Happy 2012 and Friday the 13th, Reavers! One of the biggest perks to my job is being able to read a book in advance, which I will be doing with a DOUBLETAKE galley over the weekend. I also often get to see how the artwork is going to look from front-to-back on these books when I receive a book flat, which Rob was kind enough to send along with the galley. SO! For Friday the 13th, I thought I’d share a little love… I’ve scanned in the book flat for you all to ogle. By the way, the silver lettering is raised, silver foil. It. Is. WICKED HOT. Enjoy this little peek at what’s coming for you on March...

Lucky me, I missed Cowboys & Aliens in the theatre as I was in the hospital at the time, but Netflix came through for me. Here are my four, yep–only four, thoughts on the movie. Lesson 1: a little peyote can fix anything. (Who didn’t already know that?)  Lesson 2: the love of your life can be dissected and incinerated by aliens, but the sight of a hummingbird heals all emotional wounds. (They should be dispensing those at the pharmacy instead of anti-depressants.)  Lesson 3: Hollywood can CGI the hell out of aliens ripping people off horses and impaling them, but can’t do shit with a simple hummingbird. (A Disney cartoon hummingbird is more believable.)   Finally: how the hell do you...

Oops! My bad. I originally posted that the Goodreads Choice Awards ballots were open through Sunday, but I was wrong. So… while you’re back at work after Thanksgiving weekend and need something to procrastinate with, *mischievous giggles* head on over to GoodReads and cast your votes for BASILISK in Science Fiction. Today – Monday – IS the last day to vote for Rob Thurman in the 2011 GoodReads Choice Awards. So get it while it’s still hot, Reavers! Hope you all had a fantabulous turkey day! -Jayda

BASILISK has made it into the FINALS in the Goodreads Choice Awards. Go Misha, Go Misha! The number of books in each category has been cut down to only ten, so the competition is waaay tight this round and we have done GOOD, everyone. Seeing Rob Thurman right there with Stephen King in the finals makes me giddy all over again. This is the final-FINAL round now – your last chance to vote for Rob. Voting ends on Sunday, so get online real quick-like today or this weekend and vote for our beloved BASILISK right here. To all of our fellow American Reavers, Happy FangsGiving! To everyone else: Happy Almost-Weekend! xoxo, Jayda

Well…what do you think, Reavers?

Reaver Army, Thanks to you, Rob Thurman is still kicking ass and taking names in the Goodreads Choice Awards! BASILISK is now in the semi-final round for Best Science Fiction, and… and… are y’ready for this? You all were incredible in writing in your votes for Best Author because… guess what? Rob is now a nominee in the Best Author Category, too! Check her out on that sexy list along with Jim Butcher, Ilona Andrews, Richelle Mead and Cassandra Clarke. This is a huge deal, and I cannot thank you enough for writing her into a category that we all know she so deserved to be nominated in. Now then, once again, we need your votes to get Rob...

All right, these three Reavers have won their choice of one autographed Rob Thurman book, a collectible Doubletake postcard, and a wicked-hot Rob Thurman Series bookmark . Congratulations to: Cal’s Girl B.E. Sanderson Ally Mack Thanks everyone, for partying with us over All Hallow’s Dead Week! Until Next Contest, -Rob and Jayda  

Hell-Oh, Reavers! Just a quick note to let you know that you’ve got Ms. Jayda quite busy tallying the bazillion comments you contributed to the All Hallow’s Dead Contest! We will be drawing three winners. The goal is to announce our Lucky Trio on Friday. Thanks for such a great turn-out! Oh, and for making me crave every single Halloween candy on the market – as if my choccie addiction wasn’t bad enough already. xoxo, Jayda

Okay Reavers, so… it looks like you can also write in your nominations and vote for who you write in. Well, as awesome as Rob treats her fans and after the brush-with-death she faced this year, I went ahead and wrote her in for Best AUTHOR, too. If you want the same, click here. You will need to write in Rob Thurman Basilisk and it will automatically pull up her name and the book for you. Hit submit and “boom,” there”s your write-in nomination. Thank you for indulging the resident Reaver Webmistress. -Jayda

Well Reaver Army, we did it! We heaped so much love on The Korsak Brothers, BASILISK has been nominated for a GoodReads Choice Award in the Science Fiction category. Gotta love seeing Misha staring back at us along with Stephen-frakking-King in those top nominees! But this is just the beginning. To get into the Semifinals, Rob Thurman, Misha, Stefan and Godzilla need your votes – and lots of ‘em, because the competition is stiff. We have until November 13th to get Rob and BASILISK into the semi-finals. So spread the word, get over to GoodReads and vote! And if you do vote, please Tweet about it with #GoodreadsChoice as the hashtag, include #RobThurman and @Rob_Thurman in your tweets. Please...