Sparked by Helena Echlin and Malena Watrous

• Two (2) winner will receive a copy of Sparked by Helena Echlin and Malena Watrous (INT) ENTER HERE!   Sparked by Helena Echlin and Malena Watrous Publication Date: October 3, 2017 Publisher: Geek & Sundry Fifteen-year-old Laurel Goodwin wakes up to find her older sister Ivy missing from their Airstream trailer in the Oregon […]

Haven by Mary Lindsey

Haven Mary Lindsey Published by: Entangled Publishing Publication date: November 7th 2017 Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult “We all hold a beast inside. The only difference is what form it takes when freed.” Rain Ryland has never belonged anywhere. He’s used to people judging him for his rough background, his intimidating size, and now, his orphan […]

Damaged by Kyrs Fenner

Damaged by Krys Fenner (Dark Road Series, #2) Publication date: November 20th 2017 Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult Hope springs eternal for everyone except Bella Kynaston. She survived the rape, but the aftermath is a whole other story. She struggles to figure out who she really is as more truths are revealed about her heritage. With no real […]

Jack & Hyde by Cloud S Riser

$10 Amazon Follow the tour HERE for exclusive excerpts, guest posts and a giveaway!   Jack & Hyde The Tracings Series Book 1 by Cloud S Riser Genre: YA Paranormal Double, or…. Something For the most part of his life, Jack Anderson has been plagued by a mysterious disease that makes him a weakling and […]

Spotlight: Amazon Wisdom Keeper by Dr Loraine Y Van Tuyl

  Amazon Wisdom Keeper by Dr Loraine Y Van Tuyl Genre: nonfiction- memoir, spiritual With captivating lyricism, Amazon Wisdom Keeper transports us into the multicultural upbringing and transformation of Loraine Van Tuyl, a graduate psychology student and budding shamanic healer who’s blindsided by startling visions, elusive drumming, and her inseverable mystical ties to the Amazon […]

Book Review: Amazon Wisdom Keeper by Dr Loraine Y Van Tuyl

***This book was reviewed by independent request and via Netgalley Amazon Wisdom Keeper is the inspiring story of one woman’s life, as she struggles to find her place amidst the turmoil of revolution, culture shock, and family who has a hard time understanding and appreciating her sensitive, empathic nature. As a child, Van Tuyl lived […]

Book Review: Education of a Coroner by John Bateson

***This book as reviewed for the San Francisco and Seattle Book Reviews, and for Scribner via Netgalley Education of a Coroner by John Bateson tells the intriguing experiences of Ken Holmes, former coroner of Marin County in California. For forty-odd years, Holmes worked in the coroner’s office, first as a death investigator, then later as […]

Oct 14- Oct 20th

Life and Things So, this week has been slow with reading. Education of a Coroner took longer than expected. Not much done on the writing front either. I did add more to the Kruetzet Archives, on Port Jericho. In keeping with the theme of Port Jericho, I renamed my Weekly Recap and Month in Review […]

Book Review: Writing as a Path to Awakening by Albert Flynn deSilver

***This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review and Sounds True Publishing Via Netgalley DeSilver’s Writing as a Path to Awakening elicits a beautiful dialogue with the soul. Writing can help you find who you truly are. Combined with techniques of mindfulness and meditation, it can be a powerful catalyst. This book will teach […]

Black Bird of the gallows

Black Bird of the Gallows by Megan Kassel

Black Bird of the Gallows, by Megan Kassel, is a haunting modern-day fable. Millennia ago, magic existed, a force to be reckoned with. It was purged from the land, though, and man’s memory of what was faded. Humans have such short memories. Magic still exists, in small pockets of being such as in the harbingers, […]