Congrats to Linda E, who won Finding Eden (Eden #2) by Kele Moon! Finding Eden is being released today Ellora’s Cave.
Congrats to Jennifer, who won Song of Oestend by Marie Sexton! Song of Oestend will be released August 22 by Total-E-Bound.
Congrats to jayhjay, who won On the List (Changing Plans #3) by L.A. Witt! On the List will be released on August 21 by Amber Allure.
Contests
- Joder’s giving away an ebook copy of The One He Chose by Wendy Burke. Contest closes 11:59 pm CDT, August 23.
- Blodeuedd’s giving away two copies of The Greatest Love on Earth by Mary Ellen Dennis. Contest ends August 25. US & Canada.
Bookity
- New releases and more: Fiction Vixen (PNR/UF/romance), Katiebabs (a little of everything), AAR (romance), and Book Lovers Inc (a little of everything).
- Kassa posted about being “the lone reed” – the person who rates a much ballyhooed book lower than the masses.
- Kibin “is an editing community where volunteer editors will proofread and offer unbiased feedback for free.” Hmm. Not sure I’d trust that for your self-pubbed book’s editing…
- Patti posted about books as fashion (gift ideas galore!).
- Who knew? Stormtroopers read.
Ebookity
- Although ebook readers buy more, we expect discounts. (Well, since we can’t buy used ebooks…)
- Did you get your Pottermore email if you were waiting for one?
Do, Make, Think, Learn
- Movie theater etiquette manifesto. I’d add “please skip the cologne/perfume/scented lotion/etc” – big reason why I just don’t go to movies anymore.
- Might be handy to keep in the car, just in case…
- Guess what? The pill probably doesn’t cause women to gain weight, contrary to what drug companies have been saying.
- Dogs can smell cancer on people’s breath. And adding caffeine to sunscreen may have anti-cancer effects.
- How did you celebrate Black Cat Appreciation Day on August 17?
Cookity
- LEGO cake! (via The Kitchn)
- Peanut butter pie. (via The Kitchn)
- Oreo marshmallows. (via The Kitchn)
Crafty
- Microcrochet and nanorigami.
Cool
- Use spices to flavor whole coffee beans. (Screams holiday gift idea to me…)
- Mirrored TARDIS. (via The Mary Sue)
Cool or Wha…?
- TARDIS corset. (via The Mary Sue)
- R2D2 bike helmet. (via The Mary Sue)
Wha…?
- Did you hear about the secret WWII plot to give Hitler estrogen to calm his genocidal tendencies? (Had no one figured out PMS or what?!)
- Giant moon pillow (look at the price!)…
LOL
- Terminator is seeking Sarah Connor via Twitter… (Thanks, Bron!)
- As Bron said when she sent this one to me, “Best. Engagement. Pics. Ever.” (Thanks, Bron!)
- Things a 20-year old can’t do. Count me in on the phone thing… and I’m a bit older than 20! 🙂 (Thanks, Juni!)
- xkcd on why it doesn’t really work to average star ratings for gadgets. (Make sure you hover over the comic for additional text!)
- Anatomically amusing vegetables. (NSFW?!?)
Teh Cute
- Kittens! Baby aardwolf! Cat! Baby panda! Cat and kittens! Lion cub! Kittens! Potoroo and baby! Baby aardwolf! Ferret! Baby fishing cats! Baby aardwolves! Dolphin and baby! Hedgie and babies! Lion cub! Puffin chick! Baby red panda! Baby foxes! Lynxes! Heron and water buffalo! Zebra and baby! Lion cub! Fennec! Bower bird! Tiger cubs! Baby cheetahs! Baby penguin!
Reading Update
Breaking Cover (Life Lessons #2) by Kaje Harper. ebook. Excellent m/m romantic suspense that takes place a year after Life Lessons. Things have been going well for out teacher Tony and closeted police detective Mac up until now, but Tony’s increasingly frustrated by the constraints on their relationship… and then they hit the crisis point.
Man Falls Down by Eric Arvin. ebook short. Very good, very surreal, very short story about a guy who wakes up from an odd dream… and can’t really shake the feeling from the dream.
Crying for the Moon by Sarah Madison. ebook. Very good paranormal m/m romance about a vampire who’s tired of living with other vampires, so he moves to a remote area with the assistance of his werewolf friends. Too bad the vet living up the road is so persistently friendly…
Shift Happens by Storm Grant. ebook. Very good paranormal m/m romance about a Canadian anthropologist who heads to the Colombian rain forest to do some research with his mentor, but gets entangled in illegal drug manufacturing. When he runs into the hot guy he met on the plane to Colombia, things start to get really weird… (This could’ve been tightened up a bit in the middle, which might’ve turned it into an excellent read.)
