Well hello there! It seems like Spring is upon us and my book blogging has been lacking and sadly not crackalacking. The good news is that I’m still reading! So here is a quick and dirty synopsis of what’s been keeping me up til 2am every night.

Lace up your cape, because Greta Maloney takes us into a deep, dark, lovely wood with this Little Red Riding Hood reboot!

I mean to write a review, but got totally sidetracked by this great blog post here.  For those of you kick starting some New Year resolutions, or just like some funny prose, this is for you! I totally stalked the rest of her blog (loling on her cats and sillies), and that made me wonder, has anyone read Joshilyn Jackson books? Because her blog is completely cracking me up! This…

  A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (goodreads, website, twitter) Book I in All Souls Trilogy Genre: SciFi/Fantasy Published February 8th 2011 by Viking adult Copy procured from my local library A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the stacks of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the…

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter by Laurell K Hamilton Various Titles (there are 20 in all so far) Author website Hello there voracious readers! Remember waaaaaay back when, I was ‘saving’ a couple of series for when the weather got bad and I got bored waiting for the ‘hottest’ new thing? One of these series was the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K Hamilton. Now, I was going to…

One Summer by David Baldacci (website, twitter) Released : June 2011 amazon synopsis from the Publisher With only a short time left to live, terminally ill Jack spends his last days preparing to say good-bye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the chidren are separated from one…

I get to wrap up all the fun contests in my posts today. Thanks for reading and all your great comments! I know you’ll love your brand spanking new books! For the signed copy of Laura Wiess’ Ordinary Beauty: is…. Heather (hrose2931) For the copy of The Hypnotist by M.J. Rose: is… Vivien And finally – the TWO lucky winners of Forever and a cool Forever keychain is…. Denise Z….