Archive for the ‘Contests/Giveaways’ Category
Book Review: Arctic Rising by Tobias S. Buckell—and a Giveaway!
Find out after the review how to be entered in the drawing for a hardcover copy of Arctic Rising by Tobias S. Buckell. Arctic Rising Tobias S. Buckell Tor Books, February 2012 ISBN 978-0-7653-1921-0 Hardcover In a not very distant future, global warming has succeeded in melting nearly all of the Arctic icecap and the [...]
March 4, 2012
Tags: Arctic, ecology, global warming, science fiction, superweapon, terraforming, thriller, Tor Books Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews, My Reviews 
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My Favorite Books Of 2011—And We Have A Winner!
Judythe Morgan is the lucky winner of Underdead by Liz Jasper. Congratulations and happy reading, Judythe! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 2011 list of books that enticed and tantalized me wasn’t easy to come up with but here they are with my great thanks to all these authors and publishers— 1.  Hounded by Kevin Hearne (Del Rey Books)—Atticus [...]
January 29, 2012
Tags: Angry Robot, Atria Books, Del Rey Books, Egmont, HarperCollins, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Minotaur Books, Self-published, Tanglewood Press Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Tales of a Bookseller No Comments
Do Books Make You Hungry Or Is It Just Me?
Liz Jasper always enjoyed writing, but in college and graduate school dutifully studied things that would make her “marketable.” Fortunately, she loved her stint as a middle school science teacher (most of the time), her time working as a business analyst and still really enjoys her most recent career switch into financial planning. And yet…while [...]
January 27, 2012
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Setting As Inspiration
Nancy J. Cohen is an award-winning author who writes romance and mysteries. Her popular Bad Hair Day series features hairdresser Marla Shore, who solves crimes with wit and style under the sultry Florida sun. Several titles in this series have made the IMBA bestseller list, while Nancy’s imaginative sci-fi romances have garnered rave reviews. Her [...]
January 22, 2012
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On Winning the Lottery—And A Contest To Win A Book!
Lois Winston is the author of the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries published by Midnight Ink. Assault With a Deadly Glue Gun, the first book in the series, received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist. The new year brings with it the release of Death By Killer Mop Doll, the second book in [...]
January 10, 2012
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Short Story Review: Saint Nick and the Fir Tree by Nancy Adams
Saint Nick and the Fir Tree Nancy Adams Green Fern Press, November 2011 ISBN 9780984815302 Trade Paperback Also available in ebook format Tree is really a yew but likes to pretend he’s a fir. After all, yews make people think of all kinds of sad scenarios while firs bring the cheer of Christmas. Who wouldn’t [...]
December 5, 2011
Tags: fantasy, Green Fern Press, humor, mystery, short story Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
Trees, Christmas and Otherwise
A freelance editor and theological librarian, Nancy Adams writes mysteries and fantasy. Her short story “The Secret of the Red Mullet” is published in Fish Tales: the Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press, 2011), and her newest short story release is “Saint Nick and the Fir Tree.” When she is not writing or cataloging books for the [...]
December 4, 2011
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Thanksgiving Treats—And Treats For A Pair Of Contest Winners!
Family, Friends and Food—It’s All Good! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations to the winners of Carolyn J. Rose’s A Place of Forgetting— Paperback—Sandi Lewis Ebook—Malena E. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please support your local independent shops this Saturday!
November 24, 2011
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Never Say You’ll Never Write A Love Story
Carolyn J. Rose grew up in New York’s Catskill Mountains, graduated from the University of Arizona, logged two years in Arkansas with Volunteers in Service to America, and spent 25 years as a television news researcher, writer, producer, and assignment editor in Arkansas, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. Now getting her quota of stress as [...]
November 20, 2011
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Book Review: The Complaints by Ian Rankin—And We Have A Winner!
The Complaints Ian Rankin Reagan Arthur Books, March 2011 ISBN 978-031603974-1 Hardcover This new novel by Ian Rankin is what is hoped is the first in a new series, introducing Inspector Malcolm Fox. It must be said without further ado that John Rebus, declared by the author to have made his last appearance in print [...]
November 17, 2011
Tags: dirty cops, mystery, police procedural, Reagan Arthur Books, Scotland Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews No Comments
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