May 9 2011
DA Week in Review: May 1 through May 8
We post a lot on Dear Author, usually three posts a day, and important stuff can be missed. Thus we are going to do a week in review midday Mondays.
First up are the reviews. We posted our monthly recommended reads. We reviewed the following books:
- Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughn. Recommended by Jayne
- Love Me by Kelly Jamieson. Recommended by Jill Sorenson. The review gave rise to a spirited debate about infidelity.
- Discreet Affair by Shelly Munro. Reviewed by Jayne. B-
- A Sense of Sin by Elizabeth Essex. Reviewed by Janine. C+
- Sabine and the Beast by Moira Rogers. Reviewed by Jane. D
- The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter. Reviewed by Jia. C-
- Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison. Recommended by Shuzluva. A-
- Breaking Point by Pamela Clare. Recommended by Jane. B
- Krakow Waltz by Kate Allen. Reviewed by Jayne. B
- Grosse Point Blank. A film review by Jayne.
Second, the news links. We celebrated the military heroes by providing some recommendations and gave away books to the troops in conjunction with Avon. There are also reports of a new nook being announced at BEA in a couple of weeks so don’t buy a new nook right now.
We are also doing publisher schedules for 2011 that you can find in the sidebar —->
We had a robust discussion over cliffhangers. Some people don’t mind them but most romance readers want a certain ending to their romance books that romance cliffhangers don’t deliver.
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May 09, 2011 @ 14:20:04
There was also a write up about the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
May 09, 2011 @ 19:00:42
Thanks DA! This is great! I’m not online as much as I used to be & this is a perfect way to catch up on what I missed on this blog.
May 09, 2011 @ 21:01:31
Great. I am glad it is helpful.
May 10, 2011 @ 00:03:05
Jane, whatever happened to “If You Like..”?
May 11, 2011 @ 07:21:31
What do you mean? We still have those posts but we haven’t posted new ones of late because those were guest written and I haven’t had any offers.