In addition to our usual book groups, we’re having a special book group event next month.  We have been given a few review copies of a new book and will be using this as the subject of our discussion.  Some copies have already been allocated, however if you are interested in this book and want to join in the discussion, please visit the forum  for more information.

Book Group Discussion will take place during April 2010, therefore you must be available to read the book, discuss it with the group and write your review within this period.  Because of this unplanned event, we may have to adjust the current book group schedule to squeeze it in.

Details of the book in question:

Book is due for publication in the UK 1st April 2010, already published in the US 9th March 2010

Product Description
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days Genesis 6:4 When Sister Evangeline finds mysterious correspondence between Mother Innocenta of the Saint Rose Convent and legendary philanthropist Abigail Rockefeller, it confirms Angels walked among us – and their descendants, the cruel Nephilim, still do. Indeed, the Nephilim are hunting for artefacts concealed by Abigail Rockefeller during the Second World War – objects that will ultimately allow them to enslave mankind – and have so far been prevented from reaching their apocalyptic goal by one, clandestine organisation: The Angelology Society. And if the Angelologists are to stand any chance of winning this new battle in the ages-old war, they must find the artefacts first. But their fate rests in the hands of innocent Sister Evangeline, who holds the key to unlocking Abigail Rockefeller’s hiding places … and whose own destiny may yet find her prey to the terrifying Nephilim army, with horrifying consequences for humanity.

About the Author
Danielle Trussoni is the author of the memoir Falling Through the Earth, which was chosen by the New York Times as one of the ten best books of 2006. She currently lives in France with her husband, the writer Nikolai Grozni, and their children.

“An elegantly ambitious archival thriller in which knowledge dwells in the secret underground places, labyrinthine libraries and overlooked artifacts that have been hallmarks of the genre from The Name of Rose and Possession to Angels and Demons and The Historian. Angelology is richly allusive and vividly staged with widescreen-ready visuals, a dewy but adaptable heroine and a dashingly cruel villain…. Sensual and intelligent, Angelology is a terrifically clever thriller-more Eco than Brown, without the cloudy sentimentalism of New Age encomiums or Catholic treatises. It makes no apologies for its devices, and none are necessary. How else would it be possible to bring together the angels of the Bible and Apocrypha, the myth of Orpheus, Bulgarian geography, medieval monastics, the Rockefellers, Nazis, nuns and musicology? And how splendid that it has happened.”
-New York Times Book Review

“Beautiful, powerful, cruel, and avaricious, the half-human, half-angel Nephilim have thrived for centuries by instilling fear among humans, instigating war, and infiltrating the most powerful and influential families of history. Only a secret group of scholars, the Society of Angelologists, has endeavored to combat the spread of evil generated by Nephilim. Now, a strange affliction is destroying the Nephilim, and the cure is rumored to be an ancient artifact of great power. Sister Evangeline of the St. Rose Convent discovers an archived letter regarding the artifact’s location and is thrust into the race to locate the artifact before the Nephilim do. She uncovers her family’s past as high- ranking angelologists, and their secrets assist in her dangerous hunt. Trussoni, author of the acclaimed memoir Falling Through the Earth, makes an impressive fiction debut with this engrossing and fascinating tale. With captivating characters and the scholarly blending of biblical and mythical lore, this will be popular for fans of such historical thrillers as Kate Mosse’s Labyrinth or Katherine Neville’s The Eight.”

Sony Pictures Entertainment has purchased the film rights.  Will Smith’s production company to produce.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1368421/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelology_%28novel%29

Book Group Promotions – Special Book Group – Angelology : Danielle Trussoni is a post from: Book Addicts Book Group

“Packed full of fine analysis, solid advice, and thoughtful reflection on the state of contemporary publishing. It’s further distinguished by more common sense than any book of its type that I have ever read. A treasure.” — Dean Koontz, author of Intensity

Visit this page and click download to download the .pdf

The Career Novelist: A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success – free e-book is a post from: Book Addicts Book Group

New York, NY – December 8, 2008 — The Random House Publishing Group and Lexcycle, Inc., jointly announced today that Random House and Ballantine will be the first major book publishers to make full-length books available for free on iPhone through Lexcycle Stanza, the most popular electronic book reader for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.

This promotion will allow over 500,000 Stanza users to enjoy free eBooks from a varied list of authors including Alan Furst, Julie Garwood, Charlie Huston, David Liss, Laurie Notaro, Arthur Phillips and Simon Rich. The initial offerings will be drawn from each author’s backlist and will include excerpts for any new hardcovers coming in 2009. Random House is providing links to retailers like Amazon, Barnes and Noble.com, Borders.com, Powells.com and IndieBound.org to encourage readers to purchase more books by these authors.

However, the promotion is not just for iphone users. The books are available in a range of different formats all free of charge from your favourite ebook retailer. I got mine from Books on Board but you can also get them from Amazon, Fictionwise and a few others.  Titles include three by Charlie Huston so if you are a fan, get on over there and get yourself some free books!