Wolf Unexpected by Vic Winter. ebook short. Good, but extremely short m/m paranormal romance about a guy who gets really itchy and turns into a werewolf, with no clue what was happening. This really needed at least a few more pages to feel complete.
Guava Red: Almost Paradise by TC Blue. ebook. Good m/m romance about two guys who meet as teens but lose touch due to circumstances, then run into each other years later.
In His Hero’s Shadow (EMS Heat #10) by Stephani Hecht. ebook. Sweet m/m romance about two medics who are always at each others’ throats when their paths cross… well, almost always. 🙂
Twisted Rose by Amber Kell. ebook. Ok kinky m/m romance about a cop who agrees to be a bdsm club owner’s sub in order to help stop a serial killer who’s leaving bodies outside the club. This felt like it needed to be fleshed out a bit more… and it had a critical comma shortage.
Room Number Twelve by Rebecca Leigh. ebook short. Steamy short m/m paranormal that’s basically a sex scene between two vampire cowboys.
Simple by SJD Peterson. ebook. Ok m/m romance about two very insecure guys in a relationship together, neither thinking he’s good enough for the other, and both waiting for the other shoe to drop. This was a bit too sweet for me, and, unfortunately, I found the guys annoying.
“I didn’t want that stinky old nip toy, anyway. This scratcher is much better.” -Mayhem
LOL! I have to watch Hysteria, it looks hysterical
A recent post from blodeuedd..Interview and Giveaway: Mary Ellen Dennis – The Greatest Love on Earth
It’s a shame that Simple wasn’t too good. That cover is rather atmospheric. I could have bought the book just for that.
A recent post from Jenre..Review: Dark Edge of Honor by Aleksandr Voinov & Rhianon Etzweiler
Thanks for the link!
Those teeth tattoos are gross; it looks like food in the teeth.
Stealing copper was a huge problem after Katrina when everyone was rebuilding – you’d wake up in the morning to go work on your house and find that and all your copper parts had disappeared.
A recent post from Patti (Caught in a F..Pam’s Review: Love Always by Harriet Evans
Chris- The two year old cam. Denis Leary said that kids are like drunk midgets. Point proven.
A recent post from Lorraine..What is this?
So if watching TV shortens your lifespan, wouldn’t reading as well. Unless all your reading is done on a treadmill.
A recent post from marylou..Coquille now in Spanish
Oh I love that blog on what the girl did to her brother’s room. It is hilarious.
I think Django would like a moon pillow.
I’m thinking Chaos could make his own rocket…
Whoa, that post just stopped me dead about the plagiarism of JL Langeley’s work. (She has some EXCELLENT advice in that post on how authors can protect themselves from plagiarism.) I’ll have to come back later and read the other things (way too much writing stuff I have to do first!).
A recent post from Val Kovalin..Slang from our childhood
Great links this week as usual! I’m proud to claim Warren Buffet as a fellow Nebraskan when he does things like that. He’s the only rich person you hear of wanting to pay higher taxes.
And the Tardis corset is awesome! People are so creative, not me though.
Thanks again for the links and have a great weekend!
I really did not need to see the picture complete with mankini. My eyeballs might never be the same!
A recent post from Seanna Lea..Happy birthday, Saru-chan!
Can’t believe that I missed the news about J.L. Langley’s being plagiarized. I also can’t believe that someone would blatantly take paragraphs from a published work and use it as their own. Wow, talk about being desperate. So sorry that it had to happen to J.L., who is such a fantastic author. But I’m glad that it was resolved quickly during that time.
(On a side note, I was talking to my stepfather about our company a while ago and found out that another web-based company stole our entire database.)
I’m going to be in Toronto on Sunday and Monday. Maybe I should take a U-Haul with me and just get all those toilet paper. God knows that my office always runs out of it no matter how many times we try to stock up. LOL.
The thing girl and her adventures in her brother’s room – brilliant!
OMG – the hedgies!!! So cute!!!
The R2-D2 sweater is amazing and now kid one, wants me to make him a Nyan cat quilt…
A recent post from Bronwyn Green..My Woe. Let Me Tell You Of It.
Interesting link on how reading changes people’s personalities. I’ve noticed it more with a deaf aunt whose social interactions until recently were mainly through reading American whodunits so she’d come out with odd expressions which she’d picked up in her reading.
Think I may need to make pao a Lego cake!
Thanks for the mention 🙂
A recent post from mrspao..Lullingstone Roman Villa
I kind of like the cat rocket. 🙂
The Chicago video is cool!
I wouldn’t mind having a giant moon pillow, but not for $2000.
LOL at the Engagement pics.
I don’t do phones either.
Cute ferret!
Linkity – YAH! Thank you Chris!
The jewelry made from dismembered Barbie dolls is…disturbing! Of course Daleks would like cats…they are both schemers 🙂
For some reason the cover model on Shift Happens looks like he has had a perm… *evil grin*
A recent post from orannia..The Big Chill