tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42701074528331260002024-03-06T02:44:28.004-05:00Books are a BlessingHere you will find Christian Books. Mostly Bibles, Devotions, Childrens Books, Gift Books and a few Fiction will be added here as well. Hope you enjoy our reviews of the awesome books. We are just beginning, so tell all of your friends about us.Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.comBlogger538125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-48219219021798620312023-06-16T14:04:00.003-04:002023-06-16T14:04:17.973-04:00Soso and The Kako Leaf by Bella Disu<p> </p>
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<p><strong>Book Title</strong>: Soso and The Kako Leaf by Bella Disu<br><strong>Category</strong>: Children's Fiction (Ages 6-12), 78 pages<br><strong>Genre</strong>: Children's Book<br><strong>Publisher</strong>: The Good Work Company<br><strong>Release date</strong>: June 19, 2022<br><strong>Format available for review</strong>: print (softback) (US, Canada and UK ), ebook (PDF)<br><strong>Tour dates</strong>: April 17 to May 5<br><strong>Content Rating</strong>: G. Children's Book.</p>
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<p><strong>MY RATING</strong>:</p>
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<p>Follow the life of young Soso as she encounters mysteries and unearths traditions that have existed long before she was born.Be part of her adventures as she gains confidence, self-esteem, and an understanding of her deep cultural heritage.</p>
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<p><strong>Buy the Book<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://amzn.to/3VJQMcv" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <br>add to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61333692-soso-and-the-kako-leaf" target="_blank">goodreads</a></strong></p>
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<p>This book is available for special purchases in bulk by organizations and institutions, not for resale, at special discounts. Please email all inquiries to <a href="mailto:soso@thegoodworkcompany.com">The Good Work Company</a>.</p>
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<p>Today is a special day, it's Soso's birthday, and a special date for our country, September 12. Soso is 9 years old today, and she is excited about all of the gifts she will get. Will it be the new nail color kit, and purple hair extensions? As Soso was waiting on her parents to get her brother settled in at the football game, she goes to play in the garden. It is there that Soso falls asleep and wakes up in a magical land of her people where people are dressed in neat costumes, and there are Kako leaves, for whatever they were used for. Soso enjoys her adventure in the new land, but she misses her family. What will happen with Soso and her family? Will the big 9th birthday party still be on? </p>
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<p>This is a cute book to teach your child about a different culture. The author being Nigerian, goes into deep detail about her culture. The story was cute and also informative for me because it is a place I know nothing about. I love the beautiful illustrations by Awele Emili, which have so much detail children will have a blast looking at the pictures and making a story of their own. I think this would be a great story for elementary school classrooms or libraries. I encourage you to check this sweet little book out. I'm giving Soso and The Kako Leaf by Bella Disu Four Stars.</p>
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<p>A special thanks to the author/publisher for a copy of this book. I am not required to write a positive review, the opinions here are mine alone. I am disclosing this with my review in accordance with the Federal Trab731a3ff-pde Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.</p>
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<p>Bella Disu is a mother of two wonderful children. She is an enthusiastic lover of art as well as an avid reader. From a young age, she has been enamoured with rich cultural folktales. Now, she channels her love for art and her passion for reading into writing stories. Her stories use new forms to pass on the tales she heard growing up to the next generation.</p>
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<p>Bella is also a renowned business leader who is committed to corporate governance and business innovation. In December 2019, she became the youngest ever recipient of the French National Honor - Chevalier dans L'ordre des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of her efforts at promoting French culture in Nigeria.<br><br>She is married and lives in Lagos, Nigeria, with her family.<br><br><strong>connect with the author: <a href="https://bella-disu.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">website </a>~ <a href="https://twitter.com/BellaDisu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">twitter </a>~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/belladisu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">instagram</a></strong></p>
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<p>Apr 17 – <a href="https://myreadinggetaway.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">My Reading Getaway </a>– book review / author interview / giveaway<br>Apr 17 - <a href="https://readingauthors.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Reading Authors Network </a>– book review / giveaway<br>Apr 17 - <a href="https://www.amamascorneroftheworld.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Mama's Corner of the World </a>– book review / giveaway<br>Apr 18 – <a href="https://ginaraemitchell.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gina Rae Mitchell </a>– book review / guest post / giveaway<br>Apr 18 - <a href="http://www.rockinbokreviews.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rockin' Book Reviews</a> – book review / guest post / giveaway<br>Apr 19 – <a href="https://www.splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Splashes of Joy</a> – book review / giveaway<br>Apr 20 – <a href="https://www.kimsbookreviewsandwritingahas.blog/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's</a> – book review / giveaway<br>Apr 21 – <a href="https://booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Books are a Blessing </a>– book review / giveaway<br>Apr 24 – <a href="https://amysbooketlist.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amy's Booket List</a> - book spotlight / giveaway<br>Apr 24 - <a href="http://thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Phantom Paragrapher </a>– book review<br>Apr 25 – <a href="https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jazzy Book Reviews </a>– book review / giveaway<br>Apr 25 - <a href="https://becauseisaidsomyadventuresinparenting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Because I said so -- and other adventures in Parenting</a> – book review / guest post / giveaway<br>Apr 26 –<a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Cover Lover Book Review </a>– book review / guest post / giveaway<br>Apr 26 - <a href="http://ko-fi.com/MyWorldReads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">My WorldReads </a>– book spotlight / giveaway<br>Apr 27 – <a href="https://janemouttet.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Library Lady's Kid Lit </a>– book review / author interview / giveaway<br>Apr 27 - <a href="https://lieseblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Liese's Blog</a> – book spotlight<br>Apr 28 – <a href="http://www.stephaniemward.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Writer with Wanderlust</a> – book review / author interview / giveaway<br>Apr 29 - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/readingismypassion" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Reading is My Passion</a> – book review / giveaway<br>May 1 – <a href="http://www.casiascorner.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Casia's Corner</a> – book review<br>May 2 – <a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">fundinmental </a>– book spotlight / giveaway<br>May 2 -<a href="http://mamof9.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> mamof9</a> – book review / giveaway<br>May 3 – <a href="http://pausefortales.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pause for Tales</a> – book review / giveaway<br>May 3 – <a href="http://fuonlyknew.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">FUONLYKNEW</a> – book review / guest post / giveaway<br>May 4 –<a href="http://www.amybooksy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Locks, Hooks and Books </a>– book review / giveaway<br>May 4 - <a href="https://lisasreading.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lisa's Reading </a>– book spotlight / giveaway<br>May 5 –<a href="http://www.pawsreadrepeat.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Paw.Read.Repeat </a>– book review / giveaway<br>May 5 - <a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Books for Books</a> – book spotlight</p>
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1eY8s6GMsCUmtufMS-6eSrycQadR-1iuLXRCDnT2zr_nQD9wlujm5Twe4Te0vBC6wYThxYrOYn6SvCDYoyP6_RJ0oClcZjohb306EJdSw9OpljOF6mnQ33HaWJDrSoUe3J4OMTLfzRZ75Gh78szPVC9ivf84-LuWPwnhetUY0dXLLuY9If2EsqZsIg/s1353/The%20Old%20Dragon's%20Head-%20front%20only%20-%20with%20titles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="904" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1eY8s6GMsCUmtufMS-6eSrycQadR-1iuLXRCDnT2zr_nQD9wlujm5Twe4Te0vBC6wYThxYrOYn6SvCDYoyP6_RJ0oClcZjohb306EJdSw9OpljOF6mnQ33HaWJDrSoUe3J4OMTLfzRZ75Gh78szPVC9ivf84-LuWPwnhetUY0dXLLuY9If2EsqZsIg/w428-h640/The%20Old%20Dragon's%20Head-%20front%20only%20-%20with%20titles.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details:</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Book Title</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">The Old Dragon's Head</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> by</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Justin Newland</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Category</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Adult Fiction (18 +)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">, 257 pages</span><br style="background-color: white; 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font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Publisher</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Troubador Publishing Ltd.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Release date:</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> November 2018</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Content Rating</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">: PG-13 +M. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Mild sex and cruelty. Mature themes.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwFuvqwBVGEVfJNQ9GEcL9WvDIhUe_V0MVCO0LDf6qrebChcxEdOMZ_OV_gvaCe56xZvwC1jDx1Amq7c7Q-1g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">The Great Wall of China may be constructed of stone and packed earth, but it is home to a supernatural beast – the Old Dragon. Both wall and dragon protect China’s northern borders from Mongol incursion. Just beyond the fortress of Shanhaiguan, the far eastern end of the wall protrudes into the Bohai Sea – that’s the Old Dragon’s Head.<br /><br />Bolin, a young man working on the Old Dragon’s Head, suffers visions of ghosts. The local seer suspects that he has yin-yang eyes and other supernatural gifts. Bolin’s fief lord, the Prince of Yan, rebels against his nephew, the Jianwen Emperor. In the bitter war of succession, the Mongols hold the balance of power. While the victor might win the battle on earth, China’s Dragon Throne can only be earned with a Mandate from Heaven – and the support of the Old Dragon. In every era, a man endowed with the powers of heaven – the Dragon Master – is born. Only he can summon the Old Dragon, providing he possesses the dragon pearl. It’s the year 1402, and neither the Old Dragon, the dragon pearl, nor the Dragon Master, has been seen for twenty years. Bolin’s journey of self-discovery is mirrored by that of old China, as both endeavour to come of age. When Bolin accepts his destiny as the Dragon Master, heaven sends a third coming of age – for humanity itself. But are any of them ready for what is rising in the east?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3M3HxB5" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon ~ </a><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Old-Dragons-Head-Justin-Newland/dp/1789015820/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=justin+newland&qid=1657385548&sr=8-10" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon.ca</a><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-old-dragons-head-justin-newland/1129713719?ean=2940161772904" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N ~</a><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780744305173" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Old-Dragons-Head-Justin-Newland/9781789015829?ref=grid-view&qid=1674848700691&sr=1-3" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Book Depository</a> ~ <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-old-dragons-head/justin-newland/9781789015829" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Waterstones</a><br /><a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-old-dragon-s-head/9781789012828-item.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Chapters</a> ~ <a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-old-dragon-s-head" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Kobo</a> ~ <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-old-dragon-s-head-by-justin-newland" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub</a></span></strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42273883-the-old-dragon-s-head" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">MY REVIEW</span></strong></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #515151;">Justin Newman is a new author first me. His book </span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #515151;">The Old Dragon's Head is a fantasy taking place in the 15th century. It was interesting being at the Great Wall of China in the 1500's. I don't usually read this genre, but I'm glad I decided at the last minute to read it. I will admit it took me a while to get into the story. It was kind of slow in the beginning for me. That is probably because I'm not that familiar with fantasy books, but Author Justin Newman does a fantastic job of writing this book, with character that play their parts well, and develop perfectly throughout the book. Newman's attention to details throughout the book brings the story to life in a unique way.</span></span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #515151;">If you enjoy a good historical fantasy to read, I think you will enjoy this one. I encourage you to give it a try. I am giving this one Four Stars. </span></span><br /><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_230530_110046_692.sdocx--></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lFn2jjWvaiA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMVH2WFOH4v6Qh2bcgqkMay-ni8vC0WEQrlniF5qR8x9tF0WvNkQsVg43rrGJ_YfZFmQEbXYyOUq_SSrl8otAX2mNwO77tTd0w-9BEx9igXYpDSDhobTwONArce3koiY6WGiOD_9tdKUgbaATx73deHPJHM09Z6a14So1mMxzXYxZLnWcYPEbi_PFaQ/s3768/J21A3496.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3540" data-original-width="3768" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMVH2WFOH4v6Qh2bcgqkMay-ni8vC0WEQrlniF5qR8x9tF0WvNkQsVg43rrGJ_YfZFmQEbXYyOUq_SSrl8otAX2mNwO77tTd0w-9BEx9igXYpDSDhobTwONArce3koiY6WGiOD_9tdKUgbaATx73deHPJHM09Z6a14So1mMxzXYxZLnWcYPEbi_PFaQ/s320/J21A3496.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Author:</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">JUSTIN NEWLAND’s novels represent an innovative blend of genres from historical fiction and crime, to supernatural thrillers and mystery. His stories deal with the themes of war, religion, and evolution and speculate on the human’s spiritual place in the universe.<br /><br />Undeterred by the award of a Doctorate in Mathematics from Imperial College, London, he found his way to the creative keyboard and conceived his debut novel, <em style="position: relative;">The Genes of Isis</em> (Matador, 2018), an epic fantasy set under Ancient Egyptian skies.<br /><br />Next came the historical fantasy, <em style="position: relative;">The Old Dragon’s Head</em> (Matador, 2018), set in Ming Dynasty China in the shadows of the Great Wall.<br /><br />His next historical fantasy, <em style="position: relative;">The Coronation</em> (Matador, 2019), speculates on the genesis of the most important event in the modern world – the Industrial Revolution.<br /><br />His fourth, <em style="position: relative;">The Abdication</em> (Matador, 2021), is a supernatural thriller in which a young woman confronts her faith in a higher purpose and what it means to abdicate that faith.<br /><br />His work in progress is a two-book series, <em style="position: relative;">The Island of Angels</em>, set in Elizabethan England, and is an epic tale of England’s coming of age. The first novel, <em style="position: relative;">The Mark of the Salamander,</em> travels with Sir Francis Drake across the wide open seas of discovery from 1577-1580 and is due to be published in September 2023. The second, <em style="position: relative;">The Midnight of Eights</em>, culminates in the repulse of the Spanish Armada in 1588.<br /><br />He regularly gives talks to historical associations and libraries and enjoys giving radio interviews and making podcasts. Born three days before the end of 1953, he lives with his partner in plain sight of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><strong>connect with the author: <a href="https://justinnewland.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="">website </a>~ <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinNewland53" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="">twitter</a> ~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/justin.newland.author/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="">facebook </a>~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/drjustinnewland/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="">instagram </a>~ <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/jnewland0711/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="">pinterest </a>~ <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/justin-newland" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="">bookbub </a>~ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/jnewland" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="">goodreads</a></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enter the Giveaway:</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong></div><a class="e-widget" href="https://gleam.io/2olCT/the-old-dragon-head-book-tour-giveaway" rel="nofollow">THE OLD DRAGON HEAD Book Tour Giveaway</a>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-48709194814867198292023-05-11T07:22:00.000-04:002023-05-11T07:22:02.079-04:00She Who Rides Horses by Sarah V. Barnesl<p> </p>
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<p>Book Title: She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe (Book One) by Sarah V. Barnes<br />Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 267 pages<br />Genre: Historical Fiction <br />Publisher: Lilith House Press <br />Release date: March 2022<br />Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA only) and e-book (GIFTED KINDLE, MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF).<br />Tour dates: May 1 to May 19, 2023<br />Content Rating: PG. It contains two kissing scenes and the death of an animal.</p>
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<p><strong>MY RATING: FIVE STARS</strong> ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</p>
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<p>Set more than 6,000 years ago, <strong>She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe (Book One)</strong> begins the story of Naya, the first person to ride a horse.<br /><br />Daughter of a clan chief, bolder than other girls but shunned by the boys because of her unusual appearance, Naya wanders alone through the vast grasslands where her people herd cattle and hunt wild horses for their meat. But Naya dreams of creating a different kind of relationship with the magnificent creatures.<br /><br />One day, she discovers a filly with a chestnut coat as uncommon as her own head of red hair. With time running out before she is called to assume the responsibilities of adulthood, Naya embarks on a quest to gallop with the red filly across the boundless steppe.<br /><br />Unwittingly, she sets in motion forces and events that will change forever the future of humans and horses alike.</p>
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<p>She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe is the story the first person to ride a horse. Even though Naya's people ate the wild horses, she always dreamed of taming these beautiful horses to ride. Being the daughter of a clan chief, Naya is a little bolder than many hee age and I was sure hoping she would get her riding horse.</p>
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<p>Being set over 6,000 years ago, it was interesting to read about the people during that era and their lifestyles. I really didn't know much about the Steppe, what it was or where. I was very intrigued reading about this as well. I could really say I was intrigued and excited to read this entire historical fiction and learn many things I wasn't familiar with.</p>
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<p>Sarah V. Barnes writes a compelling story that pulls at your heartstrings while you are reading her book. I love Naya and her determined and fiesty spirit. She Who Rides Horses is getting Five Stars from me. If you love historical fiction, horses and are intrigued by stories happening 6000 years ago, this is just the book for you. I can't wait to see what is next from this new to me author. </p>
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<p>A special thanks to the author/publisher for a copy of this book. I am not required to write a positive review, the opinions here are mine alone. I am disclosing this with my review in accordance with the Federal Trab731a3ff-pde Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.</p>
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<p>Sarah V. Barnes, Ph.D. is both an historian and a horsewoman. When Sarah is not writing stories, she practices and teaches riding as a meditative art. She also offers equine-facilitated coaching and wellness workshops.<br /><br />Sarah holds a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University and spent many years as a college professor before turning full-time to riding and writing. She has two grown daughters and lives with her husband, her dogs and her horses near Boulder, CO.</p>
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<p><strong>Book Title</strong>: Lifeline to a Soul by John K. McLaughlin<br /><strong>Category</strong>: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 234 pages<br /><strong>Genre</strong>: Memoir<br /><strong>Publisher</strong>: Lifeline Education Connection<br /><strong>Release date</strong>: April, 2023<br /><strong>Tour dates</strong>: Apr 17 to May 5, 2023<br /><strong>Content Rating</strong>: PG + M</p>
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<p><em><strong>Lifeline to a Soul</strong></em> takes the reader inside the fence and chronicles the victories and challenges one man faced as a first-time teacher in the strange world of prison life.</p>
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<p>John McLaughlin spent half his life bootstrapping his start-up business to an industry leader. His desire to teach what he spent his career learning led him on a remarkable journey through the gates of a minimum-security prison where he taught entrepreneurship for almost three years. John has an MBA, a teaching certificate, and a marketing management certificate from Harvard Extension University. John enjoys riding a tandem bicycle with his wonderful wife, Reba on the greenways of Charlotte, North Carolina where they live with two extremely spoiled cats, Moe and Joe. You can learn more about John’s current teaching program at: <a href="https://www.lifelinetoasoul.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.lifelinetoasoul.com/</a></p>
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<p>Apr 17 - <a href="https://amybooksy.blogspot.com/2023/04/spotlight-book-tour-and-giveaway.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Locks, Hooks and Books –</a> book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Apr 17 <a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/04/lifeline-to-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a><a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/04/lifeline-to-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> Stephanie Jane </a><a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/04/lifeline-to-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a> book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />Apr 18 – <a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/2023/04/lifeline-to-soul.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Cover Lover Book Review –</a> book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Apr 19<a href="https://www.rockinbookreviews.com/lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin-book-tour-guest-post-giveaway-ends-5-12-23/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a> <a href="https://www.rockinbookreviews.com/lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin-book-tour-guest-post-giveaway-ends-5-12-23/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Rockin' Book Reviews </a><a href="https://www.rockinbookreviews.com/lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin-book-tour-guest-post-giveaway-ends-5-12-23/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a> book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Apr 19<a href="https://suelbavey.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/book-spotlight-lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">-</a> <a href="https://suelbavey.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/book-spotlight-lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Sue’s Musings</a><a href="https://suelbavey.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/book-spotlight-lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a> book spotlight<br />Apr 20 – <a href="https://www.splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Splashes of Joy</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Apr 21 <a href="https://ko-fi.com/MyWorldReads" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– My WorldReads –</a> book spotlight / giveaway<br />Apr 24 – <a href="https://booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Books are a Blessing</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Apr 25 - <a href="http://mamof9.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">mamof9</a> – book spotlight<br />Apr 26 – <a href="https://travelingwife4life.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Adventures of a Traveler's Wife</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Apr 26 - <a href="http://www.reviewthickandthin.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Review Thick And Thin</a> – book spotlight<br />Apr 27 – <a href="https://myreadinggetaway.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">My Reading Getaway</a> – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Apr 27 - <a href="https://theobssesedreader.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Obsessed Reader</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Apr 28 <a href="https://lieseblog.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– Liese's Blog –</a> book spotlight<br />May 1 – <a href="http://www.pawsreadrepeat.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Paws.Read.Repeat</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />May 1 - <a href="https://ginaraemitchell.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Gina Rae Mitchell</a> - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />May 2 – <a href="https://www.bookcornernewsandreviews.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Book Corner News and Reviews</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />May 2 - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/regallywritten/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@regallywritten</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />May 3 <a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– fundinmental –</a> book spotlight / giveaway<br />May 3 - <a href="https://books-and-games.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Books and Games</a> – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />May 4 – <a href="https://pickagoodbook.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Pick A Good Book</a> – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />May 5 – <a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Books for Books</a> – book spotlight <br />TBD -<a href="http://thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> The Phantom Paragrapher</a> – book spotlight / giveaway</p>
