I’m the proud mom to a too-cool ten year old boy and a beautiful eight year old girl. On top of writing, I work full time in my local paper’s advertising department. Between my mother and father, I have 4 sisters and a brother. I was second to youngest. I’m an extreme couponer. The cashiers […]
This was a slower month than usual. You might be thinking ‘but there’re 19 books there’. True. Until you realise that seven are children’ books. I seem to have managed to niche myself there 😛 I’ve joined a new reading challenge, #ARCAugust, hosted by Read. Sleep. Repeat. My Goals *Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero *Black […]
Sink by M.E. Rhines (Mermaid Royalty #1) Publication date: July 31st 2017 Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Synopsis Obedience has always been a matter of survival for sixteen-year-old mermaid princess Pauline. Her mother is the tyrannical Queen Calypso, who rules the kingdom of Atargatis with an iron trident. To utter one word against her would mean […]
Title: Black & White Author: Nick Wilford Genre: YA Dystopian Release Date: September 18, 2017 Blurb What is the price paid for the creation of a perfect society? In Whitopolis, a gleamingly white city of the future where illness has been eradicated, shock waves run through the populace when a bedraggled, dirt-stricken boy materialises in […]
Moonburner by Claire Luana (Moonburner, #1) Published by: Soul Fire Press Publication date: June 14th 2016 Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Synopsis Kai is a Moonburner—a female sorceress reviled by her people and normally killed at birth. Except Kai’s parents saved her by disguising her as boy—a ruse they’ve kept up for almost seventeen […]
***This book was reviewed for Ten Speed Press/Watson Guptill via Netgalley I was so excited to see this! I grew up with the Draw 50 series. Indeed, Draw 50 Sharks helped me win a contest in the seventh grade. As a homeroom, we drew pictures and submitted them for homeroom mascot. My thresher shark won, […]
I seem to have niched myself into certain genres by accident! Children’s books, historical fiction, philosophy. Who’d’ve guessed? 😛 Any perceptive person, I hope. Except for the children’s books. That… that was unexpected. Books read, reviewed, and posted/scheduled this past week: Wind and Oyster Jack by Marcia G. Moore, 5* (releases Nov 28) I […]
***This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Paul’s wife Allison has succumbed to cancer after a long hard fight. He is grieving still, but time waits for no one. During the final days of her illness, their three children stayed with aunt and grandparents. Now they’ve returned home, forcing Paul to engage in life again. […]
***This book was reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review and for Harlequin/MIRA via Netgalley. Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone is a story of broken dreams, fractured family, and the power of belief. One lonely night, Benedict Stone is woken by banging on his door. On the other side is a young woman named Gemma, […]
His secrets brought them together. Her secrets will tear them apart. Follow the reveal and enter to #win an amazing Jennifer Ann prize pack – winner will be announced live the evening of release day! Title: The Secrets Between Us Author: Jennifer Ann Genre: Contemporary Military Romance Release Date: August 21, 2017 Blurb […]
