It took a while to get into the story, but once I did, Outstretched Shadows had me glued my chair.

Kellen Tavadon, son of the Arch-Mage Lycaelon, thought he knew the way the world worked. His father, leading the wise and benevolent Council of Mages, protected and guided the citizens of the Golden City of the Bells. Young Mages in training-all men, for women were unfit to practice magic-memorized the intricate details of High Magic and aspired to seats on the council.

Then he found the forbidden Books of Wild Magic-or did they find him? Their Magic felt like a living thing, guided by the hearts and minds of those who practiced it and benefited from it.
Questioning everything he has known, Kellen discovers too many of the City’s dark secrets. Banished, with the Outlaw Hunt on his …

The latest installment of Kim Harrison’s Rachel Morgan/Hollows series, Black Magic Sanction was just as awesome as the rest of the series.

Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter—and lived to tell the tale. But she’s never faced off against her own kind . . . until now. Denounced and shunned for dealing with demons and black magic, her best hope is life imprisonment—at worst, a forced lobotomy and genetic slavery. Only her enemies are strong enough to help her win her freedom, but trust comes hard when it hinges on the unscrupulous tycoon Trent Kalamack, the demon Algaliarept, and an ex-boyfriend turned thief.

It takes a witch to catch a witch, but survival bears a heavy price.

I absolutely loved this book. It seems so …

I can’t resist asking…did anyone catch this? It’s the new show Ugly Americans that just started on Comedy Central. What can I say, I’m curious…if you’ve seen it, what do you think?

In February, as part of the New Author Mini Challenge, I hosted the New Author League of Reluctant Adults Mini Challenge and it was a huge success.  So I’m planning another mini-challenge for April.  This time, it’s going to be a little different, so I need your help.

Here’s the idea, there are a ton of author collaborative sites out there.  I recently asked what some of your favorites were and now I’m going to put them all to the test. For the next 10 days, everyone has a chance to vote for 5 different sites.  Whether they contain your favorite authors or you just like the name, cast your vote carefully.  April’s mini challenge will be pitting the two top sites against each other and since this is a new author challenge, the idea is to read and review authors that are new to you.

There will be a …

Before I announce any winners, I wanted to make sure everyone knew that LE is giving away a signed copy of Shadowglass by Erica Hayes. The contest ends Mar 16th, so there’s plenty of time to get entered.

Skyler White Contest

Last week, Skyler White paid a visit to Literary Escapism and was sweet enough to give away a signed copy of and Falling, Fly – to one lucky winner.  In order to enter, everyone had to answer the question: Who are some of your favorite characters?.  Now, without further ado, the winner is:

YAN who said: I feel like the oddball saying: Yelena and Valek. They’re YA characters from The Study Series that was recently reshelved in the teens section for some reason.

A couple of weeks ago, the FedEx man was amazing and dropped off …