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Book Bits: Downside Ghosts, Vlad, Breaking Dawn, True Blood and Skarsgard awesomeness, more

Today we’re trying something new. Instead of simply the triumphant return of contest roundup (which is toward the end), we’re giving you some of the best book-related news and happenings from the last week. Chances are we’ve already told you about these via Twitter or Facebook. But those move so quickly. In the event you missed any news, it’s all piled in on convenient place. Also, we’re embedding the...

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Reading Escapes: Suggested Escapes Part 3

We know you’re still ogling the new contests, but we have more suggested escapes from bloggers we love. If you missed out on this week’s earlier posts, you can check out Part 1 and Part 2, respectively. Author features will start showing up next week. Prepare yourselves! SUGGESTED ESCAPES FROM OUR FAVORITE BOOK BLOGGERS (PART 3) Name: Kristin C. Blog: My Bookish Ways What’s your ultimate escape book or...

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If you like Unholy Ghosts… read Mind Games

If You Like… is a new feature at Vampire Book Club. We take books we’ve said are musts for your to-read pile, and give you related recommendations. Pretty straightforward really. Feel free to leave requests for future suggestions in the comments or send to us on Twitter via @VampBookClub. We repeatedly sing the praises of Stacia Kane’s Downside Ghosts series. It’s remarkable urban fantasy with plotlines...

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Excerpts from Stacia Kane’s Downside #4

In an effort to cheer herself and the other masses who have some sort of flu/cold/strep throat nonsense going on (myself included), Stacia Kane decided to tease us with a few lines from the fourth Downside novel yesterday afternoon. In case you missed her 2 p.m. tweets: “This was the one time she didn’t worry about how long she had, how he really felt, what she was going to do to fuck it all up. ” “Being...