Monthly Archives: January 2012

How to Dance With a Duke

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

How to Dance with a Duke by Manda Collins has all the elements to make a delightfully frothy Regency romance; the hero is a Duke as well as a wounded warrior and the heroine is a bluestocking who only needs … Continue reading →

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Ebook Review Central, Samhain Publishing, December 2011

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

By the time December rolled around, it’s pretty clear that the folks at Samhain Publishing were done with Christmas. Out of the 29 titles that Samhain published in December of last year, there’s only one Christmas book. Just take a … Continue reading →

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What’s on my (mostly virtual) nightstand? 1-29-12

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Marlene Harris | 1 Comment

When I first started reviewing, it was easy to keep my books organized. I only had a few, and they were all on the Bluefire app on my iPad. (If you have an iPad and you need an all-purpose Adobe/PDF/everything-but-the-kitchen-sink … Continue reading →

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Dreadnought

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Marlene Harris | 2 Comments

I snagged a copy of Dreadnought by Cherie Priest from the Tor booth at ALA Midwinter. (Many publishers give their books away the last day of the show.) Boneshaker, the first book in Cherie Priest’s Clockwork Century series was one of … Continue reading →

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The Canvas Thief

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

I kind of liked The Canvas Thief by P. Kirby…once I totally threw my disbelief out the window and treated the world of the book as if it were a cartoon world, which is just the way the main character, … Continue reading →

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The Two Towers: Apple iBooks Author EULA vs Amazon KDP Select

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

Before the announcement on January 19, the hope was that Apple’s iBooks Author program would somehow kick Amazon where it hurts. Assuming that anyone can find a location that actually causes Amazon any monetary angst, that is – hunting expeditions … Continue reading →

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The Stubborn Dead

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

The Stubborn Dead by Natasha Hoar is every bit as good as the teaser in the January print RT Book Reviews claimed it to be. At just under 60 pages, the whole book is a teaser, and a damn fine … Continue reading →

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