Today im participating in a blog tour for the book Dark Taste of Rapture by Gena Showalter.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter captivates with a dark, tantalizing world of humans, otherworlders, and a powerful AIR agent consumed by his desire for a woman he can never have. . . .
With one caress, he can give unforgettable pleasure . . . or unending pain. . . .
Hector Dean is shaved, tattooed, and totally ripped—and he has a deadly secret. He is a walking weapon, capable of killing with a single brush of his fingertips. Little wonder he’s determined to remain on his own. But Noelle Tremain is a temptation like no other. She is beautiful and rich, with a party girl smile that hides a shocking vulnerability, and from the beginning his sizzling attraction to her is undeniable. For the first time, his stone-cold resistance is tested. But to be with her, he risks destroying her.
When a wealthy businessman is murdered in New Chicago’s seediest district, the two are partnered, and there’s no escaping what they both want: each other. Yet neither Hector nor Noelle knows what to fear more—the killer case, or their own lethal desires. . . .
Author Info: (from Amazon)
GENA SHOWALTER is the New York Times and national bestselling author of more than twenty novels in a wide range of genres, including her acclaimed Alien Huntress series for Pocket Books: Awaken Me Darkly, Enslave Me Sweetly, Savor Me Slowly, Seduce the Darkness, and Ecstasy in Darkness. Her fiction has appeared in Cosmopolitan and Seventeen and has been nominated for a prestigious RITA, as well as the National Reader’s Choice Award. She is universally acknowledged to be “made of awesome.” Visit her website at http://www.genashowalter.com/.
My review:
I thought this book was good and well written however I would have perfered to read the other books that came before this one in theseries first it was still an enjoyable read. The characters were good and well writen. I thought the cover of this book could have been better however, but I still think I would recomend this book.
I would like to thank the people from Gallery for letting me participate in this blog tour.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Burnt Mountain
Burnt Mountain
by Anne Rivers Siddons
This audiobook I found to be very boring. I have read other things by this authors and have thought they were ok which this audiobook was ok too its just like I said was very boring and didnt grab my attention. I also didnt like the characters which is probably one reason I didnt enjoy this audiobook and I wouldnt recomend it.
I like to thank Mitch Kelly form Hachette for letting me review this audiobook.
by Anne Rivers Siddons
This audiobook I found to be very boring. I have read other things by this authors and have thought they were ok which this audiobook was ok too its just like I said was very boring and didnt grab my attention. I also didnt like the characters which is probably one reason I didnt enjoy this audiobook and I wouldnt recomend it.
I like to thank Mitch Kelly form Hachette for letting me review this audiobook.
Silver Girl
Silver Girl
by Elin Hilderbrand
This audiobook/book was ok. I have enjoyed stuff by this author before but now it seems like her stories are all rather similar so that makes them not enjoyable anymore. Another thing that made this audiobook unenjoyable is that it keep changing narrators which got confusing and annoying. I would not recomend this audiobook (or the book itself because I did read the book version too) unless you are a big fan of this author.
I would like to thank Mitch Kelly form Hachette for letting me review the audiobook and Anna form Hachette for letting me read and review the book.
by Elin Hilderbrand
This audiobook/book was ok. I have enjoyed stuff by this author before but now it seems like her stories are all rather similar so that makes them not enjoyable anymore. Another thing that made this audiobook unenjoyable is that it keep changing narrators which got confusing and annoying. I would not recomend this audiobook (or the book itself because I did read the book version too) unless you are a big fan of this author.
I would like to thank Mitch Kelly form Hachette for letting me review the audiobook and Anna form Hachette for letting me read and review the book.
To be sung underwater
To be sung underwater
by Tom Mcneal
This audiobook had an interesting story. It wasnt my favorite book but I did enjoy listening to it. Mcneal is a good author and I cant wait to see what he writes next. I would recomend this audiobook.
I would like to thank Mitch Kelly form Hachette for letting me review this audiobook.
by Tom Mcneal
This audiobook had an interesting story. It wasnt my favorite book but I did enjoy listening to it. Mcneal is a good author and I cant wait to see what he writes next. I would recomend this audiobook.
I would like to thank Mitch Kelly form Hachette for letting me review this audiobook.
