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January 6, 2014
Book Review: Dream of the Serpent by Alan Ryker
Title: Dream of the Serpent
Author: Alan Ryker
Genre: Horror, Dark Fiction, Dark Fantasy
Rating: 3,5 stars
Purchase:
Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Cody Miller is on the brink of having it all: an MBA, a high-powered job in corporate finance, and the girl of his dreams. And then one mistake, one unfortunate accident, takes it all away in the blink of an eye. His future, his health and his hope—gone—up in flames, leaving him the victim of an unimaginab...
Book Tours: Book Spotlight for From Adam to Omega
I’m hosting a spotlight today for UFO Phenomenon book “From Adam to Omega”. There’s also a giveaway for a $25 Amazon Gift Card at the button of the post. Feel free to participate!
About The Book
Title:From Adam to Omega
Genre:UFO Phenomenon
Author: A.R. Roberts
Publisher: iUniverse
Pages: 522
Language: English
ISBN -978-1-47590-505-2
Extraterrestrial life has been a philosophical issue that has not been high on the priority list for scientific study. Since the UFO issue revolves around possible alien...
Release Day Party Running Secrets
I’m happy to host the release day party for women’s contemporary fiction novel “Running Secrets” today. To celebrate the release, you can win 5 eBook copies, in Kindle or Nook format.
Buy your copy from Amazon or B&N.
Read an Excerpt
It crept in as a darkness, a long shadowy dark spiral that pulled Chris downward and kept her there. A darkness that hurt. Burying, suffocating, shadowing all meaning, all hope. A lump in the back of the throat robbing food of all pleasure. A tongue so thick, so hea...
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (48)
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. 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
Down to Business by J.C. Alexander
A Dance for Fools by J.A. Lynch
The One You Feed by James Drummond
Currently Reading
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January 5, 2014
Book Tours: Starter Day Party The Howling Heart
I’m hosting a starter day party for paranormal romance novel “The Howling Heart”. I’ll be reviewing the book on January 24. Stay tuned for the review and in the meantime, check out all the other tour stops.
Tour Schedule
January 6th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
January 6th: Book Excerpt @ Stories of Romance
January 8th: Book Review @ For The Love of Books
January 10th: Book Excerpt @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
January 12th: Author Interview @ The Single Librarian
January 13th: Book Excerpt @ Boo...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for A Life Less Ordinary
I’m hosting a starter day party today for chicklit, contemporary fiction novel “A Life Less Ordinary”. I will review this book on January 11. Stay tuned for the review, and visit all the other blogs as well. You can win a $25 Amazon Gift Card during this tour – participating is easy! All you have to do is comment on one of the tour stops, and you’re in.
Tour Schedule
January 6th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
January 6th: Book Excerpt @ Stories of Romance
January 7th: Book Excerpt @ Sylv Je...
Book Review: House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty
Title: House of Bathory
Author: Linda Lafferty
Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thrillers, Historical Fiction
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 3 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher through Netgalley.
In the early 1600s, Elizabeth Báthory, the infamous Blood Countess, ruled Čachtice Castle in the hinterlands of Slovakia. During bizarre nightly rites, she tortured and killed the young women she had taken on as servants. A devil, a demon, the terror of Royal Hungary—she bathed in their...
In My Mailbox (49) / Mailbox Monday (56) / Stacking The Shelves (14)
The purpose of this meme is to share the books that came into our house last week with our readers. These can be ARCs, books we purchased ourselves, books requested for review by authors and publishers, eBooks, free reads we stumbled upon and audiobooks. The only thing that doesn’t count are library books.
In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren.
Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews.
Click HERE to view all my ‘In My Mailbox’ posts.
In My Mailbox
House...
Book Review: The House at Sea’s End (Ruth Galloway #3) by Elly Griffiths
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tle: The House at Sea’s End (Ruth Galloway #3)
Author: Elly Griffiths
Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Ruth Galloway has just returned from maternity leave and is struggling to juggle work and motherhood. When a team from the University of North Norfolk, investigating coastal erosion, finds six bodies buried at the foot of the cliff, she is immediately put on the case. DCI Nelson is investigating, but Ruth finds this more hindrance than help –...
January 4, 2014
Book Review: Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
Title: Company of Liars
Author: Karen Maitland
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery and Suspense
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales–an ingenious alchemy of history, mystery, and powerful human drama.
The year is 1348. The Black Plague grips the country. In a world ruled by faith and fear, nine desperate strangers, brought together by chance, attempt to outrun the certain death that is running...
