Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Books-A-Million Review written by Jonathan E. Book Published by: Knopf/Vintage I’ve always been one to believe that we dream while asleep to make sense of the world in ways we cannot do while awake. For the most part, our waking life is dictated by the rational; we know…
Month: June 2014
BEA 2014 Spotlight Post #1- Julia Butler’s Provocative, Evocative First Novel: “The Last Encore”
Lulu.com (print and ebook editions)/Amazon.com (Print Edition)/ Author’s Website Having the opportunity to speak with Julia Butler at Book Expo America this year served as a wonderfully engaging opportunity to converse with a writer that is making her first literary foray into the world of publishing, through the means of self-publishing, with her first novel…
Enter Fickle Fish’s Contagiously Clever Instagram Giveaway, and Win a Bevy of Books!
Have you heard? Fickle Fish Production company, the film company that brought you Austenland (based on the witty book by author Shannon Hale) is giving away a ton of autographed books, some of which are already films or are in the pipeline to eventually become films. Even though, Rafflecopter contests are fun. They’re a bit too…
Review of The Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow
Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/Barnes and Nobles (Nook)/Kobo/Books A Million/ Sourcebooks Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark (May 6, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1402282486 ISBN-13: 978-1402282485 Also available for Kindle Reviewed By Paula Tupper As we watch TMZ reporting on the antics of Prince Harry cavorting in Las Vegas, and we avidly follow the revolving door romances of our favorite royals,…
Dani Hoots’ Review of Sidekick by Auralee Wallace
Sidekick by Auralee Wallace Amazon(Kindle)/Barnes & Noble(Nook) Published by: Escape Publishing – Harlequin Enterprises, Australia Pty Ltd Review Written by: Dani Hoots Sidekick by Auralee Wallace is a story about a young girl by the name of Bremy St James who has run away from her billion dollar father and is now trying to live on…
Review of Tic-Tac-Tome-The Autonomous Tic Tac Toe Playing Book by Willy Yonkers
Amazon.com/Barnes and Nobles/Goodreads/ Quirk Books Judgement Day is upon us!! To truly experience this neat, though slightly short-termed period of tic tac toe fun, you might want to make sure that you put anything that could distract you down. It is important that you pay close attention to the more subversive qualities of this so-called Tic Tac…
Review of “I am Pilgrim” by Terry Hayes
Published by: Atria Books (Imprint of Simon Schuster Review written by: Justin Boyer Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo/ Goodreads Being a very judicious reader, I often find myself either staring intently at the clock on my nightstand or trying not to nod off, when reading a ridiculously soporific story that…
Review of Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter
Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/ Kobo/Goodreads Gena Showalter continues the White Rabbit Chronicles with Through the Zombie Glass. The book picks up shortly where Alice in Zombieland left out and brings the reader right back into the strange and curious world that Showalter creates in the White Rabbit Chronicles with a whole new twist. While…
Seeking out scholarly essays for “Coven of the Articulate: Critical Essay Compendium About Anne Rice’s Works”
More about the compendium: Back in early 2013 when I was first putting together my psychoanalytic essay about Anne Rice’s works (currently available for purchase via Amazon), I insanely dreamed about the absurd idea of possibly extending my lone essay into a much larger, more ambitious scholarly volume about Anne Rice’s work. Of course, the…
“A Bibliophile’s Reverie” Seeking out Avid Wine, Beer, or Tea Bloggers
Hello all avid tea, beer, or wine drinkers- I am actively seeking out bloggers with a fervent interest in either tea, beer, or wine. Simply put, I am looking for three bloggers, who either have a mad tea addiction (a teetotaler blogger), a wine snob, and a pretentious, hipster craft beer expert. Okay, I will not unprofessionally…
Lestat Book Coven Newsletter #10
Are you new here, and this is your first time crossing over the threshold into a place that celebrates literature with a metaphysical dimension? Links of Interest for Fledgling Members: –Lestat Book Coven Meeting Room (this virtual space needs to be cleaned up a bit)- –Lestat Book Coven Facebook Group Page– Hi Coven Members- If you weren’t previously…
Review of Under the Dome by Stephen King
I’m sure by now, everyone is aware of at least the general plot behind Under the Dome. It’s been compared to one of my all-time favorite books, the Stand, but I’ll leave you to read the book and see for yourself. Under the Dome, by Stephen King Published November 10th 2009 by Scribner Reviewed…
