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We’re Still Here!
Hello awesome followers! And happy February! Isn’t it crazy that a whole month of 2015 has already come and gone? If I think about it too long, I start to feel anxious. So I’m going to just enjoy February while it lasts :). This is just a quick note to let you know that we’re still here! Tina is very busy at work, and at home, while I’m currently transitioning into a new job. So, you might not see us post as much for the next few weeks. Life, unfortunately (someone hurry up and hire me to read!), takes precedence…
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2015 January Wrap Up
And so, the first month of 2015 has already come and gone. I’m not certain how time flies so fast, but it definitely does. I measure my months in books :). It’s the best way. ************ (C) = Children / (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade *GN (Graphic Novel) *AB (Audio Book) Books read and reviewed in January: A Discovery of Witches (All Souls #1) by Deborah Harkness – Review (4/5) The Recipe Hacker by Diana Keuilian – Review (4/5) Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve…
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Feel Good Friday
Picture of the day: Tea is my best friend this week. Lemon tea, orange tea, green tea… all of the teas! You see, it is the season of germs and silly me thought I could avoid catching the hubby’s cold. No such luck 🙁 It’s times like these that I would love to stay in bed with my cup of tea and read all day. Sadly adult responsibilities make that a near impossibility. Between work obligations and trying to keep the house at a tolerable level of clean, I’m in bed by 9 pm every night out of pure exhaustion.…
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Author Spotlight + Giveaway: Deceived by L.A. Starkey
Good morning bookworms! It’s time, once again, for a new book to be in the spotlight. L.A. Starkey is touring Deceived, the beginning of the Soul Keeper Series, and I’m please to be one of the stops! The concept of soul mates has always intrigued me. Since that’s the basis of Starkey’s new book? Well, I’m pretty well excited. They say a soul is the immaterial essence, the animating principle, the actuating cause of an individual life. But what if you had to share yours with the one person you hated the most? The soul mate principle states that for…
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Waiting on Wednesday (1/28/15)
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. It’s hosted by Breaking the Spine. *** This week I thought I’d share a Middle Grade book that I’m absolutely giddy over! I am, and always have been, a huge fan of fairy tales. Everything about them makes me remember what it was like to be a young reader, and fall head over heels for the magical place that books would take me. So when I saw that Sourcebooks was publishing Flunked: Fairy Tale Reform School, a book about trying to reform fairy tale…
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Book Review: Thirty Days to Win His Wife by Andrea Laurence
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Thirty Days to Win His Wife Series: Brides and Belles #2 Author: Andrea Laurence Publisher: Harlequin Desire Pages: ebook; 192 Release Date: February 3, 2015 Source: Netgalley ——————————————— Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy strong stubborn characters and great chemistry Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Even with a baby on the way, Amelia’s holding out for the perfect husband. Tyler has thirty days to prove he’s the one. Best friends Tyler Dixon and Amelia Kennedy eloped to Vegas on a whim. But before they can deal with their quickie divorce, she confesses: she’s pregnant. Now there’s no way Tyler…
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Book Review: The Flesh Market by Richard Wright
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Flesh Market Author: Richard Wright Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 376 Release Date: February 10, 2014 Source: Author ——————————————— Genre: Thriller / Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy darker tales, with a hint of history hiding underneath. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes “Doon the wynds an’ up the streets, Where revenants sought souls tae eat, The Butcher called for twitching meat An’ Burke an’ Hare did answer.” -anon. 1827. A year after the Cadaver Riots tore the heart from Edinburgh. Fear still chokes the Old…
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Book Spotlight: The Blood of the Fifth Knight by E.M. Powell
It’s time for another book spotlight! Evil conspirators are trying to overthrow the King of England, and one man is trying to help, but at what cost. Let’s take a peek shall we? England, 1176. King Henry II has imprisoned his rebellious Queen for her failed attempt to overthrow him. But with her conspirators still at large and a failed assassination attempt on his beautiful mistress, Rosamund Clifford, the King must take action to preserve his reign. Desperate, Henry turns to the only man he trusts: a man whose skills have saved him once before. Sir Benedict Palmer answers the…
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Book Review: Flirting with Disaster by Victoria Dahl
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Flirting with Disaster *Series: Girls Night Out Book #2 Author: Victoria Dahl Publisher: HQN Books Pages: ebook, 384 Release Date: February 1, 2015 Source: Netgalley ——————————————- Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of hot sex scenes and eclectic small town characters Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Artist Isabelle West has good reasons for preferring a solitary life. Tucked away in a cabin in the woods, she has everything she needs . . . except a red-hot love life. That is, until a hard-bodied U.S. marshal threatens to unearth secrets she’s spent years protecting. But giving in to the sparks flying between them…
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Author Spotlight + Giveaway: Prince of Demons by Victoria Danaan
Well ladies and gents, you’ve made it to Tuesday! Congratulations, you’re on step closer to Friday :). Are you ready for another book spotlight? Today’s spotlight is a little special, because it’s on a new full set of The Order of the Black Swann by Victoria Danaan. For those you who don’t know, these came out as three separate novellas at first. Now they’re all together for the first time. Read on, and don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the bottom! Title: Prince of Demons (The Order of the Black Swann #1-#3) Author: Victoria Danaan Release Date: January 19th, 2015…