Amazon… being all you want it to be and more

Am I the only one that gets a feeling that one days Amazon will be like MTV? Instead of wondering why they never play music videos we will wonder where the books are. It shocks me how many different types of things you can get on amazon and how many people they have as Featured Partners from Target to WeightWatchers

Hell you can even get movie showtimes… who knew?

Does anyone use these features? Do you find that you get better deals that way? Why go through amazon vs the regular sites… like target.com?

Do you think the books suffer for this? Or the book buyer? What features do you use?

Do you view the ‘recommended for you’ page? If so how often: once a day, once a week, once a month, hardly ever or even never? Do you find that they recommend books you would read?

Do you have a wishlist? Is it private or public and what in the heck are those ‘tags? hee am I the only one who clicks off the ‘I Own It’ or ‘Not interested’ buttons? And if you rate it without leaving a review… does that mean anything?

Do you leave reviews there or copy your blog or website reviews to amazon?

And the question that got me started thinking on this all…. have you ever created a list on amazon? You know one of those 2006 Historical Romance books coming soon type lists. What made you decide to make one?

Give us a link so we can go lookie! Hell they even have discussion boards now, wow that is a flame war waiting to happen.

Amazon… being all you want it to be and more

Am I the only one that gets a feeling that one days Amazon will be like MTV? Instead of wondering why they never play music videos we will wonder where the books are. It shocks me how many different types of things you can get on amazon and how many people they have as Featured Partners from Target to WeightWatchers

Hell you can even get movie showtimes… who knew?

Does anyone use these features? Do you find that you get better deals that way? Why go through amazon vs the regular sites… like target.com?

Do you think the books suffer for this? Or the book buyer? What features do you use?

Do you view the ‘recommended for you’ page? If so how often: once a day, once a week, once a month, hardly ever or even never? Do you find that they recommend books you would read?

Do you have a wishlist? Is it private or public and what in the heck are those ‘tags? hee am I the only one who clicks off the ‘I Own It’ or ‘Not interested’ buttons? And if you rate it without leaving a review… does that mean anything?

Do you leave reviews there or copy your blog or website reviews to amazon?

And the question that got me started thinking on this all…. have you ever created a list on amazon? You know one of those 2006 Historical Romance books coming soon type lists. What made you decide to make one?

Give us a link so we can go lookie! Hell they even have discussion boards now, wow that is a flame war waiting to happen.

Smooch Ya

Have you or your kiddos read any books from the Smooch line? It says in the guidelines: As our primary audience is girls ages 12-16, there should be no sex scenes. I am wondering if they are ok for a just turned 12 year old. Sis’s birthday is the 9th and I always get her a book with her gift.

I was thinking of Got Fangs? but I am not sure if that is still a lil old for her. I think nicole, you read this right?

I noticed Circus of the Darned just came out, which lead to smooch site (owned by Dorchester). And I keep being drawn to I’m So Jinxed! because the talk to the hand cover amuses me.

My problem is A. I have no memory and B. the sis and I are sooooo different. Hell at 12 I was reading Jackie Collins, Sidney Sheldon and VC Andrews. None of which I would buy for the lil sis.

She is a huge fan of Joan Lowery Nixon.. oddly enough her mystery/horror books like: The Haunting, The Weekend was Murder, The Stalker, Murdered, My Sweet, The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore so forth and so on… sadly she has no interest in her historical books. The author wrote over 100 before she passed away in 2003. I say oddly enough because she takes after her father (the policeman) and is a wussy when it comes to movies but loves for books to scare her. go figure…

For christmas I got her Chestnut Hill: Making Strides which is a spin off of the Heartland series. It was sooooooooo sad, the poor thing didn’t know the series had ended with book 20 and was way looking forward to the next one. She was crushed to hear it was over. But does lurve the new series.

The 3rd in the Chestnut Hill series Heart of Gold has a March 1, 2006 release date. So I am thinking that will be a miss for her bday.

