Um, we're talking January 13. What holiday exactly? Maybe it was a Merry Martin Luther King Jr. Day card?
Anywho, what did I get? They sent me a 2009 calender filled with vintage Harlequin cover art goodness! I first read about this calender over at the Petticoats And Pistols blog, and whoa doggie, was I jealous. I adore pulpy cover art, and Harlequin had some of the best. Case in point, two of my personal favorites below that are featured on the calender:
Yes this book was really entitled The Manatee and yes the tag line really was "Strange loves of a seaman." Oh man, snark should just not be this easy. I mean, where is the challenge? First off, they named a novel after a giant blubbery sea creature. Second? The word "seaman" guarantees a case of the giggles. And third? That tag line, coupled with the title, suggests our fair hero likes to walk on the wild side by lovin' nature and all her creatures. I mean, how is our dear heroine supposed to compete? One would assume she doesn't have flippers. Unless of course this was a precursor to paranormal romance and she's a mermaid hiding a tail under that dress. But then one wonders how she's able to stand so amazingly upright?
Another personal favorite is I'll Bury My Dead. My immediate thought was, I certainly hope so sweetheart or else it's going to smell real ripe, real quick wherever you are.
But that might be because I've read entirely too many mystery novels. Killer dress though. And check out that waistline. Is a 12 inch waist line even humanly possible?
Seriously I love this calender. It's so going up in the Super Librarian office cubicle so I can make all the other librarians pea green with envy.
5 comments:
Yeah, I got one the other day and whoa, it is truly an awesome cover. Almost wish it was something they did every year.
the manatee?!?!? good lord, that's funny. What a great name. Nothing says fuzznuckin' like manatee. (or, ahem, seamen)
I totally missed out on this one. I ordered all of my books this month for my e-reader.
Wendy, I completely agree with you about shipping time. I always order my books on the first of the month when they become available, and I want free shipping so it takes longer. However, I just got my books today. 14 days later. I need my Lynne Graham secret baby fix and might have to start paying for shipping.
BTW, I got calendars a week ago courtesy of the Tell Harlequin progam.
Nicole: Or do a coffee table book!
Sula: Yeah, nothing says hot smexing quite like a large blubbery sea creature. Ewwwwww.
Liza and Senetra: I got mine through the Tell Harlequin program. I so love it. It might be the one time I actually hang on to a calender once the year comes to pass.
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