May 2008

This news piece showed up in my inbox today, informing me that there’s a very brief excerpt of the first chapter of Breaking Dawn available online at EW. There are special editions of Eclipse that will have the full first chapter on sale May 31. Breaking Dawn pub date is Aug 2 which is on […]

First, thanks to all who participated. I wish I could give you all a copy of this book. The following readers are the winners of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host Contest: Carmen (#12), ReadingIsSoMuchFun (#30) and Zhye (#16).

*winners, please email me at avidbookreader36 [at] gmail.com with your physical address right away please, thanks!

Consider me a bit surprised to learn that director, Sydney Pollack passed away today. My favorite movie by him was “Tootsie” and he was also noted for the Meryl Streep and Robert Redford film, “Out of Africa” (never saw that one).

via AP

I‘ve discovered a new author to add to my “authors to watch out for” list and her name is Debra Webb. Suspense must be her first, middle and last name because Nameless, her Feb 2008 release by St. Martin’s Paperbacks, kept me on the edge of my seat.
Former FBI agent, Ryan McBride is bitter at […]

Canterella by You Higuri, published by Go! Comi, rated OT (+16) with 10 volumes published and translated in the US. This is ongoing series in Japan. The series is categorized by the author as “historical romance” and it does have a complicated love triangle within the story but it’s charm for me lies in the […]