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GS vs STA: Tudor Romance
Kyra and I were emailing regarding her review, and I asked her what Tudor romances she recommends as the "best ever." She says, "I don't have a "best ever" Tudor romance or author yet ... I'm only...
View ArticleFriday Videos Think You Probably Have Seen This
You've probably seen this already, but in case you missed it, the real threats come out for those who still oppose gay marriage. Link! I hope your weekend is all about fabulous Luke Skywalkers and...
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Winners: Season for Surrender Giveaway!
My apologies for the delay in posting winners. Was this not the most food-craving-starting thread? I want to invite all of you to a potluck where we can sit around and eat and read books and eat more....
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SBTB/DA Bestsellers: 6-13 November 2013
Here's this week's top ten list! As You Wish by Elyssa Patrick | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE | Knaves' Wager by Loretta Chase | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | Violet (Flower Trilogy, Book 1) by...
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2012 Gift Guide: Part 1 With Giveaway! And also music!
It's time for the 2012 gift guides, where I go catalog and online shopping for gift ideas that would work for all the avid readers you know. I have a lot of fun building the gift guides, especially...
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Tempest in Time by Eugenia Riley
Grade: DNF Title: Tempest in Time Author: Eugenia Riley Publication Info: Avon November 1994 ISBN: 978-0062025340 Genre: Time Travel So after we tore apart Fabio’s Viking, I decided to see what his...
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A Stolen Season by Tamara Gill
Grade: F Title: A Stolen Season Author: Tamara Gill Publication Info: Crimson Romance 2012 ISBN: 9781440554353 Genre: Time Travel I can't remember why I bought this book. Was it recommended to me? Did...
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Compelled to Finish a Book You’re Not Enjoying: What do You Call That?
As I mentioned in my review of A Stolen Season, I went from reading because I was convinced I was missing the Magic Thing that had created positive reviews for this book, to reading because I just had...
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Links, Sales, and Enochs. Lots and Lots of Enochs.
First up: I'm over at Kirkus today, talking about comfort reading, and what makes a comfort read for me: Comfort reads are those books that are the reading equivalent of your favorite pajamas, the...
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Happy Thanksgiving! Let’s Slide!
Ever feel like, if you're in the US, Thanksgiving is like the top of a slide, a really, really steep one, and the minute the turkey leftovers are put into the fridge, it's a 90 mph ride downhill,...
View ArticleFriday Videos Still Like Calling You. Maybe.
From Amanda comes this video showing the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders' Call Me Maybe video on the right... and the copycat response sent back to the Dolphins cheerleaders by US troops in Afghanistan....
View ArticleFriday Videos Are Still Going to Call You but After Big Bang Theory
Flash mobs, Call Me Maybe, and Big Bang Theory? Why, yes. Yes, they are. Link! This is like a magical mix of wonderful silliness. I hope it made you smile like it did me. I hope your weekend is full...
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Gift Guide Giveaway: Book Box Winner!
Not only did I get an amazing number of suggestions for the next gift guide (seriously, you are going to squirm at the next one. It is a big deep ocean of temptation literary-style) (I am not immune...
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Whatcha Reading? Holiday Long Weekend Edition (If You’re, You Know, in the US)
If you're in the US, it's a four-day weekend, unless you're in the US AND located in western Pennsylvania, where I grew up. Then you might also have Monday off because it's the first day of deer...
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Asher’s Invention
Grade: DNF Title: Asher's Invention Author: Coleen Kwan Publication Info: Carina Press 2012 ISBN: 978-14268-9398-8 Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy I thought I would love Asher's Invention. It's a...
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Cyber Monday!
Ah, "Cyber Monday," where I'm baffled by the omnipresence of the word "cyber," and there are things on sale. Let's have a look, shall we? First: today, the Kindle Fire is $129, or $30 off, when you...
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Gift Guide, Part II
I asked for submissions, and BOY HOWDY did I get all the good links. But you're going to hate how tempting so much of this gift guide is, so feel free to blame me. Or maybe next year we should all go...
View ArticleSizzling Book Club Chat: Season for Surrender by Theresa Romain
Whoa! This was supposed to be up hours ago, but Something Went Wrong. Either way, it's book club chat time! My apologies for the delay! <a...
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37. Holiday Romances!
This week: holiday romances! What we don't like about them (kind of a lot of things) and a few books that we do like. Plus, we attempt to answer the burning question, "How many Christmas brides are...
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TimTams and Things Uniquely Australian: A Q&A with Kate Cuthbert about...
Escape Publishing, a digital-first imprint from Harlequin Australia, is doing a pretty damn huge blog tour, and because I was so curious about the books being published by Escape, I joined the mayhem...
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