The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?

Welcome to our bi-weekly rendez-vous of The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?, where it’s safe to talk about the covers you love, hate or just don’t care one way or the other about. Just remember, we’re only talking about the covers and not judging the content of the books! Since I’m always pestering Susi about my Historical Romances, I thought we could take a look at what 2013 has in store for us in this genre. Historical Romance is not an easy genre for originality. Most of the time you get the same elements on these covers, same decor, same dresses (or same open shirt flowing in the wind *wink*). But even within these strict codes, a few covers are succeeding in catching my eyes. So let the judging begin! As you will see, Susi and I mostly disagree on these covers 😉

Caro: I think the first thing I …

Happy Birthday Susi!! We love you!

It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating our Geeky Lover’s Birthday, but nope a whole year has already gone by!

*throws confetti*

Happy birthday Susi!

We  love you!

We all wish you a wonderful day, filled with love, books and cake! (I’m even throwing a Half-Naked-Male-Maid to the mix! )

And now, because nothing says happy birthday like Star Trek and Lolcats *wink*….

Amanda:
Happy birthday darling Susi! I hope you have the most fantastic day full of lovely champagne, yummy chocolate and wonderful books. You deserve all the happiness in this special day and for the year to come. Massive hugs

Stella:
Dearest Susi, wishing you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY, may this year be much better than the lust one, wishing you more free time, time to read, relax and just enjoy life! Big hugs and hope you celebrated with some delicious cake and cocktails! 😀 Happy Happy …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?

Happy New Year! Welcome to the first 2013 edition of The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me? Now that 2012 is behind us it’s time to take a look at what 2013 has in store for us. We’ve decided to begin with the PNR/Fantasy/UF genre and what a spread we have for you! 

So grab a drink, step in the Delorean get ready for our journey through 2013!

Susi: I’m currently on the first Night Prince novel and I really can’t wait to get my fingers on this one. i do like how he looks even though it is a bit tacky. His stubble is awesome. *g* Love the man boobs.

Caro: I haven’t read this series yet but it’s on my TBR pile. I admit this is absolutely not how I pictured Vlad but oh well. This cover is more ‘ kitsch’ than the first one. I could have done …

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 …

Happy Birthday to our HEA Lover!!!

Today is pattepoilue day here at Book Lovers Inc. HOOOORAY!!! Did you ever wonder why Caro has such a cute and maybe a bit weird french nickname? Well it’s because she is a huge French popstar and the paparazzi caught her in more than one “épicé” situation. Well we love her nonetheless and today we wanted to show you her first really popular song which recently got covered rather blatantly. Enjoy.

Happy Birthday!!!

Stella: Dearest Caro, wishing you a very happy birthday with lots of wonderful romances, delicious chocolate cake and bubbly champagne and everyone you love around you! Hope this year will be even better than the last was and you know: We are young, so let’s set the world on fire, we can burn brighter than the sun! And now let’s get this party started! 😀

Anna: Happy Birthday sweet Caro!!! Hope you all the best in the world, …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me? Cover Quiz Answers!

Welcome back to our bi-weekly dose of The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?  We want to thank all of you who participated to this Quiz. It’s always a pleasure for us to see all your answer. I admit some make me laugh a lot! We hope you enjoy these games as much as we do. Today we will announce the cover quiz winners and  show you what were the right answers.

We were pleasantly surprised to see that a lot of you find nearly all the right answers. I would have been a pitiful participant because I didn’t recognize half of them! (yes it was Susi’s turn to choose the covers. And I think she was particularly evil! *g*). 

First, the answers! It seems the 2 covers which were often missing were # 17 and #18!

#1 A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

#2 The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston

#3 …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me? Halloween Book Cover Quiz + Giveaway

Welcome back to the almighty cover quiz here at Book Lovers Inc. To get you all into the proper Halloween mood we thought it would be fun to leave some halloween-ish cover snippets here for you and all you have to do is to tell which book it is. Easy peasy! We have some old, some new one or two popular covers and some not so well know beauties all ready. Here’s a hint for you: all of the covers can be found on Book Lovers inc so if you don’t know them all ASAP just browse a bit and you will find what you are looking for. *Jedi voice*

Now the fine print:

There will be 2 winners:

One winner of a book (10$ top) from Book Depository chosen at random between all the entries with at least 5 correct answers.

One winner of 20 US$ shopping …

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 …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me? Cover Quiz Winner

Welcome to our new edition of The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me? This week we have a winner and answers to the Cover Quiz Game for you!
It was super fun looking at the covers you came up with. It was not easy counting points. Some of you have been really cunning with your answers. *g*

Mister Randomizer has spoken.. .The Winner of a 15$ book depository shopping spree is:

Blodeuedd

Congratulations we will be emailing you in a few minutes =)

Now for glory’s sake, it’s time to give you  the TOP 3 of who got the most points:

#1 with 69 points…LSUReader
#2 with 59 points…Blodeuedd
#3 with 58 points + 1 extra point for finding a Peenshroom cover… Draconismoi

 Congrats ladies that was really well played!

So we’ll give you our ‘answers’ and a few original ones some of you found.

#1 Fire Sword Doorway: Left Susi’s answer / Right LSUReader’s answer

Yes there …