Title: Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet #1) Author: Julia Quinn Publisher: Piatkus (UK) | Avon (US) Publication Date: June 2011 (UK) | May 2011 (US) ARC: 374 pages Genre: Historical Romance Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 8/10 – brilliant, couldn’t put it down GOODREADS SUMMARY: Honoria Smythe-Smith is: A) a really bad violinist B) still miffed at being nicknamed “Bug” as a child C) NOT in love with her older brother’s best friend D) all of the above Marcus Holroyd is: A) the Earl of Chatteris B) regrettably…

UPDATE: PRIZE WINNER! An Abundance of Books Sorry I’m so late with this!Congratulations! You have won two books of your choice from this selection of romances! ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Post Your Reviews! 2011 Summer Romance Reading Challenge *This is not the sign up page* If you’d like to sign up for this challenge, click HERE. Link your reviews here to be entered into the prize draw at the end of the challenge. Prize/s will be chosen at the end of the challenge. You must be a participant of the challenge and have at least…

2011 Summer Romance Reading Challenge If you are a regular reader of BCC, you will know that I’m more of a Horror/Urban Fantasy fan than one for romance. However, I have found that I am now reading more from the romance genre than usual after having dipped my toes into the genre for the first time last year, which is why I’m hosting my summer romance reading challenge again this year. Last time I set myself the target of 16 books… and totally failed. But I’m determined to do better…

2011 Summer Romance Reading Challenge If you are a regular reader of BCC, you will know that I’m more of a Horror/Urban Fantasy fan than one for romance. However, I have found that I am now reading more than usual after having dipped my toes into the romance genres for the first time last year. So, to celebrate this continued love of romance, I have decided to host my short summer romance reading challenge again this year. Last time I set myself the target of 16 books… and totally failed….

Five copies of ‘Long Lankin’ by Lindsey Barraclough were up for grabs…and the winners are… Anna Morris Bracken Webster Lucy Reynolds Vivienne Dacosta Alpa Dedhia Congratulations to you all! To CLAIM YOUR PRIZE please fill out THIS FORM. Note: You have SEVEN (7) days to claim your prize from the date of this post. If you do not claim your prize within this time I will then choose another winner. Sorry to those of you who entered but didn’t win, but never fear for another giveaway will be coming soon!

On May 12th I was invited to Little Brown HQ in London to meet the publicists and editors at Piatkus, a commercial imprint within LB, who I’ve been in contact with and emailing for some time regarding books to review on BCC. It was really great to finally meet Donna, Paola, Maddy and Lucy, and all the other lovely ladies at Piatkus. I met lots of bloggers too including Sarah from Feeling Fictional and Vivienne from Serendipity. Photo Courtesy of Sarah at Feeling Fictional The LB offices are just gorgeous…

Hello peeps! I hope you’re all having a great weekend! Today ends my “Women of Science Fiction” week! I hope you enjoyed it and read the fab posts from my guest authors: Linnea Sinclair, Marianne de Pierres, Justina Robson, Sara Creasy and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, as well as the reviews and giveaways. It was a lot of fun – I hope you found a few new-to- you authors and books to add to your ever growing lists! So, onto the winners of this weeks giveaways: • TWO SETS of “Chasing…

The Women of Science Fiction Week AUTHOR SHOWCASE Here are some of the authors I have come across while investigating female science fiction writers. I know some may cross over into another genres, but at least one of their books is within the sci-fi genre/subgenres (such as sci-fi romance). I hope you find some new-to-you authors to add to your ever growing wishlists!!! KATHERINE ALLRED Goodreads Website JUSTINA ROBSON Goodreads Website CATHERINE ASARO Goodreads Website MARIANNE DE PIERRES Goodreads Website LINNEA SINCLAIR Goodreads Website URSULA K. LE GUIN Goodreads Website…

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. It’s where I list all the books I desperately want but haven’t actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. It’s also an event that you can join in with too – Mr Linky is always at the ready for you to link your own ‘On My Wishlist’ post. If you want to know more click here. This is a special Sci-Fi edition as part of my “Women of Science Fiction”…

In Enemy Hands by K. S. Augustin Carina Press (May 2010) | Ebook, 257 Pages Sci-Fi Romance In Enemy Hands was a little inconsistent for me. I swung between enjoying it and getting frustrated with the pace. Set in the future, Moon is a scientist working on a ground-breaking project to re-animate dead stars. But, most of the Galaxy is controlled by the brutal and uncompromising Republic where failure would mean death, or even worse exile. Moon is assigned the extraordinarily clever Srin Flerovs as her research partner. So intelligent is Srin,…

I have the pleasure of welcoming Sara Creasy to Book Chick City today. Sara is the author behind the ‘Scarabaeus‘ series. Sara grew up in the West Midlands, UK but moved to Australia when she was a teenager. She has a degree in biology, was associate editor of Australia’s science fiction and fantasy magazine Aurealis for several years, which inspired her to write her first novel, ‘Song of Scarabaeus‘. Marriage to an American resulted in a second intercontinental move, and she lived in Arizona for five years. She now lives…

Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth HarperCollins (May 2011) | Paperback, 489 pages Science Fiction | Young Adult Guest Reviewer: Sarah In a world divided into different factions Tris must make a difficult decision – she must select one of the factions and this will have a major impact on her future. Born to Abnegation, a faction that believes in selflessness above everything else, Tris must decide if she will stay with her family or move to another faction and probably never see them again. Will she pick Candor who believe…

I am very excited to have science fiction writer, Marianne de Pierres on Book Chick City today, although this isn’t her first visit BCC. Marianne also wrote a post for my “where stories are made” feature! Marianne is the author of the ‘Parrish Plessis‘ series (book #1, ‘Nylon Angel‘, reviewed this morning), the ‘Sentients of Orion’ series, and more recently her young adult series, ‘Night Creatures‘. Please give a warm welcome to Marianne… Particle Physics, say what? I’m often asked about the research side of being a SF novelist. How…

Nylon Angel (Parrish Plessis #1) by Marianne de Pierres Orbit Books (UK, Jan 2004) Paperback, 330 pages Science Fiction In a world where the rich live behind the safety of a giant fortress wall and everyone else can go to hell, Parrish Plessis has learnt some useful survival tactics. Like don’t cross Jamon Hondo – unless you want to be dead by the morning. But heck, what’s a girl supposed to do when the one chance she may have of escaping from his grubby, stinking paws presents itself? Anyway, it’s hard…

‘Where Stories Are Made‘ is a new feature here at Book Chick City. It’s where the author takes us on a tour of their writing place, be it an office, coffee shop or park and tells us about their writing day and rituals. My guest today is science fiction writer, Justina Robson… Yes, I am one of those procrastinating types. Grr, how annoying are we to deal with? Very, I know, and can only apologise. I would have abandoned it as a way of life by now if it wasn’t…