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Last Release Date of 2008

30 December 2008 Jackie 0

It’s the final release date of 2008 and boy are there some great ones coming out: Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian (Midnight Breed #5) – excerpt The Witch’s Grave by Shirley Damsgaard (Ophelia & Abby Mysteries #6) – excerpt Evil Ways by Justin Gustainis (Quincy Morris Investigations #2) – […]

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Bookworms Carnival

28 December 2008 Jackie 2

Just a quick post on the Bookworms Carnival… The latest edition had a slight hiccup in it and submissions are still being accepted until January 1st.  The theme is Guilty Pleasures and you can email your submissions to bookwormscarnival at gmail dot com.  The idea is which novel is your […]

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Don’t Forget – Night Huntress on Jan. 6th

26 December 2008 Jackie 0

Okay, so I’ll admit it, I’m a slacker when it comes to the Otherworld series by Yasmine Galenorn, but I’ll be honest, I’m having a hard time getting my hands on them at the library or at a used book store. They are that popular and it’s just making me […]

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Merry Christmas!!

25 December 2008 Jackie 3

You know, I was going to go find a really cute christmasy picture to post today, but I couldn’t find one I liked or hadn’t been used already.  Granted, I really haven’t had a chance to look all that hard since I’ve been preparing for Christmas with a 22 month […]

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Black Magic Woman by J. Gustainis

24 December 2008 Jackie 2

So I’ve been in a reading snag all month (as I’m sure you could tell by my lack of reviews), but I really wanted to read Justin Gustainis’ Black Magic Woman, so I hunkered down with my copy and started reading.  I don’t know what was going on, reading just […]

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ReVamped Fury

23 December 2008 Jackie 0

Check out the new shiny! The final novel in Anya Bast’s Element Witches has one awesome cover. What do you think?  Witch Fury will be out June 2, 2009. Interviews: Jocelynn Drake, author of Nightwalker, by Urban Fantasy Land Guy Gavriel Kay, author of Ysabel, by Dark Fantasy Magazine Check […]

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Undead Wizard

22 December 2008 Jackie 4

I completely forgot to announce the winner of the CL Talmadge contest!  Don’t worry we have a winner and she is…Allison!  CONGRATULATIONS! The Huffington Post has an article that makes a lot of sense if you really think about it. Dudes Don’t Read: The Book Biz’s Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? is all […]

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Lemonade Award

22 December 2008 Jackie 0

I feel special.  Patricia’s Vampire Notes gave Literary Escapism the Lemonade Award for for showing great attitude and gratitude.  I love getting feedback on the site and these type of awards always make my day.  Thanks Patricia! Now I get to nominate 10 blogs of my own.  There’s a few […]

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Book Bloggers Top 10 of 2008!

21 December 2008 Jackie 14

For Weekly Geeks #19, Dewey had instructed us to pick our top 10 books that were published 2008. The plan was to have everyone contribute their lists and then figure out what the top 10 picks were.  Well, 69 different book reviewer bloggers responded and we ended up with over […]

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Ghostland

19 December 2008 Jackie 2

I’ll admit, I’m a sucker for a good cover, so when I was updating my TBR list and I came across Ghostland by Jory Strong in the New Releases section.  It piqued my interest enough to go see what it was about and then I saw the cover.  That right […]