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Book Review: Some of the Whole
All the stories have a common thread – a mix of flash-back and current situations – the blend pushing up the curiosity level and finally finishing it with a twist that undoes all that the reader thinks while reading the initial parts of the story. Contemporary set-up (each of the stories are based in the modern, Indian metros), real-life kind of characters and situations keep the story in the realm of being REAL. Title: Some of the Whole by Abhijit Bhattacharya Publisher: Cedar Books Pages: Hardcover; 144 Source: Received from author for review. Why I chose this: I always like…
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Blog Tour: Ugly As Sin
Today I am extremely excited to be working with TLC Book Tours and author Tori Raiten-D’Antonio to promote her book, Ugly As Sin. Below is my review, but let me premise it by saying I truly believe each and every woman should read this book. Amazing doesn’t even begin to cover it. About the Author: Toni Raiten-D’Antonio, LCSW, is a well-known psychotherapist with a thriving private practice in Suffolk County, Long Island. She is a professor of psychology and social work at Empire State College. Prior to becoming a therapist she worked in television and theater as both a performer…
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Blog Tour: Dead Politician Society Review
After the mayor falls down dead in the middle of a speech, a clandestine student society claims credit for his demise. Clare Vengel is given her first undercover assignment: to pose as a student and penetrate the society. A streetwise amateur mechanic, Clare finds university a foreign land, and has trouble creating an in with the suspects. She quickly alienates a popular professor and loses the respect of police superiors. When another politician is killed, Clare kicks herself into high gear. She forges friendships with students and makes inroads into the secret society. As the body count rises, Clare realizes…
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Book Review: Shadow Bound
Media Type: Ebook Title: Shadow Bound Author: Erin Kellison Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company, Inc. Pages: Mass Market Paperback; 336 Release Date: July 1, 2010 Source: Barnes & Noble Free Book Fridays ———————————————– Genre: Paranormal Romance HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a good paranormal book with fabulous characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Death Some people will do anything to avoid it. Even trade their immortal souls for endless existence. Wraiths Secretly, inexorably, they are infiltrating our world, sucking the essence out of unsuspecting victims with their hideous parody of…
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Book Review: Mockingjay
“My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.” Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’s family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the…
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Book Review: Shadow of the Sun
Media Type: Print Book Title: Shadow of the Sun * Series: Timeless #1 Author: Laura Kreitzer Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing Pages: Paperback; 512 Release Date: February 22, 2010 —————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a new twist on the angels in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Gabriella’s past is a mystery, but that never stopped her from achieving her goals. As a supernatural specialist, and far more intelligent than anyone her age, she has always been ignored by her peers. Because of…
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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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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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Book Review: The Lost City of Atlantis (Traveling Trunk Adventures #2)
What has kindled the wrath of Poseidon? Something of his has been stolen, and he will destroy all of Atlantis to get it back. Join Ethan and Dallin, two brothers who are transported back to the ancient city, as they make new friends, attempt to outwit a corrupt magistrate, and seek to reunite an enslaved girl with her father. To do so, they must escape from a three-headed dog and his master, and battle a slithering thief from the Underworld. Will Ethan and Dallin discover that they possess what Poseidon wants before it is too late? Or will they be…