What’s on my iPod: “Green Eyes by Coldplay
What I’m reading: House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
The last person I followed on Twitter: @VanityFair
1. We at BookSparks announce the BookSparks Groupie Program! Now open for registration!
Hello, BookSparks Groupies! You know who you are. We at BookSparks love our loyal bloggers. We value your time and talent in helping us promote our authors and their literary endeavors. The BookSparks Groupie loyalty program is our way of thanking you for participating in our book blog tours. Through your thoughtful book reviews, interviews with authors and other creative ways, you’re helping us achieve our underlying mission for all our authors: to spark conversations about books!
Here’s how the program works: As a BookSparks Groupie and steadfast participant in our blog tours, you’ll receive a gift every month—something fashionable, something literary, something fun! A little something to look forward to every month—and our way to thank you for all you do!
If you’d like to be an official member of the BookSparks Groupie loyalty program, please sign up below by providing your name, name of your blog, email and mailing address. Then you can access the badge for you blog, and you’ll begin receiving your monthly rewards in January.
We’ve got a jam-packed year ahead of blog tours for outstanding books with prolific authors. We look forward to your participation as a BookSparks Groupie—and a year of giving to thank you. Sign up as a BookSparks Groupie today!
2. Karen A. Chase – author of BONJOUR 40 – offers readers a special holiday treat!
Karen A. Chase – author of brilliant, widely acclaimed travel memoir BONJOUR 40 – is giving readers, travel lovers and Parisians alike a special holiday treat in her “40 Days of Christmas”. You can now download the book on both Amazon and iTunes for only $1.99 lasting through the first week of January! Better yet – you can actually gift the e-book! Not sure how to gift E-Books or are unsure about downloading your own? Check out Karen’s helpful E-Book FAQ for help! Happy reading and happy holidays!
Check out the author’s Facebook for more details here
More about BONJOUR 40
f Karen A. Chase absolutely had to turn 40, she decided she could do it gracefully in Paris… for nearly 40 days. What began as a blog to communicate with friends and family, became a travel journal filled with over a months’ worth of daily humorous, insightful, and detailed glimpses into her Paris adventures, each of which could be read in about 40 seconds.Peppered with Chase’s own delightful photographs, she also weaves in longer stories that reflect upon her experiences with the French, food, travel,photography, writing and love in the City of Lights. A companion to the e-book,her Bonjour40 blog still contains images and some notes for readers who crave more from her Paris adventure.
3. Toby Neal’s new novel BLOOD ORCHIDS now available for download!
Another treat just in time for the holidays! Toby Neal is gearing up to release her new novel BLOOD ORCHIDS – available in print on December 6th! But thriller lovers don’t have to wait – the book is available in E-Book form on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble for $2.99
“ATTEND” the Facebook launch here!
About BLOOD ORCHIDS
“Blood Orchids is that rarity among debut crime novels, in that it satisfies on every level. A powerful new talent is on the scene.”
– Drew Cross, former police officer and author BiteMarks
Hawaii is palm trees, black sand and blue water— but for policewoman Lei Texeira, there’s a dark side to paradise.
Lei has overcome a scarred past to make a life for herself as a cop in the sleepy Big Island town of Hilo. On a routine patrol she finds two murdered teenagers—one of whom she’d recently busted. The girl’s harsh life and tragic death touches a chord with Lei, and she becomes obsessed with the case. The killer is drawn to her intensity and stalks her, feeding on her vulnerabilities and toying with her sanity.
Steaming volcanoes, black sand beaches and shrouded fern forests are the backdrop to Lei’s quest for answers. She finds herself falling in love for the first time—but the stalker is closer than she can imagine, and threads of the past are tangled in her future. Lei is determined to find the killer—but he already knows where she lives.
4. NOMAD BRUSHES in Vanity Fair’s Holiday Gift Guide!
The revolutionary Nomad Brushes continue to create buzz in the world of technology, art and on Christmas lists! The Compose digital paintbrush was featured in a 2011 Vanity Fair holiday gift guide! Check it out here to get ideas for the sophisticated, tech-lover or iPad owners on your shopping list this year.
More about NOMAD
We love art and creating art. Our company is a testament to this love and our dedication to finding innovative ways to help you create in your daily life, whether you’re an artist by training, a doodler by nature or picking up an iPad for the very first time. We believe that the tools you use directly impact what you create. We aim to develop revolutionary products for the professional digital artist, as well as making digital art creation accessible, fun and intuitive for the novice.
5. BookSparks releases annual Holiday Gift Guide! When Catherine Lambert, an effortlessly chic Parisian lawyer, receives an offer to transfer to the New York office of her prestigious firm, she unhesitatingly accepts. A dedicated follower of fashion and everything stylish, she is determined to conquer the high-flying world of Manhattan law-and love. Catherine’s daydreams of glamour quickly fizzle, however, when she is faced with her new job’s hard realities. Between the pressure of billable hours, the demands of Catherine’s impossible bosses, the conspiracies of two malicious secretaries and the advances of a lecherous client, New York is more of a nightmare than a dream. Then she meets Jeffrey Richardson, a powerful and handsome client, and her life takes on the romance she’d hoped it would. Candlelit dinners and trips to the Hamptons make even the most outrageous assignments bearable-until an unexpected request brings her new world crashing down around her.
With its insider’s perspective on the dirty deals and intrigue that have darkened Wall Street’s reputation, J’adore New York is a bright and funny take on the lives and laws of Manhattan’s most powerful players.
Available in paperback for $9.92 on Amazon
Bonjour 40 is also $1.99 on Barnes & Nobles. I shared on my FB page.
Thanks for the Groupie idea. I’m really looking forward to the fun.
Thank you so much for sharing with your FB friends about Bonjour 40! Wonderful!