Title: March RMTBRBB
Description: It's March already!
Description: It's March already!
Kyrissaean - March 1, 2007 11:31 PM (GMT)
Oh my gosh, it's March already! :lol: It still seems like January to me! No wonder I'm always behind -- I'm even behind myself. :rolleyes:
Hey -- and it's World Book Day! :bananadance:
So I'm sitting here with four packages! I debated opening one a day to draw it out, but nah -- let's do'em all!
:Closes eyes and reaches into the pile:
First up, the one from tenneh....
Baja Oklahoma by Dan Jenkins!
This one's a comedy, and new to me! I can't find an image for the cover, but here's a quicky reader review lifted from amazon:
"I have read most of Dan Jenkins' books and would rate this one near the top. As in all of Jenkins' works, the characters are colorful and find themselves in the damndest situations. This book is one belly-laugh after another. Anyone who enjoys country and western music, beer drinking and permanently adolescent male behavior will love this book. Great tale of Texas honky-tonk culture."
Thanks tenneh!! :bananadance:
Next package, which is from khillz....
Run No More by Catherine Mulvany!
This is from my wishlist! Romantic suspense/paranormal/little bit of everything...which is of course how it ended up on my WL!
*Starred Review* Betrayed by his old apprentice, and rendered wheelchair-bound for 30 years, former cat-burglar Ian MacPherson is ready to take his own life when fate sends young Tasya Flynn into his world--and into his heart. Tasya, also wounded inside and out, suspects Ian's motives for helping her, but she soon grows to trust and even love him, and she is willing to help him on one last caper for revenge on the man who crippled him. But the key to the job, a mysterious red tourmaline called Milagre, turns out to be more than they bargained for, and is, in fact, nothing less than the key to their past and their future. Mulvany turns in a unique and captivating tale, a work of romantic suspense laced with paranormal elements and anchored by an unconventional hero and an action-oriented heroine. Readers who enjoy books that veer off the beaten path will enjoy this one, and its cross-genre appeal should entice readers who like romance, suspense, and a bit of magic.
Thank you khillz!! :bananadance:
Next package, from karendawn...
The Truth-Teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn!
Another wishlist book, by a really cool author! This one's a young adult fantasy, second in a trilogy.
Book Description
Innkeeper’s daughters Adele and Eleda are "mirror twins"—identical twins whose looks reflect each other’s—and their special talents are like mirrors, too. Adele is a Safe-Keeper, entrusted with hearing and never revealing others’ secrets; Eleda is a Truth-Teller, who cannot tell a lie when asked a direct question. The residents of Merendon often turn to the twins— especially their best friend Roelynn Karro, whose strict, wealthy father is determined to marry her off to a prince she’s never met. When the twins are 17, a handsome dancing-master and his apprentice come to stay at the inn, and thus begins a chain of romances and mistaken identity that will have readers utterly beguiled.
Thank you karendawn!! :bananadance:
And one more package! This one's from lovemylife....
A Thousand Words For Stranger by Julie E. Czerneda!
Also a wishlist book! This one's a science fiction thriller! I've been on a bit of a sci-fi kick lately, and this author's supposed to be really good! It was the author's debut novel and made a big splash -- got picked up by the Science Fiction Book Club as a choice selection, which is when it first caught my attention.
From the Publisher
This debut science fiction novel is the story of Sira--a woman on the run from the law, from her own people, and from an unknown figure determined to use her for his own ends. Her memory taken from her by a stasis block, she must stay free long enough to regain both her identity and the full use of her telepathic powers. The price of failure may not only be the loss of her own future, but that of her entire race.
Download Description
Book I of The Trade Pact Universe Author's Note: This was my first novel, both in terms of the first piece of fiction I ever finished and the first I sold. It started as just one of many stories I was playing with as a hobby, never thinking to see copies in the hands of readers, certainly never planning to send it out to a publisher. I'm very happy I did, but I do confess my first thought after the fateful phone call was "Oh no! What have I done!?" because by then, I knew I could do better. I harboured dark suspicions readers would take one look and say "She thinks she can write?" Fortunately, my editor had the confidence I lacked and readers kindly took a chance on an unknown. I'm proud to be able to say this book has been a bestseller, was recommended by Locus, made Editor's Choice for the Science Fiction Book Club, spawned a series, started my partnership with the talented Luis Royo, and has been reprinted several times. It was also responsible for my nomination for the John Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 1999. I expected none of this -- and I still pinch myself every time I look at it. Who knew? But I'll always have a special place in my heart for the first story of Sira and Morgan.
