(be sure to wear some flowers in your hair………I couldn’t help it. *grin*)
28th ANNUAL ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The lovely ladies at Rambling on Romance, Kristie and Katie, have announced their plans to journey to the center of the universe San Francisco for the RWA Conference, along with fellow booklover bloggers Little Alys, Jane [...]
Title: Kushiel’s Dart
Author: Jacqueline Carey
Series: Kushiel’s Legacy, Book 1
Publication Info: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
Genre: Fantasy
Packed with Machiavellian intrigue and BDSM, Jacqueline Carey creates a fascinating adventure unlike anything I’ve read before. The world building is complex and layered: set in a world resembling Renaissance Europe, with detailed religious beliefs, an impressive cast of characters, and [...]
My birthday is in less than two weeks. (JULY 15th!!!)
Mr. Wonderful in a kilt.
ARC of CRY WOLF by Patricia Briggs
ARC of BONE CROSSED by Patricia Briggs
ARC of HOSTAGE TO PLEASURE by Nalini Singh
ARC of DEMON BOUND by Meljean Brook
ARC of MAGIC STRIKES by Ilona Andrews
Complete collection of ELF QUEST graphic novels
To attend a [...]
Where do you shop for the majority of your books? Small independent bookstores? Or the behemoths: Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon? Are you an online shopper or an in-person browser?
Not only do I love browsing, but I love shopping locally. Mr. Wonderful and I live in a neighborhood of Seattle that is stubbornly independent. [...]
Dorchester Publishing is running a contest that’s right up my alley: For the LIVE THE ROMANCE contest, fans are asked to create costumes of one of their favorite characters from a Dorchester novel, snap a photo, and email it to cnelson@dorchesterpub.com. Costumes will be judged in four categories: Best Historical, Best Paranormal, Most Romantic and [...]
Just for fun, courtship humor from the Web. Our romance heroes are much more in touch with their feelings, aren’t they?
1. HER DIARY
Saturday night I thought he was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a bar to have a drink. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I [...]
I’m copying Kristie (J), cuz I’m procrastinating like mad.
Here is the Top 100 Most Popular Books list on LibraryThing.
Bold what you own.
italicize what you’ve read.
Star what you liked. *
Star multiple times what you loved! ***
1. Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone by J.K. Rowling ***
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by [...]
Hawt heroes, fruity drinks, fabulous books. What more could you ask for when stranded on a desert island? We’ve come up with one more perk: AUTHORS. Come check out the DESERT ISLAND KEEPER LADIES RULE! blog to chat with your favorite authors, dish about your favorite books, and fight over your favorite heroes. It is, [...]
Title: The Iron Hunt
Author: Marjorie M. Liu
Series: Hunter Kiss, Book 1 (BUT Prequel novella “Hunter Kiss” in Wild Thing anthology)
Publication Info: Ace, July 2008
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Marjorie M. Liu is a brilliant word smith. A master in the art of language. Delightful to read. Deep and pregnant with meaning. Touching the heart of the human [...]
I heart Nalini Singh. Her Psy/Changeling series has detailed world building and scrumptious characters. I particularly like the idea of “skin privileges.” If I could be in one book/series/world which would I pick? I’d be a leopard in Nalini’s Changeling world. I want to be Tamsyn and live in a tree house in the jungle [...]
