It looks like it’s going to be a front-heavy book-buying month, Bitchery! Budget accordingly! Blamed Author: Edie Harris Released: 11/3 by Carina Press Genre: Romantic Suspense Series: #1 in Blood Money series Summary: Born into a long line of spies, sanctioned killers and covert weapons developers, Beth Faraday carried out her first hit-for-hire when she was still a teenager. That part of her life—the American spy royalty part—ended one year ago, with a job gone wrong in Afghanistan. The … Continue reading Hide Your Wallet: November’s New Releases →
Here is a text transcript of Podcast 108: An Interview with Carrie Sessarego. You can listen to the mp3 here, or you can read on! This podcast transcript was crafted by hand with locally sourced letters by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks. [music] Sarah Wendell: Hello and Happy Friday, and welcome to another DBSA podcast. I’m Sarah Wendell from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, and with me today is Carrie Sessarego, who reviews at Smart … Continue reading Podcast Transcript 108: An Interview with Carrie Sessarego →
Last year I was invited to be a guest at Convolution, a mid-size fan-based science fiction and fantasy convention in the Bay Area (California). I had an amazing time – sat on panels, met Brian and Wendy Froud, and moderated a Q&A session with Wendy and Richard Pini. I was invited this year as a Featured Guest and we'll be doing a Smart Bitches, Trashy Books BoF. Convolution is Sept 26 – 28, 2014. BoF … Continue reading Save the Date: CarrieS Is Guest at Convolution 2014 →
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2014 review was written by Beth K. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Paranormal Romance category. The summary: History is repeating itself. For ambitious engineer Simon Darcy, winning Queen Victoria’s competition to recover lost inventions of historical significance is a matter of pride—and redemption. After all, it was Simon’s failed monorail project that left his family destitute, and winning the tournament would surely restore the Darcys’ reputation. Simon … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: His Clockwork Canary by Beth Ciotta →
By a Thread by Jennifer Estep is $1.99 right now. This is book #6 in the Gin Blanco series, which is a paranormal urban fantasy about an assassin who controls a set of elements (hence the name of the series, Elemental Assassin). While this is book 6 some reviews state that there's enough recap that you can pick this one up without being too lost – though I understand being a bit wary of starting … Continue reading Books on Sale: Urban Fantasy from Jennifer Estep and Jocelynn Drake, plus Knitting! →
I know so many people who loved this book. Defiance is .99c today only at Amazon as a daily deal. This is a post-apocalypse New Adult novel set in a motorcycle gang. (Like you do.) It has a bunch of positive reviews behind it which praise the world and the emotional intensity of the characters. The next book, Redemption, comes out November 18. Rebelling against her legacy as the MC's princess, Tru Tennyson escaped the … Continue reading Books on Sale: So Many Excellent Books! →
Thanks to @Joonces on Twitter for the heads up: What Matters in Jane Austen? is a nonfiction book that's marked down to $2.99 at BN and Amazon – that's 90% the normal price of $30. Joonces asked if anyone had read it, and Sofia Tokar replied that it's a “GREAT book” though not for the “casual Austen reader” as it is very “in-depth and scholarly.” That said, Sofia added,”I highly recommend for anyone who wants … Continue reading Books on Sale: Austen Nonfiction, and the Start of Much Loved Series →
I am over , specifically Molly O'Keefe's, who fascinated me: I'm… noticing that in some recent books, the heroine is not so easy to understand or even like. I'm meeting more dislikable heroines, heroines who are not lukewarm or perfectly perfect, but who makes difficult choices and who I struggle to empathize with as a reader. … Janet Mullany has a pretty spiffy blog tour going on that ends today – with a buffalo goal: … Continue reading Links and Sales And More Links →
Time again for the weekly bestseller list, culled from our affiliate reports. Sales are awesome, aren’t they? Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost [Amazon | Kobo | BN.com ] Conor’s Way by Laura Lee Guhrke [Kindle | BN ] Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell [Amazon | BN | Kobo | WORD Brooklyn] Sea Change by Darlene Marshall [Kindle | BN] Spider’s Bite by Jennifer Estep …
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Two interview events, one now and one coming soon! First, as I mentioned last week, this evening at 6:30pm, I’m interviewing Gena Showalter at the Apple store in Soho, New York City (103 Prince Street). The interview will be about 40 minutes with time for Q&A, and will be taped for a podcast to be released later. Also: Tuesday, 24 May at 10:30am in the Sourcebooks Booth, #4356, I will be signing advance reader copies … Continue reading Questions? Questions? Upcoming Live Event Interviews with Gena Showalter and Nalini Singh →
by SB Sarah · Mar 15, 2011 at 11:49 am ·
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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 →
