It’s the final week for all the August contests.  Have you entered yet?  The following contests will end this Friday:

Aug 2nd – Syrie James is giving away a copy of Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker.
Aug 4th – LE is giving away a copy of Marjorie Liu’s A Wild Light.
Aug 5th – Tracey O’Hara is giving away a signed copy of Night’s Cold Kiss.
Aug 6th – Jocelynn Drake is giving away signed copies of Pray for Dawn and Wait for Dusk
Aug 10th – Rowena Cory Daniells is …

Just wanted to throw out a reminder that there are a ton of contests going on at Literary Escapism right now as well as a bunch that will be coming up – all of which end on September 3rd.  Plus, I was browsing the giveaways over on GoodReads and found more than a few.
Here are the ones that are live now:

Aug 2nd – Syrie James is giving away a copy of Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker.
Aug 4th – LE is giving away a copy of Marjorie …

Quick Update:
Nope, the newest monkey hasn’t made his appearance yet.  So the Baby Pool Contest is still going on, but I will be ending it on August 15th because I will have him by then (go ahead and laugh if you want).  The Doc doesn’t think I’ll go past that and I’m holding him to it.  *grin*
As for contests, there are a ton going on in August while I’m out, so make sure you check out the sidebar.  I have them all listed there with the date they start.  …

Marjorie Liu has just released her latest Hunter’s Kiss novel, A Wild Light, and guess what I have to give away today.
For too long Maxine Kiss has felt an inexplicable darkness inside her-a force she channels into hunting the demons bent on destroying the human race. But when she finds herself covered in blood and crouched beside her grandfather’s dead body with no memory of what happened, Maxine begins to fear that the darkness has finally consumed her.
So…do you want a copy?  All you have to do to enter is …

So I wasn’t going to do any news posts in August since Simon is going to be arriving, but he’s not here yet and I have some time.  So here’s the latest from the Reader.
Check out the hot cover Wicked Scribes found for Joss Ware’s next Envy novel, Night Betrayed, which is due out January 25, 2011.  For more cover goodness, make sure you check out the Paperback Dolls and Dark Faerie Tales.
Chloe Neill has fantastic news – Penguin bought Chicagoland Vampires #5, 6 and 7!  <begin chanting> we’re getting …