Congrats to Alex W, who won Equilibrium by Meredith Shayne! Equilibrium was released by Dreamspinner Press on June 24.
Congrats to Wendy, who won Blind Pass (Blue Line Hockey #4) by Stephani Hecht! Blind Pass is being released by eXtasy Books today.
No post on Monday, as it’s a holiday in the US. I haven’t decided if I’ll do the Misadventures on Tuesday or not. Probably not, because there are already three contests scheduled for next week. 🙂
Contests
- Bronwyn Green’s giving away an ebook copy of Anna Mayle’s recently released m/m romantic suspense, In the Shadow of a Hero. Comment before July 6 for your chance to win.
- Shawn Lane’s giving two commenters the chance to win both of her forthcoming m/m romance ebooks: Lost Between and Hitting It Big. Contest runs through July 8.
- Book Lovers Inc is giving away a print copy of So Sensitive by Anne Rainey (US & Canada) or an ebook copy from Anne’s backlist (rest of the world, plus second place winner). To enter, answer the question by July 11.
Bookity
- New releases and more: Elisa (LGBT June releases), Tor.com (YA paranormal/UF-PNR/fantasy/science fiction), All About Romance (July romance audiobooks), Book Lovers Inc (romance & more), Desert Island Keepers (romance etc), and Literary Escapism (UF/PNR).
- Air fresheners with excerpts of best-sellers on them, to get people more interested in reading (starting with their bathroom reading material…). (via The Digital Reader)
- Art carved from books. (Thanks, Bron!)
- Critique group fail! (Thanks, Bron!)
- The Twin Cities Feline Rescue Book Fair will be August 13-14. You can drop off books starting July 17.
Ebookity
- Harlequin’s increasing the digital royalty rates it pays its authors, and answers some questions about the change for Dear Author.
Think, Do, Learn, Make
Cookity
- Gluten-free chocolate cake with raspberries and dark chocolate frosting. (Jeanne’s laughing, because she knows I hate fruit combined with chocolate, other than chocolate covered strawberries or cherries.)
- Zucchini season approaches/arrives (depending on where you live).
- Iced chocolate. (via The Kitchn)
Crafty
- Harry Potter crafts – the crocheted dragon (scroll down) is adorable!
Cool
- Love this! (Thanks, Cursingmama!)
- The song “The Battle of New Orleans” as a LEGO animation. (Warning, contains scenes of violence against British persons; may not be suitable for all viewers.)
- Seldom seen Star Wars photos! (Thanks, Bron!)
Cool or Wha…?
- Chocolate LPs that actually play… sounds really messy and warranty voiding.
Wha…?
- Back hair art… (Thanks?!, Bron!) (Best not to imagine what those photos would look like when viewed using Hairrrr…)
LOL
- Furry mice only have tails for about two minutes around here.
Teh Cute
- Kitten! Fox kit and mom! Kitten! Ducklings! Kitten! Hedgie! Kitten and mom! Sloth! Kittens! Penguins! Kittens! Big spotty kitty (leopard?). Kitten! Ferret! Kitten! Young cheetah! Kittens! Baby tiger! Kittens! Penguins! Kitten! Lamb! Kitten! Bat-eared fox kit!
Reading Update
Static by LA Witt. ebook. Excellent m/m romance about a guy who doesn’t realize his girlfriend is a shifter (able to shift between female and male) until after her extremely religious parents force her to have a gender freezing chip inserted, which leaves her stuck in her male form. This book really got me thinking on the complexity of gender.
In the Shadow of a Hero by Anna Mayle. ebook. Excellent m/m romantic suspense about a guy who’s been on the street for a long time, as something of a vigilante, and a cop who starts to see the depth of the man behind the grime and bruises. This was complex and involving and will stay in my head for quite a while…
Convincing Leopold (Convincing #2) by Ava March. ebook. Very good historical m/m romance following up with Arthur and Leopold three months into their relationship, as failure to communicate is causing some problems. Far from frustrating me, that failure to communicate made everything feel very realistic – not a Big Misunderstanding, but the slow accumulation of stuff from everyday life.
Handcuffs & Pretty Things (Rawlings Men #8) by Kim Dare. ebook short. Good short kinky m/m romance about one of the Rawlings cousins who is not a cop. This needed to be longer!
Bourbon Street Blues (Scotty Bradley Mysteries #1) by Greg Herren. Good gay mystery about about an unrepentantly slutty personal trainer and go-go dancer who inadvertently comes across some information that someone’s willing to kill to retrieve.
Bear Like Me by Jonathan Cohen. ebook. Pretty good humorous gay fiction about a writer, fired from a trendy gay magazine, who decides to go undercover into the gay bear culture in order to gather material for a book. While the humor of this book just didn’t quite work for me, I believe it will for other readers – particularly those more familiar with real-life bear culture.
Let’s Get Familiar by Amylea Lyn. ebook short. Cute short paranormal m/m romance about a guy without any magical ability who’s feeling lonely because his witch mother and sisters keep scaring away his boyfriends. Then he rescues a giant black tomcat from a storm and tells it all his problems…
On My Knees by Tristram La Roche. ebook. So-so short m/m romance about a guy who, after a row with his wife, realizes he’s gay while talking with a guy he met at the gym. While I really liked the first-person narrator’s voice, the story was all over the place. Insta-love was the final straw.
