Bookish Rants or Raves: What happened with my 2012 anticipated books?

Lists are fun. Unless they are lists of housekeeping chores, and then, well, never mind. (Move along, nothing to see here)

Book lists are fun. How many “best books of 2012” lists have you checked out? If you haven’t gotten your fill yet, Largehearted Boy is collecting every “best of 2012” book list he can get his virtual hands on. The list is positively ginormous, and guaranteed to do major damage to your wish list and/or TBR pile.

As I created my own “best of 2012” list at Reading Reality, I did a couple of other things. The natural thing is to create the accompanying list of “most anticipated books for 2013”, which yes, I also did.

Then I had this horribly guilty flash. How many of 2012’s most anticipated books did I actually read? Oops. I didn’t do very well. Actually, …

Holiday Rants or Raves: My (Love)/Hate Relationship with New Year’s Eve

Hey Everyone!

By now you all know how much I love the holidays and what a big Christmas-aholic I am, so it may come as a surprise, but I absolutely HATE New Year’s Eve.

Why? Because it irritates me that everyone *must* party and have fun on December 31st and waving goodbye to the year is an excuse for many people to act crazy/irresponsible/dangerous or outright stupid. Why can’t I have fun on Dec 29 if I feel like it? This whole mandatory have fun just grates on my nerves. *grinds teeth*

And sure, fireworks are pretty, but people getting excited and starting their own home explosives 2 days prior to the big day, scaring all cats and dogs in the neighbourhood, which result in loud barking making it quite impossible to enjoy the holidays or sleep for 3 days non-stop makes it much less …

Interview: J. Kenner + Giveaway!

We are delighted to welcome USA Today Bestselling author J. Kenner To BLI today for the next stop on her blog tour celebrating her new publication, RELEASE ME. Published by Random House, RELEASE ME hit the stands and eReaders yesterday and has already garnered rave reviews. J. Kenner is not a new author; in fact she publishes under two other pseudonyms. As J. K. Beck she writes paranormal romance; and as Julie Kenner she offers readers a fun lighthearted paranormal superhero series (more than one).

About Julie: 

A former litigator working in Southern California and Central Texas, J. Kenner used her rare free time to indulge her passion for writing. California born, she now lives—and writes—in Texas, with her husband and daughters.

Lea: Julie (a.k.a. J.)! Welcome to Book Lovers, Happy New Year! We are delighted that you joined us today to chat about …

New Releases: Dec. 31, 2012 – Jan. 6, 2013

Sealed with a Curse (Weird Girls #1)
by Cecy Robson
Genre: urban fantasy
Release date: December 31, 2012 by Signet Eclipse

Description:

Celia Wird and her three sisters are just like other 20-something girls—with one tiny exception: they’re products of a backfired curse that has given each of them unique powers that make them, well, weird…

The Wird sisters are content to avoid the local vampires, werebeasts, and witches of the Lake Tahoe region—until one of them blows up a vampire in self-defense. Everyone knows vampires aren’t aggressive, and killing one is punishable by death. But soon more bloodlust-fueled attacks occur, and the community wonders: are the vampires of Tahoe cursed with a plague?

Celia reluctantly agrees to help Misha, the handsome leader of an infected vampire family. But Aric, the head of the werewolf pack determined to destroy Misha’s family to keep the region safe, warns Celia to stay out …

Guestpost: Disaster Romance? by Jill Sorenson + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome Jill Sorenson here as first guest author in 2013. Her newest novel, Aftershock released last week and today she is here to tell us about her fascination with disaster romance. Be sure to tell her what you think for your chance to win your own copy. Please give Jill a warm welcome.  

Hello Book Lovers Inc!

Some readers have said that my latest release, Aftershock, is like a disaster movie. It’s no accident; I’m a huge movie fan. I took several film studies and screenwriting classes in college. Many of my books are inspired by films.

Aftershock has been compared to Daylight, a disaster movie with Sylvester Stallone. I can’t remember if I’ve seen it, but I really enjoyed Cliffhanger, also starring Stallone. My next book, Freefall, features a rock climber hero. I definitely thought of Cliffhanger (but not Stallone!) when I wrote it.

Another …

We Love Your Comments Giveaway Winner & New Start

The winner of our We Love Your Comments Giveaway for December is … fishgirl182  who commented on our Review of Moonglow by Kristen Callahan :

fishgirl182 @ nite lite December 18, 2012 at 3:30 pm
ahhh i loved moonglow! i didn’t think it could be better than firelight but i actually think it was, just a bit. can’t wait for book 3!

Congratulations! An email will been sent to you. Please email us back in the in the next 72 hours to claim your price.

We will now start counting for January. Here again the rules:

We thought long and hard about how we should show you, the readers of Book Lovers Inc how much we appreciate your input and interaction. We are happy and grateful for every comment cuz we know how it is to be a “blog-hopper”. We enjoy reading your thoughts and we love to …

Sunday Cravings

Hello Book Lovers all around the world! How are you? How did you spent the first week of Holidays? Are you ready for New Year’s Day??? What is that you are most grateful about this year?

Publishers have decided to say goodbye to 2012 with a bang! Believe me there are way too many titles that are scheduled for release for December 31st! So, are you ready for this week’s Sunday Cravings? Let’s start 🙂

Stella: Private Deceptions by Leah Braemel

Sex, lies and duct tape… A Hauberk Protection book. Private Property Jodi Tyler’s no-strings affair with her boss is perfect—his power in bed matches his respect for her independence. When he surprises her with a ménage for her birthday, she’s thrilled, yet secretly wonders why he would so casually share her with another man. Inviting old college buddy and future business partner Sam into their bed …

The International Giveaways Cafe (74)

Welcome to the last Saturday morning of 2012 at the cafe! We’ve had a great years of fantastic giveaways listed here, thanks to your participation. Here’s hoping 2013 is bigger and better, filled with bookish wins and great reads 🙂

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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Around the Bookish World: Week-In-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post! Because of the Christmas holidays, things have been pretty quiet. But I do have news of another YA movie adaption and another snippet from Sylvia Day’s long awaited third Crossfire book.

During a year where Goodreads has become the focus of a lot of kerfuffles over negative reviews, it was nice to see something positive from the social reading site. Goodreads  have posted an info graphic that depicts their growth in popularity and this year has certainly proved that with increased membership and reviews. It also summarises the most popular review group, most reviewed book and most followed reviewers.  And it looks like 2013 will be even more popular with readers using the site to share their love of books!

Pearsons the parent company that owns Penguin, has invested 89 million dollars into Nook Media which is owned by Barnes and Nobel. This is …

Guest Post: Top ten Christmas Songs by Robin Covington + Giveaway!

Is it “Silent Night”? “O Tanenbaum”?  “Jingle Bell Rock”? Today at BLI, romance author Robin Covington stops by to share with us some of her favorite holiday tunes, along with reasons why they’ve touched her heart. With over 600 such tunes on her iPod, it’s safe to say she’s an authority on the matter. ^_^ Her latest story, Secret Santa Baby, falls right into that spirit of Christmas, nerd style! (More on that later.)

Please show Robin a warm BLI welcome! (And for the record, I’m all about “Baby It’s Cold Outside” and “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree”; modern classics! What about you?) 

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My Top Ten Favorite Christmas Songs

I start listening to Christmas in October. Now, I have compromised with the Main Man and I don’t play it in the house or the car while he is around until after Thanksgiving because he is not a huge fan …