Book Lovers Inc.
Romance Novel Reviews, Author Interviews, Commentary
1 Mar 2010 
Review: A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire, ARC
Format Read: ARC – PaperbackNumber of Pages: 377 pagesRelease Date: March 2, 2010 (Tomorrow!)Publisher: DAWFormats Available: PaperbackPurchasing Info: Good Reads, Book Depository, Author’s Website
*Book 2 in the Toby Daye Series: Spoilers may be present if you have not read Book 1 – which I highly recommend!*
Back Cover Text:
October “Toby” Daye is a changeling, the daughter of Amandine of the fae and a mortal man. Like her mother, she is gifted in blood magic, able to read what has happened to a person through a mere taste of blood.
Half-human, half-fae, outsiders from birth, most changelings are second-class children of Faerie spending their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations. Toby is the only changeling who has earned knighthood, and she re-earns that position every day, …
Geekdom of Books: Bookshelves
The Equation Bookshelf is designed by Marcos Breder and is one of the most stylish geeky things I’ve ever seen. It plays with the mathematical methods of separation and organizes your books with them. You can put the important stuff in the (parentheses) or just sort them in your own system in the [square brackets] and {braces}. I found this one at Designspotter.
And OMG take a look at this one. I so adore it. It’s so funny. I just need a flat-panel TV. LOL But back to the bookshelf:
The Puckman bookcase is made of shining varnished wood. The Colour is yellow to remind you of the famous character of the 80’s classic video-game “Pac-Man”.
Unfortunately it has no prize. You have to request that and I think that is warning enough for my credit card. I found this here and you can visit the website of the designer …
Review: Blood Cross by Faith Hunter
Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 336 pagesRelease Date: January 5th 2010Publisher: RocFormats Available: Paperback, e-bookPurchasing Info: Good Reads, Book Depository, Author’s WebsiteBook Blurb:
As a vampire hunter and skinwalker, Jane Yellowrock is public enemy number one in the vampire community – even though she’s also the key to their survival. Now she’s about to learn that working for the enemy can be just as dangerous as hunting them.
The Vampire Council of New Orleans has hired Jane to hunt and kill one of their own who has broken sacred ancient rules. But she quickly realizes that in a community that is thousands of years old, loyalties run deep.
With the help of her witch best friend and local vigilantes, Jane finds herself caught between bitter rivalries – and closer than ever to the secret origin of the entire vampire race. But in a city of …
BOOKISH EYE CANDY: HAWK
Beyond The Highland Mist
Book 1 in the “Highlander” Series
By: Karen Moning
AN ALLURING LAIRD
He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart—until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her own, entirely too bold, too outspoken, she was an irresistibly challenge to the sixteenth-century rogue. Coerced into a marriage with Hawk, Adrienne vowed to keep him at arm’s length—but his sweet seduction played havoc with her resolve.
A PRISONER IN TIME
She had a perfect “no” on her perfect lips for the notorious laird, but Hawk swore she would whisper his name with desire, begging for the passion he longed to ignite in her. Not even the …
Around the Bookish World: News-in-Review and Giveaways, too!
Forever Kindle(ing) Your Love?
(above is an old link but an interesting enough ‘Ode to Kindle to be included)
Nook Love?
Living on the eDge with Your enTourage?
Wait, wait – I got it…Nintendo DSi, right?
Are enhanced versions of e-books the next best thing or a passing fad?
I am not a huge fan of eBooks in general, but the convenience of them sometimes gets to me and I will download one or a…few. I own a Sony eReader, but hardly ever use it. Just yesterday though, I downloaded a book onto my iPod Touch…because the book was free that way. I guess my point is that for me it comes down to how convenient is it or how much effort is it? I prefer books I can hold in my hand, flip …
The Sexy Book Lover: My Wishlist & Giveaway!
Welcome to another installment of The Sexy Lover’s reading Wishlist!
My Reading Wishlist:
Every two weeks I put together a list of new releases and some not so new releases that I want to read and ask you for recommendations from your wishlists.
Some of the wishlist posts will include giveaways…like there is today!
Make sure to be here when I post “My Wishlist” because you never know what books you may get a chance to win.
First up is:
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet
Everything is about to change. The government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now kids are disappearing. For 15 year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside-down when they are hauled out of bed one night, separated …
Blood Vice and the Sexy Lover’s Wishlist Winners!
Please accept our apologies for the delay in announcing the winners for the Keith Melton, Blood Vice Giveaway and for Veronica’s (The Sexy Lover) Wishlist Giveaway. We have a good excuse…our RSS feed was down and we weren’t receiving responses from winners because they weren’t receiving the posts telling them they had won. We didn’t realize the RSS feed wasn’t working and ended up drawing new winner, then lo and behold we find out that the RSS isn’t working. So we held off on announcing these winners until the issue could be resolved. Which it was last night! Woo-Hoo!!!
Now that we know the winners will find out they have won, it’s time to tell them who they are!
The winner of Blood Vice by Keith Melton (E-Book) is Joder!!!
and
The winner of the Sexy Lover’s Wishlist Giveaway is
Spav!
She will be receiving a …
Interview: Author, Shannon Baker with Giveaway!
Today, we are excited to have debut novelist, Shannon Baker here to discuss her mystery/thriller, Ashes of the Red Heifer. She is also generously offering one copy of the book as a giveaway to one of our readers!
As soon as I heard this book was coming out I contacted the author and said “I need to read this book and would love the opportunity to review it!” A few months later I had the book in my hand and although I am only about halfway through it I can honestly say that it was worth the wait. Within the first few pages the action and mystery start and so far haven’t stopped – the pacing is ideal for the content. Larissa (The Crazy Book Lover) and I will be doing a duel-review/discussion of Ashes of the Red Heifer …
RSS feed issues! No. 2
As you may have noticed we haven’t had a working feed for a bit over a week now. We discovered that the problem is connected to our feedburner account so we decided to just switch back to the normal feed.
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The problems with our Google Friend Connect are unfortunately still not resolved. So if you wondered why we have no followers or why you can’t follow us, be assured that we are working on this problem. We still have no idea why this widget isn’t working correctly and we would be open to bribes in book form for anyone who can fix that for us. As you can see …
All YA Love: Interview with Debut Author, Mara Purnhagen
Today, I’m excited to share with you an interview with Mara Purnhagen, author of Tagged. Her debut novel is set for release next week on March 1st through Harlequin, be sure to check it out!
BLI: Graffiti is not a common topic seen in books, where did the idea for this book come from?
Mara: When I wrote Tagged in 2007, I had just discovered the work of Banksy, a British graffiti artist. I highly recommend checking out his web site as well as his book, Wall and Piece.
BLI: I love the colorful cover! It shows graffiti with 2 ‘normal’ kids just hanging out yet when I think of graffiti, rough looking kids come to mind. What does this tell us about the book?
Mara: Thanks! I love the colors, too, and I hope the cover conveys that the main characters are very average kids.
BLI: Gorilla’s are found spray painted around …
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