Bitten by Books is very excited to host Marilu Mann, author of the amazing new release Changing Times in our author spotlight next Monday, June 2nd! You can read more about the event on our Author Spotlight page.

You WILL want to attend this event. The author will be giving away several AWESOME prizes during the course of the evening! AND Bitten by Books will be giving away a $20.00 Amazon.com Gift Card to one lucky participant.

Would you like to earn some extra entries into the drawings for these great prizes? (I knew you would say YES!). All you need to do between NOW and next Monday is post this event on as many of your blogs, facebook, myspace and websites as you can (where it is acceptable to do so). Then come back to THIS post on our review site and respond with the links to where you promoted the event. For every link you provide you will get another chance to win. Example: You post 5 links, you get 5 entries. Easy as pie and prizes don’t you think? Don’t worry, there will be a way to get extra entries on Monday as well.

Spread the word! This is going to be a GREAT event.

Helping Spread the word!

Those Raven Nights!

Raven Radio, as mentioned in Romantic Times Magazine, is moving to nights! Tune in every Wed at 11-12 PM EST and join Authors Michelle Pillow and Mandy Roth as they talk about everything, nothing and the paranormal. Guests include NY Times and USA Today Bestselling authors as well as those wonderfully talented authors soon to be there, editors, paranormal tour guides, psychics, ghost hunters, specialists and more!

www.ravenhappyhour.com or http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ravenradio

Listeners are welcome to join the live chat or call in to the show to talk to us and our guests. The show will move to its new evening schedule, May 28th where listeners can catch us every Wednesday at 11PM to 12AM EST. We have a lot of authors on the upcoming line up and you can see a full schedule of guests here: http://ravenhappyhour.com/raven_podcast_schedule_of_guests.htm

WANT TO JOIN THE VIRAL CONTEST AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT RAVEN NIGHTS? Go to Raven’s blog to learn how you could win free advertising packages! Contest open to authors, readers and other groups! http://ravenhappyhour.com/ravenblog/?p=463

Website: http://www.barefootbling.com

Country: USA

Blog: http://barefeetbling.net/

Newsletter: Yes, easy sign up on the bottom of each page

US Shipping: Yes

International Shipping: Yes, outside of US please inquire about shipping costs

Discounts: Right now, they are offering a FREE Tank/Tee with a purchase of $75.00 or more through 5/31/08. Be sure to sign up for their newsletter as they do a lot of give aways w/purchase and other cool stuff.

Now that you have your feet pampered and ready to come out and play after doing your Five Steps to Softer Feet ritual, it is time to dress them up and shine! What better way to capture attention than some hip bling for your feet!

Barefoot Bling is a fabulous foot boutique out of Texas that provides anything your heart could desire for your ankles, toes and feet! They offer a variety of precious metals and world famed Swarovski crystal designs to thrill and delight you. My goodies arrived promptly in the promised time frame and were well packaged with the most adorable hand written miniature card. Very professional with a great personal touch.

Both the skull toe ring (pictured at the top of the page) and ankle bracelet were made of good quality and have beautiful Swarovski crystals embedded in them. They are pretty darn neat! Normally I don’t do foot or ankle jewelry because I am so short and figure nobody would be down there checking it out. LOL But then I figured hey! I can just wear them for the fun of it just for me! In the past toe rings became very uncomfortable for me after just a half hour of putting them on. Not so with this little gem. This particular style of toe ring has a thin clear elastic band that fits comfortably around your toe, and you can barely feel it. WAY better for me than a solid band.

The ankle bracelet fit comfortably as well. The latch was a bit tricky for me at first but I think I have the hang of it. It is a good design that will help keep it on my leg.

My other favorite item from Barefoot Bling are their Luxury Slippers.

These decadent feet treats are trimmed in satin and rhinestones. Of course, I chose the pink and brown, it was a toss up though, the black ones are pretty chic looking. Now, before you laugh, you have to try these babies out. They are incredibly soft and warm and tres chic! (did I really just say tres chic?) My sister (bless her heart) keeps her house so FREAKING cold, that I took my lovely slippers there to have on hand when I get cold. They have their own special place of honor. I am really thinking about getting another pair for home, but I have a little bit of a slipper fetish going on, so have been holding back. These are top notch slippers too. They come in their own embroidered silken bag. I was able to use the bag for something else, so props for environmentally sound packaging.

Bottom line, get Bling, you will be very glad you did. Their products are excellent quality, service is top notch, and your feet will be looking fine in no time!

This was a sample sponsored thread, meaning that the company outlined sent products for review, and I have received no monetary gain from this post.