Heartless
Heartless
by Gail Carriger
This audiobook was an enjoyable listening experience. I loved all the voices the actress gave to the characters while reading this book. Because of my enjoyment of this book I want to read the rest of the books in this series. (but too that was my only complaint about this Heartless was book 4 in the Pastoral Protecterate series so I was kind of lost at first as to what was going on but besides that everything was great) I would definatly recomend this audiobook its a great story to listen to and its also alot of fun to listen to as well.
I would like to thank Mitch Kelly form Hachette for letting me review this audiobook!
by Gail Carriger
This audiobook was an enjoyable listening experience. I loved all the voices the actress gave to the characters while reading this book. Because of my enjoyment of this book I want to read the rest of the books in this series. (but too that was my only complaint about this Heartless was book 4 in the Pastoral Protecterate series so I was kind of lost at first as to what was going on but besides that everything was great) I would definatly recomend this audiobook its a great story to listen to and its also alot of fun to listen to as well.
I would like to thank Mitch Kelly form Hachette for letting me review this audiobook!
Somewhere to Belong
Somewhere to belong
by Judith Miller
This book was ok. I got bored with it and did not end up enjoying it, even though it was historical fiction. I think it was just the tone and wrinting style that put me off but I am not sure I would not recomend this book.
I would like to thank Bethany Publishers for letting me read and review this book.
by Judith Miller
This book was ok. I got bored with it and did not end up enjoying it, even though it was historical fiction. I think it was just the tone and wrinting style that put me off but I am not sure I would not recomend this book.
I would like to thank Bethany Publishers for letting me read and review this book.
Star Trek: Cast no shadow
Star Trek: Cast no Shadow
by James Swallow
So I have to admit I am not a Trekie but this book I think is ok for anyone who just likes to read because it tells a good story. It wasnt one of my favorite books but I will recocomend it because I believe Trekies and non trekies (like me) a like will enjoy this novel.
by James Swallow
So I have to admit I am not a Trekie but this book I think is ok for anyone who just likes to read because it tells a good story. It wasnt one of my favorite books but I will recocomend it because I believe Trekies and non trekies (like me) a like will enjoy this novel.
Suns Heartbeat
Suns Hearbeat
by Bob Berman
This book had many interesting facts and was very informative. It also had pictures which is always a nice change of reading pace. However though I think the book was well written it just wasnt my thing. I would not recomend this book unless you are someone who likes science.
I would like to thank Anna from Hachette for letting me read and review this book.
by Bob Berman
This book had many interesting facts and was very informative. It also had pictures which is always a nice change of reading pace. However though I think the book was well written it just wasnt my thing. I would not recomend this book unless you are someone who likes science.
I would like to thank Anna from Hachette for letting me read and review this book.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Angelina's Bachelors: A Novel with Food
Today im participating in a blog tour for the book Angelina's Bachelor's by Brian O'Reily.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
Sometimes the shortest distance between two people is the length of a kitchen table. . . .
Far too young to be a widow, Angelina D’Angelo suddenly finds herself facing a life without her beloved husband, Frank. Late one night shortly after the funeral, she makes her way down to the kitchen and pours all of her grief and anger into the only outlet she has left—her passion for cooking. In a frenzy of concentration and swift precision, she builds layer upon layer of thick, rich lasagna, braids loaves of yeasty bread, roasts plump herb-rubbed chicken; she makes so much food that she winds up delivering the spoils to the neighbors in her tight-knit Italian community in South Philadelphia.
Retiree Basil Cupertino, who has just moved in with his kindly sister across the street, is positively smitten with Angelina’s food. In a stroke of good fortune, Basil offers Angelina (not only husbandless but unemployed) a job cooking for him—two meals a day, six days a week, in exchange for a handsome salary. Soon, word of her irresistible culinary prowess spreads and she finds herself cooking for seven bachelors—and in the process discovers the magical power of food to heal, to bring people together . . . and maybe even to provide a second chance at love.
Filled to the brim with homemade warmth, Angelina’s Bachelors is a sweet tale of overcoming grief, redefining family, and following your heart—through food
My review:
I thought this book was ok. I got kind of bored with it and I would have perfered if the recipies in this book would of been in the back because with them scatered in the text I thought it made the book seem choppy and harder to read. I would not recomend this book.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
Sometimes the shortest distance between two people is the length of a kitchen table. . . .