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<p><strong>Book Title</strong>: Mother Knows Worst by Sofia Bella Roma<br><strong>Category</strong>: Adult Fiction (18+), 280 pages<br><strong>Genre</strong>: Literary Fiction, Novel<br><strong>Publisher</strong>: Mascot Books<br><strong>Release date</strong>: December 2022<br><strong>Formats Available for Review</strong>: print-softback (USA only, e-book (PDF)<br><strong>Tour dates</strong>: Apr 24 to May 12, 2023<br><strong>Content Rating</strong>: PG -13 </p>
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<p><em>"Author Sofia Bella Roma tells an absorbing story about two people from very different backgrounds falling in love and struggling to navigate the circumstances and people around them. Infusing romance, humor, and plenty of drama, Roma weaves an engaging narrative that keeps hold of the reader until the last page. <strong>Mother Knows Worst</strong> is not just a dramatic comedy but also a novel that showcases the challenges people sometimes face in adapting to other cultures, especially in relationships involving in-laws. The characters have their own idiosyncrasies, which make them very intriguing to read. Rose and Anil's dynamic feels genuine, as do their respective struggles and conflicts. Recommended to readers who savor drama novels revolving around relationships."</em> <strong>- Reviewed by Pikasho Deka for Readers' Favorite</strong>l</p>
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<p>After trying her hand at acting, Rose decides to change career paths and enter law school.<br><br>She enrolls in law school in a sleepy New England town, only to find that the practice of law is not all she will study. This quirky thirty-something Italian girl falls in love when she lays eyes on Anil, a handsome intellectual from India. The two discover a deep connection and quickly begin a romantic relationship. What could go wrong as their romance blossoms? Their future looks bright. They have each other. They have great friends. They also have Anil’s mother. Inspired by true events, <em><strong>Mother Knows Worst</strong> </em>is a humorous and heartfelt novel. Rose is on a path to finding herself, love, and relationships, taking the reader on a delightful and often comedic journey as she explores two cultural worlds colliding.</p>
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<p>I wasn't sure what to expect with this book, but I enjoyed this thought provoking story by Sophia Bella Roma. There is plenty of love, struggles and drama as we follow Roses's life through mixed cultures and the differences life throws are her. I love how the characters to tell the story so well. The writing was a little different style, but it sure kept my attention throughout the story. Roma adds a lot of humor, mixed in with all of the drama taking place. Though this is a quick read, I found myself going back through the story to read the highlights over again. </p>
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<p>Sofia Bella Roma is a lawyer in North Carolina. She has been practicing law since 2009. She was first licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and then went on to become licensed attorney in North Carolina. Sofia has spent most of her career telling stories. She regularly performs to judges when litigating her cases. <em><strong>Mother Knows Worst </strong></em>is Sofia’s debut novel. This book tackles common problems in relationships and takes on mother-in-law drama with a quirky point of view. Sofia knows firsthand about difficult relationships since she has been practicing law as a divorce attorney. She currently lives with her son and their pet lizard. She has a love for the arts and enjoys making people laugh.</p>
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<p><strong>Book Title</strong>: Lifeline to a Soul by John K. McLaughlin<br /><strong>Category</strong>: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 234 pages<br /><strong>Genre</strong>: Memoir<br /><strong>Publisher</strong>: Lifeline Education Connection<br /><strong>Release date</strong>: April, 2023<br /><strong>Tour dates</strong>: Apr 17 to May 5, 2023<br /><strong>Content Rating</strong>: PG + M</p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><mark class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">This just came in. </mark></span></strong>LIFELINE TO A SOUL has been selected as a winner of the 2023 PenCraft Seasonal Book Award Spring Competition. We hope this award inspires you to keep writing and helps you reach new heights in your career. The PenCraft Seasonal Book Awards recognizes books of remarkable literary quality, artistic excellence, and popularity with readers. <strong><em>Lifeline to a Soul </em></strong>exemplified these criteria as a winner in the Non Fiction - Autobiography genre.</p>
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<p><em><strong>Lifeline to a Soul</strong></em> takes the reader inside the fence and chronicles the victories and challenges one man faced as a first-time teacher in the strange world of prison life.</p>
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<p><strong>BUY THE BOOK:<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/42CwNzy" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Amazon </a>~ <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lifeline-to-a-soul-john-k-mclaughlin/1143121322" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">B&N </a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123144585-lifeline-to-a-soul" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">goodreads</a></strong></p>
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<p>John McLaughlin spent half his life bootstrapping his start-up business to an industry leader. His desire to teach what he spent his career learning led him on a remarkable journey through the gates of a minimum-security prison where he taught entrepreneurship for almost three years. John has an MBA, a teaching certificate, and a marketing management certificate from Harvard Extension University. John enjoys riding a tandem bicycle with his wonderful wife, Reba on the greenways of Charlotte, North Carolina where they live with two extremely spoiled cats, Moe and Joe. You can learn more about John’s current teaching program at: <a href="https://www.lifelinetoasoul.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.lifelinetoasoul.com/</a></p>
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<p><strong>connect to the author: <a href="https://www.lifelinetoasoul.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">website</a></strong></p>
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<p>Apr 17 - <a href="https://amybooksy.blogspot.com/2023/04/spotlight-book-tour-and-giveaway.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Locks, Hooks and Books –</a> book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Apr 17 <a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/04/lifeline-to-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a><a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/04/lifeline-to-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> Stephanie Jane </a><a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/04/lifeline-to-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a> book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />Apr 18 – <a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/2023/04/lifeline-to-soul.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Cover Lover Book Review –</a> book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Apr 19<a href="https://www.rockinbookreviews.com/lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin-book-tour-guest-post-giveaway-ends-5-12-23/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a> <a href="https://www.rockinbookreviews.com/lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin-book-tour-guest-post-giveaway-ends-5-12-23/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Rockin' Book Reviews </a><a href="https://www.rockinbookreviews.com/lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin-book-tour-guest-post-giveaway-ends-5-12-23/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a> book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Apr 19<a href="https://suelbavey.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/book-spotlight-lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">-</a> <a href="https://suelbavey.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/book-spotlight-lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Sue’s Musings</a><a href="https://suelbavey.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/book-spotlight-lifeline-to-a-soul-by-john-k-mclaughlin/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a> book spotlight<br />Apr 20 – <a href="https://www.splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Splashes of Joy</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Apr 21 <a href="https://ko-fi.com/MyWorldReads" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– My WorldReads –</a> book spotlight / giveaway<br />Apr 24 – <a href="https://booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Books are a Blessing</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Apr 25 - <a href="http://mamof9.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">mamof9</a> – book spotlight<br />Apr 26 – <a href="https://travelingwife4life.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Adventures of a Traveler's Wife</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Apr 26 - <a href="http://www.reviewthickandthin.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Review Thick And Thin</a> – book spotlight<br />Apr 27 – <a href="https://myreadinggetaway.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">My Reading Getaway</a> – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Apr 27 - <a href="https://theobssesedreader.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Obsessed Reader</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Apr 28 <a href="https://lieseblog.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– Liese's Blog –</a> book spotlight<br />May 1 – <a href="http://www.pawsreadrepeat.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Paws.Read.Repeat</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />May 1 - <a href="https://ginaraemitchell.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Gina Rae Mitchell</a> - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />May 2 – <a href="https://www.bookcornernewsandreviews.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Book Corner News and Reviews</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />May 2 - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/regallywritten/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@regallywritten</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />May 3 <a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– fundinmental –</a> book spotlight / giveaway<br />May 3 - <a href="https://books-and-games.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Books and Games</a> – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />May 4 – <a href="https://pickagoodbook.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Pick A Good Book</a> – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />May 5 – <a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Books for Books</a> – book spotlight <br />TBD -<a href="http://thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> The Phantom Paragrapher</a> – book spotlight / giveaway</p>
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<!--/wp:paragraph-->Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-65103162558522262982023-03-14T10:22:00.005-04:002023-03-14T10:26:18.334-04:00Flight Log by Susan Humphrey<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPL_HtdBGyixFXaeZrJGun2SmQ6d_o93xKGhRisLth31GmaHRMxm7veDl3ND8k_k8XwPBz_Q6nFPMMq2haROjDbdHNLxh8tZ5G3M9m-YdeeJWTZWcCPKy5yZYj43B048WWlvYnrWQrdWenjhFYWuOh4MxtlDv4idq2U1vcyRBit5Q_zloTYvXZ_KfLVw/s640/Flight%20Log%20Tour%20Banner%20w%20Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="640" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPL_HtdBGyixFXaeZrJGun2SmQ6d_o93xKGhRisLth31GmaHRMxm7veDl3ND8k_k8XwPBz_Q6nFPMMq2haROjDbdHNLxh8tZ5G3M9m-YdeeJWTZWcCPKy5yZYj43B048WWlvYnrWQrdWenjhFYWuOh4MxtlDv4idq2U1vcyRBit5Q_zloTYvXZ_KfLVw/s320/Flight%20Log%20Tour%20Banner%20w%20Button.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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Reference to tobacco use.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div align="center" class="wcustomhtml" id="232242275290124435" style="overflow-y: hidden; width: 332.444px;"></div></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #515151;"><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">“It was 1978. People didn’t have home computers, video players, or answering machines. We rented our telephones from local phone companies and hand-wrote letters. The terms ‘politically correct’ and ‘African-American’ had not been coined. ‘Eating disorders’ and ‘alternate lifestyles’ were not yet common household phrases. Only strippers wore thongs, which made perfect sense to me, as they only caused one to gyrate their hynie in a desperate attempt to dislodge the bothersome wedgie.”<br /><br />So writes Sherri Van Ness, an unassuming girl from the burbs of Kansas who’s about to embark on the adventure of her life when she signs up to become a stewardess. But it’s much more turbulent than this doughy-eyed 19-year-old ever imagined as she tries to navigate past grouchy passengers, fly-by-night relationships and the unforgiving, relentless, humiliating, monthly weigh-ins. Some dreams come true. Others require a vomit bag.<br /><br />That’s not to say Sherri doesn’t enjoy herself. Au contraire! There are friends to be made and men to be made and the maid who made up her room in New York is so nice!<br /><br />Yes, the work is difficult at times and the money isn’t always good, but there are perks: free flights and an endless supply of tiny vodka bottles and salted peanuts (peanut allergies hadn’t been invented yet.)<br /><br />Like Dorothy Gale sans Toto, Sherri leaves Kansas and finds herself amidst a cast of characters as strange to her as the Scarecrow and the Munchkins were to Dorothy. Her whirlwind journey takes her from innocent, insecure stewardess to mature and confident flight attendant. Or does she?<br /><br />Book your flight now with this very enjoyable read, put your seat back in the upright position, and enjoy the ride!</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">MY REVIEW</span></b></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The year is 1978 and things have changed so much in the last 45 years, as we will see in this new book. I found Flight Log to be a very interesting book. It was a fun and exciting journey to the 1970's. There are many laugh out loud moments that will keep the story interesting enough that you want to keep read, you need to see what is going to happen. </div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Author Susan Humphrey doesn't leave a lot out of the happenings back in the day and life as a stewardess. The characters told this story so well and their character development was spot on throughout the story. If you are in the market for a good, clean story about the 1970's, this is one I know you will enjoy. Check this one out. I just know you will love it. <span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">A special thanks to the author/publisher for a copy of this book. I am not required to write a positive review, the opinions here are mine alone. I am disclosing this with my review in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255. <span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #515151;"><span style="font-size: large;">BUY THE BOOK:</span></b><br /><b style="color: #515151;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3R88Lr2" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">AMAZON</a> ~<span> </span><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/FlightLog-Audiobook/B0BVDJPHQ6" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible</a></span></span></b><br /><b style="color: #515151;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.booksamillion.com/p/FlightLog/Susan-Humphrey/9798985969177?id=8655078891120" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BAM</a><span> </span>~<span> </span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/flightlog-susan-humphrey/1142320676" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a><span> </span>~<span> </span><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/flightlog-the-novel-adventures-of-a-stewardess-wannabe-who-becomes-a-flight-attendant-susan-humphrey/18834273?ean=9798985969177" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Bookshop.org</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61072161-flightlog" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></b></div><span class="imgPusher" face="Raleway, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; display: block; float: left; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; height: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span face="Raleway, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; clear: left; color: #8e8e8e; display: table; float: left; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 275px; word-spacing: 0px;"><a style="color: #5199a8; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><img alt="Author Susan Humphrey" class="galleryImageBorderBlack wsite-image" src="https://www.ireadbooktours.com/uploads/5/0/0/5/5005989/published/susan-humphrey.jpeg?1674822187" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 10px; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px; position: relative;" /></a><span class="wsite-caption" style="caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: -10px; text-align: center;"></span></span><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; display: block; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #515151;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Author:</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #515151;"></span><span style="color: black;">Susan Jo Humphrey, the daughter of a diplomat, was born in Izmir, Turkey where she lived for three years. She also lived in Korea and Thailand, before returning home to the US with her family as a teenager. She has traveled all over the United States, and has called several parts of this country ‘home.’ Her many airplane rides as a child convinced her she must one day become a stewardess. Suz was a flight attendant for thirteen of her twenty-five years with UAL. She began penning<span> </span><i style="position: relative;">FlightLog</i><span> </span>with the help of the Naperville Writer’s Group, outside of Chicago. There, she published in their annual pamphlet, had a humor piece printed in an online magazine, and contributed many articles to local newspapers. At the time of publication, she is busy working on<span> </span><i style="position: relative;">FlightLog II.</i><br /><br />Away from the keyboard, Suz loves yoga, reading, cooking, listening to music and playing her guitar. She still enjoys mapping out travel to faraway places she’s never seen, as well as planning return trips to her favorite spots.<br /><br />She currently lives in Southern California and has two grown children. Today, she’s in healthcare, where she’s worked since 2014. Suz was the ‘baby’ of her flight attendant classes – and the ‘senior’ student in her nursing classes. She’s eager to write that story as well: a novice baby-boomer RN begins her dream career as a travel nurse – just as a pandemic breaks out!</span><br /><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; display: block; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #515151;">connect with the author: <a href="https://writersuz.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website </a></b></div><hr style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; clear: both; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; visibility: hidden; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 332.444px; word-spacing: 0px;" /><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Tour Schedule:</span></b><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 6 -</span><span> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/SqnHLDcIjJk" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Authors on iTours: Let's Talk Books! –</span></a><span> </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">audiobook review</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 6 –</span><span> </span><a href="https://storeybookreviews.com/2023/03/guest-post-giveaway-flight-log/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">StoreyBook Reviews</span><span> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"></span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">– book spotlight / guest post / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 7 –</span><span> </span><a href="https://www.rockinbookreviews.com/flightlog-by-susan-humphrey-book-tour-guest-post-giveaway-ends-3-31-23/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Rockin' Book Reviews</span><span> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"></span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">– book spotight / guest post / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 8 –</span><span> </span><a href="https://bound4escape.com/2023/03/08/audiobook-review-giveaway-flightlog-the-novel-adventures-of-a-stewardess-wannabe-who-becomes-a-flight-attendant-by-susan-humphrey/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Bound 4 Escape</span><span> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"></span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">– audiobook review / giveaway<br />Mar 8<span> </span><a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">-</a><b><a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/2023/03/flightlog-novel-adventures-of.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"> </a></b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/2023/03/flightlog-novel-adventures-of.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Books for Books</a><span> </span><a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">-</a><span> </span>book spotlight</span></b><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 9 –</span><span> </span><a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/2023/03/flight-log.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Cover Lover Book Review</span><span> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"></span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">– book spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 9<span> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpjy6p0rWUX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">-</a></span><span> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpjy6p0rWUX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Leanne Bookstagram</span></a><span> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpjy6p0rWUX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">–</a><span> </span>book review</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 10</span><span> </span><a href="https://lieseblog.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"></span></a><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://lieseblog.com/2023/03/10/book-spotlight-flightlog-the-novel-adventures-of-a-stewardess-wannabe-who-becomes-a-flight-attendant-by-susan-humphrey/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">–</a></span><span> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://lieseblog.com/2023/03/10/book-spotlight-flightlog-the-novel-adventures-of-a-stewardess-wannabe-who-becomes-a-flight-attendant-by-susan-humphrey/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Liese's Blog –</a></span><span> </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">book spotlight<br /></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 10<span> </span><a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/03/flightlog-by-susan-humphrey.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">-</a></span><a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/03/flightlog-by-susan-humphrey.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Stephanie Jane</span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"> </span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/03/flightlog-by-susan-humphrey.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">–</a><span> </span>book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />Mar 11<span> </span><b>- </b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Splashes of Joy</a></span><span> </span>- book review / giveaway</b><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 13<span> </span><a href="https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/2023/03/flight-log-by-susan-humphrey-book-tour.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">–</a></span><span> </span><a href="https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/2023/03/flight-log-by-susan-humphrey-book-tour.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/2023/03/flight-log-by-susan-humphrey-book-tour.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">–</a><span> </span>book spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 13 –</span><a href="http://www.rockinbookreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Rockin' Book Reviews</span></a><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">– audiobook review / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 14 –</span><span> </span><a href="http://amandainpa.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">@</span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">amandainpa</span></a><span> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">– book review / giveaway<br />Mar 14<span> </span><b><a href="https://www.booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">- </a></b></span><b><a href="https://www.booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Books are a Blessing</span><span> </span>-</a> book review / giveaway</b><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 14 -</span><span> </span><a href="https://travelingwife4life.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">The Adventures of a Traveler's Wife –</span></a><span> </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">book review / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 15 –</span><a href="http://www.amybooksy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Locks, Hooks and Books</span></a><span> </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">– book review / giveaway<br />Mar 15 -<b><a href="https://amysbooketlist.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"> </a></b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://amysbooketlist.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amy’s Booket List</a><span> </span>- audiobook review giveaway</span></b><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Mar 16 –</span><span> </span><a href="https://instagram.com/bookqueenbee?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" style="color: #24678d; 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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-59117733026347586932023-03-06T11:06:00.001-05:002023-03-06T15:16:09.261-05:00Fool Her Once (A Novel) by Joanna Elm<p> </p> <!--wp:paragraph-->
