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#Audiolibro ‘Correr’ de #Enrique Laso

Hola a todos:

Como sab��is me gusta traeros libros en audio regularmente y cuando v�� que el escritor Enrique Laso (muy prol��fico y que escribe en una gran variedad de g��neros) hab��a publicado algunos de sus libros en audio, decid�� que os los ir��a trayendo.

Mucha gente escucha audiolibros mientras pasean o hacen ejercicio, as�� que no me pude resistir a traeros ��ste:

Correr de Enrique Laso (Narraci��n de Albert Navarro)

Correr de Enrique Laso

��N��1 En Amazon Deporte! ��N��1 En Amazon Running! Booka Audiobooks presenta el audiolibro��Correr��una breve gu��a de iniciaci��n a esta maravillosa pr��ctica deportiva, tan en auge en los ��ltimos tiempos. Sencilla, amena, breve y dirigida a los que no han corrido jam��s o llevan poco tiempo practicando este fabuloso deporte. N��1 en su categor��a en USA, Espa��a, Alemania, Francia, Holanda y M��xico. Enrique Laso, escritor y corredor habitual, nos introduce en este fant��stico mundo a trav��s de un serie de consejos, experiencias y reflexiones cargadas de motivaci��n.Muy pronto tambi��n CORRER II y��Correr��IIISi est��s pensando en adentrarte en el mundo del running, o si llevas poco tiempo practic��ndolo, esta gu��a es ideal para ti.��Bienvenido a nuestro equipo!

http://www.audible.com/pd/Health-Fitness/Correr-Run-Audiobook/B00WL6XYAO/

El libro tambi��n est�� disponible en formato Kindle

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TCQPECW/

http://www.amazon.es/dp/B00TCQPECW/

 

Y adem��s tambi��n est��n disponibles, pero de momento solo en Kindle, Correr II, Correr III y Correr IV pero os tendr�� informados de cuando est��n disponibles en audio.

Y la p��gina de Enrique Laso, para que pod��is echarle un vistazo a sus otras obras:

http://www.amazon.com/Enrique-Laso/e/B004KCULSA/

Gracias a Enrique por su obra, a vosotros por leer, y si os ha interesado, dadle al me gusta, comentad, compartid y haced CLIC!

#Audiobook ‘The Color of Evil’ by Armando Rodera

Hi all:

On Fridays I like to post about guest authors and new books. And as you know I’ve become quite interested in audiobooks too and try to bring you some regularly. A while back I read that a Spanish author I know, Armando Rodera, and whom I’ve featured in one of my Spanish posts as guest author, was having one of his most popular novels translated to English��The Color of Evil��(Trans. by Simon Bruni) and now is available in audiobook. I haven’t yet read any of Armando’s fiction but I read one of his books on writing and publishing and thought it was beautifully written (La LLave del ��xito) so I think this should be a treat.

The Color of Evil

Color of Evil by Armando Rodera (narrator: Peter Berkrot)

by��Armando Rodera��(Author),��Peter Berkrot��(Narrator)

When the daughter of a prominent politician and her boyfriend disappear, officials suspect foul play. Seasoned inspector Francisco Bermejo and rookie brainiac Pablo Roncero team up to investigate, but their hope for an open-and-shut case quickly crumbles. They are on the trail of a serial killer – one whose motivations are as mysterious as the horrific, elaborate tableaus he leaves behind as clues. Bermejo and Roncero must overcome their differences, a byzantine bureaucracy, and the distraction of a beautiful journalist as they race across Spain in pursuit of the murderer. They can only guess where he will strike next – and with the gruesome game the killer’s playing, guesswork is not nearly good enough.

In Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Color-of-Evil/dp/B00KHB029Q/

In Amazon.co.uk:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Color-of-Evil-Unabridged/dp/B00KHIEC0Y/

Just in case you prefer to read it, here is the Kindle version:

http://www.amazon.com/Color-Evil-Armando-Rodera-ebook/dp/B00GUU926C/

Here from his author page:

I was born in Madrid, Spain, on a hot summer’s day in 1972. From an early age I always had a love of reading, beginning with children’s collections like the Famous Five and The Happy Hollisters, before delving fearlessly into the adventures of Jules Verne, Alexandre Dumas and Emilio Salgari.

I graduated in IT and Telecoms Engineering in my home town and for nearly a decade I worked in the technology sector, until five years ago I decided to turn my career on its head, seeking a profession that would enable me to improve my quality of life and above all make time for my great passion: literature.

