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Marketing Tips from Indie author Lori Pescatore
I know many of you are readers, but how many of you are aspiring authors as well out there, my dear readers? Today I have the pleasure of having Lori Pescatore, author of Human Blend and the sequel Earth Blend, here to share some of her own marketing tips. If you see something you like, shout out! Have something to add? Let us know. I’m always happy to share information! Hello, My name is Lori Pescatore and I am the author of Human Blend and the newly released Earth Blend. Today I’m here to talk to you about some of…
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Book Review: Remembrance
Media Type: Ebook Title: Remembrance * Series: Transcend Time Saga Author: Michelle Madow Publisher: Dreamscape Pages: Kindle; 314 Release Date: July 27, 2011 Source: The {Teen} Book Scene —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. —————————————— HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy teen romance. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N New Hampshire high school junior Lizzie Davenport has been reincarnated from Regency Era, England … but she doesn’t know it yet. Then Drew Carmichael transfers into Lizzie’s school at the beginning of the…
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Book Review: Killing Rites
Media Type: Print Book Title: Killing Rites *Series: The Black Sun’s Daughter #4 Author: M.L.N. Hanover Publisher: Pocket Books Pages: Mass Market Paperback; 384 Release Date: November 29, 2011 Source: Publisher —————————————– Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of this series, although I recommend the series to everyone! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Jayné Heller has discovered the source of her uncanny powers; something else is living inside her body. She’s possessed. Of all her companions, she can only bring herself to confide in Ex, the…
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Talking Music and Books with Brian Rowe
Please welcome the very talented, and I think rather cute, Brian Rowe! He’s here on the blog today to help promote his Birthday Trilogy, of which Happy Birthday to Me is the first book. I’m in the process of reading these and they are fantastic! Brian really knows how to write amazing characters, and he’ll draw you in quickly. I’ll let him speak for himself though. Below is a post penned by Brian himself. He shares with us his musical inspiration for his books. Enjoy, and make sure to check out his books! Writing a book is impossible without a little…
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An Interview with Ryan Jacobson
Today on the blog we have Ryan Jacobson, author of Can You Survive: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. A mouthful I know but how much do you miss Choose Your Own Adventure books? I know I do! This book made me happy inside because I got to experience what I love about making my own path through a book all over again. *ahem* Anyway, I’ll give the floor over to Ryan! He answered my questions with only lines from the book. Brave man. 1) How would you describe yourself to your readers? He is shorter and rounder than you, and…
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Book Review: Vicious Grace
Media Type: Print Book Title: Vicious Grace *Series: The Black Sun’s Daughter Author: M.L.N. Hanover Publisher: Pocket Books Pages: Mass Market Paperback; 367 Release Date: November 30, 2010 Source: Publisher ——————————————— Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers of the series. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N When you’re staring evil in the eye, don’t forget to watch your back . . . For the first time in forever, Jayné Heller’s life is making sense. Even if she routinely risks her life to destroy demonic parasites that…
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Book Review: Darker Angels
Media Type: Print Book Title: Darker Angels Author: M.L.N. Hanover *Series: The Black Sun’s Daughter #2 Publisher: Pocket Books Pages: Mass Market Paperback; 360 Release Date: September 29, 2009 (Original September 23, 2009) Source: Publisher ——————————————————————– Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of this series! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N In the battle between good and evil, there’s no such thing as a fair fight. When Jayné Heller’s uncle Eric died, she inherited a fortune beyond all her expectations — and a dangerous mission in…
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Interviewing Maddi from Shattered Souls
A special treat today on the blog! Mary Lindsey, author of the gorgeously written Shattered Souls, is here to share one of her characters with us! I devoured this book, and if you haven’t already added it to your wishlist I highly suggest you do. (My review is here and you can win at Goodreads here!) In the meantime though, take a peek at Maddi’s inner workings. Enjoy! Hi Maddi! Thanks for dropping in. Let’s start with something fun. If you made the front page, what would the headline say? Local Protector Chosen “Best Dressed” at Rodeo So, you’ve spent a long…
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Book Review: Unclean Spirits
Media Type: Print Book Title: Unclean Spirits * Series: The Black Sun’s Daughter Author: M.L.N. Hanover Publisher: Pocket Books Pages: Mass Market Paperback; 400 Release Date: July 28, 2009 (original December 2, 2008) Source: Publisher ———————————————————— Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of UF. Anyone who loves kick ass heroines. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Jayné Heller thinks of herself as a realist, until she discovers reality isn’t quite what she thought it was. When her uncle Eric is murdered, Jayné travels to Denver to settle his estate,…
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Book Review: Nightingale
Media Type: Enhanced Ebook Title: Nightingale Author: David Farland Publisher: East India Press Pages: Kindle; 424 Release Date: October 31, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: EVERYONE. Seriously. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Bron Jones was abandoned as a newborn. Thrown into foster care, he is rejected by one family after another, until he meets Olivia, a gifted and devoted high-school teacher who recognizes him for what he really is—what her people call a “nightingale.” But Bron isn’t…