I went to BookBash 2013 last Saturday and had a BLAST!! Of course, I ONCE AGAIN had to get up at 5am. What the heck is up with cons and 5am? Is it a law or something because this is the 4th con where I’ve had to get up that early to attend. Grrr. I arrived around 7:30 at the pretty, pretty Doubletree Hilton in Orlando in order to have breakfast with Kristen Dywer, publicist for Simon & Schuster, and a few other bloggers. I met the lovely ladies behind the fabulous blogs Continue Reading
Shut Up and Read This Book!
By May. Book recommendations are a funny thing, as you can’t always guess what a person will love or what detail they might find so off-putting that they end up hating the book and possibly questioning your judgment. It’s hard to say what might work for someone, even if they are your friend and you know what they generally like. That said, I’ve been given a lot of recommendations over the years, a few of them strong/demanding enough that I actually felt I was instructed I must read! Now, Continue Reading
Need a New Adult Rec? We got ‘em
I’m (Mandi) kind of new to the New Adult (NA) genre. I don’t know why I held out. I honestly think part of it was because there was so much hype and discussion about the genre I was over it before I even tried it. However, there is this place called Twitter where I see people tweet all of these “OMG THIS BOOK AHHH” tweets all the time and I have zero control when it comes to said tweets. There are also people/friends (one named Tori) that are always talking about these fantastic NA books Continue Reading
Authors, Please Share Your Intentions
What are your intentions? By May. Recently I read a short story that I quite enjoyed, and when I went to the author’s website to find out if there would be more (it was an Urban Fantasy type world), what her plans were, and if I could expect another installment soon I found nothing. No information at all other than the fact that the book in my hands was coming out. This got me thinking (and ranting to fellow Smexy reviewer Tori) about author intentions and I wanted to write up my thoughts on Continue Reading
Five Ways Hollywood Could Bring the Rom Com Back
By May. It breaks my heart that the romantic comedy is a thing of the past. When I look at the movies I’ve seen, movies that are coming out, I see I have watched two or three new romantic comedy releases in the past three years. Seriously – where are they all? We all know that Hollywood loves to recycle ideas, as well as destroy great books by turning them into painfully lame movies. That said, let us pretend for a moment that tinsel town would put their very best people on it, not Continue Reading
When Urban Fantasy Loses Tori’s Trust
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: When Urban Fantasy Loses My Trust – by Tori. When I read a certain genre, I have certain expectations. I expect Romance to be an emotional love fest, Paranormal Romance to be a love fest between supernatural entities, and Urban Fantasy to kick arse and take names in a world similar to mine. As a long time reader of Urban Fantasy, I have always been of the opinion that the main defining appeal of this genre is the low key or utter lack of romance. It’s not called UFR Continue Reading
May says: Leave the Dead Guy Alone
Whether beloved fiancée or husband, girlfriend or your first love, one of the fastest ways to have me losing respect for a love story is by picking apart a dead person’s relationship with your current leading man or lady. Now I have no problem with stories where there is no love lost for a deceased person, I am specifically talking about stories where we have a second chance at love. While I understand it could be hard to write a hero where you have a leading character who has already Continue Reading
Mandi’s Ultimate Hero
A couple of days ago on twitter I was tweeting about how weak I am for UFC/MMA fighter heroes or motorcycle club books. And then as usual on Twitter, the convo probably turned into talking about his peen or something else pervy. But I’ve been thinking that if I could develop my ultimate hero, what kind of man would he be? So here is a description of my perfect hero: - He is a virgin (duh) - He has a beard (double duh) - He is an ex-UFC fighter who lives alone in a cabin way up on a Continue Reading
Ten Steps to Becoming Shy’s Old Lady
Tori reviewed this previously for Smexy. Then May, Helyce and I all read the book and we wanted to talk about it too! If you want a sure way to become an “ Old Lady” to a motorcycle man, here is a plan you can follow.. (and just to be clear, I’m Tack’s Old Lady so y’all better just step back). 10. Tease him with lusting looks and the tip of your pink tongue for years. Then get engaged to someone else. “Don’t answer my question, baby.” he said softly and watched her swallow then lick her Continue Reading
New J.R. Ward Information!
J.R Ward had a book signing yesterday to celebrate the release of Lover at Last and as usual did a Q&A and told us some good information. The details I’m about to give were gathered from people who were at the signing and tweeted. Special thanks to @mslizalou and @betsdifranco for their tweets! There are spoilers below for upcoming JR Ward books. You have been warned. The spring 2014 BDB book will be titled – The King. And it will be about Wrath and Beth. You can watch JR Ward announce it Continue Reading