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Guest Author: Jennifer Estep

22 September 2011 Jackie 28

I am excited to welcome back Jennifer Estep to Literary Escapism as we celebrate the release of her fifth Elemental Assassin novel,  Spider’s Revenge, with an exclusive excerpt. Old habits die hard. And I plan on mur­der­ing some­one before the night is through. Killing used to be my reg­u­lar gig, […]

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Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again by Frank Miller

21 September 2011 Jesse 0

I’m not really sure where to being with The Dark Knight Strikes Again by Frank Miller. It started out very promising, with a 2 page “article” from Vicki Vale about Bruce Wayne’s funeral and Jim Gordon’s breakdown – it set an exciting tone that captured my attention, but quickly fell […]

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Nevermore the Nightborn Raven

21 September 2011 Jackie 0

Larissa’s Bookish Life has an excerpt of Vivian Arend’s Black Gold, which released September 13th. Heroes and Heartbreakers has an extended excerpt of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s upcoming release, The Guardian, which releases November 1st. Ilona Andrews has posted an excerpt and snippet from their upcoming Andrea novel, Gunmetal Magic – did […]

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Mistwood by Leah Cypess

20 September 2011 Casey 1

I’d been meaning to read Mistwood by Leah Cypess for about a year now, but kept putting it off. When I finally got around to reading it, I literally devoured it in one day. Isabel remembers nothing. Nothing before the prince rode into her forest to take her back to […]

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Guest Blog: Jess Macallan

20 September 2011 Jackie 17

I am excited to welcome author Jess MacAllen, who has just released the first novel in her new Set in Stone series, Stone Cold Seduction. When a regular night of Robin Hood-ery results in the manifestation of some, um, unusual paranormal abilities, perfume-maker Elleodora Fredricks realizes the normal world she […]

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Gone with the Monster by Lila DuBois

19 September 2011 Nicole 0

Gone with the Monster is the third book in Lila DuBois’ Monsters in Hollywood series.  I admit to not being a fan of this particular series but wanted to try and make it through the three, currently published books. However, I could not get past the first few chapters of Gone […]

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Upcoming Discussions with Bookish Escape

19 September 2011 Jackie 0

During the last discussion, it dawned on Larissa and I that we might want to mention what our topics are going to be for upcoming Bookish Escape discussions. This way, if people want to, they can read the novels (or at least one of them) so they can join in […]

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Coronets and Steel by Sherwood Smith

18 September 2011 Casey 0

Sherwood Smith’s Coronets and Steel was one of those books that I really wanted to like. It had all the potential to be awesome yet I couldn’t even finish it. It wasn’t bad, it just couldn’t hold my attention. California girl Kim Murray is unsatisfied with grad school and restless […]

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Sunday Surprise!

18 September 2011 Jackie 0

Locked in Silence by Shiloh Walker (Grimm Circle #5) Vanya has been hunting and killing demons ever since one of them scarred her face and killed her sister. Correction—since she was forced to kill the demon possessing her sister. Then some sort of angel offers her a deal she can’t […]

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BE: Hoodoo Discussion TONIGHT

18 September 2011 Jackie 1

With all the witches, warlocks and genies out there, there’s a lot of magic to be found in the fantasy section at the bookstore. However, something you won’t find a lot of is that certain type of magic that can be found in the swamps of Louisiana and the Caribbean. […]