I also got her The Clique by Lisi Harrison. It looks about her age and the reviews I saw around xmas seemed ok. I read the first two chapters and flipped through to see if the cussing jumped at out at me.

It didn’t. And she liked it, where if it was horrid, she would run to mom and tell her. I tell ya the kiddo is weird. But there is some scene where the girls are watching some boy undress, which wigged out my aunt. AND it made this amazon list - which I am not sure how much stock I put in amazon lists but still… it makes you go hmmmm the best trashy novels.

So… the question? What do I get my soon to be 12 year old sister for her birthday book?

the girl who doesn’t like trades

has 75 of them (76 if you count the one I have twice)

But the big news…. the trades are off the livingroom floor and the contemporary novels are shelved. Sort of. The Bad Boy books are still here, along with the secrets, wicked women and EC’s. So I guess they stay in here? Here being the bedroom… or I can move the MM contemps up a shelf and the Brava’s out and these behind in the living room.

That sounds like more work though and they are doing a walk through my apt tomorrow. Bastards. I told them to do it late afternoon or the next day, but supposedly they can’t. Something to do with a sell…

Do we want to take bets on if they knock in the middle of my phone call? But hey I have like a bookcase and a half done. And I do believe Faye Kellerman is gonna go. Poor girl but I need the space.

the girl who doesn’t like trades

has 75 of them (76 if you count the one I have twice)

But the big news…. the trades are off the livingroom floor and the contemporary novels are shelved. Sort of. The Bad Boy books are still here, along with the secrets, wicked women and EC’s. So I guess they stay in here? Here being the bedroom… or I can move the MM contemps up a shelf and the Brava’s out and these behind in the living room.

That sounds like more work though and they are doing a walk through my apt tomorrow. Bastards. I told them to do it late afternoon or the next day, but supposedly they can’t. Something to do with a sell…

Do we want to take bets on if they knock in the middle of my phone call? But hey I have like a bookcase and a half done. And I do believe Faye Kellerman is gonna go. Poor girl but I need the space.

Things You Learn While Playing With Your Book Part I.

collected while trying to get the books off the floor and things I should prolly not admit too and would only amuse me but hey you know where you back button is
I own:

1. two Anne Stuart novels: A Rose at Midnight (thanks cindy and Lord of Danger (tbr)

2. over 40 Diana Palmer… but this is counting eight that don’t really belong to me but need to be shipped out, as soon as I figure out what I did with the address - again.

3. Fifteen Dana Ransom books, including four Rosalyn West, and have read one - Wild Texas Bride.

4. 11 paranormal series novels that I haven’t read a one of but am still buying… (not 11 books)

5. over one hundred and fifty Harlequin Historicals

6. all six of The Rock Creek Six novels by Linda Devlin and Lori Handeland. It took over 2 years to find them all. I haven’t read a one yet.

7. two Kat Martin books - Innocence Undone and Wicked Promise

8. almost all the bad boy books - who knew… I am really annoyed at myself for trading away two I bought (new even! I think… not sure on BBO) - Beach Blanket Bad Boys and Bad Boys Online. Then I would only be short two!

yes I really need to get over that omg I must have them all thing

9. almost all of Geralyn Dawson’s books. Which this completely bites because I thought I had them all but I am missing Sizzle All Day and Tempting Morality.

10. thirteen Lisa Kleypas books - Only With Your Love (was bought twice with two different covers - kept the original), Because Your Mine (same as OWYL but kept new cover), Dreaming of You (can’t remember if kristiej pushed me or not), Suddenly You (love), Lady Sophia’s Lover (tbr), Worth Any Price (great), Prince of Dreams (tbr), Someone to Watch Over Me (tbr), Where Dreams Begin (tbr), Then Came You (love), It Happened One Autumn (love), Secrets of a Summer Night (didn’t want to read - bought after reading IHOA - loved it) and because of a wonderful person - Give Me Tonight (review coming soon)

file under too cool

one of my fave things about author websites are the extra’s about the books…

like Jo Goodman’s tidbits or Susan Kay Law’s The Story’s Story or Madeline Hunter’s cut scenes…

Well up at Dorchester’s site they have a deleted scene from Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu. It might be at her site too but I haven’t looked yet.

