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Guest Blog & Giveaway: ALONE by Marissa Farrar

Do you have a favorite genre? I think most readers of this blog love speculative fiction of some sort, whether it's urban fantasy, or paranormal romance, or YA paranormals, or science fiction, or horror, or fantasy....or some blending of the above. These days, we're seeing more genre-bending as traditional cozy mysteries add paranormal elements, and urban fantasy isn't so different from horror. 
Today, welcome author Marissa Farrar to the blog. A UK-based author, Marissa started writing...

Preternatura Book Club: HALFWAY TO THE GRAVE, Chapters 5-6

Welcometo this week's "meeting" of the Preternatura Book Club! Today, we continue withthe first book in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series, Halfway to the Grave.
Here'show it works. Each week, I'll post a summary (spoiler alert!) on two chapters,and we'll chat about them. Try to minimize spoilers beyond what's happened inthe book we've read so far. You can read along, read ahead, or just stop by andread the summaries. After the Book Club has been up a few days, I'll move it toarchives so...

Meet Author Isabel Cooper & Win NO PROPER LADY

When I saw No Proper Lady (new from Sourcebooks on Sept. 1) described as "Terminatormeets My Fair Lady," I had to read it. Seriously. How awesome is that? And I'mhappy to say it didn't disappoint me—it's half kickass urban fantasy with a Victorian twist and too, too fun. Today, I'm happy to welcome author Isabel Cooper to the blog—No Proper Lady is the publishing debutfor this Boston author who spends her days working in legal publishing and saysshe has never fought a demon—although she can w...

New Releases Sept. 10-16 & Reader's Choice Contest

Aftera couple of crazy release weeks, we slow down a little this week. We're heavyon the YA paranormals this week. Let me rephrase that: It's almost ALL new YAparanormals this week. Some good ones though—I'm sorry but werewolves aboardthe Titanic? Well, duh, gotta readthat! As always, an international giveaway, so make your wish list and read onto enter!
After Obsession, by Carrie Jones and Steven E. Wedel (Sept. 13, Bloomsbury)Aimee and Alan have secrets. Bothteens have unusual pasts and...

Did You Win a Book This Week?

And...here we go! Both my football teams won yesterday, 500 people tromped through the alumni center where I was working, both the men's AND women's restrooms developed faucet issues, requiring three increasingly frantic calls to the campus facilities hotline...all before 10:30 a.m. Are we having fun yet?

Coming up this week on the blog, we'll have another Reader's Choice giveaway on Monday, and tackle chapters five and six of Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost on Book Club Wednesday. We'l...

Still want to win? Start scrolling!

Usually, Saturday mornings are when all my winners for the week are announced. But here's a big author secret--most of us have DAY JOBS that actually do things like pay for our mortgages and book giveaways and such. My day job is at a large university whose athletics programs are part of the uber-competitive Southeastern Conference--and, yes, Virginia, it's football season!

So while most of you are slumbering in your beds, I will be on campus by 6:45 a.m., working the Auburn-Mississippi State ...

Urban Fantasy Review & Contest: AWAKENINGS by Edward Lazellari

What happens when you combine an urban fantasy with a quest-driven epic fantasy? Sounds like an awkward marriage, yet Edward Lazellari pulls it off beautifully (dare I say epic-ly?) in the first book in a new series, Awakenings. Read on for more info and the chance to win a copy for yourself! 
 
THE OFFICIAL BLURB: Cal MacDonnell is a happily married New York City cop with a loving family. Seth Raincrest is a washed-up photographer who has alienated even his closest friends. The two...

YA Review & Contest: GLOW by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Two space colonies escaping a dystopian Earth. Sinister plots. A young woman caught in a war both ideological and physical. In a nutshell, you have Glow, the new novel from Amy Kathleen Ryan being touted as "the next Hunger Games." I'm not sure I'd go quite that far, but…. maybe. Want to win a copy? Read on!

THE OFFICIAL BLURB: If a violent battle destroyed the only world you've ever known, would you be brave enough to save who was left? Would love be strong enough to survive the fight...

Preternatura Book Club: HALFWAY TO THE GRAVE, Chapters 3-4

 Welcome to this week's "meeting" of the Preternatura Book Club! Today, we continue with the first book in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series, Halfway to the Grave.
Here's how it works. Each week, I'll post a summary (spoiler alert!) on two chapters, and we'll chat about them. Try to minimize spoilers beyond what's happened in the book we've read so far. You can read along, read ahead, or just stop by and read the summaries. After the Book Club has been up a few days, I'll move it to...

New Releases Sept. 3-9 & Reader's Choice Contest

Take a deep breath—it's a HUGE release week for all our favorite spec fiction genres: science fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and YA paranormal. As always, an international giveaway, so start making a list, checking it twice, and read on to enter!

The Predicteds, by Christine Seifert (Sept. 1, Sourcebooks Fire)"We wanted to know what makes a good kid good and a bad kid bad. Can you blame us for that? We found an astoundingly, marvelously simple answer: The brain isn't...