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<p>Fool Her Once (A Novel) by Joanna Elm<br />Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 416 pages <br />Genre: Thriller<br />Publisher: CamCat Books<br />Release date: Feb, 2023<br />Format available for review: print-softback (USA), ebook (EPUB, PDF, Book Funnel download), and audiobook (Book Funnel download)<br />Will send print books out: USA <br />Tour dates: Feb 20 to March 20, 2023</p>
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<p>Content Rating: PG-13 + M. There's adultery, language, some sexual content, and violent crime, but no explicit descriptions of the crimes.</p>
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<p>My Rating Five Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</p>
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<p><b>Book Description:<br /><br /></b>Some killers are born. Others are made.<br /><br />As a rookie tabloid reporter, Jenna Sinclair made a tragic mistake when she outed Denny Dennison, the illegitimate son of an executed serial killer. So she hid behind her marriage and motherhood. Now, decades later, betrayed by her husband and resented by her teenage daughter, Jenna decides to resurrect her career—and returns to the city she loves.<br /><br />When her former lover is brutally assaulted outside Jenna’s NYC apartment building, Jenna suspects that Denny has inherited his father’s psychopath gene and is out for revenge. She knows she must track him down before he can harm his next target, her daughter.<br /><br />Meanwhile, her estranged husband, Zack, fears that her investigative reporting skills will unearth his own devastating secret he’d kept buried in the past.<br /><br />From New York City to the remote North Fork of Long Island and the murky waters surrounding it, Jenna rushes to uncover the terrible truth about a psychopath and realizes her own investigation may save or destroy her family.</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">MY THOUGHTS ON THIS BOOK</h2><div class="wp-block-heading" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">When I saw the cover of this book I knew I had to read it. As</span> a rookie tabloid reporter, Jenna thinks she made a huge mistake when she outed the illegitimate son of an <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">executed serial killer. That's enough for a horrific story in itself. When things started happening around her. Sick, scary things, Jenna has to do something about it. She had to track down this guy and stop him before her daughter is his target. </span></div><div class="wp-block-heading" style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></div><div class="wp-block-heading" style="text-align: left;">Wow what a journey this was. This book has all of the good stuff you want to read in a good thriller. Fool Her Once is full of thrills and chills, and it's share of twists and turns to keep you hanging on to the edge of your seat. I love this cast of colorful characters that gives this story plenty of sparkle and intrigues. If you love a suspenseful thrill when you are reading look no farther, we have your book. I can't wait to read what's from this author. Go out and grab this one.<br /></div>
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<p>A special thanks to the author/publisher for a copy of this book. I am not required to write a positive review, the opinions here are mine alone. I am disclosing this with my review in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.</p>
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<p><b>Buy the Book:<br /><a href="https://camcatbooks.com/Books/F/Fool-Her-Once5" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CamCat Books</a><br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Fool-Her-Once-Audiobook/B09QRNP95S" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Audible</a><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Measure-of-Serenity-Audiobook/B09GSB2571" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> ~</a></b><b> <a href="https://amzn.to/3kdPqIm" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fool-her-once-joanna-elm/1140067476" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">B&N</a><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-brighter-the-stars-bryan-prosek/1137950724" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> ~ </a><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780744304930" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">IndieBound </a><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780744301380" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">~ </a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/fool-her-once-joanna-elm/17380893" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">BookShop</a><br /><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/fool-her-once-by-joanna-elm" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">BookBub</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59115081-fool-her-once" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">goodreads</a></b></p>
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<p>Joanna Elm is an author, journalist, blogger, and attorney. Before the publication of her first two suspense novels (<b><i>Scandal</i></b>, Tor/Forge 1996); (<b><i>Delusion</i></b>, Tor/Forge/1997), she was an investigative journalist on the London Evening News on Fleet Street in the U.K. She also wrote for British magazines like Woman’s Own.<br /><br />Then, she moved to New York where she worked as a writer/producer for television news and tabloid TV programs like "A Current Affair." She was also the researcher/writer for WNEW-TV’s Emmy-award-winning documentary "Irish Eyes." In 1980, she joined the Star as a reporter, eventually becoming the magazine’s news editor and managing editor before moving to Philadelphia as editor of the news/features section of TV Guide.<br /><br />After completing her first two novels while living in South Florida, (Nelson DeMille described <b><i>Scandal</i></b> as “fresh, original and unpredictable”) Joanna returned to New York, enrolled in law school, graduated summa cum laude, passed the NY Bar exam, and worked as a principal law clerk for an appellate division justice in the prestigious First Department. She has been married to her husband Joe for 35 years and has one son.</p>
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<p><b>connect with the author: <a href="https://www.joannaelm.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">website</a> ~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/authorjoannaelm/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">instagram </a>~ <a href="https://twitter.com/authorjoannaelm" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">twitter</a> ~ <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/joanna-elm" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">bookbub</a> ~ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1420455.Joanna_Elm" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">goodreads</a></b></p>
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<p>Feb 20 –<a href="https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/2023/02/fool-her-once-by-joanna-elm-book-tour.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Jazzy Book Reviews –</a> book spotlight / giveaway<br />Feb 20 -<a href="https://amybooksy.blogspot.com/2023/02/blog-tour-and-giveaway-fool-her-once-by.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Locks, Hooks and Books</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Feb 21<a href="https://dianesbookjournal.wordpress.com/2023/02/21/audiobook-book-tour-review-fool-her-once-by-joanna-elm/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– Diane’s Book Journal –</a> book review<br />Feb 22 –<a href="https://jbbookworms.blogspot.com/2023/02/fool-her-once-novel-by-joanna-elm.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Feb 22 -<a href="https://www.bookcornernewsandreviews.com/2023/02/thriller-review-fool-her-once-by-joanna.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Book Corner News and Reviews</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Feb 23 –<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Co_a6P0L9fn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Leanne Bookstagram –</a> book review<br />Feb 24 <a href="https://lieseblog.com/2023/02/24/book-spotlight-fool-her-once-by-joanna-elm/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– Liese's Blog –</a> book spotlight<br />Feb 27 <a href="https://www.janecairns.com/fool-her-once/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– Mostly Mystery Reviews –</a> book spotlight<br />Feb 28 <a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/02/fool-her-once-by-joanna-elm.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– Stephanie Jane –</a> book spotlight / giveaway</p>
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<p>Mar 1 <a href="http://sandrasbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/03/blog-tour-fool-her-once-by-joanna-elm.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– Sandra's Book Club –</a> book review<br />Mar 3 <a href="https://myreadinggetaway.blogspot.com/2023/03/fool-her-once-by-joanna-elm.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– </a><a href="https://myreadinggetaway.blogspot.com/2023/03/fool-her-once-by-joanna-elm.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">My Reading Getaway</a><a href="https://myreadinggetaway.blogspot.com/2023/03/fool-her-once-by-joanna-elm.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> –</a> book review / giveaway<br />Mar 3 –<a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/2023/03/fool-her-once-by-joanna-elm.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Books for Books</a> - book spotlight <br />Mar 6 – <a href="https://booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Books are a Blessing</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Mar 7 – <a href="https://theobssesedreader.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Obsessed Reader</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Mar 7 - <a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Cover Lover Book Review</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Mar 8 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shangread_la/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– @shangread_la –</a> book review / giveaway<br />Mar 8 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bookqueenbee/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">- @bookqueenbee</a> – audiobook review<br />Mar 9 <a href="http://www.pawsreadrepeat.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– Paws.Read.Repeat</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Mar 9 - <a href="https://amysbooketlist.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Amy's Booket List -</a> audiobook review / giveaway<br />Mar 10 <a href="http://leelslovesbooks.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–</a><a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Leels Loves Books</a> <a href="http://leelslovesbooks.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">-</a> book review / giveaway<br />Mar 13 –<a href="https://ginaraemitchell.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Gina Rae Mitchell</a> - book review / giveaway<br />Mar 14 <a href="https://youtu.be/8TGuRBAX3zo" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">–Authors on iTours: Let's Talk Books –</a> audiobook review<br />Mar 14 - <a href="https://travelingwife4life.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Adventures of a Traveler's Wife –</a> book review / giveaway<br />Mar 15 – <a href="http://www.bound4escape.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Bound 4 Escape</a> - audiobook review / giveaway<br />Mar 15 - <a href="https://mysteryreviewcrew.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Mystery Review Crew –</a> book review / giveaway<br />Mar 15 - <a href="http://fuonlyknew.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">FUONLYKNEW</a> - book review / giveaway<br />Mar 16 – <a href="https://books-and-games.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Books and Games</a> – audiobook review<br />Mar 17 <a href="https://imjustanotherreader.blogspot.com/p/welcome.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– Just Another Reader –</a> book review / giveaway<br />Mar 17 -<a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">fundinmental</a> - book review / giveaway<br />Mar 20–<a href="http://adventurousjessy.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Adventurous Jessy</a>–book review / giveaway<br />Mar 20 <a href="https://celticladysreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">- Celticlady's Reviews –</a> book review / giveaway<br />Mar 20 - <a href="https://welcometomlmopinionsreviews.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Welcome To MLM Opinion’s Reviews</a> – book review<br />Mar 20 <a href="http://bigreadersite.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">– Bigreadersite</a>–book review</p>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-60234286185449156522023-02-17T11:25:00.002-05:002023-02-17T11:25:54.799-05:00Standing Strong by Tina Brandua<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgggF0u8lZiyNmdZlIblI-4ymda-IIjE0ev-Ds9XmtinTIia80XCv9KQ12GBN3aa77cDe3HEeo1M_ihYxWp3coEephYvwsf2Y4dC7YvrK5K30jxnA6INZgkjkn2uQMimMxabctoG-uEvR25J7QXlunGgjFX1Ofsx12MtiAp2aoKqW8npxwUnb9JHToYWA/s1100/standing-strong-tour-banner_orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="1100" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgggF0u8lZiyNmdZlIblI-4ymda-IIjE0ev-Ds9XmtinTIia80XCv9KQ12GBN3aa77cDe3HEeo1M_ihYxWp3coEephYvwsf2Y4dC7YvrK5K30jxnA6INZgkjkn2uQMimMxabctoG-uEvR25J7QXlunGgjFX1Ofsx12MtiAp2aoKqW8npxwUnb9JHToYWA/s320/standing-strong-tour-banner_orig.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #515151; font-size: large;">Join Us For This Tour From<span> </span><b>Feb 6 to Feb 24, 2023</b></span><br /><b style="color: #515151;"><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details:</span></b><br /><u style="color: #515151;">Book Title</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: inherit;">: </span><span style="color: black;">Standing Strong: The Real Life Story of Overcoming Adversity and Becoming Unstoppable in Life and Business</span><span style="color: #515151;"> </span><span style="color: #515151; font-size: inherit;">by </span><span style="color: #515151;">Tina Brandau</span><br /><u style="color: #515151;">Category</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: inherit;">: </span><span style="color: #515151;">Adult Non-Fiction (18+)</span><span style="color: #515151; font-size: inherit;">, 154 pages</span><br /><u style="color: #515151;">Genre</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: inherit;">: </span><span style="color: #515151;">Memoir / Self-Help / Inspirational</span><br /><u style="color: #515151;">Publisher</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: inherit;">:</span><span style="color: #515151;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Red Sky Publishing</span><br /><span style="color: #515151; font-size: inherit;"><u>Publication Date</u>:</span><span style="color: #515151;"> May 3, 2022<br />Formats available for review: print-softback (USA only), ebook (EPUB, PDF)</span><br /><u style="color: #515151;">Tour dates</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: inherit;">: Feb 6 to Feb 24</span><br /><u style="color: #515151;">Content Rating</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: inherit;">:</span><span style="color: #515151;"> G</span><span style="color: #515151; font-size: inherit;">:</span><span style="color: black;"> no bad language no sex etc</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Is it possible to stand strong regardless of what life throws at you?<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="position: relative;"><b>Standing Strong</b></i></span><span> </span>is a vulnerable, candid, and dramatic look into a forty-year-old woman’s journey when she found herself in the midst of a long healing process after a sudden and unimaginable accident. The doctors said she would never again function beyond that of a young child. Tina shares the story, the steps she took, and the life lessons she learned, including the unique view of the world she experienced along the way. No one gets out of this life unscathed, everyone faces stresses, challenges, setbacks, and adversity. Can you stand strong regardless of what life throws at you? Yes! Let Tina Brandau share with you the system, principles, and practices she used to help you see that anything is possible.<br /><br />Become unstoppable . . . and stand strong!</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><h1><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>MY REVIEW</b></span></h1><p>Standing Strong is a wonderful book for anyone who has gone through any difficulties<b>, </b>and in the case of Miss Tina, she really had so much to overcome. But instead of feeling sorry for herself, she shows her strength in overcoming every adversity she had to face and survived<span style="color: black;"><b>.</b></span></p><p>I am thankful for this book because even though my issues are not as severe as this author, I can still draw strength from her words that help me get through the tough times. If you are going through some difficult things in your life. This is the book for you. </p><p>I received this book from the author through IReadBookTours. The opinions here are mine alone from reading this book. No one else offered any other opinions, just me! <span style="color: black;"><b><br /></b></span></p></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #515151;"><span style="font-size: large;">BUY THE BOOK:<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/3HpkUVx" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></b><br /><b style="color: #515151;"><span style="font-size: large;">add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62710605-standing-strong" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></b></div><span class="imgPusher" face="Raleway, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; display: block; float: right; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; height: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span face="Raleway, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; clear: right; color: #8e8e8e; display: table; float: right; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><a style="color: #5199a8; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><img alt="Author Tina Brandau" class="galleryImageBorderBlack wsite-image" src="https://www.ireadbooktours.com/uploads/5/0/0/5/5005989/tina_orig.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 15px 10px 10px; max-width: 100%; position: relative;" /></a><span class="wsite-caption" style="caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: -10px; text-align: center;"></span></span><div class="paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #515151; display: block; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Author:</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Tina Brandau is the premier life, leadership, and business “Success Coach.” She is an author, international speaker, coach, and founder of Success Coaching Solutions as well as a business executive of thirty years, wife, mom, lifelong learner, and serial entrepreneur. She believes the biggest challenge in life is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming.<br /><br />For Free Tools visit<span> </span><a href="https://www.livestandingstrong.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">www.livestandingstrong.com</a><br /><br /><b>connect with the author:<span> </span><a href="https://www.livestandingstrong.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website</a><span> </span>~<span> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23033020.Tina_Brandau" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></b></span></div>Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-39933207068309396232022-12-08T00:41:00.005-05:002022-12-08T00:44:29.136-05:00In the Daze of My Youth by Joshua Kraushar<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75KvsBc3OEBZNTvyUiM3Ez6sY7WcpMkw_63DDW17JgILFUrOmVAtp9vngK1XRjpN5vqZc91nghRtYSuH3zXost_mJO-Hgid0wGB7KXYHAn4OdGS2v4ZAJ-bZFtUSMgrnSmavr_S-Bwm8KwYkaTDLzSqfefhYU7FDyrrtQECwi28J_AkXYVJGeuDy3JQ/s926/Screenshot_20221207_101207.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="926" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75KvsBc3OEBZNTvyUiM3Ez6sY7WcpMkw_63DDW17JgILFUrOmVAtp9vngK1XRjpN5vqZc91nghRtYSuH3zXost_mJO-Hgid0wGB7KXYHAn4OdGS2v4ZAJ-bZFtUSMgrnSmavr_S-Bwm8KwYkaTDLzSqfefhYU7FDyrrtQECwi28J_AkXYVJGeuDy3JQ/s320/Screenshot_20221207_101207.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61rXSTEh8v5om5OUts4aJjlD1a_ub6IuMeHR2c-fybu5Myy5aklbmdKDwByz-7-INWVbd7RbKXkj6cxwB2hCBE_6G9wPdsChF0AseGbmbXppJpEo5xyZ024U_21rOrbgjVpgU1Q3EAVVQJj0quGjCFk2DY_UrNBt3EYkx2hDhICjEK8FUItKZw9S8Wg/s800/inthedazeofmyyouth-webcover_orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="518" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61rXSTEh8v5om5OUts4aJjlD1a_ub6IuMeHR2c-fybu5Myy5aklbmdKDwByz-7-INWVbd7RbKXkj6cxwB2hCBE_6G9wPdsChF0AseGbmbXppJpEo5xyZ024U_21rOrbgjVpgU1Q3EAVVQJj0quGjCFk2DY_UrNBt3EYkx2hDhICjEK8FUItKZw9S8Wg/s320/inthedazeofmyyouth-webcover_orig.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: inherit; text-align: justify;">Join us for this tour from <strong>Dec 6 to Dec 19</strong></span><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: inherit; text-align: justify;"><strong>,</strong><strong><strong> </strong>2022</strong></span><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">!</strong></p><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /><strong>Book Details:</strong><br /><br /><u>Book Title</u>: <span style="color: black;">In the Daze of My Youth: A Memoir</span> by <span style="color: black;">Joshua Kraushar</span><br /><u>Category</u>: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 160 pages<br /><u>Genre</u>: Non-Fiction, Memoir<br /><u>Publisher</u>: Mascot Books<br /><u>Release date:</u> December 2022<br /><u>Tour dates</u>: December, 2022<br /><u>Content Rating</u>: PG-13 + M: <span style="color: black;">Parts of the book talk about illegal drug use</span> </div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong>Book Description:</strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Hello! I’m Josh―and with the exception of friends, family, former colleagues, and students, you don’t know me from Adam. This autobiography is a down-to-earth, intimate memoir of my life, spanning the bulk of the 1950s through 1970s. Since I’m almost seventy now, my life today has zero resemblance to that of the person I’ve written about. The drugs I partake in today, like Lipitor and Flomax, don’t seem to be as much fun as acid and mescaline were many decades ago. Nonetheless, my memories of youth are vivid and amusing. Many of the vignettes that I have incorporated into the book are true-to-life anecdotes that I have related over the years at dinner parties to amuse my friends. Having taught high school for thirty-five years following the events of this book, I intentionally neglected to relate any of the stories to my students knowing full well that I would be fired on the spot. Since I am now very happily retired, I have absolutely no fear of retribution from irate parents or Board of Education members.<strong><em style="position: relative;"> In the Daze of My Youth</em></strong> traces my life from good Jewish boy to New York City checker cab driver to degenerate druggie to world traveler. Even though I’m a happily married dad with grown children who are infinitely more responsible than I’ll ever be, I sometimes still feel like the wild man I was many years ago . . .</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div class="paragraph" style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>BUY THE BOOK:<br /><a href="https://mascotbooks.com/mascot-marketplace/buy-books/nonfiction/bios-and-memoirs/in-the-daze-of-my-youth/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Mascot Books</a><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/3haV10w" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> ~ <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-the-daze-of-my-youth-joshua-kraushar/1141948640" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61177775-in-the-daze-of-my-youth" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></strong></div><div style="color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;"><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-thin wsite-image-border-black" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 2px !important; padding-right: 2px !important; padding-top: 10px; padding: 10px 2px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a style="color: #5199a8; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><img alt="Author Joshua Kraushar" src="https://www.ireadbooktours.com/uploads/5/0/0/5/5005989/author-joshua-kraushar_orig.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(208, 208, 208); margin-left: -2px; margin-right: -2px; max-width: 100%; padding: 1px; width: auto;" /></a><div style="font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold;"></div></div></div><div class="paragraph" style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><strong>Meet the Author:</strong><br /><br />Joshua <span style="color: black;">Kraushar is a former history teacher, cab driver, and New York City tour guide. He received numerous awards during his 35-year career in education, including New Jersey Humanities Teacher of the Year. He was inspired to tell the story of his formative years by friends who generally found his anecdotes related to taxi driving and world travel to be compelling and particularly funny. He also wishes to give anyone who was born during the last forty years a good sense of what it was like to grow up in the ’60s and ’70s and to freak out his former students who assumed he was reasonably sane. Joshua and his wife Terri currently live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with their incredibly hairy golden retriever, Khaleesi, and are the parents of two sons, Jeremy and Zack. </span><br /><span face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><strong>Tour Schedule:</strong><br /><a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/2022/12/in-daze-of-my-youth-memoir.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Dec 6 –</a><a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/2022/12/in-daze-of-my-youth-memoir.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"> Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight</a><br />Dec 7 <a href="https://amybooksy.blogspot.com/2022/12/spotlight-tour-and-giveaway-in-daze-of.html" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">– Locks, Hooks and Books –</a> book spotlight<br />Dec 7 <a href="https://splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/2022/12/07/in-the-daze-of-my-youth-by-joshua-kraushar/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">- Splashes of Joy –</a> book spotlight<br />Dec 8 – <a href="https://www.bookcornernewsandreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Book Corner News and Reviews</a> – book spotlight<br />Dec 8 - <a href="https://booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Books are a Blessing</a> – book spotlight<br />Dec 9 – <a href="http://www.rockinbookreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Rockin' Book Reviews</a> – book spotlight<br />Dec 9 – <a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">fundinmental</a> – book spotlight<br />Dec 13 – <a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Stephanie Jane</a> – book spotlight<br />Dec 14 – <a href="http://litflits.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Literary Flits</a> – book spotlight<br />Dec 15 – <a href="https://theobssesedreader.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">The Obsessed Reader</a> – book spotlight<br />Dec 19 – <a href="https://bootsiesbooknook.