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Finding Claire Fletcher
by Lisa Regan

Down on his luck, Detective Connor Parks takes solace in the arms of a woman he meets at a local bar, but in the morning, Claire Fletcher is gone, leaving behind clues to a decade-old mystery. Abducted at age fifteen, no one has heard from Claire Fletcher in ten years. Until now.

Driven by an unsettling need to see Claire again, Connor sets out to solve the mystery of her disappearance once and for all.

Author’s Website: www.lisaregan.com

Interview with Lisa Regan

1. When did you start reading?

My parents and grandparents always read to me. I was reading on my own at 5.

2. What was the first book you remember reading?

The Monster at The End of This Book with Sesame Street’s Grover in it. I knew that Grover was the monster at the end but it still scared the crap out of me every time I read it!

3. What attracted you to or got you started reading?

My grandfather, Walt was a big reader. He used to go to the library once a week, come home with a stack of books and mow right through them. My mom and stepdad always read, and there were always books in our house. For as far back as I can remember I was surrounded by books and readers.

4. What was the first book that had a real ‘wow’ factor for you?

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Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Kim from Read Your Writes Book Reviews. If you love to read and want to know if a book is good or not, Kim writes really thorough reviews that let's you get a feel for the book, so you can tell if it is one that you will like to read or not.

Kim's Bio: Oh, the tell me about yourself question.... Let’s see... I’m a shy girl from Texas, who loves Tex-Mex. I don’t talk very much, because I’m shy. But get me on the computer and I’m a totally different person. I’m a former accountant (but I’m nice and a little funny) turned stay at home mom to two humans, two cats, and a Husky. I’m lucky enough to hear the Pacific from my living room.

Read Your Write Website: www.readyourwrites.blogspot.com

1. When did you start reading?

Honestly, while most girls were reading Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, I was reading The Knowledge Encyclopedia. I could actually tell you everything you wanted to know about all 50 states. Then when everyone was reading the latest Sweet Valley High books, I was reading the one magazine my mother bought, Newsweek. Are you sensing a nerd vibe? I didn’t really start to love reading until around 2008, when the first Twilight movie came out. I had to find out what the big fuss was all about so I started to devour the books. After reading all of them in a fairly short amount of time, I discovered I liked reading. Up until that point I was always on my computer playing The Sims.

2. What was the first book you remember reading?

I’m going to have to say Run Spot Run, because that’s the book that popped into my head.

3. What attracted you to or got you started reading?

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Interview and GC giveaway with author Roberta Capizzi...

1. When did you start reading?

I didn’t go to kindergarten, so I spent the days with my mum; she read books for me, until I wanted to learn to read all by myself and she taught me to read using children’s magazines. I fell in love with books and I never stopped. Books have been my life ever since.

2. What was the first book you remember reading?

Ooh tough one! It was a long time ago, so I don’t really remember, but there’s one book I remember reading and loving when I was a child: The eyes of the Amaryllis by Natalie Babbitt.

3. What attracted you to or got you started reading?

I guess it was in my DNA, because I can’t remember a time in my life when I haven’t been reading. I’ve always been a bookworm, and I remember visiting my relatives and asking my older cousins if I could borrow their books, so I could read them while my parents spent time with my uncles and aunts.

4. What was the first book that had a real ‘wow’ factor for you?

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A Book Bloggers Journey Through Reading


Today I am really excited to introduce to you one of eight women who started the Orchard Book Club, approximately six months ago. I am going to be doing a series over the next couple of months so that you can meet all of them. If you haven't checked out their blog, you need to. They do a lot to help authors, not only by reading and writing good, honest reviews but they help authors by hosting interviews and getting the word out about their books. What I really like is that often two or three of the ladies will leave their review on the same book. Very cool idea. They're pretty funny ladies as well. I 'met' them when I sent them Tainted Waters to review. I have been chatting with them on Twitter and I have to say they make my day when I do. I pretty much always have a smile after our talks.

