Tell authors Diana Holquist and Julie James who you think People will pick as the sexiest man of 2009 and if you’re correct, you have the chance to win a copy of Holquist’s book The Sexiest Man Alive or James’ book Just the Sexiest Man Alive. Contest closes 10 pm CST, November 15, or before if People announces their pick early.
Don’t forget that J. Kaye always has at least a dozen bookish giveaways going!
Head over to Vampire Wire by November 22 for your chance to win a copy of Molly Harper’s Nice Girls Don’t Date Dead Men.
Author Heather Long is giving away $10 Amazon gift certificate over at Fantasy Dreamer. Enter by 8 pm CST, November 23, for your chance to win.
You could go to Moderncat for your chance to win kitty toys made from old sweaters and socks (drawing on November 17)… or you could go and look at the pictures and probably make your own. Moderncat’s also holding a contest for a cat toilet training kit… *blink blink*
The usual thorough weekend updates on urban fantasy and paranormal romance from SciFiGuy and Literary Escapism. Don’t miss Donna’s weekly news and contest post, either.
Smexy Books highlights some very steamy forthcoming books.
Dear Author links to a few of this month’s ebook specials.
Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books? They look pretty cool as data sets for visualization.
If you’re NaNoWriMoing, I hope you’re reading author Lynn Viehl’s blog, Paperback Writer. She offers up tips, encouragement, and humor, all of which you probably need about now.
Hey, that sure looks like a handknitted hat! Of course, May would want it pink, furry, and sparkly.
This is exactly what would happen if I knit a kitty bed for Chaos and Mayhem.
Don’t these gf pumpkin pie bars look yummy? I wonder if I could make them dairy-free…
Margene alerted me to a holiday I missed – Chaos Never Dies Day, which was November 9. Thanks, Margene!
Reading Update
How To Score by Robin Wells. This was a light-hearted and fun contemporary romance that I think would score respectably on the CursingMama book readability scale (and since I just invented it, I’m sure CursingMama is as puzzled as y’all as to what that might be). I keep trying to summarize the plot and failing. The best I can do is tell you that this book involves an FBI agent pretending to be his life coach brother, a hitman on the loose, a woman who keeps injuring the guys she dates, a dog who will go to great lengths to devour leather, and art deco houses.
Paul’s Dream by Rowan McBride. ebook. Lawyer Paul doesn’t know that the puzzles he solves in his dreams are real, until incubus Kian shows up to thank Paul for rescuing Kian while he was dreaming. Decent, not great paranormal m/m romance.
Partners in Crime (Cards on the Table & Murder at the Heartbreak Hotel) by Josh Lanyon & Sarah Black. ebook. Two excellent stories of m/m romantic suspense.
Portrait of a Kiss by T.D. McKinney and Terry Wylis. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance that had me sniffling a bit near the end. A cop inherits an old Southern house haunted by the ghost of a man believed to have murdered a pair of young lovers 50 years before. A very handsome and irresistible ghost…
A Bit of Rough and 
Roughhousing by Laura Baumbach. ebooks. Very steamy, yet romantic m/m romances about an architect and a guy who works in construction. Definitely worth reading.
Sympathy by Jordan Castillo Price. ebook. Sweet and well done m/m romance that wasn’t paranormal, which is unusual for Price.
Jumping the Fence and 
Crossing the Line (OC Pride, Books 1-2) by Stephanie Vaughan. ebooks. Two good m/m romances from Vaughan about figuring out who you really are and what you need to be happy.
IM by Rick R. Reed. ebook. Usually I avoid serial killer books, but I think I sort of blocked out the serial killer bit when I picked this one up. Since the tagline is “Instant Message… or Instant Murder?” I think I really had to work on blocking it out. 😉 Anyway, this was a solid m/m romantic suspense offering from Reed that had me on edge to the very end.
Car Wash by Shawn Lane. ebook. Ok m/m romance about Kevin, who’s working at a car wash after getting laid off from his office job. I must admit that I got a bit frustrated at Kevin not standing up for himself.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell by Cassie Stevens. ebook. Good m/m romance about finally taking control of your own life.
“Neener neener neener – I have my own holiday and you don’t! Ha!” -Chaos
Just my luck, no knitting content on the day I decide I would make a comment 😉
You know, you might be able to do just that. Could replace the butter with applesauce (natural type) and maybe switch out the milk in favor of apple juice or corn syrup? Would need to work on the acid/base issue if you used apple juice…
It may not be Friday but it’s link dump day! I knew Chaos would like to know about his day.
Absolutely you should have your own day – afterall, Mayhem does have “May Day”. 😀
Does Chaos have a theory of the day? And no Friday here either. If I worked a 12 hour day today instead of 10, it would be!
OMG. Those pumpkin pie bars look DIVINE. Mmmm. *drool*
I like the abs on that one cover. Nice. 🙂
Thanks for posting the link to my contest! Much appreciated. 😉
Yes that DOES look like a knitted hat!!! However my cats would be chewing on the tip instead of wearing it. BUT my Baby Girl would love it in pink sparkly yarn as well. Guess she has lots in common with May! LOL
and again, the same reason I wouldn’t knit a bed for my cats. I would love to make a kitty pi, but I KNOW they’d never sleep in it. The box from Knit Picks is more of a favorite. So I knit for the shelters instead.
Bring on Friday! I’m more than ready, too.
De-dairying the pumpkin pie bar recipe looks tricky. I don’t mind Smart Balance for butter, but I haven’t found anything that takes the place of evaporated milk well. You can super concentrate when reconstituting soy milk powder, but the taste is very “soy.”
Oooh, I like the sound of the architect and the construction guy.. Though in real life, they are definitely professions at odds with each other. But then, construction guy!!!
My mother in law tried to toilet train a cat. It almost worked, and I think it would have if she’d followed through. So, I know it’s doable. They even flush!!!
I’ve been a day off all week b/c Munchkin has two half days yesterday & today at school for conferences. I did the “YAY- Its FRi..oh damn.” this morning too.
Wow, thanks for all the linkies up there!! And the books… wow… Can I have my car wash with those two!!! =)
Your own holiday Chaos… I see that… But princess’s have the other 364 days…. nnneeerrrr neeerree!! LMAO! Couldn’t resist, he looked to smug!!! But you know I love ya!!!
moment of silence, as we all bow to the National Chaos Holiday… life was just too chaotic to recognize it on the 9th.. (heh heh)
that cat hat is a riot. Have you ever submitted any bib photos to that site?
I think Chaos should wear the knitted kitty hat on his holiday. It would be very festive.
It’s. Not. Friday. ?@?@?@??
I won that book, read it in July, liked it very much (3 out of 4 stars) and did find it very readable. I think it was one of those that I had a hard time putting down because it was truly different.
Chris- Sorry, I didn’t get past the pumpkin pie bars…..
Lots of linkies. I feel like I need to bring your book reviews with me to the library (with the ebooks marked out, so I don’t waste a lot of time looking for them) when I pick out my next book. Yum!
I love the knitted kitty witch hat!
Why is it that cats like to sleep on papers, especially newspapers, especially if you’re actually trying to do something with them?
Thanks for the link to Lynn’s blog — will check it out!
Now that Chaos and May have holidays, all the cats will want their own! What have we started?!
There is a ton of links to check out here. Thank you!
So Chaos has his own holiday…that’s actually kinda cool. 🙂
Hehe 🙂 Chaos never dies day! Love the photo.