Snare 26 -- Esme

Esme's story is revealed in chapter 26...and it is a sad one.  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8955111/26/ Camilla's short poem (SatinCoveredSteel helped to translate it):  Or l'dea s'è presentata: se in vampira trasformata sempre insieme potran stare e la morte cancellare.  A new idea now comes to mind: if she becomes one of his kind, they'll be able to stay together forever and death itself they'll surely conquer. The new chapter is due to be posted in two weeks. Reviewers get a little gift. Petrarch's...

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Let's talk about "Wedding Night", by Sophie Kinsella @KinsellaSophie

"Lottie just knows that her boyfriend is going to propose during lunch at one of London’s fanciest restaurants. But when his big question involves a trip abroad, not a trip down the aisle, she’s completely crushed. So when Ben, an old flame, calls her out of the blue and reminds Lottie of their pact to get married if they were both still single at thirty, she jumps at the chance. No formal dates—just a quick march to the altar and a honeymoon on Ikonos, the sun-drenched Greek island where they first met years ago. Their family and friends...

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Special post: My Reading Lounge's birthday!

Dear friends, the first post of this blog was created on this day, three years ago. Your support and encouragement is the best gift I could ever wish for this blog. If you have a story or a book you'd like to review, or a suggestion for the writing lab, or if you need a banner, your ideas are always welcome. Thank you to every friend who visited, left a comment, gave a suggestion.  You can find MyReadingLounge on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr. I wish you a wonderful Xmas and a great 2014! - Raum ps: Snare's new chapter...

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Let's talk about "Mountain Charm" by Sydney Logan @SydneyALogan

At the age of thirteen, Angelina Clark followed in the footsteps of her ancestors by casting an Appalachian love spell, which promised she would blossom into a beautiful and gifted woman who would find her true love. A young Angelina had been thrilled to participate in the sacred ritual, but through the years, her father’s untimely death and her mother’s failing health have shaken Angelina’s magical faith to its core. As her twenty-first birthday approaches, she refuses to practice her supernatural gifts and no longer believes in the love charm. That...

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Let's talk about "Otherwise Unharmed" by Shay Savage @savage7289

Otherwise Unharmed (Evan Arden Trilogy #3), the new book of the renowned romance/crime series by Shay Savage, is now available! Synopsis: After Evan Arden was imprisoned by the enemy for a year and a half, he returned from the desert as a military hero.  He’d suffered some minor injuries during his captivity, was discharged from the Marines with a touch of shellshock, but was considered otherwise unharmed.  Now he wonders how he ended up where he is—incarcerated in Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center for using his sharpshooting...

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Let's talk about "Fire On The Water" by @Author_PJParker

Fire On The Water  A Companion To Mary Shelley's Frankenstein  Fire On The Water: A Companion To Mary Shelley's Frankenstein  By P.J. Parker Category: Drama Publication Date: 12th December 2013  ISBN paperback: 978-1-61213-196-2 ISBN ebook: 978-1-61213-197-9 Book Summary  Rachel, a young American biographer researching the life of Mary Shelley in Montreux, Switzerland, is entangled and consumed by the escalating threads of her investigation. Shards of Shelley’s creation are exhumed from...

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Let's talk about "The Undomestic Goddess", by Sophie Kinsella - @KinsellaSophie

"Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She’s made a mistake so huge, it’ll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she’s mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they’ve hired a lawyer–and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can’t sew on a button, bake a potato, or get...

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Writing Lab: 25 Editing Tips

Do you apply the following Editing Tips? Do you find them useful? Happy Writing! - Raum Thanks to http://thewritelife.com/, where you can find more writing ti...

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Cover Reveal: "Under These Restless Skies" by @lissabryan

Under These Restless Skies, a new historical/paranormal novel by Lissa Bryan, will be released on February 20th, 2014. You can already find it on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18213408-under-these-restless-skies and you can enjoy the book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ucE7o7bQqE Here's the cover! Synopsis: Will Somers has always thought himself unlovable. When he encounters a creature of myth and magic, he seizes the chance to finally have a wife and family of his own. Emma is a selkie—one of the immortal...

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Let's introduce you to @LorenzFont's writing

Have you read any of the books from Lorenz Font?  Let us introduce you to this amazing new author! Hunted (Gates Legacy #1) Deep in the heart of New York City’s underworld, a horrible disease is ravaging the vampire community. The Vampire Council is on a crusade to obliterate those infected, and Harrow Gates is target Number One. The unwitting source of the plague, he suffers from the same nightmarish symptoms as his victims. The world he'd been thrust into was cold, cruel, and intent on eradicating him, and the legions of afflicted...

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Let's talk about "Gabriel's Redemption" by @sylvainreynard (with giveaway!)

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Gabriel’s Rapture and Gabriel’s Inferno comes the epic conclusion to the captivating romantic trilogy. Gabriel's Redemption is now available! Summary Professor Gabriel Emerson has left his position at the University of Toronto to embark on a new life with his beloved Julianne. Together, he’s confident that they can face any challenge. And he’s eager to become a father. But Julianne’s graduate program threatens Gabriel’s plans, as the pressures of being a student become all consuming....

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Snare 24 -- Plans

New vampires are featured in chapter 24. What are they going to do to our beloved characters? http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8955111/24/ Camilla's short poem (SatinCoveredSteel helped to translate it): L'assistente sciagurato dai Volturi è catturato; spiega tutta la faccenda e diventa la merenda. P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Charlie’s assistant, the prick, the Volturi capture, all too quick; all he knows he will reveal, then he’ll become a tasty meal. The new chapter is due to be posted in two weeks. Reviewers...

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Writing Lab: a lesson from @TM_Franklin, author of "The Guardians"

Last week we talked about The Guardians, the new novel by T.M. Franklin. Today T.M. Franklin will tell us more about A Novel in 30 Days. Seriously? November is wrapping up.  Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving, and then comes Black Friday—at least in the U.S. But did you know November is also NaNoWriMo month? No? What is NaNoWriMo, you ask? It stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it’s an annual writing project that brings together writers from all over the world. They gather in chat rooms, forums, and libraries, Twitter, Skype,...

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An Extraordinary Announcement from SR @sylvainreynard

I'm very pleased to share this message from Sylvain Reynard http://www.sylvainreynard.com/ New novel in sight! All the best! Happy Thanksgiving, - Raum ------------------------------------- Dear Everyone, Back in September, I wrote a post in which I mentioned my next novel. I'm pleased to be able to give you more information now. My next novel is the first in a new series, and it will be entitled The Raven.  With this novel, I'm asking you to pack your bags and travel with me to the city of Florence. The Gabriel Series showed...

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