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DABWAHA Final Four Voting!

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The DABWAHA Final Four voting is on now!  From midnight to noon CDT, Courtney Milan's novella Unlocked is facing down Karen Marie Moning's Shadowfever. As of right this moment, it is terribly close. Like, every time I reload the page the tally changes – so this vote totally matters. Check your bracket, drive to various WiFI spots, and use your cell phone, folks. Every last vote will matter.  Then, at noon CDT, Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh wil … Continue reading DABWAHA Final Four Voting!

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DABWAHA Sweet Sixteen, and ebook Deals!

DABWAHA Sweet Sixteen, and ebook Deals!

Last day to sign up for the Second Chance Tournament – voting on the Sweet Sixteen begins tomorrow! The voting schedule for the Sweet Sixteen is up on the DABWAHA site. The competition is fierce, hilarious, and friendly. And the audiovisuals continue: Sarah Morgan's son whipped up this bit of adorable for A Night of Scandal ( A | BN | K | S ).   MelJean Brook vs. Nalini Singh and Meljean Brook vs. Courtney Milan … Continue reading DABWAHA Sweet Sixteen, and ebook Deals!

Second Chances, Congrats, and Deals!

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First: the DABWAHA Second Chance Tournament is up! Bracket busted? You get a Second Chance! Starting with the Sweet 16, pick your winners – and there's prizes for this tourney, too! This is a separate contest – your picks in this tourney don't override your picks in the main tourney, in other words. The winner of the 2nd Chance Bracket will receive a Kindle Fire, a $100 Amazon giftcard, and an ARC of Echoes at Dawn, … Continue reading Second Chances, Congrats, and Deals!

DABWAHA Round One Begins Tomorrow!

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The Round 1 Voting schedule has been posted, and voting will be intense for the next two days. The polls stay up for 12 hours each, and the trash talking and vote mongering has already begun. Then, just after the dust settles – Round 2!  Darlene Marshall and Susanna Kearsley's elderly dogs have been trashtalking one another, and they're not up against each other (yet?). Kearsley is not messing around, either: her Twitter avatar is … Continue reading DABWAHA Round One Begins Tomorrow!

It’s Selection Sunday!

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It's Selection Sunday for the DABWAHA!  First, the reader finalists, those voted in by, well, readers, are: YA: Falling Under by Gwen Hayes Contemporary: If You Hear Her by Shiloh Walker (Bro Magnet by Lauren Baratz Logsted was a close second) Historical: A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal by Meredith Duran GLBT: Hot Head by Damon Suede Category: A Man of His Word by Sarah Anderson  Novella: Once Upon a Winter’s Eve by Tessa Dare (edged … Continue reading It’s Selection Sunday!

It’s DABWAHA Time!

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The nomination slate is ready and seven out of eight books have been listed at the DABWAHA site. Why is one missing? Because it's time for you to nominate the book you think should be included that isn't listed right now. Which book were we insane to leave off? Fire up your browser and head on over to fill out the form to enter your nominations. A few words of caution: please make sure that … Continue reading It’s DABWAHA Time!

DABWAHA 2nd Chance Tournament Brackets Now Open!

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Ahoy! Is your DABWAHA bracket shot to smithereens? Did you bank on the romance novel equivalent of the University of Pittsburgh and are now in 1156th place? Fear not – Pitt’s going home (ouch) but you get a 2nd chance! It is 2nd Chance Tourney time in Dabwaha-land! Simple as pie (mmm. pie). What Do I Do? Step one: Cut a hole in a box. Ha. Kidding! Step one: Fill out your 2nd Chance tournament … Continue reading DABWAHA 2nd Chance Tournament Brackets Now Open!

Reader Nomination Runners Up

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I had a request for the runners up in the reader nominations for the DABWAHA, so here are the top ten books, with the finalist and the nine runners up as nominated by readers in each category. An asterisk denotes a tie. YA 1. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Finalist) 2. Matched by Ally Condie 3. Linger by Maggie Stiefvater 4. The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong 5. The Duff by Kody Keplinger 6. Revolution by Jennifer … Continue reading Reader Nomination Runners Up

DABWAHA Brackets Now Open!

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It’s time to fill out your brackets for the 2010 DABWAHA tournament of books. If you’re not familiar with it, the DABWAHA is a bracket-style tournament that echoes the NCAA basketball tourney, only instead of college basketball, we’re using reader votes to determine the book of the year. I’ve got a lot of DABWAHA news, in convenient bullet-list format. The reader nominations are in – and each category is now complete with 8 nominees, one … Continue reading DABWAHA Brackets Now Open!

News and Newsletters

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First, if you haven’t subscribed to The TBR newsletter, you missed our first issue on 14 February. We’re setting up the next one with more micro-reviews, international readers, and DABWAHA news, so if you’d like to subscribe, you can absolutely join in the fun. We will absolutely not spam you and our goal is to send out only two newsletters per month. I like my newsletters how I like my men: short and intelligently informative. … Continue reading News and Newsletters

DABWAHA Winners Everywhere!

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Congratulations to Larissa Ione, whose book Ecstasy Unveiled won the 2010 DABWAHA! Larissa will receive a $200 gift certificate from Jane and Sarah for a spa near her home – all the better to relax after all that vote mania! And big congratulations to the bracket winners! To bracket champion Pamela Sinclair: an Apple iPad and a $100 GC for ebooks to fill up the new ebook reader from AllRomance eBooks and OmniLit. WOO HOO! … Continue reading DABWAHA Winners Everywhere!

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