tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86891120824894778932024-03-05T15:48:40.908-08:00SFR Reading ChallengeRae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-15332900812183078732013-03-27T00:00:00.000-07:002013-03-27T00:00:08.869-07:00Blue Hearts of Mars Book Blast<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blue Hearts of Mars by Nicole Grotepas</span></b><br />
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Retta Heikkinen knows the unspoken rule of society: love between androids and humans is forbidden. A simple enough edict until Hemingway Koskinen spends an evening charming her with his intense gaze, bewitching smile, and sparkling conversation that hints at so much more than the usual obsessions of high school boys. Rules were meant to be cast aside, especially when love beckons.<br />
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If only it were as simple as being in love.<br />
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Trouble is brewing, not just for Hemingway--for all androids. Secrets have been kept, lies propagated, and Retta soon discovers that a frightening future awaits thousands of androids if she doesn’t do something to stop it. Worse yet, she will lose the one love she’s ever endangered herself for: Hemingway.<br />
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"Nothing like I've read before. A true original story! Everything is so well described. Now if they could make a follow up book and movie, that would be great!" ~Mrs. Z (Amazon)<br />
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"I was addicted to this book from the beginning. Life on Mars was very real and not at all a sci fi world I didn't understand . . . I found myself rooting for Retta and Hemingway from the very beginning. Easy reading, couldn't put it down and had it read in a weekend. Waiting for a sequel!" ~TNielsen (Amazon)<br />
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"The ending of this book is exceptional. While it was different from what I imagined, the way the author brought in a shocking revelation was amazing. I probably reread the last chapter 3 times letting it sink in and the meaning behind it. It was truly beautiful . . . I would love to see more of Retta and Hemingway!" ~Kat Meyer, (Goodreads)<br />
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"I love how the author populated Mars . . . so descriptive and comprehensive . . . I could clearly picture everything as if I was seeing the movie &/or was along for the ride. . . . Retta, the main character, is strong, opinionated, and a great champion for her cause." ~Megan (Amazon)<br />
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"I had been in the worst reading slump ever and came across this on Goodreads and thought I'd give it a try. Well, I was pleasantly surprised on how funny and exciting and mysterious it was . . . Mei, Retta's bff, had me laughing out loud quite a bit as well as Retta herself. I'd definitely hang out with those two." ~Deanneluvbooks (Goodreads)<br />
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<b>Blue Hearts of Mars has made it to the quarterfinals of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Hearts-Mars-Entry-ebook/dp/B00B9N410W?tag=tourblasts-20">Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.</a></b><br />
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Readers are invited to download the excerpts <b>(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Hearts-Mars-Entry-ebook/dp/B00B9N410W?tag=tourblasts-20">here</a>)</b> and rate and comment on the entries. So please, if you want to contribute, download and rate Blue Hearts! Your support is incredibly appreciated!<br />
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Or purchase the full version of the book here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B0ADUW4?tag=tourblasts-20"><b>Amazon</b></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Author Nicole Grotepas</span></b><br />
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Nicole wrote her first fantasy novel in 7th grade on her mother's old Brother typewriter. It was never finished but it strongly resembled a Dragonlance plot and she's forever wondered what happened to the manuscript and Tonathan--the handsome elven protagonist. After living in Nashville where she worked as an editor, she returned to the Utah desert where she was raised. Nicole now lives near the Wasatch mountains with her husband. She writes and raises her son and three cats full time.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Starseed</span></b><br />
<b>Author: Liz Gruder</b><br />
<b>ISBN: 978-1937178291</b><br />
<b>Publisher: WiDo Publishing</b><br />
<b>Published: February 2013</b><br />
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Kaila Guidry has always known she is different. When she meets Jordyn Stryker at school, she finds out just how different.<br />
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Jordyn was born and raised far from Earth, a starseed, one of six new students sent to Louisiana's Bush High to learn human ways. But Jordyn didn't count on meeting someone like Kaila.<br />
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When Kaila is pushed to her limit by high school bullying and cruelty, Jordyn awakens her to a new reality—and to love. But to prove herself, Kaila must look the other way as the real purposes of the starseeds unfold.<br />
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As the horrific plan behind the starseed visit to Earth moves inexorably forward, Kaila and Jordan, caught in an impossible love, must determine where their true loyalties lie.<br />
