New RT Book Reviews on the Shelf

The March RT Book Reviews has arrived, with 273 new books reviewed. The cover story discusses Sabrina Jeffries and her Regency series featuring the Sharpe family. Author CJ Lyons interviews Erin Brockovich (yes, THAT Erin Brockovich!)about the new series that the two are co-authoring. Other feature stories include a discussion of gender-neutral pen names, the plight of independent booksellers in the age of the ebook, and a profile of author Julie James. The Teen Scene features authors Judy Blundell, Carrie Ryan and Carol Lynch Williams. The Pros on Prose and Fan Forum columns round out the issue. If you want to stock up on good books to get through the rest of the winter, this is the place to start!

Winter Reading, Because Otherwise I'd Just be Staring at the Snow

Give that a) I have an old, rear wheel drive car and b) there's something like seven feet of snow on the ground, I've spent a lot of time reading this winter. I've also been investigating OverDrive, the library system's digital book resource (more on that later this week) in order to expand my reading options. I've been all over the map in terms of genre, but have gotten through a few romances and a couple of mysteries that had romantic elements. So in the next few weeks I will be blogging about, in no particular order, Nora Robert's Savor the Moment, Shayla Black's Delicious, using OverDrive on my Droid, What Angels Fear, the first Sebastian St. Cyr mystery, the difference between Adobe EPub books and Adobe PDF EPub books, and why you need to know such things, and An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd, an historical mystery that will appeal to fans of Maisie Dobbs. I'll probably throw in a few more things, now that my TBR has expanded from a pile on the nightstand into (virtual) piles on not one but two electronic devices. If you have been working your way through your own piles of books in order to avoid working your way through your own piles of snow, be sure to submit some reviews to the Winter Reading Club, which continues until the end of February.

On the Book Cart

Contemporary:
Robyn Carr Promise Canyon
Sophie Gunn How Sweet It Is
Donna Kauffman Off Kilter

Historical:
Karen Hawkins One Night In Scotland
Johanna Lindsey Marriage Most Scandalous

Paranormal:
Amanda Ashley Night's Pleasure
Suzanne Brockman Time Enough for Love
Kresley Cole Demon from the Dark
Christine Feehan Hidden Currents
Allyson James Firewalker and Stormwalker
Sherrilyn Kenyon In Other Worlds and Phantom in the Night
Nalini Singh Play of Passion
J.R Ward Crave

Suspense:
Stephanie Tyler Lie With Me

On the Book Cart

Ooooooo! The new Jayne Ann Krentz makes the book cart this week!! It is Fallon's story and the first in a new trilogy. Too bad someone beat me to the reserves! There are a couple of other good entries though. Check it out!

Historical:
Wicked Nights With a Lover by Sophie Jordan
Defiant by Jessica Trapp

Romantic Suspense:
Senseless by Mary Burton
In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz

And....don't forget to send me a book review for our Winter Reading Club. It runs all through January and there are prizes involved courtesy of the Friends of the Voorheesville Library. Entries can be sent to reillym@uhls.lib.ny.us

~ Michele

New Year's stories

The craziness of this time of year doesn't leave me much time for reading. Seems that my pile 'o stuff just keeps growing with nothing finished to review.

So what to blog about? Resolutions to read more??

Ummm, maybe not. But, just for kicks and giggles, here's a list of some New Year's themed romances to get you (and me) on the right track for 2011. Check it out!
~ Michele

The Year of Living Shamelessly by Susanna Carr

The Duke’s New Year Resolution by Merline Lovelace

In One Year and Out the Other: A New Year’s Story Collection by Lauren McKenna, et al

Hot Number by Carly Phillips

Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter

Not Another New Year’s by Christine Ridgeway

On the Book Cart

Well, the last few book carts have been rather light on romances, but this week's cart was well worth waiting for. Check it out!

Historical:

The Heir by Grace Burrowes

Outrageously Yours by Allison Chase

Marry Me by Jo Goodman

Pleasures of a Notorious Gentleman by Lorraine Heath

Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right by Kieran Kramer

Highland Scandal by Julia London

Sisters of the Quilt by Cindy Woodsmall

Contemporary:

No Place to Run by Maya Banks

You Dropped a Blonde on Me by Dakota Cassidy

The Boyfriend of the Month Club by Maria Geraci

Unforgivable by Laura Griffin

The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley

On the Book Cart

Historical:

A Most Scandalous Engagement by Gayle Callen

How to Wed a Baron by Kasey Michaels

His Christmas Pleasure by Cathy Maxwell

Contemporary:

Dating Mr. December by Phillipa Ashley

Paranormal:

Eternal Flame by Cynthia Eden

Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by multiple authors

In the Dark of Dreams by Marjorie M. Liu

Hungry For You by Lynsay Sands

Dark Lover by JR Ward