Far too young to be a widow, Angelina D’Angelo suddenly finds herself facing a life without her beloved husband, Frank. Late one night shortly after the funeral, she makes her way down to the kitchen and pours all of her grief and anger into the only outlet she has left—her passion for cooking. In a frenzy of concentration and swift precision, she builds layer upon layer of thick, rich lasagna, braids loaves of yeasty bread, roasts plump herb-rubbed chicken; she makes so much food that she winds up delivering the spoils to the neighbors in her tight-knit Italian community in South Philadelphia.
Retiree Basil Cupertino, who has just moved in with his kindly sister across the street, is positively smitten with Angelina’s food. In a stroke of good fortune, Basil offers Angelina (not only husbandless but unemployed) a job cooking for him—two meals a day, six days a week, in exchange for a handsome salary. Soon, word of her irresistible culinary prowess spreads and she finds herself cooking for seven bachelors—and in the process discovers the magical power of food to heal, to bring people together . . . and maybe even to provide a second chance at love.
Filled to the brim with homemade warmth, Angelina’s Bachelors is a sweet tale of overcoming grief, redefining family, and following your heart—through food
My review:
I thought this book was ok. I got kind of bored with it and I would have perfered if the recipies in this book would of been in the back because with them scatered in the text I thought it made the book seem choppy and harder to read. I would not recomend this book.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Confessions of an improper birde
Today I am participating in a blog tour for the book Confessions of an Improper Bride by Jenifer Haymore.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
TWICE TEMPTED
Serena Donovan left London six years ago, her heart broken and her reputation ruined by devilishly handsome Jonathan Dane. Now, with her family's future in peril, she reluctantly agrees to return to England and assume her late twin's identity. The price? Marry a man she doesn't love and spend the rest of her days living a lie.
Jonathan Dane, Earl of Stratford, has become an incorrigible rake, drinking, gambling-and trying to forget Serena Donovan. Yet the moment he's introduced to the prim and proper "Meg", he recognizes the sensual young woman who captured his heart. Haunted by his past mistakes, he refuses to lose Serena again. But convincing her to trust him is no easy task. Claiming his lost love means exposing the truth and destroying the life Serena has sacrificed everything to rebuild. With the future of all the Donovans at stake, and their undying passion capable of triggering yet another scandal, how much will Jonathan and Serena risk for a chance at true love?
Author Info: (from jenniferhaymore.com)
Jennifer Haymore grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii, where she surfed, learned how to fly airplanes, raced bicycles, and developed a love for sailing. She was an avid reader and completely destroyed her eyesight by sneaking a flashlight under her covers and reading far into the nights — making her mother wonder why on earth she couldn’t get up for school in the mornings…
Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in Education from UCLA. Before she became a full-time writer she held various jobs from bookselling to teaching inner-city children to playing bit roles in soap operas.
You can find Jennifer in Southern California trying to talk her husband into yet another trip to England, helping her three children with homework while brainstorming a new five-minute dinner menu, or crouched in a corner of the local bookstore writing her next novel.
My Review:
I thought this was a nice and enjoyable read. It wasnt my favorite. I like the other novels I have read by her alot better but this wasnt bad and thats why I would recomend it. I also liked the fact that it was a historical romance and I liked the cover of the book as well.
I would like to thank Brianne Beers for letting me participate in this blog tour.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
TWICE TEMPTED
Serena Donovan left London six years ago, her heart broken and her reputation ruined by devilishly handsome Jonathan Dane. Now, with her family's future in peril, she reluctantly agrees to return to England and assume her late twin's identity. The price? Marry a man she doesn't love and spend the rest of her days living a lie.
Jonathan Dane, Earl of Stratford, has become an incorrigible rake, drinking, gambling-and trying to forget Serena Donovan. Yet the moment he's introduced to the prim and proper "Meg", he recognizes the sensual young woman who captured his heart. Haunted by his past mistakes, he refuses to lose Serena again. But convincing her to trust him is no easy task. Claiming his lost love means exposing the truth and destroying the life Serena has sacrificed everything to rebuild. With the future of all the Donovans at stake, and their undying passion capable of triggering yet another scandal, how much will Jonathan and Serena risk for a chance at true love?
Author Info: (from jenniferhaymore.com)
Jennifer Haymore grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii, where she surfed, learned how to fly airplanes, raced bicycles, and developed a love for sailing. She was an avid reader and completely destroyed her eyesight by sneaking a flashlight under her covers and reading far into the nights — making her mother wonder why on earth she couldn’t get up for school in the mornings…
Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in Education from UCLA. Before she became a full-time writer she held various jobs from bookselling to teaching inner-city children to playing bit roles in soap operas.