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"You know from the opening paragraph that something very strange is going on… We see Kaila try to live the life of a normal teen, and we see her "otherness" pull her back into an increasingly tangled web of questions, deceit, and hidden intentions. Liz really shines as a writer, lining the closets and drawers of everyday life with spine-chilling suspense that springs out at you when you least expect it. Starseed is an entertaining read. I highly recommend."<br />
--Patricia B. Smith. Author “What the Animals Tell Me” and “Fifty Shades of Santa” (clean romance fiction)<br />
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"Liz Gruder’s characters come alive through youthful, spunky narrative, and her headstrong heroine, Kaila Guidry, elicits a reader’s encouragement from the first page. Fans of Amanda Hocking will find themselves similarly transported into Gruder’s exploration of the dark sides of faith, love, higher dimensions, and, of course, high school." --Jadie Jones, young-adult fantasy author<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Author Liz Gruder</span></b><br />
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As a youth, Liz Gruder saw a series of UFOs with her best friend while riding bikes. Ever since, she’s held a fascination for the stars. An avid reader, she used to hide under her covers and read with a flashlight. She has degrees in English and Psychology from Tulane University, a nursing license and a yoga certification. After going through Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Liz realized how short life is and is now slowly fulfilling her bucket list: she’s been to the Egyptian pyramids (totally awesome and thought provoking) and is now teaching yoga and writing speculative fiction. Starseed is her debut novel.<br />
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Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-3167480179663697742013-01-01T19:05:00.000-08:002013-01-01T20:14:32.987-08:002013 SFR Reading Challenge Sign-ups<br />
Doomsday has passed and we've raised a glass of Romulan Ale for another day and another year!<br />
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2013 is here and we're reading to tackle some more SFR goodness with another challenge.<br />
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2010's post on the definition of SFR and for some titles to get you
started: <a href="http://raelori.blogspot.com/p/2010-sfr-reading-challenge.html">http://raelori.blogspot.com/p/2010-sfr-reading-challenge.html</a><br />
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Heather @ The Galaxy Express also has some new titles added that will be updated <a href="http://www.thegalaxyexpress.net/2013/01/2013-science-fiction-romance-new.html" target="_blank">for 2013</a> so get those reading lists filled!<br />
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--The Jupiter Reading Challenge – Read 50 SFR novels.</div>
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Audio books, ebooks, graphic novels and all that good stuff counts.<br />
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challenge will go from January 1st, 2013 - December 31st, 2013 where
we'll do a wrap up and hopefully share some great reads. You can <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1152865-2013-sfr-reading-challenge#comment_id_64660933" target="_blank">join in at the Goodreads group</a> as well.<br />
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Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-75491748255482869972012-08-13T07:43:00.000-07:002012-08-13T07:43:12.269-07:00Upcoming SFR From the Wachowskis<br />
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<b>Jupiter Rising</b><br />
<i>What it's about:</i> The Wachowskis direct their first original project since <i>The Matrix</i>. According to a <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/plot-details-of-wachowskis-jupiter-ascending.html">plot synopsis</a>,the plot of the movie (the first in a trilogy) will center around a Russian immigrant (Kunis)
working as a maid who, unbeknownst to her, possesses the same perfect
genetic makeup as the Queen of the Universe. In order to protect the
Queen’s immortal rule, an alien bounty hunter (Tatum) is sent to
eliminate Kunis’ character, but they end up falling in love. Once that
happens, all hell is set to break loose as his employers won’t be happy
with his choice to protect the woman. <br />
<i>Status:</i> Hasn't started filming yet, possibly coming in 2014.<br />
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More info:<br />
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1617661/ <br />
<a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/plot-details-of-wachowskis-jupiter-ascending.html">http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/plot-details-of-wachowskis-jupiter-ascending.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.awardscircuit.com/2012/06/04/plot-details-about-the-wachowskis-jupiter-rising-arrive-online/">http://www.awardscircuit.com/2012/06/04/plot-details-about-the-wachowskis-jupiter-rising-arrive-online/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/warner-bros-eyes-channing-tatum-mila-kunis-for-leads-in-wachowski-sci-fi-film-jupiter-ascending/">http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/warner-bros-eyes-channing-tatum-mila-kunis-for-leads-in-wachowski-sci-fi-film-jupiter-ascending/</a>Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-87473984050970325172012-08-13T07:31:00.000-07:002012-08-13T07:43:44.215-07:00SFR Bookshelf goodies!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello ladies and gents!