“I do not have forehead ridges! Mom, what did you do to my fur?! I thought you were just scritching my head!” -Mayhem
Awwww the awesomeness. I especially liked Wut Kittehz R Thinkin’
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Ooh an Anna Mayle book! I shall have to get that. I really liked the short story of hers that you recommended!
I’m in two minds about Static. Not sure how I feel about the gender mixing storyline.
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Only in publishing. If I came up with some cool product and decided to self-market it, I could do so and the big retailers would ignore me. JK Rowling decides to be her own distributor and the marketplace goes nuts. Not that she needs more moola nor do I think her attempts to “prevent piracy” are going to be any more effective, but it is her decision how she’s going to enter the ebook arena – finally. 😉
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I’m always amazed at the entertaining Misadventures that you manage to put together every week as it is!
And, even though those glasses look kind of cool, I just don’t thing I could wear them. It just icks me out.
Those Star Wars pics were great. They were all so young.
Wow, that’s some, ummm, interesting? back hair there.
Fashion is stupid sometimes.
Hmmm. Only one of those I red was the Tom one.
That’s a beautiful picture of May. Okay, I better get my butt in gear and shower. Seems we’re going to friends for Canada Day board games or something and I have to go and fetch the kid. Sigh. So much for a relaxing holiday.
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Isn’t JK a pretty smart businesswoman?
A Klingon kitteh?
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taking notes on all the food stuffs! The garden is promising a pretty awesome bounty this year
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A Klingon kitteh, fur sure.
I didn’t expect the ear bracelet to be an ear bracelet! Eww! Fox kitty biting Mom’s tail! The cute, the cute! Thx for those zucchini recipes, we harvested our first two last night.
So much lovely linkety. Oh! the new Harry Dresden book! FINALLY.
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All that talk about food has made me hungry. Thanks again for the Friday fun, awesome tidbits all around!
I’ve encountered that kind of plagiarism before… It isn’t happening in just the original fiction circle; I have a few friends who write fanfiction (they’re BNFs to be honest) and they’ve been search-and-replace plagiarized by this person who enters contests (with money as prizes) using their work.
Love the Sherlock Holmes vs Batman.
May is still pretty even with the forehead ridges. She’s so glossy!
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Okay– the cats during history was exceptionally cool (but I’ll always love Sherlock Holmes vs. Batman.
Hmm, I’m just happy she’s finally getting out in ebook. Her books so she can sell them how and where she wants. I just want Pottermore to open up so I can check it out. 🙂
Loved the tension rod idea. I’ll have to try it out.
The penis/vagina saving bike seats actually make sense. I haven’t been on a bike in a while (lol, a really long while) but I do remember it would be uncomfortable during long rides.
Mmm mmm mmm, caramel can make just about anything taste better. YUM
Totally loved the Matrix scene!!
LOL on the back hair and semen cake! 😀
I haven’t read any of these although I’ve got a couple on my reader. I actually bought Static last night after seeing your review on GRs. 🙂
Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your 4th of July!
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Must come back when I have more time. But I like dollar coins – I just hated the SBAs, which looked too much like quarters.
I’ve heard that about artificial sweeteners for at least 20 years. Believe me, if the artificial sweetener people could prove that use of their products actually resulted in weight loss, they’d be publishing the studies left and right. They’ve paid for many studies, and we don’t hear the results… gee, I wonder why that is…
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I personally appreciate the juxatposition of the caramel filled snickerdoodles and the 10 foods article. I may have a big bowl of fruit yogurt and nuts followed later by hot dogs on the grill. Gotta keep a balanced lifestyle. Thank god it cooled down. I’m wiped out.
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That bike seat looks downright scary, but the 1st line of that article is freakin’ funny. LOL The bike seat mfg should use that line in their advertising – I bet they’d get a lot of guys to switch to the scary new seat.
Those Darth Vadar cakes are awesome! Especially the my pretty pony one. LMAO!!!
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I’ve read my first LA Witt book this week and really liked it. Static is going on my to buy list now.
Lovely photo of May. 🙂
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Handcuffs and Pretty Little Things cover is hawt hawt.
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LOVE the Darth Vader cakes and the kid who came up with the ideas.
I can’t believe Labyrinth is 25! I saw that in the theater! Woe. I am old. Woe.
Angel does stuff is hilarious!
I’m still squeeing over the baby fox kit and his mama. Adorable!
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It’s sweltering here too.
I don’t understand why American don’t like dollar coins either.
Oh, a herd of turtles. I’m sorry I missed that. 🙂 The ferret sleeping positions, that’s so true. Mine like to sleep in the hammock with their heads handing down. Love the fox kits.
That crocheted dragon is so cute! ..and the toilet paper creature too.
Why oh why would someone create robot armpits?!
Wow Static sounds really good! Freaky, but good!
It’s sweltering here too so I feel your pain. I guess we got too much cool and now it has to scorch us to make up for it! Blech.
And look there – Mayhem has the double kitty mohawk. 🙂
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I am SO with you about the chocolate/fruit thing. Frozen bananas and choc covered strawberries are the only exceptions for me.
You have so many great contests this week, Chris!
OMG, that Alcide paperdoll is too funny!
OK, so I thought VINYL LPs were easy to melt/warp.
I’m intrigued by Static! I guess with Convincing Leopold coming out, I’d better get on the ball and read Convincing Arthur. It’s been on my nook for ages.
Have a great 4th, Chris! 🙂
Love the book art 🙂 That embroidered fried egg on toast is genius.
Super linkity as always !
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