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October 27, 2014
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Ruby’s Letters
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for contemporary / paranormal romance “Ruby’s Letters”. Enjoy the starter day party, and please visit all the blogs participating.
Tour Schedule
October 27th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
October 29th: Book Excerpt @ 365 Days of Reading
October 31st: Author Interview @ The Single Librarian
November 2nd: Book Excerpt @ Underneath the Covers
November 4th: Book Excerpt @ Sunshine Book Promotions
November 6th: Author Interview @ Cassidy Cr...
October 25, 2014
Mini-Review: A Beautiful dark, Dark Eden, Girl of Fire and Thorns
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.
A Beautiful Dark
Title: A Beautiful Dark
Author: Jocelyn Davies
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy, Angels
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
On the night of Skye’s seventeenth birthday, she meets two enigmatic strangers. Complete opposites—like fire...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Journal of a South African Zombie Apocalypse
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for YA horror/dystopian “Journal of a South African Zombie Apocalypse”. The tour runs from October 25 to November 25. I’ll be reviewing the book on November 13. Stay tuned for the review, and in the mean time, visit all the other tour stops.
Tour Schedule
October 25th : Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
October 27th: Book Excerpt @ 365 Days of Reading
October 29th: Author Interview @ The Single Librarian
October 31st: Book Excerpt @ Under...
October 23, 2014
Mini-Review: Becoming Marie Antoinette, A Killing Season, Waking Hours
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.
Becoming Marie Antoinette
Title: Becoming Marie Antoinette
Author: Juliet Grey
Genre: Historical Fiction
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
This enthralling confection of a novel, the first in a new trilogy, follows the transformation of a coddled Austrian...
October 22, 2014
Book Review: School of Deaths by Christopher Mannino
Title: School of Deaths
Author: Christopher Mannino
Genre: YA Fantasy
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Thrust into a world of men, can a timid girl find bravery as the first female Death?
Thirteen-year-old Suzie Sarnio always believed the Grim Reaper was a fairy tale image of a skeleton with a scythe. Now, forced to enter the College of Deaths, she finds herself training to bring souls from the...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Cursed Heroes: The Beginnings
I’m hosting a starter day party today for the book tour for science-fiction / fantasy “Cursed Heroes: The Beginnings”. I’ll be reviewing the book on November 17. Stay tuned for the review, and in the meantime, visit the other tour stops.
Tour Schedule
October 22nd: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
October 22nd: Promo Post @ Undercover Book Reviews
October 24th: Book Excerpt @ The Reading Guru
October 26th: Promo Post @ The Book Gazette
October 28th: Author Interview @ Majanka’s Blog
October 30th:...
October 20, 2014
Book Review: The Last Mile by Tim Waggoner
Title: The Last Mile
Author: Tim Waggoner
Genre: Dark Fiction, Horror
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 3 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
All Dan wanted was to be a good husband and father, to provide for his wife and daughter, to keep them fed, warm, and safe. But then the malevolent godlike beings called the Masters arrived, and their darkness spread across the world, reshaping it into a twisted realm of savagery and madness. In exchange...
Book Tours: Guest Post Married One Night
I’m hosting a guest post for the book tour for “Married One Night”. Enjoy the guest post!
Fiction vs. Reality
by
Amber Leigh Williams
Do you ever wonder how much of what an author writes is informed by his/her real lives? It’s the age-old quest to figure out how much reality informs fiction. After Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published, J.K. Rowling revealed that the book’s dementors were inspired by her struggles with depression. Even in the fantastical world of magic, it seems t...
Book Review: Deviation by Christine Manzari
Title: Deviation
Author: Christine Manzari
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 4,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Being a Sophisticate of the Program seems like it’d be a pretty sweet deal: a little genetic alteration and anyone can be smarter, faster, and stronger. It’s a dream come true. All you have to give up is your freedom.
Cleo is a Sophisticate and she has a bright future in the Program. But s...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Phoenix Rising
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for multicultural contemporary romance “Phoenix Rising”. The tour runs from October 20 to November 20. I’ll review the book on November 14. Stay tuned for the review, and in the mean time, visit the other blogs.
Tour Schedule
October 20th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
October 21st: Promo Post @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
October 22nd: Book Excerpt @ The Single Librarian
October 24th: Promo Post @ Bookaholic Ramblings
October 25th: Author...
