Since the Oscars are just around the corner, it seems only fair that the Book Devouring Horde hold their own awards ceremony. Andrea donated some extra-long purple shag carpet and Steve said any machine is a smoke machine if he operates it, so the ceremony part is clearly handled. We just
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25 Minutes
That's how much time I have for the blog post today. I have a fancy and semi-intelligent post in drafts about Fantasy genres and it need more braining than I have at the moment. So this is a rambling salad of randomness instead. On Monday we got a massive attack of Chinese IPs and the site has
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This Kingdom Imagine Books Edition
Thank you all for bearing with us yesterday through the technical difficulties. It was not the BDH enthusiasm (this time!) but I will let Ilona tell you more about it another day. Just happy to be back.I come with the promissed reminder about the Imagine Books preorder for their resale edition of
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Winners of This Kingdom Will Giveaway
Friday means winners! And today we have three of them for the This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me giveaway. US Winner - This Kingdom Hardcover Copy International Winners - 2 ARC pdf copies and Congratulations all! Winners will be contacted from the modr@ilona-andrews.com email. If we
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Solentine Dagarra, Handsome Devil
Solentine Dagarra. Bastard son of a hero margrave, secret head of the Shears, devoted older brother, cousin, and son. Urbane, charming, ruthless. Noble by day, assassin by night, effortless thirst trap on all occasions. Favorite quote: "Nothing is more annoying than a man who doesn’t have the
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This Kingdom: Lots of Stuff, Read This
It's Monday and I can't think of a title, because Sookie Jean woke up at dark o'clock and then proceeded to wander about. I took her outside, thinking this was a bathroom emergency. Sookie walks very, very slowly now. She is of advanced age, and I have to hover in case she wipes out. She is 80lbs,
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This Kingdom Will Giveaway Us
It's Giveaway Friday, squeee! House Andrews have witnessed the Horde's long-suffering battle with our most relentless adversaries, W*iting and P*tience. To fortify morale, they are gifting This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me: 1 hardcover copy will go to a lucky US winner and 2 PDF ARCs to
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Can We Go To The Hireling Temple?
Mod R has been painstakingly gathering your This Kingdom questions and here are some non-answers. Will there be any art in the ebook? The official hardcover and ebook from Tor will have a black and white map. Is this art (Candice's Landmarks and Leesha's Sushi) in the hardcover? No. We
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This Kingdom Has a Voice
And that voice is Kristen Sieh. Audiobooks are, by nature, transformative. It is very rare when the author and the audio performer's vision perfectly aligns. When you listen to your own book on audio, there are always little things that jar you out of the experience. A line that is spoken with
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This Kingdom Has Received a Librarian Award
The first installment of Maggie's adventure is a Library Reads Hall of Fame book. Click here for shameless bragging. There are many awards a writer can get, but getting one from the librarians is special. We are very grateful. To celebrate, we bring you Hall of the Hireling, one of the
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Clean Desk, Clean Shelves…
For some surprising reason, pictures of my cluttered desk and shelf generated a lot of questions and excitement. The desk is now clean. In order of appearance, left to right People asked about the keyboard. It's a custom keyboard that I built for myself. Keyboards are our main tool of
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OPERATION: NINJA FERRET THE DEAL
It began, as all questionable Horde initiatives do, with Steve. Minutes from the Official BDH Valentine’s Strategic Business Summit Q1 Special Session: Romantic Advancement Initiative Chair:Mod R (reluctantly)Instigator:You’ll never guess who Objective:Secure formal Valentine’s Day
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