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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Why I Love To Read
Today I'm guess blogging over at the wonderful Mama Kitty's Reviews and talking about why I love to read. Stop by and say hello!
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Monday, June 21, 2010
200 Follower Giveaway... coming soon!
Over the weekend a gianormous milestone came my way... I reached 200 followers of my blog!!! It seems like it was just yesterday I was at 50 followers. I’m coming up on 5 months of blogging and I am loving every bit of it. I want to thank each of you for stopping by and visiting my blog. And to celebrate this milestone: A GIVEAWAY!!
That’s What I’m Talking About... prizes and fun! I’m going to be holding my 200 Follower Giveaway from July 5 -- July 21. I’ve already got some great prize ideas, but I would LOVE to hear more from my followers directly. Leave me a comment and tell me - WHAT would you like to see as a prize for my 200 Follower Giveaway. Meanwhile, I will start planning and we’ll get this giveaway going soon!
Once again, thank you to all my followers. It warms my heart knowing that you all have stopped by and visited. It also is reassuring to know I am not just blogging to myself!
Thanks!
P.S. I know of at least one awesome friend that is going to design me a giveaway button... If anyone else wants to, please email me!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Sunday Snippets #13
From Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews.
Thirty minutes later we screeched to a halt before my apartment building. I jumped out into the snow, Slayer in hand. Saiman lunged into the driver’s seat. The wheels spun, spraying snowflakes. I jumped back. The car reversed, rolling over the spot where my feet were half a second earlier, and sped into the night.
He almost ran me over. Coward. Let’s have a partnership, Kate. I offer honesty, Kate. I don’t have to outrun the Beast Lord I just pissed off, Kate. I only have to outrun you and hit you with my car as I hightail it out of here.
The dogs down the street exploded with frantic barking. Speak of the devil...
I needed to attract His Majesty’s attention and take this off the street. In the open, he could take a running start and bulldoze over me. In my apartment, he’d have a harder time maneuvering and I’d have the home turf advantage.
I hiked up my dress and ran into the building, taking the stairs two at a time. It took me three precious seconds to get the door open. I burst inside, dropped the sword, ran to the living room window, and slid it open. A thick grate of steel and silver bars guarded my window. I grabbed the two handles and twisted. The lock snapped open. The grate swung to the left and I saw him, a nightmarish beast charging up the roofs across the street, like a demon caught between the black sky and the white snow.
Dear God.
He saw me and changed direction in midleap. That’s right. Come let me kiss you with my fist, baby.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Friday Blog Hop hosted by Parajunkee
Hi folks...
It's Friday and I'm going to try out Parajunkee's Follow Friday Blog Hop:
If you like what you find here, please follow my blog, and be sure to leave me a comment to let me know if you found my blog from the Follow Friday book hop. And new followers: be sure to leave me a link to your blog so I can visit you! Thanks!
Happy Friday!
Early Review - Siren's Call
Siren’s Call
Author: Devyn Quinn
Release Date: August 3, 2010
Publisher: Signet Eclipse
Dark Tide Series Book #1
Dark Tide Series Book #1
ISBN: #
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Adventure
NOTE: An electronic copy of this book was given to me by the author for the purposes of review.
From the author’s website:
Between desire and love there are some things that can’t stay buried, even in the deep of the ocean.
As a woman with a secret, lighthouse keeper Tessa Lonike savors her solitude on the island of Little Mer, off the coast of Maine. During a violent storm, Tessa spots a man thrashing in the ice cold waters and dives in to save him, using her ability as a mermaid to easily pull him to shore.
When Kenneth Randall awakens on the beach he is alone, left with the haunting memory of his beautiful, flame-haired savior. But a year later, when Kenneth meets her again, he’s determined not to let Tessa slip away. Just as the desire between them begins to burn, Tessa’s archaeologist ex-lover comes back to town with a tantalizing clue to her murky heritage.
The trio travel to the Mediterranean in search of answers, and when Tessa inadvertently opens an underwater portal they find a lost mermaid city. But in the deep, not everything is as it seems, and Tessa must decide if she wants to take her place as the royal heir, or follow the call of her heart…
What I’m talking about:
Siren’s Call starts out with Kenneth, a lonely man at his lowest point. We get a quick idea of his turmoil in the prologue, and then jump forward to “present day” in the first chapter. Now we have a man who is ready to live again and wants to thank the mysterious woman that saved him all those months ago. Kenneth searches out Tessa, and decides to stick around after meeting her. He is immediately attracted to her, subconsciously knowing there is more to her rescue than she is telling. What I love about this story is that the secrets are shared right away. The first night Kenneth is on the island, he discovers that Tessa is a mermaid. And they don’t tiptoe around this or their individual pasts. They open up and they act on their mutual attraction. This is a refreshing change from books where secrets are held until the last chapter of the story. Their attraction is hot and their banter is real.