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Bootsie’s Book Nook</a> – book spotlight </div></div>Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-47013141278848399042022-12-05T04:26:00.000-05:002022-12-05T04:26:18.919-05:00A Dress the Color of the Moon by Jennifer Irwin<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Roboto; font-size: inherit; text-align: justify;"><strong>,</strong><strong><strong> </strong>2022</strong></span><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">!</strong></p><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /><strong>Book Details:</strong><br /><br /><u>Book Title</u>: <span style="color: black;">A Dress the Color of the Moon</span> by Jennifer Irwin<br /><u>Category</u>: Adult Fiction (18+), 360 pages<br /><u>Genre</u>: Women's Fiction <br /><u>Publisher</u>: <span style="color: black;">Glass Spider Publishing</span><br /><u>Release date:</u> October 30, 2021<br /><u>Formats Available for Review</u>: print-softback (USA), ebook (PDF)<br /><u>Tour dates</u>: Nov 21 to Dec 16, 2022<br /><u>Content Rating</u>: PG-13 +M: Though this book deals with sexual addiction, it does not contained explicit sex scenes and the language is tame. The book's focus is on the protagonist's path toward recovery from an addiction.</div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong>Book Description:</strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Prudence Aldrich is a sex addict. Five weeks ago, she checked into the Serenity Hills rehab center to prevent that addiction from ruining every important relationship in her life. Now Prue must face the trail of destruction she left behind, including mending the broken bond with her teenage son, finalizing the divorce from her husband, Nick, and using a newly learned set of skills to ward off her insatiable cravings for male attention-a compulsion that puts her friendship with lifelong pal Lily to the test.<br /><br />Adding ever further complications to the hurdles in her path is the arrival into town of Alistair Prescott, her in-rehab romantic obsession, and the one person in the world most capable of throwing Prue off her recovery. Meanwhile, Serenity Hills counselor Mike Sullivan is undergoing a crisis of his own-one that will drive him to the rediscovery of a lifelong passion . . . and causing him to cross paths again with Prue, his former patient.<br /><br /><em style="position: relative;">A Dress the Color of the Moon</em> tracks the rocky and sometimes disastrous path to recovery-a recovery that will require Prudence and her friends to face down the demons of their pasts while learning to accept the fearful uncertainty that comes with living life on your own two feet.</span><br /></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">MY REVIEW</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>MY REVIEW</b></span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">The cover of this book threw me off a bit, I was completely surprised to find out this book is about addiction. The main character, Prudence Aldrich in this book is addicted to sex. She did go for help, because she wanted help to overcome her addiction, so she checks herself in to the Serenity Hills rehab center to keep her addiction from ruining who she had left in her life. But when she was allowed home, things were tough, so many things pushed her to have those feelings again. Jennifer Irwin does a great job telling the raw emotions from an addict trying to make her way in the world and better herself. It wasn't easy and it wasn't easy to read. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">There are other issues dealt with in this book because the main point of this story is addiction, and how to pick yourself up and go for help, and use that help to better yourself from your addiction. If you, or someone you know is suffering with any kind of addiction, this would be a great read for you. I encourage you to check out this book. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #515151;">I</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #222222;"> received a copy of this book from the author and iReadBook Tours to review. I was in no way influenced to write a positive review. Every word in this review is my opinion only. </span></span><br /><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_221205_042422_442.sdocx--></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>BUY THE BOOK:<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/3SQ3gxh" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon </a>~ <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-dress-the-color-of-the-moon-jennifer-irwin/1140247650" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N<br /></a><a href="https://www.powells.com/book/a-dress-the-color-of-the-moon-9781736776278" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Powells</a> ~ <a href="https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Dress-Color-Moon/Jennifer-Irwin/9781736776278" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BAM</a><br /><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/a-dress-the-color-of-the-moon-by-jennifer-irwin" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59247602-a-dress-the-color-of-the-moon" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiL1dMP_v5eLXW9mp02hEgaj_Q8EtUt0So2drAkvahKMRKwYhV5WQ5-Pbz8UqPFAhGC3_eY6CuAu-t0YT3Pzmh22e3fRtTAR-KnEBtIYhCj8pwUmteYbVcOgjQhGqVyovKy_5gzQihKDpcUfMcF2GjHbYGb4zK0Hkm5ufyT0Fu-7Ry-J9YG_j5YQmcHg/s388/author-jennifer-irwin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="218" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiL1dMP_v5eLXW9mp02hEgaj_Q8EtUt0So2drAkvahKMRKwYhV5WQ5-Pbz8UqPFAhGC3_eY6CuAu-t0YT3Pzmh22e3fRtTAR-KnEBtIYhCj8pwUmteYbVcOgjQhGqVyovKy_5gzQihKDpcUfMcF2GjHbYGb4zK0Hkm5ufyT0Fu-7Ry-J9YG_j5YQmcHg/w205-h364/author-jennifer-irwin.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><br /><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="text-align: justify;">Meet the Author:</strong><br style="text-align: justify;" /><br style="text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: black; text-align: justify;">Jennifer Irwin’s debut novel, <em style="position: relative;">A Dress the Color of the Sky</em>, was published in 2017 and has received rave reviews, won seven book awards, and was optioned for a feature film. Jennifer’s short stories have appeared in numerous literary publications including California’s Emerging Writers: An Anthology of Fiction. Jennifer is represented by Prentis Literary and currently resides in Los Angeles.</span><br style="text-align: justify;" /><br style="text-align: justify;" /><strong style="text-align: justify;">connect with the author: <a href="https://jenniferirwinauthor.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website</a> ~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jenniferirwinauthor/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">facebook</a> ~ <a href="https://twitter.com/jenirwinauthor" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">twitter</a> ~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jenirwinauthor/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">instagram</a> ~ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCevgJv5I1oLhi39Us0HFXng" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">youtube</a> ~ <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/jennifer-irwin" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">bookbub</a> ~ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16980794.Jennifer_Irwin" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-59500701206428050342022-12-05T01:39:00.001-05:002022-12-05T01:39:18.830-05:00Run with the Hare, Hunt with the Hound by Paul M. Duffy<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: inherit; text-align: justify;">Join Us for This Book Tour from </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: inherit; text-align: justify;">Dec 5 to Dec 16, 2022</strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgDEwAENjLn5bUFJD-XFEBo4cZ8e2FexWrxDwGufaWUjD9x7Pg9uwC6IPaPjqqYJP5eE2c07BEAaQM02TuJmLQENKGCSNQRpmiClcfH45HiIdOw9HvKxJaRpNJ0MnlKp9MQXNQNoVVp_oTwSS3oamRtRWfrZReUuVt6YplawfMmoJcdVbHCoFXiULAg/s906/Screenshot_20221205_011513.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="906" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgDEwAENjLn5bUFJD-XFEBo4cZ8e2FexWrxDwGufaWUjD9x7Pg9uwC6IPaPjqqYJP5eE2c07BEAaQM02TuJmLQENKGCSNQRpmiClcfH45HiIdOw9HvKxJaRpNJ0MnlKp9MQXNQNoVVp_oTwSS3oamRtRWfrZReUuVt6YplawfMmoJcdVbHCoFXiULAg/s320/Screenshot_20221205_011513.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiJLIn99smGyzX6Q4CtsyB_rYP5jD4pfyGwqEwx3VQ9KPTHufFzOVliT2Z2Vpcr3g4F3XC9vn1VJDRaXIG6BSjtf6mSnMEGUKaNwkH8QdEsqaJDCy_D2sHn8dHrrEVTZCEtL5mffwj6iCc4RoK_4ogmaOQCHBrE9HzBhPmNITb2EOA287E99m-ifOVg/s917/run-with-the-hare-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="611" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiJLIn99smGyzX6Q4CtsyB_rYP5jD4pfyGwqEwx3VQ9KPTHufFzOVliT2Z2Vpcr3g4F3XC9vn1VJDRaXIG6BSjtf6mSnMEGUKaNwkH8QdEsqaJDCy_D2sHn8dHrrEVTZCEtL5mffwj6iCc4RoK_4ogmaOQCHBrE9HzBhPmNITb2EOA287E99m-ifOVg/s320/run-with-the-hare-cover.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><strong><br /></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong>Book Details:</strong><br /><br /><u>Book Title</u>: <span style="color: black;">Run with the Hare, Hunt with the Hound</span> by <span style="color: black;">Paul M. Duffy</span><br /><u>Category</u>: Adult Fiction (18 +), 342 pages<br /><u>Genre</u>: <span style="color: black;">Medieval Historical Fiction</span><br /><u>Publisher</u>: <span style="color: black;">Cennan Books of Cynren Press</span><br /><u>Release date:</u> <span style="color: black;">October 2022 </span><br /><u>Formats Available for Review</u>: <span style="color: #202124;">print-softback (USA only), and ebook (MOBI for KINDLE, EPUB, </span><span style="color: #202124;">PDF</span><span style="color: #202124;">).</span><br /><u>Tour dates</u>: Dec 5 to Dec 16, 2022<br /><u>Content Rating</u>: <span style="color: #202124;">R. The book does involve medieval warfare in a fair amount. There is limited profanity and some quick sex scenes that mention the penis, etc. There is also some mention of vaginas. These are not like hard-core sex scenes, but body parts are mentioned (e.g., a woman disguised as a man is hanged and the onlookers realize the person has a "cunny" -- and are shocked that she is not the male they thought she was).</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong>Book Description:</strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">On a remote Gaelic farmstead in medieval Ireland, word reaches Alberic of conquering Norman knights arriving from England. Oppressed by the social order that enslaved his Norman father, he yearns for the reckoning he believes the invaders will bring—but his wo</span><span style="color: black;">rld is about to burn. Captured by the Norman knight Hugo de Lacy and installed at Dublin Castle as a translator, Alberic’s confused loyalties are tested at every turn. When de Lacy marches inland, Alberic is set on a collision course with his former masters amidst rumours of a great Gaelic army rising in the west. Can Alberic navigate safely through revenge, lust and betrayal to find his place amidst the birth of a kingdom in a land of war?</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>BUY THE BOOK:<br /><a href="https://www.cynren.com/catalog/runwiththehare" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">CYNREN BOOKS</a><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/3fib2S4" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">AMAZON</a> ~ <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/run-with-the-hare-hunt-with-the-hound/id6443006560" style="color: #24678d; 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He has published and lectured widely on this work, and his books include <strong><em style="position: relative;">From Carrickfergus to Carcassonne—the Epic Deeds of Hugh de Lacy during the Cathar Crusade</em></strong> (2018) and <em style="position: relative;"><strong>Ireland and the Crusades</strong></em> (2021). He has given many talks and interviews on national and international television and radio (RTÉ, BBC, NPR, EuroNews). Paul has also published several works of short fiction (Irish Times, Causeway/Cathsair, Outburst, Birbeck Writer’s Hub) and in 2015 won the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year Award. He has been shortlisted for numerous Irish and international writing prizes and was awarded a writing bursary in 2017–2018 by Words Ireland.<br /><br /><strong>connect with the author: <a href="https://www.paulduffywritings.com/" style="color: rgb(36, 103, 141) !important; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website</a> ~ <a href="http://www.cynren.com/" style="color: rgb(36, 103, 141) !important; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website</a> ~ <a href="https://twitter.com/PDufaigh" style="color: rgb(36, 103, 141) !important; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">twitter</a> ~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/paul.duffy.5203" style="color: rgb(36, 103, 141) !important; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">facebook</a> ~ <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/paul-m-duffy" style="color: rgb(36, 103, 141) !important; 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color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">A million thoughts, but only one right thing to do.<br /><br />Eighteen-year-old Serenity Ashdown has a brilliant mind: she counts, calculates, and analyzes everything, all the time. Awkward. When her father suddenly disappears, Serenity follows his trail to a parallel dimension. The feds on the other side claim to want to help her go home, if she helps them reconstruct the right codes for the portal between worlds. But it’s soon clear they want something more: a gateway for invasion, because this version of Earth is dying.<br /><br />When Serenity learns that her alter-ego was killed in battle, she assumes “the other Serenity’s” identity and uses her unique abilities to lead the resistance in a mortal fight against the tyrannical super-government that is poised to invade her universe. Serenity has no idea how to be someone she’s not, but she has to try—or she may not have a home to return to.</span></div></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><b>MY REVIEW </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">A Measure of Serenity</span><span style="color: #515151; font-size: 16px;"> by Bryan Prosek is a </span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> YA Science Fiction </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Serenity was a genius. She is 18 years old and a senior at Harvard. Being the numerical genius in working with numbers landed a job for her in the same place as her dad. But she ended up in a world that wasn't her world but similar.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">I really enjoyed this story. The characters were well crafted and the author does a really good job with their development throughout the story. Serenity is someone you can't help but like. Just the way she is with numbers is fascinating. I enjoyed her character and following her through the story. I enjoyed Serenity using her supreme smartness to find answers she was seeking. If you enjoy Sci-Fi and fantasy type books this is one you will want to check out. I think this is one you will like. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #515151;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"> received a copy of this book from the author and iReadBook Tours to review. I was in no way influenced to write a positive review. Every word in this review is my opinion only. </span></p><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://camcatbooks.com/Books/A/A-Measure-of-Serenity" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">CamCat Books</a><br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Measure-of-Serenity-Audiobook/B09GSB2571" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible ~</a></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3rXgEUv" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/measure-of-serenity-bryan-prosek/1139631992" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-brighter-the-stars-bryan-prosek/1137950724" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"> ~ </a><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780744303629" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">IndieBound </a><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780744301380" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">~ </a><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/a-measure-of-serenity/9780744303629z" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookShop</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56774518-a-measure-of-serenity" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyW1TBLTgS3i-ho9ovyUVWV0ojmh71GPukU_ZKhu8uxWEnmmeyAbMkC_CjaBlc2C0V6IwLV3jfZ4Htf1Z6MxVIsnzboGDvxwjYD9UV68f5qVb0p_XbzzbGTlUhfrRr8gXhnuIaQy-4fT806Qgczw9VgoAAygGnPzJzNEUxQNCr9Ugb3DQqwwOecimJqQ/s4032/BryanProsek_AuthorPhoto.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyW1TBLTgS3i-ho9ovyUVWV0ojmh71GPukU_ZKhu8uxWEnmmeyAbMkC_CjaBlc2C0V6IwLV3jfZ4Htf1Z6MxVIsnzboGDvxwjYD9UV68f5qVb0p_XbzzbGTlUhfrRr8gXhnuIaQy-4fT806Qgczw9VgoAAygGnPzJzNEUxQNCr9Ugb3DQqwwOecimJqQ/s320/BryanProsek_AuthorPhoto.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Author:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Bryan Prosek is a science fiction writer and business attorney. Along with his debut <em style="position: relative;">The Brighter the Stars</em> and the forthcoming <em style="position: relative;">A Measure of Serenity</em>, he has published books and articles in legal trade journals and magazines. When he isn’t writing or practicing law, you can probably find him watching science fiction movies or television shows. He loves the big screen and the small screen. There’s a good chance that he’ll be watching one of the numerous <em style="position: relative;">Star Trek</em> movies or series, but he could be watching anything from <em style="position: relative;">Guardians of the Galaxy</em> to <em style="position: relative;">The Conjuring</em>.<br /><br /><strong>connect with the author: <a href="http://bryankprosek.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website </a>~ <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanProsek" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">twitter </a>~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BryanKProsek" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">facebook </a>~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bryank.prosek/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">instagram </a>~ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7164218.Bryan_K_Prosek" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></strong></span></div><hr style="clear: both; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; visibility: hidden; width: 629.2px;" /><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Enter the Giveaway:</span></strong></div></div></div><a class="e-widget" href="https://gleam.io/mMaYU/the-measure-of-serenity-book-tour-giveaway" rel="nofollow">THE MEASURE OF SERENITY Book Tour Giveaway</a><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OxLYZn3SwEWG06NoBgQIYi-__o3LfrWp9gU8Xg9H9bIXkAqpfERtI8FZAUYffZ-tRmEC24C3I-2r3tQZQJ30f7NsJgkKsG2gExrv_wycCvgGPMYYdKh4DlOWeQwTwr9RerQFSFQhONftaVLYCqn20H8TcnsOqh5rti16H2Zbay3Mo1OpJygcEUPfSQ/s1570/iRead%20Website%20new%20logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="1570" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OxLYZn3SwEWG06NoBgQIYi-__o3LfrWp9gU8Xg9H9bIXkAqpfERtI8FZAUYffZ-tRmEC24C3I-2r3tQZQJ30f7NsJgkKsG2gExrv_wycCvgGPMYYdKh4DlOWeQwTwr9RerQFSFQhONftaVLYCqn20H8TcnsOqh5rti16H2Zbay3Mo1OpJygcEUPfSQ/w640-h106/iRead%20Website%20new%20logo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-81688124386861919702022-11-30T09:25:00.002-05:002022-11-30T09:26:43.925-05:00A Knock on the Door by Roberta K. Fernandez<p></p>
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Fernandez</span><br /><u>Category</u>: Adult Fiction (18+), 392 pages<br /><u>Genre</u>: Crime Fiction / Thriller <br /><u>Publisher</u>: <span style="color: black;">Subplot Publishing (Imprint of Amplify Publishing Group)</span> <br /><u>Release date:</u> October 2022<br /><u>Content Rating</u>: <span style="color: #202124;">PG-13 + M</span><span style="color: #202124;">. </span><span style="color: #202124;">The book deals with heavy themes, murder, and violence</span><br /></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Lori Crawford's world is turned upside down when her husband dies in a car accident. After twenty-five years of marriage, she thought she would forever live an uncomplicated, happy life with Jack. But just as Lori feels she’s coming out on the other side of her grief, Jack’s assistant at SpringWare, Rita Johnson, discovers information that convinces her that Jack was murdered.<br /><br />The two women vow to bring the perpetrator to justice. But time is running out, and their names are on someone’s kill list. The truth takes them down a path they never could have suspected. They set out to bring down one of the most powerful men in the country: the director of the National Security Agency. But who will believe them? And how many more will die before they do? Now, they have to decide if they have the courage—and the ability—to finish what they started.</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">BUY THE BOOK:<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/3ENbGBh" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> ~ <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-knock-on-the-door-roberta-fernandez/1141660669" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a> ~ <a href="https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Knock-Door/Roberta-K-Fernandez/9781637554739" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BAM</a><br /><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781637554739" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">indiebound</a> ~ <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/a-knock-on-the-door-9781637554739/9781637554739" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Bookshop.org</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62811479-a-knock-on-the-door" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">MY REVIEW </span></strong></h2><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Lori Crawford's life was crushed in a moment when her husband was killed in a car accident. But was her? His assistant, Rita found evidence that maybe he was killed. Maybe he was murdered. But what would happen if they started checking into what was going on? And who in the office would do such a thing? </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">This book was really good. There is a lot going on, many twists and turns to throw you off track, and I really had no idea who was really killing those they worked with daily. With characters with deep layers and the amazing writing of author </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Roberta K. Fernandez, this is a book that will have you turning pages until the last one. I didn't want to put this book down unless I just had to. I really liked Lori and felt so bad for her that her husband and several she knew from the office was now gone. I liked her feisty and determination personality that didn't want to give up until she found the truth. If you enjoy a good suspense thriller, this is the one for you. I encourage you to check this one out. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">I received a copy of this book from the author and iReadBook Tours to review. I was in no way influenced to write a positive review. Every word in this review is my opinion only. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span color="rgb(81, 81, 81) !important" face="Roboto !important" style="font-size: 16px;"><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qkY0-d_MlzA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CD6K3rvCKL_ZqOuIkBZRAqoqv0RMPb6ZdqgivdszSt4tKO462VDdKVtS6cLzKggMfwGk14M-4eOiJv6-nHFl-jlvdYTiRXTMvBIPK0CMGQfVaaXs52iAmp4MkZriDRk3p0rANsqIR6WMHIs4LCxxyJBzjgsjMIaquR1dkBqU-iR8N9mNHSRzaIR3kA/s1500/Roberta%20K.%20Fernandez.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CD6K3rvCKL_ZqOuIkBZRAqoqv0RMPb6ZdqgivdszSt4tKO462VDdKVtS6cLzKggMfwGk14M-4eOiJv6-nHFl-jlvdYTiRXTMvBIPK0CMGQfVaaXs52iAmp4MkZriDRk3p0rANsqIR6WMHIs4LCxxyJBzjgsjMIaquR1dkBqU-iR8N9mNHSRzaIR3kA/s320/Roberta%20K.%20Fernandez.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Author:</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">In her sixty-three years of life, Roberta Fernandez, a board-certified hypnotist, didn’t know that she had a story waiting to be told.<br /><br />In 2006, she attended a weeklong memoir-writing class conducted by a bestselling author, Joyce Maynard. Joyce worked hard to bring out Roberta’s best work, in spite of her self-perceived lack of talent. While it was an awesome experience to be instructed by a well-known author, Roberta determined that writing about herself was not a talent she possessed.<br /><br />As a first-time author, Roberta now understands she was simply destined to write in a different genre. She enjoys creating relatable characters and watching the story unfold as she types. Like her readers, she wonders what’s going to happen next. A sequel is already being written as this book is published. Who knows what words will flow across the page in the next fifteen years!<br /><br /><strong>connect with the author: <a href="http://robertafernandez.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website</a> ~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BookWriterAuthor/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">facebook</a> ~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robertafernandezauthor/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">instagram</a></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><a class="e-widget" href="https://gleam.io/N87R2/a-knock-on-the-door-book-tour-giveaway" rel="nofollow">A KNOCK ON THE DOOR Book Tour Giveaway</a>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-78860593062601559062022-11-29T10:02:00.003-05:002022-11-29T10:02:30.116-05:00Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex by Carole P. Roman<p> </p> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/audiobook-book-tour-grady-whill-and-the-templeton-codex-by-carole-p-roman" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="3322" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_Ad35mhT1N3skuLlzUzB41-hXfykD0bqNKKQFAziLOR542RbYTvn_Y607I57vCwa_e6l9JzoUm8Gob4jkIPn5Zd0OKkBS3Nstz-PdCCEdSOd0m_C9n1rle_j1P50lx_97PT_teiSEhh4nr6wngE20uLNHPJkQ0_7HebsOx9zJ_yqQSwG0CyCzbjscA/w640-h308/GRADY%20WHILL%20AND%20TEMPLETON%20CODEX%20TOUR%20BANNER%20W%20BUTTON.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2U7m049Y0p5yI6hjfOpi1sqfUSMrzUj-Rq_4NwX80pfHd6FnNCBs267fCzDAhvcTliQwLarmChVcA_0f4YOKwrHoayH0dDCpybif7MBlDu509VfADp8naZda2fYE5Uz1YvvVHIT-Hi4xUpVTqO15TuXwtTUR5DNV9RQI6s1EJ6L4qSjNHUhBhdzR0w/s1360/grady-whill-and-the-templeton-codex.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="907" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2U7m049Y0p5yI6hjfOpi1sqfUSMrzUj-Rq_4NwX80pfHd6FnNCBs267fCzDAhvcTliQwLarmChVcA_0f4YOKwrHoayH0dDCpybif7MBlDu509VfADp8naZda2fYE5Uz1YvvVHIT-Hi4xUpVTqO15TuXwtTUR5DNV9RQI6s1EJ6L4qSjNHUhBhdzR0w/w426-h640/grady-whill-and-the-templeton-codex.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details:</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Book Title</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> by Carole P. Roman</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Category</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">: Young-Adult Fiction (18 +), 286 pages</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Genre</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">: Action-Adventure/Fantasy</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Publisher</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Chelshire</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Release date:</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">July 30 2022</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Content Rating</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">: PG. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">The author thinks the book is G-rated. A reviewer said it had some curses. Some may consider "Holy crap" is a curse.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzFzDY2LkUqTXScWvEFbM-vnFHj89Ra0LrwIr3qh_QLh2rf9KzqdkUcWkDYRXq8gIhV7pMMNIfVuMKuM1ZRxQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;">"If I were to give a book to every young adult in this world, I would give them Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex by Carole P. Roman without blinking. I absolutely loved every moment of this uplifting and fascinating story. It's filled with valuable life lessons, adventure, peril, and highly relatable and lovable characters." </span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">Reviewed by Emma Megan for Readers' Favorite</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #0f1111;">"Harry Potter meets Sky High. If you're a fan of young adult stories where protagonists go to mysterious schools to train their superhuman abilities, don't miss out on Grady Whill and The Templeton Codex." </span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">Reviewed by Pikasho Deka for Reader's Favorite</span><br /><span style="color: #0f1111;"> <br />"Carole P. Roman has created a world that is unique, inhabited by characters that young people can easily relate to because of their similar concerns about growing pains... This book has a strong message and theme that deserves to be read." </span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">Reviewed by Vincent Dublado for Reader's Favorite</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 629.2px;"></div><hr class="styled-hr" style="background-color: #d0d0d0; border: 0pt none; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.13); height: 1px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; width: 629.2px;" /><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 629.2px;"></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Templeton Academy- the superhero high school is finally open! The prestigious institution is recruiting the best of the best to enroll in its student body. The school is as mysterious as it is exclusive.<br /><br />Grady Whill thinks there is nothing special about him to make the grade. However, his best friend, Aarush Patel has been selected and thinks Grady has the right stuff. Even school bully Elwood Bledsoe is attending.<br /><br />If Grady is fortunate enough to be picked, his guardian has forbidden him to attend. Will a family secret prevent Grady from becoming the superhero he was destined to be?</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Grady-Whill-and-the-Templeton-Codex-Audiobook/B0B6PVTV9T" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible</a> ~</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3ynPauO" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grady-whill-and-the-templeton-codex-carole-p-roman/1141835394" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a> ~ <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/carole-p-roman" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61393848-grady-whill-and-the-templeton-codex" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">MY REVIEW </span></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><i>Grady was orphaned after his parents passed away and he was raised by his grandparents until they passed, then he was raised by his young uncle. This boy had it rough! </i></span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Grady and Aarush formed a close friendship that lasted through the super hero high school Templeton Academy. I like these two fun kids. The story deals with bullying, which is horrible that kids do that to their peers, but the author does a great job with this issue. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I had fun following these two friends around and grew attached to them. This is a great story for your teens and tweens. It is clean, and lots of fun. </span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I was able to listen to this book. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Narrator Dan McGowan was very good with narratoring this book. I enjoyed his voice and it was nice for the story, made me feel I was a teen listening in. I look forward to listening to more book which </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Dan McGowan is the narrator. </span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">A special thanks to the author/publisher and iReadBookTours for a copy of this book. I am not required to write a positive review, the opinions here are mine alone. I am disclosing this with my review in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.</span></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also from the Pen of Carole P. Roman:</span></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0Z_9qirTdxJDZE1UWHZ7UeRGOZnZURIelDEYrPv0jdaHPSAGd4sBaHlEZKZSWg5Kn3w6IxiByJJ4FN7DKgRB5JvNLWqmeSpxmIv-3C-yvbxgEZ6YkCa3lLhg3kKZwmwBfXEL86bymUP9Ax6dtWosYCVrTRQlJhbFQny5W1H3ge4dAwdJSXSt9eefPg/s1360/Giggles%20Galore.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0Z_9qirTdxJDZE1UWHZ7UeRGOZnZURIelDEYrPv0jdaHPSAGd4sBaHlEZKZSWg5Kn3w6IxiByJJ4FN7DKgRB5JvNLWqmeSpxmIv-3C-yvbxgEZ6YkCa3lLhg3kKZwmwBfXEL86bymUP9Ax6dtWosYCVrTRQlJhbFQny5W1H3ge4dAwdJSXSt9eefPg/w259-h400/Giggles%20Galore.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /></strong><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details:</span></strong><br /><br /><u>Book Title</u>: <span style="color: black;">Giggles Galore Jokes, Riddles and Fun Facts for Kids of all Ages</span> by Carole P. Roman<br /><u>Category</u>: Children's Fiction , 170 pages<br /><u>Genre</u>: Humor<br /><u>Publisher</u>: <span style="color: black;">Chelshire</span><br /><u>Release date:</u> <span style="color: black;">August 2022</span><br /><u>Tour dates</u>: <span style="color: #222222;">Nov 7 to Dec 2, 2022</span><br /><u>Content Rating</u>: G. </div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: #0f1111;">What's more fun than a rainy afternoon?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #0f1111;">A rainy afternoon with Giggles Galore!</span><br /><span style="color: #0f1111;">Treat yourself and your child to this fun-filled book of jokes, riddles, and exciting bits of information.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #0f1111;">Entertain your friends and family with a wide variety of jokes that include funny foods, animal antics, jolly jungles, farcical farms, dizzy dinosaurs, hilarious holidays, and a host of humor from all over our wacky world.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #0f1111;">Fun facts are sprinkled throughout the book and give a welcome relief from all the giggles.</span><br /><span style="color: #0f1111;">There's even a section where budding comedians can learn to create new jokes.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #0f1111;">Lastly, join Carole P. Roman's beloved character, Susanna Maya Logan, for a short story about why we must use humor wisely, or it may not be considered funny by everyone.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #0f1111;">A great tool to help a reluctant reader, Giggles Galore is the perfect way to practice social skills and develop friendships.</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3C7bpGo" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> ~ <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/giggles-galore-carole-p-roman/1142074443" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a> </span></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbgDYyGs6Z2s7gLy-oAAcwW8wX2P5H3K0lUoR2Zfio2_nORxd5AQxyEInkEKdegyCc4NQRg4ckqTFKfvAqBuUxKQKzr8Dr_F1CTG8HcJIAOLDU4mEhBjFXR2Dkzx8Y9D-HYR3ft_YWPx3a4RBO_LKyUjOL6bnfZi5OFQckYEFmfyEQOoXgG16nTNuRQ/s1280/carole%20p%20roman.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbgDYyGs6Z2s7gLy-oAAcwW8wX2P5H3K0lUoR2Zfio2_nORxd5AQxyEInkEKdegyCc4NQRg4ckqTFKfvAqBuUxKQKzr8Dr_F1CTG8HcJIAOLDU4mEhBjFXR2Dkzx8Y9D-HYR3ft_YWPx3a4RBO_LKyUjOL6bnfZi5OFQckYEFmfyEQOoXgG16nTNuRQ/w300-h400/carole%20p%20roman.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Author:</span></strong><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Carole P. Roman is the award-winning author of over fifty children's books. Whether it's pirates, princesses, spies, or discovering the world around us, her books have enchanted educators, parents, and her diverse audience of children of all ages.<br /><br />Her best-selling book, <em style="position: relative;">The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids: 800+ Jokes!</em> has reached number one on Amazon in March of 2020 and has remained in the top 200 books since then.<br /><br />She published <em style="position: relative;">Mindfulness for Kids</em> with J. Robin Albertson-Wren.<br /><br />Carole has co-authored two self-help books. <em style="position: relative;">Navigating Indieworld: A Beginners Guide to Self-Publishing and Marketing</em> with Julie A. Gerber, and Marketing Indieworld with both Julie A. Gerber and Angela Hausman.<br /><br />Roman is the CEO of a global transportation company, as well as a practicing medium.<br /><br />She also writes adult fiction under the name Brit Lunden and has created an anthology of the mythical town of Bulwark, Georgia with a group of indie authors.<br /><br />Writing is her passion and one of her favorite pastimes. Roman reinvents herself frequently, and her family calls her the 'mother of reinvention.' She resides on Long Island, near her children and grandchildren.<br /><br /><strong>connect with the author: <a href="http://www.caroleproman.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website </a>~ <a href="https://twitter.com/caroleproman" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">twitter </a>~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CarolePRomanAwardWinningAuthorAndBooks/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">facebook </a>~ <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/carole-p-roman" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">bookbub</a> ~ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5854108.Carole_P_Roman" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enter the Giveaway:</span></strong></div></div></div><a class="e-widget" href="https://gleam.io/IcIlO/grady-whill-and-the-templeton-codex-book-tour-giveaway" rel="nofollow">GRADY WHILL AND THE TEMPLETON CODEX Book Tour Giveaway</a>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-54971259464280167442022-11-22T02:49:00.001-05:002022-11-22T02:52:43.698-05:00The Darker the Skies by Bryan Prosek<p> </p> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/audiobook-book-tour-the-darker-the-skies-by-bryan-prosek" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2526" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghiFuAIAjwDClX70vd_OhYVIcK_MJQ0XGo-4uDH9o5gRLTc3fo_Ry3M12qremuXYJpfyB0Dn8XUG93ITHYBkfw2eVAWs30RdMTsefyzLPDghgt0Px_T8RbN5rZV_BZ-3BnSEBiBCLeoAv3mq0zHeF_2lKGWELl1ibGblbqNclsWLnTafmbA1N9MCXVww/w640-h304/DARKER%20THE%20SKIES%20TOUR%20BANNER%20W%20BUTTON.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWrj_atbyGlsG0WGo_ZDzj1N6Y5BmVPn6uZoIcOckJrQRtY6YszwUoW9ur8Z3OeyCqEHbagjM55OoXAQ2GhgjTN72FhSA7IOXeXb5fS0rvqnVmqtnE9IFPDqfSczjf7OTEUGtH0MoHehXTGnQd_jBuBLV4MZbKXn3YsHwi1Y55s6FIuwuB3_PP99rIw/s2550/Prosek_THE-DARKER-THE-SKIES_FC%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWrj_atbyGlsG0WGo_ZDzj1N6Y5BmVPn6uZoIcOckJrQRtY6YszwUoW9ur8Z3OeyCqEHbagjM55OoXAQ2GhgjTN72FhSA7IOXeXb5fS0rvqnVmqtnE9IFPDqfSczjf7OTEUGtH0MoHehXTGnQd_jBuBLV4MZbKXn3YsHwi1Y55s6FIuwuB3_PP99rIw/w414-h640/Prosek_THE-DARKER-THE-SKIES_FC%20(1).png" width="414" /></a></div></div><p></p><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details:</span></strong><br /><br /><u>Book Title</u>: <span style="color: black;">The Darker the Skies</span> by Bryan Prosek<br /><u>Category</u>: <span style="color: black;">YA Fiction (Ages 13-17)</span>, 292 pages<br /><u>Genre</u>: YA Science Fiction <br /><u>Publisher</u>: <span style="color: black;">CamCat Books</span> <br /><u>Release date:</u> November 2022<br /><u>Content Rating</u>: PG. It's very clean.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">It only takes one to make a difference.<br /><br />Just days before Jake Saunders plans on proposing to the love of his life, Jake is called upon once again to save his home, Earth. The Earthen Legion troops and its allies think they’re battling only pirates, but a new, more powerful foe from another galaxy flanks their forces and invades, in search of a weapon the planet didn’t even know it had.<br /><br />When Jake learns that this new enemy was responsible for the death of his father many years ago, he realizes he can finally face his true nemesis. The odds are stacked against Jake, but with the help of his friends and allies he’s made along the way, he must rally the remaining Legion troops and retake Earth before it’s too late. The fate of Earth and the fate of his love, rest in the balance.</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">MY REVIEW</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>Bryan Prosek is back again with the second book in his series. The Darker the Skies happens a few years after The Brighter the Stars. </b></span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Jake Saunders is still with </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">the Earthen Legion troops with his friend Cal. Jake is excited to be asking his girl to marry him, but before he can pop the question, he and Cal are called for another mission to save their home, Earth. This time, the forces are more evil, the time is longer. Jake does find some devastating news that may somehow bring him a bit of peace.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">Prosek adds new well defined characters and a plot that will keep your fingers turning the pages. At least it did mine because I didn't want to wait to find out what is going to happen. Jake is still my favorite character I think. He's had such a difficult life, I want to see him happy. If you enjoy fantasy, or if your child enjoys this genre, and this is a clean read that your child can read.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">I was able to listen to the audio version of The Darker the Skies. The narration by Joel Simler is very nice. His voice is a great one for this type of books. He reads it so well. If you love audiobooks, and YA Fantasy, this would be a really good audiobook for you.</span><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_221122_024659_852.sdocx--></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span>Thanks to the author and iReadBook Tours for a copy of this book. The opinions here are mine alone. </span><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_221122_024840_733.sdocx--></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; 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font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also enjoy the first installment in Bryan Prosek's exciting series:<br /></span></strong><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkCcl2FhMA0k7M6DPh7ljJM3fVhFNdz2iUzixfmp-avQ5-FsZjuKYq_qzZPrroEBhf-XRHPFX3V0ummVyqdjoztJ00khymOm3xcXlX8y7MuDP53v_JWvIKblV3PrHBD6vKOnBEOFPi8Bv8NiqmKcKwemuW3a46Fg6_6WBw2t1rRhBb8xMqIVBhWSjkA/s2550/Prosek_THE-BRIGHTER-THE-STARS_FC.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkCcl2FhMA0k7M6DPh7ljJM3fVhFNdz2iUzixfmp-avQ5-FsZjuKYq_qzZPrroEBhf-XRHPFX3V0ummVyqdjoztJ00khymOm3xcXlX8y7MuDP53v_JWvIKblV3PrHBD6vKOnBEOFPi8Bv8NiqmKcKwemuW3a46Fg6_6WBw2t1rRhBb8xMqIVBhWSjkA/w259-h400/Prosek_THE-BRIGHTER-THE-STARS_FC.png" width="259" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details:</span></strong><br /><br /><u>Book Title</u>: <span style="color: black;">The Brighter the Stars</span> by Bryan Prosek<br /><u>Category</u>: <span style="color: black;">YA Fiction (Ages 13-17)</span>, 256 pages<br /><u>Genre</u>: YA Science Fiction <br /><u>Publisher</u>: <span style="color: black;">CamCat Books</span> <br /><u>Release date:</u> November 2020<br /><u>Formats Available for Review</u>: audiobook (Book Funnel download), and ebook (<span style="color: #202124;">EPUB, PDF, Book Funnel download)</span><br /><u>Tour dates</u>: Nov 14 to Dec 9, 2022<br /><u>Content Rating</u>: PG. It's very clean.</div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Caught between love and revenge, Jake has one chance to live up to the man his uncle was.<br /><br />Earth crashed into interstellar politics as a lightweight, lagging so far behind other planetary weapons systems everyone feared they wouldn’t survive first contact with other worlds without quick action. By 2185, Earth had united itself into five geographic sectors and developed a defense system powerful enough to keep aggressors at bay—for now, at least.<br /><br />Jake Saunders became a Legion soldier to honor the memory of his war hero uncle, who was brutally murdered in front of him when he was still a young teen. Fast forward a few years, and Jake and his best friend Cal have been tasked with escorting Cal’s older sister Diane to become Earth’s ambassador on a far-off planet. It’s the opportunity of Diane’s career, very likely a lifetime post. But for Jake, that could mean a lifetime’s heartbreak. He has loved Diane since they were kids, and every step closer to that ambassador assignment is a step closer to goodbye.<br /><br />But somebody is after more than Earth’s defense, and Jake, Cal, and Diane are on a trajectory to crash headlong into that dangerous plot. Somebody wants to play Earth against its most immediate threat, Craton, and convince both to develop super weapons—and he’s working with the person who killed Jake’s uncle all those years ago. When he reappears on Jake, Cal, and Diane’s journey to the ambassadorship, Jake is faced with difficult choices to look out for his friends and honor his uncle’s memory.</span></div></div><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://camcatbooks.com/Books/T/The-Brighter-the-Stars" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">CamCat Books</a><br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Brighter-the-Stars-Audiobook/B09312WP21" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible</a> ~</span></strong><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3MdioSQ" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-brighter-the-stars-bryan-prosek/1137950724" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N ~ </a><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780744301380" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">IndieBound ~ </a></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-brighter-the-stars-volume-1/9780744301380" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookShop</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55836385-the-brighter-the-stars" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNEN7OPCDZw0eKW7Torcvth66HoLm09swmKCXgQkqYq-N3chJskEb7zt8EyFu60aiz5VUwIOQcWz30ci51wIg2ulSsaQJUyCHw4vQ3SCcGwomv1r5COhw33hSYaPpDi91a1fJ-7lnhQSyRFpsxylthNchS3H1yMCmWXutsIPUDlyrnM8ecHiu7S33mA/s4032/BryanProsek_AuthorPhoto.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNEN7OPCDZw0eKW7Torcvth66HoLm09swmKCXgQkqYq-N3chJskEb7zt8EyFu60aiz5VUwIOQcWz30ci51wIg2ulSsaQJUyCHw4vQ3SCcGwomv1r5COhw33hSYaPpDi91a1fJ-7lnhQSyRFpsxylthNchS3H1yMCmWXutsIPUDlyrnM8ecHiu7S33mA/s320/BryanProsek_AuthorPhoto.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Author:</span></strong><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Bryan Prosek is a science fiction writer and business attorney. Along with his debut <em style="position: relative;">The Brighter the Stars</em> and the forthcoming <em style="position: relative;">A Measure of Serenity</em>, he has published books and articles in legal trade journals and magazines. When he isn’t writing or practicing law, you can probably find him watching science fiction movies or television shows. He loves the big screen and the small screen. There’s a good chance that he’ll be watching one of the numerous <em style="position: relative;">Star Trek</em> movies or series, but he could be watching anything from <em style="position: relative;">Guardians of the Galaxy</em> to <em style="position: relative;">The Conjuring</em>.<br /><br /><strong>connect with the author: <a href="http://bryankprosek.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website</a> ~ <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanProsek" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">twitter</a> ~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BryanKProsek" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">facebook</a> ~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bryank.prosek/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">instagram</a> ~ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7164218.Bryan_K_Prosek" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enter the Giveaway:</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><a class="e-widget" href="https://gleam.io/MKT4E/the-darker-the-skies-book-tour-giveaway" rel="nofollow">The DARKER THE SKIES Book Tour Giveaway</a>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-88300203822347794842022-11-21T09:48:00.001-05:002022-11-21T09:48:36.063-05:00The Brighter the Stars by Bryan Prosek<p> </p>
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It's very clean.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">It only takes one to make a difference.<br /><br />Just days before Jake Saunders plans on proposing to the love of his life, Jake is called upon once again to save his home, Earth. The Earthen Legion troops and its allies think they’re battling only pirates, but a new, more powerful foe from another galaxy flanks their forces and invades, in search of a weapon the planet didn’t even know it had.<br /><br />When Jake learns that this new enemy was responsible for the death of his father many years ago, he realizes he can finally face his true nemesis. The odds are stacked against Jake, but with the help of his friends and allies he’s made along the way, he must rally the remaining Legion troops and retake Earth before it’s too late. The fate of Earth and the fate of his love, rest in the balance.</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://camcatbooks.com/Books/T/The-Darker-the-Skies" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">CamCat Books</a><br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Darker-the-Skies-Audiobook/B0BBSFDYPZ" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible</a> ~</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3RFXeO9" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-darker-the-skies-bryan-prosek/1140931399" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a> ~ <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780744305548" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a> ~ <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-darker-the-skies-9780744305548/9780744305548" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookShop</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60239186-the-darker-the-skies" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span color="rgb(81, 81, 81) !important" face="Roboto !important" style="font-size: 16px;"><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also enjoy the first installment in Bryan Prosek's exciting series:<br /></span></strong><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkCcl2FhMA0k7M6DPh7ljJM3fVhFNdz2iUzixfmp-avQ5-FsZjuKYq_qzZPrroEBhf-XRHPFX3V0ummVyqdjoztJ00khymOm3xcXlX8y7MuDP53v_JWvIKblV3PrHBD6vKOnBEOFPi8Bv8NiqmKcKwemuW3a46Fg6_6WBw2t1rRhBb8xMqIVBhWSjkA/s2550/Prosek_THE-BRIGHTER-THE-STARS_FC.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkCcl2FhMA0k7M6DPh7ljJM3fVhFNdz2iUzixfmp-avQ5-FsZjuKYq_qzZPrroEBhf-XRHPFX3V0ummVyqdjoztJ00khymOm3xcXlX8y7MuDP53v_JWvIKblV3PrHBD6vKOnBEOFPi8Bv8NiqmKcKwemuW3a46Fg6_6WBw2t1rRhBb8xMqIVBhWSjkA/w259-h400/Prosek_THE-BRIGHTER-THE-STARS_FC.png" width="259" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details:</span></strong><br /><br /><u>Book Title</u>: <span style="color: black;">The Brighter the Stars</span> by Bryan Prosek<br /><u>Category</u>: <span style="color: black;">YA Fiction (Ages 13-17)</span>, 256 pages<br /><u>Genre</u>: YA Science Fiction <br /><u>Publisher</u>: <span style="color: black;">CamCat Books</span> <br /><u>Release date:</u> November 2020<br /><u>Formats Available for Review</u>: audiobook (Book Funnel download), and ebook (<span style="color: #202124;">EPUB, PDF, Book Funnel download)</span><br /><u>Tour dates</u>: Nov 14 to Dec 9, 2022<br /><u>Content Rating</u>: PG. It's very clean.</div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Caught between love and revenge, Jake has one chance to live up to the man his uncle was.<br /><br />Earth crashed into interstellar politics as a lightweight, lagging so far behind other planetary weapons systems everyone feared they wouldn’t survive first contact with other worlds without quick action. By 2185, Earth had united itself into five geographic sectors and developed a defense system powerful enough to keep aggressors at bay—for now, at least.<br /><br />Jake Saunders became a Legion soldier to honor the memory of his war hero uncle, who was brutally murdered in front of him when he was still a young teen. Fast forward a few years, and Jake and his best friend Cal have been tasked with escorting Cal’s older sister Diane to become Earth’s ambassador on a far-off planet. It’s the opportunity of Diane’s career, very likely a lifetime post. But for Jake, that could mean a lifetime’s heartbreak. He has loved Diane since they were kids, and every step closer to that ambassador assignment is a step closer to goodbye.<br /><br />But somebody is after more than Earth’s defense, and Jake, Cal, and Diane are on a trajectory to crash headlong into that dangerous plot. Somebody wants to play Earth against its most immediate threat, Craton, and convince both to develop super weapons—and he’s working with the person who killed Jake’s uncle all those years ago. When he reappears on Jake, Cal, and Diane’s journey to the ambassadorship, Jake is faced with difficult choices to look out for his friends and honor his uncle’s memory.</span></div></div><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://camcatbooks.com/Books/T/The-Brighter-the-Stars" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">CamCat Books</a><br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Brighter-the-Stars-Audiobook/B09312WP21" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible</a> ~</span></strong><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3MdioSQ" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-brighter-the-stars-bryan-prosek/1137950724" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N ~ </a><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780744301380" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">IndieBound ~ </a><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-brighter-the-stars-volume-1/9780744301380" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookShop</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55836385-the-brighter-the-stars" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>MY REVIEW</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">The Brighter Stars is mainly about </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Jake Saunders. After his uncle was brutally murdered, Jake wants to live up to his uncle's name, and being a </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Legion soldier was the best way to do that. Years later Jake was given the task to help escort </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Earth’s ambassador to a far away place. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Jake and his best friend Cal have been tasked with escorting Cal’s older sister Diane to become Earth’s ambassador. This is a somewhat frightening and intriguing journey that will keep readers on the edge of their seats because of course you want to find out what the next page will say. The characters are well defined and play their parts well. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">I listen to the audio version of The Brighter the Stars. I enjoyed the narration by Joel Simler. His voice did the different voices well. If you love audiobooks, and YA Fantasy, this is a great read for you! </span>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-40537358538432927802022-11-08T08:39:00.003-05:002022-11-17T09:25:40.353-05:00A Spying Eye by Michelle Cox<p> </p>
