alanajoli | Dec. 8th, 2009

A few thoughts and gift ideas for the holidays and beyond:

Remember, today is the last day to bid on anything over at the kickstart_tu Auction. I put up a pair of Christopher Paolini books yesterday (one of which is a signed copy of Eragon), if you or anyone you know is interested.

Already read Jane Austen modified by zombies and sea monsters? Try mummies! Vera Nazarian of norilana has co-written and published Mansfield Park and Mummies. Perfect for the Austen reader with a sense of humor. If even a portion of the PP&Z or S&S&SM crowd purchases the title, it'll be a smash success for the Norilana Books.

I just discovered through Mark Henry's Save Amanda Feral contest that his Road Trip of the Living Dead is now on bargain sale at amazon.com (which means you can buy both of his books for the low low price of $16.20 together!). If you haven't yet read the Amanda Feral novels and you love snarky zombies with a Sex and the City vibe, these are definitely worth picking up. (Happy Hour of the Damned, the first book in the series, comes out in mass market in early February, and the third book, Battle of the Network Zobmies, will be available a few days later. The amazon preorder pages are linked here.)