Website: http://www.villainess.net

Country: USA

Blog: Click here to read their blog

Newsletter: Yes, easy sign up on the site

US Shipping: Yes, Free shipping on orders of $75.00 or more

International Shipping: Yes, Free shipping on orders of $75.00 or more

Discounts: 5% off a single order use coupon code: W31RD. Offer expires 6/30/08

Today I am reviewing a great product from a very hip company called Villainess based out of Tennessee. Brooke has recently re-vamped her website and product line. Let me tell you this site is slick. It is probably one of the coolest, most creative easy to navigate bath and body sites out there. Great job!

I picked up a jar of their Jai Mahal Whipped body cream a few weeks ago. WOW this stuff smells and feels great. It has a fairly thick texture and sinks right in the minute you rub it in. A little bit goes a long way. You can get a large 6 oz jar for only $10.00! For the product, packaging and quantity, I think this is a great value.

The Jai Mahal scent is stunningly gorgeous. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I read this description from the site; “4 rich vanillas and tonka, Mysore sandalwood, bourbon and coconut. Expensive woods, incense and imported spices – cedar, amber, myrrh, cardamom and nutmeg.” It is all this and a bag of chips. Seriously, my next order will contain every product they carry in this scent. It is almost like a chai tea but with lots of cream and vanilla. I don’t know how I lived this long without it.

My next order is looking like it will definitely contain more whipped, soaps, smooch which is their version of a decadent sugar scrub, and at least one of these amazing soap dishes.

Bottom line? Run don’t walk to get your Villainess goodies, you will be so glad you did. And be sure to sign up for our newsletter to read follow up product reviews of this great company.

This was a non sponsored post, meaning that I used my own money to buy this product for review.

Website: http://www.burtsbees.com

Country: USA

Blog: Click here to read their blog

Newsletter: Yes, register on their site to sign up

US Shipping: Yes, FedEx

International Shipping: No

Discounts: Get a FREE product sample when you spend $25.00 or more. Also, this month they are giving away a FREE Replenishing Lip Balm when you spend $25.00 on their website.

Well spring has sprung and summer is just around the corner! Time to get your feet in shape with one of my favorite foot products, Burt’s Bees Coconut Foot Creme. I have been using this stuff for years and love it. It is a staple in my sisters house as well as mine.

My sister gets what she calls Portuguese feet and uses this product constantly. A lot of the men and women in Madeira Portugal ( a small tropical island roughly 500 miles off of the coast of Spain) go barefoot almost year round. Needless to say their feet can get pretty darn cracked and dry and she was amongst kindred spirits when she lived there. If you have dry cracked feet, this stuff is a miracle! Summer is here, so get to cracking. You can get a great Foot Care Kit that has everything you need to get your feet in shape for summer. It has the Burt’s Bees Coconut Foot Creme, a pair of cute yellow Burt’s Bees socks to use when you put your cream on your feet overnight, and a pumice stone all in a little re-usable tote!

Here’s are the five steps to softer feet using Burt’s Bees Coconut Foot Creme.

1. Soak feet for 20-30 minutes in hot water
2. Use the Burt’s Bees Pumice Stone to scrub off as much soft dead skin on your feet
3. Slather on Burt’s Bees Coconut Foot Creme
4. Put on your cute yellow Burt’s Bees foot care socks
5. Got to bed and sleep peacefully!

In the morning your feet will be super soft and looking good. You may have to do this several times in a row to get all of the dead skin off. It just depends on how bad your feet are. Then repeat once every week to week and a half as needed to maintain. The whole kit is less than $11.00 on amazon!

Just for grins and giggles, I am including a short review for one of my other favorite Burt’s Bees products.

I picked up this great new product about a month ago at the grocery store, Burt’s Bees Hair Repair, Shea and Grapefruit Deep Conditioner. I paid out the wazoo for it, as in almost 10 bucks! Next time I order ANY Burt’s Bees It will be on Amazon. Way better prices even with shipping. Sheez, no more midnight impulse buys at the grocery store. LOL

It has a very different smell that I immediately liked. You can definitely smell the grapefruit. It is a two minute leave in conditioner. I ended up leaving it in five minutes with no problems. It is actually pretty light weight as far as a deep conditioner goes. It rinsed out easily and I was able to style my hair normally. There was no residue or left over heavy feeling that some deep conditioners give. I use it one to two times per week with good results. Now that I have found a better price on it, it will be a staple conditioner in our house.

This was a non sponsored post, meaning that I used my own money to buy these products for review.