I made D pick the winner out of the hat...
And it is Mary!
Thanks for all the entries peeps!
Monday, June 6, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Competition Time!
I have decided to share my love of favourite authors around and hold a competition for both Australian romance readers and international ones over the coming month.
The first author up is Moira Rogers who I am a major squeeling fan of! I adore their characters, (Mac and Zola for the win!) the interesting worlds they have built up (Southern Arcana!) and their action packed stories of awesome.
The bio from the Moira Rogers website:
How do you make a Moira Rogers? Take a former forensic science and nursing student obsessed with paranormal romance and add a computer programmer with a passion for gritty urban fantasy. Toss in a dash of whimsy and a lot of caffeine, and enjoy with a side of chocolate by the light of the full moon.
By day, Bree and Donna are mild-mannered ladies who reside in the Deep South. At night, when their husbands and children are asleep, they combine forces to unleash the product of their fevered imaginations upon the page. To learn more about this romance writing, crime fighting duo, visit their webpage at http://www.moirarogers.com. (Disclaimer: crime fighting abilities may appear only in the aforementioned fevered imaginations.)
Their entertaining blog is here: http://moirarogers.com/blog/
They have several series on the run (one advantage to being a writing duo?) http://www.moirarogers.com/digital-by-series
Competition nitty gritty:
Australian entrants the prize is your choice of one of these print Moira Rogers books:
Sanctuary
Sanctuary Redeemed
Last Hope
Crux
Crossroads
Included with book will be promo goodies supplied by the awesome Bree of some bookmarks and signed bookplate thingies.
International entrants, you have your choice of an ebook from their Samhain Publishing backlist here:
Moira Rogers Samhain
Though I would also be happy to send on some of the promo material if you like.
All you need to do to enter is leave a comment below by Monday 6th of June, and just leave your twitter ID or a facebook ID so it is easy for me to contact the winner.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Reading in May
I have been catching up on my reading lately, I have been on a Marie Harte glom, fun raunchy paranormals, including the Circe's Recruits series.
Accidentally Catty by Dakota Cassidy had me roaring with laughter, Nina will forever be in my top ten of fave characters – and this is not even her book! Dakota writes awesome women of all ages, and writes them with style. And did I mention she had me roaring out loud for most of the book? My assistant was ready to call the men in white coats on me.
Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan was another recent read, now I must admit that Feehan hasn't been my thing for a long time, but apart from the length (this book just never seemed to end) I actually enjoyed this one. After the first couple of Carpathian books it seemed like Feehan had boxed herself in with the strict rules of the world, not leaving her much scope to change up things book to book.. but I think she did well in bending and expanding the rules with this one, and giving the reader a very interesting heroine.
Never Again by Michele Bardsley was another read this month, it the first book in a new series featuring wizards and dragons WIN! Now while this was an interesting read, it is a bit of a problematic one, Bardsley spends too much time setting up the world, the romance seems to take back seat to setting things up. I know it is a first book in a new series.. but.. That said though, it is an interesting world, and I will be giving book two a shot.
Sherrilyn Kenyon, while she will forever remain a fave author, I have been avoiding her latest releases.. Anyone noticed the hating on women in her books? Especially the futuristic series?? It is always the chick doing the dumb betraying.. the OTT evil women chars.. while the heroes are all tortured perfection? Almost Mary Sues??
Sorry got a bit sidetracked, anyways, I finally picked up No Mercy and this one managed to press no buttons, but was instead a quick fun read, with laughter. I do soo love it when Kenyon gets her humour on.
And now I am looking for the next lot of reads.. it would have helped if I hadn't lost my darn wish list. *head desk*
Accidentally Catty by Dakota Cassidy had me roaring with laughter, Nina will forever be in my top ten of fave characters – and this is not even her book! Dakota writes awesome women of all ages, and writes them with style. And did I mention she had me roaring out loud for most of the book? My assistant was ready to call the men in white coats on me.
Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan was another recent read, now I must admit that Feehan hasn't been my thing for a long time, but apart from the length (this book just never seemed to end) I actually enjoyed this one. After the first couple of Carpathian books it seemed like Feehan had boxed herself in with the strict rules of the world, not leaving her much scope to change up things book to book.. but I think she did well in bending and expanding the rules with this one, and giving the reader a very interesting heroine.
Never Again by Michele Bardsley was another read this month, it the first book in a new series featuring wizards and dragons WIN! Now while this was an interesting read, it is a bit of a problematic one, Bardsley spends too much time setting up the world, the romance seems to take back seat to setting things up. I know it is a first book in a new series.. but.. That said though, it is an interesting world, and I will be giving book two a shot.
Sherrilyn Kenyon, while she will forever remain a fave author, I have been avoiding her latest releases.. Anyone noticed the hating on women in her books? Especially the futuristic series?? It is always the chick doing the dumb betraying.. the OTT evil women chars.. while the heroes are all tortured perfection? Almost Mary Sues??
Sorry got a bit sidetracked, anyways, I finally picked up No Mercy and this one managed to press no buttons, but was instead a quick fun read, with laughter. I do soo love it when Kenyon gets her humour on.
And now I am looking for the next lot of reads.. it would have helped if I hadn't lost my darn wish list. *head desk*
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Promo Post
15% off sale at the website this week - off every book from all 49 categories.
That is over 6000 bargains to be had!! ;D
The free post on orders over $50 still applies during the sale, just put frpo50 in the coupon section at checkout.
girrlitsbooks.com.au
That is over 6000 bargains to be had!! ;D
The free post on orders over $50 still applies during the sale, just put frpo50 in the coupon section at checkout.
girrlitsbooks.com.au
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Spruiking the latest work of Moriah Jovan..