We're more than half way through the challenge. How is everyone coming along?Any early finishers?
If you're itching for more SFR reads, here's a heads up on some newly released and coming soon goodies. Add them to your shelf!<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> A decade surviving on her own. </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> Three days with the enemy. </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> Can love conquer all?</span></i></b></div>
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Cressenda knows how to survive. With her sled dogs as her only
companions, she’s spent the past ten years hiding in the snow covered
wilderness from the oppressive regime of the Affinity. When a routine
trip to civilization takes a turn for the worst, Cressenda is forced to
take refuge with the enemy or lose her life to the frozen countryside.<br />
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But Beckett, a Guard of the Affinity, is more than a man in uniform.
His desperate need to help Cressenda escape both- the blizzard and the
Affinity- makes her feelings for him all the more troubling. Will
Beckett be true to his word and set Cressenda free? Will her heart let
her leave after all they’ve shared?<br />
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<b>Part 1 of the Colliding Worlds Trilogy</b>
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Sienna Wolfe knows it’s going to be an interesting day when a man
with golden skin and strange tattoos crashes in her backyard… and ends
up tied to her bedposts. She likes her life just the way it is – simple,
easy, relaxed. But when the gorgeous new alien in her life asks for her
help in an inter-galactic war on a collision course with Earth, she
can’t say no… but she’ll soon wish she had.<br />
The U.S. military has figured out they have uninvited company, and
they’re not happy. Sienna knows it won’t be easy protecting Earth from
an alien invasion, but as a woman of action, she refuses to back down.<br />
Now it’s up to Sienna to pull off the impossible: save the world and – hopefully – live a little happily ever after.<br />
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<a href="http://www.crimsonromance.com/new-release-romance-ebook/collision/" target="_blank">Buy Now</a><br />
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<span id="freeText7834558238276857555">Cadence, JD, and Orlando
couldn't be more different from one another. Under normal
circumstances, the three wouldn't so much as say hi to each other if
they could get away with it. Then an alien crashes through the roof of
their local mall, and everything changes. Not only do the three teens
gain new abilities, but they're also chosen to help fight in an
intergalactic war where the next chosen battlefield is Earth.<br /><br />Reluctant
at first, they change their minds when the fight hits close to home.
Teenagers from school start to go missing, and some are dead. Together
they must learn to work together and solve the mystery behind these
disappearances before more lives are lost.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText15816569577569638253">Twelve teenagers were
injected by The Doctor on that fateful day back in November. And twelve
teenagers have been thrust into an intergalactic battle against their
will. Orlando Holmes, JD Smith, and Cadence Sinclair must find these
twelve before someone else does – someone bad.<br /><br />Things get
complicated quickly, though, when emotions start to run high. Those who
used to be deemed trustworthy, are no longer safe. The three teens soon
learn that anyone is a suspect. As they embark on their most dangerous
mission to date, morals are tested. To protect the twelve teenagers who
have been experimented on, what must JD, Orlando, and Cadence give up?
Their hearts? Or even their lives?</span><br />
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<span id="freeText9552410012145140024">In the Community, there
is no more pain or war. Implanted computer chips have wiped humanity
clean of destructive emotions, and thoughts are replaced by a feed from
the Link network.<br /><br />When Zoe starts to malfunction (or “glitch”),
she suddenly begins having her own thoughts, feelings, and identity. Any
anomalies must be immediately reported and repaired, but Zoe has a
secret so dark it will mean certain deactivation if she is caught: her
glitches have given her uncontrollable telekinetic powers.<br /><br />As Zoe
struggles to control her abilities and stay hidden, she meets other
glitchers including Max, who can disguise his appearance, and Adrien,
who has visions of the future. Both boys introduce Zoe to feelings that
are entirely new. Together, this growing band of glitchers must find a
way to free themselves from the controlling hands of the Community
before they’re caught and deactivated, or worse.<br /><br />In this action-packed debut, <i>Glitch</i> begins an exciting new young adult trilogy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Andromeda has spent all seventeen years of her life aboard a
deep space transport vessel destined for a paradise planet. Her safe cocoon is
about to break open as Paradise 21 looms only one month away, and she must take
the aptitude tests to determine her role on the new world and her computer
assigned lifemate. As a great-granddaughter of the Commander of the ship, she
wants to live up to her family name. But, her forbidden love for her childhood
friend, Sirius, distracts her and she fails the tests. The results place her in
a menial role in the new colony and pair her with Corvus, “the oaf”.</span></div>
