Christine Rains's Blog, page 50
February 1, 2015
This World Bites Blog Tour - Review and the next stop on the Geeky Dice & Debauchery Tour
Blurb:
It's her first day on a new world and Cera's already found trouble. Michael, her guardian, has been bitten by a zombie and will soon join the undead ranks.
Everyone tells her there's no cure, but Cera isn't one to be deterred. She's willing to face off with zombie hordes, demon slavers, and black market informants if it means she'll find a cure for Michael. But she's not the only one hunting for something.
Something is hunting her.
My review:
Cera and her strange crew are searching for a cure for her comatose father. They've had their share of troubles, but none like that which faces them now on this new planet. Cera's guardian is bitten by a zombie, and as she searches for a way to save him, something is trying to capture her. Good thing she's a powerful elemental. Wait. Her powers don't work against demons? Oh oh.
What a wonderfully quirky and fun speculative fiction tale. It's over the top and it works so well. The reader is thrust right in to the story, joining a cast of odd characters with a colorful history. It's a new world with zombies and other supernaturals. It paints a fantastic urban fantasy-like setting where even the zombies have restaurants they can go to eat.
The plot is twisted with surprises ready to jump out at you, but for me, it's the characters that shine brightest. Cera has a powerful young voice, but she's been around for a while. She's a strong leader and I admire her dedication to her friends and purpose. I just want to pinch Michael's cute dimpled cheeks and hug him, but I suppose he'd like that a little too much. I'm also a big fan of Duke, a sexy vampire that owns a vegan restaurant. Each character has a rich history and will make you laugh. I laughed a lot while reading this book!
This World Bites is zany and unusual. Be prepared for a wild ride when you read it. And read it you must! I highly recommend it. Good thing this is the first in the series. That means there's more coming!
Buy the book now!Amazon * B&N * Kobo
Loni Townsend
Wife. Mother. Writer. Ninja. Squirrel.
By day, she writes code. By predawn darkness, she writes fantasies. All other times, she writes in her head.
People call her peculiar with a twisted sense of fashion, but don't let those understatements fool you. Her behavior is perfectly normal for a squirrel disguised as a human. That's part of being a ninja—blending in.
She makes her home in Idaho with her sadistically clever—yet often thwarted—husband, two frighteningly brilliant children, and three sneaky little shibas.
Find her on her blog or social media.
Contact info:
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The Geeky D&D Tour continues with new awesome hosts and another nerdy giveaway!
Today I'm explaining con slang over at my wonderfully geeky critique partner's site, T.F. Walsh!
This month's giveaway grand prize is Zombie Dice . It's an awesome dice game. I'm a big fan of Steve Jackson Games, especially Munchkin .
The second prize for 3 winners is a unique Christine Rains die and some swag.
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January 29, 2015
Getting Geekier on the Geeky Tour
Space: the final frontier.These are the nerds who built our ships and gadgets.Their lifelong mission: to explore strange new fandoms, to seek out new books and new sciences, to boldly go where no geek has gone before.
Today I'm over at the wonderful Ellie Garratt's blog where I'm talking about geeks in space!
You still have a few hours left to enter January's giveaway.Dice. You know you want them.
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January 27, 2015
Time for a teaser!
The geeky fun continues!And it's time to tease you.
Head on over to the lovely Loni Townsend's blogfor an excerpt from Loose Corset.
You still have a few days left to enter to win your own set of gaming dice!
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January 25, 2015
Review for Stiff
Blurb:
Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers some willingly, some unwittingly have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.
My review:
I don't always read nonfiction, but when I do, it's the most odd stuff ever!
This book is wonderfully humorous and dark, sometimes gruesome. Mary Roach explores what happens to our bodies after death from the normal to the extremely strange. Cadavers have all sorts of scientific uses and many aren't what you might expect. It was educational and fascinating with a dose of quirky humor.
Not recommended to those with weak stomachs!
I have since picked up Mary Roach's Packing For Mars. Everything you didn't know about astronauts but always wanted to. Like astronauts throwing up in their spacesuits and space toilets.
