Babs Hightower's Blog, page 29
September 1, 2018
September issue of Babs BookMark is live
Click cover to see issueFor this issue we decided to go black and white as Halloween is coming up. We think it turned out lovely. We have Keta Diablo, Amy M. Reade, Brita Addams, Kayelle Allen, book reviews, interview and lots of book information.
We will be adding two new colums in the magazine so be sure to read about those and learn about some new books.
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August 30, 2018
Longfit weaving knee brace prodcut review
The longfit weaving knee brace was a god send for my knee. Wearing it is very light weight. Not heavy. You can wear it easily when jogging, walking, playing a sport. It keeps pressure on the knee cap. If you have knee arthritis, this sleeve can also help relieve the pain by reducing the pressure on the knee. The material is made up of Nylon and Spandex. It won’t slip down your leg. It does come in 3 sizes. S/M/LPacking:1 Single piece x Knee ProtectorSize : S — 5.9inch * 5.2inch * 10.2inch M — 6.7inch * 5.9inch * 10.6inch L — 7.5inch * 6.7inch * 11.0inch. I got the medium and it was fine not too tight nad not too loose.
I wear it as I played vollyball in high school and now have issues but this is wonderful. It is so good that my father has asked to try it but I need to get him a large. See how well it works on his knees.
This would be great for a anyone that plays sports of any type, arthirits or any other kind of knee injury. I made a video of the brace as well.You can find it here http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074....
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August 29, 2018
Photo shoot live on Instagram with Nik as Pietas
The first weekend in September 2018, Nik will portray Pietas, the immortal king from the Bringer of Chaos series by Kayelle Allen. The cosplay will be performed in a live feed from Russia. To take part, follow Nik on Instagram. Exact date is September 1, 2018. Meet the immortal king Pietas live on Instagram #SpaceOpera #Cosplay @kayelleallen @nitsvetov
About Nik
Nik Nitsvetov is photographer and award-winning cosplayer. A gamer and anime fan, he often cosplays characters from popular series. He lives in Russia and is a strong supporter of Russian Cosplay. His personal photography ranges from cosplay to portraits and often includes animals and nature. You will find him online through various social media.
About Kayelle Allen
Kayelle Allen writes Sci Fi with misbehaving robots, mythic heroes, role playing immortal gamers, and warriors who purr. She’s a US Navy veteran who’s been married so long she’s tenured.
Author of the Bringer of Chaos series
www.kayelleallen.com ~ www.twitter.com/kayelleallen
Find a new book every day www.rlfblog.com
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Hair Removal for Women Waterproof Facial Hair Removal
I have been wanting to get some type of facical hair removal system for a while now. The creams don’t work and the shaving is makingit worse and worse as the years go by. So when this came up I decided to give it a try. Safe on all skin types and tones, facial hair removal for women, no more cuts from razors, no more redness and irritation. For me I found the head of the facial razor to be somwhat dull. I did try with water and also dry skin. I might not have put enough pressure but my chin and upper lip were not done as well as a razor. I am going to try again to be sure but tat the time of posting it was so so for the face. Now the hair trimmer was perfect around the boys ears and the clearning brush was a huge help.
As you can see from the picture above it comes with Portable Size–Easy to Cary. You can put the painless hair removal in a bag or pocket and take it with you when traveling. Specification: Material: ABS + Stainless Steel Color: Black Waterproof: IPX7 Charging time: About 3 hours Package: 1*hair remover Unit with Cap 1*Nose Trimmer 1*Head Cleaning Brush.
You can charge via USB and the chargge can last for about 3 hours. I have made a video of the prodcut to get a closer look at each piece. This system comes in 3 different colors. Silver, black and pink.
The hair removal system can be found here ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C... ).
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August 28, 2018
Stabbed in the Baklava (A Kebab Kitchen Mystery) by Tina Kashian, #spotlight #giveaway
Stabbed in the Baklava (A Kebab Kitchen Mystery)
by Tina Kashian
About the Book
Stabbed in the Baklava (A Kebab Kitchen Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Kensington (August 28, 2018)
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1496713494
ISBN-13: 978-1496713490
Digital ASIN: B077WVFL8M
Lucy Berberian has taken over her family’s Mediterranean restaurant on the Jersey Shore after an unsatisfying stint at a Philadelphia law firm. It’s great to be back in her old beach town, even if she’s turning into a seasoned sleuth . . .