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predestined future is the least of her worries. Alien ghosts from a failed
colonization warn her of a deadly threat to her colony. And when Sirius's ship
crashes on the far ridge in an attempt to investigate, she journeys to rescue
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danger to protect her new home. What she didn't expect was a battle of her own
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Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-26094485011689196862011-12-20T10:33:00.000-08:002011-12-20T10:33:56.376-08:002012 SFR Reading ChallengeThe 2012 SFR Reading Challenge sign-up page is live! Visit the spiffy new page to sign up and plot your reading goal for next year!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sfrreadingchallenge.blogspot.com/p/2012-sfr-reading-challenge.html">http://sfrreadingchallenge.blogspot.com/p/2012-sfr-reading-challenge.html </a></div>Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-11967658123064496562011-12-20T09:54:00.000-08:002011-12-20T09:54:31.837-08:00Upside Down ~ On the Set<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwP4JZ8AkHo4SawjCblb3yJbkO7jlHkv0CLgntuTomg2cskpCJuZeNHcfLwfbFKh5tjw6d-a886UTiFiF1LOb-MqrVK40g-YjrzVsVNcCUeS3a-OfLABIl9uz_nmn7ei_0LutEurOY-RS/s400/upside-down+%25285%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwP4JZ8AkHo4SawjCblb3yJbkO7jlHkv0CLgntuTomg2cskpCJuZeNHcfLwfbFKh5tjw6d-a886UTiFiF1LOb-MqrVK40g-YjrzVsVNcCUeS3a-OfLABIl9uz_nmn7ei_0LutEurOY-RS/s320/upside-down+%25285%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Entertainment Tonight Canada went on the set of the upcoming SFR Romance feature starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst. They also revealed these gorgeous new posters in duality.<br />
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Synopsis: Jim Sturgess stars as Adam, a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he met once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach... a girl named Eve, played by Kirsten Dunst. That childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grown-up Eve on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back. <br />
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More movie images at GeekTyrant: <a href="http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/12/12/photos-from-new-sci-fi-film-upside-down-starring-jim-sturges.html">http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/12/12/photos-from-new-sci-fi-film-upside-down-starring-jim-sturges.html</a><br />
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Upside Down is set for a 2012 release!Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-43060507627652133672011-08-08T04:07:00.000-07:002011-08-08T04:07:37.728-07:00SFR Trailer Watch: In Time (In Theatres October 28, 2011)This one has a similar visual cue like The Adjustment Bureau with a dash of Gattaca thrown in. This may be one to check out this fall!<br />
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<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/efNzhEKm3w4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-55289330614278801202011-06-15T11:53:00.000-07:002011-06-15T11:54:10.132-07:00More Books for your SFR Shelf!Entangled Publishing opened today. I've been following their development for a few months now so it's a thrill to see what they're offering!<br />
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I am happy to spot 2 SFR books coming up in their releases. If you are looking for more books to add to your shelf challenge, grab these babies and add them to your respective TBR mountains, ranges and cities.<br />
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BLOOD HUNTER SERIES - Book One by Nina Croft</div><br />
The year is 3048, Earth is no longer habitable, and man has fled to the stars where they’ve discovered the secret of immortality—Meridian. Unfortunately, the radioactive mineral is exorbitantly expensive and only available to a select few. A new class comprised of the super rich and immortal soon evolves. The Collective, as they’re called, rule the universe.<br />
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Two-thousand-year-old Ricardo Sanchez, vampire and rogue pilot of the space cruiser, <i>El Cazador</i>, can’t resist two things: gorgeous women and impossible jobs. When beautiful Skylar Rossaria approaches him to break a prisoner out of the Collective’s maximum security prison on Trakis One, Rico jumps at the chance. Being hunted by the Collective has never been so dangerous–or so fun!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> July 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.entangledpublishing.com/break-out/">Read an excerpt here</a>.</div><br />
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A New Dawn Book One by Aubrie Dionne<br />
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</div>Aries has lived her entire life aboard mankind’s last hope, the New Dawn, a spaceship traveling toward a planet where humanity can begin anew—a planet that won’t be reached in Aries’ lifetime. As one of the last genetically desirable women in the universe, she must marry her designated genetic match and produce the next generation for this centuries-long voyage.<br />
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But Aries has other plans.<br />