The story quickly moves from their budding romance to the heart of this book: a mermaid adventure. Next enters Tessa’s a**hole ex, Jake, who has proof of the lost mermaid civilization. This guy has a bad history with Tessa and her sisters, yet they open up to him almost immediately. It bothered me how willing the sisters were in sharing their collective mer knowledge, but I guess they were excited to find out about their past.
It’s here that the story changes from what I would call a romance book to an adventure book. The focus moved away from Kenneth and Tessa. There are no sparks in the couple of sex scenes and in fact, we don’t get much on their relationship at all. Instead we move into adventure mode as Kenneth, Tessa and Jake travel to the Mediterranean Sea in search of the ancient mermaid civilization. The mermaid mythology is laid out in detail for the reader - which makes sense since this is the first novel in a new series.
The adventure continues as the trio find more than they ever hoped, we see Jake’s true colors, Kenneth and Tessa get into a few near-death situations and realize that they love each other. (Well, Kenneth was always there - it’s Tessa that finally wakes up and smells the seaweed!)
I enjoyed the story, and the new mermaid mythology is interesting. The book left us with a pretty big opening for upcoming stories. The biggest disappointment for me was the lack of emotional bonding (and sex) between Kenneth and Tessa throughout the story. The story of their relationship was put on hold for a bulk of the book, and when we finally get back to them, I don’t have as much of a vested interest in seeing them work it out. In a particular well-written scene when Kenneth was about to die, my heart got a little achy for him and his sacrifice. But I would have felt much more if I had had a chance to watch their love grow throughout the book.
In the end, Kenneth and Tessa do find each other and their HEA - and the story ends as a true romance novel should. I look forward to reading the follow up book, Siren’s Surrender, due out February 2011, to see where this unique mer-mythology takes us!
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Author Interview - Devyn Quinn
Today I have the privilege of bringing to you author, Devyn Quinn. Devyn has been writing off and on for over 20 years, and has a backlist of over a dozen books. She lives in the scenic Southwest, though she has called several other states home. She is a huge fan of dark gothic music & shoot-’em-up action movies. But reading is her first love and Devyn spends too much time with history books, as well as feeding her addiction for celebrity biographies. She especially enjoys reading books on Hollywood before the 1960’s and is crazy about Marilyn Monroe, her legend and her myth.
Devyn lives with her cats, ferrets, and one little single Shih Tzu doggie, Tess. Please welcome Devyn to my blog.
Twimom: Hi Devyn! Welcome to That’s What I’m Talking About...
Devyn: Thanks for having me here.
Twimom: Your new Dark Tides Series features mermaids... What inspired you to write a series about the mers?
Devyn: I was actually not inspired, so much as prompted. My agent had a request from NAL editor Lindsay Nouis for a mermaid project and I was one of the authors who put together a proposal. Since I had no real knowledge of sea-lore, I didn’t expect my project would be the one they chose to buy. You could have knocked me over with a feather when my agent called to say they’d made an offer for a three book series.
Twimom: As someone that has read your first Dark Tides’ book: Siren’s Call, I’d like to tell you that your mermaid lore is interesting and exciting. Where do you think the series will go next? Are you contracted to write more books?
Devyn: Honestly, I have no idea where it will go. I am contracted to write three in the “Dark Tides” series and I do each as it comes. I never know what I will write until I am writing, LOL. In addition to the mermaid series, I’ve also signed a three-book deal for a new dark vampire themed series, tentatively titled “Darkness Descending”. To read about my backlist and forthcoming novels, please visit www.devynquinn.com for details.
Twimom: Sounds exciting! Other than writing, what keeps you busy?
Devyn: I run a ferret rescue, for the rescue and re-homing of the domestic ferret. In addition, I am crazy about electronics and dying to get my hands on an iPad. If it is a gadget, I want to play with it, LOL!
Twimom: Wow, a ferret rescue! That must be a rewarding and sometimes frustrating job. How do you find time to read? You mentioned that you love biographies and history books, do you enjoy other authors?
Devyn: I do love to read biography and history, and the authors vary. Some of my favorite fiction authors include King, Grisham and McCourt.
Twimom: What is your favorite book you've read in 2010?
A: The best I have read so far was Andre Agassi’s Open, a biography of his life and career in tennis. Loved it!
Devyn, thank you so much for stopping by today and sharing with us a little about yourself and your books.
Readers: Be sure to stop back tomorrow when I review Devyn’s upcoming Dark Tide’s novel: Siren’s Call.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
An Exciting Honor!
Hello Friends....
I just had to share some exciting news. The wonderful folks at All Romance have featured my little ol’ blog, That’s What I’m Talking About, in their “blossoming blogs” section of their weekly newsletter. YES! ME! Twimom227 and my blog are mentioned.
A link to the newsletter is HERE.
Thank you to All Romance! Also see my sidebar for their Sizzling Summer Bookclub event.
SQUEE!
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