On the Booklovers’ Shelves: Books For Other People (aka Enablers)

As all true Book Lovers know, there is a fine line between love and addiction. Gift-giving is perfect for leaping right over that divide and shamelessly pushing books on people. Why should your friends and family members have tidy houses utterly lacking in books for you to pillage and/or mercilessly judge?

No reason at all.

Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.

Susan Sto-Helit understands me. Just substitute “reading” for “education.”

We often ask Guest Authors and Guest Posters what the difference is between a book lover and a run-of-the-mill reader. The answer is really quite simple: The true book lover cannot fathom a world without books, and as such, is constantly pushing them on others.

However, It can be a bit difficult to have a book on hand for every …

Review: Wait Until Dark by M.L. Buchman

Format read: ebook provided by NetGalley
Series: Night Stalkers #3
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Military Romance
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Number of pages: 386 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Formats available: ebook, mass market paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Author’s Website | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | Book Depository (US) | Book Depository (UK) | Publisher’s Website

Two Crack Mechanics, One Impossible Mission

Being in The Night Stalkers is Connie Davis’s way of facing her demons head-on, but mountain-strong John Wallace is a threat on all fronts. Their passion is explosive, but their conflicts are insurmountable. When duty calls them to a mission no one else could survive, they’ll fly into the night together—ready or not.

My Thoughts:

M.L. Buchman’s Night Stalkers series anticipated the U.S. military’s removal of the ban on women in combat positions by casting three women as warriors in …

Interview with Linda Morris + Giveaway

A couple of weeks ago I told you about this new trend I see emerging: the New Year’s Eve romances, and you might remember that I’ve told you I’ve read some, and namely even reviewed Melting the Millionaire’s Heart by Linda Morris, which I enjoyed a lot. Today we have the pleasure of welcoming to Book Lovers Inc. Linda Morris and I got to ask her and her characters about all sorts of secrets of the novel, so join us and you could even win a copy of Melting the Millionaire’s Heart!

Stella: Hi Linda, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

Linda: I was born a coal miner’s daughter, in a cabin on a hill in Butcher’s Holler. . . oh, no, wait, that was Loretta Lynn. But I do like Loretta Lynn’s music a lot, so there’s that. I have …

New Releases: February 4-10, 2012

Title: Blood Oranges
Author: Caitlin R. Kiernan (writing as Kathleen Tierney)
Genre: urban fantasy
Release date: February 5, 2013 by Roc

Description:

My name’s Quinn.

If you buy into my reputation, I’m the most notorious demon hunter in New England. But rumors of my badassery have been slightly exaggerated. Instead of having kung-fu skills and a closet full of medieval weapons, I’m an ex-junkie with a talent for being in the wrong place at the right time. Or the right place at the wrong time. Or…whatever.

Wanted for crimes against inhumanity I (mostly) didn’t commit, I was nearly a midnight snack for a werewolf until I was “saved” by a vampire calling itself the Bride of Quiet. Already cursed by a werewolf bite, the vamp took a pint out of me too.

So now…now, well, you wouldn’t think it could get worse, but you’d be dead wrong.

. . .