Hey, it’s been forever since I updated! I have been a busy girl, working PR for Creation Entertainment’s Official Twilight Conventions, continuing my work with the Twilight Lexicon and also working hard for One Less Nemesis. I actually combined all of these things at the Vancouver convention, where Lori and I had the great pleasure of having our picture taken with the very warm and lovely Jodelle Ferland (she plays Bree Tanner in Eclipse) and Daniel Cudmore (he plays Felix in New Moon and Eclipse)  and where One Less Nemesis had it’s second vendor table. I also went to a really cool talk show (the show that must not be named…) and then went to LA. Jeez! I have done a little reading, prompted by bff Leslie to read the Aurora Teagarden series by our beloved Charlaine Harris. I made it to “A Fool and His Honey” before I ran out of books and need to get back to Borders to get the last few in the series. I’m also reading “Beyond the Highland Mist” by Karen Marie Moning as well as manuscript by a friend. This is a quick update, but it’s surely better than not posting for another two months, right??? Some time very soon, I want to get back to our bookclub reading together!

Love & Hugs,

Blue

I missed telling you all about Laurie London guesting blogging on fellow author Rebecca J. Clark’s “Once Written, Twice Shy” blog on the topic of “Productive Social Networking for Authors.” Not only did Laurie write an excellent and informative post, but Shiver author Maggie Stiefvater popped in to comment after an engaging Twitter conversation brought her over. Ahhh, social networking in action on a blog about social networking! Damn, I love marketing!

Laurie also communicated that she’ll be guest blogging on Romance University next week. Here’s what she said:

“Then on Tuesday, 4/27, I’ll be back on Romance University with my second installment in A Debut Author’s Journey. My agent will be joining in with comments. If you can, I’d love to see you there too! http://tinyurl.com/29zahkk This isn’t the exact link because my post won’t go up till Tuesday, but it’ll get you to the site.” – Laurie

Here’s what she said So be sure to stop in over at Romance University next Tuesday!

Have a great weekend!

Blue

First, I really have to share the youtube video that I was sent today and it is AWESOME! Could I love the WARDen any more? I think not! I love how the character ‘walk’ into her world and just become part of that universe for her – brilliant! I believe she said something to the effect of “God willing, it won’t end” referring to the series. Oh yes WARen willing, it will never end!

JR Ward talks Lover Mine

Also, for a little Butch/Vishous fun, check this out from the Smexy Books website. Marissa and Jane are out of the picture in the most hilarious way, so Butch and V can finally be together! HAHA! Complete with action figures!

http://www.smexybooks.com/2010/04/butch-and-vishous-together-at-last-plus.html

Hey Peeps!! It’s been a while since I updated, but I have been reading! I’ve also been traveling as many of you know, with the Twilight Lexicon, hitting up the Official Twilight Conventions and having a great time! One Less Nemesis, the new apparel brand that my business partner and I are working diligently to market, had a table at the Houston convention. Check out the pictures on our Facebook page and the shirts on our site at www.onelessnemesis.com!

Recently I finished Bree Despain’s The Dark Divine, a really good read with an interesting twist. We are so very lucky to be having Bree join us on April 21st in our chat room to talk about her book! We are really, really looking for to discussing it with her!

Also, I’m re-reading Lover Avenged by JR Ward, in preparation for the much-anticipated Love Mine. I believe we are all waiting with bated breath for John Matthew’s book! My sister and I are heading down to the Radcliff, KY signing and meeting a fried down there, can’t wait to see the WARDen again!

I had to write a quick blog post from the LA Official Twilight Convention. I have had the awesome opportunity to meet the TwiGuy, Kaleb Nation. And guess what? I got him to edit the code on this blog and help me out with the formatting! YAY! I just had to brag for a minute, I’m a little geeked out. I will be updating the blog soon regarding our upcoming read of The Dark Divine and our April Chat with Bree Despain.

Hugs,

Blue

My darling peeps….

