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Archive for February, 2008
Lilith Saintcrow – Working for the Devil
Very exciting! Author Lilith Saintcrow arrived today to join in the book discussion of her book ‘Working for the Devil’. The book group started last Friday and will go for approx 3-4 weeks so there’s still plenty of time for anyone to join in, or just pop in and say hi to Lilith.
And she’s a [...]
Harrison, Kim – The Outlaw Demon Wails
[rating:9/10]
The Outlaw Demon Wails is book 6 in the Rachel Morgan Hollows series, published 26th Feb 2008 in the US (hardcover) and 7th April in the UK, (paperback) under the title Where Demons Dare.
Book Description:
To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now her [...]
Harris, Charlaine – From Dead to Worse
[rating:8/10]
From Dead to Worse is book eight in the Southern Vampire Mysteries series and is published on 5th May 2008 in the US and 19th June in the UK.
Book Description:
Betrayed by her longtime vampire love, and with a new man – a shapeshifter – in her life, Sookie’s got quite enough to deal with without [...]
Butcher, Jim – Small Favor
[rating:10/10]
Small Favor is book ten in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. Pre-publication, the author is offering the first four chapters of the book available to read on his website.
Book Description:
No one’s tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and his life finally seems to be calming down. For once, [...]
March Book Group
Here are the books we will be reading and discussing in March
New Moon – Stephenie Meyer (book two in the Twilight Saga)
Continuing our series discussion of the Twilight Saga we now turn our attention to book 2 in the series. Please join us and then decide what team you want to be on – Team [...]
Edinburgh Book Festival 9-25 August 2008
I was there last year and I’m going again this year. Â They have a great site right in the heart of Edinburgh, a great programme and workshops, and a really nice bookshop
I thought you might enjoy watching this and seeing a bit of the city and some famous faces
click to watch trailer for book festival [...]
Publishers experimenting with free e-books – Harper-Collins & Random House
Publisher experiments with free online books
Richard Lea
Tuesday February 12, 2008
EducationGuardian.co.uk
Two competing visions of the future went head-to-head online yesterday as HarperCollins and Random House launched contrasting new experiments in book distribution on the same day.
Building on a scheme launched in 2006 which allows users to flick through extracts of the books they publish, HarperCollins is [...]
World Book Day 6th March 2008
As I’m sure you are all aware it’s World Book Day on 6th March.
If you go to the site, you can find a list of the 100 books to talk about in 2008 that made it to the long list. You can also view the short list of 10 books.
However, if you live [...]
EOS Science Fiction & Fantasy – Anniversary E-Book Giveaways 2008
EOS Books ( a division of Harper-Collins) is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year. They are a Science Fiction / Fantasy imprint and so they are giving away free ebooks in those genres.
Every two months in 2008, they will be offering up a free e-book for readers in the US. The first one is [...]
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- Re: The Owl Killers March 15, 2010****************************************************************The Owl Killers book discussion starts tomorrow, 15th March 2010.Please visit the C... […]
- Re: TV Book Club book #1: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters March 14, 2010It could have been the evil spirit/house working through him  He was very self-centred wasn't he, I agree. […]
- Re: TV Book Club book #1: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters March 14, 2010Quote from: Cat Mistress El on Yesterday at 05:21:21 PMI think it's supposed to be the house or the evil spirit residing within the house but I don't see why it wants to get rid of or kill everyone because then it will be "a... […]
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- Re: The Vampire Diaries March 14, 2010yet again...did not even realize these books were that old. […]
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