though it’s the best selling genre, both Shelf Awareness and PW Daily failed to post information on the 2008 Rita Award winners from the Romance Writers of America. tsk tsk.
Romance Writers of America congratulates the following winners of the 2008 RITA awards:
2008 RITA for Best First Book
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Dead Girls Are Easy by Terri Garey
HarperCollins Publishers, Avon Books
(978-0-06-113615-3)
Erika Tsang, editor |
2008 RITA for Best Contemporary Series Romance
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Snowbound by Janice Johnson
Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin Superromance
(0-373-71454-8 )
Laura Shin, editor |
2008 RITA for Best Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure
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Treasure by Helen Brenna
Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin Superromance -
(0373714033)
Johanna Raisanen, editor
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2008 RITA for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance
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Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins
Harlequin Enterprises, HQN
(0-373-7724-6)
Tracy Farrell and Keyren Gerlach, editors |
2008 RITA for Best Historical Romance
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Lessons of Desire by Madeline Hunter
Bantam Dell Publishing Group
(9780440243946)
Shauna Summers, editor |
2008 RITA for Best Inspirational Romance
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A Touch of Grace by Linda Goodnight
Harlequin Enterprises, Steeple Hill Love Inspired
(978-0-373-87426-2)
Allison Lyons, editor
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2008 RITA for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
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Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Harlequin Enterprises, MIRA
(978-0-7783-2410-2)
Valerie Gray, editor |
2008 RITA for Best Paranormal Romance
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Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
Penguin Group USA, Signet, Onyx
(978-0-451-41235-5)
Kara Cesare, editor |
2008 RITA for Best Regency Historical Romance
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
HarperCollins Publishers, Avon Books
(0061230839)
Lyssa Keusch, editor
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2008 RITA for Best Romance Novella
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“Born in My Heart” in Like Mother, Like Daughter by Jennifer Greene
Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin NEXT
(0-373-88134)
Melissa Jeglinski, editor |
2008 RITA for Best Romantic Suspense
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Ice Blue by Anne Stuart
Harlequin Enterprises, MIRA
(0778324788 )
Margaret O’Neil Marbury, editor |
2008 RITA for Best Young Adult Romance
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Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
HarperCollins Publishers, HarperTeen
(978-0-06-121465-3)
Anne Hoppe and Nick Lake, editors |
Categories: Adult Fiction · Awards · Bestsellers · Teen Fiction
Annotation from Baker & Taylor, Ingram and Barnes & Noble
Cruel Intent: A Novel of Suspense
Jance, Judith A.
Ex-anchorwoman Ali Reynolds finds herself in the midst of more than just a house renovation when the project is interrupted by a brutal murder … and the killer may be close to home.
Just After Sunset
King, Stephen
In his first collection in six years, Stephen King delivers his strongest, most broadly appealing stories ever. From the subtle and disturbing to the outright terrifying, these tales will thrill every known King fan and win new ones.
Running Hot
Krentz, Jayne Ann
Aura-reading consultant Grace Renquist joins ex-cop Luther Malone, lifelong member of the secretive paranormal organization known as the Arcane Society, as he deals with rogue sensitives who have enhanced their talents with a potent–and unpredictable–drug.
A Mckettrick Christmas
Miller, Linda Lael
No Annotation
Crossroads
Plain, Belva
The owner of a New England glassworks company, widow Cassie Wright struggles to raise her surviving child, Gwen, in the face of unbearable tragedy, but as Gwen blossoms into an independent young woman, dissention drives the two apart, until Gwen has her own child, a little girl who reunites the estranged family.
Categories: Adult Fiction · New Titles
As we move towards removing analog materials of all types from community libraries, selectors are placing orders to ease this transition and fill shelves. Tuesday I placed a large order (374 dvds) for ESL DVDs at the Lynnwood, Mill Creek, Monroe, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, and Snohomish libraries. English as a Second Language materials include a great deal of analog material which will be removed from the collection in the near future.
Tuesday’s order won’t replace piece for piece the material that will be removed but will go a long ways towards making the removal less dramatic. ESL DVD are more expensive than other media because the market for these materials is limited, so production costs are greater. Sno-Isle’s Strategic Plan should address ways to meet demand for ESL materials in the future.
Most of the titles I ordered are general ESL materials aimed at speakers of all languages, rather than the ESL for speakers of (blank) language. I prefer the general ESL materials because it expands the usefulness of the entire collection. Much of the analog material is of the ESL for speakers of (blank) language type, which means that though a great deal of shelf space is required to hold the material, only a small portion of it is useful for the majority of our customers.
Categories: DVD orders · ESL · New Titles
Tagged: English as a Second Language, ESL DVD