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_SVGPTen9RdvkpneNiBhpNgonEHQKZr9PCfIlGFHSiZ5wIxV7hoS2uwR00JfcaG9wD77dcJm4243tSR1K_2U8eGSS6BesfDHvM0PdXeM6NdKzdN5BP_b2VILrOmbD0UA1bmyDauBZ4RjY6sMOvTcfJKIWGiAziNM50NtWoWwcsDbaGejRjh7L8rgog/w414-h640/SPYING%20EYE2.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><strong>Book Details:</strong></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Book Title</u>: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> A Spying Eye: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel by Michelle Cox</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Category</u>: Adult</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Fiction (18+), 256 pages</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Genre</u>: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> Historical Mystery</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Publisher</u>: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> She Writes Press</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Release dates:</u> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> Oct 25, 2022</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwsNjsU3uGsyOBDJ89lLJl8PSMVdJ6z-quMPA_q-P59-N3ONLf12oViXAGPQ2eWQzKnSXkOPPxjR2W0yEkCIA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">In <strong>A Spying Eye</strong>, Clive and Henrietta return to Europe in an attempt to resurrect their failed honeymoon. While in London, they are approached by their old friend, Inspector John Hartle, who convinces them to search for the missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece, a famous Renaissance painting, of which Hitler’s top men are also in pursuit.<br /><br />Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Oldrich Exley threatens to cut off financial support for the entire Von Harmon brood if Elsie continues with her plan to marry Gunther―a situation made worse by the sudden appearance of one Heinrich Meyer, who claims to be little Anna’s father and threatens to take her away. Desperate, Elsie seeks the help of Clive’s sister, Julia, who is herself the victim of domestic abuse and who has fallen under the spell of a handsome Texas millionaire bent on acquiring a rare painting from the Howard collection.<br /><br />Clive and Henrietta’s search takes them to Chateau du Freudeneck in Strasbourg, France―the ancient seat of the Von Harmons and home to three eccentric distant relatives. What begins as a wild goose chase turns decidedly more deadly when several Nazi officers also arrive at the chateau in search of a “valuable item.” When Henrietta and Clive attempt to flee after Henrietta uncovers a shocking truth, they are forced to trust themselves to a suspicious French servant who seems all-too willing to help . . .</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/38BZZiZ" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> ~ <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-spying-eye/id1610692356" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Apple </a>~ <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-spying-eye-michelle-cox/1141019071" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a><br /><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/a-spying-eye-by-michelle-cox" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60715968-a-spying-eye" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="text-align: center;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="text-align: center;"><br /></strong></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="text-align: center;">MY REVIEW</strong></span></h1><div style="text-align: left;">This is my first read by Michelle Cox, so for me it was a little difficult jumping in on book number six. Even though Cox does a great job of including some back story so that this book can be read as a stand alone, I still feel I missed out on a lot of getting to know the previous characters and setting. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That said, I did enjoy A Spying Eye very much. This story focuses on Clive and Henrietta and a return trip to Europe. While there, they were involved in an investigation of a lost painting. The mystery and intrigue was enough for me to keep reading and wanting to find out what was happening. Michelle Cox creates wonderful characters and makes it easy for readers to fall in love with them. All in all, this is a fabulous book to read. With the back story, you can read it as a stand alone, or if you have been reading the series, you will enjoy the continuous reading of this series. Will there be a book seven? Stay tuned and see. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">I received this book from the author through iReadBook tours. I was not expected to write a favorable review. The words here are totally my own. </span>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-54568796888359871932022-11-01T09:48:00.005-04:002022-11-07T06:45:49.031-05:00On The Edge of Shattered by Kimberly Kearns<p> </p>
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Until she realized that it wasn’t, and that her dishonesty could cost her everything she loved. What would happen to her marriage if things continued in this way? And how could she be a mother to her young children if she remained trapped in this cycle of abuse? Deciding she had to make a change, Kim threw herself into a new life of sobriety seven months into the Covid-19 pandemic. But only after severing the chains of bondage did she realize how much work there was still to do. Opening the doors to buried memories and past traumas was only the beginning. Throughout her journey to sobriety, Kim would come to terms with the secrets and lies told by her parents and loved ones, allowing her a clarity and freedom she never before thought possible.</div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">MY REVIEW</div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">On the Edge of Shattered is the true story of author </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Kimberly Kearns and her </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">alcohol addiction. Kearns opens her heart and gives readers the raw </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">evidence of the way she snuck around with her drinking. It may be just a sip at times, but she was so addicted, she had to have her alcohol. Her life wasn't the pretty pictures or movies or even what is portrayed to be beautiful with parties and drinking, making it all look like a lot of fun. Her life had gotten to the deep down dark times of the struggles her addiction and what it was doing to her, as well as her family. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">On the Edge of Shattered was not an easy book for me to read because there was a time I stood by a family member day after day while trying to kick the addiction of alcohol. Even though this never happened to me, I know the deep dark raw emotions that come as a result of alcohol. I appreciate so much that Ms. Kearns is willing to tell her story to the world. If it helps just one person, it would be worth it. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">The beauty of this story is the part</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> we get to see as Kearns tells of her journey to sobriety and the struggles it was to achieve her sobriety and the help she finds along the way. I love everything about this story because Kearns is one of the blessed ones on the other side of her addiction. And I am happy to say my family member is in the same position, as he was able to kick his addiction as well. If this is a story you connect with, please read On The Edge of Shattered and you may find the help you need. This book is getting Five Stars from me. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">A special thanks to the author/publisher for a copy of this book. I am not required to write a positive review, the opinions here are mine alone. I am disclosing this with my review in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.</span></span><br />
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She currently lives in Need-ham, Massachusetts. She continues to tell her story of sobriety and inspire others every day on her blog at </span><a href="https://www.kimberlykearns.com/" style="color: #24678d; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">kimberlykearns.com</a><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">, and through her Instagram account @asoberandstrongmom. Kimberly co-hosts the podcast The Weekend Sober and is a writer for the Webby Award-winning narrative podcast <i>F*cking Sober: The First 90 Days</i>. Writing has always been an escape for Kimberly, even as a little girl. 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<p><strong>Book Title</strong>: FOR LOVE AND MERCY: A Novel by C. Ingrid Deringer<br /><strong>Category</strong>: Adult Fiction (18+), 195 pages<br /><strong>Genre</strong>: Literary Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction <br /><strong>Publisher</strong>: FRIESEN PRESS<br /><strong>Release date</strong>: August 2022<br />Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA and Canada), ebook (EPUB, PDF)<br /><strong>Tour dates</strong>: Oct 24 to Nov 11, 2022<br /><strong>Content Rating</strong>: PG-13. There is a death, near-death experience, some swearing, no explicit sex scenes. </p><p>FIVE of FIVE STARS: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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<p><em>“Suddenly angelic beings of light appeared. They said I was at a crossroad, and it was here where I had to make a choice . . .”</em><br /><br />In 2022, forty-two-year-old Dr. Stormy Hera, a music professor at the University of Victoria, is serving a manslaughter sentence at Sunnydale Forensic Hospital in British Columbia.<br /><br />Although she can’t recall committing the crime, she feels strongly that she did the right thing. In the hopes of jogging her memory and healing her soul, Stormy is tasked with writing her autobiography as part of her rehabilitation.<br /><br />Spanning the 1940s to 2026, and set in the Saskatchewan prairies, Olympia, Greece, and Canada’s West Coast, <em>For Love and Mercy</em> follows the lives of free-spirited Evangeline, and Stormy herself—including a near-death experience that changes everything. </p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 15px;">FOR LOVE AND MERCY by C. Ingrid Deringer</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> takes place in the early 1940's through to 2026, set in The Saskatchewan prairies, Olympia, Greece, and Canada’s West Coast. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I really enjoyed this journey with these colorful characters as we get to each of these places in history. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Deringer does a great job writing this story and all of the detailed scenes throughout the book shows her amount of research. The many emotions throughout this book caused some of the scenes to be so difficult to read, where others were more enjoyable. With the unique characters and the many twists and turns along with the fabulously written story, </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">For Love and Mercy is is as close as realistic as you can get. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">As far as who would enjoy this book, anyone would, and I hope you will give this book a try. For Love and Mercy gets Five Stars from me and don't forget to look it up at your favorite bookstore. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_221101_020823_034.sdocx--></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">I received this book from the author through iReadBook tours. I was not expected to write a favorable review. The words here are totally my own. </span></p>
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<!--/wp:paragraph-->Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-13418292759687570102022-10-10T20:19:00.005-04:002022-10-10T20:19:37.007-04:00THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TRUDY SOLOMON by Marcy McCreary<p> </p
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezSJFzAkJtsJ52yMKJFe69ClWVC3qSI0Jz0tU_zq_JsL3GI6m9Fkok0JnLOeyvf180jvqAWVaU5K9KeFR38W9fZZpxfUruVA2pP0qE0tfbV5t-v-SiLV286H98f7WKRzOtRE4OtoDBegHmVdYzxstLx6kUGFX7K2R469uHb-fUwY-Ult0Chu8JaoR5A/s2400/DISAPPEARANCE%20OF%20MARCY%20MCCREARY%20TOUR%20BANNER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2400" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezSJFzAkJtsJ52yMKJFe69ClWVC3qSI0Jz0tU_zq_JsL3GI6m9Fkok0JnLOeyvf180jvqAWVaU5K9KeFR38W9fZZpxfUruVA2pP0qE0tfbV5t-v-SiLV286H98f7WKRzOtRE4OtoDBegHmVdYzxstLx6kUGFX7K2R469uHb-fUwY-Ult0Chu8JaoR5A/w640-h298/DISAPPEARANCE%20OF%20MARCY%20MCCREARY%20TOUR%20BANNER.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7YV8hNdBixrgTJ_ChkbxUBWu8vUiKerufd6sDk92k1nyTfsE6ailtciCOzrNccPabZk2W-eBCIOwzM7R0zszFbeZ03Z54nwG6f_HtpFl561k_ZGx63F3PsGqtO0qo-eMzCtMD_8fOMzoJIn8TNdeXq3hk2sqBxX5sQ--kx0hRw7rl4EMKE5zBRdigA/s2550/McCreary_THE-DISAPPEARANCE-OF-TRUDY-SOLOMON_FC.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7YV8hNdBixrgTJ_ChkbxUBWu8vUiKerufd6sDk92k1nyTfsE6ailtciCOzrNccPabZk2W-eBCIOwzM7R0zszFbeZ03Z54nwG6f_HtpFl561k_ZGx63F3PsGqtO0qo-eMzCtMD_8fOMzoJIn8TNdeXq3hk2sqBxX5sQ--kx0hRw7rl4EMKE5zBRdigA/w414-h640/McCreary_THE-DISAPPEARANCE-OF-TRUDY-SOLOMON_FC.png" width="414" /></a></div></div><p></p><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Join Us For This Tour From: <strong>Oct 3 to Oct 21 </strong></span></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details:</span></strong><br /><br /><u style="font-size: 16px;">Book Title</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: 16px;">: </span>The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon by Marcy McCreary<br /><u style="font-size: 16px;">Category</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: 16px;">: </span>Adult Fiction (18+)<span style="color: #515151; font-size: 16px;">, 400 pages</span><br /><u style="font-size: 16px;">Genre</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: 16px;">: </span>Mystery<br /><u style="font-size: 16px;">Publisher</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: 16px;">:</span> CamCat Books<br /><span style="color: #515151; font-size: 16px;"><u>Publication Date</u>:</span> September 2022.<br /><u style="font-size: 16px;">Tour dates</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: 16px;">: Oct 3 to Oct 21</span><br /><u style="font-size: 16px;">Content Rating</u><span style="color: #515151; font-size: 16px;">:</span> PG </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br /><br />In a family like that, you won’t need enemies.<br /><br />In the waning days of the Catskills hotel era, Stanley and Rachel Roth, the owners of the Cuttman Hotel, were practically dynasty—third generation proprietors of a sprawling resort with a grand reputation. The glamorous and gregarious matriarch, Rachel. The cunning and successful businessman, Stan. Four beautiful children. A perfect family deserving of respect and loyalty. Or so it seemed.<br /><br />Fast forward forty years. The Roths have lost their clout. When skeletal remains are found on the side of the road, the disappearance of Trudy Solomon, a coffee shop waitress at the Cuttman in 1978, is reopened. Each member of the Roth family holds a clue to the case, but getting them to admit what they know will force Detective Susan Ford to face a family she’d hoped never to see again.</div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://camcatbooks.com/Books/T/The-Disappearance-of-Trudy-Solomon5" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">CamCat</a><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/3dbqL43" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780744303308" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a> ~ <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-disappearance-of-trudy-solomon-marcy-mccreary/1141290386" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a> ~ <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-disappearance-of-trudy-solomon-volume-1-9780744304022/9780744304022" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Bookshop</a><br /><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-disappearance-of-trudy-solomon-a-ford-family-mystery-book-1-by-marcy-mccreary" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub </a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56960683-the-disappearance-of-trudy-solomon" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsxUSFF5pOsxxWqsFeaiC1MEG64BIXdLoT_ytN7x9CzneUkHH-tL2B3TYf9CLsyHgf98iWVdrUXx2GJ3aV6t6t7Ij_fqfv9FN_SS2vDAjhOZoN7_-ycDKbD-wrr5bSENYM7_JSDss_dSvYN8I2O2B9PrJ1bPWzGrs47hSUtHubqt8fZdDvQCexETUvw/s933/Marcy%20McCreary.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="686" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsxUSFF5pOsxxWqsFeaiC1MEG64BIXdLoT_ytN7x9CzneUkHH-tL2B3TYf9CLsyHgf98iWVdrUXx2GJ3aV6t6t7Ij_fqfv9FN_SS2vDAjhOZoN7_-ycDKbD-wrr5bSENYM7_JSDss_dSvYN8I2O2B9PrJ1bPWzGrs47hSUtHubqt8fZdDvQCexETUvw/s320/Marcy%20McCreary.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Authors:</span></strong><br /><br />Marcy McCreary worked for several years as a marketing and sales executive at various magazine publishing companies and content marketing agencies before turning to fiction writing. She is the author of The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon (CamCat Books). With two daughters and two step-daughters living in four different cities (Brooklyn, Nashville, Madison, Seattle), she spends a lot of time on airplanes crisscrossing the country. She lives in the beautiful coastal towns of Hull, MA and Nantucket, MA with her husband and black lab.<br /><br /><strong>connect with the author: <a href="https://www.marcymccreary.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website </a>~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marcymccrearywrites" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">facebook </a>~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/marcymccrearyauthor/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">instagram</a> ~ <a href="https://twitter.com/mcmarcy" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">twitter </a>~ <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/marcy-mccreary" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">bookbub</a> ~ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20288121.Marcy_McCreary" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></strong></div><hr style="clear: both; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; visibility: hidden; width: 629.2px;" /><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Tour Schedule:</span></strong><br /><a style="color: #24678d; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><br />Oct 3 – </a><a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Cover Lover Book Review</a> – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />Oct 4 – <a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">fundinmental</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Oct 5 – <a href="http://www.pawsreadrepeat.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Paws.Read.Repeat –</a> book spotlight / giveaway<br />Oct 6 – <a href="https://kristinehallways.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Hall Ways Blog</a> - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 6 - <a href="https://chitchatwithcharity.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Chit Chat with Charity</a> - book spotlight / guest post / author interview / giveaway<br />Oct 7 <a href="http://litflits.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">- Literary Flits</a> – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 7 - <a href="http://www.rockinbookreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Rockin' Book Reviews</a> – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 7 – <a href="https://instagram.com/devanshi_joshi19?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">devanshi_joshi19</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Oct 11 - <a href="https://lieseblog.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Liese's Blog</a> - book spotlight / giveaway<br />Oct 11 – <a href="http://booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Books are a Blessing</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Oct 12 – <a href="https://celticladysreviews.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Celticlady's Reviews</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Oct 13 – <a href="http://www.deborah-adams.com/blog" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Deborah-Zenha Adams</a> – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 14 – <a href="https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Jazzy Book Reviews </a>- book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 14 - <a href="https://sefinahawkesbooks.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Sefina Hawke Books</a> - book spotlight <br />Oct 17 – <a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Stephanie Jane</a>- book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />Oct 18 – <a href="https://www.splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Splashes of Joy</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Oct 19 – <a href="https://mysteryreviewcrew.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Mystery Review Crew</a> – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 19 - <a href="https://ginaraemitchell.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Gina Rae Mitchell </a>- book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 20 – <a href="https://theobssesedreader.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">The Obsessed Reader</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Oct 21 - <a href="http://www.amybooksy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Locks, Hooks and Books </a>- book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />Oct 21 – <a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Books for Books</a> – book spotlight</div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Enter the Giveaway:</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div><a class="e-widget" href="https://gleam.io/XDxEe/the-disappearance-of-trudy-solomon-book-tour-giveaway" rel="nofollow">The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon Book Tour Giveaway</a>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-41465393542559020082022-10-06T10:29:00.004-04:002022-10-06T10:29:56.441-04:00Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel by Shelley Blanton-Stroud<p> </p>
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color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Book Title</u>: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">by Shelley Blanton-Stroud</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Category</u>: Adult</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Fiction (18+), 308 pages</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Genre</u>: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Historical Thriller</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Publisher</u>: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> She Writes Press</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Release dates:</u> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> June 2022</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /><u>Content Rating</u>:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">PG-13 + M. The F word appears exactly once in the book. There is a completely non-explicit sex scene. There is a suicide.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ieGpblOXF1g" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><strong>Book Description:</strong></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">It’s 1939. Jane Benjamon’s got five days at sea to solve the murder of a Wimbledon champion’s coach and submit a gossip column that tells the truth. If not the facts.<br /><br />On the brink of World War II, Jane wants to have it all. By day she hustles as a scruffy, tomboy cub reporter. By night she secretly struggles to raise her toddler sister, Elsie, and protect her from their mother.<br /><br />But Jane’s got a plan: she’ll become the San Francisco Prospect’s first gossip columnist and make enough money to care for Elsie.<br /><br />Jane finagles her way to the women’s championship at Wimbledon, starring her hometown’s tennis phenom and cover girl Tommie O’Rourke. Jane plans to write her first column there. But then she witnesses Edith “Coach” Carlson, Tommie’s closest companion, drop dead in the stands of apparent heart attack, and her plan is blown.<br /><br />Sailing home on the RMS Queen Mary, Jane veers between competing instincts: Should she write a social bombshell column, personally damaging her new friend Tommie’s persona and career? Or should she work to uncover the truth of Coach’s death and its connection to a larger conspiracy involving US participation in the coming war?<br /><br />Putting away her menswear and donning first-class ballgowns, Jane discovers what upper-class status hides, protects, and destroys. Ultimately—like nations around the globe in 1939—she must choose what she’ll give up in order to do what’s right.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:<br /><a href="https://store.capitalbooksonk.com/item/AKWm0SctIDCn40fLWEFJDA" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Capital Books</a><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/3dheZ7S" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> ~ <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tomboy-shelley-blanton-stroud/1139997101" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a> ~ <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/tomboy-a-jane-benjamin-novel/9781647424077" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Bookshop.org</a><br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Tomboy-Audiobook/B0B52GBSMW" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible</a> ~ <a href="https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781669678359-tomboy" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Libro</a> ~ <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/tomboy-13" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br /><a href="https://www.scribd.com/book/567681278/Tomboy-A-Jane-Benjamin-Novel" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Scribd</a> ~ <a href="https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/tomboy-by-shelley-blanton-stroud" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Chirp</a> ~ <a href="https://amzn.to/3P91HI7" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon (audiobook)</a><br />Add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58813006-tomboy" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><strong><br /></strong></div><h2 style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">My Review </span></strong></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">by Shelley Blanton-Stroud is about Jane, struggling to raise her little sister and keep her from their mom, and working a job posing as a boy, because after all, as a young lady, she wasn't allowed to work a job. This story follows this young lady as she travels trying to find a better job so she can better take care of her sister. She does some pretty neat stuff, like traveling with no money, but it works for her. She's a pretty feisty character, determined to do what she must to take care of herself and her sister. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">I didn't read the first book in this series, but this one seems to read well as a stand alone. I enjoyed the characters. I found them well created and developing well as the story unfolds, and they play their parts really well. I enjoyed the journey across oceans, and phenomenon writing of the author details each scene so well. At times I sat here thinking I was right along with this young lady enjoying the travels with her, as well as helping her find what she wanted. There are some moments I found quite humorous, but mostly there were more serious times. I enjoyed the writing of author </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Shelley Blanton-Stroud and I will be looking for more from her in the future. This is such an nice story for anyone to read, one that I highly recommend. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">I received this book from the author through iReadBook tours. I was not expedited to write a favorable review. The words here are totally my own. </span></div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; height: 20px; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify; width: 629.2px;"></div><hr class="styled-hr" style="background-color: #d0d0d0; border: 0pt none; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.13); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; height: 1px; margin: 0px auto; width: 629.2px;" /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0OpbpRez_tksverIIuSgRvhivDQUQrQ-nDNUpfk73qEvEvY4QGoTxN7j-oD53OSjNcg6AihuxFjPGYz6jM9uu2KQ5_cPIj8lJAU-6aP80MoyviZbBxDWs02pDSZkrtV4CbFw6cFHFIv5qF9Lkb765CsThTdSaUh0PdAC2PKiKJBQtqlkGBMk5w1wPg/s3088/April%20Doty%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0OpbpRez_tksverIIuSgRvhivDQUQrQ-nDNUpfk73qEvEvY4QGoTxN7j-oD53OSjNcg6AihuxFjPGYz6jM9uu2KQ5_cPIj8lJAU-6aP80MoyviZbBxDWs02pDSZkrtV4CbFw6cFHFIv5qF9Lkb765CsThTdSaUh0PdAC2PKiKJBQtqlkGBMk5w1wPg/w320-h240/April%20Doty%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Narrator:</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">April Doty is a classically trained actress with a BFA from Syracuse University. She is a voice actor and the narrator of 26 books. Born in Virginia, educated in New York, seasoned in London and settled in Spain, April Doty brings the sound of a rich and varied life experience to her narration. The character of Jane came to life in her home studio on the Costa del Sol. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">connect with the narrator: <a href="https://aprildoty.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website </a>~ <a href="https://twitter.com/AprilADoty" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">twitter </a>~ <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprildoty/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">linkedIn</a> ~ <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-400120210" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">soundcloud</a></strong></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQU-mmv6DsaVdZnhMC-B4v_9SWubDlMK330avZivpmGdj4R13p72j5lNJg_ZjUF25ppbvBnejRdVAdEYFSCXRF8QFlWrurl-sRUkPsI_cCiEytQKNs1jDGGVR9B5aCdhicjJLyDQL9Lxo-k4sNXkvG5V2p2b3nIurhU8NB80JZpdLuPiJTf2WgnUILg/s768/sbstroudphoto-768x768.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQU-mmv6DsaVdZnhMC-B4v_9SWubDlMK330avZivpmGdj4R13p72j5lNJg_ZjUF25ppbvBnejRdVAdEYFSCXRF8QFlWrurl-sRUkPsI_cCiEytQKNs1jDGGVR9B5aCdhicjJLyDQL9Lxo-k4sNXkvG5V2p2b3nIurhU8NB80JZpdLuPiJTf2WgnUILg/s320/sbstroudphoto-768x768.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Meet the Author:</strong></span><br /><br />Shelley grew up in California’s Central Valley, the daughter of Dust Bowl immigrants who made good on their ambition to get out of the field. She recently retired from teaching writing at Sacramento State University and still consults with writers in the energy industry. She co-directs Stories on Stage Sacramento, where actors perform the stories of established and emerging authors, and serves on the advisory board of 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing nonprofit for children, as well as on the board of the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. Copy Boy is her first Jane Benjamin Novel. Tomboy is her second. The third, Working Girl, will come out in November 2023. Her writing has been a finalist in the Sarton Book Awards, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion Award, the American Fiction Awards, and the National Indie Excellence Awards. She and her husband live in Sacramento with many photos of their out-of-town sons and their wonderful partners. <br /><br /><strong>Connect with the author: <a href="https://shelleyblantonstroud.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">website</a> ~ <a href="https://twitter.com/blantonstroud" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">twitter </a> ~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/blantonstroudauthor/?modal=admin_todo_tour" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">facebook </a> ~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blantonstroud/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">instagram ~</a> <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/shelley-blanton-stroud" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">bookbub</a> ~ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19960978.Shelley_Blanton_Stroud" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Tour Schedule:</span></strong><br /><br />Oct 3 – <a href="https://rockinbookreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Rockin' Book Reviews</a> – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 3 – <a href="http://litflits.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Literary Flits</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Oct 4 - <a href="https://www.oliobymarilyn.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Olio By Marilyn</a> – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />Oct 4 - <a href="https://www.oliobymarilyn.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Olio By Marilyn</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Oct 5 – <a href="https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Jazzy Book Reviews</a> – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 6 <a href="https://booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">– Books are a Blessing</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Oct 7 – <a href="http://instagram.com/leannebookstagram" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Leanne bookstagram</a> – book review<br />Oct 11 – <a href="https://amysbooketlist.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amy's Booket List</a> – audiobook review / giveaway<br />Oct 11 - <a href="http://fuonlyknew.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">FUONLYKNEW</a> - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway <br />Oct 12 <a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">– Cover Lover Book Review</a> – book spotlight / giveaway<br />Oct 12 - <a href="https://puzzlepawsblog.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">PuzzlePaws Blog -</a> book review / giveaway<br />Oct 13 <a href="https://jbbookworms.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">- JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder</a> – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 13 - <a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Stephanie Jane</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Oct 14 – <a href="https://www.splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Splashes of Joy</a> – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 17 – <a href="https://www.storeybookreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">StoreyBook Reviews</a> – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 18 – <a href="https://www.bookcornernewsandreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Book Corner News and Reviews</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Oct 18 - <a href="http://sadiesspotlight.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Sadie's Spotlight</a> – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway<br />Oct 19 – <a href="http://www.amybooksy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Locks, Hooks and Books</a> – book review / giveaway<br />Oct 19 - <a href="https://ginaraemitchell.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Gina Rae Mitchell</a> - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 20 – <a href="http://www.deborah-adams.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Deborah-Zenha Adams</a> – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />Oct 21 – <a href="http://faithandbooks.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Faith and Books</a> – audiobook review / author interview / giveaway<br />Oct 21 - <a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Books for Books</a> – audiobook review<br /><br /></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; 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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-45165028841229891102022-09-27T01:30:00.002-04:002022-09-27T22:22:10.160-04:00Spotlight Henrietta and Inspector Howard by Michelle Cox<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiD9PWfVwfhQJR3gAWa-f7oYKJGEtvBORrcOdHapA7QbATT4ZWBtT-bYBahvsAHCKOSi3e5XhH_2qkAsFMkZpdaqeNGw8xJA_quZojIfx5kIpwmFy5TKCIoL3dpaGX7HveIc2Mg_aO4sHiaTZmCz_CsOLHPnilREcFtW5vwtHnDSXwvUdrFWCqZKGELA/s2400/Henrietta%20and%20Inspector%20Howard%20Tour%20Banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiD9PWfVwfhQJR3gAWa-f7oYKJGEtvBORrcOdHapA7QbATT4ZWBtT-bYBahvsAHCKOSi3e5XhH_2qkAsFMkZpdaqeNGw8xJA_quZojIfx5kIpwmFy5TKCIoL3dpaGX7HveIc2Mg_aO4sHiaTZmCz_CsOLHPnilREcFtW5vwtHnDSXwvUdrFWCqZKGELA/w640-h320/Henrietta%20and%20Inspector%20Howard%20Tour%20Banner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVZllqcLTa9TWqPvnOdrBA4cs6FFnjn9evwknKinOBi0B6EZiF77r__kbmLYdVrUukThGZsU4XCAe6iF6LLvX3jmu09cTlGJQXtUIy9jI4AR7gyH1yK88O_1rNp6cctsY4ij9Viscgiwe3vIK_NaufKHTU1vYBbNE5stv9cl9lVT24BhAetbN7hNBAQ/s1100/henriette-and-inspector-howard-series_books.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1100" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVZllqcLTa9TWqPvnOdrBA4cs6FFnjn9evwknKinOBi0B6EZiF77r__kbmLYdVrUukThGZsU4XCAe6iF6LLvX3jmu09cTlGJQXtUIy9jI4AR7gyH1yK88O_1rNp6cctsY4ij9Viscgiwe3vIK_NaufKHTU1vYBbNE5stv9cl9lVT24BhAetbN7hNBAQ/w640-h426/henriette-and-inspector-howard-series_books.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HGz7Vw3IW-9D9DoQghdQQ6pb0flu67r0Xseh05sysdfd8vGH93SKjhDDJ03t77ayOBEA9ffNhB4Vtjs9jxuCOWHI1Xf4_2XfUqozbM9IeBjBkMTEWheJ6nhIjgkXsNsk1hV8aPclmZ7WVwydBgqMdxQoWj3-5NZopLOysq9NphgYmtIVdC4yWmec5w/s2550/SPYING%20EYE2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HGz7Vw3IW-9D9DoQghdQQ6pb0flu67r0Xseh05sysdfd8vGH93SKjhDDJ03t77ayOBEA9ffNhB4Vtjs9jxuCOWHI1Xf4_2XfUqozbM9IeBjBkMTEWheJ6nhIjgkXsNsk1hV8aPclmZ7WVwydBgqMdxQoWj3-5NZopLOysq9NphgYmtIVdC4yWmec5w/w414-h640/SPYING%20EYE2.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Join us for this tour from <strong>Sep 26 to Oct 21</strong><strong>, 2022</strong></span><strong><span style="font-size: large;">!</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Series Details:</span></strong><br /><br /><u>Book </u><u>Series</u>: The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novels by Michelle Cox<br /><u>Category</u>: Adult fiction (18+), 200-400 pages each<br /><u>Genre</u>: Historical Fiction, Historical Mysteries<br /><u>Publisher</u>: She Writes Press<br /><u>Release date</u>: April 2016; April 2017; April 2018; April 2019; April 2020, Oct 2022<br /><u>Tour dates</u>: Sep 26 to Oct 21, 2022<br /><u>Content Rating</u>: This book series is rated R. Books 1 - 2 do not have sex scenes, but they are implied and the content is mature (prostitution, gambling, alcohol, murder, serial killer). Book 3 introduces tasteful sex scenes between a married couple and there is one rape (not graphic at all). Books 4 - 6 usually have 2 tasteful sex scenes in each Swearing is present in all 6 books, but is minimal. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong>“Downton Abbey meets Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries!”<br /><br />“Henrietta and Clive are a sexy, endearing, and downright fun pair of sleuths. Readers will not see the final twist coming.” </strong>―<em style="position: relative;">Library Journal, starred review</em><br /><br /><strong>“Fans of spunky, historical heroines will love Henrietta Von Harmon.” </strong>―<em style="position: relative;">Booklist</em>, starred review<br /><br /><strong>“Henrietta and Inspector Howard are the best pair of sleuths I’ve come across in ages. A fantastic start to what is sure to be a long running series.”</strong> ―Tasha Alexander, <em style="position: relative;">New York Times</em> bestselling author </div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Book Series Description:</span></strong></div><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPJxszv0Rq4fHLvXgF77GTiaSDB5rjt8DDJmSCd4vypJ9jDm6d-IXAqCvPt4Zyp-cqj-bj4RswiSXxgCVSaFxhL_1ymOv8xIEaLYGAHiRCFbAFii8pwDWfEQCmYPytHr3Mj2cCfPmHmmKrZvHwYixtup4dQmEDYnPtRGT3VP9TL__XDjV64DmtmNcig/s2550/A%20Girl%20Like%20You%20HR.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPJxszv0Rq4fHLvXgF77GTiaSDB5rjt8DDJmSCd4vypJ9jDm6d-IXAqCvPt4Zyp-cqj-bj4RswiSXxgCVSaFxhL_1ymOv8xIEaLYGAHiRCFbAFii8pwDWfEQCmYPytHr3Mj2cCfPmHmmKrZvHwYixtup4dQmEDYnPtRGT3VP9TL__XDjV64DmtmNcig/s320/A%20Girl%20Like%20You%20HR.jpeg" width="207" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">A GIRL LIKE YOU:</strong><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> Beautiful Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar, Poor Pete’s, on Chicago’s northwest side. It’s 1935, but things still aren’t looking up since the big crash and her father’s subsequent suicide. Left to care for her antagonistic mother and seven younger siblings, Henrietta is persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall. Henrietta is just beginning to enjoy herself, dancing with men for ten cents a dance, when the floor matron suddenly turns up murdered. The aloof Inspector Clive Howard then appears on the scene, and Henrietta unwittingly finds herself involved in unraveling the mystery when she agrees to go undercover for him in a burlesque theater where he believes the killer lurks.</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Even as Henrietta is plunged into Chicago’s grittier underworld, she struggles to still play the mother “hen” to her younger siblings and even to the pesky neighborhood boy, Stanley, who believes himself in love with her and continues to pop up in the most unlikely places, determined, ironically, to keep Henrietta safe, even from the Inspector if needs be. Despite his efforts, however, and his penchant for messing up the Inspector’s investigation, the lovely Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector find themselves drawn to each other in most unsuitable ways. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:<br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Girl-Like-You-Audiobook/B077DWC6YN" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible </a> ~ <a href="https://amzn.to/3Q92auW" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://bit.ly/3dtEWf1" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Chirp</a> ~ <a href="https://apple.co/30eoY3W" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Apple</a> ~ <a href="https://bit.ly/2AZGSyD" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></strong><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"> </span><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ <a href="http://bit.ly/2XIwySI" style="color: #515151; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Google Store<br /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/a-girl-like-you-by-michelle-cox" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26779731-a-girl-like-you" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZqsKV_bqysMPFzTlmQg89MvtT_Hs9j9qejFuO5iK31JYPRUKN4B2WPgtgXxcGiMsh6UeWYA7G8ug-lANzo5k7_L-0IYcyGsY9AbYHitJpylGSEGIb1oYsxyY769elVCW9WRjz_hUMHG7R5Z62UCFPYXU_EoxQo9iCkXk9K2TAaNnc7aCLQPHDn23aA/s2537/A%20Ring%20of%20Truth%20HR.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2537" data-original-width="1633" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZqsKV_bqysMPFzTlmQg89MvtT_Hs9j9qejFuO5iK31JYPRUKN4B2WPgtgXxcGiMsh6UeWYA7G8ug-lANzo5k7_L-0IYcyGsY9AbYHitJpylGSEGIb1oYsxyY769elVCW9WRjz_hUMHG7R5Z62UCFPYXU_EoxQo9iCkXk9K2TAaNnc7aCLQPHDn23aA/s320/A%20Ring%20of%20Truth%20HR.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">A RING OF TRUTH:</strong><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> In this second book of the series, Henrietta and Clive delightfully rewrite </span><em style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; position: relative; text-align: justify;">Pride and Prejudice</em><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">―with a hint of mystery!</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other’s family. “Difficult” because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is in fact the heir to the Howard estate and fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has been hiding secrets about her past as well. When Clive brings Henrietta to the family estate to meet his parents, they are less than enthused about his impoverished intended. Left alone in this extravagant new world when Clive returns to the city, Henrietta finds herself more at home with the servants than his family, much to the disapproval of Mrs. Howard―and soon gets caught up in the disappearance of an elderly servant’s ring, not realizing that in doing so she has become part of a bigger, darker plot.</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">As Clive and Henrietta attempt to discover the truth in the two very different worlds unraveling around them, they both begin to wonder: Are they meant for each other after all? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:<br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Ring-of-Truth-Audiobook/B082J7TS3P" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible </a> ~ <a href="https://amzn.to/3A2062i" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2Z489Iq" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Chirp</a> ~ <a href="https://apple.co/2NA6Ziy" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Apple</a> ~ <a href="https://bit.ly/3fymIuz" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></strong><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"> </span><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ <a href="https://bit.ly/2ZszqWa" style="color: #515151; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Google Store<br /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/a-ring-of-truth-by-michelle-cox" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34654520-a-ring-of-truth" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCzZDBTBIhQl3-ZrMjFJ8cSTQGyp7hR8BSUg31KqquDWkrzhoLXpMrmHPO4F5dp_uo1ZDd1-XPQ9cyvWUApWNMnqUXNwGKoZNA5m-gxTtT7cuvQBDq5wOi_QlpYvpGqKnHUDvtS7CVQGXwRgKXwiHXSYXeY1FDI91iRCXlZYn-aoUAF64i2g6yHsoGw/s1913/A%20Promise%20Given%20HR.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1913" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCzZDBTBIhQl3-ZrMjFJ8cSTQGyp7hR8BSUg31KqquDWkrzhoLXpMrmHPO4F5dp_uo1ZDd1-XPQ9cyvWUApWNMnqUXNwGKoZNA5m-gxTtT7cuvQBDq5wOi_QlpYvpGqKnHUDvtS7CVQGXwRgKXwiHXSYXeY1FDI91iRCXlZYn-aoUAF64i2g6yHsoGw/s320/A%20Promise%20Given%20HR.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><strong style="text-align: justify;">A PROMISE GIVEN:</strong><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; text-align: justify;"> This third book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series provides a delightful romp through the English countryside and back.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love. Stanley and Elsie’s relationship is sorely tested by the presence of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta’s friend Rose―a situation that grows increasingly dark and confused as time goes on.</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">As Clive and Henrietta begin their honeymoon at Castle Linley, the Howards’ ancestral estate in England, they encounter a whole new host of characters, including the eccentric Lord and Lady Linley and Clive’s mysterious cousin, Wallace. When a man is murdered in the village on the night of a house party at the Castle, Wallace comes under suspicion―and Clive and Henrietta are reluctantly drawn into the case, despite Clive’s anxiety at involving his new bride and Henrietta’s distracting news from home.</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Delicately attempting to work together for the first time, Clive and Henrietta set out to prove Wallace’s innocence, uncovering as they do so some rather shocking truths that will shake the Linley name and estate forever. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:<br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Promise-Given-Audiobook/B084FXLNKW" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible ~</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3zG983A" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://bit.ly/3dvzOXQ" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Chirp</a> ~ <a href="https://apple.co/2ZbYvDv" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Apple</a> ~ <a href="https://bit.ly/3etGZ35" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></strong><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"> </span><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ <a href="https://bit.ly/39a5KAF" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Google Store</a><br /><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/a-promise-given-by-michelle-cox" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36282371-a-promise-given" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3u_AbVqe1jkH1doEO2V7lyL9lUjM3ADMM9tqrggywbmVycFEvJMzG4bpleaMEUhXyxMJy32jr9OECwnIOPr1dA0iG5JG7oLRJwf0WLukBuhl9xaSivM3Tm4qG0YJ8OH5LMBe9dda_nI6xvrzCa8-tOSMAvN4hMS8c9tqSDg64NoXqTWRdzWGBq3px8w/s2550/A%20Veil%20Removed%20HR%20(2).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1639" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3u_AbVqe1jkH1doEO2V7lyL9lUjM3ADMM9tqrggywbmVycFEvJMzG4bpleaMEUhXyxMJy32jr9OECwnIOPr1dA0iG5JG7oLRJwf0WLukBuhl9xaSivM3Tm4qG0YJ8OH5LMBe9dda_nI6xvrzCa8-tOSMAvN4hMS8c9tqSDg64NoXqTWRdzWGBq3px8w/s320/A%20Veil%20Removed%20HR%20(2).jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">A VEIL REMOVED:</strong><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> Murder is never far from this sexy couple . . . even during the holidays!</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Their honeymoon abruptly ended by the untimely death of Alcott Howard, Clive and Henrietta return to Highbury, where Clive discovers all is not as it should be. Increasingly convinced that his father’s death was not an accident, Clive launches his own investigation, despite his mother’s belief that he has become “mentally disturbed” with grief. Henrietta eventually joins forces with Clive on their first real case, which becomes darker―and deadlier―than they imagined as they get closer to the truth behind Alcott’s troubled affairs.</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, Henrietta’s sister, Elsie, begins, at Henrietta’s orchestration, to take classes at a women’s college―an attempt to evade her troubles and prevent any further romantic temptations. When she meets a bookish German custodian at the school, however, he challenges her to think for herself . . . even as she discovers some shocking secrets about his past life. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:<br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Veil-Removed-Audiobook/B08767PQH2" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible</a> ~ <a href="https://amzn.to/3SvpEfv" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2Z9tLmw" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Chirp</a> ~ <a href="https://apple.co/2Bdtwit" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Apple</a><br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2ZvqwY3" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></strong><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"> </span><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ <a href="https://bit.ly/2Ouf6NQ" style="color: #515151; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Google Store<br /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/a-veil-removed-by-michelle-cox" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41149265-a-veil-removed" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6-lztK4h109lwjmCAe-_Pfi5WffapT55iVIqz0G7vi8eydZvaXzW0vDhf-hVZ1mTGYrROFn5rChKQCg1k3ZuTEZ5bTRAJTTEwxH4jbCRM-TMkqq7kIUK9bmXsa5EyrpbCpP0MFTWnmuhAcvFlYllqWVqm0yCojd06wF56AZhZlQzgBdTLT4zH_v_kQ/s2550/A%20Child%20Lost%20HR.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6-lztK4h109lwjmCAe-_Pfi5WffapT55iVIqz0G7vi8eydZvaXzW0vDhf-hVZ1mTGYrROFn5rChKQCg1k3ZuTEZ5bTRAJTTEwxH4jbCRM-TMkqq7kIUK9bmXsa5EyrpbCpP0MFTWnmuhAcvFlYllqWVqm0yCojd06wF56AZhZlQzgBdTLT4zH_v_kQ/s320/A%20Child%20Lost%20HR.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">A CHILD LOST:</strong><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . .</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta―much to Clive’s dismay―begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings.</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, Elsie begs Clive and Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther, locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When Clive doesn’t believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands . . . with horrifying results.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the Book:<br /><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Child-Lost-Audiobook/B089JHMBJN" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Audible</a> ~ <a href="https://amzn.to/3JRfylr" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2Z6MbEE" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Chirp</a> ~ <a href="https://apple.co/3fZ0HFh" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Apple</a> ~ <a href="https://bit.ly/2OrnsWz" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br /><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/a-child-lost-by-michelle-cox" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52450608-a-child-lost" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><!--more--></span><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7QOZLleekJt3ueWxwP4Mv33ikTXpjZ3XlazrQGNY025bNDJTAlcNHQIj0YuFhQsxXv1t9nn8GtLDi9sIuJNMzOTe2xl4zvEYme0Moy72pfKYdNXzsAd3cIDb3VnD8uSPonGcjiEghl7qAGqMbtWftPkyxPwsYVMHzZmEjtZxGR4EKZUcaPgTTPW4Aw/s2550/SPYING%20EYE2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7QOZLleekJt3ueWxwP4Mv33ikTXpjZ3XlazrQGNY025bNDJTAlcNHQIj0YuFhQsxXv1t9nn8GtLDi9sIuJNMzOTe2xl4zvEYme0Moy72pfKYdNXzsAd3cIDb3VnD8uSPonGcjiEghl7qAGqMbtWftPkyxPwsYVMHzZmEjtZxGR4EKZUcaPgTTPW4Aw/w414-h640/SPYING%20EYE2.jpg" width="414" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now Available for Pre-Order (Release Date: Oct 25)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><strong>Book Details:</strong></span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u><br />Book Title</u>: </span><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> A Spying Eye: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel by Michelle Cox</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Category</u>: Adult</span><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Fiction (18+), 256 pages</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Genre</u>: </span><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> Historical Mystery</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Publisher</u>: </span><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> She Writes Press</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Release dates:</u> </span><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> Oct 25, 2022</span><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><u>Tour dates</u>: Sep 26 to Oct 21, 2022<br /><u>Content Rating</u>: R:</span><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">There are some swear words peppered throughout (not many) and 2 explicit sex scenes (tasteful, but more than a PG-13 scene)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyWkbSGMAHfcAFlRx3sfunb_wM8cWeBv-6Geyq1yKbxxZnVBJpuUpJUbNt3JVoASJgolQ5Q-fvW-6nk3ZhyuQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></strong><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">In <strong>A Spying Eye</strong>, Clive and Henrietta return to Europe in an attempt to resurrect their failed honeymoon. While in London, they are approached by their old friend, Inspector John Hartle, who convinces them to search for the missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece, a famous Renaissance painting, of which Hitler’s top men are also in pursuit.