Books, books, and more books

This has been an interesting week. Cover went up for Blood Bond:





For the first book my new series, The Fallen Siren Series, Cursed:

(In case you're wondering, S.J.Harper is the pseudonym co-author Samantha Sommersby and I are publishing under)
And I received copies of a new German edition of the first three books in the Anna Strong Chronicles:

Hardcovers-- very nice!!
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Now for book news that's NOT about me... From Shelf Awareness and the Independent: <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><i><b>William Boyd</b>'s new authorized <b>James Bond</b> novel, publishing this fall, will be titled SOLO. The author said at the London Book Fair it features Bond on a "self-appointed mission of his own, unannounced and without any authorization," traveling three continents, "with the main focus honing in on Africa." Boyd said, "It's what happens to Bond in Africa that generates his urge to 'go solo' and take matters into his own hands in the USA." In further Bond trivia, a 60th anniversary release of an early version of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ent..." target="_blank">shows</a>  that the spy was originally named "Secretan… James Secretan."</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ao_ILBWqEug..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ao_ILBWqEug..." width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Secretan...James Secretan." Just doesn't have the same ring, does it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">#  #  #  #</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-04BS2tV..." width="640"></iframe></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b> </b>This is for Tamra Monahan...I know she can identify!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">#  #  #  # </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Something new in the local scene:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3XfDy3_y9BY..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3XfDy3_y9BY..." width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://news.bookweb.org/news/bookbar-..." target="_blank">BookBar</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">— “A book shop for wine lovers. A wine bar for book shoppers”— is set to open its doors this month in the arts district of Denver, Colorado, at 4280 Tennyson Street. The store will feature a menu of wine, beer, tea, coffee, hors d’oeuvres, and desserts to be served alongside an inventory of thousands of handpicked titles.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">#  #  #  # </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All this late spring snow has murdered my tulips. They looked like this after the last storm:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WXuEF67jDGc..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WXuEF67jDGc..." width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal">That was bad enough...but  now they look like this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E2mvZCdejg8..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E2mvZCdejg8..." width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And they were so beautiful!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">#  #  #  # </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">One final word. The three musketeers: Mario, Warren Hammond and I will be appearing at Horrorfest this weekend. Check the schedule <a href="https://starland.com/wp/starfest/" target="_blank"> here</a> . </div></div></div>