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Children’s Book Review: Do Witches Make Fishes?
Media Type: Print Book Title: Do Witches Make Fishes? Author: Jason Mayo Illustrator: Justin Wolfson Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: Paperback; 36 Release Date: August 3, 2010 Source: Author ———————————————– Recommended to: Parents and educators looking for a funny tale about eating healthy. Difficulty Level: Any age. This book can be read out loud (with voices!) for younger children, but is simple enough to be read alone by older children. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N “Do Witches Make Fishes?” is the moral tale of a young boy who favors candy over his mother’s outlandish but healthy dishes. When faced with an…
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Blog Tour: Book Review – Pandora’s Succession
Media Type: Ebook Title: Pandora’s Succession Author: Russell Brooks Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 282 Release Date: October 24, 2010 Source: Author ———————————— Genre: Thriller / Suspense HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a thrill ride of a book with fabulous characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N CIA operative, Ridley Fox, never stopped hunting his fiancé’s killers — a weapons consortium called The Arms of Ares. When an informant leads him to an old bunker outside of Groznyy, Chechnya, Fox is captured and left for dead. When the informant rescues…
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Book Review: Wind Warrior
Leslie Michaels is a visionary, and only those close to her know of her special gift and the visions that come when her mind and body surrender to sleep. Fate has a way of righting many wrongs, and for Leslie it is a destiny that changes her life dramatically. But not before she is forced to flee into the wilderness to escape a murderous trapper bent on claiming her for his very own. Faith and a strong will to survive are her only companions, until she encounters Winnokin, the handsome Seneca war chief who first came to her in her…
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Blog Tour: Pandora’s Succession – Author Interview
Today I’m proud to offer my blog up to Russell Brooks, author of Pandora’s Succession! His book is action-packed, fantastically researched and written extremely well. My review will be posted tomorrow, but today Russell was kind enough to answer some of my interview questions! Enjoy! 1) I always like to start my interviews with a challenge! If your book was set to become a movie, what would your tagline be? Where will you hide when The Succession begins? 2) This is your debut thriller novel correct? What inspired you to write a thriller? Yes. As every story idea that came…
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Climbing out of the book pile.
Or…the way that review books have changed my view of reading. Here’s the thing. I’m still a relatively new book blogger. My blog will celebrate its 7th month anniversary in 6 days, which makes me a baby compared to a lot of book blogs out there. Unfortunately this means I get overlooked a lot. I have to put my time and energy into getting out there and promoting myself, but making sure I walk the line that keeps me from being obnoxious. Hopefully you’ll think I’m funny instead. *** Really what this post is about is how review books have…
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Blog Tour: Author Interview – Branded: Fall of Angels
Good morning my reading minions! Today I am honored to be interviewing Keary Taylor, author of Branded: Fall of Angels. I devoured this book in a matter of hours, and loved every minute of it! You can see my review if you are interested, of course. For now though, I give my blog to Keary Taylor! 1) I always start my interview with a challenge! If you had to come up with a slogan for Branded, what would it be? Don’t fall asleep… 2) The angels in this story are unlike any I’ve read about before. What drove you to…
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Book Review: Anna and the French Kiss
Anna was looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she’s less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris — until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all . . . including a serious girlfriend. But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss? Stephanie Perkins keeps the romantic tension crackling and the attraction high…
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Waiting on Wednesday (14)
“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we share upcoming releases that we just cannot wait for! Everyone at school can’t stop talking about how hot Meredith Willis’s new next-door neighbor, Adrien, is. But Meredith can’t help but think there’s something strange about the cool, sophisticated new guy, and those sunglasses he constantly wears are the least of it. Every time he’s around, Meredith sees things—terrifying things that nobody else seems to notice. And when she dares to sneak a look into the windows of his house, she sees something in the cellar that…
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A BIG thank you and a GIVEAWAY!
As you all know, I try to thank my lovely readers as often as I possibly can. If you don’t know how much you mean to me well shame on you! I ADORE you all! I blog for you. I vlog for you. I wake up early to finish books so I can share them with you :). You are my inspiration. To those of you who comment weekly and keep open ties with me. Thank you immensely from the bottom of my heart. You make it all worthwhile! Now. A Giveaway. Brenda was sweet enough to allow me to…
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Book Review: The Sapphire Talisman
With the local vampire coven decimated, Julia and Nicholas try to begin a somewhat normal life together. Bound by secrecy from a shape shifter determined to see Julia’s world-saving prediction come to fruition, Julia isn’t allowed to tell Nicholas the leader survived, ransacking her happiness with guilt. When Alora returns, bent on revenge, the reunion forces Nicholas and Julia to choose what they are willing to live and die for. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: Stunning! I love this one even more than the first one because I’m partial to blue. First Thoughts: Great flashbacks to previous books! *** My Review:…