I have now published several novels in Spanish, my mother tongue: “El color de la maldad” (Color of Evil, the best-selling crime thriller in Spanish on Amazon.com in 2012 and 2013); “La rebeld��a del alma” (The rebellion of the Soul), a daring and original story of suspense, drama and romance with a dash of Noir (this book was global number one on Amazon.es and is now the top romantic suspense novel in Spanish on Amazon.com); “Juego de identidades” (Game of Identities), a fast-paced action-packed adventure thriller across two continents, which has been very well received by critics and readers. And finally, the novel “Caos absoluto” (Absolute Chaos), a dystopian crime thriller with an important social undertone. It is a book with which I aim to entertain, while also making readers reflect on our society and the corruption in politics and the economy.

My book “El enigma de los vencidos” (The Enigma of the Defeated), an adventure and mystery novel with a historical setting, was published digitally and in print by Ediciones B, one of Spain’s most prestigious publishers, and is also available in the USA through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

I have also published my first non-fiction work, in digital format only. The book is entitled “La llave del ��xito. Consigue destacar en Amazon: Marketing para escritores” (The Key to Success. Stand out on Amazon: Marketing for writers), a book that can appeal to all readers, as well as independent writers.

In spring 2014, thanks to the international success of my crime thriller in Spanish, “El color de la maldad”, Thomas & Mercer will publish the English version of this book, to be entitled “Color of Evil”.

I am also a reader, content manager and freelance consultant on various projects, with a particular focus on Internet marketing and new technologies applied to publishing and culture. I am also a contributor to Getafe Negro, Madrid’s crime fiction festival.

http://www.armandorodera.com

http://vivenciasdeunescritornovel.blogspot.com

http://www.culturadigital.es

https://twitter.com/ArmandoRodera

https://www.facebook.com/armando.rodera

https://www.facebook.com/colorofevil

Thanks so much to Armando for his audiobook, thanks to you all for reading, and you know what they say, like, share, comment, and CLICK!

��Hola, Olga! 2

olganm:

Thanks so much to Ailsa Abraham Author��� for a great interview and for the hospitality. Beware! Today I talk about my books!

Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage:

Welcome back. Still chatting to Olga. Finally, your own work! Tell us all about your writing.

Thanks Ailsa. I���ve been writing since I was quite young, although, thankfully, most of it has been lost in the darkness of time. The first novel I published, called ���The Man Who Never Was��� is a story about Jes��s, a very ugly boy, and his very special family. I was very influenced by Magic Realism at the time when I wrote the first draft (I must have been 17 or 18) but have worked on the story a lot since.

The second story ���Twin Evils?��� I also wrote years back. It���s a novella about a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, complete opposites of each other, and a their best friend, a girl their age, who finds it difficult to keep neutral between them. I published it as a YA story, although���

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��Hola, Olga! 1

olganm:

Thanks so much to Ailsa Abraham Author��� for having me as a guest! If you haven’t met her yet, go over and visit!

Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage:

You may remember that I had the most amazing good fortune to have coffee with an on-line friend in Barcelona recently. She is so interesting that I wanted her to come and chat with the rest of you, as she did with us. I have found my French doppelg��nger in the UK but now my Catalan one too. Olga has lived in England as long as I have in France so we swapped stories of being ���foreign���!��

Olga, darling ��� step off the magic carpet and give me a big hug. Lily remembers you and wants a fuss and I���m sure Badger will be in shortly with some drinks.

Tell us ��� you are a forensic psychiatrist. What is that? What do you do?

First, thanks so much for having me at your cottage. I���ve enjoyed all the visitors you���ve had so far and I loved meeting you and your���

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Beach Reads video and giveaway. Update

Beach Reads Giveaway!

Hi all:

You’ll remember today I’ve just shared a video and promised more news. Here they are.

WE HAVE A GIVEAWAY! AND IT’S MASSIVE!

Just to remind you, a number of authors have joined forces to bring you books for those (hopefully!) sunny days. ‘Beach Reads’.

Here is the video:

What’s best still, even more writers are taking part in the giveaway, so you’ll be spoilt for choice. You just need to participate in the Rafflecopter:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

You have time from now until the end of May.

And��ONE lucky winner will get a collection of books that should make anybody read to their hearts (and sighs) content.

