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June 5, 2013
Book Review: House of Reckoning by John Saul
Title: House of Reckoning
Author: John Saul
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon, Goodreads, B&N
After the untimely death of her mother, fourteen-year-old Sarah Crane is forced to grow up quickly in order to help tend her family’s Vermont farm and look after her grieving father, who’s drowning his sorrow in alcohol. But their quiet life together is shattered when her father is jailed for killing another man in a barroom brawl and injuring Sarah in a drunken ca...
Book Review: Root Bound (Emma and The Elementals #1) by Tanya Karen Gough
Title: Root Bound (Emma and The Elementals #1)
Author: Tanya Karen Gough
Genre: YA Fantasy
Age Group: MG/YA
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon, B&N, Kobo, iTunes, Smashwords
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
How far will you go to find your way home?
Emma and her father are always on the move, travelling from place to place as her father’s work demands. Their new home, however, is different. There’s a frightening woman who lives down the hall: she bears...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Along The Watchtower
Another starter day party on my blog today! This time it’s for general fiction novel “Along The Watchtower” by author David Litwack. “Along The Watchtower” will be going on tour for TWO months. Wow! Well, here’s the schedule for the first month!
Tour Schedule
June 5th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
June 6th: Book Excerpt and Giveaway @ Loup d’Argent
June 8th: Book Excerpt @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
June 10th: Author Interview @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog
June 12th: Book Excerpt @ The Book Daily
June...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Faelon
I’m hosting the starter day party for the Faelon tour today. Yay! The tour runs from June 5th to June 19th. Faelon is a M/M paranormal romance. I’ll be reviewing the book on my blog on June 16th. Stay tuned for my review!
Tour Schedule
June 5th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
June 7th: Book Excerpt @ Hollow Readers
June 9th: Author Interview @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog
June 10th: Book Review @ Books, Books and More Books
June 11th: Author Interview @ Majanka’s Blog
June 13th: Book Review @ Bookaho...
June 4, 2013
Release Day Party Along The Watchtower
I’m hosting a release day party today for “Along The Watchtower”, a novel by author David Litwack. “Along The Watchtower” sounds like a great read! I’ll be reviewing the book during the tour (which starts tomorrow – and I’m hosting the starter day party!), so I hope you all come visit again for the release day party.
You can get your copy of “Along The Watchtower” on Amazon today!
About Along The Watchtower
A Tragic Warrior Lost in Two Worlds…
The war in Iraq ended for Lieutenant Freddie Williams...
June 3, 2013
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Swan Story
I’m hosting a starter day party for contemporary romance “Swan Story” today. The tour runs for a week, and is visiting some awesome blogs!
Tour Schedule
June 3rd: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
June 5th: Book Excerpt @ Kindred Dreamheart
June 7th: Author Interview and Giveaway @ Literary Me
June 8th: Book Review @ Books, Books and More Books
June 9th: Book Spotlight @ Krystal’s Enchanting Reads
June 10th: Promo Post and Giveaway @ Deal Sharing Aunt
About Swan Story
Title: Swan Story
Author: Priya...
June 2, 2013
Guest Post Soul Shadows
I’m hosting a guest post today from the author of YA Horror Novel “Soul Shadows”. The author talks about a new way of writing books, and about how “Soul Shadows” was created. It’s a great post, and I hope you enjoy it!
Soul Shadows: a Collaborative Effort
I originally wrote my novel Soul Shadows for a publisher called Fiction Express. I was approached by Paul Humphreys, the MD, who said he was about to embark on a new, experimental form of publishing in which the readers play a big part in dete...
June 1, 2013
Book Review: School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Title: School for Good and Evil
Author: Soman Chainani
Genre: Fantasy
Age Group: Young Adult, Upper MG
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
At the School for Good and Evil, failing your fairy tale is not an option.
Welcome to the School for Good and Evil, where best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she’ll earn...
May 31, 2013
Book Review: Last Days by Adam Nevill
Title: Last Days
Author: Adam Nevill
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 5 stars
Last Days by Adam Nevill isa Blair Witch style novel in which a documentary film-maker undertakes the investigation of a dangerous cult—with creepy consequencesWhen guerrilla documentary maker, Kyle Freeman, is asked to shoot a film on the notorious cult known as the Temple of the Last Days, it appears his prayers have been answered. The cult became a worldwide phenomenon in 1975 when there was a ma...
May 29, 2013
Book Review: Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices #3) by Cassandra Clare
Title: Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices #3)
Author: Cassandra Clare
Genre: Paranormal Romance, YA
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 5 stars
Purchase: Goodreads, Amazon and B&N
Danger and betrayal, secrets and enchantment in the breathtaking conclusion to the Infernal Devices trilogy.
Tessa Gray should be happy – aren’t all brides happy?
Yet as she prepares for her wedding, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute.
A new demon appears, one linked by blo...
