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August 24, 2014
Book Review: Ghost House by Alexandra Adornetto
Title: Ghost House
Author: Alexandra Adornetto
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Mystery, Ghosts
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 2 stars
Purchase: Amazon
From the New York Times bestselling author of Halo comes the start of a beautiful and powerful new series.
After the loss of her mother, Chloe Kennedy starts seeing the ghosts that haunted her as a young girl again. Spending time at her grandmother’s country estate in the south of England is her chance to get away from her grief and the spirits that hau...
Book Tours: Book Spotlight for The Banana Bunch
Title:The Banana Bunch
Author: Dawn Carroll
Publisher: Amolibros
Pages: 120
Genre:Children’s Book
Format: Ebook/Paperback
Purchase atAMAZON
The monkeys have a human friend called Sheila.
Sheila is in hospital – and she hates the hospital food.
The monkeys decide that something simply has to be done…
When their first attempt at delivering bananas to Sheila is thwarted the monkeys decide to form The Banana Bunch, a secret society dedicated to the delivery of delicious, health-giving bananas to Sheila and...
August 23, 2014
Mini-Review: Drowned, Disappeared, Cast in Peril
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.
Drowned
Title: Drowned
Author: Therese Bohman
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Literary Fiction
Rating: 1,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Drowned, set in the idyllic countryside during a short-lived Swedish summer, gets under one’s skin from the first page, creat...
Book Review: The Blue Effect by Rose Shababy
Title: The Blue Effect
Author: Rose Shababy
Genre: Adult Urban Fantasy / Science-Fiction
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Blue Brennan is jaded and bitter despite her pinup girl looks and quick wit. Night after night, she scours the Seattle club scene looking for someone or something to fill the emptiness inside.
When she meets the mysterious Kasey, her world stops… literally. He claims she has the ab...
August 22, 2014
Book Tours: Starter Day Party She Who Fights Monsters
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for urban fantasy / paranormal romance “She Who Fights Monsters”. The tour runs from August 22 to August 29. Have fun visiting all the tour stops.
Tour Schedule
August 22nd: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
August 23rd: Book Excerpt @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
August 24th: Promo Post @ The Single Librarian
August 26th: Author Interview @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog
August 28th: Book Review @ Forever Book Lover
August 29th: Book Excerpt @ Bookish M...
August 21, 2014
Mini-Review: Timepiece, My Dead Friend Sarah, Dead Man’s Hand
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.
Timepiece
Title: Timepiece (Hourglass #2)
Author: Myra McEntire
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Time Travel
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
A threat from the past could destroy the future. And the clock is ticking…
Kaleb Ballard was never suppose...
August 19, 2014
Book Review: Hostile Takeover by K.S. Ferguson
Title: Hostile Takeover
Author: K.S. Ferguson
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Scifi
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Rafe McTavish, security expert and new CEO at interplanetary mega-corp EcoMech, and his undercover ally Kama Bhatia, hacker and corporate spy, continue their pursuit of a ruthless blackmailer in the sequel to Calculated Risk.When Rafe’s arrival on EcoMech’s frontier colony world ruins th...
August 18, 2014
Book Tours: Guest Post for The Moonflower
I’m hosting a guest post today for the book tour for The Moonflower. I’ll leave the word to the author now. Enjoy.
Your Invisible Friend: Intuition
By Tara Edin
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” –Steve Jobs
Intuition is not as woo-woo as some may think. We all have it but not all are attuned to it. In fact, intuition is just as natural as breathing. It is always there, whether we are aware...
Book Review: Blackout by Tim Curran
Title: Blackout
Author: Tim Curran
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 3,5
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
In the midst of a beautiful summer, in a perfectly American suburban middle-class neighborhood, a faraway evil is lurking, waiting to strike the unsuspecting residents.
First come the flashing lights, then the heavy rains, high winds, and finally a total blackout. But that’s only the beginning…
When the whipping black te...
August 16, 2014
Mini-Review: The World’s Creepiest Places, Beyond the Wall, Killer Charm
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 World’s Creepiest Places
Title: The World’s Creepiest Places
Author: Bob Curran
Genre: Non-Fiction, True Haunting
Rating: 3,5
Purchase: Amazon
“Just sit back and relax as Dr. Bob Curran takes you to places that only your mind can create with his word...