Don’t be shy, go and try!

Best of luck.

Thanks for reading, and go sharing!

Video, arte, y tranquilidad.

Hola a todos:

Estaba preparando un post sobre marketing, cuando de repente me di cuenta de que la semana pasada hab��a sido muy larga y hab��a hecho muchas cosas.

Hab��a conocido a gente

Autora Ailsa Abraham y su marido!

Ailsa Abraham es una escritora y bloguera a la que conoc�� a trav��s de las redes y que estaba de vacaciones cerca de Barcelona, y se vino a visitarme con su marido y su perrita Lily.

Fue el cumplea��os de mi madre:

No se me dan bien los selfies y no tengo un palo alargador de esos. Delante de la Catedral de Barcelona

Hicimos gestiones, vi a amistades (hola Montse!) y nos paseamos por San Jordi (y no tengo foto pero vimos a David Lucas y Josep Capsir. ��Qu�� majos!)

El viernes de vuelta a Inglaterra.

As�� que pens�� que necesitaba un descanso. Por suerte, las escritoras de un grupo al que pertenezco, unas mujeres con much��simo talento, pensaron que ya que el tiempo est�� mejorando, hay que ponerse a pensar en qu�� leeremos en la playa. As�� que si le��is ingl��s, os dejo el video de promoci��n (s�� que habr�� regalos y m��s cosas):

Y siguiendo con el tema de la playa, un vecino me hab��a guardado esta pieza de la artista Ashley O’Neal, que es una de su serie Drifting Bones (Huesos a la deriva)

Drifting Bones by Ashley O’Neal

Mucha gracias por leer, y si os ha gustado, dadle al me gusta, comentad, compartid, ��y haced CLIC!

Video, art and quiet.

Hi all:

I was preparing (I’ve prepared it already) a post asking more questions on book marketing, and then I thought… Last week was quite long, seeing people…

Ailsa Abraham and he hubbie!

(By the way, what a joy meeting Ailsa, Peter (a.k.a. Badger) and Lily, in person), celebrating my mother’s birthday

No good at selfies and don’t have one of these stick-like thingis. In front of the Cathedral of Barcelona

trying to sort a few things, traveling back to the UK…

So I though a light post would do.

And luckily, a group of very talented writers I belong to came to the rescue. They decided that as the weather is improving, it’s time to get our��Beach Reads ready, and to promote the idea, here is the video. I know there are giveaways and things coming up, so I’ll keep you posted.

 

 

And talking about beaches, when I got home, my next door neighbour had been keeping something for me all this time. A work of art by Ashley O’Neal. One of her series Drifting Bones.

Drifting Bones by Ashley O’Neal

Thank you so much for reading and if you’ve enjoyed it, like, comment, share, and… go find something to CLICK!

#Nuevolibro ‘La casa de piedra’ de Adelfa Mart��n

Hola a todos:

Ayer fue Sant Jordi, d��a del Libro, y espero que tuvi��seis ocasi��n de abastaceros con algunas novedades, pero por si acaso…

Viernes es mi d��a de traeros escritores invitados (ya sean cl��sicos o actuales) y novedades literarias. Siempre me alegro cuando alguno de los autores que ha estado ya aqu�� nos vuelve a visitar, y hoy es una de estas ocasiones.

Como recordar��is, Adelfa Mart��n ha pasado por aqu�� con anterioridad, y recientemente tuve la oportunidad de compartir la rese��a de una de sus novelas��La Perla Negra��(por si os lo perd��steis, aqu�� os dejo el enlace). As�� que cuando le�� que estaba a punto de lanzar su nueva novela decid�� tra��rosla.

Aqu�� est��:

La casa de piedra de Adelfa Mart��n

La casa de piedra

La casa de piedra es una novela que se puede catalogar como una saga familiar, ya que se trata -primordialmente-, de la vida de la familia Sirenio, con ��nfasis en la de sus primog��nitos varones, que se inicia en los albores de la Primera Guerra Mundial y finaliza en nuestros d��as.

Hay cierta vena rom��ntica que identifica a estos hombres so��adores, –algunos de ellos–, amantes de las aventuras, pero que sin embargo, siempre regresan a La casa de piedra y a Bah��a Blanca, donde est��n sus ra��ces.

