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First Page: Kusanagi: Song of Death (action/adventure)

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Author Sylvie Fox shared that the first page she submitted herecan now be read in Puppy Love published by Crimson Romance.

She smacked the office door with the flat of her palm. The dull, tin echo fit the building, one...

Daily Deals: From Kitchen Divas to Rock Chicks

[image error] Easy by Tammara Weber. $ 3.99

From the Jacket Copy:

A girl who believes trust can be misplaced, promises are made to be broken, and loyalty is an illusion. A boy who believes truth is relative, lies can mask unbearable pain, and guilt is eternal. Will what they find in each other validate their conclusions, or disprove them all?

When Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the last thing she expects is a breakup two months into sophomore year. After two weeks in s...

REVIEW: Dark Currents by Jacqueline Carey

Dear Ms. Carey,

I’m a huge fan of yours. I loved the original Kushiel trilogy and while I thought the succeeding trilogies didn’t quite live up to that beginning, the Phedre novels still rank high among my favorite fantasy novels. Your non-Kushiel novels didn’t hit me the same way but I still appreciated what you were doing with those narratives. You always try to do something different and subversive and I like that. So when I heard you were turning your attention to urban fantasy, I was intr...

REVIEW: Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson

“Barbara Buncle is in a bind. Times are harsh, and Barbara’s bank account has seen better days. Stumped for ideas, Barbara draws inspiration from fellow residents of her quaint English village, writing a revealing novel that features the townsfolk as characters. The smashing bestseller is published under the pseudonym John Smith, which is a good thing because villagers recognize the truth. But what really turns her world around is when events in real life start mimicking events in the book. F...

Princess Bride DVD Giveaway

Courtesy ofTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,we have a Princess Bride DVD to Giveaway. Read down to see how to enter.

[image error]ThePrincessBride25thAnniversaryBlu-rayis loaded with special features including the all-new featurette “True Love:ThePrincessBridePhenomenon” which includes brand new interviews with Reiner, Elwes, Wright, Goldman, Christopher Guest (For Your Consideration), Chris Sarandon (Fright Night) and executive producer Norman Lear.Additionally, fans will have a chance to vote on...

Friday Film Review: The Princess Bride

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The Princess Bride (1987)

Genre: Fantasy/Fairy Tale/Romance

Grade: A-

“Death can not stop true love.”

“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

I’ve actually been a little scared to write this review. It’s been such a favorite story of mine – both the book which I read yonks ago as a teenager and the movie which I’ve loved for years – and a cult favorite of so many people that I admit the desire to do it justice almost tied me into knots. But finally I pulled out my...

Friday News: BN and Microsoft; Google Settles with Publishers; Hachette discounting coming soon

Barnes & Noble Booksellers – Yesterday, Barnes & Noble and Microsoft announced that it finalized the formation of a new company called Nook Media which will focus on the college and digital markets. Microsoft invested $300 million for an approximate 17.6% equity stake and B&N will own the remaining 82.4% stake. “One of the first benefits for customers will be a NOOK application for Windows 8, which will extend the reach of Barnes & Noble’s digital bookstore by providing one of the world’s lar...

Daily Deals: Some republished backlist titles and a fantasy

[image error] Six Moon Dance by Sheri Tepper. $.99.

From Jacket Copy:

It was many years ago that humans came and settled the world of Newholme-cruelly bending the planet to their will; setting down roots and raising up cities and farms and a grand temple to their goddess.But now the ground itself is shaking with ever-increasing violence. And the Great Questioner, official arbiter of the Council of Worlds, has come to this isolated orb to investigate rumors of a terrible secret that lies buried deep within N...

Thursday News: Marriage equality in Washington; fan fiction in manufacturing; and women as spies

Marriage equality is up for a vote in Washington this year. Two Seattle artists created this video in support legalizing same sex marriage. Don’t forget to vote this year. It’s as important as it ever was.

The long tail of Lego | The Great Debate – I haven’t read Makers and I’m not sure that Chris Anderson’s long tail theory is playing out, but that’s not why I am pointing out this article. And no, it’s not just because I love all things Legos either. Instead, the rise of a cottage industry of...

REVIEW: Guardian by Blood by Evie Byrne

Dear Ms. Byrne:

When I began this book, I had only vague memories of the vampire series you wrote several years ago. This story takes place shortly after Damned by the Blood and involves Alya Adad sending her Hand, Eva Sosa Padillo, to the northwoods of Minnesota to seek out the clan of the vampire who attempted to kill her. Either the clan moves south to Minneapolis to be assimilated or the entire clan will be decimated and burned to the ground. Actually the plan is to burn and salt the earth...