I received so many wonderful responses to my call for reviewers last week! I want to thank everyone who emailed me!! I ended up picking three great people, and I already had another selected, so I now have four guest reviewers who you will see pop up once in awhile. I’m really excited to be working with them and I look forward to hearing all of their thoughts on upcoming books.
They might just think all they have to do is post a guest review now and then but I may have forgotten to mention a few ground rules. Although they will be sharing Smexy with me, my boyfriends are off limits – you hear me girls? *evil glare* Oh, and you each must memorize all of the Killers songs and send me photos of Brandon Flowers (preferrably nekkid – c’mon girls, photoshop!) everyday. See, writing here at Smexy is going to be tons of fun!
If they haven’t run off screaming yet, here is the new Team Smexy:
Kati
I am a life long lover of romance fiction. Since reading Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts in 1983, when I was 12, I have read and fallen in love with countless heroes and heroines from all sorts of romance. In real life, I am a professional event planner for NASA in Washington, D.C. Other than voraciously reading romance, I am a rabid professional football fan (go ‘Skins!) and I am owned by a miniature dachshund and tortoiseshell cat. My favorite authors are Nora Roberts, Linda Howard, Nalini Singh and Lisa Kleypas. In addition to reviewing for Smexy Books, you can find me talking about books, pop culture and life in general at Katidom.
Kati on Twitter.
Karra
I wasn’t an avid reader until July of 2008. I had purchased a copy of Twilight per a friend’s request, and only began to read it because the internet connection to my laptop was dead. Since my kids were napping, I dove in, and I don’t think I’ve surfaced since. After reading quite a few young adult books and series, I crossed that barrier into adult novels because I needed a more in depth story. Well, that and the fact that I wanted the sex scenes. I’m only human, right??
I started out with Jacquelyn Frank and Karen Chance, and soon moved onto Richelle Mead’s two adult series as well as anything that screamed paranormal romance. I found that that was my favorite genre, and have since accumulated over one hundred fifty paranormal romance, urban fantasy and young adult books. (Yes, I own them all…our poor bank account.)
So when I’m not chasing my two year old princess or four year old rock star around, I’m reading any and all books that strike my fancy, or stalking Illona Andrews’, Richelle Mead’s and Gena Showalter’s blogs and twitter accounts. Anything to tide me over until their new releases are available.
Karra on Twitter
Tori
I live in Florida with my hubby, kid, and a ton of animals. I have a pot belly pig named Josie that is like my second child.
I run two on line clothing stores. One on Ebay (Gigi’s Upscale Closet) and one on my own site (Gigi’s Consignment Closet).
My two loves in life (besides the family) is clothing and books.
I am a vivacious reader. I honestly get depressed if I don’t have anything to read. I can go thru 2-3 books a day but afterwards I look like a crackhead after a three day binge.
I have a lot of people ask why I don’t sell books. It’s because I can’t give them up. I have shelves of books that I read years ago because I can’t bear to part with them. And I tend to reread books about once a year.
I am a coffee and donut ho. Everyone knows you take your life in your own hands if you approach me before I’ve had a least 2 cups.
I kill plants but I’m trying to rehabilitate myself. I don’t mean to kill them but they just won’t cooperate with me. :(
I truly enjoy working from home. It allows me to be with my family and to do what I want when I want. Plus, I just suck at following orders. It’s better for the world that I rule from home.
Tori on Twitter
Amanda
Hi everyone! My name is Amanda and I have the great honor of becoming part of team Smexy!
I’m a twenty something Science Graduate living in Dublin Ireland, with an insatiable love of reading and books in particular the romance genre. My love of romance started while on a trip to the States a number of years ago and a life changing trip to Borders. While there I discovered the romance section and settled on picking up just one book, Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning. Due to the great talents of KMM I spent the long haul flight home reading my first romance, when I landed in Dublin I was down to my local bookshop to order more. KMM remains to this day my favourite Romance author, but my auto buy list has grown substantially since then thanks to reading the reviews and opinions of some of the fantastic ladies that are around the blogging world. J.R. Ward and the sexy BDB, Kresley Cole, Lyndsay Sands to name but a few are some of authors that are on my keeper list.
