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May 01, 2012 | Tuesday | 6 Comments
Thank you to everyone who entered the Under a Vampire Moon giveaway - now I want to spend a lot of hours on the beach, which isn't happening to day at all, since it's miserably rainy outside. The grand prize winner is: April McGlamery! April wins a Baggalini roller carry on stuffed with Lynsay Sands' Argeneau backlist - a total of 16 books! The winners of Under a Vampire Moon ( A | BN | K | S ) and a Lynsay Sands beach ball are: Jessica D. Lavonne Page Elizabeth JoAnn Parker Fran Annie Q. Winners, please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your address…
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April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | 487 Comments
I have a fun and funky giveaway today, so get ready!
Lynsay Sands' Argeneau series has a new book, Under a Vampire Moon ( A | BN | K | S ), and Avon has offered some very fun prizes for you.
Because Under a Vampire Moon is partly about travel to exotic locales (in this case, St. Lucia), the prize is travel and beach themed, and I think the grand prize is really spiffy.
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April 01, 2012 | Sunday | 57 Comments
At the book club chat with Bella Andre, I announced the April Book Club Pick - and now the rebate is live for your buying pleasure! Plus, I'm giving away five copies for your winning pleasure, so read on! The April Book Club Pick is: Love is a Battlefield by Tamara Morgan. Summary, ahoy! It might be modern times, but Kate Simmons isn’t willing to live a life without at least the illusion of the perfect English romance. A proud member of the Jane Austen Regency Re-Enactment Society, Kate fulfills her passion for courtliness and high-waisted gowns in the company…
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March 27, 2012 | Tuesday | 63 Comments
Tessa Dare's characters from her novel A Week to be Wicked ( A | BN | K | S )are making the rounds of the internet today, and we're the last stop on the tour with a really wonderful prize to give away. First, if you've been following Minerva and Colin, here is the final chapter of their touring story: From the Journal of Minerva Highwood: “As the sun sets over the English midlands, we stride together through a deserted oatfield. I can no longer deny that I’m falling deeply, madly in love with this prince of a man. His wavy…
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February 02, 2012 | Thursday | 120 Comments
Winner time! First, your entries were so inspiring I re-read that thread (ha! do-over!) several times yesterday. Thanks to the random integer generator, the winner is: #26: Michelle Harlan! Michelle, please send your mailing address to me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOROTHYcom. Thank you to everyone who entered, and I hope your weekend is free of any need for a do-over! I received an email from Knock Knock about doing a giveaway, and it made me so giddy, I bounced on the sofa. I love Knock Knock - I use their "All Out Of" grocery list pad every week, and it's a…
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January 23, 2012 | Monday | 431 Comments
Lisa Kleypas' Rainshadow Road comes out in February, and her publisher has offered 10 finished copies to give away. Whoo! And not only do we have books to give away, but Lisa Kleypas was kind enough to answer several inane questions from me via email. Hooray - bonus interview! Rainshadow Road has magical realism while Friday Harbor did not. Why add it to this novel? Did you plan to go this way all along with the series? Well, when I first visited Friday Harbor with Greg and the kids a couple of years ago, I really felt a sense of "otherness" or magic…
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December 08, 2011 | Thursday | 49 Comments
Time for a few 2011 holiday gift guides, with items selected or suggested by me, and by readers of the site. I collect links and ideas all year, so get ready. There will be a few editions of the gift guide!
First: from reader Alex, a whole STORE on Etsy of literary quote jewelry, from cuffs to earrings and necklaces. JezebelCharms has quotes from Austen, Bronte, Shakespeare - there's way too much to choose from.
This edition is full of silly and fun apparel - and some techy gifts at the end.
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December 03, 2011 | Saturday | 5 Comments
Sounds like I'm giving away action lessons in seduction. HA! Not.
I'm giving away five copies of Sandra Hyatt's Lessons in Seduction, this month's book club pick - and it's time to select the winners. Thanks to the magical random integer generator, the five winners are:
Kathleen O'Donnell
Shiny
Anony Miss
Kate Gomberg
Abby Normal
Please contact me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your choice of digital format or paper copy, and your email or mailing address as appropriate.
Thanks and I hope to see you all at the book club chat on the 22nd!
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September 30, 2011 | Friday | 9 Comments
This is book launch weekend for me, so there will be much news and locations and big honking prizes. I am throwing a big party - and since the release date is listed as both 1 October AND 4 October, that means we party FOR FOUR DAYS. I’m going to need espresso infusions by Wednesday, I think, but it’s a worthy cause! Celebrating the romance genre is always fun. So: what do Kim Kardashian, fashion and Everything I Know about Love, I Learned from Romance Novels have in common? Everything! You could win a copy of EIKAL over at GoFugYourself…
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September 26, 2011 | Monday | 4 Comments
Time to pick a winner of the Halfway to the Grave with Bonus Materials - and a Digital Reader contest! The winner of the digital reader of her choice is, as determined by the Random Number Generator, KIT at 8:19pm! Congratulations, Kit! Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom to claim your winnings. And thank you to everyone who entered - your answers were hilarious, especially the number of you who were going to bring books. That’ll be one bookish cemetery. The sale price on Halfway to the Grave is valid until 25 October, so you can still grab yourself and some…
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September 25, 2011 | Sunday | 0 Comments
Don’t forget: tomorrow at noon is the deadline to enter the Halfway to the Grave with Bonus Materials digital reader giveaway!!
It’s like last call, only you have about a day and a half, so start drinking and thinking of your bonus materials, k?
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July 07, 2011 | Thursday | 113 Comments
I don’t often host blog tours (hardly ever, actually) but this seemed so neat I wanted to share it with y’all. Youse guys. Yinz! Anyway. Kim Harrison’s Hollows series is pretty familiar to readers of paranormal and urban fantasy romance, but now those same characters are making the jump to graphic novel format. Since I know many of you love graphic novels, especially those featuring strong women, I thought you might enjoy this sneak peak. I have two pages of the novel below, and there’s more at other sites, as well, with links to come. Here’s pages 8 and 9…
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April 26, 2011 | Tuesday | 34 Comments
Author Beverly Barton passed away last week, and today is her book release day. One thing that struck me and other folks who visited Barton’s website was that she was very excited about 2011 and the books she had scheduled for release this year. Judging by the number of sad messages on her Facebook page, there are many sad readers who have lost a favorite author, and there are many heartbroken authors and writers who have lost a close and valued friend. When I asked people who had worked with Ms. Barton to tell me about her, I received quotes…
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April 19, 2011 | Tuesday | 0 Comments
I asked the Random Integer generator, and it said it didn’t want to give me a number, but after yelling at it (and rebooting the router, ooops) I have a winner of the Kristan Higgins bag worth coveting contest! Caitlin, who smells like a roadhouse (or used to until she put a bottle opener in her car) is the winner - Caitlin, email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your address, please! Also, I want to road trip with all of you because you have way more interesting things in your gloveboxes than I do, like bear repellent and zip ties and…
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April 15, 2011 | Friday | 286 Comments
Kristan Higgins’ My One and Only is happily ensconced on the NYT and USA Today bestseller lists, and I have been offered a fun little collection to celebrate. If you leave a comment and tell me the most essential item in your car’s glove compartment, you’re entered to win. Easy! And what could you win? A prize pack that includes a really cute travel bag, some travel essentials like lip gloss, mascara, and bronzer, and a copy of the book. My glove compartment essentials are kinda boring: a mylar reflective heat blanket, bottles of water, hand wipes, about 14,000 pens…
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