Kelley Armstrong, Laurell Hamilton, and Dracula Hates Edward Cullen

AUTHORS & BOOKS

I've got a deadline this week, so my posts will be short.

Enter my contest for five advance copies of Eve Silver's Demon's Hunger.

Kimberly Swan reviews Living with the Dead by Kelley Armstrong. "...she soon learns that there’s more than a murder involved. There’s a supernatural world all around her and they’ll stop at nothing to keep their existence a secret." (Darque Reviews)

Review of Deja Demon by Julie Kenner. "I keep eagerly looking forward to new books in this series is that even though Kate has snarky humor and moments of hilarious screwball behavior, there are grounding moments such as when it begins to hit home for Allie that demon hunting and the fight against evil never ends." (Dear Author)

It's not too late to vote for the Best Vampire Author Website over at Catherine Karp's Suburban Vampire!

Review of Laurell K. Hamilton's Swallowing Darkness. "Book seven of the Merry Gentry saga opens with Princess Merry now pregnant with twins and grieving the loss of her lover, Frost." (Fresh Fiction)

The interview guest at Midnight Brew is Cassandra Moore, author of Taint of Shadow. "Kayla and Noah were to be married, until she was kidnapped by vampires and traitors. Changed now, made dark by the experience, she’s out for revenge, and she won’t let anyone stop her." (Midnight Moon Cafe)

Review of Maggie Shayne's Angel's Pain. "This is the latest book in the wings in the night series, a paranormal romance series about vampires and their human counterparts known as the chosen." (Paranormal Romance Reviews)

I like this cover, and it seems that this shifter book, Once Bitten by Kalayna Price, will be coming out soon.

GRATUITOUS VIDEO OF THE DAY

Dracula has issues with "Twilight" and Edward Cullen. I love this video from Floydally. "Dracula is spectacula!"

Shiloh Walker's The Missing & Jonathan Carroll's A Ghost in Love

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Enter my contest to win one of FIVE ADVANCE copies of Eve Silver's Demon's Hunger.

Review of Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake. "he vampires are a combination of good and bad, and while most vampires regard humans solely as food, the clever (and longest lived) vampires have long since worked out that killing people is the quickest way to have a group of angry, torch-welding humans hunting for your daytime resting place." (Love Vampires)

Review of Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow. "As the city’s hunter, Jill is an arm of the law; when five cops are torn apart and eaten, she is called in and immediately picks up the sent of a hellbreed and something else…something rank." (Scooper Speaks)

Patricia Altner has a list with descriptions of some vampire books she's just discovered including Vampire Brat. "I honestly don't know much about graphic novels, but this one caught my eye while browsing the shelves of my public library. The idea of lawyers representing creatures of the night was very appealing." (Patricia's Vampire Notes)

Review of Shiloh Walker's The Missing. "Taige has a psychic gift that enables her to find lost or missing people, but sometimes it's too late." (Fresh Fiction)

Read an excerpt from Shiloh Walker's The Missing. "If she worked hard enough at that, did it long enough, she could exhaust herself to the point that the dreams wouldn’t come. It was either that–or dig out the merlot." (Shiloh Walker)

Shiloh Walker also has a monthly contest for signed copies of her books, and you can sign up for her newsletter.

Review of Jonathan Carroll's The Ghost in Love. "The ghost who is called to tie the loose ends of Ben Gould’s life discovers, appalled, that he is very much alive, even if he had fallen down in the street and was supposed to have died after hitting his head on the curb." (Fantasy Book Critic)

Read a chapter of Jonathan Carroll's The Ghost in Love. "The ghost was in love with a woman named German Landis. Just hearing that arresting, peculiar name would have made its heart flutter if the ghost had still had one." (Jonathan Carroll)

Review of The Last Angel by Natasha Rhodes. "Rhodes' universe grew in leaps and bounds in this novel and we were introduced to many things from both the characters' past and their possible futures." (Suburban Trash)


