Posts Tagged ‘Fiction Vixen’
Sunday Sound Off (5-30) … it’s been a while
It’s been a while since I posted a weekend sound off… school, life, an unhealthy twitter addiction ….it all got in the way. Anyway, summer is upon us so I once again find myself with an abundance of time. I have a lot of reading to make up for over the next 3 months.
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Currently Reading: Brains by Robin Becker
Up Next: Red Rock Pass series by Moira Rogers – Be sure to stop by here tomorrow as we will be taking part in a cool contest sponsored by Moira Rogers… you could win a Kindle!
All things Kindlicious
Consumer reports compares the Amazon Kindle to the Apple IPad. I agree with its findings and conclusions. I dropped by the Apple store (what can I say, im a fan girl) and played with the Ipad. Neat to mess with, but I was underwhelmed…. especially as an ereader. The LCD screen for books was virtually useless in the wrong lighting or outside in the sun. With some improvements I think an IPad will be a cool toy to have, but not if you are going to mostly use it for books. For now, I can get all the same functions from my iphone, macbook, and kindle.
Dear Author had three really useful ebook related posts. The first… how to share some ebooks without having to strip the Digital Rights Management (DRM). The second is a good look at the different ereaders available: “Dear Jane, what eBook Reader should I buy?“. The third is a good recap of why Penguin books are just now beginning to trickle back into the Amazon Kindle store and agency pricing.
Not really “kindle” related but ebook related…. Feds are raising questions about the accuracy of big media’s claims that piracy effects them negatively. The article is from April, but worthy of a read.
On that same note, Joe Konrath wrote another excellent blog post on why fighting piracy is a waste of time. I am planning on buying all of his books just because he “gets it“.
Author News
Jeaniene Frost posted a great post full of advice for aspiring authors here.
Ilona Andrews posted a Curran POV snippet based on a scene from Magic Bleeds, written by Gordon of course. Full of awesome, I promise. Congrats to them for hitting the NYT list!
Moira Rogers posted a super long post on how they write as a duo….and you even get cake at the end. Good luck to them as Sanctuary Unbound releases June 1st!
There looks to be a new group author blog making its way to the light of day…. Supernatural Underground has my interest piqued because it includes the likes of Jeaniene Frost, Vicki Pettersson, and Melissa Marr.
Around the Blog World
Buzz is sorely slacking in his blog duties and luckily I am here to point it out.
FictionVixen is giving away a copy of Moon Sworn by Keri Arthur, contest ends June 4th. Moon Sworn is the last book in the Riley Jenson series and on my list to get to this week!
The Book Vixen has a post about book blogger reviews being taken from Amazon.com and used on other sites. I don’t really care either way about the practice, but if you review books at Amazon and do care, you should check out her post.
Books Read This Week (review linked if available)
- Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews – 5 stars
- Master of None by Sonya Bateman – 4 stars
- Cheat the Grave by Vicki Pettersson – 4.5 Stars
- Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge – review coming
- Demon Bound by Caitlin Kittredge – review coming
Books Added to Kindle This Week…
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Music listening to while writing this blog entry…Skin and Bones by Foo Fighters
Saturday Sound Off (3-27) … ok its Sunday but…
Yes, it is really Sunday, but I spent all day yesterday absorbed in a blog which will be named later AND then I went out for a good time involving John Mayer tickets. Yes, I know he is a dick/douche/jerk…. but man he puts on a good show and has sexy arm tattoos ….. I love a man who can play guitar and play it well. I think it’s the forearms. Anyway, a few pics from my night out:
On top of that this morning we went out and climbed some rocks.
But I am finally home and have a few moments, so here we go…
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Currently Reading: Lion’s Heat by Lora Leigh
Up Next: Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler and The Devil’s Playground by Jenna Black.
All things Kindlicious
Books on Board put up a notice about moving to the Agency Pricing model as required by 5 of the 6 big publishing companies here. What does this mean? It means that books from the following publishers will all be priced according to “Required Ebook Pricing (REP)” which is set by the publisher, not the book store.
Hachette (publisher of Stephanie Meyer, David Baldacci, James Patterson and more) Penguin (publisher of Nora Roberts/JD Robb, Lora Leigh, Nalini Singh, the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris) Harper Collins (publisher of much Dennis Lehane, Christine Feehan, James Rollins, Johanna Lindsey, Diane Mott Davidson, Kerrelyn Sparks, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lisa Kleypas, Jodi Picoult, Jeaniene Frost, and Tony Hillerman) MacMillan (publisher of Lisa Scottoline, Governor Mitt Romney, Terry Goodkind and more) Simon & Schuster (publisher of Kresley Cole, Kathy Reichs, Sabrina Jeffries
Books from these publishers will probably go up in price and may be susceptible to sales tax when they were not previously. More info on what this could mean here.
