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Book of the Day: Shakespeare v Lovecraft

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Happy Saturday! Today in my mailbox I found Shakespeare v Lovecraft A Horror Comedy Mash-Up featuring Shakespeare’s Characters and Lovecraft’s Creatures by D. R. O’Brien Shakespeare v Lovecraft A Horror Comedy Mash-Up featuring Shakespeare’s Characters and Lovecraft’s Creatures by D. R. O’Brien 2012-08-29 “We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” William Shakespeare “In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” Howard Phillips Lovecraft. In the same putrid vein as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Shakespeare v. Lovecraft slithers…

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Friday Reads: Excerpts from the Everyday Unknown

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Happy rainy Friday, folks! Hope your weekend is going better than mine. BLUH, its gross outside here. LOL…   So this weekend I’ll be finishing up House On Butcher Harbor by Lisa Lewis Moon and then picking up… Excerpts from the everyday unknown by Shaun Othen Release Date: 2011-09-30   A Polaroid of God. A loose edge on the world curling free to meet your fingers like a spent sticker. The promise of a new vista beyond. These wonders are offered by Vike. To see them, all you need do…

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Book of the Day: What the Cat Saw

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Happy Thursday, folks! Earlier this week, I found What the Cat Saw by Carolyn G. Hart hanging out in my mailbox! What the Cat Saw by Carolyn G. Hart 2012-10-02 National bestselling author Carolyn Hart presents an original new novel about a woman with a curious ability that drops her headfirst into a world of intrigue and murder… Ever since the death of her fiancé, Nela Farley has found herself plagued by a sixth sense: she understands the thoughts of cats when she looks into their eyes. Nela knows that…

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Trailer: THE TWELVE by Justin Cronin

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Happy Thursday! How bout this trailer for the sequel to THE PASSAGE by Justin Cronin, The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel     Oh yeah! I seriously need to hurry up and read book one! The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel by Justin Cronin Release Date: 2012-10-16 The end of the world was only the beginning. In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now the…

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Wishlist Update: Oct 23 2012

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Time for another wish list update! This week looks like I had a YA / MiddleGrade hankering! Fun titles from: Anne E Neimark,Deron R Hicks,Margo Lanagan,Mary Lindsey,Adrienne Kress,Antony John,Morgan Rhodes,AJ Hartley,Paula Morris,Patrick Matthews,Kieran Larwood,Daniel Blythe,Emily Rodda,Elizabeth Richards,Kim Harrington,Suzanne Weyn, and Michael Northrop

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Book of the Day: The Last Dragonslayer

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Happy Tuesday, you guys! Today in my mailbox I found The Last Dragonslayer (The Chronicles of Kazam) by Jasper Fforde, and I may have squealed a little. Ok, a LOT!!!   The Last Dragonslayer (The Chronicles of Kazam) by Jasper Fforde 2012-10-02 In the good old days, magic was indispensable—it could both save a kingdom and clear a clogged drain. But now magic is fading: drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and magic carpets are used for pizza delivery. Fifteen-year-old foundling Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for…

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Book of the Day: Rise of the Guardians

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Can I just say “I love Simon & Schuster Audio”? Cause, ummm… I do! They sent us Rise of the Guardians Movie Novelization by Stacia Deutsch   Rise of the Guardians Movie Novelization by Stacia Deutsch 2012-10-02 Join forces with the Guardians to defeat Pitch in this retelling of the animated feature Rise of the Guardians.When Pitch, the boogeyman, decides that children should believe in him and not the Guardians, he adds a little fear to their dreams, turning them into nightmares. If children around the world are afraid, there…

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Book of the Day: Drawing Blood

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How’s your weekend going? Pretty laid back here in the Cates household. You know, its cold and dreary out so I made up a big ole pot of chili and the fam has just been lazin’ around all day. Anyway, just wanted to show you something I found in my mailbox the other day… It is Drawing Blood by Richard Finney   Drawing Blood by Richard Finney 2012-10-09 With humanity at the edge of self-annihilation… Vampires, living in the shadows of humans for thousands of years, joins the war to…

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Friday Reads: THE TELLING

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What are you reading this weekend? This weekend I’ll be reading THE TELLING by Mike Duran.

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Trailer: Marquel by Emily Skinner

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How awesome is this trailer? Eric freakin Roberts?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME! Yes, please! Marquel by Emily Skinner Release Date: 2001-10-14 Marquel is an actress who rises to prime-time soap stardom only to suffer a mental breakdown.Zach Manning, her therapist, compromises his professional ethics by falling in love with his beautiful new patient.Mark Collins, a tabloid journalist, tries to reveal Marquel’s shocking past before she can recall it — making it a race against time to see who gets there first. Marquel is a retro 1990’s novel that travels from…

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