhuman-and they’ve got to do it all before the baby shower…

My Thoughts:

Koch did it again- with Alien Proliferation she delivers another fast paced and enthralling novel in her Katherine Kitty Katt series. It’s hard to review this book without spoiling the previous ones so if you are behind on reading them I caution you to read on only if you don’t mind spoilers.

Kitty …

How I Got Where I Am by Gini Koch +Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome the wonderful author Gini Koch here at the Book Lovers United Event today. She is the creator of the fabulous and hilarious Katherine Kitty Kat series and just recently released the first novel The Royal Scam in her new science fiction series The Martian Alliance. Today she will tell us how she became an author and she also got a wonderful giveaway prepared. So give Gini a warm welcome. 

I got my love of reading from my mother and grandmother. As a little girl, they used to read to me all the time, and I loved it. (I still love to have someone read aloud to me — the hubs does this regularly, usually what we call News of the Weird, which, knowing me, should surprise no one.)

Being read to was great. However, even …

Bookish Rants or Raves: There’s NO Shame is Taking Second Place!

Lover Mine by J.R. Ward

It’s hard to ignore the spotlight and I do love my heroes and heroines. It doesn’t really matter if it’s the sexy Alpha Hero everyone wants to have for their own, or if it’s the no-holds-barred kickass heroines/heroes found in Urban Fantasy, those leading men and women have the difficult job of capturing your heart and making you dedicate a lot of your time in reading their stories.

We count on their stories to take us away from our own worlds and escaping to different realities. However important they may be though, what really makes their adventures and lives real is the people around them. The sidekicks and secondary characters who make the heroes and heroines’ stories even more compelling and real.

The Black Dagger Brotherhood (BDB) series by J.R. Ward, for example. For me, reading the …

Review: Alien in the Family by Gini Koch

Format read: paperback from the author for reviewNumber of pages: 320 pagesRelease Date: April 5th 2011Publisher: DawFormats available: ebook, paperbackPurchasing Info: Amazon, Goodreads, Author’s Website, Book Depository

Book Blurb:

Super-Being Exterminator Kitty Katt and the Alpha Centaurian she loves, Jeff Martini, should be finalizing their wedding plans. But that was before she discovers Jeff is in line to become Emperor back on his home world. Kitty knows she is everything a royal family wouldn’t approve of, and is bracing herself for the worst. As it turns out, the royal family is just the beginning. Especially when extraterrestrial Amazonian terrorists are determined to start and end Kitty and Jeff’s nuptial festivities with a bang.

My Thoughts: 

Be warned this review is definitely spoiling book 1 and 2. 

Alien in the Family was probably one if the most anticipated books of 2011 …

Catscapades or Details of a Catfight by Gini Koch + Giveaway

One of the past year’s sensations has been Gini Koch‘s mindblowing debut novel to the the Kitty Katt series: Touched by an Alien. It provoked hyperventilation, incoherent rambling, fanning and sighing over Martini and Christopher, and of course contagious laughter. We Book Lovers all went nuts with our enthusiasm and love for this series, these characters, novels and this extraordinary author, so it went without saying that we absolutely wanted to have Gini over at BLI to introduce her to anyone who might not have yet read her books (seriously are there any of you like that?!) or just brighten your day.

Martini, Kitty and Christopher didn’t get the spotlight this time as the Kitty Brigade usurped it. Read on for more and for your chance to win.

My Fur-Filled Life by Gini Koch

I was supposed to write a …

Interview Author Gini Koch, Katherine Katt and Jeff Martini + Giveaway

We are really happy to not only welcome Gini Koch here today she’s also accompanied by our lovely Katherine “Kitty” Katt and the wonderful Jeff Martini. Their new novel, Alien Tango will be released tomorrow and they agreed to answer our questions as a celebration for this event. Be sure to stay tuned, there is a surprise at the end of the post. Welcome Gini, Kitty and Jeff. 

Gini: Thanks, it’s great to be here.
Kitty: Likewise!
Martini: You know, you have a deadline.
Gini: Thanks for reminding me. Prepare for some torturous adventures later.
Martini: Just trying to be helpful.
Gini: As if I need the additional pressures?
Kitty: Jeff, leave The Creator alone.
Gini: Yeah.
Martini:I hate it when you both gang up on me.
Gini: Oh, it always works out for you in the end, so stop whining.

BLI: Could you all three please tell us a bit about yourself?

Kitty: I’m a regular girl …