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Darkness Devours (Dark Angels, #3)

by Keri Arthur

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The Pack: Retribution

by L.M. Preston

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Purr-Fect Recipes for a Healthy Cat by Lisa Shiroff

Purr-Fect Recipes for a Healthy Cat: 101 Natural Cat Food & Treat Recipes to Make Your Cat Happy
by Lisa Shiroff

My rating:

I am a cat lover, so when I saw the title Purr-fect Recipes for a Healthy Cat: 101 Natural Cat Food & Treat Recipes to Make Your Cat Happy, I had to review it. Author and fellow animal lover Lisa Shiroff takes you through the basics, which provi...more

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How to Apologize to Your Woman...So That She Won't Use It Aga... by Karen Field Bolek

How to Apologize to Your Woman...So That She Won't Use It Against You in the Future
by Karen Field Bolek

read in January, 2012

My rating:

There is not one man in the world that understands what a woman is thinking, let alone how to apologize to her when you have done something wrong. Author Karen Field Bolek has written an interesting book titled How to Apologize to Your Woman . . . So...more

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Calico Joe
by John Grisham (Goodreads Author)

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Unexpected Paul Tracey gets a call from his most recent stepmother who informs him that his ex-major leaguer father, Warren Tracey, is dying of cancer. His relationship with his father has been very distant since his parents divorced when he was in h...more

Billy made a comment in the group Book Giveaways — Soul Protector and Soul Survivor Giveaway! topic

"Enter to win a copy of Soul Protector and a copy of Soul Survivor. Ends 05/13!
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Billy made a comment in the group Book Giveaways — Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories Giveaway topic

"1 ebook copy of Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories by Grant Palmquist.

http://www.coffeeaddictedwriter.com/2... "

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How to Start and Make a Conversation by Christopher Gottschalk

How to Start and Make a Conversation: How to Talk to Anyone in 30 Seconds or Less
by Christopher Gottschalk

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Before there was Facebook and Twitter, there was a thing called talking - actual face to face communication. In the book How to Start and Make a Conversation you'll learn how to talk to anyone in thirty seconds or less. You may think this is easy and...more

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Princess Alessa and The Frog War
by A. L. Albion

My rating:

With an original title, Princess Alessa, the Frog War, and a cool cover to go along with it, I was very eager to jump into this young adult fantasy. I was looking for a quick read in between reviews, and, well, I was shocked to find out the book was...more

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The Taker (The Taker #1)
by Alma Katsu (Goodreads Author)

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After midnight, Dr. Luke Findley of St. Andrew, Maine gets an unusual patient, murder suspect Lanore Mellvare. A young man’s body had been found in the nearby woods along with “Lanny”. As Luke attends to this young woman, who the police said looks “...more After midnight, Dr. Luke Findley of St. Andrew, Maine gets an unusual patient, murder suspect Lanore Mellvare. A young man’s body had been found in the nearby woods along with “Lanny”. As Luke attends to this young woman, who the police said looks “pale”, which is probably due to the cold Maine temperatures, Lanny begins to tell the doctor an unbelievable tale. The man’s body that is now in the morgue is none other than the body of Jonathan St. Andrew, which cannot be true as no St. Andrew has been alive for a few hundred years.

Pleading for Luke to help her escape, Lanny continues her story which starts in 1811 and talks about her admiration for the town founder’s son, Jonathan, despite her father’s and brother’s hatred for the St. Andrew family. You see St. Andrews were quite wealthy, while everyone else struggled to get by. Secretly, and despite being a few years younger, Lanny develops a friendship with Jonathan that later turns into a fling, one that results in her pregnancy. Lanny tries to hide her situation from her family. Jonathan becomes engaged to another very young girl, an arrangement made by his father. With nowhere else to turn, Lanny tells her parents of her pregnancy. Her father is furious and embarrassed. The decision is made that Lanny will be sent to Boston to live at a nunnery, in which the baby will be given up for adoption.

