Review: Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 266Release Date: 1 October 1993Publisher: Jove BooksFormats Available: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Book, EBookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Blurb:

When St. Louis’s most powerful vampire comes to Anita Blake for help, she is faced with her greatest fear-a man capable of arousing in her a hunger strong enough to match his own.

My Thoughts:

I can’t believe I waited this long to start this series. It is awesome!

Anita Blake is a necromancer, which basically means that she can raise the dead, making zombies. With vampires out in public, Anita doesn’t have to hide her powers because seriously what’s more scary, a vampire or a chick that can make …

Interview: Author Julie James + Giveaway

Please join me in giving a warm BLI welcome to National Bestselling Author Julie James today. In 2008 Julie published her first contemporary romance Just The Sexiest Man Alive which met with rave reviews and it as well as her 2009 book, Practice Makes Perfect, are now available in numerous countries around the world. Last year she delighted readers with Something About You, which along with her first two novels became a National Bestseller. On March 1st, Julie’s latest, highly anticipated contemporary romance A Lot Like Love hits the stands and from this reader’s perspective Jordan Rhodes and Nick McCall’s story does not disappoint.

BLI: Julie! Welcome to BLI, it’s such a thrill to be able to chat with you today! 🙂

Julie: Thanks for having me—I’m thrilled to be here!

BLI: Julie, can you please tell us …

Sssh! Today’s winners are…

Hey Everyone!

I’ve spent the week recovering from sickness, though I’m still not healthy yet, I feel much better, thank you all for the well wishes!

In  the past 2 days I’ve been to the cinema 3 times  after a dry spell of months. lol Tonight we’ll watch The King’s Speech with my parents, so I’ll just quickly announce today’s winners and off I go. 🙂

Congratulations to…

The lucky winner of their choice of Jaci Burton book is:

Stephanie

The lucky winner of The Paris Secret by Angela Henry is:

KimberlySue

The lucky winner of Breathe by Solan Parker is:

Leni

The lucky winner of the Sherry D. Ficklin prize pack is:

BooksforCompany

Congratulations Ladies, you will all be shortly e-mailed, you have 72 hours to get back to us, or we’ll have to draw new winners.

Have a nice Sunday evening everyone!

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Review: What I Did For A Duke by Julie Anne Long

Format Read: e-ARC provided by NetgalleyNumber of Pages: 384 pagesRelease Date: February 22nd 2011Publisher: AvonFormats Available: Paperback, EbookPurchasing Info: Author website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

For years, he’s been an object of fear, fascination . . . and fantasy. But of all the wicked rumors that shadow the formidable Alexander Moncrieffe, Duke of Falconbridge, the ton knows one thing for certain: only fools dare cross him. And when Ian Eversea does just that, Moncrieffe knows the perfect revenge: he’ll seduce Ian’s innocent sister, Genevieve—the only Eversea as yet untouched by scandal. First he’ll capture her heart . . . and then he’ll break it.

But everything about Genevieve is unexpected: the passion simmering beneath her cool control, the sharp wit tempered by gentleness . . . And though Genevieve has heard the whispers about the duke’s …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

After last week’s epic news post and the authors gone HULK, things have been quite subdued this week, with some depressing and sad news of bankruptancy and deaths.

The biggest announcement has to be Borders filing for Chapter 11 insolvency and will be entering administration. Sadly 200 of their 600 megastores will be closing and around 6000 employees will face redundancies. This will also affect publishers which Borderes owes millions of dollars of debt and in turn as this article highlights will affect authors, because the majority of books being sold are via stores like Borders.

Another struggling mega store chain owner REDgroup is also facing bankruptancy, but this time its in Australia. Ironically enough they also own the Australian arm of Borders as well as, Angus and Robertson and Whitcoulls in New Zealand. This shows that traditional brick …

Review: Pandora’s Succession by Russell Brooks

Format Read: e-book from the author

Number of Pages:  267 pagesRelease Date:  20th October 2010Publisher:  Amazon Digital ServicesFormats Available:  e-bookPurchasing Info:  Russell Brooks, Good Reads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

Where would you hide if you learned the CDC and a major pharmaceutical company unleashed a hyperdeadly microbe on the human race?

CIA operative, Ridley Fox, never stopped hunting his fiancé’s killers — a weapons consortium called The Arms of Ares. When an informant leads him to an old bunker outside of Groznyy, Chechnya, Fox is captured and left for dead. When the informant rescues him, Fox learns that his capture was no coincidence: someone had set him up—possibly another government agent. Fox barely escapes after learning that Ares has acquired a hyperdeadly microbe—called Pandora—that is believed to have wiped out ancient civilizations. The trail leads Fox to Tokyo where he …

Review: "What She Needs", by Anne Rainey

Format Read: e-Book ARC provided by Author for reviewLength: 54 pagesSeries: A Cape May Book IIIRelease Date: February 22, 2011Publisher: Samhain PublishingFormats Available: e-Book, Kindle, NookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Kindle, Samhain Publishing, B&N Nook, Books On Board

Book Blurb:

Part 2 of Tory, Devon and Con’s love triangle

Taking turns was never their strong suit…

Devon Mason and Con Walker are sexy, honorable, loving, and completely devoted. In other words, everything Tory looks for in a relationship. But what’s she supposed to buy her two lovers on V Day? Chocolate? How average is that? Their little love triangle is anything but average!

When Con surprises her with a weekend in Cancun, just the three of them, Tory is all over it—until she realizes Con forgot to include Devon in the package. Now their little love triangle is …

My Wishlist: Susan Elizabeth Phillips Edition

Hey all! I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine’s Day! Welcome to another edition of my wish list segment. For all lovers of romance this one is for you… Whether you happily involved or single… I hope these book choices will be enjoyed by you all.

Since its still the month of love I decided to pick a few contemporary romances I am hoping to get and I also look forward to seeing what you all think as well.

Now you might call me lazy but seriously to me no one does angsty contemporary romances like the one and only Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

First up is the one that hooked me the world of SEP. And ever since then I have become a huge SEP fan for life. I want to say that yes, I have both the hardcover and paperback but …

Review: "Turn It Up", by Vivian Arend

Format Read: e-Book provided by Novel Sidekick for review courtesy of the AuthorLength: NovelSeries: Turner Twins, Book TwoRelease Date: February 8, 2011Publisher: Samhain PublishingFormats Available: e-Book, KindlePurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Kindle, Samhain Publishing, B&N Nook, Books On Board

She wants it. He’s got it…and a whole lot more.

Maxwell Turner considers his stubborn and resourceful attitude a plus. After all, it usually gets him what he wants—except for Natasha Bellingham. The long-time family friend may be ten years older than he, but so what? He’s plenty old enough to know they belong together. Now all he has to do is convince her.

Over the past few years Natasha’s love life has degenerated into a series of bad clichés. Her biological clock is ticking—loudly. As a proven architect with her own house-design company, she’s financially …

Genres 101: Today’s Lesson "Fantasy"

Thanks to the inimitable pattepoilue, our new feature has a better name: Genres 101. I hope everyone is seated comfortably, with pencil and paper ready, as we begin the first in our series of lectures (ok, I might be stretching that a bit but just go with me, k?) on the definitions and applications of genre names.

The main common denominator in all of these seemingly similar, imaginative, genres is that they all fall under the “Speculative Fiction” label. I mentioned before, that for Spec Fic, I always think of the question “What if?” as the determining factor in placing a book in this category. But there are so many answers to that question, that we must break it down separately. Today’s lesson will cover all (most?) things under the realm of “Fantasy.”

For me, I’ve always linked Fantasy and Science …