Thank you LML!! :bananadance:
Wow -- these look so great, you guys! And a total mix of genres, too! Poor little me, I don't know what to read first! :P We're supposed to get hit with some very messy storms all weekend -- guess I'll just have to stay in and read. :whistle: :lol:
Hey -- and it's World Book Day! :bananadance:
So I'm sitting here with four packages! I debated opening one a day to draw it out, but nah -- let's do'em all!
:Closes eyes and reaches into the pile:
First up, the one from tenneh....
Baja Oklahoma by Dan Jenkins!
This one's a comedy, and new to me! I can't find an image for the cover, but here's a quicky reader review lifted from amazon:
"I have read most of Dan Jenkins' books and would rate this one near the top. As in all of Jenkins' works, the characters are colorful and find themselves in the damndest situations. This book is one belly-laugh after another. Anyone who enjoys country and western music, beer drinking and permanently adolescent male behavior will love this book. Great tale of Texas honky-tonk culture."
Thanks tenneh!! :bananadance:
Next package, which is from khillz....
Run No More by Catherine Mulvany!
This is from my wishlist! Romantic suspense/paranormal/little bit of everything...which is of course how it ended up on my WL!
*Starred Review* Betrayed by his old apprentice, and rendered wheelchair-bound for 30 years, former cat-burglar Ian MacPherson is ready to take his own life when fate sends young Tasya Flynn into his world--and into his heart. Tasya, also wounded inside and out, suspects Ian's motives for helping her, but she soon grows to trust and even love him, and she is willing to help him on one last caper for revenge on the man who crippled him. But the key to the job, a mysterious red tourmaline called Milagre, turns out to be more than they bargained for, and is, in fact, nothing less than the key to their past and their future. Mulvany turns in a unique and captivating tale, a work of romantic suspense laced with paranormal elements and anchored by an unconventional hero and an action-oriented heroine. Readers who enjoy books that veer off the beaten path will enjoy this one, and its cross-genre appeal should entice readers who like romance, suspense, and a bit of magic.
Thank you khillz!! :bananadance:
Next package, from karendawn...
The Truth-Teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn!
Another wishlist book, by a really cool author! This one's a young adult fantasy, second in a trilogy.
Book Description
Innkeeper’s daughters Adele and Eleda are "mirror twins"—identical twins whose looks reflect each other’s—and their special talents are like mirrors, too. Adele is a Safe-Keeper, entrusted with hearing and never revealing others’ secrets; Eleda is a Truth-Teller, who cannot tell a lie when asked a direct question. The residents of Merendon often turn to the twins— especially their best friend Roelynn Karro, whose strict, wealthy father is determined to marry her off to a prince she’s never met. When the twins are 17, a handsome dancing-master and his apprentice come to stay at the inn, and thus begins a chain of romances and mistaken identity that will have readers utterly beguiled.
Thank you karendawn!! :bananadance:
And one more package! This one's from lovemylife....
A Thousand Words For Stranger by Julie E. Czerneda!
Also a wishlist book! This one's a science fiction thriller! I've been on a bit of a sci-fi kick lately, and this author's supposed to be really good! It was the author's debut novel and made a big splash -- got picked up by the Science Fiction Book Club as a choice selection, which is when it first caught my attention.
From the Publisher
This debut science fiction novel is the story of Sira--a woman on the run from the law, from her own people, and from an unknown figure determined to use her for his own ends. Her memory taken from her by a stasis block, she must stay free long enough to regain both her identity and the full use of her telepathic powers. The price of failure may not only be the loss of her own future, but that of her entire race.
Download Description
Book I of The Trade Pact Universe Author's Note: This was my first novel, both in terms of the first piece of fiction I ever finished and the first I sold. It started as just one of many stories I was playing with as a hobby, never thinking to see copies in the hands of readers, certainly never planning to send it out to a publisher. I'm very happy I did, but I do confess my first thought after the fateful phone call was "Oh no! What have I done!?" because by then, I knew I could do better. I harboured dark suspicions readers would take one look and say "She thinks she can write?" Fortunately, my editor had the confidence I lacked and readers kindly took a chance on an unknown. I'm proud to be able to say this book has been a bestseller, was recommended by Locus, made Editor's Choice for the Science Fiction Book Club, spawned a series, started my partnership with the talented Luis Royo, and has been reprinted several times. It was also responsible for my nomination for the John Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 1999. I expected none of this -- and I still pinch myself every time I look at it. Who knew? But I'll always have a special place in my heart for the first story of Sira and Morgan.