Author News
Jeaniene Frost posted the cover for the next book in the Night Huntress World series (the Cat & Bones spinoff) here. I hate to say it because I have loved all of her previous covers, but I am just not feeling this one. I can’t explain why tho…. it just doesn’t do it for me.
Ilona Andrews posted a contest for Magic Bleed advanced review copies. Its over, so don’t go running over there trying to enter. What makes it news worthy is that she actually had more than 1200 entries…. that must be some sort of bloggy world record of some kind. To say that Magic Bleeds is highly anticipated is clearly an understatement…. we are all pervs. We want the Curran/Kate smexin and we want it now!
Moira Rogers has finished Sanctuary Unbound and posted a super neat list of releases and projects they are working on here. Is it sad that even with 4 new releases in the next year I think they need to write faster? I could never be an editor.
Around the Blog World
Have you ever checked out The Pioneer Woman’s blog? I admit I have peeked at it on occasion looking for a recipe, but I have never browsed it fully. I had some spare time on my hands Saturday morning and happened to click on a link called Black Heels to Tractor Wheels and next thing I knew it was 3 hours later. Her real life love story is funny, entertaining, and so romantic I almost wish I had myself a hunky cowboy with a ranch. Click here, you won’t regret it.
FictionVixen had her Josh Lanyon cherry popped over at SmokinHotBooks. There is even a Mr. Clean badge. I <3 me some Josh Lanyon and can't wait to get to Somebody Killed His Editor.
I first found the Mighty Buzzard hanging out over at WickedLilPixie‘s comments and fell in love. He is funny and sarcastic and totally entertaining. I pestered him about signing up for twitter, but instead he now has a blog. Go, read, follow…. you can thank me later. Feel free to pester him into getting a twitter account…. we could use his snarkiness. I am hoping to convince him to do a guest post on ebooks/etc here for me…. so Buzz if you are reading this… wanna? :p
Books Read This Week (review linked if available)
Music listening to while writing this blog entry…Say Hey, I love you by Michael Franti and Spearhead. I need some new music to add to my iPhone… any suggestions? 
Saturday Sound Off (1)
Note: Saturday Sound Off is a new thing I am trying out….. just a basic dump of completely random stuff I want to say to wrap up the week! Maybe it should be a meme? But if so does that mean I have to create a banner for it? And Mr Linky? All so complicated, lets see how it goes first!
I spent the morning at the Girl Scout Cookie Carnival… I have now eaten more desserts made from Girl Scout Lemonades than any one person should consume in their entire lifetime. Quiet time with the kindle is desperately needed and planned for tonight. I plan on diving into Skin Game by Ava Gray and not resurfacing until I am finished! Considering the morning’s activities, I suppose I need to plan some gym time somewhere in tonights itinerary as well…
I was rendered speechless just 5 minutes ago by this cover:
I have not yet had the chance to read Lauren Dane, but I will soon be fixing that. The hips, the scruffy facial hair, low slung jeans….again, speechless. Thank you to Fiction Vixen for posting it and making my afternoon so much more exciting.
Speaking of Fiction Vixen, I hear she is looking for some guest posters to share some romance stories on her blog. Head on over there if you think you would like to give it a shot!
Smexybooks is also looking for some help! She needs reviewers so if you think you have what it takes, email her!
Make sure to enter my giveaway for Rachel Caine’s Weather Warden series! Today is the last day, I will be picking and posting a winner sometime after midnight tonight!
Also check out the Demonica Week contest over at Larissa’s Life. I haven’t started the series yet, but I hear it is smokin hot!
If you love love love Jeaniene Frost like I do, you want to make sure to enter the contest for an ARC of First Drop of Crimson over at Literary Escapism. If you win, I expect you to share with the messenger! 
WickedLilPixie (who happens to be a bad influence on innocent bloggers like myself) is working on creating a massive list of urban fantasy, paranormal romance, sci-fi/fantasy, young adult, and horror series’. If you want to check it out or have anything to add, click here. I am considering a petition to convince her to add author twitter names to the list.
Finally, thanks go out to @IntenseWhisper who made this totally kick ass photoshopped version of me!
Books read this week
Books reviewed this week
Books added to my Kindle this week
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