Living in Ireland Romance books are not something that you find in the local bookstore. It is only in recent years that some of the main stream Urban romance and Paranormal romance have made it onto the shelves so without the reviews of fabulous bloggers like Mandi my reading list would be sadly lacking. For this reason I am delighted to be a part of team Smexy and spread the love of books to the blogging world.
I don’t have a blog as yet, but I am one of the ladies that blogs over on Desert Island Keepers and I will be blogging for three days this month from the 27th so pop over and say hi!
Amanda on Twitter
Thanks girls! Remember, our Team Smexy handshake is a secret, and our make-out sessions with fictional heroes stays here on the blog, ok? ;)
Hi girls :D
Will look forward to the reviews, and you better get cracking on learning those Killers songs now
Hi Ladies – nice to meet you all. Looking forward to your reviews!
Hey Team Smexy! Sounds like a fab group :)
Hello Ladies…
Looking forward to your reviews…
Have fun..
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Hi ladies, looking forward to read your reviews!
Welcome ladies.. if they have not run screaming yet at Mandi's demands, lol!!!
Welcome aboard! You are all in for some smexy kinda fun!!!
Can not wait to see what is in store for us…
Hey Mandi, do we get to see those pics of Killer's Brandon.. nekkied?? **insert evil laughter**
Looks like I'm already in trouble…I only know the most popular Killers' songs. Better start studying their discography…:)
Keep an eye on that Kati, she stole Roarke from me.
Can I be an unofficial Smexy girl? Please, please please??
Mandi, looks like you made a great choice! These ladies seem to be a perfect addition to "smexy land". Good luck girls! We'll try not to be too rough on you! *smirk*
Ok….. must learn photoshop and look up lyrics!
HEHE
Yes, KB, you are unofficially smexy! ;P
Wow, congrats! What awesome additions to the team! Mandi, you are creating a reviewing mothership over here!
Yay!! I'm a smexy :)
Welcome New Team Smexy!!!!
*welcoming applause* great introductions and im so excited to hear about the new guest review team, looking forward to hearing your diverse opinions!
Wow… what a great looking team!!
I am following everyone on twitter and waiting for confirmation from Amanda's Twitter!!
I am so excited! Love the blog!!!
Nice to meet you all and I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts on romance!!
Congrats!
:) VFG
Congrats with your new team, Mandi! And I'm looking forward to all the reviews of team Smexy (I hope I can keep up and read them all ;))!
Thanks Mandi! You made me sound so good. :) I'm like, "yea…uh huh…that's me". I'm very excited to be on Team Smexy. I'm ashamed to say I don't know who Brendan Flowers is but I'll get right one that. As for "your boyfriends"…we'll discuss that at a later date.
Yay team smexy!! Congratulations girls, looking forward to your reviews. :) xoxo
It's great to meet the new members of Team Smexy! I look forward to your reviews :)
So, Mandi, are you going to share your new photos of Brandon? I'll admit, my pervie mind went immediately to wondering how the team would photoshop him naked. They could have a lot of fun with that *g*
Tori-I will be sure to introduce you to Brandon Flowers..we will have lots to talk about :)
Ava-srsly, a naked bflow..I'm excited..I don't care if it is not his bod ;) Maybe pair him up with another male..oh yes ;)
I think Team Smexy needs its own button. :)
And you CANNOT hog Indiana Jones all to yourself. I called dibs on him when I was 8. So there. :P
Brandon hooking up with another guy? :D Oh, you are so tempting me to open up photoshop and have some serious fun!!
I found a message board that has a "take your shirt off" campaign for Brandon…yes, I actually spent minutes of my life reading about it ;)
I bet HE has a nice back ;)
I look forward to reading the thoughts of team Smexy on the books they read :) Have fun together!
Can't wait to see what Team Smexy get up to…reviewing wise of course.
I'm gonna have to stake a claim to my book boyf or you guys are donna steal them all….
Hello Team Smexy! I'm looking forward to your seeing your thoughts on books here.
*whispers* wow, those are some tough rules here at smexy books. i wish you luck! LOL!