Amazon/ Barnes & Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Goodreads About five years ago, I vaguely remember greatly enjoying myself, after divesting my mind completely of the very polarized reviews of the novel that I read both on Amazon and Good-reads. That is why it is important that you always read reviews, even my own reviews, with a very discerning…
Month: July 2014
Vampire Lestat Book Coven Newsletter 7/30/14:New Vampire Lestat First Edition Copy Contest Details/Vampire Lestat Live Chat #4 Details
Keep reading this post, all the way to the end to find out ways of winning your own SIGNED, FIRST-EDITION HARDCOVER of The Vampire Lestat!! First things first, the Lestat Book Coven had a highly stimulating conversation with online vampire film reviewer/guru/expert-Maven of the Eventide of ChezApocalypse. Maven of the Eventide, for many fans of Anne…
Review of Knight of Love
Amazon (Kindle edition) / Barnes and Noble (Nook edition) / Kobo Publisher: Pocket Star (June 9, 2014) Review by: Lindsey When A Bibliophile’s Reverie received the request to review this novel, I could not pass up the opportunity. An atypical heroin who turns the damsel-in-distress tale on its head? Yes, please! I’m a sucker for…
Review of Legend of the Chupacabra by Michael Hebler
Amazon/Barnes&Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Review of Legend of the Chupacabra by Michael Hebler Publish by Michael Hebler Review by Christina R. Olivo The chupacabra is a creature of modern day myth, and legend. The first reported sighting happened in Puerto Rico in 1995. Since then more people have come forward to have claimed to see the being that…
Short review of “Let’s Get Lost,” by Adi Alsaid BEA Snippet
Amazon/Barnes and Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads I was struck with a bit of disappointment, once I realized that Let’s Get Lost was a much more substantial work than the ninety page novella, which I thought it was (judging by the size of the BookExpo America snippet I received). Now, this is not a point of criticism, in any way;rather, I…
The Unveiling of New Publicity and Editorial Services WordPress Blog: “A Bibliophile’s Workshop”
A Bibliophile’s Workshop was borne out of boundless energy and enthusiasm, which was increasingly feeling less utilized in my life, as my rather fruitless search for a job in the publishing industry continued. I started noticing a startling phenomenon emerging among self-published writers that I knew, who were facing the same type of predicament of having…
Dani Hoots’ Review of Scorched by Erica Hayes
Scorched by Erica Hayes Amazon(Kindle)/Barnes & Noble(Nook) Published by: HarperImpulse Review by: Dani Hoots Scorched is about a young woman with superpowers who has escaped an asylum and can’t remember anything that happened. All she remembers is her hatred for the villain Razorfire and decides it is her duty to seek revenge. She runs straight to…
Countdown to “The Magician’s Land:” Review of The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Custom Crowdsourced “Magician’s Land,” trailer, produced and filmed by Viking Books For the next two consecutive Saturdays, preceding the August 5th release of the concluding installment of Lev Grossman’s Magicians Trilogy, I will be featuring reviews here of the two prior installments of the series: The Magicians & The Magician’s King. Giveaway Details: Below this blurb of text, you’ll…
Tea Time at Reverie: Stash Tea Company’s Vanilla Nut Creme Decaf Black Tea
Welcome back to a new edition of Tea Time at Reverie! One quick note before we get started: You’ll notice an addition to our Recommendations section at the end of this review. Going forward, I’ll offer possible book pairings with each subject tea. And why not? A Bibliophile’s Reverie is first and foremost a book…
Review of The Eye of Cybele by Daniel Chavarrìa
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Goodreads Daniel Chavarrìa’s fifth century B.C. Athens is not the ancient city we learned about it middle school Social Studies. Of course certain elements we might remember from seventh grade echo throughout The Eye of Cybele—the mention of Olympian heavyweights Athena, Apollo, and Dionysus; the lore surrounding the original Olympic games (before…
Maria V. Snyder Wednesdays: Retrospective review of “Magic Study”
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Books-A-Million/GoodReads Welcome to another edition of Maria V. Snyder Wednesdays! These weekly features will henceforth continue for the next six weeks, as I plan on covering many more Maria V. Snyder books beyond the Study Trilogy. As such, you will see new reviews of titles from the Glass Trilogy and Inside Out Trilogy. The reason for the continuation…
Vampire Lestat Newsletter 7/22/14
Once more, I apologize for the consistent delays made to our schedule. I have delayed the date of our final chat, pertaining to The Vampire Lestat now, about two times. The final date for our appointed live chat, surrounding the first one-hundred pages of The Vampire Lestat will be this Saturday, July 26th, 2014 at 2pm….