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When her desperate escape from the New Dawn strands her on a desert planet, Aries discovers the rumors about pirates—humans who escaped Earth before its demise—are true. Handsome, genetically imperfect Striker possesses the freedom Aries envies, and the two connect on a level she never thought possible. But pursued by her match from above and hunted by the planet’s native inhabitants, Aries quickly learns her freedom will come at a hefty price.<br />
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The life of the man she loves.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> August 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.entangledpublishing.com/paradise-21/">Read an excerpt here.</a></div>Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-79238449285458602912011-01-30T02:57:00.000-08:002011-01-31T15:13:59.621-08:00Blast From the Past Review: Cold Warriors by Clare Dargin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Lpm5JCoIL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Lpm5JCoIL.jpg" width="160" /></a></div>I'm listening to Beth Revis's awesome <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10218200-across-the-universe"><i>Across the Universe</i></a> at the moment and the theme of cultures clashing, interracial relationships and cryo reminds me of one of my fave SFRs (and perhaps my first one) Clare Dargin's Cold Warriors. I'd recommend both as companion reads perhaps Revis's books for YA enthusiasts and young people (older young adults due to some situations and stronger language similarities in the book) and Dargin's book when they get older.<br />
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My <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10218200-across-the-universe"><i>Across the Universe</i></a> review will be posted once I finish listening but for now I thought I would bring a review of Cold Warriors as a recommended read if you're looking to fill up your SFR reading lists.<br />
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<blockquote><span class="readable reviewText"><span class="reviewText" id="freeTextreview40337508">This is definitely one of my favorite books and probably my first sci-fi romance. If I can find more with this amount of quality, it surely won't be my last. Not only did it have a GREAT story with wonderful characters I couldn't help sympathizing with, it was also packed with action and the techie futuristic goodness I love in my sci-fi books. <br />
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I often liken this to the new Battlestar Galactica only written better and more coherently. Fans of the show will love this story of a future where humankind is fighting a war on the outside and also prejudice within it's own walls. <br />
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Caitlin Driskoll is our heroine. She is a strong minded and strong willed woman who was once wife to a Navy JAG officer before being cryogenically frozen. The cryos, as they are called, were once people who were nearing death and ended up frozen to prolong their life for the future. Caitlin is one of the cryos now waken up and placed into the military to work their keep. She awakens during this new century at a tumultuous time when cryos are treated like second class citizens, especially since they were well off in the previous century and the marines have believed they have 'cheated death'. <br />
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span class="reviewText" id="freeTextreview40337508">Colonel Medoro Keegan is our hero. A man who lost his wife and child and now serves as Executive Officer with a close knit relationship to his Marines. Keegan has closed himself off to any contact even when his attraction begins once he sees the lovely Caitlin Driskoll. As the story goes on, Caitlin and Keegan butt heads a bit and there's also some tension between one of Keegan's officers who doesn't like cryos. This is definitely a military romance in that we see the inner workings of how the Marine structure works in this particular future. <br />
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I can't say enough goodies about this story and I'll probably be rereading it again as a comfort read in the near future. I hope Ms. Dargin releases more books because I'd sure love to check out what other stories she has to offer. <br />
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If you love futuristic sci-fi military romance, definitely check out Cold Warriors!</span></span></span></span></blockquote><br />
Cold Warriors is currently out of print but hopefully will be made available again soon.Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-39979652348528563582010-12-31T22:05:00.000-08:002010-12-31T22:05:14.831-08:002011 SFR Reading Challenge Sign-ups!Come on down and sign up for the 2011 SFR Reading challenge! Mr. Linky is ready to grab your blog links and we're using the same reading amount as last year so we can ease everyone in. Don't forget to grab a button and please help spread the word around the blogsophere for anyone interested!<br />
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Mosey on over here to sign up: <a href="http://sfrreadingchallenge.blogspot.com/p/2011-sfr-reading-challenge.html">http://sfrreadingchallenge.blogspot.com/p/2011-sfr-reading-challenge.html</a>Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689112082489477893.post-79916721775454435892010-11-11T18:35:00.001-08:002010-11-11T22:29:23.017-08:00Welcome to the SFR Reading Challenge page!We're already winding down for 2010 but 2011 is just around the corner. Stay tuned for upcoming news, events and other goodies to kick off another year of SFR Reading!Rae Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.com2