Friday, June 27, 2014

True Colors Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

True Colors

Landry Albright enters a modeling competition with her two best friends, but runs into jealousy when she advances to the next level without them. Enter the gorgeous Devon, who also makes the first cut of the modeling contest. Devon seems like the perfect new best friend, but can ...
True Colors Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Super Villain Academy Book Blasts and $100 Giveaway

Polar Opposites: Super Villain Academy #2

The supers are balanced. Academies have altered their curriculum to teach both sides of the super power spectrum. All’s well in the super world. Right?

When Mystic kidnaps Oceanus, Jeff learns it isn’t all right. Turning to the newly balanced sup ...
Super Villain Academy Book Blasts and $100 Giveaway

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Deadly Fun Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Deadly Fun by Pam Richter

To everyone aboard the luxury cruise ship, Dan and Linda Duncan are the perfect couple; married, gorgeous, and in love. But Lo is actually working in disguise and undercover, with an assumed identity. She routinely uses her unusual beauty to seek out information ...
Deadly Fun Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Kindle Fire HDX Giveaway

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 giveaway ...
Kindle Fire HDX Giveaway

The Hunt for Tomorrow Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

THE HUNT FOR TOMORROW 22 AUTHORS. 3 DYSTOPIAN BOXED SETS. 1 MASSIVE EVENT. A virtual scavenger hunt through twenty-two fictional dystopias. Friday, July 18 at 6:00pm (EST) - Sunday, July 20 at 6:00pm (EST). Join THE HUNT FOR TOMORROW, an on-line scavenger hunt, and embark on a virtual odyssey ...
The Hunt for Tomorrow Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Sign the Declaration for the Right to Libraries

 LIBRARIES CHANGE LIVES

Declaration for the Right to Libraries

In the spirit of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we believe that libraries are essential to a democratic society. Every day, in countless communities across our ...
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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Blackwood Crossing Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Blackwood Crossing

If you had to make a choice, would it be loyalty or love?

Torn between loyalty to her family and refusal to marry a laird she despises, Rhona Davidson accepts a dangerous proposal from a man she knows only as Blackwood.

Leaving behind a life of leisure, Charles ...
Blackwood Crossing Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Book Review: The Midwife by Jennifer Worth

by Jennifer Worth
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
An incredibly fascinating and absorbing read! Excellent storytelling with healthy doses of humor. I learned so much about the work of midwives and the social conditions of East London in the 1950s. I never would"ve guessed how important and pivotal ...
Book Review: The Midwife by Jennifer Worth

Monday, June 9, 2014

Book Review: Rabbit, Run by John Updike

by John Updike
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
When you appreciate skilled, lyrical writing, but despise the main character and the plot, writing a review is tricky. Rabbit, Run is not a book I would"ve read if not for the fact that my book club chose it. It is good literature but an unpleasant ...
Book Review: Rabbit, Run by John Updike

Saturday, June 7, 2014

June Kindle Fire Giveaway

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 giveaway ...
June Kindle Fire Giveaway

Book Review: Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

by Laini Taylor
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This being the finale to a series, it pains me to not have enjoyed it more. The first two in the series I liked a great deal, but this one just seemed to drag on and on. It was over 600 pages and most of that was ideology and politics disguised as ...
Book Review: Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

Book Review: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

by Jodi Picoult
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What would you pack if you were leaving home, never to return, and could carry only one suitcase? This is one of the many questions we pondered in our book club after reading The Storyteller. All of us loved this book and most, including me, couldn"t ...
Book Review: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

Book Review: When Shadows Fall by J.T. Ellison

by J.T. Ellison
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
For some reason, it took me awhile to read this book. While the suspense was good from the start and the feeling of mystery and danger was compelling, I didn"t feel a connection to the characters. Perhaps it was the sex scene right near the beginning ...
Book Review: When Shadows Fall by J.T. Ellison