Butterfly Swords spotted in the wild

Author buddy Maisey Yates sent me this safari picture of a Butterfly Swords spotting in the wilds of Walmart:

And I’ve also received e-mails letting me know that the book has been shelved at certain Borders. So I guess I was wrong. Butterfly Swords is already on shelves this weekend. *bounce* *bounce*

Maisey’s North American debut, His Virgin Acquisition, from Harlequin Presents is also on the shelves. I’ll have to go out and hunt for a copy later today–and distribute bookmarks. I said I’d be rid of them by October and, doggone it, they will be out of here!

I remarked that “release date” doesn’t seem to mean what I thought it meant, but then Little Sis educated me that the release date is when bookstores can promise buyers they’ll have the book available. They receive the shipment before the date and can be shelved at any time.

One more day to win an autographed copy of Butterfly Swords from Goodreads as well:

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Butterfly Swords (Mass Market Paperback) by Jeannie Lin

Butterfly Swords

by Jeannie Lin

Giveaway ends September 27, 2010.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Butterfly Swords Review Round-Up

Guest blog: Forgot about that UK time difference thing. My Call story is up at the Pink Heart Society. Anyone curious about how it all happened. 🙂

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Advance reviews are always coming out and, I confess, I hungrily search for them. I’m weak…

I never know whether to respond or not, but I liked Stacia Kane’s take on it. Good or bad, acknowledge the review and thank them for their time. It does take a lot of time and effort to read through the book and then to put your thoughts together coherently.

I’m making it my policy to not comment on reviews other than a nice thank you and I will not show up on any review sites to comment or reply. If you ever see me doing so, smack me upside the head and send me away. But I can acknowledge the reviewers here on my blog.

For Butterfly Swords:

Romantic Times
★★★★ Review
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Monkey Bear Reviews
A- Grade Review by Sarah

Sonoma Lass (x-posted on Dear Author)
A Grade Review by SonomaLass

The Romance Reviews
★★★★★ – Review by Carol

And various reviewers from GoodReads
Range: ★★★ – ★★★★★

For The Taming of Mei Lin:

The Season
9 stars out of 10 – Review by Katrina

Dear Author
B- Review by Jane

Various reviewers from Goodreads
Range: ★★★★ – ★★★★★

Thank you for everyone for reading and reviewing!