Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

This week has been pretty interesting with some surprising and not so surprising news!

Barnes and Noble has announced their recent profits from the last 3rd quarter, although there was losses compared to the previous year, growth of their ebooks sales have risen that they have claimed that they are now selling more in that format than in print. In fact they have also claimed that they are selling twice as many ebooks in any print format in their site. So according to their press release this means they have cornered 25 percent of online sales of ebooks? Because like Amazon who have claimed they have 70/80 percent of market shares of the market, although both have not offered hard data/figures to corroborate this claim. But it does seem that Barnes and Noble will be hopefully …

Review: Seven Souls A Leaping by K. F. Zuzulo, Lisa Pietsch & Heather Long

Format Read: e-Book ARC provided by Author for reviewLength: 271 PagesRelease Date: January 3rd, 2011Publisher: Sapphire Blue PublishingFormats Available: e-BookPurchasing Info: K.F. Zuzulo’s Website, Lisa Pietsch’s Website, Heather Long’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon.com, Publisher’s Website, All Romance Ebooks

Book Blurb:

Seven Souls A Leaping is an anthology of three interconnected tales of love, danger and a war against evil written by Lisa Pietsch, K.F. Zuzulo and Heather Long.

At the New England New Age (NENA) Investigations, no case is too weird. The paranormal detective agency relies on the familial talents of siblings Duncan and Samantha MacDougal and their cousin Tara Conroy. While Duncan and Samantha tend to the field work, Tara mans the office tapping sources in both the physical and spirit world. Fate takes a hand …

Interview Author Bronwen Evans + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome Regency Romance author Bronwen Evans here at Book Lovers Inc today. Her debut novel Invitation to Ruin was released this week and she is here to tell us a bit about her love for Regency and what her books are all about. She will also come over and answer any questions you might have and she got a prize in tow. Please give Bron a warm welcome. 

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

Bronwen: I’m a born and breed Kiwi (New Zealander) who cannot live without a book being in her hand. In particular romance books. I live in Wellington, New Zealand and I have four sisters, one is my twin! We used to have a lot of fun at school with confusing teachers and boyfriends – not so much …

Bookish Rants or Raves: Getting Stuck On Your Own Ways!

 Hey Everyone! I realized something really annoying recently, I am having a really hard time starting new book or series. I have come to notice that when it comes to the series I already love, I can get right into the newest book and I usually can’t wait for it. 

However, when it comes to a new series, even if it’s by an author I already really enjoy, I’m having a hard time feeling the right mood to start it =/. I realized this more recently when a lot of authors I love, started releasing new series that sound awesome and even though I have been buying those books, I can’t seem to be inclined to reading them =(

I’m starting to think I’m stuck in my ways, that I can’t …

Review: Crazy by Eve Langlais

Format Read: Ebook
Number of Pages: 52
Release Date: 22 November 2010
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Formats Available: EBook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Blurb:

Institutionalized at a young age after the breakup of her parents, Ella’s always heard voices. Even worse, the voices in her head like to act. She thinks she’s crazy and destined to be a patient for life until the night she meets a vampire and for the first time in her life, the voices shut up.

Zane just wants to enjoy his usual blood buffet, instead he runs into a wisp of a woman who makes him feel emotions he thought long dead. Rescuing her from the insane …

Does this blurb make my book look good? Or bad? – The Realm of Misleading Book Descriptions

Today I noticed something rather disturbing. A book description that actually tells false facts about a book. This really disturbed me because this isn’t only bad for us as the readers, it can actually also really hurt the author.

What if the blurb says something that makes the book look like something it isn’t? Let’s take a look at the offending part of the description I’m talking about:

Pushing her Boundaries by Julia Rachel Barrett 

“In Minneapolis, Maggie heads to a restaurant with her sister, only to find Mace waiting. Worse, she learns he’ll soon be her brother-in-law.Stuck in her sister’s apartment with Mace, Maggie offers him one night of sex, anything goes. No obligations, no recriminations. Mace agrees…he wants more than Maggie’s body, he wants her heart. “

I loved …

Review: A Lot Like Love by Julie James

Format Read: e-Book ARC provided by Author for reviewLength: 304 PagesRelease Date: March 1, 2011Publisher: Berkley SensationFormats Available: Paperback, e-Book, KindlePurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Book Depository, Amazon.com, Borders, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, IndieBound, Chapters, Kindle, Nook.

Book Blurb:

The FBI wants her cooperation.

As the daughter of a billionaire and the owner of the city’s top wine store, Jordan Rhodes is invited to the most exclusive parties in Chicago. But there’s only one party the FBI wants to crash: the charity fundraiser of a famous restaurateur, who also happens to launder money for the mob. In exchange for her brother’s release from prison, Jordan is going to be there—with a date supplied by the Bureau.

Agent McCall just wants her.

As the top undercover agent in Chicago, Nick McCall has one rule: never …

New Release: February 21 – 27

How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper

Northern ExposureEven in Grundy, Alaska, it’s unusual to find a naked guy with a bear trap clamped to his ankle on your porch. But when said guy turns into a wolf, recent southern transplant Mo Wenstein has no difficulty identifying the problem. Her surly neighbor Cooper Graham—who has been openly critical of Mo’s ability to adapt to life in Alaska—has trouble of his own. Werewolf trouble.

For Cooper, an Alpha in self-imposed exile from his dysfunctional pack, it’s love at first sniff when it comes to Mo. But Cooper has an even more pressing concern on his mind. Several people around Grundy have been the victims of wolf attacks, and since Cooper has no memory of what he gets up to while in werewolf form, he’s worried that he …

Cat & Bones Squeefest + Giveaway

Today is the day we waited for soooooo long. It’s the release day of This Side of the Grave by the one and only Jeaniene Frost. This Side of the Grave is the 5th book in Night Huntress series and we, here at Book Lovers Inc, can’t wait to read what Cat & Bones will have to fight next.
In honor of this special date we thought we should tell the world why we love this series so much and because only our crazy talk wouldn’t actually say much we invited some twitter peeps to help us spread the love. We asked our followers on twitter why they love this series and why they would love to get a …ahem…signed….ahem….copy of This Side of the Grave and here we will share the best answers with you. I hope …

Explore This! Meiringen, Switzerland

Today, our world tour takes us to Meiringen, Switzerland. I must admit, before looking into this area, I had never even heard of Meiringen!

When I think Switzerland,  I think Geneva, mountains, skiing and just a general sense of peace. What I’ve never associated with it though is Sherlock Holmes! But, it is the famous detective that has brought me to this scenic destination, which, of course, I had to share with you.

Meiringen is the home of an apparently fantastic Sherlock Holmes museum, complete with items from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s own study and a re-enacted set up of Holmes’ environ (this is according to Graham Moore, author of The Sherlockian.)

A statue of Holmes, truly a larger than life figure in popular fiction for over a …