In addition to reading and reviewing this exotic and intoxicating novel about Empress Theodora, the author Stephanie Thornton wrote an engrossing guest post about the Plague!
I will secretly admit to having an equally morbid obsession about the Plague as well! Without further ado please welcome Stephanie Thornton to The Lit Bitch:
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Are you looking for something that will add a little splash of sexy to your summer reading? Well why not pick up this sizzling historic romance this summer?
Author Killian McRae’s novel A Love By Any Measure has it all. Love, lust, and history.
This is very much an adult Cinderella tale of love and romance….ALBAM is a fiery romance with an ending you don’t see coming and will surprise you. A beautiful story of love which is strong enough to bring light even to the darkest and unfortunate circumstances life has to offer.
The one thing that I struggled with when I reviewed the novel was the cover design. I wasn’t quite sure that if I saw the book on the shelf that it would grab my interest. but with this new cover design, how could you miss it?!
If you haven’t added A Love By Any Measure to your TBR list be sure to do so!
On October 1st 2013, embark on a magical and enchanting journey around the world with NY Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert!
Gilbert is the best selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and on October 1st, she will release her first novel in twelve years, The Signature of All Things.
Ironically, I would say the most commonly asked question from my reads is if I have read Eat, Pray, Love….I have to admit, I have not. I have seen the movie though which I am sure doesn’t come close to the book itself.
When a book starts receiving lots of hype I usually try and steer clear until the hype dies down. I don’t want the hype to influence my review, opinion, or expectations which is why I avoided Eat, Pray, Love initially, but with that said, now that I’ve started exploring Gilbert’s other works I will gladly pick up that book in the future!
I first learned about The Signature of All Things when Gilbert announced that her fans would be picking the cover of the novel. Since then I have been unable to get this upcoming novel out of my head.
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I have some exciting news to share with all of my readers….Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love, is letting her fans choose the US cover of her new novel THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS—an epic novel of love, ambition and 19th century botanical exploration, coming out from Viking on October 1st.
Voting on three potential book covers begins today 3/21/13 at 8am on Gilbert’s Facebook page and runs through Sunday night 3/24/13. I hope you’ll consider voting in this contest and helping spread the word about this exciting opprotunity!
See here for USA Today’s coverage including quotes from Gilbert.
To my knowledge, Gilbert is one of the first authors to hand such an enormous decision over to her fans. Social media has become an integral part of any book launch – from author Twitter chats to Google hangouts to Facebook giveaways – but engaging fans in cover selection, a part of the business that has remained largely behind-the-scenes, will be surprising and exciting to many.
You can learn more about Elizabeth Gilbert and the voting at www.elizabethgilbert.com.
So here’s the big question….which one will you vote for? For me, I personlly like the cover with the woman in the field. Even though I am partial to the purple cover simply because I love purple and it’s eye catching, but I really like the ‘feeling’ I get when I look at the cover with the woman on it.
For me it produces a direct connection for the audience….a woman along amoung the flowers, it suggests a personal journey for the heroine. So there you have it, that’s how I’m voting!
Please help spread the word by voting, tweeting, and sharing on your social media platforms!
I can’t wait for the release of this book….it sounds very compelling!
It’s only fair that I post a list of my fav heroines of the year…or in this case I shall call them the Rockin’ Book Bitches of 2012!
I saw a post on one of my blogger friend’s site (K Books) about Book Boyfriends and I of course added of own little list of Book Boyfriends and now I have added my list of favorite book heroines of 2012.
So here you have it, The Lit Bitch’s top 12 in 2012: Rockin’ Book Bitches my list is compiled from all of my 71 books I’ve read in 2012 and they are more or less in order 
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