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Easter Eggs
For those of you who don’t play computer games, an Easter Egg is a little extra something that programmers stick into a game to please their loyal gamers. Let me see if I can give you a few.
Demented Michelle has a book giveaway: Hunter’s Moon, a paranormal romance by C.T. Adams and Cathy Clamp. Here’s Michelle’s summary:
The heroine has just won the lottery, which you think would buy her happiness, but, instead, she wants to kill herself.
But the cold and (supposedly) heartless hitman she hires to do the job, can’t follow through. The mistmatched pair fall into some heavy lust, which leads to a more enduring romantic bond, one that is forged as they deal with the mafia, the heroine’s toxic family, and the small, little fact that the hitman is also a werewolf.
Head on over and sign up.
Some of you may want to check out Bookseller Chick’s roundup of recommended Young Adult fiction. I think I’m responsible for that thread, owing to my rave about the Bartimaeus trilogy, which Kate & BSC both recommended. Jake and I did make it back to Barnes and Noble, by the way, and we picked up  Twilight and The Book Thief.
Is there anyone out there who doesn’t know about Paperback Writer’s Friday 20? Every Friday, PBW answers 20 questions from her readers regarding publishing and writing. Good stuff. She and Bookseller Chick both have recent posts about title-repeats, by the way, which reminds me: high time I checked to see if my collection of three one-word titles are fresh and original or not. I kinda doubt it.
Oops, family is here. Gotta run. I’ll try to add to this later.
D.
Oh, cool. I’ve got this one–signed, even. C.T. & Cathy are regulars at McAnally’s, and actually had a signing in San Antonio, so I sent my daughter, informing her that it would make a good present.
I can’t actually vouch for the book, though–it’s still in the TBR pile.
*groan* I actually need more caffeine. Short night last night.
Have to get the books in the YA recommended reads – they look terrific!!
I read Hunter’s Moon and thought it was great– except I had trouble with the heroine. Suicide? For that reason? Just didn’t work for me.