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I'd like you to meet: Nicola Higgins

Book Blogger's Bio:Books ripe for the picking

Orchard Book Club Book Reviewer Website:http://orchardbookclub.wordpress.com/
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1. When did you start reading?

I have always enjoyed reading, but when I was younger it had to be something I wanted to read and not something I was forced too. I remember at school we were asked to read Jane Eyre for English, I could have cried! It wasn't my kind of book and if I'm honest I only skimmed the book..... But don't tell my English teacher that!

2. What was the first book you remember reading?

Urm........ I think it was called Forever. It was a little bit naughty (not like the smut today) but I did have to hide it from my Mum.

3. What attracted you to or got you started reading?
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Interview with Author J.M. Kelley


1. When did you start reading?

I’ve been addicted to books for as long as I can remember. I couldn’t give you an age, but I feel safe in saying I started very young. I remember a very unsuccessful attempt at roller-skating with a book in hand, and can point out the scar that was a result of the experiment.

2. What was the first book you remember reading?

I believe Jenny and the Cat Club (Esther Averill) might be the earliest read I can recall. Jenny Linsky may be the only cat I could get along with.

3. What attracted you to or got you started reading?

I remember falling in love with so many things as a child. Fascinating settings, magical worlds, quirky characters, unique turns of phrase, even interesting illustrations in children’s books. I loved stories. I loved words. I simply couldn’t get enough. Very little has changed about that since I was a child.

4. What was the first book that had a real 'wow' factor for you?

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"Read enough, that you want for nothing." Maggie Thom

This quote "Read enough that you want for nothing" came to me earlier this week and really got me thinking ( a good thing I assure you), 'what do we want from reading?'

There are so many reasons for reading and each person has their own personal ones but it really dawned on me that, okay I'm going to take a leap here, that everyone reads to be taken somewhere else. To be suspended in time so that the physical world really has no meaning and really doesn't exist for that period of time, whatever it might be.

We read to fill ourselves up - with knowledge, with understanding, with emotion, with connection, with love, with answers, with questions, with joy, with excitement... We read so that we can experience whatever it is that we need to or want to in that moment. Reading really fills a lot of holes and allows us to experience whatever our heart and/or mind desires. We can pretend being rich and famous, lost and alone, on an exotic island, in the mind of a psychopath, in the throws of love, struggling with life, on top of the world... we can read to immerse ourselves in every feeling, every journey that there is.

Reading has always been a go to for me. When I was young and couldn't be outside...
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Writing this novel taught me a lot.

It always surprises me when I write a novel because each one is so different, not just the story but the process that I go through to write it.

People often say to me, your so lucky to be able to do that – write a book. I do have to agree, I am lucky because I get to create roller coaster ride suspense/thrillers. But believe me there is no luck involved in writing a book. It’s not really about hard work but it is about focus and dedication. If you’re going to write a book, you have to be willing to put in the time.


Believe me they do not write themselves.

I set a crazy goal with writing Split Seconds. Initially I had set out to write 40 to 45,000 words by the end of November, which I didn’t meet. But I did write 42,202 words in 18 days. So I’m pretty happy with that. The best part is that I did achieve writing 55,000 words in 21 days. I think that’s a new record for me. I still didn’t hit the 18,000 words in a day (and probably won’t again – it just made me feel like my arm was about to fall off) but I am sure I have never written that many words – 55,000 – in that short of a time period.

Whew! It was a crazy amount of focus. Especially considering, I had quite a few other things going on at the same time. Life does not stop.

I’m not sure why I had told myself I wouldn’t do it again. I guess I figured that after being focused so much for three weeks, I’d be burnt out. Instead what I found was that I truly liked the focus and dedication that was able to do, day in and day out


Split Seconds is finished.

The great news is that book 5, which is actually book 3 in The Caspian Wine Series, is finished.

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