As the holiday season gears up and 2011 winds down I find myself reflecting on reading in 2011, and books and authors that are new to me. Today I thought it would be fun to look at "new to me" discoveries I’ve made this year. Books that were released a year or more ago, but for one reason or another I have not read. I will share how I discovered them and why I recommend them. In no particular order: Series: GA Aiken’s “Dragon” series The book Dragon Actually was released in Continue Reading
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Smexy’s Top Ten–November 11th
10. Earlier in the week, a deer hunter fell out of a tree at the end of my street (my street dead-ends at a big wooded area. Also, I live in redneckville). Four fire trucks, three ambulances, police and the medevac helicopter all came. I guess he had a phone, and was able to call 9-1-1. It was dramatic, especially watching the helicopter try to land in this small field on my street. I have no idea how hurt the hunter was, I hope he is okay. My little street can’t handle that type of chaos! Continue Reading
Interview with Veronica Wolff and Giveaway
Who is Veronica Wolff? Give us the low down. I’m a what-you-see-is-what-you-get kinda girl. I have two bickering kids, a couple of rescue dogs, a cat who meows at all the wrong times, and a snake for whom I bear a deep and abiding resentment. I enjoy walking on the beach in San Francisco and traveling to the mountains in Tahoe, too. I am a cookie fanatic. I hate talking on the phone, and so writing is my dream job. I can be both a morning and a night person, which means I steal the Continue Reading
Guest Author Ashley March and Giveaway
Behind Every Writer is an Author You Must Read First of all, thanks so much to Mandi for having me visit today! It’s always a treat to get to be a guest at Smexy Books. Writers often get asked a variation of the same question over and over again: What inspires you? Sometimes the answer to this question leads to a discussion of music or movies, sometimes a newspaper article or friend-related story the writer heard. Those might be sources of inspiration for ideas, but what’s Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–July 22nd
10. My week – It is something like 110 degrees out. I think the low for Baltimore last night barely made it out of the 90’s. Yeah, not cool Mother Nature. 9. Great news for Stacia Kane fans – she announced on her blog that there will be a fifth book in her Downside series. Book four, Sacrificial Magic is scheduled to come out March 27th. (Read chp one here). Book five will be called Chasing Magic. If you haven’t read this series I definitely recommend. Book one, Unholy Ghosts is Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–November 5th
10. My week – Hubs was in Vegas all week – I know, so unfair. I did sweat a bit because my “boyfriend” Brandon Flowers lives in Vegas. Can’t have the two of them running into each other. And hubs doesn’t act so kindly when I suggest he do a little stalking for me. Oh hubs. And yes, the hot tub is still in our driveway. I don’t even notice it anymore. Sad. 9. Cover Alert! Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews – book five in their Kate Daniels series. I….can’t….wait…for this book!!! I don’t love the Continue Reading
Favorites of 2010…So Far
Since it is the middle of the year, and I am slightly obsessed with making lists, I thought it would be fun to visit my favorite reads of the first half of 2010. These are in no particular order. Spiders Bite and Web of Lies by Jennifer Estep – This series has fast become one of my favorite UF series out there. Dark, violent, and sexy – I can’t wait for Venom in September. Crossroads by Moira Rogers – Paranormal romance at its best. Read book one, Crux first to get the full experience. Continue Reading
Team Smexy
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 Continue Reading
Help Me Pick a Contemporary Romance Contest!!
If you dig through my blog, you will notice I never talk about contemporary romances - that is because I never read them! I love paranormals, historicals, urban fantasy, I'm even adding young adult into the mix now, I just never pick up a contemporary. I have been trying to think why that is and the only reason I can come up with is that they do not provide enough escapism for me. In a paranormal or urban fantasy, there are creatures roaming about that create a unique world. In a historical it Continue Reading
I Like Alpha Males and I’m OK With That
I finished Club Dead by Charlaine Harris last night. It is the third in the Southern Vampire Mysteries (aka - Sookie Stackhouse books).The reason I started reading this book is because True Blood on HBO starts next month and I really would rather read a book before I see it on television or in a movie. I really enjoyed the book which surprised me. It possibly should not have surprised me since I liked the first two books in the series (which I read a long time ago). However, **SHALLOW ALERT** I Continue Reading