BOOKS IN THE HOUSE MONDAY - 25 April 2011

From Becky @ NoMoreGrumpyBookseller:

TRACKING THE TEMPEST: Jane True #2 - Nicole Peeler, UF, MPB

BONES OF A FEATHER: Sarah Booth Delaney #11 - Carolyn Haines, Southern mystery, ARC (release date of 21 June)

B&N (due to fun on BittenByBooks):

GREEN-EYED DEMON: Sabina Kane #3 - Jaye Wells, UF, MPB

BittenByBooks win:

HOURGLASS: Evernight #3 - Claudia Gray, YA paranormal, HB

High Crimes Mystery Bookshop:

AFTER HOURS: Tales from the UR-Bar - anthology edited by Joshua Palmatier and Patricia Bray, UF, MPB

LICENSE TO ENSORCELL - Katharine Kerr, UF, MPB

HAUNTING JORDAN: Port Chatham Mystery #1 - P J Alderman, paranormal amateur sleuth, MPB

GHOST SHIP: Port Chatham Mystery #2 - P J Alderman, paranormal amateur sleuth, MPB

FALSE MERMAID: Nora Gavin #3 - Erin Hart, suspense, TPB

FORCE OF HABIT: A Falcone & Driscoll Investigation - Alice Loweecy, suspense, TPB

VAMPIRES: The Recent Undead - anthology edited by Paula Guran

Books in the House Monday - 17 May 2010

A really nice cache o' books this past week!!

From Becky at NoMoreGrumpyBookseller, I won:
THE SECRET SPEECH - Tom Rob Smith, TPB, suspense

High Crimes Mystery Bookshop (my go-to indie mystery bookshop) order:
FARM FRESH MURDER:A Farmer's Market Mystery - Paige Shelton-Ferrell, MPB, amateur sleuth mystery
LEAD-PIPE CINCH: Georgiana Neverall Mystery - Christy Evans, MPB, amateur sleuth mystery
OPEN SEASON: Joe Pickett series #1 - C J Box, MPB, suspense, signed copy for the Keeper Shelf
....and Cynthia included a sweet surprise for me:
PAPER TOWNS - John Green, BOCD, YA mystery

Lori Armstrong Book Signing Pics

This is Lori Armstrong, signing my copy of BLOOD TIES, the first in her Julie Collins thriller mystery series...this also nicely shows a good (albeit upside) view of NO MERCY, Lori's first book in her new Mercy Gunderson thriller series.
She gave a super talk about where she lives (in Rapid City, South Dakota), why she lives there (she likes it), the writing process ( she needs to be on her computer that has only a word processing, no internet distractions), the research process and how she is not a gun expert, nor a very good shot even if the family business is the firearms industry.
She also writes under the pen name of Lorelai James. She writes erotic love stories set in the Wild West. Schnikees dudettes! Go to her site if only for the hot patootie eye candy! I mean WUH-HOOF!

And hey! I got to meet one of my absolute favorite bloggers, Becky, of No More Grumpy Bookseller !! I've been following her for a while now and was so glad to see her at the book signing. Bless her, she let me babble happily along, agreed to a picture for blogger posterity, and stood outside in the chill to chat some more. It's excellent meeting a fellow bookaholic with highly similar taste in reading material.
Thank you, Cynthia of High Crimes, for hosting Lori for Wed night's fun and thank you to Oriental & Navajo Rug Company for the space for Cynthia to use for her book signings. Very much going back there with DH. He's going to love it.

Finders Keepers Monday/TBR Tuesday

From my buddy, Jenna (Imzadidragonfly), I received loaner copies of STORM BORN - Richelle Mead, 1st in Dark Swan series and SUCCUBUS ON TOP - Richelle Mead's 2nd in Georgina Kincaid series. And I received a secret special surprise of a keeper copy of DEATH'S DAUGHTER: Calliope Reaper-Jones series - Amber Benson. Jenna knew this was on my Wanton Wantin' Book List and sent it along....what a SWEETIE!!

From my buddy, Ginny on WW Booktalk, I received BOBBIE FAYE'S VERY (VERY, VERY, VERY) BAD DAY - Toni McGee Causey. This, too, has been on my WWBL for a long while I think ever since Becky (No More Grumpy Bookseller) reviewed it here.