This came in the mail for me not too long ago...

  Obviously I'm stoked as fuck, and there will be a review coming soon... well, as soon as my computer lets me type for more than 10 minutes before it shuts down.  I want to buy dust off, but I'm afraid the store clerk will think I'm a junkie:

  I tried to get a shot of the sweet ass dedication and autograph, but my camera battery died.  Technology and I aren't getting along these days.  Roses, wine, candy crumbs in the keyboard... nothing works these days.  We're going for counseling next.

I just ordered my SIGNED COPY of J.R. Ward's Lover Reborn!! VERY EXCITED to get it in the mail and will post pictures as soon as I get it! *Fist Pump* 

Want to get your own signed copy? Better hurry, they are running out of copies! CLICK HERE! 

Xx 

Cara and I got spoiled rotten recently, thanks to one of our... ahem... fans.  It's kind of weird for me to think that we have fans, but I have to suppose that we do, because one of them was so badass that he sent Cara and I some really fuckin' SWEET ASS presents!
I just got mine in the mail this week, fresh from my Amazon wish list, though not so fresh when I got them, as a certain Miss Jess forgot to tell me I had a package languishing in the back room.  Don't worry, I gave her a tongue lashing.  And one of our other girls, too, actually.  Sorry Miss D... thought it was you, ha ha.
So I figured the best way to show off my goodies was with my goodies for Naked Reading Sunday!

Thank you so SO much man!  I'm uber stoked to read these!  ItsCal, you're a hero among men. 
And don't worry, gentle readers, I'm sure Cara will do a post on her present when she gets it...

I LOVE getting stuff in the mail.  LOVE.  Except bills, and weird vaguely threatening documents from crazy ex-landlords who want to start a trailer park in my backyard.  But besides those things, stuff in the mail is AWESOME.
So I was chuffed when I got, not one, but TWO different packages this week!  (Ha ha, I said "packages".)
The first was a book that I had won from those extreme badassses at Dreadful Tales.  If you haven't checked them out yet, you should, because they're always doing some rad.

After reading THIS review by the ultra cool Colum, I ever so subtly hinted that I wouldn't mind getting a copy of Vanishing Hope by Tobin Elliott - Dreadful Tales sent it to me, and signed to boot! 
Thanks a million, Colum!  I'll let you know how it is!

Next on my docket, I was stoked to find my very own personalized copy of Inside the Outside by Martin Lastrapes.

_Cara and I read this book a couple of months back (read our reviews HERE and HERE) and we both LOVED the book. 
So imagine how stoked we were when Martin Lastrapes sent us each our own autographed copies!  Hells to the yizzeah!  Seriously, he's one badass dude, and you should totally check him out.

So, as you can see, I'm friggin' STOKED for my new books!

And hey, if any of you authors out there have extra books you don't need... feel free to send them our way!

  Hooray!  I got another package in the mail today, and this time it's from a lovely lady over at Little, Brown.
  You may remember, not long ago, a big bit of to-do going on regarding Margaret Atwood asking to use a photo of my tattoo for her new book.  Well, a very lovely lady at Little Brown is the one who got everything set up and sorted out for that to happen.  From contacting me in the first place, to helping me ask Margaret Atwood for an autograph, she was the one who got everything done. 
  Not only did she help facilitate one of the coolest events in my life (please see the nerdy photo of me, clutching my autographed copy of The Handmaid's Tale) she also offered to send me a book or two from Little, Brown to read (this girl definitely knows the way to my heart).  So today I was alerted that I had a package, and out I rushed, ripped it to shreds, and found FOUR NEW BOOKS!
  Life is grand.  And thank you, Victoria - you're the best!

  Literally, the title says it all.  I'm fuckin' stoked.

So this month Kat and I are submitting a book review AND having an interview about The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. The book seemed fitting with all the Halloween terror of October and the doom and gloom that November brings. I was able to snag a copy of the book yesterday, so here's a pic with my new baby.

Now, you may be thinking three things in that smart little head of yours:
1) Wait, where are you Cara? - Yep, at work like a good girl.
2) Hey! That book isn't on your Reading List! -  And you would be right. You see, we may have two Reading Lists, one of new author reviews and another for books we need to read for interviews or to submit to other book sites, etc. This is all the more reason for all of you to donate to us so we can quit our day jobs *wink wink*  
And finally 3) Why aren't you naked? - To that I say, "It's not Sunday, Honey."
But only 3 more sleeps ;)

Much love to all of you Beauties. 

Xx C  

I popped into Value Village tonight to see if I could hunt anything up for my Halloween costumes.  Yes, costumes, plural.  My work is so badass, we do costume week.  And there's no dress code.  I've worn a vest to work... as a shirt.  And been complimented.  By the boss.  He's also complimented me on my sweats and t-shirts.  And always remembers to leave Easter candy for me via the elusive Easter Bunny.  My work is awesome.
Anyways, I was looking for some acid wash jeans for my sweet ass Freddie Mercury costume idea, but no dice.  So I wandered over to the book section... and found THIS:

I mean, I knew I had to have this book based on the cover alone.  How the fuck could a skeleton have such a well-preserved head?!  Was he dipped into a piranha tank or a vat of acid, but only up to the neck?  Has someone kept his head in cryogenic storage but due to power failure, had to transplant it immediately onto a Halloween decoration?  Or is the boy simply trying to look his best for prom?  I mean, you have to start early if you want to get back down to your birth weight!
Thank goodness for Value Village - I've acquired many a gem from that place, and at $1.49, it was a hell of a deal for this much hilarity.  Mission successful.