El primer Sirenio se ve inmiscuido – de alguna forma-, en el asesinato del Pr��ncipe Francisco Fernando, heredero al trono de Habsburgo, lo cual seg��n algunas opiniones, desencaden�� la Primera Guerra Mundial. El siguiente Sirenio, creyendo resarcir a la humanidad de una supuesta culpabilidad de su padre, se involucra durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial en ayudar a familias jud��as francesas a huir a Suiza. En lo personal, vive un apasionado romance con la primera Morena, que pasa por el peligro de escapadas de la Francia ocupada, terminando en un feliz matrimonio.

El tercero es sencillamente un empresario, que considera muy rom��nticos los hechos de sus antepasados, pero que m��s pragm��tico, se dedica exclusivamente a acrecentar las empresas, aunque sus hijos tambi��n llevan los nombres de Leonardo y Morena.

Pero su hijo, o sea, el cuarto Sirenio, ��ese es otra cosa! Leonardo Sirenio Vargas, si es capaz de sacarle canas verdes a su padre. Su aventura comienza en el Sarajevo de nuestros d��as, donde ayuda a una joven, –de la cual se enamora perdidamente, y con quien vive una historia realmente hermosa, rom��ntica y tr��gica–, a restituir a la reci��n descubierta familia materna musulmana de ella, -que ignoraba que exist��a-, un antiqu��simo Cor��n, joya ��nica en el mundo.

Sus ires y venires lo llevan hasta M��xico, donde experimenta la magia de un matrimonio maya, que se lleva a cabo en uno de los m��ltiples cenotes cercanos a Canc��n, pero donde tambi��n se ve en cierta forma involucrado, y de manera fatal, con gente muy mala y peligrosa.

Aun con sus distintas circunstancias, algo profundo caracteriza a estos hombres unidos por la consanguinidad: Su nobleza, generosidad y calidad humana.

Enlaces:

http://www.amazon.com/Casa-Piedra-Spanish-Adelfa-Martin-ebook/dp/B00W032Q6Q/

http://www.amazon.es/Casa-Piedra-Spanish-Adelfa-Martin-ebook/dp/B00W032Q6Q/

Tambi��n disponible ya en papel:

Paperback: ��myBook.to/lacasapapel

Y os recuerdo la p��gina de Amazon de Adelfa, para que no os perd��is sus otras novelas, siempre con un ��nfasis en temas que azuzan la conciencia de la sociedad en que vivimos:

http://www.amazon.com/ADELFA-MART%C3%8CN/e/B00CDGJCFI/

Gracias a Adelfa por su nueva novela, a vosotros por leer, y ��ya sab��is, dadle al me gusta, comentad, compartid y haced CLIC!

#Newbook ‘Tales to Count On’ by S.R. Mallery. A master of the short story.

Hi all:

As you know, Fridays is a day I dedicate to guest authors or new books. It’s always a great pleasure for me to bring you new books by authors who’ve graced by blog before, and even more so when I’ve read and shared my opinion of their work before. This is the case with today’s offering.

I read and adored ‘Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads‘ by S. R. Mallery (here you can check my post) and when I saw the author had published another collection of short stories, I could not resist.

Tales to Count On by S.R. Mallery

Tales to Count On

Curl up and enter the eclectic world of S. R. Mallery, where sad meets bizarre and deception meets humor; where history meets revenge and magic meets gothic. Whether it’s 500 words or 5,000, these TALES TO COUNT ON, which include a battered women’s shelter, childhood memories, Venetian love, magic photographs, PTDS fallout, sisters’ tricks, WWII spies, the French Revolution, evil vaudevillians, and celebrity woes, will remind you that in the end, nothing is ever what it seems.

http://www.amazon.com/TALES-COUNT-S-R-Mallery-ebook/dp/B00UCBENY6/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TALES-COUNT-S-R-Mallery-ebook/dp/B00UCBENY6/

The book has great reviews but I could not resist sharing this one:

5.0 out of 5 stars��`Word counts’ and other non-sequiturs��April 10, 2015

By��Grady Harp

Format:Kindle Edition

Los Angeles author S. R. (Sarah) Mallery since her graduation from UCLA has enjoyed a varied career as a professional production artist, editor, ESL teacher, and tutor – but she also has been significantly involved as a classical/pop singer/composer working in clubs and churches while composing for educational filmstrips, having her own calligraphy company, a twenty-year quilting and craft artist and business, and now she devotes her time as an historical fiction writer, writing short stories in particular, as challenging a writing skill as any. She is a member of ASMWG (Authors’ Social Media Support Group) and has been published in both collections of her own works as well as anthologies with other writers published by Scars Publications, Chitra Publications, and House of White Birches. Her current publisher is Mockingbird Lane Press. Having read three of her books, now, likely classifies this reader as a Mallery addict.

