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

Welcome back! This week we’ve decided to try and take a look at Italian covers. We thought the covers would reflect Italy’s beauty but we were sadly a bit disappointed. Instead of eternal beauty and timelessness we found clichés and well…you will see for yourself. Be sure to let us know what you think about our selections.

Caro: O_O Well first I don’t find the cut out faces to be very attractive in the first place but if you add the weird “hey my make-up is running” part it’s just plain weird.

I like the Nalini cover. The wings are for once original. It’s simple but good. (also i have a secret thing for curly-longish hair on a man) <==that’s a man right? …

Guest Post by Darynda Jones + Giveaway

Today we’re very happy to welcome Darynda Jones on Book Lovers Inc. Darynda is the author of a very original and funny UF series (well in my opinion!). The 2nd book in her Charley Davidson series is coming out tomorrow! I’m impatiently awaiting to get my own audiobook copy of it! Please let’s give a warm welcome to Darynda!
Thank you so much for having me!!! On Tuesday the second in the Charley Davidson series releases, and I’ve been so excited. It’s called SECOND GRAVE ON THE LEFT and is about a female PI who was born the grim reaper. With her special set of skills, she solves mysteries for both the living and the dead, and of course, she gets into all kinds of trouble.

One of the things …

Winner Announcement – The Home Alone Edition

Hey Everyone!

You might know that I have two younger sisters so the house is always full and there is never one moment of peace. Which I love, the loud buzzing nonstop chatter is what I am used to, but sometimes a little calm would be great. So when by some kind of miracle I have the house to myself even for a couple of hours I want to make the most of it by soaking up the silence :-p And by some kind of cosmic stroke of luck both my two sisters and parents left for the whole weekend, so I was home alone for almost 2 days! (well almost, because I had some friends over on Saturday) *contented sigh* The small pleasures of life 😀

So when I am writing this post the sun just came up, and I’ll be soon on my way out to have breakfast by …

The International Giveaways Café (7)

Welcome once again to the hottest spot on the web to find (book) giveaways being offered around the world!

The weeks seem to be flying by right now, but at least we have our Saturday meet-up to look forward to. As soon as I can figure a way to have coffee delivered to you all, it will totally enhance our experience, lol. For now, let’s just keep adding in our book giveaway links and, of course, follow the links to potential prizes! Good luck to everyone and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend 🙂

As always, here’s the fine print for entering your link:Guidelines:

If you have a giveaway you would like to share with our other readers, the rules are simple:

1. The giveaway MUST be available to international addresses (Book Depository does count)2. Add your link below, in the …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

This week’s news post is a bit quiet but there aresome interesting developments concerning Agency pricing and Amazon may have found a way to sidestep Apple’s new rules on their apps.

First up, along with Anti-trust investigations about Agency pricing, a lawsuit has been filed that it was only a matter of time before one would be instigated. Law firm Hagens and Berman have filed a suit that major publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Hachette, HarperCollins and Macmillan as well as Apple have conspired to boost up profits and to undermine Amazon as well breaking anti-trust laws. Whether this can be proven is another matter but I do think it is an interesting development.

This sorts of leads to the fact that Amazon has launched a HTML 5 Web App for their Kindle store which sides-step Apple’s …

Review: Deadly Obsession, by Katie Reus

Format Read: e-Book Galley provided by NetGalley courtesy of Carina Press
Length: 80,000 words
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Publisher: Carina Press
Formats Available: e-Book, Kindle
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Publisher, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook, All Romance eBooks.

Book Blurb:

The chilling words of a killer: This is just the beginning…

Ten years ago, Lilly Carmichael left town without an explanation, breaking Braden Donnelly’s heart. The death of her aunt has brought Lilly home—and face-to-face with memories she thought were long buried. Still getting over a traumatic incident from her work as an NSA agent, Lilly initially dismisses the face at her window as a figment of stress-induced paranoia.

Now the sheriff of Hudson Bay, Braden has spent the past year hunting a sadistic murderer. His investigation is turned upside down when new evidence indicates that Lilly is the killer’s next target. Determined …

Guest Post: Author Katie Reus Talks Villians + Giveaway!

We are delighted to welcome back Katie Reus to BLI today! I’ve long been a fan of Katie’s romantic suspense stories. She writes awesome appealing Alpha heroes for her well crafted, thrilling and action packed plots. Katie is here to celebrate the upcoming publication of her latest novel Deadly Obsession, which will be available on August 15, 2011, from Carina Press. Katie is going to talk about one of the central characters key to any good spine tingling romantic suspense story…..

Villains:

Thank you so much to Lea for having me as a guest here today at Book Lovers Inc.! In a few days I have a romantic suspense (DEADLY OBSESSION) releasing from Carina Press and the villain in the story is definitely a baddie. I write romantic suspense and paranormal romance so there’s always an element of darkness in my stories, but this guy takes the cake …