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I’d like to get rid of most of my paper books, and I thought I’d have a few contests to give some of them away here. These books are all “preread”, some with marks and page folds. The fact that I am giving them away doesn’t signify their worth — in many cases I really enjoyed them, and/or I also own the digital or audio versions. I’m just not a re-reader (a defect I am always trying to remedy).

This contest is only open to folks in the US or Canada.

The winner gets her choice of any two of the following (click on the cover for more about the book):

To enter, make a comment telling us the title and author of your most recent “keeper shelf” read — something you really loved, romance or not.

Contest ends midnight Eastern time Saturday 2/13. Winner announced Sunday 2/14. I’ll do another contest next week. No previous RRR winners can enter.

Happy reading!

Find out whether it is possible for a 40 year old philosopher to develop a crush on a 10 foot tall blue humanoid over at The Book Smugglers, who were kind enough to invite me to participate in this year’s Smugglivus celebration.

Hanukkah begins Friday December 11 at sundown. To celebrate, I hope* to read and review a batch of m/m romances, all of them recommended by readers (thank you!), and some of which have Hanukkah themes.

*note “hope” = “intend with some possibility of fulfillment”

12/11 Astrid Amara, Holiday Outing (2009, Loose I.D.) [m/m erotic rom]
12/12 Cheryl Dragon, Bad Brad (2007, Loose I.D.) [m/m erotic rom]; Keira Andrews, Eight Nights (2007, Loose I.D.) [m/m erotic rom]
12/13 Ann Somerville, On Wings Rising (2008, Samhain) [Gay romance Sci Fi]
12/14 Sean Kennedy, Tigers and Devils (2009, Dreamspinner Press) [Contemporary]
12/15 Ginn Hale, Wicked Gentleman (2007, Blind Eye Books) [Alternative Victorian]
12/16 James Lear, The Palace of Varieties (2003, Cleis Press) [1930s London]
12/17 Alex Beecroft, False Colors (2009, Running Press) [18th cent historical romance]
12/18 Tamara Allen, Whistling in the Dark (2009, Lethe Press) [early 20th cent historical romance]

Chances are excellent I will be giving a few of these away.

Ok, folks, are you ready?

I’ve read this book, I loved it, but I wasn;t sure I even liked it until I finished it.

There are no rules. Don’t feel like you have to read every single comment before posting. Don’t feel like you have to respond to every comment. Don’t feel like you aren’t allowed to make a short “off the cuff” comment. Don’t feel like you have to love or even like this book.

If you only got through some of it, that’s fine, but we will be discussing the whole thing.

I’m on eastern time, so it’s about 7:00pm here. I’m good for a few hours, checking in as often as possible in between putting the kids to bed, but I will be back tomorrow morning and I hope readers outside the Americas will feel comfortable adding their two cents after we’ve gone to bed.

So…what’d ya think?

Hello all,

A few folks have asked, so I thought I’d confirm that yes, I am hosting a discussion of Judith Ivory’s Black Silk here tomorrow. I guess I have to start bowing to Romanceland convention and remind, remind, remind!

Janine and Robin posted terrific back to back reflections on the book over at Dear Author yesterday.

I enjoy hearing what people think, whether it’s a report of their opinion or a postmodern feminist analysis. If you have read it and have any thoughts at all on it, I hope you’ll feel free to share them. People who hated Black Silk with the passion of a thousand fiery suns are also encouraged to singe us with their wrath.

Come see what I have to say about this over at Romancing the Blog.