TELEVISION & THE INTERNETS

Review of "True Blood," episode 7, "Burning House of Love." Warning: spoilers included. "Ah, Sookie (Anna Paquin) is in love, and well, it's a bit annoying. She really takes it to heart when she swishes around Merlotte's, flashing her fang bites." (Pioneer Local)


MOVIES & DVDS

Interview and video of Anna Kendrick, who plays Jessica Stanley in "Twilight." "Jessica is just, well, a friend of Bella's. But she is human; she is a chatterbox and really insecure, and she basically is jealous of all the attention that Bella gets. I think she likes Bella, but at the same time feels a little threatened." (MTV)


GRATUITOUS VIDEO OF THE DAY

Warren Zevon's totally bitchin song and Gerard Butler in my favorite bad Dracula movie. Nuff said.



Speaking of genius pairings, here's Alice Cooper and the Muppets. I'm not a big Alice Cooper fan, so I never realized how funkalicious this song is.

Contest for Demon's Hunger by Eve Silver & More

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Hachette Books has given me FIVE ADVANCED READING COPIES of Eve Silver's upcoming novel, Demon's Hunger to give away.

Want to win one? Simply leave a comment telling me what snack you'd give a hungry demon. I'd serve tortilla chips and salsa, because salsa is not only good for the demon's health, but the demon would enjoy the fieriness of the jalapenos. The contest runs through Saturday night, and I'll announce the winners on Monday. Winners will be chosen at random.

Here's a description from the book cover: "Forensic anthropologist Vivien Cairn fears she's losing her mind. Her libido has kicked into overdrive, and she's blacking out-leaving hours of her life unaccounted for and no memory of where she's been...or what she's done. But when a sexy stranger rescues her from a demon attack, Vivien realizes there's more than just her sanity at stake..."

Read an excerpt of Demon's Hunger. "From the shadows, Gavin Johnston watched the play of expressions cross the girl's face as she struggled to stay awake."

Shannon shows quite a bit of commitment by reviewing 8 paranormal books, including Jeaniene Frost's One Foot in the Grave. "The pacing is excellent, and there's enough time spent on the characters themselves to keep me satisfied. Exciting and thrilling, I read this in about six hours and I'm very keen on the next book." (Have My Cake and Eat Yours Too)

Sidhe Vicious shares some fun cover art and blurbs of upcoming novels. "And last but definitely not least, because this author has been rockin the socks off the paranormal romance readers collective you know whats, Nalini Singh has a new cover to whet our appetites for Angel’s Blood, due out March 2009." (Sidhe Vicious Reviews)

Enter Sharon Ashwood's contest for chocolates to celebrate the upcoming release of Ravenous. "Holly Carver is a small-time witch who busts ghosts for tuition money, but ends up wrangling a demon when a haunted house job goes bad." (Fresh Fiction)

Read an excerpt from Sharon Ashwood's Ravenous. "Being the evil Undead wasn’t fun any more. For one thing, it was increasingly hard to get a library card." (Sharon Ashwood)

Contest for a copy of Patrice Michelle's Scion's Revelation. "Caine Grennard was a werewolf, living among humans and lacking purpose--until the night he met a woman with an exotic, irresistible scent." (Fresh Fiction)

Read an excerpt from Scion's Revelation by Patrice Michelle. "As he entered, the Lupreda sitting in the living room and standng in the hall turned and stared. Every single member of the wolf pack was there now." (Patrice Michelle)


MOVIES & DVDS

Interview with Tomas Alfredson, the director of the acclaimed Swedish vampire flick "Let the Right One In." ""I really think you shouldn't do films of good books...The reason is that the depth of a good book is so much greater than you could possibly do on screen in 90 minutes. But this was sort of the exception." (Los Angeles Times)

Need more Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen) while you're waiting for the release of "Twilight"? Here he is in a trailer for "How to Be." "Pattinson plays Art, a socially awkward failing musician going through a quarter-life crisis." (Blast Magazine)

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GRATUITOUS VIDEO OF THE DAY

Here's a new Spike (James Marsters) video. Spike singing --- not very well, but who cares? He makes angsty work.



And we can't forget Angel and Buffy and Kate Perry's "Hot & Cold" with a disco beat!