Which is still not out yet.. and that which I have been waiting on FOREVER! The blasted tease.
But she is having a contest for the LOONNNNNNNNGGGGGGG awaited release of Magdalene here.
So this is a double up, an entry into her competition, (cos quite frankly I'm quite desperate to read Magdalene! Did I mention I've been waiting FOREVER) and a chance to push her books somewhere else apart from twitter. Cos this is a self-pubber who writes awesomesauce books, so go READ HER BOOKS!
This is the cover:
Ain't it purty??
Blurb/excerpt thingy:
"I didn’t go into prostitution because I was desperate; I did it because I was bored: Bored with my hausfrau existence, bored with my husband both in bed and out, bored with my ingrate daughters who don’t (yet) understand what it means to be the sacrificial lamb in the nuclear family setup and that being a wife and mother can be its own category of prostitution. They will. And I’ll laugh.
I was never the stereotypical whore with a heart of gold, which seems to be used as point and counterpoint: If you’re pure in heart, being a whore is tolerable, forgivable even; if you’re just a mercenary bitch who likes sex and, moreover, getting paid for it, it’s the unforgivable sin. Ultimately, however, I had to choose my clients on their ability to pay my exorbitant prices and leave the good sex to my carefully selected lovers.
I didn’t quit prostitution for some sort of wish fulfillment of born-again virginity; I quit because I was bored. Fucking for money involves a certain amount of acting ability and while I’m a very good actress (thus, a very good whore), it takes some amount of concentration that is not usually conducive to having a real orgasm.
With a healthy bank account, one ex-husband whose current partner sports genitalia similar to his, four grown daughters, my forty-third birthday on the horizon, and with professional ennui setting in, I had to find something else to do."
But she is having a contest for the LOONNNNNNNNGGGGGGG awaited release of Magdalene here.
So this is a double up, an entry into her competition, (cos quite frankly I'm quite desperate to read Magdalene! Did I mention I've been waiting FOREVER) and a chance to push her books somewhere else apart from twitter. Cos this is a self-pubber who writes awesomesauce books, so go READ HER BOOKS!
This is the cover:
Ain't it purty??
Blurb/excerpt thingy:
"I didn’t go into prostitution because I was desperate; I did it because I was bored: Bored with my hausfrau existence, bored with my husband both in bed and out, bored with my ingrate daughters who don’t (yet) understand what it means to be the sacrificial lamb in the nuclear family setup and that being a wife and mother can be its own category of prostitution. They will. And I’ll laugh.
I was never the stereotypical whore with a heart of gold, which seems to be used as point and counterpoint: If you’re pure in heart, being a whore is tolerable, forgivable even; if you’re just a mercenary bitch who likes sex and, moreover, getting paid for it, it’s the unforgivable sin. Ultimately, however, I had to choose my clients on their ability to pay my exorbitant prices and leave the good sex to my carefully selected lovers.
I didn’t quit prostitution for some sort of wish fulfillment of born-again virginity; I quit because I was bored. Fucking for money involves a certain amount of acting ability and while I’m a very good actress (thus, a very good whore), it takes some amount of concentration that is not usually conducive to having a real orgasm.
With a healthy bank account, one ex-husband whose current partner sports genitalia similar to his, four grown daughters, my forty-third birthday on the horizon, and with professional ennui setting in, I had to find something else to do."
Monday, April 4, 2011
Oh 80s covers, you've aged well
They have used the same model for those three guys haven't they?
It a bit creepy..
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The slack blogger pops her head up briefly
Oh I has been bad!
But to be fair to myself, it has been a busy month or so, I have moved house - including a freakish large amount of books, despite the storage unit not moving. *headdesk*
And I just got back from the Australian Romance Readers Association convention in Sydney!
OMG So much fun, met a lot of the romance bloggers/twitterers, including some lovely authors. (Lexxie Couper and Cindy Gerard for the WIN!) I even managed to stutter at Nalini Singh, I think I may have been semi-incoherent but I think she got the fact that I love her books. LOL
I should really do a full run down on the awesomeness of the weekend, but I managed to bring back a car load of books from Sydney and all the stops along the way, and I need to get them up. (EEEEEEEKKKKKKKK)
Though I just wanted to do a shout out to the Australian Romance Readers Association for doing an awesome job, and to recommend any Aussie romance lovers who are not part of the association - what on earth is holding you back???
Here are their details:
ARRA
PO Box 7086
Greenway ACT 2900
www.australianromancereaders.com.au
But to be fair to myself, it has been a busy month or so, I have moved house - including a freakish large amount of books, despite the storage unit not moving. *headdesk*
And I just got back from the Australian Romance Readers Association convention in Sydney!
OMG So much fun, met a lot of the romance bloggers/twitterers, including some lovely authors. (Lexxie Couper and Cindy Gerard for the WIN!) I even managed to stutter at Nalini Singh, I think I may have been semi-incoherent but I think she got the fact that I love her books. LOL
I should really do a full run down on the awesomeness of the weekend, but I managed to bring back a car load of books from Sydney and all the stops along the way, and I need to get them up. (EEEEEEEKKKKKKKK)
Though I just wanted to do a shout out to the Australian Romance Readers Association for doing an awesome job, and to recommend any Aussie romance lovers who are not part of the association - what on earth is holding you back???
Here are their details:
ARRA
PO Box 7086
Greenway ACT 2900
www.australianromancereaders.com.au
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