The RITA awards, the Romance publishing industry's highest award of distinction, are awarded on the 25th of July. So this month, we are taking a look at the top contenders for the award, and reading as many as we can! Check out the 2015 RITA award nominees. Category one: The Debut These authors broke into...
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"At the age of twenty-two, Lisa Jakub had what she was supposed to want: she was a working actor in Los Angeles. She had more than forty movies and TV shows to her name, she had been in blockbusters like Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day, she walked the red carpet and lived in the house...
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Ahh, love! Do you like to read your romance novels out in the open, or are you relieved that you can secretly read Fifty Shades of Grey on your Kindle? Either way, romance novels are, officially, the most popular fiction genre. This week we celebrate romance with our favorite romance book blogs! Smexy Books The best...
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The Paris Wife by Paula McLain enthralled us (and countless other readers). We loved the magical setting of 1920s-era Chicago and the captivating characters. Lucky for us, the author of The Paris Wife has a new book slated for release on July 28th. We got our hands on a few advance copies, and we're giving them away...
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We got our hands on a few advance copies of Kathy Reichs new book, and we're sharing (you're welcome). If you love Temperance Brennan, binge watch the TV show BONES, and can't wait to read the next installment of Kathy Reichs' Bones series, you're in for a treat. We recommend reading Kathy Reichs books in...
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"It’s a mashup of Pretty in Pink meets Bonnie & Clyde. A shy girl and a popular guy form an unlikely bond and embark on midnight pranking sprees—all the while questioning whether or not it’s love." Sign up for our email and we’ll send you the best new books in your favorite genres weekly.
This week: Social sharing of story snippets, literacy for all, cyberpunk reads to help you get over Mad Max and more! Why, What Big Books You Have Oh, wait, those are lockers. Teachers at Biloxi Junior High School in Mississippi are busy redecorating their hallways with book spines on every locker. Read More ↦ Amazon Launches Instant Previews...
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Mysteries have such a history: Sherlock Holmes has been a beloved detective for over a hundred years, and Agatha Christie is still so popular that a new BBC series is based off two of her novels. And we can’t forget about JK Rowling’s (ahem, Robert Galbraith’s) Cormoran Strike series that initially caught everyone by surprise....
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"In Penelope Landlow's world, almost anything can be bought or sold. She's the daughter of one of the three crime families controlling the black market for organ transplants. Because of an autoimmune disorder that causes her to bruise easily, Penny is considered too "delicate" to handle the family business, or even to step foot outside...
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I found myself wishing I had invested in a Stephen King audiobook last month. My friend and I drove past Stephen King's house during a trip to Maine. We spend a lot of time in cars during our trips, making our way from one incredible hiking trail to the next. We always listen to podcasts (Radiolab and Planet Money) or audiobooks...
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