I was contacted awhile back by Elyse, who was looking for recommendations for historical romance, but when we got to chatting via email, I learned that Elyse is a former bookseller who reads just about everything, and she's a marvelous reviewer. So she'll be appearing (poof! LIKE MAGIC) hereabouts with reviews of romances and romance-like publications (which are often really romances). Here's a little more about Elyse: I've always loved to read. I was the … Continue reading Introducing Elyse!→
The following sales alerts are for Australia and New Zealand readers only- g'day, y'all! Hope it's a lovely morning for you. Kobo has been giving me the heads up about sales for you guys at their online store. American readers, these are not for us – I can't see half of them from where I am, even using an Australian proxy to pretend I'm in Australia (Mmm. Pretend Timtams). These books are on sale through … Continue reading Romance Sales at Kobo for Australian and New Zealand Readers→
It's May! My peonies are blooming, the air is flush with good smells and yellow dust, and my blue car is now a strange shade of pollen-coated green. It's also time for the Brenda Novak Auction, which has raised over $1.3 million dollars for a cure for juvenile diabetes. The auction is going on all month – and there are a lot of really neat things to bid on. Let's go shopping! In the Once … Continue reading The Brenda Novak Auction: Addictive, as Usual→
Late last year at Posner's book signing for EIKAL, I learned about SuperAmit's battle to find a bone marrow match after he was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Through social media, he found a donor, but the facts I learned about the bone marrow registry and the lack of donor matches for minorities was eye-opening. You might have seen the Maccabeats' video for Hanukkah (I featured it here as a Friday video) also sought to raise … Continue reading Boner Donor Bingo at RT: Call for Assistance→
I started this post on 25 October, and put it aside because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to say. In mid-October, I put Heavy D’s “Now That We’ve Found Love” on my running mix and was thinking about the song and how much I liked it (and Heavy D) while I was out one day. Heavy D died unexpectedly on 8 November at age 44, and the news headline made me remember this post … Continue reading Heavy D and the Hero→
I have an anonymous request for a “Good Shit vs. Shit to Avoid” list: Like many of us, I cope with things by reading about them, and I love finding a book about someone who has problems similar to mine and is able to thrive. I was recently diagnosed with a chronic condition that will almost certainly affect the rest of my life. It’s not fatal, and it’s not degenerative, but it is likely to … Continue reading GS vs. STA: Characters With Chronic Conditions→
Ah, the magic wonder of Bonus Materials, Books on Sale, and good buzz – woo hoo! The Color of Magic with Bonus Material: A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett [Amazon | BN | WORD Brooklyn] Something Different by S.A. Reid [Smashwords |Amazon Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl [Amazon | Kindle | BN & nook | Kobo | Harlequin.com] I Love the Earl by Caroline Linden [Amazon | Kindle | BN & nook | Kobo … Continue reading SBTB/DA Bestsellers List: 11-18 October 2011→
Books on sale? Preferably with BONUS MATERIALS? Honestly, that’s my new default joke. Say something tangentially inappropriate? WITH BONUS MATERIALS! Trust me, it’s a lot more funny in my brain. WITH BONUS MATERIALS. I’ll stop now. Thanks for putting EIKAL on our very own top 10 list again this week! You are most awesome. WITH BONUS MATERIALS! Ok, now I’m done. Lord and Lady Spy by Shana Galen [Kindle | Kobo | BN] Something Different … Continue reading SBTB/DA Bestsellers List: 4 - 11 October 2011→
Many books establish reader sympathy for the tortured hero early in the book. Reader sympathy allows a secret and somewhat omniscient understanding of what appears to other characters to be aloof, arrogant or even cruel behavior. If the reader didn’t know the hero has a tortured, miserable past, or a turning point in his life that changed his character, he’d seem more like a shit and less like a hero. In Lord of Scoundrels, Loretta … Continue reading Sympathy for the Hero→
by SB Sarah · Jul 2, 2011 at 4:39 am ·
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Winner: Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis (Forever; Alex Logan, editor) Finalists: ▪ And One Last Thing by Molly Harper (Gallery Books; Jennifer Heddle, editor) ▪ Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts (Berkley Trade; Leslie Gelbman, editor) ▪ Lead Me On by Victoria Dahl (HQN Books; Tara Parsons, editor) ▪ Not That Kind of Girl by Susan Donovan (St. Martin’s Press; Monique Patterson, editor) ▪ Nothing But Trouble by Rachel Gibson (Avon Books; Lucia Macro, editor) … Continue reading 2011 RITA Winner for Contemporary Single Title Romance→
by SB Sarah · Jul 2, 2011 at 3:52 am ·
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Winner: His at Night by Sherry Thomas (Bantam Books; Caitlin Alexander, editor) Finalists: ▪ Countess of Scandal by Laurel McKee (Forever; Alex Logan, editor) ▪ The Forbidden Rose by Joanne Bourne (Berkley Trade; Wendy McCurdy, editor) ▪ His at Night by Sherry Thomas (Bantam Books; Caitlin Alexander, editor) ▪ A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James (Avon Books; Carrie Feron, editor) ▪ Last Night’s Scandal by Loretta Chase (Avon; May Chen, editor) ▪ A Little … Continue reading 2011 RITA Winner for Historical Romance→
