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January 13, 2016
Waiting on Wednesday (36)
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill from Breaking The Spine that spotlights upcoming releases bloggers are eagerley anticipating. These can be debut novels, sequels, eBooks,…as long as they aren’t released yet.
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I’m waiting for…
Title: The Shadow Queen
Author: C.J. Redwine
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravensp...
Book Tour: Starter Day Party Blood Gold Revenge
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for thriller “Blood Gold Revenge”. The tour runs from January 13 to February 8.
Tour ScheduleJanuary 13th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
January 15th: Book Excerpt @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
January 17th: Promo Post @ Cassandra M’s Place
January 19th: Guest Post @ Books and Tales
January 21st: Book Excerpt @ The Single Librarian
January 23rd: Promo Post @ Indy Book Fairy
January 25th: Book Excerpt @ Books are Forever
January 28th...
January 12, 2016
Mini-Reviews: The Lost Girl, Abandon, Took
Time for some mini-reviews! What are mini-reviews, you ask? As the title suggests, these are short reviews, consisting of one paragraph tops, about a book. It’s a way to catch up on the books I’ve read a while ago, but never got around to reviewing.
The Lost Girl
Tite: The Lost Girl
Author: R.L. Stine
Genre: Young Adult, Horror
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase:
Amazon
Generations of children and teens have grown up on R.L. Stine’s bestselling and hugely popular horror series, Fear Street and Goos...
Cover Reveal Party The Running Game
Title: The Running Game
Author: L.E. Fitzpatrick
Genre: Dystopian
Rachel’s father called it the running game. Count the exits, calculate the routes. Always be ready to run because they’ll always be coming for you. Whatever happens, they’ll always be coming for you.
On the surface, Rachel is just an ordinary doctor, trying to stay alive in war-torn London, but she has a secret. Rachel is a Reacher – wanted by the government and by the criminal underworld – for her telekinetic p...
Teaser Tuesdays (33)
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. In this meme, we grab our current read, open it to a random page and share two teaser sentences from somewhere on that page with our readers.
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Here is my teaser:
“Well, Den, seems to me you’ve been placin’ too much trust in that girlfriend of yours. We’re gonna have to do a better job of keepin’ our eyes open and you’re gonna have to get rid of your woman.”
~ p. 106, Russe...
January 11, 2016
Book Review: The Killing Jar
Title: The Killing Jar
Author: Jennifer Bosworth
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 3 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
“I try not to think about it, what I did to that boy.”
Seventeen-year-old Kenna Marsden has a secret.
She’s haunted by a violent tragedy she can’t explain. Kenna’s past has kept people—even her own mother—at a distance for years. Just when she finds a friend who loves her and life begins to...
Release Day Party Henchgirl
Title: Henchgirl
Author: Rita Stradling
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
I had never thought my life was ideal, but it had been manageable.
By day I pretended to be a human, going to a ‘human’s only’ high-school, making human friends and trying to get the attention of Keanu Hale, my school’s quarterback. At night, I worked as a henchman, making sure no one got in the way of my grandfather’s hotel-empire which spanned across the Mabiian island chain. I was my grandfather’s most cherishe...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Reclaiming What Is Mine
I’m hosting the book tour starter party today for romance novel “Reclaiming What Is Mine”. The tour runs from January 11 to January 18.
Tour ScheduleJanuary 11th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
January 11th: Promo Post @ Book Lovers 4Ever
January 11th: Promo Post @ Stormy Night Reviewing
January 13th: Book Excerpt @ Indy Book Fairy
January 14th: Promo Post @ Paranormal Romance…And Beyond
January 18th: Promo Post @ Romantic Fanatic
About the Book
Title: Reclaiming What is Mine
Author: S...
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (59)
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by BookDate. It’s where book bloggers gather to talk about what books they read and reviewed last week, what books they’re currently reading and what books they’re planning to read. This is a great way for me to plan my reading week, and to take a sneak peek at what others are reading.
Finished Reading
January 10, 2016
Mini-Reviews: Bonesy, The Dover Demon, Left to Darkness
Time for some mini-reviews! What are mini-reviews, you ask? As the title suggests, these are short reviews, consisting of one paragraph tops, about a book. It’s a way to catch up on the books I’ve read a while ago, but never got around to reviewing.
Bonesy
Tite: Bonesy
Author: Mark Rigney
Genre: Horror
Rating: 3 stars
Purchase:
Amazon
Bones on the run!
When Reverend Renner’s mentor gives him a brass rubbing of a skeleton, nick-named Bonesy, a chain of calamity ensues. Bonesy breaks free f...
