March 30, 2020

Category: review copy

Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris book review

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Title:  Behind Closed Doors Author:  B.A. ParisRelease Date:  August 9, 2016Publisher:  St. Martin’s PressSource:  ARC provided by Wunderkind PR Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace: he has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You’d like to get to know Grace better. But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Picture this: a dinner party at their perfect home, the conversation and …

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Book Review: Buzz Books 2016 Fall/Winter

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Title:  Buzz Books 2016 Fall/Winter Release Date:  May 2, 2016Publisher:  Publishers LunchSource:  NetGalley The ninth Buzz Books edition evokes all the excitement of BEA with substantial excerpts from 40 of the most highly-touted books to be published this fall/winter.  Our “digital convention” features such major authors as Amor Towles, Christina Baker Kline, T.C. Boyle, Ann Patchett, Maria Semple, Marisa Silver, and Andrew Gross. We showcase sparkling debuts from soon-to-become literary stars such as Emily Fridlund, …

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Blog Tour: Little is Left to Tell by Steven Hendricks

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Title:  Little is Left to Tell Author:  Steven HendricksRelease Date:  October 7, 2014Publisher:  Starcherone Books Source:  Review copy received from TLC Book Tours Readers enter a narrative rabbit hole through bedtime stories that Mr. Fin, a man with dementia, conjures for his long-lost son.  Virginia the Wolf writes her last novel to lure her daughter home.  A rabbit named Hart Crane must eat words to speak, while passing zeppelins drop bombs.  Mr. Fin tries to …

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Blog Tour: The Well Path by Jamé Heskett

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Title:  The Well Path: Lose 20 Pounds, Reverse the Aging Process, Change Your Life Author:  Jame HeskettRelease Date:  March 8, 2016Publisher:  Harper WaveSource:  Review copy provided by TLC Book Tours Lose twenty pounds and reverse the aging process in just sixty days with this clinically proven, holistic lifestyle plan from an anti-aging expert whose clients include some of New York City’s most successful women. Most diets don’t work because they restrict food intake and put …

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The Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa #BookReview

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*this post may contain affiliate links Title:  The Iron Warrior Author:  Julie KagawaRelease Date:  October 27, 2015Publisher:  Harlequin TeenSource:  review copy received from Amazon Vine The Iron Prince – my nephew – betrayed us all. He killed me. Then, I woke up. Waking after a month on the brink of death, Ethan Chase is stunned to learn that the Veil that conceals the fey from human sight was temporarily torn away.  Although humankind’s glimpse of …

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Knight’s Fall by Angela Henry #BookReview

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*this post may contain affiliate links Title:  Knight’s Fall Author:  Angela HenryRelease Date:  August 1, 2015Publisher:  Boulevard West PressSource:  Review copy provided by Pump Up Your Book Xavier Knight was an angel – until Heaven kicked him out. Now he’s a private detective in New Orleans, trying to put his old immortal life behind him while avoiding Lucifer’s bounty hunters.  But when his latest case uncovers a plot to end the world with a supernatural …

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Krampus the Yule Lord Book Tour

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Title:  Krampus the Yule Lord Author:  BromRelease Date:  October 27, 2015 (reissue)Publisher:  Harper VoyagerSource:  Review copy provided by Pump Up Your Book Santa Claus, my dear old friend, you are a thief, a traitor, a slanderer, a murder, a liar, but worst of all you are a mockery of everything for which I stood. You have sung your last ho, ho, ho, for I am coming to take your head. I am coming to take …

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Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle #BookReview

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Title:  Sisters of Treason Author:  Elizabeth FremantleRelease Date:  June 30, 2015Publisher:  Simon & SchusterSource:  review copy provided by the publisher Early in Mary Tudor’s turbulent reign, Lady Katherine and Lady Mary Grey are reeling after the brutal execution of their elder seventeen-year-old sister, Lady Jane Grey, and the succession is by no means stable. Elizabeth Freemantle brings these young women to life in a spellbinding Tudor tale of love and politics. (Goodreads) My Review: Historical fiction …

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Book Review: A Hot Glue Gun Mess by Mr. Kate

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Title:  A Hot Glue Gun Mess Author:  Mr. KateRelease Date:  June 16, 2015Publisher:  William Morrow PaperbacksSource:  review copy received from the publisher In this beautiful paperback edition featuring French flaps, hugely popular lifestyle blogger, YouTube star, and designer Mr. Kate (Kate Albrecht) offers a stunning collection of step-by-step personal style and home projects – woven in with quirkily hilarious stories and anecdotes. My Review: While I’m not what you’d call a crafty person, I do …

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The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel #BookReview

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Title:  The Forgotten Girls Author:  Sara BlaedelRelease Date:  February 3, 2015Publisher:  Grand Central PublishingSource:  ARC received via a Goodreads First Reads giveaway In a forest in Denmark, a ranger discovers the fresh corpse of an unidentified woman. A large scar on one side of her face should make the identification easy, but nobody has reported her missing.  After four days, Louise Rick – the new commander of the Missing Persons Department – is still without …

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The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle #BookReview

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Title:  Accident Season Author:  Moira Fowley-DoyleRelease Date:  August 18, 2015Publisher:  Kathy Dawson BooksSource:  Penguin Random House First Reads program It’s the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom.The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara’s life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, foreshadowed by the deaths of many relatives before them, Cara’s family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. They banish knives to locked drawers, …

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The Beautiful Bureaucrat by Helen Phillips #BookReview

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Title:  The Beautiful Bureaucrat Author:  Helen PhillipsRelease Date:  August 11, 2015Publisher:  Henry Holt & CompanySource:  Publisher provided eARC In a windowless building in a remote part of town, the newly employed Josephine inputs an endless string of numbers into something known only as The Database.  After a long period of joblessness, she’s not inclined to question her fortune, but as the days inch by and the files stack up, Josephine feels increasingly anxious in her …

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