Got Books?

Apparently, I’ve been on a Book Frenzy.
Last night, I went to Bunns & Noodles and bought:
Mark of the Demon – Diana Rowland (a new series for me)
Greywalker – Kat Richardson (another new series, thanks to Renee
Coraline – Neil Gaiman (My 12-year-old nephew says he loves it, so I had to buy it)
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The Series in Order Category

I don’t know about you, but I like to read a book series in order from first to last. It’s annoying when I’m in a bookstore and can’t figure out which book came first. I suppose I could pull each book out and line them up in order of publication date, but that’s [...]

Some Thoughts on This Blog

I originally started writing this blog just to keep track of some of the more complicated book series I read. However, I haven’t done that. It was tedious, writing all those notes, so I didn’t.
I’ve read a lot over the last month or so but I haven’t written anything about any of it [...]

Free Style Winners!

Okay, lovely readers, I neglected to announce the winners of the Free Style contest! Drumroll please …
FreshHell and Renee are the winners!
Congratulations, ladies! I’m sure you’ll like the book!

Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton

For all you fans of the Anitaverse, here’s the first chapter of Skin Trade. Happy Reading!

Free Customized Magazines

I picked up a copy of InStyle today at Barnes and Nobles. It was a total impulse – I went there to buy a book about DisneyWorld. Anyway, I’m glad I did!
Time is going a special promotion with Lexus to send free magazines to the first 31,000 subscribers. It’s a custom magazine [...]

A Cool Site for Readers

Hasn’t everyone, at some point, pledged to improve their mind and read one of the classics?
How many of you have actually read Anna Karenina or War and Peace? Raise your hands.
That’s what I thought. Most of us don’t because Tolstoy was *wordy* to say the least and that book is [...]

Fifty Two Stories

Here’s a cool website for short story fans.

First 5 Chapters of White Witch, Black Curse

Kim Harrison’s new book is coming out soon and the first five chapters are available at Harper Collins.  Also, you can read the entire first book of the series, Dead Witch Walking.

Where to Get Free Books??

Every reader likes free books, right?  Here’s how to get some!
Contests
Bookpage is having a contest to win not only Maeve Binchy’s new book but an entire basket of Irish things.
At Bookbitch.com you can win several different books. Besides, I heart her.  It’s a great site, so bookmark it while you’re over there.
Online Stories
Kelly Armstrong has extra fiction on [...]