Did you vote? How could you not? Go on over and vote in the DABWAHA Championship Round! Larissa Ione’s Ecstasy Unveiled is up against Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville – paranormal vs. male/male romance?! It does not get any more awesomer than that. So get it on until 10PM EDT when the polls closed and many, many winners are announced. UPDATE! Larissa Ione would like to add a prize to the buffet, and … Continue reading DABWAHA Final Vote: it is ON. →

Bang a gong, it is on: the Final Four voting is on now at the

Bang a gong, it is on: the Final Four voting is on now at the

Round two of the 2010 DABWAHA is over – and our winner is Mary Kennedy. Congratulations, Mary! EMAIL ** Email me with your mailing address, please, and we’ll hook you up with your prize. The prize? Oh yeah – it’s hot awesome. The Round 2 prize is being provided by author Maya Banks (thanks Maya!) and includes a $50 GC to Amazon or BN (reader’s choice) and a book package that includes signed copies of … Continue reading DABWAHA 2010 Round Two Winner →

Is your bracket destroyed?  Did your picks go awry? Do you find yourself tied for 500th place and full of despair?  Weep no more, bracketeers, because our 2nd Chance Tourney is created just for you.  The stakes aren’t as high but the prizes are just as fine. The winning bracketeer is going to get a brand new Kindle from the fine folks at Samhain. Jennifer Estep, author of the new Elemental Assassin series, is contributing … Continue reading Second Chance DABWAHA Time! →

We are already into round 2 -woo hoo!  The voting link is here. EVEN IF YOU DID NOT FILL OUT A BRACKET, you can still vote. The voting schedule is in 12 hour blocks to accommodate people in all timezones.  The instructions were apparently hard to read last time so I’ll try to make it a little simpler.  The polls open at midnight and noon each day and run for 12 hours.  Today, the round … Continue reading DABWAHA Round Two! →

The time for filling out the brackets is closed and the time for voting, trash talking, vicious vote gathering, and the ruining of other brackets is ON. The voting commences on March 18, 2010 EST.  The voting link is here. The voting schedule is in 12 hour blocks to accommodate people in all timezones. For Round 1, please observe the following times: Round 1, Set 1 of 4: March 18, 2010, 00:00 am to March … Continue reading DABWAHA 2010: VOTING BEGINS! →

What could be better or worse than 666? 999 – the total number of entries allowed by the tournament software. And we’re getting close to that number, much to our surprise and delight! So heads up: bracket pick time ends tonight at 8pm EST – OR when we hit 999 entries, whichever comes first! As of 12:30 pm EST we had over 780 entries, so, in the words of philosopher and sage Larry the Cable … Continue reading What’s Better Than 666? →

Jane and I have received a few email messages and some questions about the 2010 DABWAHA so she and I drew up a brief FAQ to answer them. Feel free to ask if you’re confused about anything! Q.  Who picked the books? A.  Sarah and Jane did with some help from Jane’s blogging mates Q:  Why isn’t X book on there? A:  We don’t know but probably because there were so many good books, it … Continue reading DA BWAHA Recently Asked Questions →

UPDATE: Site is working now. “ENTER YOUR PICKS” link is right next to the “Contact” but in case something goes screwy, the direct link is below or if you go to “http://dabwaha.com“, the “PICK YOUR BRACKET” button goes directly to the bracket page. Ladies and gentleman, it’s DA BWAHA 2010 TIME. You can see all the books who made the slate of 64 at DABWAHA.com, and read about the prizes at the DABWAHA blog. And … Continue reading DABWAHA 2010: It’s Selection Time! →

After many a bracket and much trash talking, it’s down to two books: Patricia Briggs’ “Iron Kissed” vs. Joanna Bourne’s “Spymaster’s Lady.” Quite a battle: exceptionally-researched and written historical romance with plot twists and uncommon characters battling conspiracy and mystery, pitted against a paranormal series with a kick-ass heroine in an entirely different era dealing with werewolves and… conspiracy and mystery. Two very different books yet both are similar in key areas: strong characters, nimble … Continue reading DABWAHA Final Match: Iron Kissed v. The Spymaster’s Lady →