Catering a high-society wedding should bring in some big income for Kebab Kitchen—and raise its profile too. But it’s not exactly good publicity when the best man winds up skewered like a shish kebab. Worse yet, Lucy’s ex, Azad—who’s the restaurant’s new head chef—is the prime suspect. But she doesn’t give a fig what the cops think. He may have killer looks, but he’s no murderer. She just needs to prove his innocence, before he has to go on the lamb . . .
Recipes included!
About the Author
Tina Kashian spent her childhood summers at the New Jersey shore, building sand castles, boogie boarding, and riding the boardwalk Ferris wheel. She also grew up in the restaurant business where her Armenian parents owned a restaurant for thirty years. She worked almost every job—rolling silverware and wiping down tables as a tween, to hosting and waitressing as a teenager.
After college, Tina worked as a NJ Deputy Attorney General, a patent attorney, and a mechanical engineer. Her law cases inspired an inquiring mind of crime, and since then, Tina has been hooked on mysteries. The Kebab Kitchen Cozy Mystery series launches with Hummus and Homicide, followed by Stabbed in the Baklava and One Feta in the Grave by Kensington Books. Tina still lives in New Jersey with her supportive husband and two young daughters. Please visit www.tinakashian.com and join her Newsletter to enter free contests to win books, get delicious recipes, and to learn when her books will be released.
Author Links
Website: tinakashian.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TinaKashianAuthor/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TinaKashian1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinakashian/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16902011.Tina_Kashian
Purchase Links
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2thcnMU
Barnes & Noble: https://bit.ly/2EUI5Dh
iBooks: https://apple.co/2JQmvnn
Google Books: https://bit.ly/2qDzgt9
Kobo: https://bit.ly/2Hf71f1
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
August 27 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
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August 28 – Varietats – REVIEW
August 28 – Cinnamon, Sugar and a Little Bit of Murder – REVIEW
August 29 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
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August 29 – Socrates’ Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 30 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
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August 31 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW
August 31 – A Blue Million Books – CHARACTER GUEST POST
September 1 – Devilishly Delicious Book Reviews – REVIEW
September 1 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW
September 2 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
September 3 – The Montana Bookaholic – REVIEW
September 3 – A Holland Reads – SPOTLIGHT
September 3 – T’s Stuff – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
September 4 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
September 4 – Teresa Trent Author Blog – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
September 5 – Bibliophile Reviews – REVIEW
September 5 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
September 6 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW
September 6 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
September 6 – Mysteries with Character – GUEST POST
September 7 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
September 7 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
September 7 – My Reading Journeys – CHARACTER GUEST POST
September 8 – Readeropolis – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
September 9 – Handcrafted Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
September 9 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW
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August 26, 2018
Flower Power Fatality (The Psychedelic Spy Mysteries) by Sally Carpenter, #spotlight #giveaway
Flower Power Fatality (The Psychedelic Spy Mysteries)
by Sally Carpenter
About the Book
Flower Power Fatality (The Psychedelic Spy Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Cozy Cat Press (April 22, 2018)
Paperback: 234 pages
ISBN-10: 1946063541
ISBN-13: 978-1946063540
Digital ASIN: B07DLJS6FF
The Cold War gets cozy in this retro-cozy spy caper set in 1967, a year of music, miniskirts—and murder! Actress Noelle McNabb works at the Country Christmas Family Fun Park in Yuletide, Indiana, but she longs for the bright lights of Hollywood.
Real-life drama comes her way when a stranger with a fatal gunshot wound stumbles across her doorstep. When she attempts to finds the man’s murderer, Noelle encounters a super-secret spy agency, SIAMESE (Special Intelligence Apparatus for Midwest Enemy Surveillance and Espionage). SIAMESE recruits Noelle on a quest to find missing microdots under the guidance of a street-wise agent, Destiny King. As Noelle goes undercover in a cheesy nightclub and faces the enemy in late-night chases, she uncovers family secrets and finds her moral values put to the test. Along with her pet cat, Ceebee, and the kooky residents of Yuletide, Noelle discovers it takes a village to catch a killer.
