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The winner of American Idol’s 9th season is Lee DeWyze! Congratulations!!! This was a really tough competition between Lee and Crystal and I honestly felt that either way they were both winners. Congratulations to them both for making it so far! ~ Cindy P.S. Check back tomorrow for a review of the finale!

One of our feature books this month is a book called Jane Slayre, by Sherri Browning Erwin. It is a greatly popular writing style called Mash-ups where a contemporary writer pairs up with a classic writer. The classic story is transformed into a paranormal piece of literature by twisting the original plot with mythical creatures [...]

I just want to take a moment to give one last shout out to one of our special feature books of May – Crazy Making by Justin Furstenfeld, the lead singer of Blue October. The book is filled with the lyrics from the music of Blue October as well as the notes from Justin telling [...]

Want to win a Jane Slayre swag package??? Yes!!??! From the author of Jane Slayre herself???!!!! YES!??! Well, then keep reading!!! All you have to do is join us Tuesday night for our author chat with Sherri Browning Erwin! Join our chat. Post a comment (even if you just say hi). And you are entered [...]

We are so excited to be a part of this  amazing meme, called In My Mailbox, originally started on The Story Siren book blog. Basically, each week we will post what goodies, give-a-ways, ARCs, etc we received in the mail, books we purchased, or checked out from the library. To learn more about how the [...]

What’s happening this week in the world of books, music, movies, and TV? Check out what not to miss this week. Books: Music: GLEE, The Music Volume 3 – Now out!! Movies: Sex in the City 2 opens May 27th TV: Season Finale of Lost May 23 @8pm on FOX, Season Finale of 24 May [...]

CONGRATULATIONS to the four winners of the Jane Slayre give-a-way! Missy W. (1st) Nicole H. (2nd) Jennifer N. (3rd) Alex B. (4th) Since Missy’s name was first to be drawn, she will win the autographed copy! YAY! (Winners have been notified via email.) Want more of Jane Slayre? Then join us on Tuesday, May 25th [...]

Well I thought yesterday’s interview with Simone Elkeles was going to be my last with the authors I met at TBF Live, but then I opened my email this morning and there was an email from Martin Wilson, author of the wonderful book What They Always Tell Us. I did have a chance to see [...]

At TBF Live I had the chance to sit in on Simone Elkeles presentation, actually it was standing room only, so I stood in the corner with my notebook and tried to soak it all in. She gave a wonderful presentation, showing off her hysterical book trailers and giving some insight into her books. Before [...]

This Sunday, May 23, the Lifetime network will premier a 4-hour mini-series based on Robin Wasserman’s Seven Deadly Sins series. The 2-part series will air on Sunday and Monday evening at 8 pm EST/5pm PST. Click on the link below for more information about the book and the series and don’t forget to set your [...]

Is true love timeless? Is it possible to lose love and find it again? The movie Letters to Juliet seeks to answer that. When Sophie and her fiancé, take a pre-honeymoon trip to Verona, Italy, Sophie finds herself sightseeing alone while Victor is preoccupied with vendors in preparation for the opening of his restaurant. While, [...]

Lauren Kate has posted a sneak peek of Torment, and WOW is it good!  I seriously cannot WAIT to get Torment in my hands so I can read the whole thing now.  So so GOOD! Click over to Lauren’s blog HERE and click the link to read the excerpt…  and then join me in wishing [...]

Today we have a wonderful guest post by Beth Fantaskey, author of Jessica’s Guide To Dating On The Dark Side, and Jekel Loves Hyde.  On occasion we have a guest blogger on Eve’s Fan Garden, we wanted to start something new here and have begun to ask our bloggers to write about strong female characters.  [...]

While at The Book Fest 2010, I had the opportunity to meet Lisa Schroeder, author of I Heart You, You Haunt Me, Chasing Brooklyn, Far From You and It’s Raining Cupcakes. She gave a great presentation and was nice enough to do an interview with us. I can’t say enough how wonderful all the authors [...]

Wednesday night the final three contestants on American Idol performed two songs each. They got to pick one song for themselves and the other was chosen by the judges. Casey James started the night off performing “Okay, It’s Alright With Me” and although the judges thought he sounded good, they all thought he wasn’t having [...]