You can find Jennifer in Southern California trying to talk her husband into yet another trip to England, helping her three children with homework while brainstorming a new five-minute dinner menu, or crouched in a corner of the local bookstore writing her next novel.
My Review:
I thought this was a nice and enjoyable read. It wasnt my favorite. I like the other novels I have read by her alot better but this wasnt bad and thats why I would recomend it. I also liked the fact that it was a historical romance and I liked the cover of the book as well.
I would like to thank Brianne Beers for letting me participate in this blog tour.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Gears of War
Today I am participating in a blog tour for the book Gears of War by Karen Traviss.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
Understand what a world had to do to survive.
When the Locust Horde burst from the ground fifteen years ago to slaughter the human population of Sera, mankind began a desperate war against extinction. Now after a decade and a half of bloody fighting, and with billions dead, the survivors—the Gears of the Coalition of Ordered Governments, along with a small band of civilians—have been forced to destroy their own cities and sacrifice their entire civilization to halt the Locust advance.
The last-ditch measures have succeeded, but at an enormous cost: the survivors have been reduced to a handful of refugees.
Escaping to a haven on the remote island of Vectes, they begin the heartbreaking task of rebuilding their devastated world. For a while, there’s hope . . . making peace with old enemies, and once again planning for the future.
But the short respite is shattered when Vectes comes under siege from an even deadlier force than the Locust—the Lambent, a hideous and constantly mutating life-form that destroys everything in its path. As the Lambent’s relentless assault spreads from the mainland to the island, the refugees finally understand what drove the Locust from their underground warrens and sparked the global war.
While Marcus Fenix and the Gears struggle to hold back the invasion, the Coalition faces a stark choice—fight this new enemy to the last human, or flee to the wastelands to take their chances and live like the human pariahs known as the Stranded . . . even as Coalition chairman Richard Prescott still guards one last, terrible secret about the Locust, the Lambent, and the future of mankind. . . .
Author Info: (from Amazon)
#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss has written four previous novels in the Gears of War series: Aspho Fields, Jacinto’s Remnant, Anvil Gate, and Coalition's End, and is the writer of Epic Games’ 2011 blockbuster video game sequel, Gears of War 3. She’s received critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess'har series (City of Pearl, Crossing the Line, The World Before, Matriarch, Ally, and Judge) and for her groundbreaking Star Wars novels in the Republic Commando series (Hard Contact, Triple Zero, True Colors, Order 66, and 501st) and the Legacy of the Force series (Bloodlines, Sacrifice, and Revelation). Her novella, Human Weakness, appeared in the Halo anthology Evolutions. A former TV and newspaper journalist and defense correspondent, she lives in England.
My review:
I didnt enjoy this book and its probably because I have not read any of the others so I did not understand what was going on sometimes. Also I thought I give this book a try because it would be a different read for me but I ended up not being interested in it. I would not recomend this book to anyone unless they were a fan of the series or games.
I would like to thank Gallery for letting me participate in this blog tour.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
Understand what a world had to do to survive.
When the Locust Horde burst from the ground fifteen years ago to slaughter the human population of Sera, mankind began a desperate war against extinction. Now after a decade and a half of bloody fighting, and with billions dead, the survivors—the Gears of the Coalition of Ordered Governments, along with a small band of civilians—have been forced to destroy their own cities and sacrifice their entire civilization to halt the Locust advance.
The last-ditch measures have succeeded, but at an enormous cost: the survivors have been reduced to a handful of refugees.
Escaping to a haven on the remote island of Vectes, they begin the heartbreaking task of rebuilding their devastated world. For a while, there’s hope . . . making peace with old enemies, and once again planning for the future.
But the short respite is shattered when Vectes comes under siege from an even deadlier force than the Locust—the Lambent, a hideous and constantly mutating life-form that destroys everything in its path. As the Lambent’s relentless assault spreads from the mainland to the island, the refugees finally understand what drove the Locust from their underground warrens and sparked the global war.
While Marcus Fenix and the Gears struggle to hold back the invasion, the Coalition faces a stark choice—fight this new enemy to the last human, or flee to the wastelands to take their chances and live like the human pariahs known as the Stranded . . . even as Coalition chairman Richard Prescott still guards one last, terrible secret about the Locust, the Lambent, and the future of mankind. . . .