“A free eBook is a great way to sample a new writer, and help spread the word,” says Charlie Huston, whose novels ‘Caught Stealing’, ‘Six Bad Things’, and ‘A Dangerous Man’ will all be available on Stanza. “Besides, it’s good to give things away. They’re books. We write them for people to read them.”

The full list of titles is below:

Free ebooks from Random House! is a post from: Book Addicts Book Group

Free Ebooks from World Fantasy Award Finalists

Last week we announced the return of free ebooks from Tor.com. We’re kicking things off this week with backlist titles from two of the authors who are finalists for this year’s World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. To download these and upcoming freebies, all you have to do is register at Tor.com.

Will Shetterly and Emma Bull are the first married couple to each simultaneously have a novel among the finalists for the World Fantasy Award—Emma’s Territory and Will’s The Gospel of the Knife. In commemoration of this, we’re offering registered Tor.com users free e-book editions of a pair of classics from the Bull and Shetterly backlists—Emma’s War for the Oaks and Will’s Dogland. Check them out here!

Each title in our giveaway program will be available for A Limited Time Only, so don’t delay. The books will be offered in a variety of formats, with no DRM. After this month’s pair of books, we’ll be putting up a new title every month, so make sure you register—and tell your friends about the great books (and blogs, and art, and conversation) that are free at Tor.com every day.

Please note, this is different to whatever registration you think you may have had with Tor previously. A few months ago they were giving away free books every week but the only registration required was for their mailing list. This time in order to download the free books you will have to register on the above site creating a proper user name and password before you will be able to access the freebies.

Now just in case anyone finds it a little difficult to find the free books, here is the direct link to them but remember that the links won’t work until you register and log in! Log in and download free ebooks here

Tor Free Ebooks Reinstated is a post from: Book Addicts Book Group

�Double Trouble will be our day on Amazon,� says Tee. �We have been getting word out on our respective podcasts and mailing lists, and the downloads for The Case of The Pitcher�s Pendant and Digital Magic are really exciting.� Dragon Moon�s publisher, Gwen Gades is also excited. �Before his days at Crown Books, Scott Sigler brought Dragon Moon into Amazon�s Top Ten with Ancestor. Considering the downloads I�m seeing, Double Trouble could be even bigger.� This promotion will mark the first time two authors are working together to dominate the charts. �Double Trouble is, in its own way, a worldwide event,� states Philippa Ballantine from her home in Wellington, New Zealand. �Tee is working out of Manassas, Virginia. I�m in the Southern Hemisphere. Along with our downloads, we have been giving interviews.

The shows have been coming out of locations across the country, Ireland, and even Sydney, Australia.� For Pip, this kind of promotion is important, considering her location. �There is strength in numbers, even if that number is two. Tee and I are pooling promotional resources, and that does make a difference. Double Trouble is not only innovative, but stands as a great example of Web 2.0�s potential in creating and nurturing fan bases.� As far as worrying about giving away their books in digital format, Gades isn�t worried. �Their fan base appreciates the look at what�s coming in print, and I�m confident they will be there on 08.08.08 to show support.�

Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine ask their fans to wait until August 8, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. PST-USA to place their orders for The Case of The Pitcher�s Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery and Digital Magic from Amazon.com. Along with this collaboration, Morris and Ballantine are currently working together on their podcast novels, MOREVI: Remastered (http://www.morevi.net) and Chasing the Bard (http://chasingthebard.com). The free PDFs of their new books can be found at these blogs as well, however in the case of the Tee Morris book, the link is a little hard to notice, so here are the direct links.

Download Tee Morris – The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant by clicking here

Download Philippa Ballantine – Digital Magic by clicking here

You can listen to Chasing the Bard audio book for free by visiting this page and listening to it chapter by chapter. Make sure you do that first before reading Digital Magic (the sequel to Chasing the Bard)

Double Trouble – more free books! is a post from: Book Addicts Book Group

Get ‘em while you can – click here

Twenty Four free books!

Here’s the complete list showing the available formats for each one:

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
PDF || HTMLnew! || HTML zipnew! || Mobinew!
Old Man�s War by John Scalzi
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Farthing by Jo Walton
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
The Outstretched Shadow by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Lord of the Isles by David Drake
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Through Wolf’s Eyes by Jane Lindskold
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
The Disunited States of America by Harry Turtledove
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Reiffen’s Choice by S.C. Butler
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Spirit Gate by Kate Elliot
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Starfish by Peter Watts
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Touch of Evil by C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Orphans of Chaos by John Wright
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
In the Midnight Hour by Patti O’Shea
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey A. Carver
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Flash by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Soul by Tobsha Learner
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Darkness of the Light by Peter David
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi
Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosanew!
PDF || ePub

All books are in the fantasy and science fiction genres and COMPLETELY FREE!!! for a limited time only, so get downloading.

