Contests

A Giveaway!

There’s a giveaway at Blood of the Muse – a hardcover copy of Court of the Air, which I have had on my wishlsit for a while. I’m always torn about posts like this! I want to keep the contest all to myself…but I also want the extra entry, greedy thing that I am. The book looks great, so good… Read more

Other giveaways…

You can enter to win a copy of Faye Kellerman’s new book, The Mercedes Coffin at The Optimistic Bookfool. You can win a copy of Neil Gamian’s The Graveyard Book with a little creative writing. Check it out here. Devourer of Books is giving away a copy of Queen of the Road. Bookfinds is giving a autographed copy of Sisters… Read more

Another Giveaway!

I recently posted a rave review of Shining City. The publisher, Bloomsbury USA, was generous enough to send me a nice hardbound edition to give away and I am looking forward to sharing this very funny book with a lucky reader. Here’s how to enter: For one entry…leave a comment on this post.For a second entry…link to this giveaway on… Read more

And the winner is…

Shana! Shana was good enough to blog about my contest and I’ll be sending out her free book as soon as she sends me her mailing address. Thanks to everyone who entered, and I hope you come back and visit often. Check back next week, because I have a copy of Tan Lines to give away! Read more

My First Giveaway!

I have received some duplicate ARCs lately, so it’s time for a giveaway! First up… Stealing Athena, by Karen Essex This book has gotten great reviews on other blogs and I am really looking forward to reading it. Since I was fortunate enough to get 2 copies, I’d like to share one with a lucky reader (in the US or… Read more

More New Books!

The mail carrier showed up today with 5 new books for me! I am going to have to quit my job and devote my life to my reading pile! The Stories of Devil-Girl by Anya Achtenberg (for Library Thing Early Reviewers)The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen KentTan Lines by J.J. Salem and best of all… Two copies of Stealing Athena by… Read more

Grand Opening…

Hey, check out the Grand Opening of Book Roast: We slice and serve one author a day for fun and prizes and a good, old fashioned roasting. First, we whet your appetite with a short excerpt from the author’s book, followed by three questions loosely related to the passage. Some questions are silly, others are straightforward and the rest are… Read more