Need Your Help (Again)!

That’s right, folks, Something About You advanced to the next round of the DABWAHA March Madness tournament of romance novels.  The competition is going to be tough this round, so I’m going to need every vote! If you have a minute, head over to: http://bit.ly/eufwp8. Remember– anyone can vote, and it only takes a few seconds.  Please note: voting in this round goes until midnight (CST), so vote before then if you can.

Let’s get Something About You into the Sweet Sixteen!

Thanks, everyone!

Need Your Help!

64 books enter. 1 book leaves.

That’s right, folks, it’s DABWAHA time again, the March Madness tournament of romance novels (actually, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, and crossover fiction, but I digress.)

Many of you are familiar with the drill from last year–where, thanks to all of you, my book advanced to the Elite Eight.  Well, my 2010 release, SOMETHING ABOUT YOU, has been nominated, and the competition is going to be fierce.  To put things in perspective, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (yes, the Hunger Games book) is one of the competitors this year.

We must be strong, Team SAY. Don’t be fooled by the fact that those crazy pollsters have ranked me a #1 seed.  In the first round, which started today, I’m up against an author who is a USA Today bestseller and two-time RITA winner.

So if you have a spare minute, I would love for you to vote for SOMETHING ABOUT YOU at: http://dabwaha.com/2011/03/2011-round-1-set-4/.  They don’t ask for your email address, you don’t need to fill anything out, all you need to do is click a few buttons.  Super-easy. Please note: voting is open only until midnight (CST) tonight.

Thanks, as always, for all your support. You guys got me to the Elite Eight last year and I’d love to repeat that!

Winner–“Girls Night In” Book Club Giveaway!

Thanks to all of you who posted such great suggestions of what to serve at a “Girls Night In” book club gathering! We got some great recipes, wine, food, and snack suggestions… all sorts of ideas to plan a fabulous get together with the girls.  And now one of you gets to throw your own “Girls Night In” book club gathering, with some help from moi. So without further ado, the winner of the $50 Visa gift card, Godiva chocolates and twelve copies of A Lot Like Love is…

KAREN!

(“Wine and Brownies” entry)

Congratulations, Karen! Please email me at info[at]juliejamesbooks[dot]com with your snail mail address so I can send the whole kit and caboodle out to you. : )

And for everyone else, don’t despair–we’ve collected many of the menu ideas and will be posting that as a PDF that anyone can download.  Hopefully, it will inspire and help you throw your own “Girls Night In” gathering.

Happy reading!

Chicago Booksignings

In the Chicago area this week? I’ve got two book signings (Thursday and Sunday). Details are below. Hope to see you there!

P.S. Please note that the time for the Thursday signing is 6:00-8:00 pm (not until 9:00pm as indicated on the calendar page).

Thursday, March 10, 6:00-8:00pm
BOOK SIGNING AND WINE TASTING AT WINESTYLES
Join Julie for a book signing at the wine shop that inspired A Lot Like Love and a complimentary wine tasting
WineStyles
1433 West Belmont Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 549-2227

Sunday, March 13, 3:00-5:00pm
BOOK SIGNING WITH AUTHOR BETH KERY
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Webster Place
1441 West Webster Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 871-3610
*90 minute free parking in lot

Missing pages

So 99.9% of you got a perfect copy of A Lot Like Love but, unfortunately, one small batch of books that went to Amazon was missing pages 54-87.  I’m told that Berkley has solved the problem and that all books going out from this point have been checked and are in perfect condition.

But I’d like to extend my sincerest apologies to those few of you who pre-ordered the book from Amazon and received one of the defective copies.  How frustrating! I know how cranky I get when I’m looking forward to watching a particular movie and then the DVD comes from Netflix and it’s scratched and unwatchable.  Grr.

So with that in mind… never fear! I’m posting the missing pages (the link below). It’s not a perfectly even break because my final copy of the book doesn’t match page-wise with the published version, so there’s about a half-page extra on both ends.  But the content is all there.

Hey, that’s some good stuff there on pages 55-86… I wouldn’t want anyone to miss out. : )

Here you go:

A Lot Like Love missing pages