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A New Reading Challenge and Book updates!

Woo hoo! I just got my copy of Jess Granger's Beyond the Shadows in the mail and I'm soo eager to start it. I'm currently enjoying Teresa D'Amario's Dark Succession (is there a Ryland wandering out there anywhere? hehe) and I'm pretty shocked that I like him even more Kieren from SheWolf (who was yummy all his own).



As if I didn't have enough reading challenges, I'm not adding on a new one which I'm hosting right here at AWD. The 2010 SFR Reading Challenge! I'm hoping this will help spread a...

July Calendar of Events

Hey folks!



Do you ever get the feeling that you're cruising through life? Or that maybe time is just zipping by while you're in the car driving merrily?



No?



Just me then. ;-)



I could've sworn it was Friday a minute ago!



Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and to all you USers, I hope you enjoyed your "long" weekend. This month's newsletter is on its way along with a brand, spiffy new FAQ page coming right up to answer all the questions you guys asked me in the past list. Stay tuned for...

June Jubilee ~ All Day Today at the Coffee Time Romance Forum

I'll be in and out of the Coffee Time Romance forums chatting about hobbies, books and goodies. Come join us on the main /partychat thread here. I've also set up a game thread for word association, book style, in case you want to take a load off and hop on the train.



Hope to see ya there!

Bloodgate Guardian by Joely Sue Burkhart ~ A Recommended Read!

5/5 - Deep in the caves of Guatemala, a secret ancient ritual takes place opening up a gateway to the Mayan underworld. Months later, Dr. Jaid Merritt receives the video feed only to find out her father was the man leading the ritual. Despite her fear of going on dig sites, Jaid must decide whether to face her fears and find her father at the Mayan temple, or risk losing him forever. 





Full review after the jump!






Bloodgate Guardian was awesome! I really enjoyed this book filled...

Reason No. 2,065 For Why I Love Teleread

Teleread, one of the best blogs on digital books and publishing, had a post today as an open letter to Scott Turow, the incoming president of the Author's Guild. Many industry watchers are still talking about the BEA CEO panel where Turow talked with other industry professionals (check out the previous links at this post including a url to C-Span's coverage of the panel).



Considering the continuing rise of ebooks, worry is still in the air over the rush to claim piracy as a reason as to why ...

Freebie Book Links

Suvudu has updated their free library with His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik, the first book in her Temeraire series. The sixth book in the series, Tongues of Serpents, is due for release July 13!



Harlequin is offering some free ebooks, one of which I'm beyond excited about.



Julie Kagawa's novella Winter Passage is now available for free download. This takes place between The Iron King & The Iron Daughter in her Iron Fey series, both of which have been reviewed (and very much enjoyed) h...

My Off the Shelf Appearance is live! (And some SL bookie links)

My Off the Shelf interview is now live on the web for direct download or live feed from the Radio Riel website. Check it out if you missed the live feed. I had such a great time chatting with Kghia and Simeon!



During the interview, I mentioned a lot about the writing community in SL. Here are some great links to the communities and book related places in the virtual world.





~ Writer and Reader Communities ~

Bookstacks - A place for bookish people to meet other bookish people and get toget...

I'm appearing on Off the Shelf Podcast Today! 1p.m. PST

Bookstacks has invited me to chat on their show Off the Shelf which will be shot in Second Life and broadcasted at Radio Riel at 1 p.m. Pac time. I'm so excited because they've had some wonderful authors on their show including Adele Ward, Vicki Petterson, Steve Miller and Sharon Lee, Melissa Mayhue, Tobias Buckell and tons of other great folks.



Come on down and check out the show where I'll be sharing some info on my works, writing process and a little addiction I had to role playing in sci...

Linkie June Fun ~ Bring on the Summer!

I have no idea where May just went but here we are in June and, boy, are there some goodies floating out online.



First off, the newsletter will be going out this week. This month I'm having another book contest so be sure to join the newsletter (if you haven't already) to get in on the entry fun.



This month, I'll be over at the Coffee Time Romance forums for June Jubilee! Woo hoo!

Join me and tons of other authors as we chat about our fave hobbies in the special interests forum.



Now for s...

Random Vid of the Day - The Matrix Runs on XP

My comp has been giving me issues lately and I know exactly how this feels!