Book Review: Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, Bk II) by Robin LaFevers

Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin Trilogy)

My review: 5 of 5 stars

Tense, foreboding, dark, suspenseful and filled with intrigue. Lady Sybella is a strong, brave, character who has survived much trauma and has an air of desperation about her. With the backdrop of the 15th century and ...
Book Review: Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, Bk II) by Robin LaFevers

Book Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone)

My review: 4 of 5 stars

Although Daughter of Smoke and Bone may not immediately grab the reader, the character of Karou is fascinating from the start. Also, the setting, Prague, gives the book a Gothic feel. Some of the scenes were ...
Book Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Book Review: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca

My review: 5 of 5 stars

A vivid nightmare. The imagery in Rebecca instantly envelops the reader in a shroud of apprehension. Even the author"s descriptions of the trees and shrubs speak of fear and treachery. She builds the tension so effectively that "when the telephone rang," I ...
Book Review: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Book Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl

My review: 4 of 5 stars

Fangirl is a quirky story about a freshman college student who enjoys writing fanfiction. She"s snarky and nerdy and shy. The story contained stories within it written by a fictional author as well as by the main character herself. This format made the read ...
Book Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

The Fortune Cafe Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

The Fortune Café
a novel in three parts
MIS-FORTUNE: Emma, a waitress at The Fortune Café will do anything to avoid opening a fortune cookie. Each fortune is rumored to somehow magically come true. Being a girl grounded in reality, she doesn’t have time for that kind of nonsense. But when tr ...
The Fortune Cafe Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Avalon Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Avalon: Web of Magic

Three very different young teens, Emily, the shy one, Adriane, the outsider, and Kara, the power shopper, are all drawn to a secret place deep in the woods where they discover a portal to another world. Wondrous animals have emerged from the portal, desperately seeking ...
Avalon Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Book Review: Highway to Hell by Matt Roper

Highway to Hell by Matt Roper

My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars

Did you know that worldwide, there are nearly two million children in the commercial sex trade (UNICEF)? What if you could help do something about it? Highway to Hell is the story of two men who set out to shine a light on a dark ...
Book Review: Highway to Hell by Matt Roper

Mooncalf Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

by Linda Zern
Over Olympia and Leah"s heads, Americans race the Russians to the moon; on their television sets young men fight and struggle in the mud of Viet Nam; and America holds its breath between heartbreaking tragedies.

But on Miss Brinker"s school bus, in the seat with the rip in ...
Mooncalf Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Book Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Siege and Storm (Grisha Trilogy (Shadow and Bone))

My review: 5 of 5 stars

Unexpected twists, high-seas adventures, military plots and uneasy alliances, complex relationships and character growth all make for a fantastic sequel in this second book of the Grisha Trilogy. The epic battles ...
Book Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Book Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone (Grisha Trilogy (Shadow and Bone))

My review: 4.5 of 5 stars

Have you ever wrapped a present for someone, hidden it away, and then found it months later? A few days ago, I found this book and its sequel wrapped for my daughter"s birthday which was two months ago. It just ...
Book Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Boxcar Baby Book Blast and $100 Giveaway

The Boxcar Baby by J.L. Mulvihill
Born in a boxcar on a train bound for Georgia. At least that is what Papa Steel always told AB"Gale. But now, fifteen years later, the man who adopted and raised her as his own is missing and it"s up to AB"Gale to find him. Aided only by a motley gang of ...
Boxcar Baby Book Blast and $100 Giveaway

Down the Rabbit Hole

I"ve been under the spell of Alice in Wonderland for well over a week now. As a result, I"ve managed to read very little at all. It started innocently enough with a puzzle. Being a fan of Alice for years, when I saw a jigsaw puzzle of Alice down the rabbit hole, I bought it. It was 1000 pieces. ...
Down the Rabbit Hole

March Kindle Fire Giveaway

Win a Kindle Fire HDX, Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash ($229 value)

 

This is a joint AUTHOR & BLOGGER GIVEAWAY EVENT!

Bloggers & Authors have joined together and each chipped in a little money towards a Kindle Fire HDX 7".



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March Kindle Fire Giveaway

Leland Dragon Book Blast and $100 Giveaway

Redheart

Enter the lands of Leland Province, where dragon and human societies have long dwelled side by side. Superstitions rise sharply, as a severe drought strips the land of its bounty, providing fertile ground for the darker ambitions of Fordon Blackclaw, Dragon Council Leader, who ...
Leland Dragon Book Blast and $100 Giveaway

Prejudice Meets Pride Cover Reveal and $25 Giveaway

Prejudice Meets Pride by Rachael Anderson

After years of pinching pennies and struggling to get through art school, Emma Makie’s hard work finally pays off in the form of a dream job offer. But when tragedy strikes, she has no choice but to turn down the job and make a cross-country move ...
Prejudice Meets Pride Cover Reveal and $25 Giveaway