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Book Review: Kingdom of Ice and Bones

Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Adventure Publishing Date: 22 Sept 2020 Blurb (Goodreads): Lira and Reyker have lost everything. Including each other. Lira of Stone watched her home burn and her clan fall beneath the sword of the warlord known as the Dragon. She believes the man she loves, a warrior who defected from the Dragon s… Continue reading Book Review: Kingdom of Ice and Bones

Midnight Sun

Yesterday, one of the biggest announcements to hit the bookworld happened. I’m sure everyone has already heard because everywhere on social media had it. Stephenie Meyer has finally decided to publish Midnight Sun on August 4, 2020! If you don’t know, Midnight Sun is basically Twilight told from Edward’s point of view. If that doesn’t… Continue reading Midnight Sun

Book Review: Like Water on Stone

Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Poetry Blurb (Goodreads): Blending magical realism and lyrical free verse, this is an intense survival story of three siblings caught up in the horrific events of the Armenian genocide of 1915. It is 1914, and the Ottoman Empire is crumbling into violence. Beyond Anatolia, in the Armenian Highlands, Shahen Donabedian… Continue reading Book Review: Like Water on Stone

Book Review: The World Without Flags

Genre: fiction, apocolyptic, zombies Blurb (from Goodreads): The old world is gone. Ten years have passed since a parasitic Worm nearly drove humanity to extinction. When the Worm infected its human host, it crawled up into the brain, latching on and taking command. The result was shambling hordes of infected people called zombies. When the… Continue reading Book Review: The World Without Flags

Book Review: Celestial

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Blurb (Goodreads): Seventeen-year-old Brynneth Carr is a mortal living in a land ruled by gods. She always wanted to meet one. Maybe shake his hand, receive his blessing. When she finally meets Andrey, lord of wit, her patron god, and he asks her to be his lover, she can’t say no.… Continue reading Book Review: Celestial

Author Interview: Ted Akin

About: Ted Akin is a wandering, wayward Texan telling stories from Kosciusko to Key West. He is a fantasy author, travel writer, farm blogger, and a Cuban Sandwich lover. Hailing from small town Texas, he has worked on farms and in oil patches all across the state. Given the opportunity, he’ll go on an adventure… Continue reading Author Interview: Ted Akin

Book Review: Talking As Fast As I Can

Genre: Nonfiction, Autobiography Blurb (Goodreads): In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and asking herself, “Did you, um, make it?” She opens up about… Continue reading Book Review: Talking As Fast As I Can

Teen Tuesday: House of Salt and Sorrows

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling Blurb (Goodreads): Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls’ lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than… Continue reading Teen Tuesday: House of Salt and Sorrows

Book Review: Collateral Damage

Genre: Fiction, Suspense, Christian, Romance Blurb (Goodreads): Honorably discharged from the Army after an explosion nearly killed her, former military psychiatrist Brooke Adams has set up shop to help others—but her days of helping military personnel are over. She’s got her own battles to fight from her time overseas, and she’s not equipped to take… Continue reading Book Review: Collateral Damage

Book Review: Tangled in Ivy

Expected Publish Date: June 9th 2020 Genre: Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery Blurb (Goodreads): From the bestselling author of Sweet Tea Tuesdays comes a story of true love that spans decades. Lillian Alexander’s father is dying of cancer. When he rambles on in a morphine-delirium, Lillian can’t ignore the feeling he’s trying to tell her something. At… Continue reading Book Review: Tangled in Ivy