PUMPKINNAPPER Reviews

Pumpkinnapper: 2011 EPIC EBook Competition Finalist

This post will list all my Pumpkinnapper reviews. I'll update it as new ones come in. I'll mark the ones with spoilers.

Classic Romance Revival Reviews: 5 wings from Lindsay Townsend (A Knight's Enchantment)

"From its amusing, explosive opening in Lindsell, England in 1816, Linda Banche’s delicious Pumpkinnapper kept me enthralled."

http://www.classicromancerevival.com/component/resource/article/crr-reviews/16-historical/53-pumpkinnapper-by-linda-banche.html

Long And Short Romance (LASR) Reviews: 4 1/2 books

"It's a Regency era All Hallows Eve tale full of hilarity, a dashing hero and a darling heroine, a nuisance of a goose and possibly a spirit or two. What's not to like? Totally cute and enjoyable from beginning to end...escapist literature at its best. The characters and writing will stay with you long after the end."

http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com/2009/11/pumpkinnapper-by-linda-banche.html

Penelope's Romance Reviews: A-
"I totally enjoyed this funny, extremely well-written and well-characterized story."

http://penelopesromancereviews.blogspot.com/2009/10/quickie-reviews.html

Also on Penelope's Top 20 List for 2009!"Best Romance Novel With No Sex"
http://penelopesromancereviews.blogspot.com/2009/12/penelopes-top-20-list-for-2009.html

Seriously Reviewed/ Sweetly Reviewed (Story: 7.5, Presentation: 9, Total: 16.5 out of 20)

"Goose me again! Too cute!!! I laughed so hard I thought I was going to embarrass myself in my living room :)"

http://seriouslyreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/11/pumpkinnapper-by-linda-banche.html

 

Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf (4.0 out of 5.0)

"This was a wonderfully sweet quick read! I really enjoyed it!"

http://marthasbookshelf.blogspot.com/2009/10/review-pumpkinnapper-by-linda-banche.html

You Gotta Read Reviews – (You Want to Read)

“I really enjoyed this short story. …It has a great plot. Romance, suspense and a bit of comedy all rolled into one story.”
http://yougottaread.com/review-pumpkinnapper-by-linda-banche/

Night Owl Reviews - 3 1/2 Hearts (contains spoilers)
"The Pumpkinnapper is a fun quick story with a dash of supernatural thrown in to keep things lively."
http://www.nightowlromance.com/nightowlromance/reviews/Review.aspx?daoid=4847

LK Hunsaker, Literary, Artsy, and Indie

"This 75 page novella is charming, funny, romantic, lightly sensual, slightly suspenseful, and a very enjoyable read."

http://lkhunsaker.blogspot.com/2010/10/101010-reviews-10-pumpkinnapper.html

VoxxyLady at Writing.com

"Banche's novella is quaint and funny, sweet and romantic, without being gushy or detailed. HEA-seeking romance lovers will enjoy this one."

http://www.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/683396

Blurb and Excerpt here.

Pumpkinnapper BUY Link: http://www.thewildrosepress.com/pumpkinnapper-p-3685.html

Also available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, All Romance Ebooks and other places where ebooks are sold.

Thank you all,

Linda

Promotion is NOT a Four Letter Word…

So they say.

When I decided to write, I thought I would spend all my time typing deathless prose into computer files. Spending hours making every word perfect, researching locations and dress for gorgeous descriptions.

Well, yes, writing includes that. Writing also means convincing someone to buy said deathless prose, containing all those perfect words and beautiful descriptions. In a word, promotion.

Promotion involves blogs, yahoo loops, online chats, websites, book signings, social networking sites, book trailers, web radio and TV. And then there’s Amazon listmania, Google alerts and lots of other things I have no information about.

Only a year ago, except for the book signings and yahoo loops, I had no idea most of this stuff existed. Now, except for the book trailers, web radio/TV and book signings (kind of hard to sign a PDF file), I’ve done them all.

Would I prefer to promote or write deathless prose? Come now, do you really need to ask? Of course, the prose wins, hands down. Do I like promotion? Some is fun, but it takes a LOT of time, time I could spend writing more deathless prose.

But then, nothing in life is perfect, and I have to do some promotion. I just have to find what works and stick to that.

OK, now, since I’m an author with a book just out, here comes the Shameless Promotion.

Pumpkinnapper is my Regency Halloween comedy-- Pumpkin thieves, a youthful love rekindled and a jealous goose. Oh my! Available from The Wild Rose Press. As I post this entry, Pumpkinnapper is on The Wild Rose Press's site bestseller list.

Two reviews so far, from Penelope's Reviews (rating A-) and Night Owl Reviews (3 1/2 hearts, contains spoilers)

Pumpkinnapper Buy link here.

I also have a Regency time travel, Lady of the Stars--A legend spanning time, and the man and woman caught in it--also available from The Wild Rose Press.

Reviews are here.
Lady of the Stars Buy link here.

So, send me a friend request. Visit my website, my social network pages, and all my group blogs. And buy my books. Please.

Thank you all
Linda

Shameless Promotion - It Never Ends

Another week of Shameless Promotion

First, on Wednesday, October 14, I'm guest blogger on Sharon Donovan's blog. Sharon has a neat Halloween theme. She took my Pumpkinnapper blurb and excerpt and wrote a skit based on them. She then returned the skit to me, and I filled out the "Linda:" tags, where I'm replying to her questions. And check out the picture of her butler, Oliver, on the right sidebar.

On Friday, October 16, Sarah Simas interviews me on her blog The Lovestruck Novice. She has some interesting questions, like "If you were a book, what would your blurb be". I had to think about that one.

Also on Wednesday is the first of my October posts on my group blog, Historical Hussies. I now blog there on every second and fourth Wednesdays. Wednesday's post is Historical Money.

They're all fun posts, and I think you'll enjoy them.

Thank you all,
Linda

Post-Pumpkinnapper

Thanks to all who bought a copy of Pumpkinnapper. I will love your forever.

This week is a a guest blog week. I'm guesting at Paranormal Romantics, Sandra Sookoo's blog, on Wednesday, October 7.

Sandra also had a Wild Rose Press release on September 30, The Haunting of Amelia Pritchart.

If you like paranormal, go and take a look. October is also Paranormal Month at The Wild Rose Press and all the Paranormal titles are 10% off. See The Wild Rose Press for all the information.

Thank you all,
Linda