Quite cleverly Sarah presents the reader with the Word Count conundrum – whether the length of a story is commensurate with the impact – and then proceeds to offer her wonderfully diverse tales in ascending order – shortest to longest. And to prove her point he first story GOOD ADVICE in a couple of pages relates an in control therapist in a women’s shelter, admired by all for the calm with which she handles her telephone please for help only face a abrupt situation of the terminal category at story’s end. In an equally brief tale – A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY – a visit to a zoo finds a tiger (Rudolfo) inadvertently picking up a discarded cigarette and out of rage having retribution by the discarding smoker. And another -THE KITCHEN – a nightmare of filth faces a maid whose employer has simply stepped out for a trip to the bank – or to her bed, a sanctum from her disengagement with the real world.

The stories grow linger but still corrupt reason in Sarah’s inimitable manner of imaginative tales: GIFTS – `In 1935, Peter was too young to know better. Dim lights, he figured–yes, it was the dim lights, the root of All Evil, that had done him in. Everyone else understood that maneuvering past the row of Stage Right columns, even well lit, wasn’t an easy task for anyone, much less a six-year-old claiming he couldn’t see. Just shy of Stage Left, he would often trip, catching himself on either his mother’s or his father’s arm. It was then that he finally wised up. He learned the inevitability of one of his parents sticking out their right toe to snag him as he went by–one night it might be his father’s, the next, his mother’s. They seemed to take turns. “If only I didn’t have to wear this eye patch,” he muttered from time to time, but his father’s, “Keep it on, Peter! Remember, that’s a big part of the act, kid!” haunted his every move. At first, he would turn to his mother–her theatrical makeup softening like a candle outside on a hot August day–the same mother who always stood helpless as her sweaty, rum-soaked husband returned home night after night, stumbling up their back steps and heading straight for their only child cowering in the farthest corner possible.’

That is the flavor of her alchemy with words. Or as the synopsis phrases it, `Whether it’s 500 words or 5,000, these TALES TO COUNT ON, which include a battered women’s shelter, childhood memories, Venetian love, magic photographs, PTSD fallout, sisters’ tricks, WWII spies, the French Revolution, evil vaudevillians, and celebrity woes, will remind you that in the end, nothing is ever what it seems.’ And not a one of these stories fails to satisfy.

But what the reader takes away from these compelling stories is that Mallery is a brilliant wordsmith – a unique artist who has mastered her medium! Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, April 15

Author S.R. Mallery

Here is Sarah’s Amazon page:

http://www.amazon.com/S.-R.-Mallery/e/B00CIUW3W8/

And if you want to check her links in other places:

Website/Blog:���� www.srmallery.com

Twitter: ��@SarahMallery1

Facebook: ��

http://facebook.com/pages/SR-Mallery-Sarah-Mallery/356495387768574

Goodreads: ��

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7067421.S_R_Mallery

Pinterest: �� http://www.pinterest.com/sarahmallery1/

Thanks so much to Sarah for her new book, thanks to all of you for reading, and you know, like, share, comment and CLICK!

Friends and traffic fiascos!

olganm:

Here is Ailsa’s chronicle of our meeting. Thanks to her, badger and Lily for braving the traffic and getting to Barcelona. Great to catch up, talk about all things great and wonderful, and especially funny, and some plans for future chats and meets.

Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage:

Got to face it, I���m a country mouse. When I go to London, Badger hands me over to the Assistant Otter-Keeper, Spike who takes my hand to cross roads, ensures my shoelaces��are done up and stops me running across to investigate sweetie or teddy-bear shops.

Today proved two things: 1) SatNav is way better than an out of date map which does not show one-way streets when driving in foreign cities. ��2) While I have a flair for languages, I am completely useless with roads. Even as a pedestrian I can cause mayhem as I showed in Barcelona today when I used the crossing against the lights in the path of an on-coming cop on a scooter. I bowed and resisted the urge to shout ���Ya big gurlie ��� get a proper bike��� cos I didn���t know the expression in Spanish. Just as well, really. As it was he shouted���

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