It's Monday, Baby - the first Monday of 2012

It's time for one of my rare giveaways - so far, there is only one entry, so odds are very good for any entrants. two books are up for grabs - enter here

Here we are, at the first Monday of 2012, and thus the first It's Monday meme of 2012. Hosted by Sheila of Book Journey, we discuss books - what we're reading, what we've read and hopeful reads.

And here is where I admit that despite having a whole week off after Christmas break to spend relaxing and reading....

I didn't read much at all. I did relax, relaxed so much that I pretty much slept away a week of my life. On one hand, I felt glad that I could spend the time reading and on the other hand, I feel like I wasted away a whole week by sleeping.

Sigh...LOL - Oh Well, that's Life!

Even though I didn't finish a book, I have been reading a couple of books. True to my usual form, of all the books I've started in the last few months, none of them are the ones I ended up reading this week. This week, I've been re-reading - or rather re-starting Star Doc by L.H.Viehl. Now this is a book that I bought about two years ago, started and never finished. It must have been my mood at the time, because so far I've gotten past where I last left off, and only just now came to a slow-down spot in the novel. Where the beginnings of a romance is stirring. In a boring way. Hopefully, I'll get past it soon. :) and on to more interesting happenings.

That's all I'm going to list for now - have no plans for when I'm finished with Star Doc. We'll see - I have a lot of books in my TBR pile.

My only New Year's Resolution this year, is going to be

1 - no real resolutions

2 - as many laughs as I can laugh

3 - no book challenges. just makes it feel like a job to me, and I can't stay on top of them. Rather, I'll be trying to top my number of books read this last year. I'm going to have to deduct the books left unfinished with the books actually read to see how many I really read. :) I'll be deleting some titles from my list.

That's it for me - enjoy the reading and enjoy the life as much as possible.

Happy New Year's everyone

New book release! Happy New Year and Happy Book B-day - contest time

Happy New Year - Happy Book B-day....stay tuned for a contest

Today - (Tuesday) is the United States Book Birthday of The Bitter Seed of Magic by Suzanne McLeod. I mention the U.S. Book B-day only because McLeod's books have separate book release days - The UK and the US publications. This has been out in the UK for a while now; we get it over in the US now. :) For a taste of The Bitter Seed of Magic click on the book cover above where you will be able to read chapter one. Then you can click on this link on my blog where there is a snippet from chapter two of Bitter Seed of Magic.

As for Doc; The Vampire Hunting Dog, written by J.A. Campbell, it's been released recently as an e-book, but for people like me {who obsessively cling to some of the old ways, *g*}, HAPPILY, there are print copies available from CreateSpace; also print available soon at Amazon. Doc started out as a series of shorts - a fun piece for readers. A border collie whose owner, or person, has been hunting vampires discovers that he can give "THE EYE" to vampires, helping his person fight them. Border Collies do tend to have a way with their expressions, especially their eyes. They seem to have special eye powers, just try to stare at one when you can. They have trippy eyes. Doc has his own page on FaceBook now. I can picture Doc plush toys, complete with stakes and other vampire hunting equipment; I think Campbell should think about some merchandizing for Doc. LOL might be a surprise hit! For a taste of Campbell's writing, visit her blog and click on this Doc page, where there are a few free online reads posted for readers {use the drop down menu}.

The Contest

To celebrate the "birth" of two of my favorite writers' novels, I'm going to have a contest. This is what I'm offering as a prize - a print copy of J.A. Campbell's Doc, the Vampire Hunting Dog and a copy of Suzann McLeod's The Bitter Seed of Magic {Spellcrackers.com #3}. Now my contests are usually notoriously and a bit embarrassingly lightly attended. This is a longwinded way of me saying that hardly anyone ever enters my contests :( - so for those of you who DO ENTER, you will have a better than average chance of winning. Just think of all those super blogs where there are at times close to a 100 entries, or some who actually have 400 entries. Small chances there. Here you get way better odds.

so enter!

To enter, please put a link up to my contest at your blog or your FB. I don't do twitter, so I don't care about twitter links - I won't be able to check them, so they don't really count for my contests.

make sure you provide the link to your blog/fb page announcing the contest. ALSO make sure you have a way for me to get a hold of you. Most likely the link will help and I always hate having to leave my e-mail on a public blog, so if there's at least a link, I can use the link to ask for your e-mail if you win.

Contest starts today, right now! and goes until January 15th, a Sunday.

So let's get to announcing and linking up!

Tell your friends,

your moms

your grandmas

your dogs and your cats....oh - um......ahem.......got a wee bit carried away.....

But ENTER a contest, you might win books from not just one, but two great writers.
Good Luck!