Giveaway
About the Author
Sally Carpenter has a master’s degree in theater from Indiana State University. While in school her plays “Star Collector” and “Common Ground” were finalists in the American College Theater Festival One-Act Playwrighting Competition. “Common Ground” also earned a college creative writing award and “Star Collector” was produced in New York City.
Carpenter also has a master’s degree in theology and a black belt in tae kwon do.
She’s worked as an actress, college writing instructor, theater critic, jail chaplain and tour guide/page for Paramount Pictures. She’s now employed at a community newspaper.
In her Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol series are: “The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper
” (2012 Eureka! Award finalist for best first mystery novel), “The Sinister Sitcom Caper
,” “The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper
” and “The Quirky Quiz Show Cape
r.”
She has short stories in two anthologies: “Dark Nights at the Deluxe Drive-in” in “Last Exit to Murder” and “Faster Than a Speeding Bullet” in “Plan B: Omnibus.”
She penned chapter three of “Chasing the Codex
,” a group mystery written by 24 authors with Cozy Cat Press, and writes the Roots of Faith column for the Acorn Newspapers.
She’s a member of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles.
Author Links
Website: http://sandyfairfaxauthor.com/
Blog: https://ladiesofmystery.com/
Facebook: facebook.com/sally.carpenter.54
GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40077348-flower-power-fatality
Purchase links Amazon Digital Amazon Print
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
August 27 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
August 27 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too! – SPOTLIGHT
August 28 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW
August 29 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
August 30 – Socrates’ Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 30 – T’s Stuff – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 31 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
September 1 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST
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September 2 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – GUEST POST
September 3 – Sneaky the library cat’s blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
September 4 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
September 4 – Community Bookstop – REVIEW
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September 5 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
September 6 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
September 7 – Readeropolis – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
September 8 – Here’s How It Happened – REVIEW
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August 25, 2018
Sipped (The Penningtons Investigate), CT Collier, spotlight
Sipped (The Penningtons Investigate)
by CT Collier
About the Book
Sipped (The Penningtons Investigate)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Asdee Press (June 11, 2018)
Paperback: 312 pages
ISBN-10: 1718912862
ISBN-13: 978-1718912861
Digital ASIN: B07DNP1NN8
After a rough semester, Professor Lyssa Pennington just wants to post her grades and join her husband, Kyle, in Cornwall for Christmas. First, though, she’s expected to host an elegant dinner for Emile Duval, the soon-to-be Chair of Languages at Tompkins College.
Too bad no one told Lyssa murder is on the menu. And, by the way, Emile Duval is an imposter.
Who is he really? And who wanted him dead? Without those answers, the Penningtons can kiss Christmas in Cornwall goodbye.
Giveaway
About the Author
C. T. Collier was born to solve logic puzzles, wear tweed, and drink Earl Grey tea. Her professional experience in cutthroat high tech and backstabbing higher education gave her endless opportunity to study intrigue. Add to that her longtime love of mysteries, and it’s no wonder she writes academic mysteries that draw inspiration from traditional whodunits. Her setting is entirely fictional: Tompkins College is no college and any college, and Tompkins Falls is a blend of several Finger Lakes towns, including her hometown, Seneca Falls, NY (AKA Bedford Falls from It’s a Wonderful Life).
Author Links
Website: https://drkatecollier.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kate.collier.315
Twitter: @Tompkins Falls
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/zds5zps
Purchase Links
Amazon Paperback Barnes & Noble Paperback Kindle Nook
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
August 20 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too! – REVIEW
August 21 – A Blue Million Books – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
August 22 – Valerie’s Musings – REVIEW
August 23 – Island Confidential – AUTHOR GUEST POST
August 24 – Teresa Trent Author Blog – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
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August 25 – Varietats – REVIEW
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August 22, 2018
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries “Garage Sale Mystery: Murder in D Minor” Premiering this Sunday, Aug. 26th at 9pm/8c!
