The International Giveaways Café (6)

Ir’s Saturday, which means it’s time for our weekly convergence at the Café! Welcome back 🙂

I’ve recently realized how great the café truly is, as we get to share International bookish giveaways, all while enjoying calorie free virtual sweets, lol. Alright, so the “calorie free” part isn’t nearly as satisfying when you don’t actually get to eat anything but just the thought of it sounds good, right?

Anyway, down to business. Take a few moments to read the guidelines, then enter your own link if you’re hosting a giveaway that you’d like to share with the world. Or sit back with your beverage of choice and peruse the giveaways listed.  (Here’s the original link if you’re curious about why we’re doing this.) Lots of the previous contests listed have expired; let’s get those new ones up and spread the word!

I’d …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Hope everyone had a great week and that you all have a fantastic weekend! This week we have another death in Romancelandia sadly and an interesting rumour with Apple and Barnes and Noble.

I reported a few weeks ago that LA Banks was gravely ill but I have some sad news to confirm that she sadly passed away this week due to her illness. Everyone here at Book Lovers Inc and our readers pass our condolences to her family and friends.
The Smart Bitches has a post celebrating LA Banks life and books which you can check out here – 

There is a rumour that seems to be growing in steam that Apple is interesting in purchasing Barnes and Noble. Now this move would be able for them to compete properly with Amazon and will certainly make things …

Review: Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 290Release Date: 1 June 2004Publisher: Harcourt PaperbacksFormats Available: Paperback, Harcover, Audio BookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

ADVENTURE AND DECEPTION ON THE HIGH SEAS!Life as a ship’s boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenth-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and daring sailor as the crew hunts murderous pirates on the high seas.There’s just one problem: Jacky is a girl…

My Thoughts:

Bloody Jack has potential to rival Captain Jack Sparrow, she is that good.

Jacky wasn’t always called Jacky; she was once called Mary, living on the streets of London after That Dark Day when her parents and sister were claimed by the plague. The first part of our story details …

My Wishlist: The TBR Edition

Hello out there!

Welcome to another edition of my wishlist. Now usually I list a few books that I can’t wait to get my hands on and add to Mount TBR or just obsessivly own in general, but this week I have decided to do something a little different, I have decided to tell you what I most want to read on Mount TBR.

I have bought so many books lately and I am sure you have felt at times that you wish you could read four books at a time or just read four times faster to get through all the books that you just have to read at this moment because they are literally calling to you from their little booky pages…

Well I am feeling it at the moment, but I also have some review book responsibilities to adhere to …

Review: The King’s Courtesan by Judith James

Format Read: ARC provided by publisher from NetgalleyLength: 384 pagesGenre: Historical RomanceRelease Date: August 23rd, 2011Formats Available: Kindle, e-Book, paperbackPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon, Goodreads, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

HER BODY IS A BATTLEGROUND

Sensuous, beautiful and determined, Hope Matthews is a favored mistress of the king. Her many charms have helped her rise from the gutter to the king’s bed. But with the new queen’s impending arrival, her nights in the royal chamber— and her hopes for security—will swiftly come to an end.

HIS HONOR A DISTANT MEMORY

Haunted by his past, hardened by the recent civil war, Captain Robert Nichols lives only for revenge. When told he must marry the king’s courtesan to provide a cover for their affair, he’s faced with a new low. Both are pawns of a great man, …

Interview: Author Susan Mallery + Giveaways

We are so happy and honored to welcome New Times bestselling author Susan Mallery here at Book Lovers Inc today. She writes funny and sweet contemporary romance novels which will steal your heart as soon as you start reading. Her newest novel, Only Mine was released this week and today she tells us about her books and the wonderful town they are set in. Come and join us in Fool’s Gold. Be sure to stay till the end- we have 2 giveaways waiting for you. 

BLI: Susan can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Susan: I’d love to! I’ve written more romances than I can easily count, and I’ve recently begun to foray into non-romance women’s fiction, as well. I’m known for my characters. I write women who are multi-faceted, strong, interesting, vulnerable, funny, warm-hearted… women I would …

Genres 101: Westward, Ho! (Today’s lesson – Western Fiction)

In the last lesson, we hit on some strangely named genres. One in particular, Cowpunk, got me thinking about a type of novel that I know very little about: Westerns. Westerns have been a  big draw when it comes to movie making or television series’ but is the same thing true about their bookish counterparts? It hasn’t been for me, that’s for sure, though  maybe I’m just being a little too prejudice (I also wildly dislike country music!). It’s time I open up my world (and yours!) and see what’s out there; what may in fact be great literature but I’ve (we’ve?) just been too stubborn to read.The Western novel is a relatively new form of book, considering it deals with the “New …

Review: "So Sensitive" by Anne Rainey

Format Read: Paperback provided by Author for review
Series: Hard to Get Series – Book I
Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance
Length: 256 pages
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Publisher: Kensington Publishing
Formats Available: Paperback, Nook, Kindle
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Book Depository, Nook, Kindle All Romance eBooks.
Book Blurb:

When Fear Crosses The Line

At first, the mysterious emails are flattering. But soon, Gracie Baron can’t deny she has a stalker-and it’s clear she needs protection…

Into Pure Pleasure

P.I. Wade Harrison admits that his friend’s luscious assistant, Gracie, has been tantalizing him for months. So Wade jumps at the chance to offer her the personal protection she needs, free of charge. The only catch is, Gracie must agree to obey his orders-no questions asked.

The Answer Is Yes

Once Wade has Gracie alone, he isn’t shy about letting …

Review: Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs by Molly Harper

Format Read: Paperback

Number of Pages: 355

Release Date: 31 March 2009
Publisher: Pocket

Formats Available: Paperback, E-book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

UNEMPLOYMENT SUCKSMaybe it was the Shenanigans gift certificate that put her over the edge. When children’s librarian and self-professed nice girl Jane Jameson is fired by her beastly boss and handed twenty-five dollars in potato skins instead of a severance check, she goes on a bender that’s sure to become Half Moon Hollow legend. On her way home, she’s mistaken for a deer, shot and left for …

Guest Post: "How do you research?" by Kylie Brant + Giveaway

Today we have the wonderful Kylie Brant here to tell us about some of her methods when researching material for her books. Kylie is the author of the fantastic Mindhunters series plus numerous romance titles such as Terms of Engagement, Terms of Attraction and Terms of Surrender. Today is also the release date of her newest novel, Deadly Sins. Congrats to Kylie and let’s celebrate all we can!

Take it away Kylie! 

Think the worst writing advice I’ve ever heard is that old adage “write what you know”. What I know is not all that interesting. Oh sure, I’ve got some good material based on experience that might make an entertaining short story. If someone wants to know how to make dinner for seven with …