Rethinking Libraries

If libraries are to stay alive, they must evolve. Seventy-five percent of people think libraries = books. Google pictures of libraries, and you will find stacks and stacks of books. However, books are only part of the story. To stay relevant, libraries need to be centers of community activity. ...
Rethinking Libraries

American Ride Blast and $50 Giveaway

Host of AMERICAN RIDE, Stan Ellsworth breaks the mold of the stereotypical High School history teacher.

Former history teacher Stan Ellsworth tours the country on a Harley Davidson for the television show “American Ride.” Ellsworth’s approach to American history in AMERICAN RIDE removes the “ ...
American Ride Blast and $50 Giveaway

Unstoppable Book Blast and $100 Giveaway

Unstoppable by S.R. Johannes:

After everything that has happened, Grace goes to the Everglades to live with her grandmother, Birdee. Even though she is now home-schooled by her bird-obsessed grandmother, the move gives Grace time to relax. She learns to scuba dive and starts boating with old ...
Unstoppable Book Blast and $100 Giveaway

Goddess Born Book Blast and $100 Giveaway

Goddess Born

Pennsylvania, 1730

Selah Kilbrid keeps a dangerous secret: she has the power to heal.

A direct descendent of the Celtic goddess Brigid, it’s Selah’s sacred duty to help those in need. But as the last of the Goddess Born living in the New World, she learned from an early age ...
Goddess Born Book Blast and $100 Giveaway

Cover Reveal Lancaster House and The Middle Aisle and $25 Giveaway

COVER REVEAL!
Brand new covers for Lancaster House and The Middle Aisle!
~A paranormal romance series by Taylor Dean~



I love my OLD covers. (Pictured on the left.) I really do. They"re different from the norm and that"s why they captured my attention.

For Lancaster House, I ...
Cover Reveal Lancaster House and The Middle Aisle and $25 Giveaway

Missing Lily Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Missing Lily
“You don’t know who I am,” I whispered. He didn’t move—either away from me, or closer—and after an interminable moment, I stepped back and hurried out of the house.

He didn’t follow me as I fled into the night.

Lylin was not used to being alone—much less alone, hurt, and ...
Missing Lily Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

The Almond Tree Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti
“An epic drama of the proportions of The Kite Runner… Grabs you from the first page… A gripping and compassionate work of fiction”
—Huffington Post

The unforgettable story of a young Palestinian boy whose mathematical gifts allow him to escape the ...
The Almond Tree Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Kindle Fire Giveaway in honor of Mother"s Day

 

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

The winner will have the option of receiving a 7" Kindle Fire HDX (US Only - $229 Value)

 

Or $229 Amazon.com Gift Card (International)

 

Or $229 in Paypal Cash ...
Kindle Fire Giveaway in honor of Mother"s Day

Book Review: The Zookeeper"s Wife by Diane Ackerman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A well-researched and fascinating story that is philosophical and courageous. The people are ingenious and audacious to the degree that the reader cheers for them. The animals provide comic relief and a sense of comfort during a very frightening and disturbing time. ...
Book Review: The Zookeeper"s Wife by Diane Ackerman

Book Review: Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Gripping, emotionally taut, complex moral dilemmas, brutal battles. Good character development. Sometimes the narrative drags a bit and gets a little too emotive, but overall the story is well-written and enjoyable to read. I recommend it for older teens (due to ...
Book Review: Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

Book Review: Labor Day by Joyce Maynard

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The movie trailer for Labor Day led me to want to read the book. The teen voice was unflinchingly honest and authentic though limited in it"s viewpoint. As a result the book is not as romantic as one might presume from the movie trailer. Still it was an interesting ...
Book Review: Labor Day by Joyce Maynard

Book Review: The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
If you like quirky characters, this may be the book for you. The main character, Bartholomew, writes to Richard Gere. Another character fears alien abduction and attends grief counseling because his cat died. There"s also a bi-polar priest. Though the characters are ...
Book Review: The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick

Life in the Palace Book Tour and $25 Giveaway

Tour Schedule
Life in the Palace by Catherine Green

“We need to talk,” Tal said. Then I knew it was going to go badly. ‘We need to talk’ is the conversational equivalent of walking into your basement without turning on the light, on a dark and stormy night, when a known psychopath is on ...
Life in the Palace Book Tour and $25 Giveaway

Kindle Fire Giveaway for May

Enter to win 1 of 2 great prizes. Winner’s choice of a Kindle Fire HDX or $229 Amazon Gift Card or $229 Paypal Cash!

The first prize is available via the rafflecopter below. The 2nd is available only to bloggers who post about this giveaway. You can find info on how to enter the 2nd g ...
Kindle Fire Giveaway for May

Scents and Senses Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Scents and Senses: Supernatural Friends. What the fairy tales didn’t tell you

Playing the role of a knight in shining armor is more complicated than it seems in the storybooks, as sixteen-year-old Joy discovers when she repeatedly comes to the rescue of a fifteen-year-old human. But when she ...
Scents and Senses Book Blast and $50 Giveaway