Title: Try Me Author: Parker Blue Publisher: Belle Bridge Books Source: LibraryThing Early Reviewers It can be difficult to start a series midway through but I never felt like I was truly missing anything. Sure, I don’t know everything that happened between Dan Sullivan and Val Shapiro but I have a pretty good guess. Her… Continue reading Try Me by Parker Blue
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Mailbox Monday – April 11th
A big thank you to Marcia at A Girl and Her Books for originating Mailbox Monday. This weekly meme is now on tour with a new host each month. April’s host is Passages to the Past. All my books this week are from NetGalley. Bite Me and Fang Me by Parker Blue. These are part of the… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – April 11th
The Association 1: President Park Incidents
Title: The Association 1: President Park Incidents Author:E.P. Shirleyjack Source: The author Description from Smashwords: In retrospect, I should have called the police after the Second President Park Incident. The police or the Magic Council. But it all started so innocuously, behind the dumpster at Jiggle Jon’s Cold Beer, Lotto and Groceries, in the bluish… Continue reading The Association 1: President Park Incidents
Mailbox Monday – April 4th
A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page for originating Mailbox Monday. It’s now on tour and the April host is Passages to the Past. I received a Kindle “gift” this week from E. P. Shirleyjack of her novellette The Association 1: President Park Incidents. This was my first time receiving something this way… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – April 4th
March 2011
Happy April Fool’s Day! It was a holiday my family never celebrated which is surprising.  Aren’t older brothers supposed to be full of hijinks and pranks? Maybe they were too well behaved or I didn’t take pranks well. These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in March: 0 Rejections… Continue reading March 2011
Mailbox Monday – March 28
A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page for originating Mailbox Monday. This weekly meme is now on tour. The hostess for March is Laura of I’m Booking It. Be forewarned that reading and participating in Mailbox Monday posts can increase your TBR pile. For the past three weeks I keep reading Amanda… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – March 28
Ian Rankin on NPR
Yesterday’s NPR interview with Ian Rankin is going to add another book to my TBR pile. I’ve heard of him but haven’t read anything by him. The title of his newest book is The Complaints and features an internal affairs police officer, Malcolm Fox. He sounds like a straitlaced sort of guy trying to do what’s expected… Continue reading Ian Rankin on NPR
The Bells by Richard Harvell
Title: The Bells Author: Richard Harvell Publisher: Crown Publishing Source: ARC from NetGalley The celebrated opera singer Lo Svizzero was born in a belfry high in the Swiss Alps where his mother served as the keeper of the loudest and most beautiful bells in the land. Shaped by the bells’ glorious music, as a boy… Continue reading The Bells by Richard Harvell
Mailbox Monday – March 14th
A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page for originating Mailbox Monday. This weekly meme is now on tour. The hostess for March is Laura of I’m Booking It. Be forewarned that reading and participating in Mailbox Monday posts can increase your TBR pile. I honestly didn’t think I’d have anything to write about… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – March 14th
Tyger Tyger by Kersten Hamilton
Title: Tyger Tyger Author: Kersten Hamilton Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Source: ARC from NetGalley Teagan Wylltson’s best friend, Abby, dreams that horrifying creatures-goblins, shape-shifters, and beings of unearthly beauty but terrible cruelty-are hunting Teagan. Abby is always coming up with crazy stuff, though, so Teagan isn’t worried. Her life isn’t in danger. In fact, it’s… Continue reading Tyger Tyger by Kersten Hamilton