Author Info: (from Amazon)
#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss has written four previous novels in the Gears of War series: Aspho Fields, Jacinto’s Remnant, Anvil Gate, and Coalition's End, and is the writer of Epic Games’ 2011 blockbuster video game sequel, Gears of War 3. She’s received critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess'har series (City of Pearl, Crossing the Line, The World Before, Matriarch, Ally, and Judge) and for her groundbreaking Star Wars novels in the Republic Commando series (Hard Contact, Triple Zero, True Colors, Order 66, and 501st) and the Legacy of the Force series (Bloodlines, Sacrifice, and Revelation). Her novella, Human Weakness, appeared in the Halo anthology Evolutions. A former TV and newspaper journalist and defense correspondent, she lives in England.
My review:
I didnt enjoy this book and its probably because I have not read any of the others so I did not understand what was going on sometimes. Also I thought I give this book a try because it would be a different read for me but I ended up not being interested in it. I would not recomend this book to anyone unless they were a fan of the series or games.
I would like to thank Gallery for letting me participate in this blog tour.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Congratulations
Recently I had a giveaway on my blog and I wish I could give a copy of the book to everyone who entered but sadly I can not. So I would like to thank everyone for entering and visiting my blog. Congratulations to the randomly selected winners Brenda and dancealert!
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Angela Sloan
Today im participating in a blog tour for the book Angela Sloan by James Wharton Jr.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
In his latest novel, universally acclaimed author James Whorton, Jr., delivers a curious Nixon-era caper of broken men and stoic runaways who learn just how much there is to gain, and lose, when you go undercover. Angela Sloan, a seemingly average teenager living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., is left to lie low and fend for herself when her father, a retired CIA officer, skips town in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
Driving a Plymouth Scamp she has just learned to operate, Angela encounters strangers literally at every turn. A fugitive Chinese waitress won’t get out of the car. A jaded lady spy offers up free therapy and roadside assistance. A restless pair of hippies keeps preaching about the evils of monogamy. And an anteater lurks in the unlikeliest of places. But through all of her outlandish adventures, Angela keeps focused on one urgent wish: to reunite with her father.
Bold and quirky, Angela Sloan is a priceless coming-of-age story about stealing diner food and salvaging lost identities
Author Info: (from Amazon)
James Whorton Jr. is author of the novels Angela Sloan, Frankland, and Approximately Heaven. A former Mississippian and former Tennessean, he lives in Rochester, New York with his wife and their daughter. He teaches at SUNY Brockport.
My review:
I had high hopes for this book and was somewhat let down. The book is supposed to be crazy and fun which it was funny at some points but I wasnt drawn into the story. I think one of the problem with this book was the authors tone. Also this book was supposed to be a coming of age novel but Angela really isnt out on her own till towards the end of the book so it make the book seem drawn out. The way the book ends is also a confusing thing (which I wont ruin for you). The cover of this book I thought was cool and very eye apealling. I think I might recocomend this book since its not horrible.
I would like to thank the people at Simon & Schuster Free Press for letting me participate in this blog tour.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
In his latest novel, universally acclaimed author James Whorton, Jr., delivers a curious Nixon-era caper of broken men and stoic runaways who learn just how much there is to gain, and lose, when you go undercover. Angela Sloan, a seemingly average teenager living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., is left to lie low and fend for herself when her father, a retired CIA officer, skips town in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
Driving a Plymouth Scamp she has just learned to operate, Angela encounters strangers literally at every turn. A fugitive Chinese waitress won’t get out of the car. A jaded lady spy offers up free therapy and roadside assistance. A restless pair of hippies keeps preaching about the evils of monogamy. And an anteater lurks in the unlikeliest of places. But through all of her outlandish adventures, Angela keeps focused on one urgent wish: to reunite with her father.
Bold and quirky, Angela Sloan is a priceless coming-of-age story about stealing diner food and salvaging lost identities
Author Info: (from Amazon)
James Whorton Jr. is author of the novels Angela Sloan, Frankland, and Approximately Heaven. A former Mississippian and former Tennessean, he lives in Rochester, New York with his wife and their daughter. He teaches at SUNY Brockport.
My review:
I had high hopes for this book and was somewhat let down. The book is supposed to be crazy and fun which it was funny at some points but I wasnt drawn into the story. I think one of the problem with this book was the authors tone. Also this book was supposed to be a coming of age novel but Angela really isnt out on her own till towards the end of the book so it make the book seem drawn out. The way the book ends is also a confusing thing (which I wont ruin for you). The cover of this book I thought was cool and very eye apealling. I think I might recocomend this book since its not horrible.
