Archive for August, 2007

Books I Own & Love

Friday, August 31, 2007 18:53 10 Comments

Got tagged for this meme by BevL over at Cubie’s Confections.
1. Total number of books I own
I own surprisingly few books for as much as I read.  I usually sell a book of fiction on amazon.com once I’ve read it, except for the ARC’s, which I dutifully keep for the next reviewer on the list. 
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Would it be Vishous to tell…

Friday, August 31, 2007 17:32 17 Comments

…what I just got in the mail?

I really didn’t expect to get one this soon. And, since I haven’t heard back yet from my contact at Penguin (it sort of helps if I would, you know, send the email… oops) it is possible this will be the only copy I get early. So! Want am [...]

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Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas **March 2008**

Friday, August 31, 2007 15:50 9 Comments

I so thought I had posted this. It is the cover for Lisa Kleypas’s next Hardcover contemp, Blue-Eyed DevilI am thinking I mixed it up with all the times I saw it in Dallas. Lisa Kleypas had a big posterish copy of it and it would be an understatement to say she liked [...]

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Could it be… Seton’s peddling pRon?

Friday, August 31, 2007 15:11 No Comments

aka gwen go
here
tis funny

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Spammy

Friday, August 31, 2007 15:00 5 Comments

Just a note….
We tend to get about 50200 to 500+ spam comments a day. I try to keep up with it because one in maybe 60 are real comments. But when it gets to be pages I tend to delete it because they are llllllooooooonnnnnnngggggggggg.
If you have made a comment and it never showed ten [...]

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The Outside of Enough

Friday, August 31, 2007 14:08 15 Comments

le sigh… someone may need to come take three books away from me so I stop rereading them.
Have you bought If His Kiss Is Wicked by Jo Goodman yet? Cuz you need too…
Emma pushed herself up on her elbows. “You invited me to join you when you went to a gaming hell. I don’t [...]

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BOOK ALERT: Explosive by Charlotte Mede **December 2007**

Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:00 16 Comments

Explosive by Charlotte Mede
     London, 1818. A beautiful, brilliant woman and a cynical, aristocratic spy are forced into a desperate mission to decipher a secret code that could change the face of Europe forever…
Explosive
     Gray Dalton, the Marquess of Blackburn, wakes in a dark London cell staring down a gun barrel. Devon Caravelle, alleged mistress [...]

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Review: Driven by Eve Kenin

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 19:55 10 Comments

Gwen’s review of Driven by Eve Kenin
Futuristic romance published 28 Aug 07 by Shomi/Lovespell
Holy icicles, Batman! This futuristic/sci-fi/urban-like romance was a total treat to read! The heroine is a kickass, vulnerable but competent woman named Raina. The hero is an emotionally buttoned-down, kickass but controlled hunk named Wizard. And in this book, they kick ass [...]

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Review: Warlord by Angela Knight **Sept 4, 2007**

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 14:57 9 Comments

Warlord by Angela Knight
I am thinking Berkley and Angela Knight saw a really good thing with Mercenaries which repackaged some older Angela Knight ebooks (but they were expanded I think) and one new novella because Warlord is something of the same thing.
Sort of… well kind of…
What we have here is a her first book with [...]

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Throwing Stones at Reviewers

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 13:59 2 Comments

I promise not yet another blog topic on book reviews, reviewers, mean grrls or whatever. That’s for tomorrow. I kid! Maybe… But this soooooo made me giggle.
Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones is demanding a paper say their very very sowry for being mean to the band and their fans!
Reuters:
“Never [...]

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An Affair Before Christmas by Eloisa James **November 13 2007**

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:35 12 Comments

An Affair Before Christmas by Eloisa James
Magic under the mistletoe…
One spectacular Christmas, Lady Perdita Selby, known to her friends and family as Poppy, met the man she thought she would love forever. The devilishly attractive Duke of Fletcher was the perfect match for the innocent, breathtakingly beautiful young Englishwoman, and theirs was the most [...]

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Serious questions about series (not Ceres or the World Series)

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 20:41 14 Comments

Do you remember when you first found a really good series? Your first J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood, Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark-Hunters, or Christine Feehan’s Dark Series, J.D. Robb’s In Death series, or [insert favorite series title here]. You get to the end of the book and go, “Wow!” and then you say, “Hot [...]

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Susan Mallery Guest Day Winners

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 15:55 7 Comments

Susan Mallery Guest Author day winners:
Tracy, Christy H., Anne, Stacy S
Pick a book from the list below and email me your address and your book choice! Hmmm you know… give me two picks (first choice and a second choice). Cuz this list was sent to me a few weeks ago, let me know [...]

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Where’s My Hero…

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:33 2 Comments

awww didn’t cha miss her?

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Laird of the Mist by Paula Quinn **Dec 2007**

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:35 2 Comments

Laird of the Mist by Paula Quinn
**Dec 2007**
They call him The Devil, but his kiss is heaven.
Protecting Her Was His Passion
High-born though she is, Kate Campbell isn’t afraid to draw her sword. When raiders strike, she rushes into the fray…and is lucky when a mysterious Highlander shields her from a deadly blow. Swept onto his [...]

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