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Book Review: Sapphique
Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of Incarceron, but its memory torments him, because his brother Keiro is still inside. Outside, Claudia insists he must be king, but Finn doubts even his own identity. Is he the lost prince Giles? Or are his memories no more than another construct of his imprisonment? And can you be free if your friends are still captive? Can you be free if your world is frozen in time? Can you be free if you don’t even know who you are? Inside Incarceron, has the crazy sorcerer Rix really found the Glove of…
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The Fanatic Report 5
Read, Watch and Listen! A weekly roundup of all things interesting! Let’s see what’s going around here at home base first shall we? * Mara Purnhagen, author of the Past Midnight series, stopped by this week with a guest post about the research that went into her first book! * This week I started a one month feature where I dedicate Mondays to sharing blog help! The first tutorial people asked for was how to make a blog button, so I obliged! Have something you need help with? Need a tutorial? Send me an email or leave a comment! Next week…
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A fabulous day!
First off, let me take a quick moment to preach something. No, no it’s not anything religious…it’s just a word of advice. If you have a friend that you ADORE, keep in touch. When I left high school and went off to college, I lost a ton of my so called “friends”. Most of them went off to do their own things, got married, had kids, yadda yadda yadda. Still I had a few really amazing people left in my life and so I made an effort to keep seeing them as often as I could. Then my life took…
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Blog Tour: Shadow Hills
I’m sure before I even type this you know who this author is, am I right? Yes my friends, Anastasia Hopcus and her gorgeous hair are visiting A Fanatic’s Book Blog today! If you recall, I LOVED Shadow Hills so very much. You can see my review here. I had the opportunity on this tour to ask her a few questions, so let’s get to the lovely Anastasia’s answers shall we? 1) How did the idea for Shadow Hills first come to fruition? I was interested in writing a YA novel set in a boarding school, but I wanted something…
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Book Review: Crescendo
Nora should have know her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch (who, title aside, can be described anything but angelic), and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora can’t figure out if it’s for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and she becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never…
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Children’s Book Review: The Duck Song
The Duck Song book tells the comical story of a persistent duck who pleads for grapes at the most unlikely of places: a lemonade stand. Play the CD that comes with the book, and sing the story as your child reads along. Adults and children alike will delight in listening to the music and reading this book again and again. (From Goodreads) Title: The Duck Song by Bryant Oden Publisher: Flinders Press Pages: Hardcover; 32 Source: Received from publisher for review. Why I chose this: It’s adorable! That is all. My Thoughts: Okay, you know how children are attracted to…
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Blog Button Tutorial
Ah ha! You asked, I help. Here we go! How to make a blog grab button! Step 1: So first off, obviously, you need a button! This can be a picture that you already have, or you can create one using Photoshop, Picasa, Microsoft Paint, or any other program you have on your computer. Here is my button that I made for this tutorial. A good size for a grab button is 150×150, like the one pictured above. You can make it wider or taller if you prefer, but remember that most people have smaller sized sidebars! Step 2: Save…
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To Those Who Read What I Write…
Warning: This will be a rather sappy and loving post. If this type of sugary sweetness kills you, well then run for the hills now and don’t look back! You’ve been warned. On what I like to call “Fair Weather Followers”: They exist. I know they do. I close a contest, I loose 4 followers. Even if they win. Odd right? Still I’d trade 100 followers for 1 person who really wants to read what I have to say! So do these people bother me? Nope. Look at how many of you have stuck around this whole time. Have I…
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Mara Purhagen: Researching Past Midnight…
Today I’m pleased to welcome Mara Purnhagen, author of the Past Midnight series, to my blog! I had the opportunity to read and review the first book in the series and I must say, I’m hooked! Mara has been sweet enough to stop by today with a guest post about the research that went into her books. So, without further ado, Mara take it away! My research for the Past Midnight series began purely by accident. I was a college freshman, and at the time, my life revolved around a busy class schedule, not annoying my hyper-sensitive roommate, and finding a…
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In My Mailbox 10
In My Mailbox is a weekly post created by The Story Siren and inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. IMM explores the weekly contents of our mailboxes, as well as books we might have bought this week! Wow….apparently it’s been two months since I’ve done one of these! Although that does make a bit of sense, since I was hosting my reading challenge :). So without further ado, here are two weeks of books for your viewing pleasure! These are all kind of mixed together since there were so many so let me list them out! For Review: Shadow of the Sun…