This morning, I checked an email link to Allreaders.com. Turns out that a Lorna Freeman fan was able to buy a copy of Shadows Past at Books-A-Million today. Oh, did I mention that the book is not scheduled for release until FEBRUARY 2?? And today is JANUARY 25?? So what's that all about? Can't help but wonder if the bookstores around here are hoarding copies of the book in their back rooms. When I called one of the bigger local stores to find out if the book was on display yet, I found out that the store had only ordered three copies. THREE. Incredible.
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Then I pulled up my Word list of the books for whose publication I'm most eagerly waiting. (Did that sentence parse? Doesn't sound right.) My mood immediately improved. Readers, February 2010 promises to be a glorious month. But, after I chortled over the number of upcoming releases, I went online to see if Karen Chance had posted any new excerpts.
Imagine my shock and dismay upon reading her January 5 post and learning that publication of Book 5 of the Cassandra Palmer series has been postponed from Spring/Summer 2010 to Summer 2011. Dang! Dang! Dang! Even Karen's promise of three free short stories from the points of view (POV) of John Pritkin, Mircea, and Francoise cannot completely assuage my dismay, shock, and so forth. Although I admit that March 31, the date the first story will be posted, is already on my list. Sigh.
Link to Karen Chance's webpage:
Quote du jour: "Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it." Buddha, http://thinkexist.com/
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*waves* I was the reader, and I can only assume luck was with me-- it made a wonderful birthday present! As you might guess, I've already devoured the book whole (twice) and have gone back for spot re-reading in my favorite scenes. There were only two copies on the shelf at the store (it's my experience that most brick'n'mortar bookstores do tend to only order 2-4 copies of a given title unless it's had a lot of hype behind it or is a famous author).
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, February 2nd will be here before you know it (or maybe you'll get lucky between now and then too).
The first sentence: 'I was awakened by thunder.'