This RITA® Reader Challenge 2013 review was written by Holly. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Romantic Suspense category. The summary: National Parks Ranger Jo Lockwood is often alone in the wilderness, and she likes it that way – until she discovers the body of a man, brutally murdered. Detective Nick Matheson’s new posting to the north-west of New South Wales is supposed to be an uneventful return to normal duties … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Dead Heat by Bronwyn Parry →
October is here! There are so many damn books releasing this month that I’m honestly a little overwhelmed. Is the season affecting your reading? Do you want something more spooky in anticipation of Halloween? Let us know! Aarya: I just finished an arc of Chloe Neill’s Wicked Hour , the second book in the Heirs of Chicagoland series. I have mixed feelings despite liking most of it. I am completely invested in the relationship between … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? October 2019, Part One →
This Rec Leagues comes from our wonderful comments section on the site. Big thank you to Cerulean for the suggestion: The Amy Andrews “Playing by Her Rules” is very good, as is the next book in the series (focusing on a different couple): Playing it Cool. I actually like the second book better, but both are great. I really like reading books set outside the US and Georgian/Victorian England. I’ve enjoyed books from authors from/books … Continue reading The Rec League: Australian & New Zealand Romances →
Kat from BookThingo organized a tea to welcome me to Australia, and I sat down with her afterward to talk more about reading, reviewing and romance readers in Australia. She also shared some authors and book titles she was most excited about, particularly Australian authors. Here are the books we talked about in the podcast: The three publishers Kat mentioned are: Destiny Romance (Penguin) Escape Publishing (Harlequin) – Momentum (Pan Macmillan) – – no … Continue reading 36. An Interview with Kat from BookThingo →
From Patrik: These are some AWESOME ads for books from Jashanmal Books in Dubai: I like the Harry Potter one. From Bronwyn Parry: Best placement of the ‘Look Inside’ arrow EVER: Colonoscopies! Colonscopies for all! If there’s no buttsecks in that book, someone’s going to be mighty put out. And finally, from Naomi Hurrell, the Best Cake Ever: That’s the best cake since friends of mine put Trogdor on a cake with the inscription reading … Continue reading Links of Visual Hilarity! →
It was a hot mess of Photoshop WTFery, and in the end, the captions were AWESOME. Behold the runners up and the winner in our latest caption that cover contest. Wait, you want another look at the cover? Oh, ok! Sure! Ahhh, feel that fine crazy Photoshop goodness. It’s tangible, isn’t it? Like someone running their nails down your own personal chalkboard. So, without further ado, here are the Honorable Mentions: Bronwyn Parry: Irrational Photoshop … Continue reading Winner: Caption That Cover →
Today is Library Lovers’ Day in Australia – well, sort of. by the time this goes live it will be Feb 14 in Australia. Either way, wherever you are, in the land of Oz, authors, readers, and librarians celebrate all things awesome about your local Aussie library. Sponsed by the Australian Library and Information Association, the Library Lovers’ Day has its own website – and has left me with a serious yen to travel all … Continue reading How much do you love books? →
Hot on the heels of the last Aussie convention comes the Australian Romance Readers Convention, or the ARRC. I so want to go you have no idea, but alas, Australia Fair is on the other side of the planet. All the cool Aussie authors will be there, including Anna Campbell, Bronwyn Parry, and That Devil Cynster – sorry, Stephanie Laurens. The panel titles are a hoot too: The Aussie voice: Why the whole world loves … Continue reading I wanna Go I wanna Go I wanna Go. →
