Check out the author interview and contest on the Bitten by Books blog. The author asks some fun questions!

Check out the fantastic interview with Allyson James and enter to win a copy of 'Stormwalker' on the Over The Edge Book Reviews blog:

Leontine's Book Realm: Guestblog - A guide into the smut by @Ferishia: "Hello all *waves* I’m Ferishia! My lovely twitter friend Leontine has invited me here to her blog to tell you which books I think should b..."

More fantastic goodies! Summer Lovin' Giveaway- Prize Pack #3

I love getting books in the mail! Here's what the mailman (and the FedEx man) brought today:

 

The 2nd Summer Lovin' Giveaway prize pack has been posted on the Confessions of a Bookaholic blog. Check it out!

Hop on over to the BookHounds blog for a giveaway of Cynthia Eden's book 'Deadly Fear'. Don't forget to read Mary's fantastic comments about the book. Winner will be chosen on 8/10/10.

You won't want to miss this one:

There will be lots of prize packs & cool stuff. You'll have until August 19th to sign up.

This was a great book day. Not only did I win enough points today to get another $5 Amazon.com gift card from SwagBucks, I also got 3 books in the mail that I won from a Romance Junkies giveaway. Here's what I got. Don't they look fantastic?

Alas, my dear books are packed in boxes, not stored on bookshelves. We moved into a new home in January and a whole lot of stuff is still in boxes and probably will remain there indefinitely, because I like how things look without all the clutter. But if I had my books on shelves, they would probably look something like this (times 3 -- I've got A LOT of books):

If I were shopping for bookshelves (which I'm honestly not, because boxes work just fine for me), I'd be digging on these:

(found this one on the bookshelvesofdoom blog - doesn't that have a nice ring to it?)

This is bending my brain a little bit. I think I like it.

So how about you? Do you have your books on shelves, or are you a slug like me & have them all stashed away in boxes? Visit Candace's Book Blog & share pics of your shelves (or someone else's, like I did). She's going a really keen giveaway here.

I'm so sad to see this series end! But here's a little something to cheer you up: Jaci Burton is having a giveaway on her blog for an ARC of 'Riding The Night'. 


As always, the cover is gorgeous:

Hop on over to Jaci's blog & enter to win! 

Hot cover alert!

Hop on over to the Over The Edge Book Reviews blog & enter this giveaway.

The contest is open to all and will be running until July 18, 2010.  Go now!

How can I not love this? 

Here are the details from Leontine's Book Realm Blog: 

"SMUTTY RESEARCHERS AT PLAY giveaways:

July 19th: Column - A gal and her smut + the grand 'Research the Smut' Giveaway: a 30 dollar Gift Certificate to any e-book store I can buy a GC

July 20th: Guestblog - Smutty approved book characters by KC from Smokinhotbooks Giveaway: Copy of The Darkest Lie send to you by the author (For US only)

July 21st: My first time story & an excerpt + Giveaway: a novel from Joey W Hill's backlist send to you by the author.

July 27th: Guestreview - Lorelei James, Raising Kane by Janna from Erotromreader + Giveaway: E-copy giveaway of a Rough Rider novel by choice.

July 28th: Guestblog - A guide into the smut by @Ferishia + Giveaway: A copy of Demon’s Fire send to you by the author.

July 30th: Interview with R.G Alexander about her upcoming release, Possess Me + Giveaway: $ 10,- Gift Certificate to Amazon given by the author.

The rules for each giveaway:

 You can assume each giveaway is international unless states otherwise. Author’s have been extremely generous but even their generosity has limits sometimes!

 Every [meaningful] comment you make on a blogpost with a giveaway attached will be an entry to that particular giveaway. So if you make 3 comments, you will be entered 3 times.

 I will announce all winners to each giveaway on August 4th, you are personally responsible for contacting me with your snail mail or e-mail information."

Run over to the Today & Everyday blog for this most excellent giveaway:


http://jeanette8042.blogspot.com/2010/07/choose-your-book-giveaway.html



Then come back here & tell me what book you would pick. :)

Right now I'm reading a great time travel romance by Sara Mackenzie called 'Return of the Highlander', and I'm really impressed with how the author is handling the time travel aspect.

I usually enjoy a good time travel romance, but this one is especially impressing me. Why? The hero has been sent to the present day, but it's not like SNAP, he's here, what's for breakfast? No, he has to work at being seen and heard (and eventually felt) by the heroine. I think that's a nice touch.

Looky what came in the mail today! A copy of the anthology, 'Some Like It Rough', signed by Susan Lyons! Doesn't it look delicious? 

