It’s been a while since I posted a weekend sound off… school, life, an unhealthy twitter addiction ….it all got in the way. Anyway, summer is upon us so I once again find myself with an abundance of time. I have a lot of reading to make up for over the next 3 months.

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Currently Reading: Brains by Robin Becker
Up Next: Red Rock Pass series by Moira Rogers – Be sure to stop by here tomorrow as we will be taking part in a cool contest sponsored by Moira Rogers… you could win a Kindle!

All things Kindlicious

Consumer reports compares the Amazon Kindle to the Apple IPad. I agree with its findings and conclusions. I dropped by the Apple store (what can I say, im a fan girl) and played with the Ipad. Neat to mess with, but I was underwhelmed…. especially as an ereader. The LCD screen for books was virtually useless in the wrong lighting or outside in the sun. With some improvements I think an IPad will be a cool toy to have, but not if you are going to mostly use it for books. For now, I can get all the same functions from my iphone, macbook, and kindle.

Dear Author had three really useful ebook related posts. The first… how to share some ebooks without having to strip the Digital Rights Management (DRM). The second is a good look at the different ereaders available: “Dear Jane, what eBook Reader should I buy?“. The third is a good recap of why Penguin books are just now beginning to trickle back into the Amazon Kindle store and agency pricing.

Not really “kindle” related but ebook related…. Feds are raising questions about the accuracy of big media’s claims that piracy effects them negatively. The article is from April, but worthy of a read.

On that same note, Joe Konrath wrote another excellent blog post on why fighting piracy is a waste of time. I am planning on buying all of his books just because he “gets it“.

Author News

Jeaniene Frost posted a great post full of advice for aspiring authors here.

Ilona Andrews posted a Curran POV snippet based on a scene from Magic Bleeds, written by Gordon of course. Full of awesome, I promise. Congrats to them for hitting the NYT list!

Moira Rogers posted a super long post on how they write as a duo….and you even get cake at the end. Good luck to them as Sanctuary Unbound releases June 1st!

There looks to be a new group author blog making its way to the light of day…. Supernatural Underground has my interest piqued because it includes the likes of Jeaniene Frost, Vicki Pettersson, and Melissa Marr.

Around the Blog World

Buzz is sorely slacking in his blog duties and luckily I am here to point it out.

FictionVixen is giving away a copy of Moon Sworn by Keri Arthur, contest ends June 4th. Moon Sworn is the last book in the Riley Jenson series and on my list to get to this week!

The Book Vixen has a post about book blogger reviews being taken from Amazon.com and used on other sites. I don’t really care either way about the practice, but if you review books at Amazon and do care, you should check out her post.

Books Read This Week (review linked if available)

• Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews – 5 stars
• Master of None by Sonya Bateman – 4 stars
• Cheat the Grave by Vicki Pettersson – 4.5 Stars
• Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge – review coming
• Demon Bound by Caitlin Kittredge – review coming

Books Added to Kindle This Week…

Music listening to while writing this blog entry…Skin and Bones by Foo Fighters

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