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27 Dec 2011 
Review: How to Worship a Goddess by Stephanie Julian
Format read: eARC provided by publisher through netgalley
Series: Book #2 in the Forgetten Goddesses series
Release Date: 1 Dec 2011
Number of pages: 384 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon
Blurb:
He’s exactly what she’s always wanted. And she unleases him like a force of nature…
Lucy was once the beloved Goddess of the Moon, and she could have any man she wanted. But these days, the goddesses of the Etruscan pantheon are all but forgotten. The only rituals she enjoys now are the local hockey games, whereone ferociously handsome player still inflames her divine blood…
Brandon Stevenson is one hundred percent focused on the game, until he looks up and sees a celestial beauty sitting in the third row. A man could surely fall hard for a distraction like that…
My Thoughts:
Welcome back to the mysterious world Julian spun around the Etruscan mythology. The hunt …
Post-Christmas Winner Post
Hey Everyone!
Christmas is almost over (except at our place where due to the extended family we are Christmassing until Dec 29 or so usually :-)).
Sadly my sisters’ exams start early this year so they are leaving today. Our house will be so quiet 🙁 And I’ll have to start studying for my second bar exam as well, so I’m not happy at all that Christmas has gone so quickly. *sighs* At least I’ll have our beautiful tree up until the end of January, as it’s usually my task to take it down and put away all the ornaments and decorations. And you know what is my special traditions? I organize a Christmas un-decorating party! I invite a bunch of friends over, we listen to Christmas songs, drink eggnog, we relish the festive atmosphere in late January/early February and take down all the Christmas decorations together. I …
New Releases: Dec. 26, 2011 – Jan. 1, 2012
Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead
Shaman-for-hire Eugenie Markham strives to keep the mortal realm safe from trespassing entities. But as the Thorn Land’s prophecy-haunted queen, there’s no refuge for her and her soon-to-be-born-children when a mysterious blight begins to devastate the Otherworld…
The spell-driven source of the blight isn’t the only challenge to Eugenie’s instincts. Fairy king Dorian is sacrificing everything to help, but Eugenie can’t trust the synergy drawing them back together. The uneasy truce between her and her shape shifter ex-lover Kiyo is endangered by secrets he can’t–or won’t–reveal. And as a formidable force rises to also threaten the human world, Eugenie must use her own cursed fate as a weapon–and risk the ultimate sacrifice.
The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu (12/27)
Switchblade Goddess by Lucy A. Snyder (12/27)
Wicked Circle by Linda Robertson (12/27)
Happy Holidays from All of Us at BLI to All of You!
Happy Holidays from Book Lovers Inc.
May the festive season bring you health and joy
that lasts throughout the New Year!
The International Giveaways Café (26)
The café is all abuzz with activity this week, prepping for tonight’s big event (is it already Christmas in your part of the world?). We’re passing out eggnog and treats all day long, celebrating as people around the world welcome family and other guests, open gifts, and share in the joy of the holidays. With this in mind, we wish you all the best of the season: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa…and if you don’t celebrate any of these, Happy Festivus 😉
There’s always room to add in new giveaways below, as well as enter any contests that are still active. So, if you have a few minutes to relax between big meals and opening gifts, this is the place to visit 🙂
Remember to let us know if you’ve won anything recently that you’ll get the chance to read now? (though reading …
Christmas Winner Post!
Hey Everyone!
Christmas has arrived yay!! 😀 So as I have to spend the day feasting on all the delicious festive meals and spend time with my family today I will only announce the winner of Nadia Lee’s giveaway.
The winners of all the other giveaways will be announced later on Tuesday December 27th, so the lucky winners don’t miss out on our notification e-mails due to the holiday festivities 🙂
So the winner of our special Christmas winner post edition, i.e. the winner of an ebook copy of The Last Slayer by Nadia Lee is: Sara-Beth Cole
Congratulations Sara-Beth, you have been notified by e-mail of your win. You have 72 hours to get back to us, or we’ll have to draw a new winner.
Merry Christmas everyone, enjoy the holidays and the delicious treats! 😀
Advent Calendar Day 24: Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep + Giveaway
Welcome to the 24th and final day of Book Lovers Inc Advent Calendar. Each day throughout December you had the chance to win one of our favourite reads of 2011.
Today you have the chance to win Karma Girl, first book in Jennifer Estep’s Bigtime series. You might know Jennifer’s other two series: the Elemental Assassin (adult urban fantasy) and the Mythos Academy (YA urban fantasy) series, but if you haven’t yet checked out her Bigtime series, you have been missing out on a fantastic series! The Bigtime series is colourful, fresh and laugh out loud funny. If you want to have fun and escape to an incredible universe, you’ll just have to follow Carmen Cole alias Karma Girl, ordinary human reporter girl as she uncovers the secrets of superheroes and ubervillains.
The Bigtime series is a wonderful series you definitely should discover!
Around the Bookish World : News Week-in-Review
Welcome to this week’s news post! Things are pretty quiet on the book front to the run up to Christmas but we has some cool links and news, including the long awaited trailer for The Hobbit!
The author of the highly successful series by Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, is suing Antarctic Press because they are publishing a similarly named series called Diary of a Zombie Kid. Jeff Kinney claims that Diary of a Zombie Kid has a similar premise to his own series and that it will cause confusion with fans because they will assume it is affiliated with his own books. Both books share similar titles and covers. Antarctic Press has declined to comment about the lawsuit.
Pan Macmillan will be bundling some of their most popular authors’ ebook series, including Ken Follet’s Thundering Good Thrillers, Sue Grafton’s alphabet series and Alyson Noel’s Immortal series. There will also be a …
Guest Post: A Very Secret Christmas by Sierra Dean + Giveaway
I am ecstatic to welcome to Book Lovers Inc today one of my favourite urban fantasy authors, whose series I discovered this past year and I loved every single one of the books to pieces. Please give the warmest welcome to Sierra Dean, fantabulous author behind the Secret McQueen UF series! 🙂 (If you don’t know this series, trust me it is great time for you to finally discover it! It has everything: unique worldbuilding, laugh out loud humour, strong and well developed characters, steamy smex (but if you want to see for yourself check out my reviews of Book #0.5, Book #1 and Book #2.5). Read on to discover how Secret and co. celebrate Christmas and if you share one of your own holiday traditions you could win a copy of Secret Santa, the perfct holiday UF story! 🙂
A Very Secret Christmas by …
Advent Calendar Day 23: The Restorer by Amanda Stevens + Giveaway
Welcome to the 23rd day of Book Lovers Inc Advent Calendar. Each day we will offer you one great read in a giveaway on all 24 days till Christmas.
Today, allow me to tell you a bit about a book by author Amanda Stevens: The Restorer. When I read the intriguing book description earlier this year, little did I know it’d end up being one of my absolutely favorite books of 2011. Sure, I was creeped out by the ghosty tale…but I loved every minute of it. The best way to describe this book is “atmospheric.” The language used to describe the environments, the dialogue, the emotions within the protagonist…it’s exquisite. This tale, about a woman who can (unfortunately for her) see spirits, has got mystery, the paranormal, and traces of romance. You will undoubtedly be struck by it long after you finish reading it. This book is the …
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