Remember the beginning of it all? I certainly do. It was March of 2007. I was in a bookstore randomly searching for something new during my lunch hour. It was Barnes and Noble. I had just fallen in love with Buffy the Vampire Slayer two years prior and had a thing for those vampires. I saw this black book with an apple on the cover, it was on an end cap. I had no idea it was YA. I picked it up, read the back and thought “Huh, Twilight. Well, that sounds pretty good…” Fast forward to my almost immediate purchase of New Moon, knowing I would have to buy another copy of it within 6 weeks because I think it was May 10th that the New Moon edition with the Eclipse chapter was coming out. I did an online search. I had only every been active on one message board, not surprisingly it was the Buffy Trivia Guide. I lurked on Leaky Cauldron. Then I found the Twilight Lexicon and the Adult Fan Roll Call Thread. Ahhh, I was home, I had a username and people actually began responding to my posts (Ouisa I think as the first one to comment back to me) Oh, then I found SSVD-GTO and her fanfic. THEN she told me to read Lara Adrian, whose book was reviewed by someone named JR Ward….

AHHHHHHH, what a journey. Several things happened this week to make me take pause and remember. Perhaps this should be a blog post, I’ll probably do that next. First, our very own Simplicity, the woman I had never met and possibly axe murdering roommate in Forks (HAHAHAHA! Oh yes, I agreed to share a hotel suite with a woman I had never met and I was NOT nervous), will have her first book in her three book series published in February of 2011. Bonded by Blood, under her writing name of Laurie London. She was a guest blogger and wrote of her journey, thus making me consider my own.

Second, December sent me the below post I made on Lex forums. Ahhh, the days when we would debate back and forth with our passionate, yet understanding and loving voices. You know what? We simply rocked. We could understand and appreciate the groomers and the polishers and the manwich lovers and get along and talk and giggle about it….

Finally, with Bree Despain coming on chat in April, my continuing work for the Lexicon and my work with One Less Nemesis, it’s amazing to see what started as a random book purchase became the impetus for the direction of my entire life. Wow.

Without further ado, I am so honored to say that December said this about my post ” Just thought you might like to have a copy of this.  It’s damn good.” I am humbled by her praise.

PS – I couldn’t help myself, I had to correct my errors and I think I caught most of them. I clearly wrote this post in a moment of passionate discussion without proofing myself.

by somethingblue » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:24 pm

So this is where ALL the action has been lately. After catching up with the previous thread and now this one, I just wanted to add a few comments. First, while I understand the moral and ethical debate about Edward bribing Bella’s way into Dartmouth and in reality I can see the moral issues with this (although I think this is really prevalent in today’s society), we must remember that the Cullens have to do all kinds of illegal and morally wrong activities to even live. Alice uses her psychic ability for financial gain on the stock market. Records are forged and money is used as a matter of continuing to survive for centuries. It’s not even a question to Edward. And honestly I just don’t think it should be taken that seriously.

Also, on the previous discussion about Edward watching Bella as she sleeps and also the intimacy in Eclipse: perhaps it’s my age (38) but the fact that he watches her at night, to me, was extremely romantic. In TW, it took my breath away. This is not reality, I would not want a stranger hanging out in my room either. But he is a vampire, this is not reality and I would love to have been Bella, to find this beautiful creature was so enamored by me that he could not stay away…

The intimacy in Eclipse was wonderful to me. Actually, I knew Edward was really trying to keep Bella safe because of his incredible fear for her safety, but I believe I felt exactly the opposite as many people on the threads. I was annoyed with him that he turned her down. I thought maybe she should just take her shirt off so he would lose a little of that tight hold on his virtue. I felt her embarrassment in rejection and also realized that her mother is very anti-marriage. I think Renee would be good with Bella living her life in an intimate sexual relationship with Edward without ever getting married.

The kidnapping was definitely not the correct way to handle things, but Edward is out of his mind with worry while he is away from her. The redeeming quality about the kidnapping is that he learns from his mistakes and realizes he can’t keep her in a cage to keep her safe, that he has to let go a little bit. I think it all comes from a place of deep love and protection, not malice.

I hope my thoughts here don’t cause an uproar, I just wanted to say that there are some things that are just so romantic and unrealistic, but that’s ok, that’s why we read Stephenie’s books and love them so much.

Frost’s First Drop of Crimson Tastes Great, Less Filling

Jonzing for a little Frost magic, I eagerly trekked through seven inches of snow to Borders to acquire my copy of First Drop of Crimson, the first installment in the Night Huntress World series, on the day of its release. Now mind you, I have been experiencing serious Cat and Bones withdrawal since I devoured Destined For An Early Grave within 24 hours of purchasing it. A Frost fix, ANY Frost fix, was just what I needed that snowy Tuesday.

