Friday Book Confession #2
I love reading about the "bad boy" hero's in books - the "good boys" bore me...
Come on, confess! You know you want to...
Thursday Book Trailer…Sense and Sensibilities and Sea Monsters
Last week I shared the book trailer to Seth Grahame-Smith's Abraham Lincoln's: Vampire Hunter, this week I found Amazon's 2009 Best Book Trailer - Sense and Sensibilities and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen & Ben Winters. Enjoy!
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Or will they fall prey to the tentacles that are forever snapping at their heels? This masterful portrait of Regency England blends Jane Austen’s biting social commentary with ultraviolent depictions of sea monsters biting. It’s survival of the fittest—and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love! - FROM AMAZON.COM
Mailbox Monday…08.30.10
Mailbox Monday is where other bloggers write about the books they received the previous week. The Mailbox Monday is now going on a blog tour with the host this month being Chick Loves Lit. Visit her blog to see what books made it her way and check out the others who are participating like me in the Monday Mailbox Meme.
A Vampire Is Coming To Dinner: 10 Rules to Follow by Pamela Jane (Children's Fiction) - Read along as the narrator of this story comes up with some very practical rules for dealing with a vampire. But rules are meant to be broken, aren’t they? From feeding the vampire garlic to filling the house with mirrors, the narrator is doing just that! With ten full-page gatefolds and a pop at the end of the book, kids will love seeing which rules are being followed and which aren’t!
Friday Book Confession #1
Book covers DO catch my attention first, so I suppose I do judge a book by it's cover (even though I shouldn't)...
Come on, confess! You know you want to...
Thursday Book Trailer…Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
This week I'm beginning a new weekly post called Thursday Book Trailer which contain a book trailer and links to the book information. This week's book trailer is for the book Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (one of my new personal book finds that I can't wait to read).
TBT…The Life You’ve Imagined
Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. Don't forget to tell us the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from…that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
I can't abandon her right now.
She's been abandoned quite enough, I'd say.
~ The Life You've Imagined by Kristina Riggle ~
Mailbox Monday…08.23.10
Mailbox Monday is where other bloggers write about the books they received the previous week. The Printed Page is the host of the Mailbox Monday meme. Visit her blog to see what books made it her way and get a chance to get one of her books once she's done reading it. You can also see who all is participating this week and read about all kinds of new books.
The Heir by Grace Burrowes (Historical Romance) November/December Review - THE DUKE'S OBSESSION...The Duke will stop at nothing to get his sons to marry and ensure the succession...
AN EARL WHO CAN'T BE BRIBED...Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven, is the first legitimate son and heir to the duke of Moreland. To escape his father's inexplorable pressure to marry, he decides to spend the summer at his townhouse in London, where he finds himself intrigued by the secretive ways of his beautiful housekeeper...
A LADY WHO CAN'T BE PROTECTED...Anna Seaton is a beautiful, talented, educated woman, which is why it is so puzzling to Gayle Windham that she works as his housekeeper.
As the two draw closer and begin to lose their hearts to each other, Anna's secrets threaten to bring the earl's orderly life crashing down - and he doesn't know how he's going to protect her from the fallout...
Devils Desire by Laurie McBain (Historical Romance) October/November Review - THEY CALLED HIM THE DEVIL...With his seductive golden eyes and sin-black hair, it's no wonder Lord Alex Trevegne has earned himself the sinister title - not to mention his reputation as one of the most notorious rakes in England.
AND SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN CONQUER HIM...When fate throws Alex and Elysia into a scandalous situation, Alex suddenly finds it surprisingly difficult to tear himself away from her.
As an unexpected passion blossoms between them, Elysia begins to wonder if after a lifetime of heartache she's finally found heaven in the arms of the devil.
Beneath the Thirteen Moons by Kathryn Kennedy (Historical Fantasy Romance) November/December Review - HE'S A RULER IN A DIVIDED WORLD...In a magical, watery world of the Sea Forest, the divide between the rulers and the people is an uncrossable chasm. Handsome, arrogant prince Korl Com'nder has lived a life of luxury that is nothing more than fantasy to the people he rules. Until the day he is accidentally kidnapped by a beautiful outlaw smuggler and is forced to open his eyes to the world outside his palace walls.
SHE'S AN OUTCAST, BUT AT LEAST SHE HAS HER INDEPENDENCE...Mahri Zin would stop at nothing to save her village, and when they needed a healer she didn't think twice about kidnapping one. But when she realizes that the healer she so impulsively stole is none other than the crown prince of the Sea Forest, Mahri knows that she has a chance to change the date of her people...
The Mermaid's Pendant by Leann Neal Reilly (Fantasy Romance) November Review - Inspired by the beloved classic The Little Mermaid, THE MERMAID'S PENDANT is amodern fairy tale about growing up and discovering who you are - and what you believe in. At times lyrical, this is a fantastic journey filled with magic, myth, romance, and adventure.