At the same time, they are also offering all 40 WALLPAPERS also for free, in a various of sizes to fit all computers.� (scroll down further on the same page as the book downloads)

Tor.com weekly free books offer comes to an end – download all for a very limited time! is a post from: Book Addicts Book Group

1. You can now vote for your favourite audio book from the list by clicking here and enter the draw to win �500 worth of National Book Tokens. Closing date for voting and to enter the competition is midnight, Friday 18th July 2008.

2. Amazon.co.uk and audible.co.uk are both offering a lot if not all of the 40 titles at a special reduced price – either up to 50% off or in the case of Audible, for �7.99 each.

3. Also Audible.co.uk is offering a free download of the unabridged version of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte completely free! Usually retails at �19.99 and it’s 14 hours long.

Here is the list of the 40 best which are all available at a special price:

Children’s
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond (HarperCollins)
My Completely Best Story Collection: Charlie & Lola by Lauren Child (Penguin)
Four Favourite Stories by Roald Dahl (HarperCollins)
Horrid Henry’s Stinkbomb by Francesca Simon (Orion)
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson (Macmillan)
William’s Happy Days by Richmal Compton (CSA)
Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz (Walker)

Humour/comedy
The Wit of Cricket by Johnston, Blofeld & Bird (Hodder)
Summer Lightning by P G Wodehouse (CSA)
I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue Anniversary Special (BBC Audiobooks)
Flight of the Conchords (BBC Audiobooks)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Primary Phase by Douglas Adams (BBC Audiobooks)
Hancock: The Very Best (BBC Audiobooks)
The Mighty Boosh (BBC Audiobooks)

Fiction/classics/crime
The Fellowship of the Ring by J R Tolkien (BBC Audiobooks)
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks (Random House)
Curious Incident Of The Dog In the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Random House)
The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Hachette)
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (HarperCollins)
Flashman on the March by George MacDonald Fraser (HarperCollins)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday (Orion)
Dissolution by C J Sansom (Macmillan)
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Naxos)
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Naxos)
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John le Carr?� (Hodder)
Death Message by Mark Billingham (Hachette)
Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham (Hachette)
Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery by Francis Durbridge (BBC Audiobooks)
Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (HarperCollins)
Exit Music by Ian Rankin (Orion)
The Broker by John Grisham (Random House)

Non-fiction/poetry/plays
Attention All Shipping by Charlie Connolly (Hachette)
History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr (Macmillan)
Agent Zigzag by Ben MacIntyre (Orion)
A Bad Birdwatcher’s Companion by Simon Barnes (Naxos)
7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey (S&S)
The Essential Dylan Thomas by Dylan Thomas (Naxos)
Talking Heads Vol 1 by Alan Bennett (BBC Audiobooks)
84 Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff (Hachette)
Romeo and Juliet (Smart Pass)

Some excellent choices there, one of my favourite books Bird Song is in the list too.� Plus the chance to win �500 worth of National Book Tokens.� Can you imagine what a dent that would put in my to-be-read pile!� Not to mention a completely free audio book from those nice people at Audible.co.uk.� A great classic by Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights, read by Michael Kitchen.

The Guardian’s 40 Best Audio Books is a post from: Book Addicts Book Group

Well now along with the free books, they are now offering two free wallpapers each week in a variety of sizes to suit all desktops.

The first two on offer are by Donato Giancola John Jude Palencar and shouldn’t be missed

Watch the Skies – Tor books – free wallpapers available is a post from: Book Addicts Book Group

Every two months in 2008, they will be offering up a free e-book for readers in the US. �The first one is this month, and I got an email a few weeks ago about it and forgot to post it here, so you have until February 29, 2008 (12:00 am EST) to get the first book, which is:

Robin Hobb – Shaman’s Crossing (The Soldier Son Trilogy, Book One)
A thrilling epic fantasy tale about a noble�s son destined for a brilliant military career . . . until he is claimed by an unknown magic. With a secured place in Gernia’s calvary, Nevare hopes to distinguish himself to his King and family. But jealous rivals hound his studies at the military academy, and even more unsettling is the discovery that insidious magic may be using him to betray his own people.

click here to go to info and download a free book

EOS Science Fiction & Fantasy – Anniversary E-Book Giveaways 2008 is a post from: Book Addicts Book Group

A Study in Emerald
By Neil Gaiman
Performed by Neil Gaiman

Alluding to both the Sherlock Holmes canon and the Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, this Hugo Award winning short story will delight fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, and of course, Neil Gaiman. A Study in Emerald draws listeners in through carefully revealed details as a consulting detective and his narrator friend solve the mystery of a murdered German noble. But with its subtle allusions and surprise ending, this mystery hints that the real fun in solving this case lies in imagining all the details that Gaiman doesn�t reveal, and challenges listeners to be detectives themselves.

click here to listen or download the mp3 68mb mp3 format or just listen online

It doesn’t seem to be a time limited offer, so enjoy!

Neil Gaiman – A Study in Emerald – ** free mp3 audio book ** is a post from: Book Addicts Book Group