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Entry Deadline Extended! Giveaway: One Bloody Thing After Another

I’ve got a giveaway for you today: One Bloody Thing After Another by Joey Comeau.

This is the review copy I was given by the publisher.

Entering to win this book couldn’t be easier:

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Subscribe to the RSS feed or email feed. Comment that you did it to be entered.

You receive one entry for each action, so you can potentially receive six entries.

The winner will be announced June 15. Entry deadline is 11:59 p.m. PDT on June 14, 2010.

No transfers or substitutions. The contest is open internationally.

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The Very Best in Romance Novels

The Romance Writers of America conference was held last week, and they closed the event by honoring the best in published and unpublished romance novels with the RITA and Golden Heart Awards. Find out which authors won awards here.

In the past, a few of you have asked me why I read romance novels–and if I read anything else. I have a lot of reasons, but I did a guest post last week that covers one of the big reasons: the genre is a testament to feminist ideals and female empowerment.

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Do We Like Books?

I’ve been thinking about adding semi-regular book reviews. I’m reading quite a few books these days, and I’d love to share my reactions. Do you care? Are you looking for recommendations for books to read?

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Are You a Reader or a Watcher?

I like to read. I learned to read at a very young age, and I spent much of my childhood lost in a world of books.

When I went to college, I had to read for school. I felt guilty if I read a book for fun during the term. That typically meant that I read three or four books over spring break. It also meant that I watched TV as a break from schoolwork. I watched a lot of TV. During those years, I shifted from being a reader to a watcher. I could read the classics, or I could watch the BBC production or the newest movie adaptation. I chose the latter.

I read less and less after college, focusing mainly on magazines as my written material of choice. Part of the issue was my day job: I was an editor on academic journals and a trade magazine. I did a lot of reading on the job, so it was really hard to get any energy to read anything during my off time.

I think I was lucky to read one book a year for quite a few years in a row.

Thankfully, a friend of mine changed that when she got me to read Twilight. It’s not the best written book out there, but I love vampires and teen angst. Oh, what I wouldn’t give for Gossip Girl goes vamp. I moved on to the Black Dagger Brotherhood and Sookie Stackhouse books. Reawakening my love of reading also reawakened my dream of being a writer. Hence the birth of this blog, which helps satisfy my writing bug and my ridiculous celebrity obsession.

I want to know your story. Do you prefer to get your classics served up by a Hollywood director or in their original black and white format? Do you spend your time reading or vegging? Me? I multitask, reading or writing, watching TV or a movie, and watching the dogs all at once.

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