Thank you LML!! :bananadance:
Wow -- these look so great, you guys! And a total mix of genres, too! Poor little me, I don't know what to read first! :P We're supposed to get hit with some very messy storms all weekend -- guess I'll just have to stay in and read. :whistle: :lol:
Kyrissaean - March 3, 2007 01:20 AM (GMT)
Another arrival today! Tranq has sent:
The Guy Not Taken by Jennifer Weiner
This collection of 11 stories written over the past 15 years reads like a series of studies for Weiner's larger chick lit portraits. As in the novels (Goodnight Nobody; Good in Bed), smart, acerbic, 30-something women battle dating damage and broken childhoods (absent fathers in particular) in order to build their own families—or to convince themselves they still want to. In "The Wedding Bed," a new bride realizes, "I thought that every story I would tell for the rest of my life will somehow be about this: about the man who left and never came back." "Mother's Hour" tightly focuses on new toddler trauma as experienced by first-time mothers and shows how motherhood can be another conduit for woman-to-woman envy and suspicion. In "Swim," sometime scriptwriter and obsessive swimmer Ruth, her face scarred from the car accident in which her parents died, must eschew the verbal "edge" she finds so compelling in men in order to find love. One roots for Weiner's characters as they come to terms—and in some cases, heal—from disappointment and neglect.
Cool beans!! (And I already peeked and read the first story! :P ) Thanks tranq! :bananadance:
The Guy Not Taken by Jennifer Weiner
This collection of 11 stories written over the past 15 years reads like a series of studies for Weiner's larger chick lit portraits. As in the novels (Goodnight Nobody; Good in Bed), smart, acerbic, 30-something women battle dating damage and broken childhoods (absent fathers in particular) in order to build their own families—or to convince themselves they still want to. In "The Wedding Bed," a new bride realizes, "I thought that every story I would tell for the rest of my life will somehow be about this: about the man who left and never came back." "Mother's Hour" tightly focuses on new toddler trauma as experienced by first-time mothers and shows how motherhood can be another conduit for woman-to-woman envy and suspicion. In "Swim," sometime scriptwriter and obsessive swimmer Ruth, her face scarred from the car accident in which her parents died, must eschew the verbal "edge" she finds so compelling in men in order to find love. One roots for Weiner's characters as they come to terms—and in some cases, heal—from disappointment and neglect.
Cool beans!! (And I already peeked and read the first story! :P ) Thanks tranq! :bananadance:
Kyrissaean - March 6, 2007 12:02 AM (GMT)
Two more packages arrived today!!
From Sidney...
Medieval vamp wishlist book! WooHoo! Thanks Sidney!!! :bananadance:
Book Description
A dangerous destiny. . .
On the battlefields of Norman Britain, Tristan DuMaine cheated death countless times. Now he only wants to live a quiet life at his borderlands manor. But it will take an otherworldly power -- the bite of a vampire -- to unleash his fiercest appetite for revenge after a band of brigands forces him into a sham marriage with a rebel spitfire.
A heart of fury. . .
She watched Norman invaders murder her father; now beautiful Siobhan vows to avenge him. At Castle DuMaine she imprisons her sworn enemy in a marital power play designed to betray his allegiance to his cousin, Henry II. But the insatiable bloodlust that flows through Tristan's veins will soon ensnare them both in a hungry passion that inhabits a dark haven where secret desires live forever. . . .
And from Nvangel...
The first two books in Mary Herbert's Dark Horse series!! Also from my wishlist! Thank you, Nvangel!! :bananadance: (Are these not registered? I haven't found BCID's for them, but then I've been losing things in plain sight all week!)
Dark Horse
...and Lightning's Daughter
Descriptions:
Dark Horse: (borrowed from amazon reader reviews) Dark Horse is on par with early Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey stories, and contains many of the elemtnts that made both the Valdemar and Pern series popular. Magical black horses choose and accompany "good" mages, protecting them from evil magic and acting as advisor and friend.
Dark Horse is the story of a young girl who is orphaned when her entire tribe is killed by a rival tribe that is led by an evil mage. She rescues and is rescued by a Hunnuli, a giant protector-horse, and is adopted by another tribe. When she learns that she, too is a mage (though a good one) she risks losing her life and her love because of the gifts she was born with...
Lightning's Daughter: Gabria's epic magical duel with Lord Medb has seemingly done little to change the opinion of sorcery amongst the clans wh inhabit the Dark Horse Plains. But when the problems of the faraway city of Pra Desh threaten to spill over onto the plais, the clans ask Gabria to intervene.
