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September 16, 2014
Book Review: Stalking Shadows by Debi Chestnut
Title: Stalking Shadows: The Most Chillling Experiences of a Paranormal Investigator
Author: Debi Chestnut
Genre: Non-Fiction, Ghosts and Hauntings, True Haunting
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 3,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
If the world of the paranormal were a house, Stalking Shadows would be its wicked basement. And like a basement full of sinister energy, this collection of true stories is powerful enough to snuff out your flashlight,...
September 15, 2014
Cover Reveal Party Dear Carolina
We’re happy to host the cover reveal today for women’s fiction “Dear Carolina”.
About the Book
Title: Dear Carolina
Author: Kristy Woodson Harvey
Genre: Women’s Fiction
One baby girl.
Two strong Southern women.
And the most difficult decision they’ll ever make.
Frances “Khaki” Mason has it all: a thriving interior design career, a loving husband and son, homes in North Carolina and Manhattan—everything except the second child she has always wanted. Jodi, her husband’s nineteen-year-old cousin, is fre...
Book Tours: Guest Post Hidden Element Tour
I’m hosting a guest post today for the book tour for “Hidden Element”. I hope you enjoy the guest post, and I’ll leave the word to author Donna Galanti now.
Mind Control: Would You If You Could?
by Donna Galanti
In my paranormal suspense novel, A Hidden Element, mind control is used by the Elyon cult community to get what they want – and its power can be taken away through punishment.
Yet, even while the Elyon community uses mind control to commit theft and murder they have strict rules about it...
Book Review: Conduits by Jennifer Loring
Title: Conduits
Author: Jennifer Loring
Genre: Horror, Supernatural Horror, Novella, Dark Fiction
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Mara is a Japanese-American girl with a history of personal tragedy. Though she still cuts herself to quell the pain, she thought the worst was behind her. But her boyfriend’s sudden death, and a visit to one of the most haunted places in Washington State, sends her into a spiral of...
Book Tours: Book Spotlight Round the Bend
Title: Round the Bend: From Luton to Peru to Ningaloo, a Search for Life After Redundancy
Author: Alistair McGuiness
Publisher: Matador
Pages: 256
Genre: Travel
Format: Paperback; Kindle
Purchase at AMAZON
From the Amazon to the Andes and Kilimanjaro to Cape Town. This adventure story captures the reality and exhilaration of leaving home to undertake Gap Year travel in South America, Africa, Fiji and Australia.
Three things happened simultaneously. The lioness charged, Alistair fled across the parche...
September 14, 2014
Book Review: The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co #2) by Jonathan Stroud
Title: The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co #2)
Author: Jonathan Stroud
Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult, Ghosts, Horror
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in England, Lockwood & Co. hasn’t made much progress. Quill Kipps and his team of Fittes agents keep swooping in on Lockwood’s investigations. Finally, in a...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Project Firebird
I’m hosting a starter day party for YA science fiction novel “Project Firebird”. The tour runs from September 15 to October 15. I’ll be reviewing the book on October 8. Stay tuned for the review, and mean time, enjoy visiting the other tour stops.
Tour Schedule
September 15th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
September 17th: Book Excerpt @ Bookaholic Ramblings
September 19th: Author Interview @ Majanka’s Blog
September 21st: Book Review @ Forever Book Lover
September 24th : Book Excerpt @ The Wo...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Charter to Redemption
I’m happy to host the starter day party today for historical romance “Charter to Redemption”. The tour runs from September 15 to October 15. I’ll be reviewing the book on October 15. Stay tuned for the review, and in the mean time, visit all hte other tour stops.
Tour Schedule
September 15th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
September 17th: Promo Post @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
September 19th: Book Excerpt @ Forever Book Lover
September 20th: Book Review, Excerpt and Giveaway @ A Cup of Tea and a...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Defender of the Flame
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for science fiction “Defender of the Flame”. The tour runs from September 15 to September 29. I’ll be reviewing the book on September 25. Stay tuned for the review, and in the mean time, visit the other tour stops.
Tour Schedule
September 15th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
September 17th: Promo Post @ Bookish Madness
September 19th: Author Interview @ Editor Charlene’s Blog
September 21st: Promo Post @ Bookaholic Ramblings
September 2...
September 13, 2014
Mini-Review: Spellcaster, The Unseen, The Raft
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.
Spellcaster
Title: Spellcaster (Spellbound #2)
Author: Cara Lynn Shultz
Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
After breaking a centuries-old romantic curse, Emma Connor is (almost) glad to get back to normal problems. Alt...
