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Book Bloggers Appreciation Week 2009

15 July 2009 Jackie 0

It’s getting to be that time again. The Book Bloggers Appreciation Week is coming up the week of September 14th through the 18th and they’ve opened the polls for the BBAW Awards.  There are a ton more this year, and while I”m hoping to get nominated, I’m not expecting to.  […]

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Fantasy vs. Speculative Fiction

15 July 2009 Jackie 3

So I have to ask this question….is Speculative Fiction an umbrella term for Fantasy and Paranormal Literature?  Or would it be the other way around. I was recently in a discussion involving this idea and it kind of sat wrong with me.  This has nothing to do with the individual […]

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Guest Author: Peter Fogtdal

14 July 2009 Jackie 17

Today, I am excited to welcome Peter Fogtdal to Literary Escapism.  Peter is the author of the historical fiction novel, The Tsar’s Dwarf. Soerine, a deformed female dwarf from Denmark, is given as a gift to Tsar Peter the Great, who is smitten by her freakishness and intellect. Against her […]

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Night Inked

13 July 2009 Jackie 4

Don’t forget. The contest for a copy of Elizabeth Leiknes’ The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns ends Tuesday night at midnight.  Have you entered yet? I have been dying for more information on the Inked anthology and check out the breathtaking cover it has!  SciFiGuy has more information on it, […]

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Death’s Daughter by A. Benson

12 July 2009 Jackie 5

I’ll be honest, I totally wanted to pick up Death’s Daughter because of who it was written by – Amber Benson.  I’m a huge Buffy fan, so it was kind of cool to see something written by one of the cast members. Calliope Reaper-Jones so just wanted a normal life: […]

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Sunday Surprise!

12 July 2009 Jackie 0

Royal Blood by Rona Sharon In the Tudor Court of 1518, your friends and enemies can be one and the same… During the annual celebration of the Order of the Garter, Sir Michael Devereaux arrives in King Henry VIII’s court on a mission for his benefactor. The celebration’s endless feats […]

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Ask & You Shall Receive

8 July 2009 Jackie 7

I was just saying there didn’t seem to be a lot of news lately.  Today is definitely making up for that. OOhhh….I just heard what the title to the fourth Hell on Earth novel by Jackie Kessler is.  RachelfromNJ and I were asking her via Twitter when the next one […]

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The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns by Elizabeth Leiknes

8 July 2009 Jackie 3

When given a chance to read a new author, I’ll generally take it, which is how I came by a copy of The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns by Elizabeth Leiknes. I’ll say this, it really wasn’t what I was expecting. Lucy Burns wants a normal life: friends, love, and […]

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Branded by Fire by N. Singh

7 July 2009 Jackie 1

I have been anxiously awaiting the sixth Psy-Changeling novel by Nalini Singh and Branded by Fire was just as awesome as I knew it would be. Though DarkRiver sentinel Mercy is feeling the pressure to mate, she savagely resists when Riley Kincaid, a lieutenant from the SnowDancer pack, tries to […]

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Guest Author: Elizabeth Leiknes

7 July 2009 Jackie 28

Literary Escapism is excited to welcome author, Elizabeth Leiknes, and her new novel The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns. Lucy Burns wants a normal life: friends, love, and a family of her own. And she could have it all if only she could break free from the job she hates. […]