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Are Ebooks Really That Much Cheaper?

24 February 2010 Jackie 13

With all the Amazon and MacMillan drama that has been going on, I keep seeing posts about people boycotting ebooks to protest against the prices and that just really depresses me. Boycotting books doesn’t do anything to the publisher. They could care less in my opinion. They have a ton […]

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Do we do more NAC Mini Challenges?

24 February 2010 Jackie 14

Even though I have been terrible at my own mini-challenge, I have had a lot of fun reading everyone else’s reviews of the League of Reluctant Adults.  So I started thinking, should do we do this again?  Elie from Ellz Readz thinks we should and I’m with her.  However, this […]

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Guest Author: Kalayna Price

23 February 2010 Jackie 8

Today, I am excited to welcome Kalayna Price to Literary Escapism!  Kalayna is the author of the superb Haven series – Once Bitten and Twice Dead. Kita is adjusting to her new liquid diet–an adjustment she rather resents. Not that everything was chocolate and sunshine before (though both were possible […]

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New Releases!

23 February 2010 Jackie 0

Cat’s Claw by Amber Benson (Calliope Reaper-Jones #2) Once Bitten, Twice Dead by Bianca D’Arc Geosynchron by David Louis Edelman (Jump 225 #3) Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison (Hollows/Rachel Morgan #8) Jordan by Susan Kearney (Pendragon Legacy #3) Darkness Within by Kinley MacGregor (Lords of Avalon #3) Fantasy in […]

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Darkest Tomb of a Green Alpha

22 February 2010 Jackie 6

To start off, just a quick note. This will be the last news post for February. Since this is the last week, I’m going to concentrate on getting caught up on my reviews and reading for the New Author Mini-Challenge. I’ll be saving everything for the newsletter, so don’t worry, […]

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Sunday Surprise!

21 February 2010 Jackie 5

The Wish List by Gabi Stevens (April 27, 2010) When Kristin Montgomery discovers her three aunts are fairy godmothers and she’s next in line for the job, her uncomplicated life disappears like magic. No, not like magic; it is magic. Kristin not only has to deal with burgeoning magical powers, […]

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Still Looking for Reviewers

21 February 2010 Jackie 1

Yes, I am still looking for a few good reviewers.  I’ve had some interest shown, but you really need to email me back if you want to be taken seriously.  Here’s what I’m looking for in a reviewer: Have an interest in Epic Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction.  While I […]

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League Challenge – Next 8 Days

18 February 2010 Jackie 6

It’s been 8 days since my last update for the NAC Mini-Challenge: League of Reluctant Adults, but damn have people been reading.  As of day 10, there were 25 reviews.  On this 18th day, we have 60 reviews!  That’s a 1.875% increase in reviews.  That’s awesome guys!  In those 8 […]

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Undead is Very in Right Now by SR Brennan

18 February 2010 Jackie 3

Continuing with The Eternal Kiss anthology, edited by Trisha Telep, I just finished the fifth story, Undead is Very In Right Now by Sarah Rees Brennan.  This was my first story by Brennan and I have to say she got my attention. Undead is Very In Right Now was a […]

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Guest Author: Jeri Smith-Ready

18 February 2010 Jackie 25

Today, I am excited to welcome Jeri Smith-Ready to Literary Escapism!  Jeri is the author of the superb WVMP Vampire series – Wicked Game and Bad to the Bone – plus the upcoming YA novel, Shade.  Next week, Bad to the Bone comes out in mass market paperback and if […]