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Preternatura Book Club: Patricia Briggs' Moon Called, Chapters 3-4

Welcome to this week's "meeting" of the Preternatura BookClub! Today, we pick up chapters three and four of Moon Called, the first book in Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompsonseries. This is one of my favorite urban fantasy series, and it's fun to bereading it again! I haven't seen a release date for book seven in the seriesyet, but Briggs' related series, Alpha and Omega, which features some ofMercy's foster family members, will have book three, Fair Game, out on March 6.
MOON CALLED, CHAPTERS...

Kirk or Spock? Han or Luke? Pick a Hero, Get a Book

Today's featured book is COUNT TO A TRILLION,a very cool postmodern space opera (or so I've dubbed it) by John C. Wrightand I'm giving away a copy, so read on...

Everygeneration has its own space-opera fixation. I grew up watching "Star Trek"(the OLD one), then moved on to "Star Wars" (the first couple or three movies, then I gotover it). They're full of noble galactic warriors who live and work acrossfar-flung galaxies. Their heroes aren't madmen who've had their sanity restored, been...

New Releases Jan. 15-22 and Reader's Choice Contest

Yep, it's that time again! Monday's our day to look at the new releases in speculative fiction this week—and you get to pick which one you'd like to win! There are some good ones this week, so see what you think.
What do you want to read? Leave a comment and tell me, and I'll draw one name to win his or her choice. International, as always. And if the book is in a series you haven't started, you can always pick the first one in the series instead.
Wanted: Undead or Alive , by Kerrelyn Sparksspan

From the Royal Street Movie Set (and Weekly Winners!)

Only want to see if you won a book this week? Scroll on down, but you'll be missing a creepalicious video!

Seems like from the beginning, the Six Flags amusement park in New Orleans East was doomed. It opened in 2000 under the name "Jazzland," and never took off. In 2002, the Six Flags people took it over and it limped along for three years. I mean, if people are coming to New Orleans to visit, do they really want to spend time at a New Orleans-themed amusement park more than a half-hour's dri...

From the Royal Street Photo Album: Irony

In Royal Street, DJ slips back into New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to find a strange sight on the sidewalk in front of her house: a waterlogged copy of the Times-Picayune from the day before the hurricane made landfall--the last printed copy of the Times-Pic that was delivered for quite a while.



This is one instance in which I did use my own experiences in the book. When I returned to New Orleans for the first time after the storm, I found this at the bottom of the steps leading into my h...

Superstitious? The Haunting of 20th-Century America

Today's featured book is THE HAUNTING OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA, a look at how paranormal eventshave impacted U.S. politicsby William J. Birnes and JoelMartinand I'm giving away a copy,so read on...
HappyFriday the 13th! Are you superstitious? Maybe it's because I was born onthe thirteenth day of the month, but I'm not very. I walk under ladders. I don'tfreak out over black cats. I did for a while think I had a poltergeist in mylittle 19th-century cottage in New Orleans, but have since...

Paranormal Foodies? Take a Stir and Win Stephanie Rowe's Hold Me If You Can

Today's featured book is HOLD ME IF YOU CAN, a paranormalromance by Stephanie Rowe, and I'm giving away a copy,so read on...
I'mcalling it the Food Network phenomenon. (Have I mentioned how much I want tobring Michael Symon home with me? Yeah, I thought so.) Anyway, since being afoodie has become such a big deal, we're starting to see more paranormals involvingchefs, cooks, food. This has always been a staple (ha ha no pun intended) ofcozy mysteries—Diane Mott Davidson's long-running Goldy...

Preternatura Book Club is back! Moon Called by Patricia Briggs, Chapters 1-2

Welcome to this week's "meeting" of the Preternatura BookClub! Today, we start a new read with the first two chapters of MOON CALLED,the first book in Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series. This is one of myfavorite urban fantasy series, and starting this first book again after severalyears away from it reminded me why. We learn a lot about Mercy and her worldwithout being beaten over the head with it. So, here we go! Chime in. It's hardto tell about a series in two chapters, but what do...

Universe or Multiverse? (And A Demon Does It Better Giveaway)

Today's featured book is A DEMON DOES IT BETTER, a paranormalromanceby Linda Wisdom, andI'm giving away a copy, so read on...
What's the deal with demons lately?Today's featured book is a fun read from Linda Wisdom, combining sexy demonswith witty witches in a multiverse full of trouble. Speaking of multiverses,this is something that was mentioned by an acquaintance recently as somethingshe didn't like—and I disagreed.
Do youlike worlds where there is one primary species (think: JR Ward's...

New Releases Jan. 8-14 and Reader's Choice

Waslast week's list crazy, or what? Things settle down a bit this week, with fourteennew releases—but some good ones here. I've heard amazing things about Daniel O'Malley'sThe Rook, Kresley Cole fans will be excited to see Lothaire release this week,and YA fans who liked Beth Revis' debute Across the Universe will be jumping onA Million Suns.
Whatdo you want to read? Leave a comment and tell me, and I'll draw one name to winhis or her choice. International, as always.
*Genrekey (at the end of...