Four years after John Wilkerson claimed the mermaid Tamarind for his wife, they have idyllic marriage that depends on a talisman that she crafted on their island paradise. But Tamarind learns a painful truth: it takes more than legs to live on land and more than magic to sustain a bond. When the talisman breaks, she and John are forced to rely on themselves instead of magic.
Three wise women play key roles in the young lovers' journey to mature love. Ana, Tamarind's aging mentor, casts spells and performs seductions to keep the lovers apart. Valerie, an ex-pat jewelry maker cum fairy godmother, works her own magic to bring them together. Lucy, their widowed neighbor grounds the couple in the realities of marriage, parenting, and family.
THE MERMAID'S PENDANT is a story for everyone who has ever believed in the transforming power of love.
Mailbox Monday…08.16.10
Mailbox Monday is where other bloggers write about the books they received the previous week. The Printed Page is the host of the Mailbox Monday meme. Visit her blog to see what books made it her way and get a chance to get one of her books once she's done reading it. You can also see who all is participating this week and read about all kinds of new books.
Stiltsville by Susana Daniel (Contemporary Fiction) - With its lush flora and constant sun, South Florida is the true star of Daniel's exquisite debut, which follows a marriage over the course of 30 years. In 1969, having traveled from Atlanta to Miami for a college friend's wedding, 26-year-old Frances Ellerby meets glamorous Miami native Marse Heiger, who introduces her to Dennis DuVals and his house on stilts in Biscayne Bay. Though Marse has set her cap for Dennis, he and Frances fall in love and marry within a year. "I had no idea then," Frances says, "what would happen to my love, what nourishment it would receive, how mighty it would grow." Dennis and Frances have a daughter, Margo, buy a house in Coral Gables, and their life together proceeds as a series of ups and downs, beautifully told from Frances's pensive, sharp perspective. As the years pass and Miami changes, so do Frances, Dennis, and Margo, and the nuances of their relationships shift and realign, drawing inexorably toward a moving resolution. - Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The Life You've Imagined by Kristina Riggle (Contemporary Fiction) - Is the life you're living all you imagined?
Have you ever asked yourself, "What if??" Here, four women face the decisions of their lifetimes in this stirring and unforgettable novel of love, loss, friendship, and family.
Anna Geneva, a Chicago attorney coping with the death of a cherished friend, returns to her "speck on the map" hometown of Haven to finally come to terms with her mother, the man she left behind, and the road she did not take.
Cami Drayton, Anna's dearest friend from high school, is coming home too, forced by circumstance to move in with her alcoholic father . . . and to confront a dark family secret.
Maeve, Anna's mother, never left Haven, firmly rooted there by her sadness over her abandonment by the husband she desperately loved and the hope that someday he will return to her.
And Amy Rickart—thin, beautiful, and striving for perfection—faces a future with the perfect man . . . but is haunted by the memory of what she used to be.
Kristina Riggle's The Life You've Imagined takes a provocative look at the choices we make—and the courage we must have to change.
Pulse by Kailin Gow (Young Adult, Paranormal) - 17 year-old Kalina didn t know her boyfriend was a vampire until the night he died of a freak accident. She didn t know he came from a long line of vampires until the night she was visited by his half-brothers Jaegar and Stuart Greystone. There were a lot of secrets her boyfriend didn t tell her. Now she must discover them in order to keep alive. But having two half-brothers vampires around had just gotten interesting.
2010′s Most Influential Online Person
I'm going to be in The Fast Company's November issue as one of 2010's Most Influential Online Person. Please help me stand out amongst the others in the magazine simply by clicking the link and passing the message on. I can't wait for the issue to come out to find myself and see other online notables. 
AND...if you want to participate and get in the magazine, just register yourself in BEFORE the 15th!
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{Latest Announcement…08.11.10}
As you may have noticed, things look pretty different around here. Appears I've corrupted all of my themes somehow when I did the latest WordPress upgrade so I'm going to have to take the time to delete and re-install themes I had. Lucky me that I TRY to look at things in a positive light. How am I turning this into a positive? I now have a reason to make some more improvements around here. At least for now all posts are showing complete content.
Also, while I do have your attention, I'm currently in the process of making e-mail newsletter changes. Thinking of switching over to MailChimp for more flexibility and customization. I will likely be able to give my readers a new option of the daily post e-mails and/or weekly post round-ups. I'm rather excited about this pending change but things need to be in place before it begins.
Now...be sure to check out the latest posts while you're here (#'s denote the # of copies we're giving away)...
The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark (3), The Hypnotist by M.J. Rose (1), The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean (2), Hero: The Cat Star Chronicles by Cheryl Brooks
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