Friday Five and a half!

1. Supernatural Capital Tours are back with their new Troll Trail. Check it out over here at Falcata Times!


2. Lisa Ryans has a giveaway here for The Cold Kiss of Death. Ends Dec 31st (not sure if it's international).



3. Romantic Times Magazine has a great review of The Bitter Seed of Magic. Yay! Thank you! And they even have a picture of the cover! *g*

THE BITTER SEED OF MAGIC
by Suzanne McLeod

Genre: Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
  RT Rating

Fertility, a curse and the survival of various fae races are at the heart of what haunts gutsy Sidhe heroine Genny Taylor. McLeod uses her gift for storytelling to deliver a truly terrific read that is certain to keep you perched on the edge of your seat until the very last page.  Reviewed By: Jill M. Smith

Shameless Self-Promo Below:

The Bitter Seed of Magic is out now UK, 
The Bitter Seed of Magic is out Dec 27 in the US, 
and Jan 16 in German - Bittersüße Nacht 

 4. Argh! My TBR is out of control!

84 books in my kindle TBR file.

35 in the print TBR.

8 on my laptop.

Given that I've read around 80 books this year, it's going to take me most of next year to catch up. O_O

Saying that . . .

5. Book Tease Time

5 * + Books I've read that I think you're going to want to! *g*

Silver-Tongued Devil (Sabina Kane) Jaye Wells (12/27/11)

Blue-Blooded Vamp (Sabina Kane) Jaye Wells (5/22/12)

Devil's Punch: (Corine Solomon) Ann Aguirre (4/312)

Endgame (Sirantha Jax, #6)  Ann Aguirre (Sept 2012)

Outpost (Razorland, #2)  Ann Aguirre  (Sept 2012)

Shadow's Bloom by Tammy Moore (Date TBC)

Summoning the Night: (Arcadia Bell) Jenn Bennett (4/24/12)

5 1/2. Some books I'm itching to read

Deadlocked: (Sookie Stackhouse) Charlaine Harris (5/1/12)

Gunmetal Magic  Ilona Andrews (7/31/12)

Magic Without Mercy: (Allie Beckstrom) Devon Monk (4/3/12)

Full Blooded (Jessica McClain) Amanda Carlson (9/1/12)

So, what books are you all itching to read in 2012?

Capital Cocktails and Critique!

Firstly, the giveaway for Shady Lady: Corine Solomon # 3 (US) (UK) by SuperWriter(tm) Ann Aguirre is now closed! Winner to be announced today. So there's still time to leave a comment here, telling me your fav holiday destination for a chance to win!

Secondly, I'm over at the fabulous Tynga's place for her Paranormal Spring Break with another Supernatural Capital Tour! You can win your choice of one of my books if you leave a comment here  saying which Tour you'd want to go on. The Dryad Treetop Walk seems to be coming out tops (sooooorry!! *g*) right now, though if you're a fan of Finn, the Bacchanalian All-Night Feast might be more your entertainment of choice :-D (ends 6th April)

And thirdly . . .


Genre for Japan is still open for bids until midnight BST (GMT +1) on 3rd April. And there's still lots to bid on, even if you haven't got the deep pockets you might wish for. So why not check out the  index of all the lots and see if anything takes your fancy!

A huge, HUGE THANK YOU to you awesome folk who have bid on my two lots: A character named after you in my next novel and a 25,000 word critique. I'm stunned and humbled, and extremely grateful for the help you're pledging to the people of Japan. Thank you so much again for your generosity.

Supernatural Capital Tours: Secrets of the Fae (+ winner)

First up, I'm over at the lovely Tynga's place for her Paranoramal Spring Break with another Supernatural Capital Tour. This one's all about the Secrets of the Fae. And one lucky commentator can win* their choice of one of my books! So why not head on over and get your Enchanted Boarding Ticket for the SCT: Secrets of the Fae.

 

Giveaway at Tynga's is international, and ends 6th April.

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Now on to this week's winner!

Thanks to everyone who came by and left comments about whether they liked the Black Stuff or not, seems like you either do, or your don't *g*. And now for the lucky winner of Ghost Story (Dresden Files, No. 13)by Jim Butcher,  and Hounded (US)(UK) the first fabulous book in The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne.

Ms. Random.org has spoken ...

And the winner is ...

Julie

Who said:

"I really love the Dresden Files!!!

I don't like beer, too bitter... however Guinness is great to cook with. I have this recipe for Irish Steak pie that uses Guinness and... yummm..."

Congratulations, Julie, an email is on its way to you!

There were also 40 comments overall, which means I have donated £40 to help the British Red Cross Society in Japan (via Genre for Japan). Yay! Thank you!

Thanks again everyone, and sorry if you didn't win, but don't forget to come back later when this week's giveaway -Shady LadyCorine Solomon #3 – Ann Aguirre - goes live!

And don't forget you can enter the Goodreads giveaway for 3 copies of The Cold Kiss of Death #2 - signed (US & Can) Ends 16th April.

Five Links of Fang-tastic Love!

Happy Valentine's Day to all!

Hope you're having a Fang-tastic, heart-pumping, romantic time! *g*

Links of Love # 1.

Gollancz have a new Dark Fantasy Newsletter out, and you'll never guess who's the Guest Editor ... Lol! Well, okay, you probably will if you're reading this. *g* So, why not click on over and you can check out my editorial scribblings here, and there's a couple of great giveaways* to enter too!

 

Link of Love # 2

The lovely Book Chick City is hosting this! 

and today's post is from the fabulous Louise Court, who is a Publicity Assistant at Orion/Gollancz. Louise lets us in on what it's like to work with all the wonderful books, and what happens when they're getting published. Oh, and she's giving away FOUR fang-tastic* books (one of which you might just recognise *g*).

Links of Love # 3 -  Rabid Reader has a contest for a signed book*! (scroll down the post to find it) Oh, wonder which one that is? *g*


Links of Love # 4 - Get your Enchanted Boarding Ticket and take a tour of Supernatural London over at Falcata Times ... and once your tour is over, there's another magical chance to win a Spellcracker of a book*!

Links of Love # 5 - Shoot a Valentine's Day arrow at your favourite lovers, and pin them down in a comment here, and you could be all loved-up with Cat & Bones in their new book: THIS SIDE OF THE GRAVE - JEANIENE FROST.


Right, off to make romantic chocolate covered strawberries for Mr Mc - thanks to an idea given me by a a very sweet friend this morning :-) Pic spam may follow ;p

ETA:

*This post is all about the book that shall not be mentioned here (shameless shelf promotion can only be taken so far ...), the same book that is officially released this Thursday!! Yay! And is already shipping from Amazon.co.uk, The Book Depository, and has been spotted in the wild in Waterstone's in Edinburgh!

Supernatural Capital Tours: London!

PROMOTIONAL ADVERT SPONSORED BY SPELLCRACKERS.COM

Hey, I've just found out about this great new Tour company. It's called Supernatural Capital Tours and does these fantastic trips round all the fanged, fae and magical hot spots in London.

They're doing a special opening promotion over at Falcata Times, and there's a chance to win a book! And not just any book, but this Spellcracking book - The Bitter Seed of Magic - which is all about a fertility curse, and ravens, and the Tower of London, and murder, and strange dogs, and dangerous guys, and cool chicks, and illusionary vampires---

We interrupt this advert to say: What, you're still here? But you should be over there reading all about how much fun you can have you can have Getting Fanged on your next trip to the city . . . Go on, you know you want to *g*.