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April 10, 2013
Book Review: Betrayal (Syrenka #2) by Amber Garr
Betrayal is the second book in the Syrenka Series. I reviewed the first book in the series, Promises, last week. I enjoyed reading Promises, but I enjoyed Betrayal even more. The pacing is a lot more relentless in this book, the characters are vibrant and entertaining and well, I absolutely loved Graham. He was the perfect amount of bad boy thrown in an attractive body and with some nice quircks. I also loved Eviana’s progress here, as she changed from a bit of a egocentrical, stubborn teenag...
April 6, 2013
Guest Post Muskie Attack Book Tour
I’m hosting a tour stop for the Muskie Attack book tour today. Muskie Attack is a MG adventure series, and it sounds like a blast. I’ll leave the room to author G.M. Moore now!
Guest Blog Post
When I started writing Muskie Attack, the first book in the Up North Adventure series, I only had one goal in mind: getting my 8-year-old nephew to read. He was, and still is, very outdoorsy and adventurous. And like many young boys, he suffered from ADD. Getting him to sit down and read was virtually imp...
April 5, 2013
Book Review: The Reluctant Goddess by A.F. Firebird
It’s hard to review The Reluctant Goddess because, quite frankly, this was a strange book to read. The main character, Hector, is a servant of LIFE along with several other (sometimes familiar-sounding) characters like Boudica (Hector’s trainee), Michael, Genghis, Attila, and a whole lot of others. Even the judge at the trial toward the end sounded familiar although I have no idea where I heard his name before. Either way, the servants of LIFE are on a very delicate mission to make people rem...
April 4, 2013
Book Review: Promises (Syrenka #1) by Amber Garr
Promises is the first book in the Syrenka Series. I’ll read and review all of these books during April. It was a bit of a surprise jump starting to read the series because I had no idea what to expect. Mermaids, yes, but well, that hardly covers any ground. I expected these books to be good though because I’d heard about them before. Well, I wasn’t disappointed – at least not by this one (I’m still reading book two, and haven’t gotten started on book three yet).
Eviana is the oldest daughter o...
April 2, 2013
Guest Blog Post by Robin Murphy
I’m going to stand aside and lend my blog to paranormal author Robin Murphy for the day. Robin is the author of “Sullivan’s Secret”, a paranormal mystery. She has written an amazing guest post about how writing found her, and I thought it was really inspiring. Anyway, I’ll stop babbling now, and leave the floor to Robin!
Writing Found Me
I was once asked if I had found my passion in writing when I was young. My answer was, “No, I didn’t. I think writing found me.” Strange as it may seem, but I...
April 1, 2013
Cover Reveal Party Sunbolt
Today we’re celebrating the cover reveal party for serial novella Sunbolt. The author was kind enough to offer 3 digital ARC copies for giveaway to 3 lucky winners! Scroll down for the Rafflecopter form to participate.
Here is the gorgeous cover for Sunbolt….
About Sunbolt
Title: Sunbolt
Author: Intisar Khanani
Series Info: Book One of the Sunbolt Chronicles
Book type: Serial Novella
Blurb:
The winding streets and narrow alleys of Karolene hide many secrets, and Hitomi is one of them. Orphaned at a y...
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (24)
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
Goddess Interrupted (Goddess Test #2) by...
March 31, 2013
Starter Day Party Syrenka Series Tour
We’re celebrating the starter day party for the Syrenka Series Tour today. The Syrenka Series looks like a great read, and I’ll be reviewing all three books in the series during the month of April. YAY!
Tour Schedule
April 1st: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
April 3rd: Book Review “Promises” (Syrenka #1) @ All Sorts of Books
April 4th: Book Review “Promises” (Syrenka #1) @ I Heart Reading
April 6th: Author Interview @ The Book Lover’s Report
April 8th: Book Review “Betrayal” (Syrenka #2) @ All...
March 29, 2013
Book Review: Catalyst by Paul Byers
Catalyst starts out promising with a scary, suspenseful air battle that immediately sets the tone for the rest of the book. We meet Griff Avery, our protagonist, who is commanding officer for the flight forces, and whose mission fails. He’s confronted by a guilty conscious over losing his men for the first time, because this time around he’s directly responsible. He struggles with a secret plan he’s helped put into motion, a new relationship that puts him on edge because the woman in question...
March 27, 2013
Book Review: The Awakening & Other Stories by Emma Meade
The Awakening & Other Stories is a quick, deliciously scary anthology to read through. It comes up at around 70 pages, and offers eight stories. I think I finished it in under an hour. The stories fit nicely together. They’re all themed around horror, paranormal horror in particular. I like anthologies that have one central theme or topic, and that was certainly the case here. I’m going to talk about all the stories in detail, and then give a general opinion at the end.
Ghost Story – This was...
