April Fools!
My benevolent overlords have allowed me to greet you personally! First, I wrote and programmed this on Thursday morning - before the acquisition of GoodReads was announced. When I read the news...
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Books on Sale: Contemporaries from Jill Shalvis, Roxanne St. Claire and...
RECOMMENDED: Head Over Heels is book 3 in the Lucky Harbor series, and is one of the best in the series. I remember reading this book at a conference and not wanting to leave my room so I could finish...
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Kristen Ashley and Own the Wind: A Q&A with Editor Amy Pierpont
If you've been online, especially on Twitter, you've probably seen some reader discussion of Kristen Ashley and her contemporary romances, which feature motorcycle clubs, alpha heroes, some of whom...
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Two Julie James Events with Jane Litte (and me)
Two events I'd like you to know about this week! First, if you're near Naperville, IL - and hold up a minute. Naperville, by virtue of being outside Chicago, is kind of near EVERYTHING. It's right in...
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Books on Sale: YA & Contemp Romance from Abbi Glines, Tera Lynn Childs,...
Just for Now is a YA novel with some exalted exclamation-point-laden reviews on Goodreads, and contains very adult themes. It's on sale for $1.99. The day Preston Drake figured out that wealthy women...
View ArticleIntroducing Elyse!
I was contacted awhile back by Elyse, who was looking for recommendations for historical romance, but when we got to chatting via email, I learned that Elyse is a former bookseller who reads just...
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Rush by Maya Banks
Grade: A Title: Rush Author: Maya Banks Publication Info: Berkley February 2013 ISBN: 978-1-101-62036-6 Genre: Erotica/Erotic Romance I was leery about reading Rush for two reasons. First, there’s a...
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Books on Sale: Jocelynn Drake series for 99c Each
The Dark Days series from Jocelynn Drake is on sale for .99c each. Plus, two novellas from her Asylum Tales series are also 99c. The novellas and the novels both are .99c - ordinarily, a .99c novella...
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Wrecked by Shiloh Walker
by SB Sarah Grade: B- Title: Wrecked Author: Shiloh Walker Publication Info: Berkley 2013 ISBN: 978-0425264454 Genre: Contemporary Romance If this book were a person, and had it introduced itself to...
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Let It Be Me by Kate Noble
by SB Sarah Grade: B+ Title: Let It Be Me Author: Kate Noble Publication Info: Penguin April 2013 ISBN: 9780425251201 Genre: Historical: European I was so excited about this book. After reading most...
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Books on Sale: Jill Shalvis, Lisa Renee Jones, and Joan Swan - plus a...
by SB Sarah RECOMMENDED: Simply Irresistible is the first book in Jill Shalvis' Lucky Harbor series, and it's currently $2.99. Book 3, Head Over Heels, is still $1.99, so I'm reposting that below so...
View ArticleFriday Videos Love Denice Frohman
by SB Sarah This video came via Twitter from Sarah Mayberry and is powerful. This is Denise Frohman, Women of the World Poetry Slam 2013 Champion. Link! I hope your weekend is full of love and...
View ArticleFriday Videos Suddenly Love Cellos a Lot
by SB Sarah This video comes from @Kelly_Instalove, who sent me the link on Twitter. I've only watched it about ninety times already. Something about classical remixes of pop music always makes me...
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The Host: A Movie Review by CarrieS
by CarrieS Grade: C+ Title: The Host (Film) Author: Book: Stephenie Meyer; Screenplay: Andrew Niccol Publication Info: 2013 ISBN: Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy The Host is a movie about a person...
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Tin Cat by Misa Buckley
by CarrieS Grade: C Title: Tin Cat Author: Misa Buckley Publication Info: Champagne Books 2013 ISBN: 978-1-77155-025-3 Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy I really, really wanted to love Tin Cat, and I...
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Reminder: Tonight at 7pm, Julie James Live Chat at BN in NYC
by SB Sarah Reminder! Tonight at 7:00 pm at the BN at 86th and Lexington Avenue in New York City, Julie James and I will be sitting down for a live Q&A. I've challenged her to a battle of the big...
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HaBO: More Dragons, This Time Statues!
by SB Sarah This request comes from Liz, who is looking for a book she read a long, long time ago: I've been looking for a book that I loaned to a friend in high school (about 10 years ago) and I...
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HaBO: Bees and the Family Jewels
by SB Sarah This request comes from Aurora, who remembers a few things about a book, and these things are all... well, just read on: On the library shelves between Judith Krantz and Anne McCaffrey...
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Books on Sale: YA Mythology, Literary Fiction, And Beverly Cleary’s...
by SB Sarah Anthropology of an American Girl is .99c. It was originally self published in 2003. The book went on to be an RT Top Pick, and an Oprah Magazine discussion pick (I do not know if that's...
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SBTB/DA Bestsellers: 26 March - 2 April 2013
by SB Sarah This week's top ten is brought to you by the number 11, the letter A, and by the dark and mathematically intricate depths of our affiliate sales data! Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis |...
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