In other news, Nicola is looking for some help. She keeps forgetting all of those great new authors once she gets to the bookstore. So she’s asking for help. If you want to recommend any new authors to her, head over to Alpha Heroes and put in your two sense.

LK Hamilton’s Blood Noir comes out on Tuesday. Darque Reviews and Love Vampires have already reviewed Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton. She has an excerpt up on her website, but here’s a little teaser:

One of them was a wereleopard; the other was a werewolf, both of them were strippers. At least once a month they took off more than just their clothes on stage.

Evil Editor will be hosting a Book Chat for Stephenie Meyer’s The Host on Thursday May 29 at 6:00 p.m. eastern. If you want to get your hands on a free copy of The Host, Avidbookreader is hosting a contest where she is giving away three copies.

I did find some interesting reviews today. Rhinoa reviews Nightmares and Fairy Tales: Beautiful Beasts by Serena Valentino, which sounds kind of interseting. I love finding to takes on old fairy tales. I’m a fan of Gregory Maguires take on the Wizard of Oz with Wicked and I’m currently reading what happened after Sleeping Beauty was awoken. So this one sounds interesting since it’s a new take on Beauty and the Beast.

Jenna Blacks recently released novel, Hungers of the Heart, was reviewed by Love Vampires and Publisher Weekly’s Beyond Her Book Blog reviews Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn.

Interviews:

• Jenna Black interviews Jeri Smith-Ready
• MTV has a couple of video interviews with Taylor Lautner who plays Jacob in the upcoming movie Twilight – Video 1 and Video 2
• SciFi Wire talks with Joss Whedon about his upcoming series Dollhouse

Articles:

• Oohh…vampire movies I’m not aware of. Thanks to Vampire Wire for finding these gems:
  • Cinematical reports that Russia’s box-office hit vamp films Night Watch and Day Watch will now be followed by Dusk Watch. “Their failure to catch on [in the United States] isn’t really surprising — we like fantasy, but maybe not fantasy this goofy, surreal, and (sometimes) downright abstract.”
  • Here’s a BBC interview with Timur Bekmambetov, the director of the Watch
• Juno Books Brings Smart, Savvy Supernatural Thrillers to Readers By Jeff VanderMeer