Category: fiction

Review: Women from Venus by Ed Brodow

Earlier this year I reviewed an excellent historical fiction novel by Ed Brodow called Fixer.  If you haven’t picked that one up, definitely add it to your TBR (to be read) list. Ed contacted me again and asked if I would like to review his new book, Women from Venus.  This book contains four short […]

Review & Giveaway: Spare Change by Bette Lee Crosby

It has been awhile since I’ve done a giveaway but when author Bette Lee Crosby sent me her book, Spare Change, I just knew I needed to share this book with a lucky reader of my blog!  AND Bette told me that Spare Change will be available for free on Amazon on Thursday, September 20th […]

Review: Family Pieces by Misa Rush

I love when authors contact me to read their book…..I never know who is going to find me and what interesting reads are in store.  This request came from author Misa Rush who has written her first novel called Family Pieces. About Misa: When the inspiration first struck to begin writing a novel, Misa had […]

Teaser Tuesday: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

This book has been sitting on my bookshelf for a few years, it always seems like there was something else getting in the way of me picking up this book.  So I finally did last night and am only a few chapter into it but it feels like home.  I am already intrigued and can’t […]

Upcoming Reviews

I know I haven’t posted anything in a few weeks, bad me.  But I have been reading and am working on a few reviews over the next week.  This is what is coming up in review world: Lowcountry Punch by Boo Walker, Dead End Deal by Allen Wyler, The Plaza by Guillermo Paxton     […]

Review & Giveaway: The Zen Man by Colleen Collins

Colleen Collins is a PI by day (so she knows of what she writes!) and is also an award-winning author who’s written 20 novels and anthologies for Harlequin (including a romantic paranormal thriller for Dorchester, writing as Cassandra Collins). Her books have placed first in the Colorado Gold, Romancing the Rockies, and Top of the Peak contests, […]

Review: Fixer by Ed Brodow

I love getting random emails from authors asking me to review a book, especially when the book is something I probably wouldn’t have normally picked up or even known about.  Stretching the mind is a good thing! Ed Brodow contacted me about reading and reviewing Fixer which is fiction but loosely based on his Grandfather’s […]

Brownie Fix – Ellen Cardona

I like to read books by first time authors and especially when that author is a sorority sister!  It just seems like there is something special reading a book by someone that has a connection to you in one way or another. Ellen Cardona wrote Brownie Fix to help deal with the postpartum depression she […]

The Mill River Recluse – Darcie Chan (Review)

Author Darcie Chan is an attorney and lives in northern Westchester County, New York, with her husband and son. In her spare time, Darcie enjoys reading, writing fiction, gardening, playing piano, and cooking. The Mill River Recluse is her first novel and I believe it is only available as an e-book. Synopsis: Disfigured by the […]

Heads You Lose – Lisa Lutz & David Hayward

Heads You Lose is a joint collaboration between Lisa Lutz (known for The Spellman Files series) and David Hayward (He writes poetry and has a editing/writing company).  The authors each write a chapter and then hand it off to the other.  In between the chapters there are comments about what is written and David’s foray […]