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July 23, 2013
Book Review: The Chosen by Annette Gisby
Title: The Chosen
Author: Annette Gisby
Genre: M/M fantasy romance
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon, Amazon.co.uk, All Romance eBooks, Smashwords
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
The neighbouring kingdoms of Oscia and Arcathia have been at a tentative peace for three years after centuries of warfare. Prince Severin of Arcathia has been brought up to put duty before all else and as the only son of the King and Queen, it is his...
July 22, 2013
Book Review: The Psychology of Dexter by Bella DePaulo
Title: The Psychology of Dexter
Editor: Bella DePaulo
Genre: Non-Fiction, Essays, Pop Culture
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon (Paperback), Amazon (Kindle)
Review copy provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Dexter Morgan: Police forensic analyst. Family man. Serial killer. And the star of Showtime’s most-watched series, Dexter.
Aimed at Dexter devotees and armchair psychologists, The Psychology of Dexter takes on the psychological complexities o...
July 21, 2013
Book Review: Assassination Anxiety (The McKenzie Files #2) by Barry Nelson
Title: Assassination Anxiety (The McKenzie Files 2)
Author: Barry Nelson
Genre: Science-Fiction, Adventure
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon (Paperback), Amazon (Kindle), B&N
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
The three captured and reprogrammed Brelac Reploids have proved their worth to the Protectorate in a fierce battle against the powerful cybernetic weapon Succubus, developed by traitorous Dr. Fenlow. The Reploids, commissioned to...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Special Offers
I’m happy to host the starter day party today for paranormal romance / urban fantasy novel “Special Offers”. I’ll be reviewing this book on July 26th, so stay tuned for the review!
Tour Schedule
July 22nd: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
July 23rd: Book Excerpt @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
July 24th: Author Interview @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog
July 26th: Book Review @ I Heart Reading
July 27th: Book Excerpt @ Book Cracker Caroline
July 28th: Author Interview @ Majanka’s Blog
Special Offers
Title: Specia...
July 20, 2013
Book Review: Who Is Francis Rain?
Title: Who Is Francis Rain?
Author: Margaret Buffiez
Genre: Paranormal Mystery
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 3 stars
Purchase: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N
In this 20th-anniverary edition of the novel by Margaret Buffie, it’s going to be a long, hot summer for 15-year-old Lizzie. Normally a vacation at her grandmother’s northern Manitoba cottage is the highlight of the year, but this summer the whole family is going along, including her new stepfather whom she detests. To escape the family’s bickering,...
July 19, 2013
Book Tours: Guest Post The Practical Guide to Happiness
I’m stepping aside for today and leaving the spotlight to Margaret Curley Sanborn, the author of non-fiction book “The Practical Guide to Happiness”. She’s written a guest post for my blog about happiness.
”I’ll Be Happy When . . .”
If you have thought this, you know that “when” rarely seems to come; and when it does it doesn’t last very long and is seldom as wonderful as you anticipated. When you think of happiness as something outside of you, a commodity that comes and goes, as something atta...
July 18, 2013
Book Review The Rising Wind by Ken Floro III
Title: The Rising Wind
Author: Ken Floro III
Genre: Fantasy
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon (Paperback), Amazon (Kindle), B&N
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
After graduating into the Imperial knighthood, Marcavius and his cousin book passage aboard a merchant ship, the Rising Wind, to visit their family estate before reporting to the legions. They know no ship dares tread the heart of the Mennaidran Sea, yet along their voyage a...
July 17, 2013
Book Review: Niceville by Carsten Stroud
Title: Niceville
Author: Carsten Stroud
Genre: Horror, Dark Fiction
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 1 star
Something is wrong in Niceville. . .
A boy literally disappears from Main Street. A security camera captures the moment of his instant, inexplicable vanishing. An audacious bank robbery goes seriously wrong: four cops are gunned down; a TV news helicopter is shot and spins crazily out of the sky, triggering a disastrous cascade of events that ricochet across twenty differen...
July 16, 2013
Book Review: From Frights to Flaws by Sunayna Prasad
Title: From Frights to Flaws (Alyssa McCarthy’s Magical Missions)
Author: Sunayna Prasad
Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade
Age Group: Middle Grade
Rating: 4 stars
Links: Goodreads
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Twelve-year-old Alyssa McCarthy can no longer stand the toughness of her uncle and wants a better life. But one day she discovers not only the existence of magic, but also a villain hunting her down. The villain uses magic and magical technology...
July 15, 2013
Book Tours: Starter Day Party The Practical Guide to Happiness
I’m hosting another starter day party today. This one is for “The Practical Guide to Happiness”, a non-fiction self-help book. I’ll be hosting a guest post later this week, so stay tuned, and in the mean time, check out the other tour stops!
Tour Schedule
July 16th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
July 18th: Book Excerpt @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
July 20th: Guest Post @ I Heart Reading
July 21st: Author Interview @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog
July 22nd: Book Review @ Brooke Blogs
July 23rd: Book Excer...