<br /><br />Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Oldrich Exley threatens to cut off financial support for the entire Von Harmon brood if Elsie continues with her plan to marry Gunther―a situation made worse by the sudden appearance of one Heinrich Meyer, who claims to be little Anna’s father and threatens to take her away. Desperate, Elsie seeks the help of Clive’s sister, Julia, who is herself the victim of domestic abuse and who has fallen under the spell of a handsome Texas millionaire bent on acquiring a rare painting from the Howard collection.<br /><br />Clive and Henrietta’s search takes them to Chateau du Freudeneck in Strasbourg, France―the ancient seat of the Von Harmons and home to three eccentric distant relatives. What begins as a wild goose chase turns decidedly more deadly when several Nazi officers also arrive at the chateau in search of a “valuable item.” When Henrietta and Clive attempt to flee after Henrietta uncovers a shocking truth, they are forced to trust themselves to a suspicious French servant who seems all-too willing to help . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pre-Order the Book:<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/38BZZiZ" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> ~ <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-spying-eye/id1610692356" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Apple </a>~ <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-spying-eye-michelle-cox/1141019071" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">B&N</a><br /><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/a-spying-eye-by-michelle-cox" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">BookBub</a><br />add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60715968-a-spying-eye" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><!--more--></span><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBYP_eygt_GPv6TSb7DSHLuYFBEy_sQViXZBTHZqPP4FioD4Q8f2vmMPEH1P9dfYyuXc5lpARTptcM6p380jkdsKNEZJfrmfBDkTXINwq1lkotV_YC1XvHF2WqbvOLX-KxVG6eFeF1Xhj66OtFAGHBPlA8pS-fSGm-VFngkl1gqwSVpwgs0YeutNXCg/s900/michelle-cox-author-of-mystery-historical-fiction.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBYP_eygt_GPv6TSb7DSHLuYFBEy_sQViXZBTHZqPP4FioD4Q8f2vmMPEH1P9dfYyuXc5lpARTptcM6p380jkdsKNEZJfrmfBDkTXINwq1lkotV_YC1XvHF2WqbvOLX-KxVG6eFeF1Xhj66OtFAGHBPlA8pS-fSGm-VFngkl1gqwSVpwgs0YeutNXCg/w512-h640/michelle-cox-author-of-mystery-historical-fiction.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh980IatBpkTJjv1eIIDbQmrN34s9ycimTuJKuuSDcsFLnvREVg2LF9YUsQbu0l6iT2Cc8Gvxmxx-XZpe8hmf-p8JZPOtaCwpAee4Zurb-JD3o5CQOTsyZ58xXTDQOGuKF-eVcmZYNXc1IcduIpMvliWQeVNRRqgTnS4IHKFEEFOevibv2ZXtRi3MCeWQ/s900/michelle-cox-author-of-mystery-historical-fiction.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><strong style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Author:</span></strong></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />Michelle Cox is the author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. Her books have won over 50 international awards and have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Foreword, Elle, Redbook, Brit&Co., POPSUGAR, Buzzfeed, and many others.<br /><br />Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn’t have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade. She lives in Chicago with her husband, three children, and one naughty Goldendoodle and is hard at work on her latest novel. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Connect with the Author:</strong></span><strong><a href="http://michellecoxauthor.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"> website ~</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/michellecoxauthor/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">facebook</a> ~ <a href="https://twitter.com/michellecox33" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">twitter</a> ~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/michellecoxwrites/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">instagram</a> ~ <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@michellecoxwrites333" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">tiktok</a> ~ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14430683.Michelle_Cox" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">goodreads</a> ~ <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/michelle-cox" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">bookbub</a></strong></div></div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Tour Schedule:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Sep 26 –</span><a href="https://mysteryreviewcrew.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Mystery Review Crew</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Sep 26 -</span><a href="https://lsmoore49.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Book Reviews by Linda Moore</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Sep 26 –</span><a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">fundinmental</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Sep 27 –</span><a href="https://booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Books are a Blessing</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Sep 28</span><a href="https://splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">– Splashes of Joy</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway<br />Sep 28 -<strong><a href="http://fuonlyknew.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"> </a></strong></span><strong><a href="http://fuonlyknew.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">FUONLYKNEW - book series spotlight / giveaway </a></strong><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Sep 29 -</span><a href="https://jbbookworms.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Sep 30 –</span><a href="https://www.bookcornernewsandreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Book Corner News and Reviews</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 3 –</span><a href="http://sadiesspotlight.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Sadie's Spotlight</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 4 –</span><a href="https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 5 –</span><a href="http://www.amybooksy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Locks, Hooks and Books</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 6 –</span><a href="http://bookreviewsbytaylor.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Book Reviews by Taylor</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 11 –</span><a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Stephanie Jane</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 12 –</span><a href="https://fallingintoagoodbook.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Falling Into A Good Book</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 13 –</span><a href="http://www.imallaboutbooks.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">I'm All About Books</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 14 –</span><a href="https://www.libraryofcleanreads.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Library of Clean Reads</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway<br />Oct 14 -<strong><a href="http://nrcbooks.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"> </a></strong></span><strong><a href="http://nrcbooks.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Nighttime Reading Center - book series spotlight / giveaway</a></strong><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 18 –</span><a href="https://theobssesedreader.wordpress.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">The Obsessed Reader</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight /giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 19 –</span><a href="http://litflits.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Literary Flits</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 20 –</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/onecreativeartist/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">@onecreativeartist</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight / giveaway</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Oct 21 –</span><a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" style="color: #24678d; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700;">Books for Books</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"> – book series spotlight</span></div><div class="paragraph" style="color: #515151; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Enter the Giveaway:</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><a class="e-widget" href="https://gleam.io/BLlnl/henrietta-and-inspector-howard-book-tour-giveaway" rel="nofollow">HENRIETTA AND INSPECTOR HOWARD Book Tour Giveaway</a>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-80862902129189846192022-09-15T02:35:00.004-04:002022-09-15T02:35:51.226-04:00Waiting in the Wings by Tiffany Haas <p> </p>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Join us for this tour from <b>Sep 6 to Sep 26</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>,</b><b><b> </b>2022</b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;">!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details:</span></b><br />
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<u>Book Title</u>: <span>Waiting in the Wings: How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond</span> by Tiffany Haas<br />
<u>Category</u>: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 273 pages<br />
<u>Genre</u>: Non-Fiction<br />
<u>Publisher</u>: <span>St. Martin's Griffin </span><br />
<u>Release date:</u> April 23, 2019<br />
<u>Content Rating</u>: G for everyone.
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></b><br />
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<span>Tiffany Haas knows how to make it on Broadway. After 72 rejections in a row she finally landed a role in Broadway’s long-running smash hit Wicked and later became “Glinda the Good.” Now she wants to share her advice for starting and nurturing a career in the theater. <i>Waiting in the Wings</i> is the essential guide for anyone who wants to have a theatrical career, whether they’re complete newbies or already have some professional credits.<br />
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Based on everything she learned on her journey to New York, including 10 years on Broadway, Tiffany shares the information that you need to succeed in theater. Everyone’s path is a little bit different, but the principles for success are always the same. With advice on auditions, how to become the performer they want to hire, developing relationships with cast mates, finding a reputable agent, the importance of reputation, and the best way to shape and build your career, Tiffany covers every aspect of the business. You’ll learn what it takes to be successful and where to best spend your time and effort as you navigate the “great mystery” of pursuing musical theater.<br />
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In an industry that is famed for its insider secrets, Tiffany draws back the curtain, giving readers the knowledge and tools they need to follow their dreams. If you’re one of those people Waiting in the Wings for a big Broadway career, Tiffany Haas’s book is the one resource you need to land a big role, stand in front of those footlights and let it go! It doesn't stop here, she takes you further into your career helping you along the way with valuable information because it comes from her, from her home in z</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>MY REVIEW</b></span></p><p><span>Waiting in the Wings: How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond</span> by Tiffany Haas is a very interesting book that Haas wrote to help those who want to pursue an acting career. In this informative book you will find so much help that Tiffany Haas has recorded in this book. And it all comes from her own experiences. From the beginning when she was trying to sell her actions and her acting in order to get a job. Haas will start from the beginning and take you through the process, and ahe is there with you walk side by side with her book. If you are wanting a career in any kind of acting, the book is here for you. I highly encourage you to pick up this wonderful book. It was save you so much time, and you will know all about what you are planning to say as you pursue that acting or performance career you have dreamed of all your life. </p><p> I was provided a copy of this book by the author through iReadBook Tours. The opinions in this review are mine only. I was not ask to write a favorable review of any kind. Everything here is my thoughts only. </p><p><br /></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-size: large;">BUY THE BOOK:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the Author:</span></b><br />
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A Virginia native, Tiffany is a talented Broadway performer, concert vocalist, choreographer, author, designer and passionate entrepreneur and former Miss Ohio. In addition to her impressive 10-year career as “Glinda” in the Broadway and National Tour production of Wicked, she was the dance captain for the Tony Award-winning Musical, <i>The Drowsy Chaperone.</i> She is the author of <i>Waiting In The Wings: How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond</i> and Founder & Artistic Director of Destination Broadway, the premier musical theatre training program for young aspiring performers. Throughout the years, her evolving career has spanned Broadway, Symphony concerts, pageants, and sharing her many talents with others through teaching. Tiffany's students can be seen on The Disney Channel, Sesame Street, National Tours, Broadway, Radio City Music Hall, and are currently studying at some of the most prestigious conservatories and universities in the country.<br />
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<b>connect with the author: <a href="https://www.tiffanyhaas.com/" target="_blank">website</a> ~ <a href="https://twitter.com/tiffanyjhaas" target="_blank">twitter</a> ~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100038284704527" target="_blank">facebook </a>~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyjhaas/" target="_blank">instagram</a> </b></div><div class="paragraph"><b> </b>
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Books Are A Blessinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467353800377729462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270107452833126000.post-22464959853290120812022-09-09T16:06:00.000-04:002022-09-09T16:06:47.276-04:00Call My Name by Jenni Ogden <p> </p>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details:</span></b><br />
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<u>Book Title</u>: <span>Call My Name: A Novel</span> by Jenni Ogden<br />
<u>Category</u>: Adult Fiction (18 +), 384 pages<br />
<u>Genre</u>: <span>Literary/Women's/Bookclub Fiction</span><br />
<u>Publisher</u>: Sea Dragon Press<br />
<u>Release date:</u> April 2020<br />
<u>Formats Available for Review</u>: print (USA only), ebook (MOBI FILE
(FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF, NetGalley download), audiobook (Findaway
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<u>Tour dates</u>: Aug 18 to Sep 14, 2022<br />
<u>Content Rating</u>: PG-13 + M: <span>Has
childbirth/abortion/adoption/surrogacy themes, the brief description of a rape in the past by a Japanese guard of a prisoner in a POW camp in Sumatra in WWII (not explicit but of course disturbing and violent). A mention of cannabis smoking when characters are young, mild in-context use of f-word and other expletives.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a> <span style="color: #515151; font-size: medium;"><b>Praise from Paula McLain</b>, <b>New York Times bestselling author of <i>The Paris Wife</i> & <i>When the Stars Go Dark:</i></b></span><br /><span style="color: #515151; font-size: medium;"><b><i></i></b></span><p></p><div class="paragraph"><span style="color: #515151; font-size: medium;"><b><i>
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<i>"An <b>emotionally piercing </b>and absorbing account of turbulent female friendship over time, <b>Call My Name</b> is also a keen meditation on the powerful pull of connection and belonging—the places and people that shape and change us, forever calling us home."</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">“A gripping story that’s hard to put down<b><i>--</i></b>draws the reader into complex and deeply human questions as her characters’ lives intertwine over three decades of joy, loss, grief, and below it all, like a sustaining chord, loyalty and kindness. <b><i>Call My Name</i></b> reminds us that love calls us to be generous rather than possessive and that we can go on, even when terrible things happen, because we’re profoundly connected. Layered, sometimes shocking, yet shining with goodness and hope, <b>it’s exactly the kind of story we need right now.</b>” <b><i>— </i>Barbara Linn Probst,<i> </i>Sarton and Nautilus award-winning author of<i> The Sound Between the Notes </i>& <i>The Color of Ice</i></b><br />
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"Jenni Ogden's done it again—given us a beautifully crafted novel filled with the <b>complexities, mysteries and joys of human connection</b> within a family and between sisters, lovers and friends. Filled with authenticity, compassion and grace, <b><i>Call My Name</i></b> will find its way deep into your heart and soul, and stay with you long after the last page has been turned." <b>— Sally Cole-Misch, Award-winning author of <i>The Best Part of Us</i></b><br />
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“Vivid setting, dynamic plot, and likable characters come together beautifully to deliver an<b> emotionally compelling</b> tale of friendship, love, loss, and forgiveness. <b><i>Call My Name</i> </b>is a fantastic read.” <b>— Jodi Wright, Award-winning author of <i>How to Grow an Addict</i> & <i>Eat and Get Gas</i>.</b><br />
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“<b>This is a love story</b> ... of couples, of friends, of families. A page turning saga that is fresh in its story, yet provides the warmth of an old-fashioned classic." <b>— Romalyn Tilghman, Award-winning author of <i>To the Stars with Difficulties</i>, 2018 Kansas Notable Book of the Year</b></span>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></b><br />
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<span><i></i></span><b>Two women, bound together by opposite personalities, friendship, love and family—until motherhood rips them apart.<br />
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<b>From Jenni Ogden, author of bestselling novel <i>A Drop in the Ocean</i> (Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction) comes a compelling family saga set in the Australian Tropics and spanning the 1960s to 1990s. </b><br />
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Her mother dead from a drug overdose, thirteen-year-old Olivia is rescued by Cathie Tulloch, her mother’s friend throughout the years they were held captive in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra in WWII. Welcomed into the Tulloch’s remote family home in the Australian tropics, introverted Olivia is claimed by dramatic, generous, controlling Cassandra Tulloch as her sister and best friend. Moving to the UK at 18, Olivia finds her independence, and partner Ben. But in 1970, after five years away, she is homesick, and ready to fulfill her long-held dream: to make a family of her own. In Brisbane she and Ben share a hippie lifestyle with Cassandra and husband, Sebastian. But while earth-mother Cassandra effortlessly produces beautiful babies, for Olivia, becoming a mother is hard. Even harder is discovering the truth about her own mother. And when the unimaginable happens, destroying the friendship with Cassandra that has been her bedrock for so long, Olivia tells herself that she doesn’t deserve a family, nor a place to call home.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My Review</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px;">Call My Name: A Novel by Jenni Ogden is full of emotions. Thirteen-year-old Olivia is left alone because of her mother's death of a drug overdose. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">She is rescued by her mother's friend who raised Olivia, along with Cathie's daughter Cassandra, and the two because best friends. When Olivia leaves to follow her dreams, she meets Ben, who will stay with Olivia over the decades. Call My Name is a story that follows Olivia's life over several decades. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">When Olivia get the call from Cassandra to </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">come home to Australia, she never imagined how much her life will change. I enjoyed following Olivia's life, but boy was it heartwrenching at times, especially when sh</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">e finds the truth about her mom's stay in the Japanese POW camp. This was so emotional it was hard to keep my emotions at bay. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Olivia and Ben and Cassandra and Sebastian quickly became two couples that would stay together. Though life was hard for them, they were two couples in love, and it was heartwarming to read about both couples and their love. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">For me, a lot of this book was hard to swallow. I found myself crying much of thr time as i read the pages. I did cry a lot throughout the book, but there were happier moments that had me laughing at times. I think this is a book that will stay with me for a long time. It is my first book reading by this author but I definitely want to read more of her work. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">A special thanks to the author/publisher for a copy of this book. I am not required to write a positive review, the opinions here are mine alone. I am disclosing this with my review in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.</span><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_220909_160506_519.sdocx--></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="paragraph" style="text-align: center;">
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<span>Jenni Ogden and her husband live off-grid on spectacular Great Barrier Island, 100 kms off the coast of New Zealand, a perfect place to write and for grandchildren to spend their holidays. Winters are often spent in Far North Tropical Queensland, close to Killara, the fictional home in <i>Call My Name</i>, her third novel.<br />
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Her debut novel published in 2016, <i>A Drop in the Ocean</i>, was an Amazon bestseller and won multiple awards including the 2016 Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction, Large Publisher.<br />
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Her second novel, <i>The Moon is Missing</i>, was published in 2020 and is set on London, New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and Great Barrier Island, NZ.<br />
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Jenni, who holds a PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology and was awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the International Neuropsychological Society in 2015, is well-known for her books featuring her patients’ moving stories: <i>Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology</i>, and <i>Trouble In Mind: Stories from a Neuropsychologist’s Casebook</i>.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tour Schedule:</span></b><br />
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<b>Aug 18 –</b> <a href="http://www.rockinbookreviews.com/" target="_blank"><b>Rockin' Book Reviews</b></a> <b>– audiobook review / guest post / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Aug 18 -</b> <a href="http://litflits.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Literary Flits</b></a> <b>– book review / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Aug 19 –</b> <a href="http://novelsalive.com/" target="_blank"><b>Novels Alive</b></a> <b>– book review / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Aug 19 -</b> <a href="https://lsmoore49.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Book Reviews by Linda Moore</b></a> <b>– book review / giveaway<br />
Aug 19</b><b><a href="http://bookishtrisha.com" target="_blank">- </a></b><b><a href="http://bookishtrisha.com" target="_blank">Bookish Trisha -</a> book spotlight / author interview / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Aug 22 –</b> <a href="http://leelslovesbooks.com/" target="_blank"><b>Leels Loves Books</b></a> <b>– book review / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Aug 23 –</b> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leannebookstagram/" target="_blank"><b>Leanne bookstagram</b></a> <b>– book review</b><br />
<b>Aug 24 –</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC4zlQFmpEWhYY8XvJNpnzw/featured" target="_blank"><b>Authors on iTours: Let's Talk Books</b></a> <b>– audiobook review / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Aug 25 –</b> <a href="https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/" target="_blank"><b>Jazzy Book Reviews</b></a> <b>– book spotlight / author interview / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Aug 26 –</b> <a href="http://stephjb.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Stephanie Jane</b></a> <b>- book review / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Aug 29 –</b> <a href="http://fuonlyknew.com/" target="_blank"><b>FUONLYKNEW</b></a> <b>– book spotlight / author interview / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Aug 30 –</b> <a href="https://www.amamascorneroftheworld.com/" target="_blank"><b>A Mama's Corner of the World</b></a> <b>– book review / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Aug 31 –</b> <a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/" target="_blank"><b>fundinmental</b></a> <b>– book spotlight / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Sep 1 –</b> <a href="http://www.shejustlovesbooks.com/" target="_blank"><b>She Just Loves Books</b></a> <b>– audiobook review / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Sep 2 –</b> <a href="http://www.pawsreadrepeat.com/" target="_blank"><b>Paws.Read.Repeat</b></a> <b>– audiobook review / giveway</b><br />
<b>Sep 6 –</b> <a href="https://www.splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Splashes of Joy</b></a> <b>– audiobook review / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Sep 7 –</b> <a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Cover Lover Book Review</b></a> <b>– book spotlight / guest post / giveaway<br />
Sep 8</b> <b>- <a href="https://celticladysreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Celticlady's Reviews</a> - book spotlight / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Sep 8 –</b> <a href="http://www.amybooksy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Locks, Hooks and Books</b></a> <b>– audiobook review / guest post / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Sep 9 –</b> <a href="https://booksareablessing.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Books Are a Blessing</b></a> <b>- book review / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Sep 12 –</b> <a href="http://imintobooks.com/" target="_blank"><b>I'm Into Books</b></a> <b>– book spotlight / giveaway<br />
Sep 12</b> <b>- <a href="https://geauxgetlit.org" target="_blank">Geaux Get Lit</a> - audiobook review / giveaway</b><br />
<b>Sep 13 –</b> <a href="https://booksforbookz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Books for Books</b></a> <b>– book spotlight<br />
Sep 13</b> <b>- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_garden_of_reading/" target="_blank">The Garden of Reading</a> - book review </b><br />
<b>Sep 14 –</b> <a href="https://pickagoodbook.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pick a Good Book</b></a> <b>– book review / author interview / giveaway</b></div><div class="paragraph"><b> </b>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Enter the Giveaway:</span></b></div><div class="paragraph"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b>
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