With the help of the intelligent, magical Hunnuli horses, Gabria and her companions set out on a difficult journey to seek a priceless tome of magic. If she can overcome the threat to Pra Desh and the clans, Gabria may be able to win a place for magic in her world--if not, the Dark Horse Plains will be destroyed.
From Sidney...
Medieval vamp wishlist book! WooHoo! Thanks Sidney!!! :bananadance:
Book Description
A dangerous destiny. . .
On the battlefields of Norman Britain, Tristan DuMaine cheated death countless times. Now he only wants to live a quiet life at his borderlands manor. But it will take an otherworldly power -- the bite of a vampire -- to unleash his fiercest appetite for revenge after a band of brigands forces him into a sham marriage with a rebel spitfire.
A heart of fury. . .
She watched Norman invaders murder her father; now beautiful Siobhan vows to avenge him. At Castle DuMaine she imprisons her sworn enemy in a marital power play designed to betray his allegiance to his cousin, Henry II. But the insatiable bloodlust that flows through Tristan's veins will soon ensnare them both in a hungry passion that inhabits a dark haven where secret desires live forever. . . .
And from Nvangel...
The first two books in Mary Herbert's Dark Horse series!! Also from my wishlist! Thank you, Nvangel!! :bananadance: (Are these not registered? I haven't found BCID's for them, but then I've been losing things in plain sight all week!)
Dark Horse
...and Lightning's Daughter
Descriptions:
Dark Horse: (borrowed from amazon reader reviews) Dark Horse is on par with early Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey stories, and contains many of the elemtnts that made both the Valdemar and Pern series popular. Magical black horses choose and accompany "good" mages, protecting them from evil magic and acting as advisor and friend.
Dark Horse is the story of a young girl who is orphaned when her entire tribe is killed by a rival tribe that is led by an evil mage. She rescues and is rescued by a Hunnuli, a giant protector-horse, and is adopted by another tribe. When she learns that she, too is a mage (though a good one) she risks losing her life and her love because of the gifts she was born with...
Lightning's Daughter: Gabria's epic magical duel with Lord Medb has seemingly done little to change the opinion of sorcery amongst the clans wh inhabit the Dark Horse Plains. But when the problems of the faraway city of Pra Desh threaten to spill over onto the plais, the clans ask Gabria to intervene.
With the help of the intelligent, magical Hunnuli horses, Gabria and her companions set out on a difficult journey to seek a priceless tome of magic. If she can overcome the threat to Pra Desh and the clans, Gabria may be able to win a place for magic in her world--if not, the Dark Horse Plains will be destroyed.
nvangel2073 - March 6, 2007 01:55 PM (GMT)
they're not BC books so you can register them.
Kyrissaean - March 23, 2007 12:35 AM (GMT)
Another two packages are here!
Lizziwhizz sent two wishlist books and a lovely homemade bookmark! :bananadance: Thanks lizzi!!!
Wicked Women on Top
"These women are smart. In control. Nobody's fool. Definitely on top. But desire doesn't always go according to plan, sometimes, there's nothing more delicious than losing control to a wicked passion that takes you by sexy surprise."
Let the Games Begin by Tina Donahue
Not Another Fairytale by Jen Nicholas
Private Investigations by Jordan Summers
Alien Sex by Ellen Datlow et al (different cover though)
"Sex by Telepathy?
Death by Orgasm!
What would it be like if Lois Lane and Superman had sex? What happens when the Other Woman really is out of this world? How do you make love by proxy?
However it's done it's all here in this startling collection of stories from the cream of science fiction and horror writers working today. And as these tales demonstrate, sex in sf serves the same purpose as in all fiction---exploring and illuminating the human condition. The real aliens in many of these stories are not from other planets, but humans viewed from the other side of the sexual divide.
You may be shocked, provoked into unusual thoughts, even outraged by this collection, but one thing is guaranteed--you will not be bored."
And rangerfan sent this book which is new to me and sounds really good! Thanks rangerfan!! :bananadance:
An Imaginative Experience by Mary Wesley
A traveller on an InterCity train returning to London smells the burn of the brakes as it hisses to a stop in the middle of the countryside. He sees a white-faced woman leap from the train and race to the aid of a sheep stranded on its back, unable to rise, in a field. Righting it, she turns, and he sees her face is full of tragedy. And not, he thinks, because she pulled the emergency lever and will face retribution.
Considering tragedies of his own, he does not intrude, but the image lodges in his mind: a strange but familiar despair, unable, despite itself, to ignore the desperation it recognizes in others.