I would like to thank the people at Simon & Schuster Free Press for letting me participate in this blog tour.
The Butterfly Cabinet
Today im participating in a blog tour for the book The Butterfly Cabinet by Bernie Mcgill.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
An unforgettable story of two women linked by their roles in a tragedy at the end of the Victorian era.
When Anna, the young woman she cared for as a child, announces her intention to visit the elderly Maddie, Maddie recognises her last chance to unburden herself of a story that has gnawed at her for sixty years. For Maddie, rather like the butterfly cabinet she keeps safely under lock and key, has for too long guarded a secret: that of the day a four-year-old girl died at the big house where she worked as a nanny. Finally, Maddie knows, Anna is ready to hear what happened. As Maddie's mind drifts back through the years, so too is revealed the story of Charlotte's mother, Harriet Ormond. A proud, uncompromising woman, Harriet's great passion is collecting butterflies and pinning them under glass; motherhood comes no easier to her than her role as mistress of her remote Irish estate. When her daughter dies, her community is quick to judge her, and Harriet will not stoop to defend herself. But her journals reveal a more complex truth.
Author Info: (from Amazon)
Bernie McGill was born in Northern Ireland. She has written for the theatre (The Weather Watchers, The Haunting of Helena Blunden), short stories and a novel, The Butterfly Cabinet. Her short fiction has been shortlisted for numerous awards and in 2008 she won the Zoetrope:All-Story Short Fiction Award in the US. She is a recent recipient of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland's inaugural ACES (Artists' Career Enhancement Scheme) Award in association with the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University, Belfast. She lives in Portstewart in Northern Ireland with her family and works as a Creative Writing facilitator. She likes to sit in cafes drinking cappuccino and making up stories about the people going past.
My review:
I thought this book was ok but the tone of the book did bore me. I liked the fact that this was based off a true story because I love learning about history and stuff that has happened etc. The cover of this book to I also thought was apporiate (maybe not eye appealing but apporiate) I think I might recomend this book to someone who thinks they might like reading this kind of thing.
I would like to thank the people at Simon & Schuster Free Press for letting me participate in this tour.
Book Info: (from Amazon)
An unforgettable story of two women linked by their roles in a tragedy at the end of the Victorian era.
When Anna, the young woman she cared for as a child, announces her intention to visit the elderly Maddie, Maddie recognises her last chance to unburden herself of a story that has gnawed at her for sixty years. For Maddie, rather like the butterfly cabinet she keeps safely under lock and key, has for too long guarded a secret: that of the day a four-year-old girl died at the big house where she worked as a nanny. Finally, Maddie knows, Anna is ready to hear what happened. As Maddie's mind drifts back through the years, so too is revealed the story of Charlotte's mother, Harriet Ormond. A proud, uncompromising woman, Harriet's great passion is collecting butterflies and pinning them under glass; motherhood comes no easier to her than her role as mistress of her remote Irish estate. When her daughter dies, her community is quick to judge her, and Harriet will not stoop to defend herself. But her journals reveal a more complex truth.
Author Info: (from Amazon)
Bernie McGill was born in Northern Ireland. She has written for the theatre (The Weather Watchers, The Haunting of Helena Blunden), short stories and a novel, The Butterfly Cabinet. Her short fiction has been shortlisted for numerous awards and in 2008 she won the Zoetrope:All-Story Short Fiction Award in the US. She is a recent recipient of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland's inaugural ACES (Artists' Career Enhancement Scheme) Award in association with the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University, Belfast. She lives in Portstewart in Northern Ireland with her family and works as a Creative Writing facilitator. She likes to sit in cafes drinking cappuccino and making up stories about the people going past.
My review:
I thought this book was ok but the tone of the book did bore me. I liked the fact that this was based off a true story because I love learning about history and stuff that has happened etc. The cover of this book to I also thought was apporiate (maybe not eye appealing but apporiate) I think I might recomend this book to someone who thinks they might like reading this kind of thing.
