The International Giveaways Café (4)

Big apologies for opening up the Café doors a little late this week! It’s been a scorcher around here for more than a week now and I think the heat has finally gotten to me! Anyway, welcome back to our home for International Giveaways. If you’re new to the post, you can click here to see our sentiments behind the Café. Otherwise, please take a quick look at the guidelines below and enter your link for your own international giveaway. Or grab some refreshments and visit the links to enter! It’s a win/win situation, right?!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!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 format shown. …

Review: Black Wings by Christina Henry

Format Read: paperback submitted by author for reviewLength: 304 pagesGenre: Urban FantasySeries: Madeline Black #1Release Date: November 30, 2010Formats Available: Kindle, e-Book, paperbackPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon, Goodreads, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

As an Agent of Death, Madeline Black is responsible for escorting the souls of the dearly departed to the afterlife. It’s a 24/7 job with a lousy benefits package.

Maddy’s position may come with magical powers and an impressive wingspan, but it doesn’t pay the bills. And then there are her infuriating boss, tenant woes, and a cranky, popcorn-loving gargoyle to contend with.

Things start looking up, though, when tall, dark, and handsome Gabriel Angeloscuro agrees to rent the empty apartment in Maddy’s building. It’s probably just a coincidence that as soon as he moves in demons appear on the front lawn. But when …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Yay its another weekend and another news post! This week’s post sadly has confirmation of the demise of Borders and some interesting developments in the world of publishing..

I reported a few weeks ago that Borders was heading into complete liquidation and there was no sign of the remaining stores being bought out. Well sadly I have to confirm that this is the case and even more disappointing and depressing is the fact that all the remaining 11000 staff are out of a job. I really hoped that Borders could have been saved but it looks like it it will be a major casualty from this economy and changing publishing landscape.

The publisher, Gollancz has announced that they are going to be reissuing and creating a new ebook library called The Sci Fi Gateway, for out …

Review: "Tainted Blood", by Stacey Kennedy

Format Read: e-Book submitted by author for review
Length: 100 pages
Genre: Urban Fantasy Romance
Series: The Dark Element Book I
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Formats Available: Kindle, e-Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon Kindle, Goodreads, All Romance Ebooks, Smashwords.

Book Blurb:

Darkness is settling over San Francisco—vampires in the throes of blood lust are taking innocent lives. One witch will need to see past her fear, and trust her Guardian, before everyone is in danger, including herself…

Earth Witch, Sabi, has been gifted with the ability to see premonitions of the darkness that threatens human lives. Safe in the Otherworld, she adjusts to these new visions…which isn’t going so well. Luckily, she’s got the sexy Guardian, Ryker to help her work through these visions. He’s intent to show her how to distance herself from them and help her gain control of life. …

Interview with Jennifer Estep + Giveaway

Please join us in welcoming the lovely Jennifer Estep today to help her celebrate her upcoming release Touch of Frost. Jennifer is the genius behind the Elemental Assassin  urban fantasy series, the Bigtime paranormal romance series and her newest series the YA urban fantasy based Mythos Academy series of which Touch of Frost is the first book. Today she is answering some of our questions about her books and her writing and she is being kind enough to give you and opportunity to win a copy of Touch of Frost for yourself at the end of this post!

Has: Jennifer can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Jennifer: My name is Jennifer Estep, and I’m a USA Today bestselling author. I write the Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series for Kensington, and the …

Review: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep

Format Read: eARC provided by the authorNumber of pages: 350 pagesRelease Date: 26 July 2011Formats available: Paperback, eBookPublisher: KensingtonPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK), Author’s website

Book Blurb:

My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy — a school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even the lowliest geek knows how to chop off somebody’s head with a sword and Logan Quinn, the hottest Spartan guy in school, also happens to be the deadliest.

But lately, things have been weird, even for Mythos. First, mean girl Jasmine Ashton was murdered in the Library of Antiquities. Then, someone stole the Bowl of Tears, a magical artifact that can be used to bring about the second Chaos War. You know, death, destruction and lots of other …

My Wishlist: The Unreleased Edition

Hello out there!

This weeks wishlist post will be based around the top three yet to be released books that I am salivating for, because to be honest, how often are we just itching to get our hands on a book that just isn’t here yet?

ALWAYS!

These reads are on my mind whenever I look at my bookshelf, they are all five star authors in my opinion and I absolutely MUST HAVE these books as soon as they are out!

Eye of the Tempest by Nicole Peeler

Nothing says “home” like being attacked by humans with very large guns, as Jane and Anyan discover when they arrive in Rockabill. These are professionals, brought into kill, and they bring Anyan down before either Jane or the barghest can react. Seeing …

Genres 101: Today’s Lesson – Say WHAT?

We’ve covered a lot of the popular genres in these posts, so I thought it was time to take a look at something a little different: weird genres or, more correctly weird genre names. As  I browse the net looking for source material and inspiration, I often come across literary “styles” that I’ve never heard of and, quite frankly, question the actual existence of. Here are some the genres that have made me ask, “Say what?!” (I’m going to link the source page at each unusual name)

Creepy Kids – “Creepy kids horror is defined by its name. Horror mavens have said that children are mysterious strangers coming into the world–and this subgenre takes that unspoken worry and runs with it. Stephen King’s short story and film Children of the Corn are straightforward examples. Many others, such as Richard Donner’s film The Omen, involve a child who …