From these seeds Mary Wesley draws out a plot of unforgettable impact: of loss, of release, of a necessarily comic acceptance of fate, of love the 'imaginative experience'. Rich in character and wit, and powerfully moving, this is a novel of the heart's pain and deliverance.
Lizziwhizz sent two wishlist books and a lovely homemade bookmark! :bananadance: Thanks lizzi!!!
Wicked Women on Top
"These women are smart. In control. Nobody's fool. Definitely on top. But desire doesn't always go according to plan, sometimes, there's nothing more delicious than losing control to a wicked passion that takes you by sexy surprise."
Let the Games Begin by Tina Donahue
Not Another Fairytale by Jen Nicholas
Private Investigations by Jordan Summers
Alien Sex by Ellen Datlow et al (different cover though)
"Sex by Telepathy?
Death by Orgasm!
What would it be like if Lois Lane and Superman had sex? What happens when the Other Woman really is out of this world? How do you make love by proxy?
However it's done it's all here in this startling collection of stories from the cream of science fiction and horror writers working today. And as these tales demonstrate, sex in sf serves the same purpose as in all fiction---exploring and illuminating the human condition. The real aliens in many of these stories are not from other planets, but humans viewed from the other side of the sexual divide.
You may be shocked, provoked into unusual thoughts, even outraged by this collection, but one thing is guaranteed--you will not be bored."
And rangerfan sent this book which is new to me and sounds really good! Thanks rangerfan!! :bananadance:
An Imaginative Experience by Mary Wesley
A traveller on an InterCity train returning to London smells the burn of the brakes as it hisses to a stop in the middle of the countryside. He sees a white-faced woman leap from the train and race to the aid of a sheep stranded on its back, unable to rise, in a field. Righting it, she turns, and he sees her face is full of tragedy. And not, he thinks, because she pulled the emergency lever and will face retribution.
Considering tragedies of his own, he does not intrude, but the image lodges in his mind: a strange but familiar despair, unable, despite itself, to ignore the desperation it recognizes in others.
From these seeds Mary Wesley draws out a plot of unforgettable impact: of loss, of release, of a necessarily comic acceptance of fate, of love the 'imaginative experience'. Rich in character and wit, and powerfully moving, this is a novel of the heart's pain and deliverance.
Kyrissaean - March 26, 2007 10:48 PM (GMT)
Another one came today!
Boogal sent:
Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks
Who says a vamp can't have it all?
Darcy Newhart thought it was a stroke of genius - the first-ever reality TV show where mortals vie with vampires for the title of The Sexiest Man on Earth. As the show's director, Darcy's career would be on track again. And she can finally have a life apart from the vampire harem. Okay, so she's still technically dead, but two out of three's not bad. Now she just has to make sure that a mortal doesn't win. If only she wasn't so distracted by a super-sexy and live contestant named Austin...
But Darcy doesn't know the worst of it. Austin Erickson is actually a vampire slayer! And he's got his eye on the show's leggy blond director. Only problem is, he's never wanted any woman -- living or dead -- as badly. But if he wins her heart, will he lose his soul? And if it means an eternity of hot, passionate loving with Darcy, does that really matter anyway?
Looks great, and the first book in the series was a lot of fun! Thanks boogal! :bananadance:
Boogal sent:
Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks
Who says a vamp can't have it all?
Darcy Newhart thought it was a stroke of genius - the first-ever reality TV show where mortals vie with vampires for the title of The Sexiest Man on Earth. As the show's director, Darcy's career would be on track again. And she can finally have a life apart from the vampire harem. Okay, so she's still technically dead, but two out of three's not bad. Now she just has to make sure that a mortal doesn't win. If only she wasn't so distracted by a super-sexy and live contestant named Austin...
But Darcy doesn't know the worst of it. Austin Erickson is actually a vampire slayer! And he's got his eye on the show's leggy blond director. Only problem is, he's never wanted any woman -- living or dead -- as badly. But if he wins her heart, will he lose his soul? And if it means an eternity of hot, passionate loving with Darcy, does that really matter anyway?
Looks great, and the first book in the series was a lot of fun! Thanks boogal! :bananadance:
karendawn - March 27, 2007 01:24 AM (GMT)
Happy reading!
It looks like you've received books from everyone except Suefitz. :) (And if I missed your post of a book received from Suefitz, please let me know!)
It looks like you've received books from everyone except Suefitz. :) (And if I missed your post of a book received from Suefitz, please let me know!)