Guest Post: Author Henry Mosquera + Giveaway

Please join us in welcoming Author Henry Mosquera to BLI today. Mr. Mosquera is here to celebrate the release of his first novel Sleepers Run, which has garnered a number of rave reviews. He enjoys researching his novels extensively, including gaining first-hand knowledge of some of his characters’ skills. Mr. Mosquera currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, dog and cat. He also has a background in Graphic Design.

Write about what you know, but if you don’t know…

I loved researching “Sleeper’s Run.” Well, I love research, period. Granted, many of the themes portrayed in the story are of general interest to me, so not only did I have a good running start, but it also made the process more enjoyable. Piles of non-fiction texts, documentaries and articles informed me about history, politics, military units, tactics, technology, …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?

Welcome to our new edition of The Good, The Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?! I’m pretty sure that many of you uses GoodReads (if you don’t then you really should think about trying! *wink*). And what do you do there? You add upcoming books you really can’t wait to read, most of the time they don’t even have a cover yet. So when one day you realize by accident that it now HAS A COVER it gets pretty exciting!!! Well last week I stumbled upon a few of them and it was a great surprise *g*. So this week we will both show you the covers of books we can’t wait to read!

Susi: O_o well you all know I’m not …

Guest Post by Mayra Calvani + Giveaway!

We are very happy to welcome author Mayra Calvani here at Book Lovers Inc today. Her new novel, Seduced by the Shadows was released this month and she is here today to celebrate her release- BIG time. She has two free reads to share with you all and one lucky commenter will even win an ebook copy of her new book. Please give Mayra a warm welcome.

“On the Release of My Novel, Embraced by the Shadows”

Embraced by the Shadows was just released two weeks ago. But the funny thing is, I wrote the book back in the 90’s and it was previously published with a different title and cover. So this is the new revised version that has come out.

The release of this novel feels kind of strange, because my writing has evolved and changed a …

Review: Destined Mate, by Katie Reus

Format Read: e-Book submitted by Author for review
Length: Novella
Publisher: Harlequin Nocturne Cravings
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Formats Available: eBook, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: e-Harlequin, Author’s Website, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook, Books On Board, Diesel Book Store, Kobo

Book Blurb:

Two hundred years ago, Angela Lavigne and Alpha werewolf Knox had a shared a passion neither could control. Then Angela was turned into a vampire and disappeared.

The last thing Knox expects is for Angela to show up on his doorstep centuries later on a rescue mission, as sexy and irresistible as ever. And he can sense how much she still wants him, too. She’s gone against both their species’ rules and trespassed on his land. By law he can keep her as long as he wants—and Knox doesn’t intend to let her go ever again.

As their desire explodes once again, Knox is more sure …

The Bazillion Winners Post

Okay, no kitties have been won this week but we have tons of books that will find a new home this week. Let’s that with the two giveaways still open from before the big party so here we go:
AJ Nuest ✓
won the digital copy of After Midnight by Sarah Grimm
and
Jen B ✓
won the trade paperback copy of The Kingdom of Childhood by Rebecca Coleman

Now to the big haul. First we want to thank all the authors and publishers who helped us out with prizes for the cleberation. Without your support this wouldn’t have been possible. Thank you so much! You rocked our world. 
Now: *jumps and runs to Mr Random and comes back with a happy face* So I think first we will start with all the posts we had in our celebration week. So …

The International Giveaways Café (17)

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Welcome back to our Saturday morning get-together, where we have the chance to discuss book giveaways, link up our own giveaways, and enter all the others.

There were lots of great giveaways added last week, so make sure you get your entries in! And, as always, adding in new links here will increase the number of entries to your own great events. At Book Lovers Inc., it’s our pleasure to share the bookish love! Good luck to everyone and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend

Let us know what your weekend has in store. Have you won anything recently that you’ll get the chance to read now? The Book Lovers would love to hear!

Here’s the fine print for entering your link:Guidelines:

If you have a giveaway you would like to share with our other readers, the rules are simple:

1. The …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post and we have a pretty much packed post! The Booker awards finalist, more Amazon news and a new announcement from Kobo who will be releasing a coloured tablet. Plus our picks of upcoming books!

Well, for me the big announcement has to be from Kobo who will be launching a new wifi only tablet, and I have to say it might have pipped Amazon’s Fire tablet to the post if they are offering an open Android platform. It has similar specs to the Amazon Fire tablet, but also consists of an SD slot which can hold up to 32 gigs. An 8 gig memory and most importantly has the same price point of the Fire which is $199. It is up for preorder and is available for the US and Canada. I suspect it …

Review: Shadowed Soul, by Stacey Kennedy

Format Read: e-ARC submitted by author for review
Length: Novella – 43 pages
Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Release Date: October 7, 2011
Formats Available: Kindle, e-Book
Purchasing Info: Publisher, Author’s Website, Kindle, Goodreads, All Romance e-Books, Smashwords
Book Blurb:

Four months have passed since Ellie’s heart was broken by her cheating boyfriend, Gerrid. Sick of mourning, she sets out in search of a man to make her forget. Madame Eve of 1Night Stand arranges for Ellie to meet just the man at Nocturnal Nightclub in Miami. Bryce is not only sexy as sin but full of mystery. He does things no man should be capable of. Ellie might question his fast speed, cold hands, and even the way he bites at her skin―if he wasn’t so determined to awaken the part of her that’s been buried by lies.

Days have passed since Bryce’s last feeding and his vampire hungers …

On the Booklovers Shelves: Special Vacation Edition

For this edition of shelf porn I will be showing you exactly how I smuggle so many books on holidays. My family are not readers, and I am fully aware that they don’t have the slightest inclination about how desperately I need to read. So to keep everyone happy I resorted to the favoured saying of “what they don’t know won’t hurt them” and started hiding my books so no one knew exactly how many I took.

So now I’m going to show you some of the ways I hid my books and turned my luggage into my holiday shelves:

The first way is simple…a book bag –>

Stylish and easy to pack, you can fit quite a few books in here – I shove them down the side as well. This bag is a canvas bag I actually got for …