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Archives for October 2010

Happy Halloween!

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Happy Halloween friends! Guess what my day will consist of? Lazing around in my bright orange pumpkin face pajamas (what? It’s a costume 😉 and it’s Sunday!! – Yes! the WHOLE day in pajamas).

I’ll be watching horror movies (hoping those will include “The Human Centipede” and “Frozen “), and of course, reading vampire books! Halloween ROCKS!

Oh and don’t forget to check out my latest book review, Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian (see the post, below). I’m now reading her latest “Taken by Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novel” (and will review it shortly). And, who knows…maybe some horror movie reviews too? What are your favorites? read more

Book Review – Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian

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First off….HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! What better way to enjoy the day, then by eating treats, watching horror movies, and discussing vampire books (like this one!)

Shades of Midnight: (The Midnight Breed, Book 7)
Book # 7 in the Midnight Breed series was slow to begin with, but picked up enough that I eventually really connected to the characters.

I found it “funny” however, when the hero (Kade, a “Breed” male) adamantly pursued the heroine (Alex – a human female, with a “twist”) from the start. Yet once he discovered her “Breedmate” twist, his internal musings were all about keeping her at a distance 🙄 (despite the fact, that due to the Breedmate mark, she’s now officially perfect for him). read more

Book Review – Foreplay: A Succubus Diaries Prequel by Jill Myles

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NOTE: *for those of you who haven’t read the first two books yet — don’t read this, cause your not supposed to know this part yet.* Check out the series here: Jill Myles – Succubus Diaries Series Reading Order

Foreplay: A Succubus Diaries Prequel (The Succubus Diaries)
A fun short story (and again, I do mean short). We get the play by play of Jackie’s day, that leads up to her defining moment.

She starts her morning as a frumpy, insecure woman who gets bypassed for a promotion, then moves on to drowning her sorrows at a local bar, and being bypassed by the “meh” guys in said bar. It progresses to Jackie’s life changing moment when she stumbles in a dark alley, and her life as she knows it, ends. read more

Book Review – Zane’s Tale: A Succubus Diaries Short by Jill Myles

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NOTE: *for those of you who haven’t read the first two books yet — don’t read this, cause your not supposed to know this part yet.* Check out the series here: Jill Myles – Succubus Diaries Series Reading Order

Zane’s Tale: A Succubus Diaries Short
The perfect little short story to hold me over while I await the next installment in the series. Now, to be honest, it was over quick. But there is a part that makes you forget it’s almost over, and let’s you just live in that moment. read more

Lily’s Bite of News – 10-28-2010

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Hey everyone, do you like my new fedora? I added the “PRESS” badge to it all by myself. Nifty, right?? Well I was stalking looking on the net I found some really cool stuff.

On her blog, Stacia Kane said:

Having some fun with Downside 4. I thought I had a title for it–I really loved it–but the PTB want something “more,” maybe a bit sexier and more exciting, so it’s back to the drawing board for me, sigh. This is where I start throwing my hands up in the air and saying things like, “Why don’t I just call it THERE’S F#*&ING IN THIS BOOK? Is that sexy enough?”
(Note I don’t blame the PTB for this at all; I’m just being funny here. But it is a bit…sigh.)
(Also, now I want to write a book with that title. Maybe it would go with the ridiculously anachronistic historical romance I’ve always thought it would be a hoot to write, the one where characters wish cars had been invented already so they didn’t have to walk, and Regency rakes say things like, “You’re bringing me down!” Well, it’s funny to me. I’ve had to fight the constant urge to put stuff like that in the few historicals I’ve written.) read more