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Monthly Archives: April 2017

Atlanta Anyone?

30 Sunday Apr 2017

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It’s just about time for the 2017 Booklovers convention in Atlanta.  Soon hordes of booklovers – authors, readers, bloggers, reviewers, publishers, booksellers and librarians will descend upon Atlanta’s downtown Hyatt Regency to revel in books!  I will be one of those people.  I don’t mind saying, I am very excited.This will be my second RT convention.  I went to Dallas two years ago and met so many wonderful people!  I went by myself, but never lacked for company.  In every line I stood in, I struck up conversations with the strangers around me.  I met and hung out with several amazing authors.  I got lots of swag and autographed books for my collection.  I had a grand time!

Now, this is not something I can afford to do every year.  Last year’s convention was in Vegas, a city I have visited. I am not a Vegas person, so it was easy to skip that one.  However, Atlanta is a city I have always had interest in visiting.  So Atlanta, here I come!

This year, I am registered as a librarian.  My goal is to get pictures with some of my patrons favorite authors.  I may or may not stalk Heather Graham.  There are few others, but she is at the top of my list!

Is anyone else going?   I’ve set up a Facebook event to help people connect.   If you are going, let me know, here or on Facebook, so we can meet.  See you there!

 

What Are You Reading This Weekend?

28 Friday Apr 2017

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Art, books, Diogo Verissimo, fairy tale, fantasy, historical, Katherine Arden, owl, scifi romance, Veronica Scott

Apprentice Owl by Diogo Verissimo

Art available at Society6.

There is no particular reason why I chose Apprentice Owl this week.  I just like it!

I am currently reading Veronica Scott’s Danger in the Stars.  If it is on your TBR list, I am quite sure you will not be disappointed. 🙂

On the audiobook side, am listening to the historical fantasy The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, which has its basis in a Russian fairy tale.

 

What are you reading this weekend?

Next week, there will be no What Are You Reading This Weekend? post.  I am off to the Romantic Times Books Lovers convention in Atlanta, Georgia.  I am very excited!  Is anyone else going?  I don’t anticipate I will have much time for blogging, so I will see you in a couple of weeks!

Slither by Melody Steiner – Feature With Excerpt and Giveaway

26 Wednesday Apr 2017

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About Slither

Elanor of Onyx, enslaved by the dragons who scorched her kin and country, is determined to escape her island prison.

When the changeling dragon, Adom, demands that Elanor come with him to the mainland on a secret mission, she sees this the opportunity she’s been waiting for — a chance to exact her revenge. But when his actions take a surprising twist, Elanor begins to suspect that maybe things are not as they seem.

With a plot brewing against the mainland king, alliances are tested and Elanor discovers a secret that will forever change the way she views the slithering dragons—and herself.

Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Dragon Moon Press
Date of Publication: April 24, 2017
Number of pages: 310
Cover Artist: Gwen Gades

Excerpt from Slither

“Forgive me,” he says. “But when I say the word, you really should scream.”

That’s all the warning I need. If Adom wants me to scream, he wants the others to think he’s hurting me. He wants to send fear shuddering down their monstrous, twisted spines, to dry their mouths and shrivel the pits of their cavernous stomachs. He wants to show them that he is the king, the master of this mountain, the master of me.

Adom averts his gaze. “Scream.”

In the seconds it takes him to morph from human to dragon, his chest expanding, scales popping out of his skin like boils, I’m already at the door. I scream, just as he asks me to.

The full blast of flame doesn’t hit me, but it’s enough heat to sting my lower back.

Good thing I tied my hair this morning—he misses singeing it off by a few inches. The monstrous roar he releases bursts a decanter on the table. The mirror cracks. But the fire inside me has nothing to do with Adom’s monster, and everything to do with my own. Only mine burns for revenge.

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About the Author

Melody Steiner is a novelist, librarian, warrior woman, and a mother. She grew up in a home where science fiction and fantasy were staples of the imagination. Her earliest novels were written in elementary school and involved rocket ships to the moon, alien life, and gumdrop kingdoms at war with other invading candy nations. Over the years, she found herself drawn to fantasy stories that empower female characters and particularly women of color. Currently, she’s based near Columbus, Ohio, along with her husband and the wild things they call “children.”

Her recent work, Slither, is a traditional fantasy about a young woman who is enslaved by a herd of dragons.

You can find her at:

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