If you donate to Heifer International from April 8 through 15 and let Teabird know, you will have a chance to win an audiobook of Dewey, the Small Town Library Cat Who Changed the World and a “companion yarny surprise.”
Not all sales are going down in the current economic climate – sales of romances are going up. And paranormals continue to be a hot sell, whether they’re romances or young adult.
Reading Update
At the Edge by Cait London. So-so romantic suspense about a set of psychic triplets. It felt like the author was maybe trying to be Nora Roberts, but her choppy writing style just can’t compare to the Nora. This was obviously the first in a series, but I have no interest in reading the other books – and you know how I can suffer mediocre writing to follow a series! 🙂
The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich. This is one of her rereleased oldies, probably most interesting for the things that were lifted directly for the Stephanie Plum series. Grandma Mazur and her gun, the big old powder blue Cadillac that Stephanie gets stuck driving periodically, Bob the dog – they’re all here.
Crash Into Me by Jill Sorenson. Very intense and definitely recommended romantic suspense about an FBI agent and a SoCal surfer.
Casual Hex by Vicki Lewis Thompson. This was the third book in this series about the magical town of Big Knob (ahem), Indiana, complete with a witch, wizard, lake monster, dragon, fairy prince, and poker-playing raccoons.
Drop Dead Gorgeous (Harlequin Blaze) by Kimberly Raye. Yes, another in this series about cowboy biker vampires who run a custom chopper shop in a small Texas town. At this point, I’m just curious to see whether they’ll ever find the Ancient One and be freed of their vampirism.
Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia Eden. Very steamy and well-done paranormal romance about a psychologist to supernatural beings.
When He Was Bad by Cynthia Eden and Shelly Laurenston. A pair of decent paranormal romance novellas about shifters and the women who get used to having them around.
Here Kitty, Kitty by Shelly Laurenston. ebook. So-so paranormal romance about lions and tigers and wolves, oh my! Laurenston’s newer stuff seems better.
Coyote’s Mate (Coyote Breeds, Book 2) by Lora Leigh. You shouldn’t have to sniffle and weep during an er0tic paranormal romance. It just seems wrong. Well-written and extremely involving – as evidenced by the aforementioned sniffling.
Hell’s Belles by Jackie Kessler. Runaway succubus Jezebel manages to get turned into a human and is hiding out in NYC. I’m definitely reading more of this series.
My Immortal (The Immortals, Book 1) by J. K. Coi. ebook. I like the premise of Immortal demon hunters, but I gotta hope that the writing and editing of this series improves. Silly things like someone’s t-shirt changing from white to black between pages are sloppy and disruptive.
Immortal Kiss and Dark Immortal (The Immortals, Books 2-3) by J. K. Coi. ebooks. Much better than the first book! Definitely some Dark-Hunter inspiration going on in this series.
Some have observed that I have special book contest winning luck. Hmm. Pictured below are most of the books I’ve won since February. (I loaned Angel’s Blood to Jeanne and I think there are at least three books still on their way to me.) So, what do you think?
Hmm. Maybe so.
“I don’t know what the big deal is about books. Most of them bore me.” -Mayhem
“I mean, ok, some of them are tasty, but then Mom starts yelling at me. Really, it’d be better if she didn’t have them around. How’s a panther girl supposed to resist that sort of temptation?” -Mayhem
Panther kitties can do whatever they please. We’re not the boss of them!
WON? Grrl, you sure do read and win prizes A LOT! You could at least let Mayhem eat one book!
As my friend says about her kids: “You buy them books, and buy them books and all they do is eat the paper!”
I have a lot of books/patterns with chomp marks all over them.
Wow, that’s quite a haul! How did you end up winning those?
Thanks for the shout-out!
now you do know there is a floyd knob indiana…hehe
You totally have book winners mojo going on! Which reminds me I won something that should really be yours – Eternal Moon by Rebecca York.. so don’t go reading it I’ll pass along my ARC.
you crazy with the readin’ lady. i’ve been stuck in a Nietzsche for over a month lately. he’s good, but wow dense stuff
Chris- I have observed that those who actually enter the contests increase their odds dramatically.
Happy Easter.
Hi, Chris. I’m sorry you did not enjoy At the Edge, but reading preferences are subjective. I’ve been writing too many years to imitate anyone; all styles are different. Some readers do like my work enough to follow it. However, I do admire Nora’s work and her career. Who wouldn’t? 🙂 I also admire JAK and others.
That is a lot of winning – and I’m always impressed by how much you seem to read.
BTW, I very much like your blog header. And I had a black cat, too. Big and beautiful. Rinky was his name. I think he peppered the neighborhood with his offspring 🙂
Do you ever sleep? You are in the running for the most prolific reader ever.
And can you believe I’ve never read one Nora Roberts book. Are you a fan? Where would you start? I’m a fan of multi-book series, too.
Great luck!
Books can be kind of nice to sleep on.
Maybe it’s the black cats? Or you could just be entering more contests than the average folk thus increasing your odds of winning?
It’s a good thing those books aren’t stripey.
I really enjoyed Dewey (one of the books I got for the holidays), but I’m never sure about audiobooks. I develop voices for everyone and the audiobooks never sound as good as the voices in my head.
You’ve won a lot of contests! Is it bad form to re-contest prizes? Just wondering…
May, if you promise to gnaw only on the corners where there is no writing, you might be able to strike a deal with Chris. 😉 However, your continued flaunting of the “no sitting on the dining table” rule does give you an honesty and sincerity problem going into negotiations.
Wow that’s a lot of contest winning. Thankfully, Katie has grown out of the paper ripping and chewing stage. Well, mostly. Apparently books still make good beds.
I don’t think Mayhem shares your love with a certain cover model.
That is a lot of contest winning! Sweet!
That origami business card for earbuds……must.try.that.out…..
I think you just have contest winning karma(:
BOOKS!!! I’m in heaven just looking at that lovely pile.
Poker-playing raccoons? Wow. People will write about ANYTHING these days. =)
(Of course, now I’m intrigued about the book…)
You definitely have contest winning skills!