Lanny's life completely changes as she arrives in Boston. She is instantly swept into a wealth man’s, Adair, odd group, where in time she becomes Immortal. She now has riches beyond her wildest dreams, but the only thing she can think about is her beloved Jonathan.

The Taker is a stunningly haunted tale that will stay in your thoughts long after you have read the last word. From the first paragraph, I was swept into this creative world of Lanore “Lanny” Melvare. This is not a sweet love story; this is a very dark and twisted love story. Despite what you might think, Lanny is not a vampire, she is just an immortal, which was forced upon her. The good Doctor Luke Findley is a lost soul and caught up into the dangerous world that Lanny has created for herself. The Taker is a blend of the Interview with a Vampire, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The narrative is wonderfully written as is the plot. The paperback edition that I have reviewed includes a sneak peak of the upcoming sequel, The Reckoning. The Taker is a beautiful read and I recommend it to all readers.(less)

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Billy entered a giveaway Darkness Devours (Dark Angels, #3) by Keri Arthur 1 copy available, ends on June 05, 2012 Enter to win
May 29, 2012 11:39am · see giveaway
Billy entered a giveaway The Pack: Retribution by L.M. Preston 5 copies available, ends on July 20, 2012 Enter to win
May 29, 2012 11:38am · see giveaway
Billy gave to: Purr-Fect Recipes for a Healthy Cat: 101 Natural Cat Food & Treat Recipes to Make Your Cat Happy by Lisa Shiroff	My rating:
I am a cat lover, so when I saw the title Purr-fect Recipes for a Healthy Cat: 101 Natural Cat Food & Treat Recipes to Make Your Cat Happy, I had to review it. Author and fellow animal lover Lisa Shiroff takes you through the basics, which provi...more
May 15, 2012 11:14pm · see review
Billy gave to: How to Apologize to Your Woman...So That She Won't Use It Against You in the Future by Karen Field Bolek read in January, 2012	My rating:
There is not one man in the world that understands what a woman is thinking, let alone how to apologize to her when you have done something wrong. Author Karen Field Bolek has written an interesting book titled How to Apologize to Your Woman . . . So...more
May 15, 2012 11:12pm · see review
Billy gave to: Calico Joe by John Grisham (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Unexpected Paul Tracey gets a call from his most recent stepmother who informs him that his ex-major leaguer father, Warren Tracey, is dying of cancer. His relationship with his father has been very distant since his parents divorced when he was in h...more
May 14, 2012 01:46pm · see review
Billy made a comment in the group Book Giveaways — Soul Protector and Soul Survivor Giveaway! topic "Enter to win a copy of Soul Protector and a copy of Soul Survivor. Ends 05/13! http://www.coffeeaddictedwriter.com/2... "
May 01, 2012 06:51am
Billy made a comment in the group Book Giveaways — Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories Giveaway topic "1 ebook copy of Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories by Grant Palmquist. http://www.coffeeaddictedwriter.com/2... "
Apr 25, 2012 10:08pm
Billy gave to: How to Start and Make a Conversation: How to Talk to Anyone in 30 Seconds or Less by Christopher Gottschalk	My rating:
Before there was Facebook and Twitter, there was a thing called talking - actual face to face communication. In the book How to Start and Make a Conversation you'll learn how to talk to anyone in thirty seconds or less. You may think this is easy and...more
Apr 20, 2012 10:09pm · see review
Billy gave to: Princess Alessa and The Frog War by A. L. Albion	My rating:
With an original title, Princess Alessa, the Frog War, and a cool cover to go along with it, I was very eager to jump into this young adult fantasy. I was looking for a quick read in between reviews, and, well, I was shocked to find out the book was...more
Apr 17, 2012 10:23am · see review
Billy gave to: The Taker (The Taker #1) by Alma Katsu (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
After midnight, Dr. Luke Findley of St. Andrew, Maine gets an unusual patient, murder suspect Lanore Mellvare. A young man’s body had been found in the nearby woods along with “Lanny”. As Luke attends to this young woman, who the police said looks “...more
Apr 15, 2012 11:27pm · see review

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