Find out more about Mary Roach on her website.
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Congratulations to the winners from the Loose Corset Goddess Fish tour! All the emails have been sent, and I'm packing up the prizes to be mailed this week.
The Geeky Dice & Debauchery tour will continue this week.Don't forget my first geeky giveaway is still going on!
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January 22, 2015
The Last Stop on the Loose Corset Tour & #SpecFicChat
Geek girl problem #122: You only have a few hours left to enter the Loose Corset Goddess Fish tour giveaway!
The final stop on the Loose Corset tour is Long and Short Reviews.I have some tips on how to handle negative criticism.
A big thank you to all my hosts on this tour.Also a huge thanks to Goddess Fish Promotions.
It's the first time I've used a virtual book tour company, and I have nothing but good things to say about them. They're super efficient, and I will use them again in the future. I highly recommend Goddess Fish to writers who want help in promoting their books.
My Geeky Dice & Debauchery Tour will continue next week.You still have over a week to enter for a chance to win your own set of gaming dice from Chessex.
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Talking about all things speculative fiction, Fridays on Twitter.
Next chat begins January 23, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. GMT/1:00 p.m. EST. @mpax1 is starting it off. Topic: Punking it up. What’s the attraction of Steampunk? Use #SpecFicChat to join the conversation any time. The chat is ongoing, which means you can join in anytime that’s convenient to you, including a day after this Friday.
January 21, 2015
The Loose Corset Tour delivers an interview & Clare Dugmore's All It Takes
Geeks are sexy.
Find out more about nerdy me today.I'm being interviewed at Booklover Sue's.
If you've picked up my book, please consider leaving a review after you've read it. Even if it's just one line saying you loved it or that it made you blush. Reviews are so important to authors.
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I'm so excited to share the start of something awesome!
The wonderfully talented Clare Dugmore is posting a serial romance with each chapter being an episode.
All It Takes is one night to change the rest of their lives.
Graduating Uni, travelling Europe and buying her own place – these are on Megan Green’s to-do list.At just twenty-two, becoming a mother isn’t.
Fast cars, expensive clothes and bedding a different women every night – this is how Kian Murphy spends his time when not in the MMA ring.
Pre-natal scans and birthing classes are not on his agenda.
After a chance meeting and passionate encounter, Megan finds herself pregnant with Kian’s child. But with a womanizing reputation, and a temper that often leads him into trouble, Kian is hardly boyfriend material, let alone father material.
Now Megan and Kian must work out if they have All It Takes to turn their one-night-stand into a relationship that will connect them for a life-time.
All It Takes is a dual-POV new-adult, contemporary-romance about responsibility, love and discovering who you are in life.
Goodreads | Wattpad | Figment | FictionPress
Content:
Chapter One - First published January 21, 2015: Wattpad | Figment | FictionPress
Chapter Two - February 4, 2015
January 20, 2015
Two Awesome Geeky Tour Stops
The dice are rolling hot this week!
Today I'm over at Unabridged Andra's blog with a guest post on writing different genres.
My next host for the Geeky Dice & Debauchery tour is the sci-fi and SyFy loving author, Mary Pax. Come find out some of my Geek Woman Problems.
You know you want some more dice!
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January 19, 2015
The Loose Corset tour continues!
Today my host is Susana Ellis at Susana's Morning Room.I interviewed my geek girl protagonist Morgan Reid.Find out what she was thinking when she first met the gorgeous Dean Bradley.
January 18, 2015
Next Stop on the Loose Corset Tour!
Ready for more geeky fun?
Today I'm being interviewed at It's Raining Books.
My favorite kind of rain storm!
Do you have your copy of Loose Corset yet?Ellora's Cave * Amazon * B&N * Kobo
Add it to read on Goodreads!
January 15, 2015
Fifth stop on the Loose Corset Goddess Fish tour
Geek girl problem #88: The Loose Corset Goddess Fish tour is half over!
Today I'm sharing ten geeky things about meat Behind Closed Doors.
Share with us something geeky about you!
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