Vampire Diaries–Season 2 “The Dinner Party”

Here’s a sneak peak at this week’s episode!

Shotgun Sorceress by Lucy Snyder

The Warlock pulled off the highway onto a dirt road running between two cornfields.

“This should be it,” he said, glancing down at the magic compass he’d brought along.

“Karen, you got Riviera’s token?”

“Right here,” she replied, patting the small white beaded purse in her lap. She was wearing a long-sleeved sea-green silk gown and long strings of pearls; the outfit must have dated back to the 1930s, and it looked good on her.

We got out of the Land Rover. The ground was soft and damp, so I was glad I wasn’t in high heels. The weird calliope music of my familiar Pal’s flying spell was loud overhead. I slung my backpack over my shoulder and began to follow Mother Karen and The Warlock down a corn row.

Cooper nudged my backpack. “You could leave that in the car, you know.”

“If something happens, it’s not going to do me a lot of good if it’s locked in the car a mile away.”

“The Seelies are probably just going to make you check it at the door.”

I shrugged. “Checked at the door is still closer than locked in the car.”

We came to a clearing where a battered old scarecrow hung crucified on a couple of rake handles. A cloud of dust rose as Pal touched down, and Cooper spoke an ancient word to turn off his invisibility.

A tin cup had been tied to the straw fingers of the scarecrow’s left hand.  When we got within ten feet of the scarecrow, my stone ocularis started to itch in my skull. I blinked through to the gemview that had shown me the invisible door in Karen’s back yard. I saw an odd double-image of the scarecrow and a set of bronze-reinforced oak doors big enough to admit an elephant. Read more

True Blood: It’s Getting Hot-n-Here

If you caught the season 3 premiere on Sunday June 13th than you know that Alexander Skarsgard (aka Eric Northman) means it when he says, “I’m happy to throw my clothes off…”

We’re happy your happy, Mr. Skarsgard.

Check out this interview by Access Hollywood to get the full scoop on lines Alexander will and won’t cross this season for his True Blood role.

‘True Blood’s’ Alexander Skarsgard: ‘I’m Happy To Throw My Clothes Off!’ | Access Hollywood – Celebrity News, Photos & Videos.

Meanwhile Anna Paquin (aka Sookie) says that sex scenes with Stephen Moyer (aka Bill) are pretty real. Well I guess if I was engaged to my co-star, and he looked like Stephen looks, I might have that problem as well. Check out the full scoop here: http://apexnewsnetwork.com/22801/true-blood-season-3-premiere-anna-paquin-says-sex-scenes-with-stephen-moyer-are-real/

And if you’re looking for a True Blood Season 3 episode recap–try this, a great overview from the Wall Street Journal Speakeasy blog: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/06/13/true-blood-season-3-episode-1-bad-blood-tv-recap/

And of course, if you still need to get caught up on season2, here’s your chance.

Day 13: Best Were Series

Continuing a super duper month of giveaways here’s your next chance to win some cool Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy goodies. Remember rules of the game change daily, so be sure to check back often to see how to enter and whether or not you won!

Day 13 : “owww, werewolves of London…”

The next few contests are going to be open polls! Meaning we are looking to find the best, most beloved books around in the genre. Today, you have the opportunity to nominate your favorite “Were/Shifter” book or series. We will use the full list to do voting in June!

THE RULES

1. Type the name of your nominee into the comments below.  Include the full name of the book or series along with the full author’s name. For tracking purpose, please only put one nominee per comment.

2.For each NEW nominee you add to the list, you receive an entry into today’s online contest.

3. You can post as many times as you want. Please NOTE: Werewolves, shifters, or “Were” creatures of any nature must be central character’s in the book (not minor or supporting roles). We will have other opportunities for other books later! YA Books are included.

4. As always, you get an additional entry for promoting the contest on your website, blog, facebook or twitter. Just be sure to include the link in the comments. If using twitter include @wickedjungle in the tweet!

5. The contest is open from now and will close at 12PM Eastern on Thursday May 27!

The PRIZE:

Each daily winner will have the option of choosing an autographed copy of the following books:

• C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp–Touch of Darkness
• L.A. Banks –The Forbidden (Selected by previous winner)
• Mary Janice Davidson–Undead and Unwed (Selected by previous winner)
• Mary Janice Davidson–Undead and Uneasy
• S.J Day–Eve of Darkness–(Selected by previous winner)
• Devon Monk–Magic to the Bone (Selected by previous winner)
• Devon Monk–Magic in the Blood (selected by previous winner)
• Kat Richardson–Greywalker (Selected by previous winner)

or an un-autorgraphed copy of one of the following books:

• Rachel Caine–Kiss of Death
• Jocelynn Drake–Nightwalker (Selected by previous winner)
• Angie Fox–The Dangerous Book of Demon Slayers
• Richelle Mead–Succubus Blues(selected by previous winner)
  
• Linda Wisdom–Hex in High Heels

Each book is also paired up with a swag bag, which contains buttons, postcards, bookmarks, and posters (some signed, some not).  Each bag varies and winners will not have the option of pre-selecting the swag-bags.

Winners of the daily contest will automatically be entered into the grand prize drawings (winners to be announced May 31st).  This includes the RT 2010 Tote Bag, Strange Brew Anthology (signed by Jim Butcher), signed posters, books, swag and your choice of a $25 gift e-gift cart to borders.com, bn.com or amazon.com. (Second place winner will receive similar package with signed poster, tote bag, and $10 gift card).

Day 5: Wanna Do Bad Things….

It’s True Blood Day!!! HBO has been running an encore presentation of True Blood Season 2 in preparation for the big season 3 premier this June. For fun, I am posting two of the minisodes that have been airing after each weekly episode. They are not part of season 2 or 3, they are just fun extras that the cast and crew put together for fans, so enjoy! I am posting the teaser for the minisodes along with my favorite so far with Eric and Pam. I can’t help it, I’m an Eric fan all the way.

Day 5: Bad Things Rule

It’s another commenting challenge.

1. Post a comment below about True Blood. What did you think of the minisodes? Do you like the books or the show better? What are you most looking forward to in season 3?

2. You get one entry for your commenting.

3. You get an additional entry every time you promote the contest and link back to this post.

5. The contest is open from now and will close at 12PM Eastern on Monday May 17!

The PRIZE:

Each daily winner will have the option of choosing an autographed copy of the following books:

• C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp–Touch of Darkness
• L.A. Banks –The Forbidden
• Mary Janice Davidson–Undead and Unwed
• Mary Janice Davidson–Undead and Uneasy
• S.J Day–Eve of Darkness
• Devon Monk–Magic to the Bone
• Devon Monk–Magic in the Blood
• Kat Richardson–Greywalker

or an un-autorgraphed copy of one of the following books:

• Rachel Caine–Kiss of Death
• Jocelynn Drake–Nightwalker
• Angie Fox–The Dangerous Book of Demon Slayers
• Richelle Mead–Succubus Blues
• Linda Wisdom–Hex in High Heels

Each book is also paired up with a swag bag, which contains buttons, postcards, bookmarks, and posters (some signed, some not).  Each bag varies and winners will not have the option of pre-selecting the swag-bags.

Winners of the daily contest will automatically be entered into the grand prize drawings (winners to be announced May 31st).  This includes the RT 2010 Tote Bag, Strange Brew Anthology (signed by Jim Butcher), signed posters, books, swag and your choice of a $25 gift e-gift cart to borders.com, bn.com or amazon.com. (Second place winner will receive similar package with signed poster, tote bag, and $10 gift card).

Book Trailer: The Body Finder