455 comments? WHOA! Thank you to all who stopped by and left a squee or two - and yes, shewhohashope, I do not get what is up with the country of origin for the sheikhs in the sheikh millieu.
Of course, Candy and I both are mystified by the fact that there are all these sheikhs who aren’t, you know, Muslim. WTF?
All sheikhing aside, I’m floored by the enthusiasm. Thank you. Srsly. Wow.
So without further ado, or any ado at all, I present: the random integers:
That translates to:
This Saturday Night, here at the hot pink palace of Bitches, Jane and I will be discussing book-club style the February 2009 Harlequin Presents Mediterranean Boss, Convenient Mistress by Kathryn Ross.
Joining us will be Jawk and Jace, two allegedly gay friends of Jane’s ("allegedly" because I’m going by what they say, and since this is all over the internet, they could mean homosexual or just skippingly, shockingly gleefully happy). We’ll be reading the book this week and signing on to discuss it on Saturday 10 January at 9pm EST/8pm CST. You’re welcome to join us. This is a bit of a deviation from our standard reading-along live blogging, but with novellas not being our thang, we decided to try a live blog book club style discussion.
So tune on on Saturday night here at La Casa de Los Dos Bitches, and see what trouble a mediterranean boss can get into with his convenient mistress.
Back in December, New York Magazine had a neat page that featured the writing of people all over Manhattan. The reporters had approached “laptop-using strangers in Starbucks ... and asked them to show us the sentence they were working on.” Cool, huh? The results ranged from cover letters to rap lyrics to essays on gender identity. My favorite was a grad student writing a film. His last sentence: “Navy Seal (Steve).” Go Steve!
So I thought it would be fun to ask you guys: what’s the last sentence you wrote before surfing over here to the hot pink wonder palace of Bitchery? Mine was: “what’s the last sentence you wrote before surfing over here to the hot pink wonder palace of Bitchery?” (It’s not very interesting if I play along, is it?)
Grab your nearest crispy dollar: Orbit publishing has announced $1 ebooks at a special site just for you, your ebook needs, and your one single dollar. This month’s $1 ebook is Brent Weeks’ The Way of the Shadows, the first book in a series.
In a fit of majestic brilliance, they’ve included links to vendors all up and down the joint, from Amazon to eReader to BooksonBoard to Stanza and Sony, so whatever your platform or buying venue of choice, grab that dollar and run.
Well played, Orbit, well played.
ETA: And in further adventures of free or cheap eBooks, Harlequin will be giving away ebooks as part of their 60th Anniversary celebration beginning 29 January. You can sign up to be reminded to stop back and seize your download. One book from each line will be give away, and 16 books in total will be free, cheezy bread, free.
Gosh, all this excitement. Sir Kindle the Fusspot and I need to go lie down.
[Thanks to Michelle Styles for the link.]
It’s January 5th, the shopping is done, the gifts are put away, and maybe you’re wearing that sweater someone gave you for the holidays. We’re all back at work, it’s probably cold, unless you’re in the southern hemisphere, and it’s a bit of a bummer.
Not anymore! Want to win an ARC copy of The Smart Bitch Book, also known as Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance Novels? Sure, why not! I’ve got 10 ARCs sitting in my room with me (I gaze upon them more frequently than is necessary, and I admit it) and I’d like to share them with you. International shipping is fine, because it’s all about sharing the lurrrrrrrve™.
Here’s the deal: leave a comment here, and I’ll pick 10 at random. If you win a copy, however, you agree to (a) read it, and (b) email me your review, reaction, or general impression. Squeeing is optional and not at all required. If you hate it, I wanna hear about it. ARC winner reviews will be posted as Guest Bitch Reviews in the soon-to-be-launched Smart Bich Book section of this here hot pink wonder palace.
Caveat blah blah: it’s an ARC. I know for a fact that Candy and I made big ass changes, because, well, we made big ass changes. Some of the illustrations are different, there’s additional material we inserted (sorry about that, production department!) and errors were spanked mightily. So keep that in mind - this is not the finished product.
However! It is, in our opinion, really freaking cool. So if you want one, you know what to do. Leave your comment, and I’ll pick winners in 24 hours. Ready, set, go.
A website that reviews romance novels from a couple of smart bitches who will always give it to you straight. No bullshit. No gushing--unless the author really deserves it.
Sarah, not sure if it is the same one. I was on Dear Author before I moseyed on over here and Jane had posted a link to someone else’s site and they had scanned the book in. Some of the…
From Someone Here Knows
That’s just...so wrong!! And...ewww. Although you have women having plastic surgery to replace theirs so they really can feel like it’s the first time again. ugh...makes me cringe.
We must really be getting liberal here in our advertising…
From Links!
“This item will be shipped from China.”
Fake human blood to be inserted into the vagina. From CHINA? Oh, god.
From Links!
Haha, I just finished reading that before I clicked over here to Smart Bitches. It’s a cute read.
From Someone Here Knows
Maybe it’s just the Friday afternoon-tired-to-death-blues but everything, absolutely everything about the sale of a new hymen bothers me --- if it’s used for anything other then a joke gift for your newly divorced friend or your traveling grandma.
…From Links!