And so, putting aside Austen’s Emma temporarily, I began reading. Then I fell asleep. Thirty pages in… I fell asleep. Now, anyone who knows me knows this is unusual. I am a speed-reader – I read the entire Twilight Series is five business days, people! I usually only fall asleep this quickly when werewolves are involved. I was a little worried. The first thirty pages lacked that instant character attraction and immediate, ahem, gratification so often present in Frost’s books.

Crimson had a sloooooooow start. I conferred with a fellow Frost-lover the next day and she agreed. But we pressed on.

The story begins with Denise, Cat’s recently widowed best friend, having sworn off the supernatural altogether. After the violent death of Randy during a disastrous New Year’s Eve party, Denise relegates herself to mourning and, well, not much of anything else. Until the demon comes along.

As her family members are picked off one by one, Denise begins to realize that she may need some supernatural help after all – particularly when her cousin is offed by a strange dog-man-hybrid in a parking lot.

An encounter with Raum (our aforementioned demon) leaves Denise bearing his marks and forced to answer his challenge to find her ancestor, Nathaniel, who we later learn is at the core of a drug operation run by the vampire version of Manuel Noriega. If Denise refuses, Raum promises to continue systematically offing family members until she acquiesces. Realizing she has few choices, she reaches out to the vamps.

Not able to reach Cat, she picks up the old cell and dials S for Spade.

Ahhhhhh…. Spade.

I promised Shelley this would be a ‘brief’ review, so suffice it to say that Spade agrees to help Denise, and Denise proceeds to whimper along complaining about how much money Spade is spending to help her – this was really irritating. I mean, come on! Everyone knows vamps are loaded. But I digress…

Along the way, we are reminded why we were all so very intrigued by Spade in the Night Huntress books.

Spade looks at humans as food and playthings. Until he meets Denise. For some reason unknown to me, he finds this ninny (that’s for you, Blue) of a heroine irresistible, and we find ourselves getting to know a much different Spade. (Editor’s Note: I see your use of Ninny and I raise you with Nincompoop)

Now, if you ask me, aside from their hotness and the general awesomeness of their supernatural abilities, the most appealing thing about vampires is their fierce loyalty. Spade is no exception, and as the pages begin to fly by, you can’t help but love him. Neither can Denise.

As they travel the world in search of Raum and the source of the vamp uppers, Frost weaves a classic love tale of the hardened (get it?) hero who will never love again and the devastated heroine who will never trust again. But they finally do.

Toward the end of the story, we encounter a few of our favorites – Cat, Bones, Ian and Fabian the ghost.  Ian, Bones and Spade enjoy some witty Brit banter, which is altogether entertaining. I’m confident an Ian book will soon follow.

So, all in all, Crimson was fun and had moments of greatness, but overall lacks the energy of Frost’s other books. Certainly the biggest disappointment is Denise as a heroine, but Spade makes up for her super-sappy nature with his big heart and even bigger… WHAT?

Wait. OK. Regroup.

First Drop of Crimson tasted great, but was less filling.

Overall 3 stars.

Review by the beloved ElleJeez

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Hey my peeps! Just a little post to tell you all Happy Valentine’s Day! As a little gift to you, I’m sharing a bit of a book that my lovely friend GTO gave me for Christmas – the Cookie Sutra! YAY!

To see a glimpse inside the book, click on this link, then click on “Google Preview” right below the picture. Enjoy! http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780761138099-2

Love & Hugs,

Blue

We’ve had a MAJOR breakthrough in our fact-finding regarding Rhevenge’s barbed penis! Yes, ladies, one of our fabulous readers, in all of her tenacity (she is KNOWN for this tenacity), uncovered this very interesting video about what could be the origin of this sympath-specific trait found in JR Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood books. Watch the video and marvel at the computer generated barbs that actually extend during cat intercourse. There’s the neck biting, the barb and scarping… At first, I thought that it was odd for our dear WARDen to pick cat traits, I’m pretty sure she’s a dog lover! But then, while sharing this info with Mother on the phone, I realized that the sympaths are dark, difficult creatures! AHA! It all came together then! The long arms and legs of the Princess, enjoying the pain (the pain of sex for the female cat due to the barb actually causes her to ovulate), the barb itself. It’s ALL so clear now!

Now if you’re really wanting to see a female cat who is clearly REALLY pissed during the whole sex-thing, check this one out!

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