I would like to thank the people at Simon & Schuster Free Press for letting me participate in this tour.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Interview and giveaway
I will be posting a recent interview I had with the author T.P. Boje. So I would like to thank her for the interview and welcome her to my blog. Also there will be a giveaway of her e-book (two copies will be given away)(more details about the giveaway can be read below)
Author Bio:
T. P. Boje is a mother of two, a stepmother of another two and a hardcore cartoon lover, Tim Burton enthusiast, and enjoys any movie the Coen Brothers have made (with the big Lebowski being her favorite strongly followed by Burn after Reading). She is also a Y/A fantasy and mystery-writer. She is originally fromDenmark but currently living in Florida , USA
To learn more follow her on Twitter, visit her fansite on Facebook or check out her web-page: http://www.tpboje.blogspot.com/
Book Synopsis:
Who or what inspires you to write?
Reading inspires me a lot and watching movies. People around me inspire me as well. Actually this story is inspired by stories my dad used to tell me. I have always had an interest in gypsies and loved the stories my dad would tell about their music, dancing and fluttering skirts. Actually he used to tell me that I was really a gypsy. That they had found me on the doorstep at our house with a note and that one day my real parents would come and get me. It was just for fun and I didn’t believe him (he also told my brother that they had bought him at the zoo – from the monkeycage) but some part of me wanted that to be my story. I wanted to be different than the regular middle-class girl that I was. I wanted to go to exotic places and dance like he told me they did. I wanted an adventure of my own.
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what are you working on next?
I am currently working on a new series that wil be launched in late august. It is also in the Y/A fantasy/supernatural genre but has more romance to it and the main character is a few years older than Sara in The Eye of the Crystal Ball. The series title will (probably - could still be changed) be "The Afterlife". It is about a girl that wakes up and finds out she is dead.
Furthermore I am working on a sequel to The Eye of the Crystal Ball.
Author Bio:
T. P. Boje is a mother of two, a stepmother of another two and a hardcore cartoon lover, Tim Burton enthusiast, and enjoys any movie the Coen Brothers have made (with the big Lebowski being her favorite strongly followed by Burn after Reading). She is also a Y/A fantasy and mystery-writer. She is originally from
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Book Synopsis:
When Sara was newborn her parents left her at the doorstep at Mr. and Mrs. Schneider’s house.
When Sara was ten she discovered she was telekinetic. She began to move stuff around when she got angry just by her will alone.
When Sara was twelve her real parents came for her and took her with them to live like the Gypsy that she was – or Romani as they like to call themselves. They told her she was going to fulfill a prophesy. That it was once said that out of the Romani people the greatest sorceress who had ever lived would be born.
When Sara was thirteen she had a baby brother and when she was fourteen he got very sick with a strange illness.
To save her baby-brother Sara sets off on a quest to find his cure – well knowing that it will cost her dearly.
Soon Sara finds herself going through the Singing Cave, crossing Wild Witches Valley, talking to a ten foot giant snail, rescuing the Beads of Souls from the Hell-hounds, escaping a spell in Vamila, the Forest of Vanity, visiting the king at the City of Lights before she finally reaches the Black Castle where she is told the Eye of the Crystal Ball can tell her how to cure her brother’s strange illness.
But nothing is free in this world - and as Sara soon will know - everything has a price.
When Sara was ten she discovered she was telekinetic. She began to move stuff around when she got angry just by her will alone.
When Sara was twelve her real parents came for her and took her with them to live like the Gypsy that she was – or Romani as they like to call themselves. They told her she was going to fulfill a prophesy. That it was once said that out of the Romani people the greatest sorceress who had ever lived would be born.
When Sara was thirteen she had a baby brother and when she was fourteen he got very sick with a strange illness.
To save her baby-brother Sara sets off on a quest to find his cure – well knowing that it will cost her dearly.
Soon Sara finds herself going through the Singing Cave, crossing Wild Witches Valley, talking to a ten foot giant snail, rescuing the Beads of Souls from the Hell-hounds, escaping a spell in Vamila, the Forest of Vanity, visiting the king at the City of Lights before she finally reaches the Black Castle where she is told the Eye of the Crystal Ball can tell her how to cure her brother’s strange illness.
But nothing is free in this world - and as Sara soon will know - everything has a price.
Q&A:
Why did you want to write this book?
I never know why I want to write a book. Mostly it is because the story just wants out. I walk around with all these characters in my head and at some point they want to go on their quest and I just have to start writing.
I never know why I want to write a book. Mostly it is because the story just wants out. I walk around with all these characters in my head and at some point they want to go on their quest and I just have to start writing.
Who or what inspires you to write?