OK, here's an interesting mini challenge from the Book Crazy Blog for this week's Once Upon A Read-A-Thon: "pick your favorite book and/or character and pair it with a song and/or photo that reminds you of the person or setting in the book".


I love books and I love music, so this is a really fun one. But I don't think I can pick ONE favorite book, so I'm going with the book I'm just finishing up right now, 'Riding Wild' by Jaci Burton, from her Wild Riders series.

If you haven't read this series yet, you really need to check it out. I did it a little bit backwards and read some of the other books in the series first, but it was OK because they can be read out of order.

So the basic premise of the series is that the heroes are skilled thieves who now work for a secret government agency, stealing back things that have been stolen from the government, but can't be retrieved by conventional means. Here's the song that I'd pair with this series, from one of my favorite hardcore bands, Ministry:

Fun, no? :)

REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Perhaps Love by Madison Blake

REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Perhaps Love by Madison Blake

Contest Duration: July 8 to 12 (up to 12 midnight EST)

Check it out here: http://vivianarend.com/blog/

July 27- August 3 Vivian Arend is holding an extended week of celebration to get ready for the release of Under the Northern Lights–the print anthology of the first two books in the popular Granite Lake series. There will be daily prizes from great authors like Lauren Dane, Lisa Hendrix, Ann Agruirre, Moira Rogers, Bianca D’Arc, and a chance for her to say thank you to some of the people who have really made this possible.

Check out this great giveaway with three weeks of prizes:

Check this out! To celebrate the opening of The Romance Reviews, they're holding a contest for an international giveaway!

Top Prize: US$50 Gift Certificate from Amazon or Book Depository (1 winner)

Other Prizes: Ten (10) print books and ten (10) ebooks for giveaway to twenty lucky winners. All giveaways are brand new books.

http://theromancereviews.blogspot.com/2010/07/celebration-contest.html

Contest Duration: From July 5, 2010 to August 31, 2010

Check it out: 


http://www.pureimaginationblog.com/2010/07/summer-celebration-giveaway.html

Ends August 6, 2010

I love Highlander romances, and this looks like a really good one:


http://myfoolishwisdom.blogspot.com/2010/07/mary-wine-guest-blog-and-giveaway.html

Hop on over to the blog & enter to win - winners will be chosen on July 12, 2010

THREE winners will win ALL SIX of these books:

Click here to go to the Seductive Musings blog to read more about this giveaway. Be sure to let them know you heard about the giveaway from the Romance Aficionado blog. :)

The giveaway ends on July 30 and winners will be chosen after the TWA awards ceremonies on July 31, 2010.

I recently won an autographed copy of Elizabeth Amber's 'Dane', the 5th book in her Lords of Satyr series. Doesn't the cover look scrumptious?

Visit Elizabeth's web site here

Another great giveaway on Anna's Book Blog


http://annavivian.blogspot.com/2010/07/book-giveaway-gentleman-always.html

The winner will be announced on July 6, 2010

This looks fun - I'm going to participate in the Once Upon A Read-A-Thon:

Win 'The Wild Irish Sea' by Loucinda McGary on Anna's Book Blog:
http://annavivian.blogspot.com/2010/07/interviewgiveaway-with-loucinda-mcgary.html

Winners will be announced July 10, 2010.

This book looks so good! Check out the giveaway on the BookHounds blog here:

http://maryinhb.blogspot.com/2010/07/giveaway-blog-tour-tempted-by-warrior.html

A winner will be chosen with random.org on 7/21/10.

Hurry, I believe this is a one-day contest:

http://tracywolff.blogspot.com/2010/07/take-me-to-another-world-contest-day-12.html

No Such Thing As Too Many Books (love that blog title) is having a giveaway:

http://nosuchthingas2manybooks.blogspot.com/2010/07/review-and-giveaway-for-dark-embers-by.html

Contest ends in the evening on 7/5/10 & winners will be announced on Tuesday.

Here's a contest to win 'Eve of Sahmain' by Lisa Sanchez on the Love 2 Read For Fun blog:

http://www.lovetoreadforfun.com/2010/06/interview-with-author-lisa-sanchez.html

Contest ends July 5, 2010

Don't forget to enter the Romance Junkies Summer Fantasy Contest(s):

http://www.romancejunkies.com/summersplashcontest/mainpage.html

As always, there are lots of great prizes. Contest ends August 31, 2010

Check out this book giveaway on the BookHounds blog:

http://maryinhb.blogspot.com/2010/07/giveaway-blog-tour-barely-lady-by.html

Hurry, winner(s) will be chosen 7/16/10