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Character Tweets – Back When You Were Easier to Love
Tweet Emily Wing Smith is here today! She is the author of the upcoming book, Back When You Were Easier to Love. She’s here to share with us some tweets from her characters. mattiasmind: Which psychologist are you? Take this quiz http://goo.gl/fb/D9dqH HHS Noah: HHS girls soccer at home on Friday. Be there! joy_after: cheap rates on plane tix here: http://bit.ly/eAbb87 who’s in? mattiasmind: forget it, @joy_after. #nowayjose ustgretel: Wait, plane tix @joy_after? Do tell! I have to say, I haven’t read this book yet but these tweets definitely peak my interest! Especially coupled with the synopsis that you’ll find below. What’s worse…
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Alex Sanchez – Books from his past!
Tweet I’m pleased to welcome Alex Sanchez to my blog! Alex is the author of many books such as The God Box, BAIT, and the upcoming Boyfriends with Girlfriends. Today he is here to share with us some of the books from his past and why they are so important to him! At five years old: The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson. It describes a Spanish bull that prefers smelling flowers to fighting in a ring. That gentle but strong bull challenging the status quo by being true to himself made a fierce impression…
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Book Review: Warm Bodies
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Warm Bodies Author: Isaac Marion Publisher: Vintage Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: April 26, 2011 ======================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild zombie gore; mild violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart A zombie who yearns for a better life ends up falling in love—with a human—in this astonishingly original debut novel. R is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He doesn’t enjoy killing people; he enjoys riding escalators and listening to Frank Sinatra. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.…
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Spring Fever Swap – Sign Up!
Tweet THIS SWAP IS NOW CLOSED! THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING! Lack of good spring weather got you down? Feeling like you need a little color in your life? A little excitement? Well look no further! What is a “swap” you ask? Let me put it this way. You give something, you get something! Simple as that. Read more below if you’re interested. The Basics: If you don’t know what a swap is, here’s what it’s all about: Everyone enjoys getting a package in the mail. Unfortunately there isn’t always a reason to give a gift. So….I create my own gift giving…
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Odessa: The Seraphym Wars – Teaser & Giveaway!
Tweet For you today, I have a teaser from Rebecca Ryals Russell’s upcoming book, Odessa: The Seraphym Wars. A little bit steampunk, a lot fantasy, I’m about half way through reading this and can’t wait to share my review with you! In the meantime though, let me give you a taste of what to expect if you choose this book for your TBR pile. “Trembling, I stepped forward and thrust the sword into her chest where I hoped the heart was. I couldn’t imagine how a simple shard of metal could destroy a demon, but I watched in fascinated horror…
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Book Review: Girl Wonder
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Girl Wonder Author: Alexa Martin Publisher: Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: May 3, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ====================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual situations, Cussing, Drug Use HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart As if transferring senior year weren’t hard enough, Charlotte Locke has been bumped to lower level classes at her new school. With no friends, a terrible math SAT score, and looming college application deadlines, the future is starting to seem like an oncoming train for which she has no ticket. Then Amanda enters her orbit like a hot-pink…
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Book Review: Broken
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Broken Author: Susan Bigelow Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Pages: Ebook; 340 Release Date: January 25, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Cussing, Violence, Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart In a post-war future world where First Contact has been made, humans are colonizing the stars, and the nations of Earth have been united under a central government, Extrahumans are required by law to belong to the Union. When a young man with visions of the future sets out on a mission to define the course of human history,…
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Hungry For You – EPIC BLOG TOUR
When I was approached by A.M. Harte to be a part of the Blog Tour de Force extravaganza I was so excited! See, first off I think this is a fantastic idea. Pitting author against author…who doesn’t love that? Second of all it gives YOU my dear readers, a chance to win a KINDLE! Am I jealous? You bet. Below please enjoy my review of A.M. Harte’s Hungry For You and read on to see how to get in on all the goodies that are being given away. You lucky ducks you. Book Title: Hungry For You Author: A.M. Harte “There is…
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Book Review: Unsavory Delicacies
Media Type: Book Title: Unsavory Delicacies Author: Russell Brooks Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 22 Release Date: April 21, 2011 Source: Author ——————————————- Genre: Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a book of short stories with some thrill attached! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon A three-course story collection with a side-order of revenge. For fans of Barry Eisler, Robert Ludlum, and Clive Cussler. Three short stories of suspense with unsavory results. Crème Brulé—Rogue operative, Monique Beauvais, cons a software genius into selling her a coveted technology that would allow its…
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Talking covers with Brent Hartinger
Tweet Today we’re lucky enough to have Brent Hartinger, author of Shadow Walkers, here to share a bit about his cover process and his input! I love hearing about how much say authors have into their gorgeous covers. Let’s see what he has to say… I’m sure you’ve been told by other authors how we have little or no control over our book covers — even though we’re so closely associated with them. I always say it’s a little like how they play the theme song to certain sitcom stairs whenever they go anywhere for the rest of their life.…