Reading inspires me a lot and watching movies. People around me inspire me as well. Actually this story is inspired by stories my dad used to tell me. I have always had an interest in gypsies and loved the stories my dad would tell about their music, dancing and fluttering skirts. Actually he used to tell me that I was really a gypsy. That they had found me on the doorstep at our house with a note and that one day my real parents would come and get me. It was just for fun and I didn’t believe him (he also told my brother that they had bought him at the zoo – from the monkeycage) but some part of me wanted that to be my story. I wanted to be different than the regular middle-class girl that I was. I wanted to go to exotic places and dance like he told me they did. I wanted an adventure of my own.
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what are you working on next?
I am currently working on a new series that wil be launched in late august. It is also in the Y/A fantasy/supernatural genre but has more romance to it and the main character is a few years older than Sara in The Eye of the Crystal Ball. The series title will (probably - could still be changed) be "The Afterlife". It is about a girl that wakes up and finds out she is dead.
Furthermore I am working on a sequel to The Eye of the Crystal Ball.
GIVEAWAY:
As I said before two copies of the e-book The Eye of the Crysal Ball will be given away. To enter you must coment on this post. I will than randomly pick two winers. These two winners must then send me there emails adresses and then I will send them to T.P. so she can send you your e-book. The contest will go untill the end of the day on August 9th.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Groundswell
Groundswell
by Katie Lee
I liked this book alot untill the end (which I wont ruin for you) but basically the end was starting to go one way which I completely agreed with and then suddenly changed. The story in this book is good its a little cliched but still nice. I liked the cover art alot on this book and I enjoyed reading it and since I think others will enjoy reading it too thats why im recomending it.
I would like to thank Kristen Dwyer for letting me review this book!
by Katie Lee
I liked this book alot untill the end (which I wont ruin for you) but basically the end was starting to go one way which I completely agreed with and then suddenly changed. The story in this book is good its a little cliched but still nice. I liked the cover art alot on this book and I enjoyed reading it and since I think others will enjoy reading it too thats why im recomending it.
I would like to thank Kristen Dwyer for letting me review this book!
Monday, August 1, 2011
Rapunzels Daughters
Rapunzel's Daughters and other Tales
Edited by Josie Brown, Rose Mambert, and Bill Racicot
This anthology of retold fairy tales are good. I enjoyed this book alot of course there were some stories I enjoyed more than others and there wer some stories in the book that I wasnt familar with the original of it so that was interesting to learn more about these stories. The covers somewhat appealing and I would recomend this anthology its a worthwhile read.
Edited by Josie Brown, Rose Mambert, and Bill Racicot
This anthology of retold fairy tales are good. I enjoyed this book alot of course there were some stories I enjoyed more than others and there wer some stories in the book that I wasnt familar with the original of it so that was interesting to learn more about these stories. The covers somewhat appealing and I would recomend this anthology its a worthwhile read.
Left Neglected
Today im participating in a blog tour for the book Left Neglected by Lisa Genova.
Book Info: (from Amazon) \
In neuroscientist Genova's second novel (after Still Alice), a car crash gives a successful younger woman an obscure neurological syndrome called Left Neglect. Upwardly mobile Sarah and Bob Nickerson live in suburban Massachusetts with their three small children. Both work 60-hour weeks, though the economic downturn looms. When Sarah wakes up eight days after crashing her car on the way to work, the doctors inform her of her condition, which causes her brain to ignore the left side of everything, and she begins a long and uncertain recovery.
Author Info:
Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She lives with her husband and three children on Cape Cod.
My review:
This book was ok. It was interesting and inspiring to read about what she went through etc but I think how it was written is what turned me off to the book because I found it boring and I dont think I would recomend this book.
Book Info: (from Amazon) \
In neuroscientist Genova's second novel (after Still Alice), a car crash gives a successful younger woman an obscure neurological syndrome called Left Neglect. Upwardly mobile Sarah and Bob Nickerson live in suburban Massachusetts with their three small children. Both work 60-hour weeks, though the economic downturn looms. When Sarah wakes up eight days after crashing her car on the way to work, the doctors inform her of her condition, which causes her brain to ignore the left side of everything, and she begins a long and uncertain recovery.
Author Info:
Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She lives with her husband and three children on Cape Cod.
My review:
This book was ok. It was interesting and inspiring to read about what she went through etc but I think how it was written is what turned me off to the book because I found it boring and I dont think I would recomend this book.
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