Explore This! Portland, Maine

I’ve just finished reading Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick and wanted to feature the town in her novel: Coldwater, Maine. It turns out that this is a fictional town. It would have been nice to feature the boardwalks, beaches and amusements parks as described by Becca but no such luck. So we move on to the next closest, real town that is mentioned throughout: Portland, Maine.

It’s often been a thought of mine to hit the road, travelling down through the Canadian East Coast, then hopping the board and trekking down the coastline of the States. A stop in Maine would be a must for me to get that authentic Maine lobster dinner. Yum!

I’m also a sucker for lighthouses, so you’ll find a few in our travels this week. The funny thing is that in doing my research, I found the picture showing the crash of the Annie Maguire, as commemorated on …

Interview Author Patricia Briggs + Giveaway

Today we are very happy to welcome author Patricia Briggs on Book Lovers Inc! Patty’s new book Wolfsbane will be released this week. This is the 2nd book in the Sianim series. The first book Masques was re-released last month. We want to thank the hurog board for helping us with the interview questions! THANK you! Let’s give a warm welcome to Patricia!

The Charmed Lover: can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Patty: Hah. I’m older than I think I am — and fatter too. I have two hobbies — books and horses. I am currently getting my toes wet breeding Arabian horses with a lovely and sweet Kadraj NA daughter who is in foal to Varian Arabian’s stallion, Audacious PS. Next spring, I plan on breeding two other mares. I have …

We Love Your Comments Giveaway: Winner & new Start

This winner of our We Love Your Comments Giveaway for October is……

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LSUReader 

who left this comment on our post “Explore This! Versailles, The Tuileries and Vaux-le Viscomte“:

What a wonderful break from my real Monday. Thanks for the free trip!

Congrats hon! I will Email you know. =)

We will now start counting for November. Here again the rules:

We thought long and hard about how we should show you, the readers of Book Lovers Inc how much we appreciate your input and interaction. We are happy and grateful for every comment cuz we know how it is to be a “blog-hopper”. We enjoy reading your thoughts and we love to start a good discussion with you. This blog is all about spreading the love for books and without you that mission would be lost.

We pondered how to give some of the love, you give …