I haven’t read the book yet, hell I haven’t read the first one yet (but I have it). But I will some day…. oh yes I will…. I almost picked it up the other day at Walmart but I am trying to be strong and read the first books before buying the sequels.

Trying is the word to focus on. But either way, seeing deleted scenes up always make me sqqqqeeee.

Random Questions II.

1. Are there any changes in the reissue of Laura Kinsale’s Dream Hunter? I have the book already, one of my tbr Kinsale’s. So I am really hoping it is the same book.

2. If Romance Junkies gives you a low review (keeping in mind the lowest you can get is a 2 = I did not mind reading) does that mean the reviewer didn’t like the book or that the author didn’t pay to advertise?

3. Is chick-lit and contemporary romance the same thing? I was reading a post over at HelenKay Dimon’s blog and it reads as if the bad boy books would be called chick-lit. Or at least that was how I took it. Is that right? Cuz if so I have read chick-lit. Go me! When I stopped to think about it. I couldn’t really come up with what would make them different.

4. Have you read Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas? Is not, please report to Kristiej, she has something she wants to talk to you about.

5. Is Fiona Carr still writing? She has two books I know of - The Mad Marquis (which I recall really liking and kept) and The Kissing Gate (liked it but oddly enough for me didn’t keep it). hmmm looks like she is also Judith Stanton, with two books I have never heard of HIS STOLEN BRIDE and WILD INDIGO. Who knew…

Random Questions I.

1. Who is Cait Logan? Any clue why I have four of her books? Is she any good?

2. Authors with more than one name… together or in alpha order? Like Dana Ransom/Rosalyn West or Deborah Martin/Sabrina Jeffries both women went under each name and they are both historicals. I am leaning toward together under the most common name.

3. I don’t own enough Futuristic/Fantasy/Time Travel type books. What would you put them with?

4. What to do with Faye Kellerman? I still have about 13 of the decker series. I have read most of them and she is an author I enjoy. But I don’t see me ever reading them again. The historical fiction I will read and a lot of it is tbr so I am keeping. Dennis Lehane I will read again, although where the hell is Mystic River? I must have loaned it out. Damn… Or do I keep her on the off chance I want to read them again?

5. Candle in the Window and My Favorite Bride by Christina Dodd… I am thinking these are library sale pick up because I don’t recall them. Are they worth keeping to read someday?

6. Am I the only one who reads and likes Diana Palmer? It does look like she is the winner of my most books owned. And I was wrong, I do own one Amanda Quick - Desire.

7. Do you feel the need to keep every book in a series? Even if you dislike one?

8. Jennifer Horseman - Virgin Star??? I am thinking this is another library or bag sale. Anyone recommend it?

9. I have two Anne Stuart’s Lord of Danger (tbr) and A Rose at Midnight. And there is one in the car on its way to someone. Winter something or other… What must read Stuart do I need?

10. What was the Kismet line? I picked up First Mate by Susan Macias aka Susan Mallery but have never heard of the line.

another early review for Devil In Winter

I be all jealous these people have read it…

Damned Scribbling Women

And I am not sure which is right… RS or WF but Karen Fox has on her page:

NYT bestelling author Lisa Kleypass three novels, contemporary women’s fiction, to Jennifer Enderlin at St. Martin’s, by Mel Berger at William Morris Agency (NA). - Publisher’s Marketplace 2/17/05

Personally I think Contemporary Women’s Fiction is worse. But that is just me. I do wish her well with whatever she writes but damn I wish it was historical. Yes I am selfish and think it is all about me. What is your point?

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