SOMETHING ABOUT YOU available today!!

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It’s here!!  SOMETHING ABOUT YOU is available in stores and on-line today!

Can you tell how excited I am?

The reviews of Something About You keep coming in. . .

“How do I like this book? Let me count the ways….a heroine who is smart, acts smart… good at her job and follows her professional principles[.]  And then there’s the hero who is portrayed as being as sinfully delicious as a double fudge chocolate cake with chocolate chips on top. And whipped cream…. The dialogue is fantastic. Smart, snappy, funny yet realistic. I can’t count the number of times I laughed while reading the book…. [T]his is one book I can totally recommend.” —Dear Author

“I don’t think I can do justice to how freaking fun this book is. Something About You is a perfect storm of awesome. From first impressions to the last page, it’s worth shaking your tail feather over… from the first scenes, the dialogue is dry champagne crossed with poprocks. (That’s a good thing.) It crackles, it’s funny, it makes you laugh, and it isn’t ever fake or cliche or completely unrealistic…. This is a contemporary romance well worth savoring, and laughing over, and reading all over again.”  —Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

“Another great Contemporary novel by Julie James, a book which carries her signature: great dialogue and captivating characters.”–The Book Smugglers

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So if you’re in the mood to do some book shopping today, don’t forget about Something About You!  And if you’ve seen the book, or picked up a copy, downloaded it to your Kindle, whatever–let me know.  Hey– that’s what release day celebrations are all about!


Video Interview– Borders True Romance Blog

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So a couple weeks back, I mentioned that I had driven up to Ann Arbor to film an interview for the Borders True Romance blog.  It was a special author/author interview where Sue Grimshaw from Borders had another author, Joss Ware (who also writes as Colleen Gleason), do the interview.  I had such a great time doing the interview–both Sue and Joss/Colleen are fabulous!  We talked about my previous career as a lawyer, my books, what I’m reading now… all sorts of fun stuff.

Of course, the whole time I was watching this I was thinking, “That’s what my hair looks like?  Hmm.”

You can check out the interview here:

Julie James | Borders Media.

Winners–BIG Something About You giveaway

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Thanks so much to all of you, for helping to spread the word about Something About You.  You guys are the best!  So without further ado, let’s get to the winners.  We’ll do this Miss America style.  The first and second runners-up, and winners of a signed copy of Something About You are. . .

LOVELYN (comment #32)

and

LIMECELLO (comment #56)

And now, the winner of the $100 gift card is. . .

ERIKA (comment #93)

Congrats, ladies!!  Lovelyn and Limecello, please email me at info@juliejamesbooks.com with your snail mail addresses, and I’ll get those books out to you.  Erika, email me and let me know if you would like a gift card to Amazon, Borders or Barnes & Noble.

And stayed tuned, folks, because I plan to post yet another giveaway later this week. Hey, why stop now, right??

Ooh… and remember… tomorrow is the big day– SOMETHING ABOUT YOU will be available in bookstores everywhere!!

Something About You Giveaway (It’s Big!)

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Please note: the giveaway is now closed.  Winner will be announced shortly.

It’s almost here.  My upcoming book, Something About You, releases on March 2nd.  So I think it’s time to celebrate–with all of you.

I’m going to give away a grand prize of a $100 gift card to Amazon, Borders, or Barnes & Noble (at the winner’s choosing).  I’m also going to give away second and third prizes of a signed copy of Something About You.  What do you have to do to enter, you ask?  It’s simple: spread the word about Something About You. Here are the details:

1.  Post somewhere letting people know about the upcoming release of Something About You.  Anywhere.  (I’m not fussy.)  You can talk about the book on your blog, your website, on Facebook, heck, even Twitter (my Twitter name is @juljames, for those of you who want to get extra-super bonus points for including that).  Don’t have a blog? Don’t tweet?  No problem–you can post a comment on somebody else’s website or blog, or even on a message board.

2.  Then, come back here and comment below with a link to wherever you’ve posted your qualifying blog/post/comment. This is important, as your comment below is your entry in the giveaway.

3.  Please make sure your link works!  If I can’t confirm you that you’ve posted/commented/blogged/whatever-ed about the book, you won’t be entered in the giveaway.

4.  To qualify, your blog/comment must be new (meaning it must be posted starting February 1st).

5.  For those of you who want to include details about Something About You in your post, the back cover copy and excerpt can be found here.  Or if you want to get really fancy, Lea over at Closet Writer designed a wonderful countdown Sprout that you can use.

6.  While I would love for each of you to spread the word about the release of Something About You far and wide with numerous posts, blogs, etc., in order to give everyone who promotes my book in some way an equal chance to win, I am limiting the giveaway to one entry per person.

7.  The contest is open until 10pm CST on February 28, 2010.  Everyone who correctly enters will be in the running for the $100 dollar gift card and the second and third prizes of a signed book. Authors are eligible to win as well.  Winners will be chosen at random from among eligible entries.  The drawing will occur on March 1st.

Thanks, everyone, for helping me celebrate the upcoming release of Something About You!

Winner–Louisa Edwards Giveaway

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First, I wanted to say an extra special thanks to Louisa for hanging out with us this week and for the fabulous giveaway!  So now, without further ado, the winner of Can’t Stand the Heat AND the Recipe for Love apron and spatula set is. . .

LENI!!

(comment #8)

Leni, please email me at info@juliejamesbooks.com with your snail-mail address so Louisa can get that out to you. And remember everyone–Louisa’s second Recipe for Love novel, On the Steamy Side, releases this Tuesday.  (Along with, hmm… another book called Something About You written by–ahem– moi.)  😉

Happy reading!