Thanksgiving Giveaway
November 9, 2012
My fellow book blogger Andi at Radiant Light is giving away 3 great books! Definitely head on over and leave a comment for her to be entered to win
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Cover Reveal: Heart of the Ocean by Heather Moore
November 9, 2012
The cover art for Heart of the Ocean has been revealed! Author Heather B. Moore Heather B. Moore is the award-winning author of ten novels, two inspirational non-fiction books, and two anthologies, including The Newport Ladies Book Club Series, A Timeless Romance Anthology, and Christ’s Gifts to Women (co-authored by Angela Eschler). Her […]
New Author, New Book
November 7, 2012
Today I’d like to give a shout out to a friend from high school that has written a book. love/life Hot in Houston by new author, Renee’ Curtis. It is a racy and intended for mature readers only….but you can read a sneak peek of the book here. The accidental author. That is […]
Mystery Monday: Murder of the Cat’s Meow by Denise Swanson
November 5, 2012
Murder of the Cat’s Meow is 15th in the Scumble River series by author Denise Swanson. Synopsis: When ex-Vegas showgirl and local business owner Bunny Reid starts an online dating service called Cupid’s Cat’s Meow, out-of-town visitors flock to her bowling alley for the speed-dating and cat show events. Bunny’s scheme sounds harmless enough, but school […]
Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
November 3, 2012
Ready Player One by author Ernest Cline was chosen by my book club as the November read. This book was published in 2011 and there was a big contest that went along with it where the author gave away a DeLorean car (think Back to the Future and the flux capacitor!) Synopsis: The […]
Review: Winning the City by Theodore Weesner
October 31, 2012
Synopsis: It’s Detroit, 1961. Fifteen-year-old Dale Wheeler, the son of an unemployed, alcoholic autoworker, has big dreams of leading his team to the City Basketball Championship. But his dream is shattered when Dale—the co-captain and top point guard—is cut from the team to make way for the son of a big money team sponsor. His […]
Excerpt: Winning the City by Theodore Weesner
October 31, 2012
PART ONE   ONE            This is it. Today is the day. The first practice of the year after school in the boy’s gym. Time to show the speed, do the deed, take the lead! All these weeks and months Dale has been able to think of little else. Since last spring.            Since forever. Now […]
Blog Tour: Winning the City (Redux) by Theodore Weesner
October 31, 2012
Today we are highlighting a “coming of age” tale in the world of inner city youth basketball.  ABOUT THE BOOK It’s Detroit, 1961. Fifteen-year-old Dale Wheeler, the son of an unemployed, alcoholic autoworker, has big dreams of leading his team to the City Basketball Championship. But his dream is shattered when Dale—the co-captain and top […]
Mystery Monday: The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
October 29, 2012
This week I bring you a different type of mystery. Ok a mystery is a mystery, but this mystery by Jasper Fforde features many nursery rhyme characters, in fact one of the detectives is Jack Spratt. In this installment (the first in the series), Humpty Dumpty has been murdered. From the dust jacket: In The […]
Excerpt: Extraordinary Rendition by Paul Batista
October 25, 2012
An Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Extraordinary Rendition by Paul Batista When the guard left, the iron door resonated briefly as the magnetic lock engaged itself. Byron sat in a steel folding chair. Directly in front of him was a narrow ledge under a multi-layered, almost opaque plastic window, in the middle of which was […]