Guest Post: Author Sara Brookes +Giveaway

We are really happy to have Author Sara Brookes here again. This week her new book Midnight’s Ghost, book 1 in the Starr Runner Series was released and she is here today to talk a bit about women and Science Fiction. Please give her a warm welcome. And don’t forget to check out her giveaway at the end of the post. Women don’t like science fiction.

Right off the bat, I have to say that sentence above is a lie. However, a vast majority of people will try to tell you otherwise. See, at some point in time, someone drew a conclusion that women don’t like science, math, astronomy, comic books, etc. Those things were considered innately “dorky” and something women wouldn’t be drawn to. I suppose their logic was women were the caretakers and therefore too prim and proper?

Now …

Review: The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran

Format Read: Print Number of Pages: 384 pages Release Date: March 25th 2008 Publisher: Pocket Star Formats Available: Ebooks, Paperback Purchasing Info:Good Reads, Author Website, Amazon, Book Depository

Book Blurb:

In a debut romance as passionate and sweeping as the British Empire, Meredith Duran paints a powerful picture of an aristocrat torn between two worlds, an heiress who dares to risk everything…and the love born in fire and darkness that nearly destroys them.
From exotic sandstone palaces…
Sick of tragedy, done with rebellion, Emmaline Martin vows to settle quietly into British Indian society. But when the pillars of privilege topple, her fiancé’s betrayal leaves Emma no choice. She must turn for help to the one man whom she should not trust, but cannot resist: Julian Sinclair, the dangerous and dazzling heir to …

Review: No Longer Mine by Shiloh Walker

Format Read: eBook

Number of Pages: 167 pages
Release Date: April 2010
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Formats Available: eBook
Purchasing Info: GoodReads, Author’s Website, My Bookstore & More

Book Blurb:One woman, one man, and a love that won’t let either of them go.

Born on the wrong side of the tracks and dealt a fair share of hardship, Nikki Kline never gives up a fight. Even when her reason to keep going is ripped from her, Nikki tries desperately to hang on. But when the man who broke Nikki’s heart comes back into her life she doesn’t know how much she can take. Especially since that man seems determined to win back her damaged heart.

Wade Lightfoot is a man who knows he’s made more mistakes than most. As much as he would like to repair the damage he’s done to those he loves, Wade also …

All YA Love: Interview with Dawn Miller

Please give a warm to welcome Dawn Miller today! Her latest book, The Prophecy was released earlier this month.

The Monster Lover: Can you tell us about The Prophecy?

Dawn Miller: The Prophecy is the story of five unlikely heroes that are thrown into the middle of an angelic war breaking out across the planet…that no one else can see. The problem is, while they aren’t aware that they are the five prophesied about, the fallen know and put a bounty on their heads to take them out before they can become a threat to their plan. Thrown into a deadly race against time, the five are forced to search for the key to their past that unlocks the power to fight the fallen as they move into position for the final strike against mankind. …

Review: Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell

Format Read: HardcoverNumber of Pages: 352 pagesRelease Date: May 11, 2010 Publisher: Egmont USA Formats Available: HardcoverPurchasing Info: amazon.com

Book Blurb: Damien Locke knows his destiny–attending the university for supervillains and becoming Golden City’s next professional evil genius. But when Damien discovers he’s the product of his supervillain mother’s one-night stand with–of all people–a superhero, his best-laid plans are ruined as he’s forced to live with his superhero family.

Going to extreme lengths (and heights), The Rise of Renegade X chronicles one boy’s struggles with the villainous and heroic pitfalls of growing up.

My thoughts::

Damien (aka Renegade X) is not just some punk with a cocky attitude who wants to be a villain, he’s real and likable and although he may not want to admit it, he has a conscience. I loved the way Chelsea captured Damien’s inner struggles and included …

Review: Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker

Format Read: ARCNumber of Pages: 192 Release date: June 1, 2010Publisher: Eos Books Genre: Urban FantasyFormats Available: Trade PB, EbookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Borders Author’s website Book Blurb: Forget contemporary American literature–former college professor Jack Barnes has a new passion: Brains. It’s in his nature…he’s a zombie. But he’s not your normal, vacant-eyed, undead idiot. No, Jack Barnes has something most other victims of the zombie apocalypse don’t have: sentience. In fact, he can even write. And the story he has to tell is a truly disturbing–yet strangely heartwarming–one. Convinced he’ll bring about a peaceful coexistence between zombies and humans if he can demonstrate his unique condition to the man responsible for the zombie virus, Howard Stein, Barnes sets off on a grueling cross-country journey to meet his maker. …