Thanks again to Carl Brookins for sharing his reviews. Blogger was not cooperating earlier today when I tried to post this. Sigh….. Rest for the Wicked by Ellen Hart ISBN: 978-1250001863 A Minotaur hardcover and Kindle 2012 release So readers know, the author and I are friends, often travel together as the Minnesota Crime Wave …
Before I post the review for today, I just want to mention that my young adult novel, Friends Forever, is being featured at Coffee Time Romance & More. If you have not visited that site before, it is a terrific place to find new books to read. Most of the books featured are romance, but …
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Strong EnoughEllen HargerFile Size: 522 KBPrint Length: 308 pagesPublisher: Ellen Harger (February 25, 2013)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00BLD5U78 While there was some excellent writing in this book, I really struggled to finish it as the characters simply did not draw me into the story. Even the central character, Whitney, did not become …
The Butterfly StormKate FrostFormat: Kindle EditionFile Size: 451 KBPublisher: Lemon Tree Press (5 Jun 2013)Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.Language: EnglishASIN: B00D8NMGNA This is somewhat of a coming-of-age story even though the protagonist is not a young teen learning how to be an adult. Sophie is in her late twenties, but in a way …
Lay Death at Her DoorElizabeth BuhmannPrint Length: 315 pagesPage Numbers Source ISBN: 1940215005Simultaneous Device Usage: UnlimitedPublisher: Red Adept Publishing, LLC (May 22, 2013)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00CYMBUXI When the story opens we learn that Kate Cranbook sent the wrong man to prison for rape and murder twenty years ago. Now there is …
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Camp RedemptionRaymond L. Atkins File Size: 449 KBPrint Length: 240 pagesPublisher: Mercer University Press (March 1, 2013)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00BT0AFLO Every now and then an author comes along who so vividly portrays a place and it’s people that you believe you are there with them. Laura Lippman does that with Baltimore, …
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One Year LivedAdam ShepardPaperback: 288 pages$13.78Publisher: Scratch Beginnings Press (April 11, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0979692644ISBN-13: 978-0979692642 People have always journeyed as a means to a greater self awareness, as well as a greater understanding of the world and how their lives fit in the overall larger picture. This has been true of the Aborigines in Australia …
Fields of Elysium A.B. Whelan Print Length: 416 pages Publisher: InMotion Capitol (December 10, 2012) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. ASIN: B00AM4I0KG In this fantasy romance the central character, Molly, has just moved to California from New Jersey and she is having trouble fitting in at her new school. She is unhappy and lonely for her friends back in the …
Most of us doing the A to Z blog Challenge have a few letters we wish would leave the alphabet; q, x, and z being the three that can be the most challenging. A children’s author, Marvin Mayer, has attempted to help us out with his picture book, The Day That X Ran Away. …
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Mine to AvengeKerry Letheby Paperback: 496 pagesPublisher: Kerry Letheby (October 16, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0646579142ISBN-13: 978-0646579146 This is a sweeping generational saga with a mystery that touches all the lives of the people in the story. I will have to admit that I was so busy during March and the first couple of weeks of April …