Title: Death Runs AdriftAuthor: Karen MacInerneyPublisher: Midnight Ink Pages: 268Series: The Gray Whale Inn Mysteries #6Format: ebook ARCSource: NetGalley Cozy Book TourDescription:With her wedding plans in place and her future mother-in-law settling in at the Gray Whale Inn, it’s a rare patch of smooth sailing for innkeeper Natalie Barnes. Even Natalie’s guests—a mystery writer and a woman… Continue reading Review: Death Runs Adrift by: Karen MacInerney
Review – Days of Blood and Starlight by: Laini Taylor
Title: Days of Blood and StarlightAuthor: Laini TaylorPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPages: 406Series: Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2Format: E-bookSource: Personal purchaseOnce upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war.This is not that world.Art student and monster's apprentice Karou… Continue reading Review – Days of Blood and Starlight by: Laini Taylor
Review: Murder in Merino by: Sally Goldenbaum and Giveaway
Title: Murder in MerinoAuthor: Sally GoldenbaumPublisher: PenguinSeries: Seaside Knitters #8Pages: 320Format: Paperback ARCSource: Cozy Book TourDescription:It’s autumn in Sea Harbor, and as the tourists leave, a mysterious guest arrives. When she’s implicated in a crime, the Seaside Knitters must quickly table their knitting project and search out a motif for murder.Fall is usually a relaxing… Continue reading Review: Murder in Merino by: Sally Goldenbaum and Giveaway
Review: Mrs. Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children by: Ransom Riggs
Title: Mrs. Peregrines Home For Peculiar ChildrenAuthor: Ransom RiggsPublisher: Quirk BooksSeries: Miss Peregrine Peculiar Children #1Pages: 232Format: ebookSource: PurchaseDescription:A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs.It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading… Continue reading Review: Mrs. Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children by: Ransom Riggs
Guest Post: Pressed Pennies by: Steven Manchester
Brief Synopsis:Rick and Abby grew up together, became best friends, and ultimately fell in love. Circumstance tore them apart in their early teens, though, and they went on to lives less idyllic than they dreamed about in those early days. Rick has had a very successful career, but his marriage flat-lined. Abby has a magical… Continue reading Guest Post: Pressed Pennies by: Steven Manchester
Book Spotlight: The Blonde by: Anna Godbersen
Book Spotlight:The BlondeA NovelBy Anna GodbersenPublished by Weinstein BooksHardcover: 400 pagesMay 13, 2014; $26.00 US/$29.00 CAN; 9781602862227Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes and NobleDescriptionAt the height of the cold war, Marilyn Monroe was the most famous woman in the world, but what if she was also a secret soviet spy? In 1948, a young, unknown Norma Jeane… Continue reading Book Spotlight: The Blonde by: Anna Godbersen
Review – By Nightfall by: Michael Cunningham
Title: By NightfallAuthor: Michael CunninghamPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 238Format: PaperbackSource: Turkish translation received from publisherDescription:Peter and Rebecca Harris: mid-forties denizens of Manhattan’s SoHo, nearing the apogee of committed careers in the arts—he a dealer, she an editor. With a spacious loft, a college-age daughter in Boston, and lively friends, they are admirable, enviable… Continue reading Review – By Nightfall by: Michael Cunningham
Review – Zac & Mia by: A.J. Betts
Title: Zac & MiaAuthor: A.J. BettsPublisher: HarperCollins CanadaPages: 272Format: E-bookSource: Personal purchaseDescription:Mia's not your typical hospital patient. Her next door neighbor Zac can hear her fighting with her mom and the nurses through their shared wall and he wishes she'd get over herself. But soon they are trading messages that evolve into a bond neither… Continue reading Review – Zac & Mia by: A.J. Betts
Review: Feathers: Not Just For Flying by: Melissa Stewart
Title: Feathers: Not Just For FlyingAuthor: Melissa StewartPublisher: CharlesbridgePages: 32Format: PaperbackSource: School Donated to ChildDescription:Young naturalists meet sixteen birds in this elegant introduction to the many uses of feathers. A concise main text highlights how feathers are not just for flying. More curious readers are invited to explore informative sidebars, which underscore specific ways each… Continue reading Review: Feathers: Not Just For Flying by: Melissa Stewart
Review – The Red Tent by: Anita Diamant
Title: The Red TentAuthor: Anita DiamantPublisher: Pan BooksPages:386Format: PaperbackSource: Personal purchaseDescription:Her name is Dinah. In the Bible her fate is merely hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the verses of the Book of Genesis that recount the life of Jacob and his infamous dozen sons. "The Red Tent" is an extraordinary and… Continue reading Review – The Red Tent by: Anita Diamant
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