Time's a wasting

The contest I mentioned previously ends at midnight tomorrow. Have you entered yet?

A Contest

Reposted from facebook

Two of my favorite authors, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, creators of the Liaden Universe (r) are holding a contest that will be giving away 36 copies of the e-book version of "The Dragon Variation" an omnibus edition of three novels set in the Liaden Universe.

The catch? You have to pinkie swear that you've never read a Liaden Universe... novel.

You may remember that in a previous post I offered to lend out my copies of the Liaden Universe books provided you were willing to provide your first born as collateral.

This contest could be less traumatic.


The detail are attached.

Reading but feeling down

This is not a complete list. I've certainly been reading but I haven't felt like posting.
I'll try to start up posting again.

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C Wrede
Dealing with....Searching for...Calling on....Talking to Dragons

Stalking the Unicorn: a fable of Tonight by Mike Resnick

The Christmas Secret by Donna VanLliere

Straight From the Hip by Susan Mallery

A Slice of Murder by Chris Cavender

The Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch

A Wee Christmas Homicide by Kaitlyn Dunnett

Stalking the Unicorn by Mike Resnik

Word Gets Around by Lisa Wingate

Imagers's Challenge by L R Modesitt Jr

The Sorcerer's Plague by David B Cor

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Land if the Dead by Thomas Harlan

Luck of the Draw by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

The Sorceress of Karres by Eric Flint and David Freer

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Fantasy and Romance with and without magic

Divorced, Desperate and Deceived by Christie Craig. The last of her D,D and D series. A fun read with some real laugh until you cry parts. I especially liked one of the minor (sometimes) characters named Joey.

DreamDark: Silksinger by Laini Taylor. A YA fantasy. Second in a series.Has two new hero/heroines as well as the return of the crew from the first book.

Me and My Shadow by Katie MacAlister. Another of her silver dragons book. A fun read but definitely adult in nature. No, its not that racy, just more mature than the DreamDark books.

Red's Hot Honky-Tonk Bar by Pamela Morsi. This book isn't precisely Christmas themed but does cover the season near the end of its timeline. The Red of the title is nobodies idea of a grand mother. But she is one and finds herself unexpectedly responsible for her daughter's two kids. It is definitely a learning experience for everybody. A very good book.

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High Tea and Lattes

Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen. An interesting mystery set in the early 1930's starring Lady Georgianna, daughter and sister of a Duke, great grand daughter of Victoria and 34th on line for the throne. She's also flat broke. Lady Georgianna has a habit of getting entangled in murderous plots. Now she is trying to figure out whether the accidents happening to her royal cousins are really accidents. A fun read with a cameo appearance by the future Queen Elizabeth.

Another Coffeehouse mystery, Holiday Grind by Cleo Coyle. A good story even if your not that into gourmet coffee. If you are there's more than 80 pages of coffee related recipes in the back of the book. The heroine wouldn't be amused by my use of single serve coffee bags.

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Scotish Puns and sword jockeys

Scone Cold Dead by Kaitlyn Dunnet. Second in a series set in Moosetookalook, ME. A pretty good mystery. The puns not bad either.

Burn Me Deadly by Alex Bledsoe. Second in a series also. Sort of a medeval private eye in a fantasy world with just a touch of magic. Just as good as the first and that was great.

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Moosetookalook, ME and Dreamdark

I would have probably have chosen to read Kilt Dead by Kaitlyn Dunnett if I had noticed the location of the crime scene. You've got to love a name like that.

Actually I was intrigued by the Scottish theme.A book about a Scottish dancer, Highland Fairs in rural Maine and a punning title. What's not to like. At any rate I'm reading Dunnett's Scone Cold Dead after I post this.

I read Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer by Laini Taylor next. This is a YA title.The book is a good one and I'll be reading the next one soon; Dreamdark: Silksinger.

The next comment is grossly unfair to the story, which as I said is good, but... Wouldn't it be nice if instead of nameless, formless monsters that swallow everyone in their path somebody created one that stuffed people to death?

Wait! Don't they call that Thanksgiving?

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