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Guest Author: Jocelynn Drake

6 August 2010 Jackie 28

Today, I am ecstatic to welcome Jocelynn Drake to the floor. Jocelynn is celebrating the release of her fifth Dark Days novel, Wait for Dusk. There is no sanctuary in the night . . . Feared even by her own kind for her mastery of fire, the nightwalker Mira is […]

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Book Bloggers & Author Online Conference

5 August 2010 Jackie 2

I totally forgot to mention this.  How could I?!  If you’re a book blogger or want to be a book blogger, I highly recommend registering for the Book Bloggers & Author Online Conference.  It’s a great event put together by Terry Kate of Romance in the Backseat.  I participated in […]

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Black Magic Sanction by K. Harrison

5 August 2010 Jackie 3

Kim Harrison delivers another fantastic story with the seventh Hollows novel, Black Magic Sanction. Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter—and lived to tell the tale. But she’s never faced off against her own kind . . […]

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Guest Author: Tracey O’Hara

5 August 2010 Jackie 26

Today, Literary Escapism is excited to welcome Tracey O’Hara, author of Night’s Cold Kiss, to the floor. The tension between the Aeternus, an ancient vampiric people, and humanity has been mounting for over a century. But when rogue vampires begin to drain humans in order to achieve an illegal blood-high, […]

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The Stepsister Scheme by JC Hines

4 August 2010 Jackie 2

One of my favorite types of stories are twisted fairy tales, where an author takes a classic and gives it a makeover. Sometimes they don’t turn out all that well, but I can’t say that with The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines. It was fabulous! Cinderella–whose real name is […]

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Contest: A Wild Light by Marjorie Liu

4 August 2010 Jackie 21

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 […]

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Okay, I lied….

3 August 2010 Jackie 0

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 […]

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Pride and Prejudice by J. Austen

3 August 2010 Lisa 5

Recently I challenged myself to start adding more classic literature into my reading rotation.  So when I got my Kindle and saw all of the free classics that I could download, I thought it was time to get started.  The first one I chose to read was Jane Austen’s Pride […]

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The BBAW Long List

2 August 2010 Jackie 8

I have some fabulous news…Literary Escapism made the long list for the Book Bloggers Appreciation Week 2010 (BBAW)! I have to say, I’m kind of excited for making the long list this year.  There were some issues with the nomination process last year, but Amy and friends totally revamped them […]

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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by S. Meyer

2 August 2010 Jennifer 6

Here’s the thing about the Twilight series – most people have an opinion on it. They either seem to be completely in love with the books, or they completely hate Twilight and all it stands for. As for me, I’m somewhere in the middle. So, when I picked up The […]