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Book Review: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Media Type: Print Book Title: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Author: Alexandra Fuller Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: August 18, 2011 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————————— Genre: Memoir HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good, heartfelt memoir. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N In this sequel to Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. In Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller braids a multilayered narrative around the perfectly lit, Happy…
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Laid back summers with Lauren Hammond, and a giveaway!
Give a warm standing ovation for Lauren Hammond! *claps* She is the author of the very popular Love Sucks and now of a FABULOUS book called Famished. Which, you lucky people you, she brought a copy of along to give away! Lucky….so lucky. Anyway I asked Lauren to share with us a little bit about her summertime traditions, and this is what she sent me. Enjoy, and don’t forget to enter the giveaway below! To me, the summertime is a calm laid back time of year where I get to do my favorite things, relax and spend time with my…
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An Interview with R.T. Kaelin, author of Progeny
You, my friends, are in for a treat today! R.T. Kaelin, author of the epic high fantasy Progeny, is here for an author interview! Now if you are a fan of fantasy, this is a book you need to pick up. At 672 pages it might seem a bit daunting at first, but I can promise you that this book is absolutely worth the read. It’s amazing! I’ll have a review up very soon, but in the meantime I’ll give the floor over to R.T. and let him talk. Enjoy! 1) Progeny must have been quite an undertaking! The book…
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The Chosen Prize Pack Giveaway!
Ready for another fantastic giveaway? Earlier this week Sheenah Freitas stopped with with a fantastically adventurous summer story. The summer she almost died. If you haven’t read it already, go now! Now, she’s here with a giveaway! Up for grabs is this adorable The Chosen prize pack! You’ll get a mini notebook and two adorable bookmarks to keep your place. PLUS The lucky winner will receive an ebook copy of The Chosen WHAT A PRIZE! To enter, FILL OUT THIS FORM. Giveaway ends August 31, 2011. Remember you can leave a comment on the guest post for an extra entry.
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Interviewing Jacinda from Firelight and Vanish
Sophie Jordan is here! If you saw me right now, you’d know that I’m grinning like a mad woman. Sophie Jordan’s Firelight was one of my favorite books when I first started my blog, and now I’m lucky enough to be able to host her for the sequel, Vanish. I can promise you, if you haven’t started this series yet you need to. It’s fabulous. Enough fangirl antics though, I’ll give the floor over to Sophie! She brought along her main character Jacinda to shed a little light into the books. Enjoy, and make sure to add these to your reading…
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Courage, a guest post by Helen Laibach
Today I’m pleased to have Helen Laibach, author of A Soul Less Broken here on the blog. I recently finished reading her book and I have to say, it’s heartbreaking and empowering at the same time. Helen is here to share a look into the rape statistics that drive her book. Catherine’s situation is terrifying, and yet very real people face that every day. I’ll let her explain. I’ve heard it said that the definition of courage is “doing what you know is right even when you are afraid.” There are the obvious examples of people who display courage every day…
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Book Review: Shadow of a Dead Star
Media Type: Ebook Title: Shadow of a Dead Star Author: Michael Shean Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 228 Release Date: June 23, 2011 Source: Author ==================== Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Cyberpunk, Crime Thriller HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Seattle, 2078. The future hasn’t been kind to the spirit of humanity; commercial obsession and technological fetishism rules the day, religion and belief has died screaming in the fires of war, and what remains is moral decrepitude. Cities of glass and exotic metals reach toward the poisoned sky, and every night sees a host of sins played out under glittering…
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Book Review: The Atomic Weight of Secrets
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Atomic Weight of Secrets Author: Eden Unger Bowditch Publisher: Bancroft Press Pages: Hardcover; 339 Release Date: March 15, 2011 Source: NetGalley =================== Intended Reading Group: Upper Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart In 1903, five truly brilliant young inventors, the children of the world’s most important scientists, went about their lives and their work as they always had. . But all that changed the day the men in black arrived. . An amazing story about the wonders of science and the still greater wonders of…
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The Summer I Almost Died, a guest post by Sheenah Freitas
Not participating yet? Click HERE to start! Please welcome Sheenah Freitas to the blog today! She’s here to share her summer memories, which are a little different than most. I literally cracked up laughing when I read this! This, this is summer at it’s best. Family vacations can either be the worst possible torture a parent can bestow upon their teenager or something fun to look forward to. Having been a bookworm and nerd my entire life, I loved those bizarre outings the parents took us on which would prove to be educational. Someone had proposed that we go visit…
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Open Wounds, a giveaway!
Not participating yet? Click HERE to start. Welcome back everyone! I’m writing this post really quickly. Family issues have kept me from being around my blog this week, but I’m trying to be positive and trying to make myself feel as normal as possible. That being said, here’s another giveaway for all you wonderful people who are participating in this event. Earlier this week Joseph Lunievicz stopped by with a guest post. Today he’s here with a giveaway. Up for grabs is one finished copy of Open Wounds by Joseph Lunievicz. To enter, fill out this form. You must be a…