Just a quick reminder: we are going to be closed this Monday, February 20th, to celebrate Family Day with our loved ones. Have a Safe and Happy holiday Monday, everyone!

The winning entry in this year’s Singles Awareness Day Contest came from Lorne Kates.  He also chose “Love sought is good…” but took it in a different direction.  His excellent entry came in graphic form.  Check it out!

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Congratulations to Lorne, and to Lara — delicious chocolate prizes from Soma are waiting for you.  And thanks to everyone who entered;  we had a lot of fun reading your submissions.

We usually choose just one winner of the Singles Awareness Day Contest, but this year, we had so many good entries that we picked both a winner and a runner-up.  We’ll share the winning entry tomorrow, but for today, here’s Lara Herrera’s submission, which made us laugh out loud.

“Love sought is good, but … love held in your dungeon is priceless.”

Friends, something’s come up, so we’re going to have to close a tiny bit early tonight.  Nothing major, but we’ll be shutting the doors at 6:15.

We’ll open tomorrow at 11am as usual tomorrow morning.  So it’s all good.

We have new books!  Lots of them, in fact.

Mass Market
River Marked, Patricia Briggs
Shaded Vision, Yasmine Galenorn
Westward Weird, Martin H. Greenberg & Kerrie Hughes, eds.
Unremembered, Peter Orullian
Apocalypse To Go, Katharine Kerr
Unbroken, Rachel Caine
Chasing the Moon, A. Lee Martinez
Dread, Gail Z. Martin
Questing Road, Lyn McConchie
Shadow Ops: Control Point, Myke Cole
Sacred Band, David Anthony Durham
Kings of the North, Elizabeth Moon
Wrong Side of Dead, Kelly Meding
Great Game, Lavie Tidhar
In Fire Forged, David Weber
Burned, J.F. Lewis
Greatshadow, James Maxey
Undone Deeds, Mark del Franco
Giant Thief, David Tallerman
Carousel Tides, Sharon Lee
Faceless, Simon Bestwick
Crucible of Empire, Eric Flint & K.D. Wentworth

Hardcover
Way We Fall, Megan Crewe
City of Dragons, Robin Hobb
Scarlet, A.C. Gaughen
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed
World Divided, Mercedes Lackey et al
Under the Moons of Mars, John Joseph Adams, ed.
Pure, Julianna Baggott
Tempest, Julie Cross
Planesrunner, Ian McDonald
Darkest Light, Hiromi Goto
Incarnate, Jodi Meadows

Trade Paperback
Gathering, Kelley Armstrong
Fourth Wall, Walter Jon Williams
Witch’s Daughter, Paula Brackston
Overbite, Meg Cabot
Placebo Effect, David Rotenberg
Embassytown, China Miéville
Guardian of Night, Tony Daniel
Desert of Souls, Howard Andrew Jones
One of Our Thursdays is Missing, Jasper Fforde
Heir of Novron, Michael J. Sullivan
Boneyards, Kristine Katryne Rusch

See?  Told you there were lots.