Fang-tastic Books is giving away an ebook copy of Maree Anderson’s steamy and enjoyable paranormal romance, Even Demons Get the Blues. Leave a comment for your chance to win.
For a chance to win a copy of the young adult paranormal Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr, leave a comment at Book Smugglers by July 25, 11:59 pm. (Oh, and don’t forget that it’s Young Adult Appreciation Month at Book Smugglers!)
Barnes & Noble launched an ebookstore, complete with its own DRM (digital rights management) scheme. According to Dear Author, of the 700,000 books available, 500,000 are in the public domain… so B&N pretty much has the same non-public domain offerings as everyone else.
Oh, my. The Broomba?! Very Sorcerer’s Apprentice…
We should’ve guessed it was coming after Pride and Prejudice and Zombies… Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.
Learn how to load non-Amazon ebooks on your Kindle. Why would Kindle owners want to do that? Well, perhaps you heard about Amazon’s latest Big Brotheresque kerfuffle, in which they removed copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles without notifying those who’d purchased the books first. (Really, could they have picked a better book than 1984 for this shenanigan?!) Yes, the books weren’t legal for the US (still copyrighted here, not so in the rest of the world), but the sweeping unannounced delete was probably not Amazon’s finest moment. Also, apparently there’s a class action lawsuit in the works over the fragility of Kindles.
Signs that you might be reading too many romance novels… (although I can make a case for #7 and Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels!)
Too bad this reading lamp/bookstand is just a concept.
Did you hear about Book Blogger Appreciation Week? It’ll run September 14 – 18.
Head over to Lurv A La Mode to vote yay or nay for mantitty on romance novel covers. (Some covers will look familiar to you from this blog.) Can you guess what I voted? 😉
Reading Update
Red Fire and 
Red Kiss (Gods of Midnight, Books 1-2) by Deidre Knight. After how much I loved Knight’s book The Butterfly Tattoo, I had high hopes for this paranormal series about immortal Spartan warriors. I’m intrigued by the characters (enough to continue following the series), but the writing seems uneven and parts of the storyline annoy the heck out of me.
Animal Instinct (Men of Alaska) by Paige Tyler. ebook. Another story about a hunky Alaskan werewolf. What’s not to like? 🙂 This is the sequel to Animal Attraction.
A Fantasy Medley by Kelley Armstrong, C.E. Murphy, Robin Hobb, and Kate Elliott. Short stories, set in each author’s particular world. I liked the stories by Kelley Armstrong (no familiar Otherworld characters, alas) and C. E. Murphy (Janx! And Daisano! And Baba Yaga!) the best.
Tooth and Claw by Annmarie McKenna. ebook novella. Seth’s a vampire who can shift into jaguar form and faints at the sight of blood. He’s met his mate… only she doesn’t know it yet. Oh, and it’s too bad she hates vampires… My only complaint about this one? I wanted the story to be longer!
Forever Immortal (Immortal Series, Book 4) by J.K. Coi. ebook. Ok story about a demon hunter who finds himself in love with a demon who used to be human.
Called by Blood and 
Bound by Blood (The Faustin Brothers, Books 1-2) by Evie Byrne. ebooks. Very good, steamy paranormal romances about vampire brothers who live in NYC and whose mother has visions that send the brothers out to find their fated mates. I’m looking forward to the next book!
My Wicked Enemy by Carolyn Jewel. Very good paranormal romance about fiends (a type of demon) and magekind (humans who wield magic and often enslave fiends for nefarious purposes). Recommended.
Oleander House, 
What Hides Inside, 
Twilight, and 
Closer (Bay City Paranormal Investigations, Books 1-4) by Ally Blue. ebooks. This is another series I’m really enjoying. These are sort of hard for me to categorize – they’re definitely romances, although be warned that they are m/m romances. They’re paranormal, in that they’re about a group that investigates mysterious phenomena. Also, be warned that each book gets progressively more steamy.
Turn Left at Sanity by Nancy Warren. Delightful contemporary romance about a New Yorker who goes to Beaverton, Idaho, to see if it’s a good place to locate a kitty litter factory. The eccentric residents of Beaverton aren’t particularly pleased with the factory idea. Particularly notable about this book? The spectacular errors in the back of book blurb, where the town is referred to as Saunders, Idaho. Whoops.