Movie Info :
Stars: Lori Loughlin and Sarah Strange
When a local art collector dies and his expansive collection is auctioned off, garage sale guru and amateur sleuth Jennifer Shannon and business partner Dani purchase a rare piece. However, when the provenance of the entire collection comes into question, and Jenn determines that the man may have a secret stash of ill-gotten treasures hidden away, she finds herself investigating a pre-meditated murder.
Find out more here.
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August 15, 2018
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries “Garage Sale Mystery: Picture a Murder” Premiering this Sunday, Aug. 19th at 9pm/8c!
Movie Info :
Stars: Lori Loughlin and Sarah Strange
After taking a vintage camera collection on consignment following the death of a local collector, garage sale guru and amateur sleuth Jennifer Shannon becomes involved in the search for a killer when an undeveloped photo in one of the cameras leads her to believe that the man might have died from very unnatural causes.
Check out more of Picture A Murder here
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August 14, 2018
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Disappearing Diva, (Marty Hudson Mysteries), Gemma Halliday, Kelly Rey, spotlight & giveaway
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Disappearing Diva (Marty Hudson Mysteries)
by Gemma Halliday & Kelly Rey
About the Book
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Disappearing Diva
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Gemma Halliday Publishing (August 14, 2018)
Print Length: 316 pages
ASIN: B07DP3NBH7
From #1 Kindle & New York Times bestselling author Gemma Halliday and USA Today bestselling author Kelly Rey comes a story about Sherlock Holmes, two savvy female detectives, and one chance to catch a killer and the hot Dr. Watson at the same time…
If there’s one thing Martha “Marty” Hudson can’t say no to, it’s her best friend Irene Adler. So when Irene’s little white lie about a fake detective named Sherlock Holmes turns into a real case from an actual paying client, Marty is all in. But their simple missing person case takes a deadly turn when the missing “person” ends up being a missing corpse.
Rebecca Lowery was an opera singer in life and, according to her sister, who hires the famous detective to find her, a diva with capital D. When her body goes missing after a supposedly accidental fall, Marty & Irene can think of several people who might want the diva to disappear permanently—especially if her missing body is actually hiding evidence of her murder. Is it the boyfriend with a temper and a shady record, the jealous understudy who’s now stealing the show, the creepy undertaker with possible ties to the underworld, or the estranged sister herself who now inherits everything?
Marty and Irene aim to find out, even while trying to keep cool around the hot ME, Dr. Watson, and dodging questions from the Irregulars blogger, Wiggins, about the mysterious man behind the name Sherlock Holmes. Will the ladies be able to pull this one off? Or are they in over their heads…and possibly about to take their own final bows?
Giveaway
2 E-COPIES OF Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Brash Blonde – https://amzn.to/2AUIIAc (The 1st book in the series)
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Winner will be chosen August 24th the end of the tour.
About the Author
Gemma Halliday is the New York Times, USA Today & #1 Kindle bestselling author of the High Heels Mysteries, the Hollywood Headlines Mysteries, the Jamie Bond Mysteries, the Tahoe Tessie Mysteries, the Marty Hudson Mysteries, and several other works. Gemma’s books have received numerous awards, including a Golden Heart, two National Reader’s Choice awards, a RONE award, and three RITA nominations. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her boyfriend, Jackson Stein, who writes vampire thrillers, and their four children, who are adorably distracting on a daily basis.
Author Links
Website http://www.gemmahalliday.com/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/gemmahallidayauthor
Purchase Links
Amazon B & N iBooks Kobo Smashwords
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
August 15 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – GUEST POST
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August 16 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
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August 17 – T’s Stuff – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
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August 18 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 19 – A Blue Million Books – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
August 19 – Cozy Up With Kathy – GUEST POST
August 20 – Devilishly Delicious Book Reviews – REVIEW
August 20 – My Reading Journeys – SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY
August 21 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW, GIVEAWAY
August 21 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 22 – Socrates’ Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 22 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST, GIVEAWAY
August 23 – The Cozy Pages – REVIEW
August 23 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 24 – MJB Reviewers – AUTHOR INTERVIEW, GIVEAWAY
August 24 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
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