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May 8, 2013
Book Review: Carved in Darkness by Maegan Beaumont
Title: Carved in Darkness
Author: Maegan Beaumont
Genre: Thriller, Suspense
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: , Amazon (Paperback), Amazon (Kindle)
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for honest review.
Past horrors bleed into a present day nightmare
Fifteen years ago, a psychotic killer abducted seventeen year old Melissa Walker. For 83 days she was raped and tortured before being left for dead in a deserted church yard… But she was still alive.
Melissa begins a...
May 7, 2013
Book Review: Devil in the Delta by Rich Newman
Title: Devil in the Delta
Author: Rich Newman
Genre: Non-Fiction / Ghosts & Hauntings
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 3,5 stars
Purchase: Llewellyn, Amazon, B&N
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
A television that shoots fire. Objects flying through the air. A demonic possession. A ghost hunter’s worst nightmare.
When author Rich Newman first arrives at the battered doublewide trailer deep in the Mississippi Delta, it’s clear that this is no ordinary haunting. Called fro...
May 6, 2013
Book Review: Eleven Days by Stav Sherez
Title: Eleven Days
Author: Stav Sherez
Genre: Thriller, Mystery and Suspense
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 4,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon, Goodreads, B&N
A fire rages through a sleepy West London square, engulfing a small convent hidden away among the residential houses. When DI Jack Carrigan and DS Geneva Miller arrive at the scene they discover eleven bodies, yet there were only supposed to be ten nuns in residence.
It’s eleven days before Christmas, and despite their superiors wanting the case solve...
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (25)
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.
Click HERE to view all my ‘It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?‘ posts.
Finished Reading Last Week
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
The E...
May 5, 2013
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Schoolgirl Cinderella
I’m happy to host a starter day party today for YA Fairytale Romance “Schoolgirl Cinderella”. This book sounds like a great read, and I’m sorry I won’t have time to review it, but the tour will be a blast!
Tour Schedule
May 6th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
May 6th: Book Review and Giveaway @ Deal Sharing Aunt
May 7th: Book Excerpt and Giveaway @ Reviewing in Chaos
May 8th: Book Review @ Walking Butterfly Feet
May 10th: Book Review, Excerpt and Giveaway @ Penny for Them
May 12th: Book Review...
May 4, 2013
Book Review: The McKenzie Files by Barry Nelson
Title: The McKenzie Files
Author: Barry Nelson
Genre: Science-Fiction, Adventure
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Createspace, Amazon, B&N
The first book in the series introduces Colin McKenzie, Diane Christy, and Kelly Lytton. Genetically engineered human weapons known as Reploids. Given powerful psionic based abilities they fight to defend the Human empire of colony planets, The United Protectorate, against the invading alien enemy, the Brelac. But can they stop the Brelac from creating...
May 3, 2013
Book Review: The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) by Julie Kagawa
Title: The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2)
Author: Julie Kagawa
Genre: YA Dystopian, Paranormal Romance
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 5 stars
Purchase: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of blood leads her back to the beginning—New Covington and the Fringe, and a vampire prince who wants her dead yet ma...
May 2, 2013
Book Tours: Book Excerpt from “Awakening”
I’m hosting an excerpt today from “Awakening”, the second book in the BirthRight Trilogy series. I reviewed the first book, “The Arrival”, and had a blast reading through this snippet. I hope you enjoy it as well!
Book Excerpt
Sian tipped her head up to press a kiss to Daron’s jaw then scooted off the bed and went to look out the windows.
Outside the forest darkened as the sun dropped, and the sounds of the animals changed. The day dwellers were going to sleep, and the night dwellers began to ve...
May 1, 2013
Book Review: The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1)
Title: The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1)
Author: Julie Kagawa
Genre: YA Dystopian, Paranormal
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 5 stars
Purchase: Goodreads, Amazon (Paperback), Amazon (Kindle), B&N
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for honest review.
To survive in a ruined world, she must embrace the darkness
Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a walled-in city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten. Some da...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Sewing a Friendship: The Power of Imagination (Book One)
I’m hosting the starter day party today for “Sewing a Friendship: The Power of Imagination (Book One). This is a children’s chapter book that will be touring from May 1st to June 1st. I’ll be reviewing it on my blog on May 27th. Stay tuned for the review, and meanwhile, check out the other tour stops!
Tour Schedule
May 1st: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
May 3rd: Book Excerpt @ Bookaholic Ramblings
May 4th: Author Interview @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog
May 7th: Book Excerpt @ I’m an Eclectic Read...