“Mom! The top of the fridge is our Secret Kitty Hideout where we plan Kitty World Domination! Go away!! Bwa-ha-ha!” -Mayhem
If looks could kill. Mayhem may get you later, Chris.
The Broomba’s funny – but really, how many people will shell out money for one?
Curses – they’ve discovered the secret kitty-cave! Abort! Implement Plan B.
Thanks for all the links and the thoughts on your recent reads!
I have many of those in the stacks and on my e-reader. I just need the time to read them all! lol
“Nice new diggs Mayhem, I love those hideaway spots too.” 😉
Best
L
OK. Are there really women who have boobs like the ones on the cover of the Men of Alaska book? LOL!!!
Ooh, thanks for the (roundabout) heads-up that the 3rd book in the Wicked Lovely series is out!
May!! Are you crazy? If you tell where your Secret Kitty Hideout is, everyone will know! Sheesh.
~Ruby~
OHMYGOD, abs and sideboob all in one post? I CAN’T HANDLE THIS BLOG.
Love the broomba! I bet it would terrify the cats, though.
Wow. The issues Amazon is having with the Kindle are making me happier that I’m just going to the library. I can’t imagine how I’d feel if I bought something and then it just disappeared (actually, I can, and I would be in the line of people calling for at the least my money back).
You know, I read fast, but I’m still impressed on how much you get done!
That is definitely the ‘evil eye’ from May, isn’t it.
So, are you reading all of these books on your ebook now? I recently made a trip to B&N to try and find some of them… alas, none available. Does this mean that I’ll have to add a kindle to my wish list?
Is S&S and the Sea Monsters going to be a real book? And Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter? Good grief.
May looks annoyed. Now she and Chaos have to find a new secret hideout.
You may need to start putting a rating on your blog based on the amount of moobs being displayed. For instance – this post would be rate “5” cuz only one of the Alaskan Werewolf’s is showing!
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters?! Bwahahahaha. You know this is going to be the new trend now. Next we’ll have “Of Mice and Men Turned Werewolves”.
I LOVE Stephanie Plum! I had heard they were going to make a movie of her, but apparently it’s been put on hold. It’s a movie I would DEFINITELY watch!
Okay the books up there girl are enough to make me crazy!!! My notebook is fixing to get turned into a 5 subject notebook!!! LOL…
And I am especially loving up the secret kitty hide out spot!! Sorry she found you guys!!!! LOL!! Kitty Domination huh!!! With that pink tiara, you already rule the world!!! They just haven’t found out yet!!!
Hey, Chris… I took some pictures of my pups! I will post them soon!!!
LOL!!!
Don’t worry May or Chaos… you still rock my world!!!
Well, I think I object to the term “mantitty”, but I’d certainly vote pro.
I am not opposed to mantitty as long as it is quality mantitty.
Oh gosh I disliked the Red series too. It was really dry and long. I’ve never read a M/M book before, are they any good?
The top of our fridge would be a great secret hideout… too much stuff up there. Oh, and the terrible angry and awful mad kitty live up there too… when they’re not being mawled by the doggies.
I picked up Red Fire a couple of weeks ago but I haven’t read it yet. Need to check out The Butterfly Tattoo.
The whole B&N run into the ebooks world, my first thought: Why alienate Kindle and Sony Reader customers? Seems there is as much drama in the ebook book world as there is in an afternoon soap opera. hehehee!
ooo I wonder if I can find my kitties secret hiding places.
Now if the Broomba would actually sweep up the floors, I might buy one.
I kind of like the reading lamp, except I can just see Katie knocking the book off in the middle of the night, causing the the light to come on.
The Broomba does need arms and a bucket. I’d only want one if it played The Sorcerer’s Apprentice though. I love it.
That reading lamp is awesome. Come on, fantastic French designers – prototype testing!
You’ve made me increasingly happy that I don’t read romance novels. Non-fiction all the way. Okay, some Pratchett, too.
I really haven’t fallen off the planet – I’m just way behind in blog reading. So, just hi!
I am going to have to read some of these. I have been on vacation and I have finished all my books. Wow, I can’t believe all the stuff you won in the previous post
Hehe 🙂 May looks quite cozy up there.
You will now have to be put in the Kitty Owner witness protection program…for your own safety you know.