A new and 2 missing Winners

Hey everyone!

It’s a wonderful sunny morning here in Germany and I already made my weekly journey to random.org and got a winner for our Giveaway of Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane.And the winner is….

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There were 44 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

van_phamCharchelardebbiejoderAikmariskajoderLynne RobertsLynne RobertsSusannKMannangieSparkleyBearsyJenMmariska– Concursos de la Blogosfera –Stella (Ex Libris)EVA SBMelissaEVA SBBarbara EJulieGiada MStella (Ex Libris)CharchelarRobin Kdebbieheatwave 16AmyMelissa (My World…in words and pages)eeeschenAikSandy JayJenMvan_phammel butcherheatwave16Lanae T.Tyngatori aka ggs_closetA Buckeye Girl ReadsbuddytdonnasSpavRobin KTimestamp: 2010-06-06 07:27:49 UTC

Congrats! I will E-Mail you now.

We still have not heard form Barbara E and Mary G. Last chance to claim your prizes or I will redraw tomorrow.

For everyone else. There are still some giveaways running here on Book Lovers Inc:

– Today is the last day to enter the huge Giveaway with Author Vicki Pettersson. You can a  complete signed series set. …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

A new eBook reader developed especially for textbooks, the Kno, is set for a beta program this fall according to mashable.com.  This is a heavyweight eReader at 5.5 pounds!  That’s still lighter than the textbooks it aims to replace though.

The Duke University libraries are now lending Kindles to faculty, staff and students.  I’ve also read about a public library in the US that allows Kindles to be checked out.  If you live nearby to someplace that lends Kindles and you qualify, it might be a good way to try before you buy.

The New Yorker has picked their latest “20 under 40” list of fiction authors.  I’ve only heard of one of them before.

Starting this Sunday, Kindles are going to be sold at all Target stores according to Publishers Weekly.  This seems like a …

Review: Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas

Format Read: Print Number of Pages: 352 pages Release Date: May 25th 2010 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Formats Available: Ebooks, Paperback Purchasing Info: Good Reads, Author Website, Amazon, Book Depository

Book Blurb:

For two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters–a pleasant position, with one caveat. Her charges’ older brother, Leo Hathaway, is thoroughly exasperating. Cat can hardly believe that their constant arguing could mask a mutual attraction. But when one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her powerful response–and even more so when Leo proposes a dangerous liaison.
Leo must marry and produce an heir within a year to save his family home. Catherine’s respectable demeanor hides a secret that would utterly destroy her. But to Leo, Cat is intriguing and infernally tempting, even to a man resolved never to …

Interview: Author Sam Hillard + Giveaway

Let’s welcome debut Author, Sam Hilliard, who has recently released his fist novel called: “The Last Track” =)First of all, we’d like welcome you to Book Lovers Inc.!Sam Hilliard: Thanks so much for having me! It’s great to be here.The Crazy Lover: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?Sam Hilliard: I live outside out of NYC with my girlfriend and an army of four cats. For fun I read, play bass, work out, study martial arts and complain about the government. Six years ago, I started work on The Last Track, which released this Spring.

The Crazy Lover: What’s your favorite book at the moment? 

Sam Hilliard: Possum Living which is the story of a girl and her dad who lived for years almost entirely off the grid, raising their own food right in the middle of a suburban …

Bookish Rants or Raves: Book Snobs!

I have to confess that even though I’ve read my share of Brazilian Literary Classics when I was a kid and that I have also read some English and American Literary classics laster on when I was in college, I have always preferred spending my time with my Agatha Christie collection.

Nowadays, I don’t hide my YA, UF and PNR obsession and I am far from being embarrassed by it, but that doesn’t stop people from turning their noses when i mention the types of book I read.

To be quite honest, I don’t give a damn and it’s none of their business which kind of book I have a predilection for. However, I find ridiculous this sort of snobbish behavior.

I was wondering if any of you guys out there have ever been in a situation where you suffered prejudice for the type of book you like …

Review: Beauvallet by Georgette Heyer

Format: Trade PaperbackNumber of pages: 304Release Date: Jan. 1, 2010Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Formats available: Paperback, Audio, eBookPurchasing info: Goodreads, Amazon

Synopsis:What happens when a pirate falls in love with his captive?

During her return to Spain with her father, the lovely Dona Dominica de Rada y Sylva is horrified when their ship is set upon by pirates. Far worse is her discovery that their captor isn’t just any pirate — he is the notorious Sir Nicholas Beauvallet, an Englishman with a scandalous reputation for plundering Spanish ships. But Dominica’s pride braces her determination to be no one’s hostage . . .

It should have been easy for Sir Nicholas. It was, after all, just another ship. But instead, Sir Nicholas finds himself captivated by Dominica’s dark beauty and indomitable courage. After returning his captives …

All Ya Love: Summer Reads

All this nice weather has me thinking about the amazing books out this summer. Here is my 9 BOOKS I CAN’T WAIT FOR list.

This was tough, my want list is of course much larger but then you’d be here all day. I’ve narrowed it down to 3 a month for June, July & August. All book info courtesy of Goodreads.com

JUNE:

Sisters Red (Sisters Red, #1) by Jackson Pearce Released: June 7th 2010 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Scarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris– the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and blood-red cloak, Scarlett is an expert at luring and slaying the wolves. She’s determined to protect other young girls from a grisly death, and her …

Review: The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

Format Read: HardcoverNumber of Pages: 384Publisher: EgmontUSARelease Date: December 22, 2009Formats Available: Trade PaperbackPurchasing Info: Amazon.com, Goodreads, Author’s Website

Book Blurb:

A prodigal son

A dangerous love

A deadly secret . . .

I stood back and watched his movements. Daniel had that way about him that could shut me down in an instant. . . . I kicked the gravel a couple of times and worked up my courage again. “Tell me . . . I mean . . . why did you come back? Why now, after all this time?”

Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared—the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in blood. But she has no idea what a truly monstrous secret that night really held. And when …

Interview: Author Ilona Andrews + Giveaway

Ilona and Gordon Andrews are a husband and wife writing team, and have written six books – plus several short stories and novellas. The release of their latest book, Magic Bleeds, from the Kate Daniels series recently reached number 19 on the New York Times bestseller list!

Kate Daniels series:

The Smutty Lover: Magic Bleeds is the 4th book in the series. What can we expect from Magic Bleeds, and will there be a crossroads for Kate?

Gordon: I think the crossroads came in the last book. When Kate jumped on the sword, she made a definite choice. This book is about her journey on that road.

Ilona: I agree. It’s more about having to deal with consequences of choices already made. The life that she has in MAGIC BLEEDS, the good and the bad of it, …

We Love Your Comments Giveaway: May Winner & June Start

Winner of our May We Love Your Comments Giveaway is:

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Mary G

with her comment on “Review: No Longer Mine by Shiloh Walker“:

SusiYou’re so lucky Shiloh is new to you. You have a whole backlist to go through. I don’t know which 2 you read already. Although I love every word ever published my faves (faves ever not just of Shiloh’s) are Fragile, Broken, The Missing & if you read Playing For Keeps you need a box of tissues. Just wonderful stuff.

Congrats hon!Please contact us through the link at the top and tell us which book you want and where we should ship it! You’ve got till Friday or we will draw a new winner.We will now start counting for June. Here again the rules:

We thought long and hard about how we should show you, the readers of Book Lovers Inc …