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January 1 Giveaway: Laura E. Bradford's FLYDAY

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Welcome to the 31 Days of Giveaways!

For the next month, you'll get amazing chances to win some fantastic books. And guess what? It starts now!

 

I'm kicking off the giveaway with Laura E. Bradford's Flyday, a science fiction novel about the 26th century journalist Thomas Huxley, who deals with a most unusual situation: his fiancée's brother is accused of assassinating a world leader…and just when he thinks nothing can get worse, it does.

 

There are some fantastic reviews out there on this book. You should check it out! Click the book cover on the right to enter the giveaway and learn more about this amazing author! This giveaway is only open from January 1 – 8. Hurry over before it closes!

 

 

 

All images courtesy of the author.

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Holiday Giveaway Hop: Win a Copy of the Grimoire!

I joined up with the fine folks over at I'm a Reader, Not a Writer to promote this year's Holiday Hop.

What is a Holiday Hop? Excellent question.

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Here are the details:

Fill out the form below to enter the giveaway to win a free copy of my latest novel (all o fthe book's details are below). Entering your email is the freebie. If you follow on Twitter, like on FB, RT the giveaway, and/or follow this blog, you get extra entries – up to 5 total. How easy is that?

 

What's even cooler is that you can check out the linky list of other blogs participating in the giveaway at the end of the post to win even MORE books.

 

Win a signed copy of
The Grimoire: Lichgates
From December 30th – January 3rd

Sorry, but this giveaway is for USA & Canada residents only.

 

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The Grimoire: Lichgates
Book One in the Grimoire Trilogy

The Grimoire is a book that turns its own pages and can answer any question asked of it, so Kara Magari has no idea what she's getting herself into when she stumbles across the old book while hiking a hidden trail.

Once she opens it, she's thrown into Ourea: a beautiful world full of terrifying things that all want the Grimoire's secrets. The problem is only she can use the book's magic, since she was the one who opened it. Most of the creatures she meets want to control her, but everyone and everything in this new world is trying to find her.

There is no escape, and she is completely alone. There's no going back now.

 

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Check out the other blogs on this Holiday Hop!

Watch the Official Grimoire: Lichgates Trailer

So I've been fiddling and messing with various video editing software, and I think my Friday evening of excessive drinking, Olive Garden bread sticks, and Google help forums has delivered a relatively entertaining book trailer. That could be the chicken gnocchi soup talking, though.

 



I'm curious to see what you think of it. Without further adieu:

 

 

Feel free to yell/compliment/talk about the weather in the comments.

Guest Post: Take a Book To-Go

Post written by nrlymrtl, who normally writes for the scifi/fantasy literature blog Darkcargo.com. Go ahead, say it out loud: Nearly Mortal. Not Gnarly Myrtle.

 

I read almost everywhere.

 

Audiobooks have made it all that much easier to not pay attention to your surroundings, but still look like you are being thoughtful, or at least respectfully quiet. With iPods and fancy phones, you can take Naamah's Kiss or The Wee Free Men or Summer Knight with you nearly anywhere. I rely mostly on books on audio CD, since I have a pre-MP3 vehicle and a lengthy commute.

 

There also happens to be a guard check point on said commute, which means I need to turn off the book before passing through the security portal. Do I?

 

No.

 

"Prior to building refrigeration, cadavers were kept in the parlors of funeral homes. Sometimes it was feared that the body was merely in a heavy coma-like sleep, and therefore, laid out for a few days. An attendant would patiently sit by within ear shot, as bells were tied upon the extremities. For men, certain endowments have a tendency to engorge in death as they had never done in life. It was of the utmost importance that the attendants choose the proper extremity to attach the bell to," droned on my Informative Non-Fiction Audiobook in a monotone despite the subject matter.

 

I had become wrapped up in it and I was at the checkpoint window. When will I learn to turn the book off two cars back!?!

 

A tattooed and efficient-looking security guard addressed me at that point. "Ma'am, we are conducting a random search of you and your vehicle. Please step out of your vehicle and follow all directions."

She threw a look at my car's console and she didn't look interested in any explanations about how educational or historically accurate my book was. Sigh. Oddly enough, non-fiction books have gotten me and my car searched far more often than science fiction.

 

We bibliophiles will read practically anywhere, despite any foreseeable minor inconveniences. We'll read in movie theatres and playhouses despite the dim light and dirty looks of enthralled patrons. We'll read in bed and the bath, even listening in the shower. Our mealtimes are shared with a good cup of tea and a thrilling mystery. Menial house chores become quality book time. And a good epic fantasy is often my copilot while knitting.

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Alright guys – you heard her! Where is the last place you would read a book, even if it was the best story you've ever heard in your life?

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