BEA Spotlight #2- Lori Rader-Day’s “The Black Hour”

Author Website/ Amazon/ Barnes&Nobles/IndieBound/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Interview with Lori Rader-Day Interview Setting: Book Expo America @ Prometheus Book/ Seventh Street Books Stand Bibliophile’s Reverie: Since the main character is a sociology professor, did you have any Sociology background for this book? Lori: I took one Sociology course, when I was in college, and I took it too…

Review of Chris Bohjalian’s “Close your Eyes,Hold Hands”

  Amazon/Barnes and Nobles/Kobo/Goodreads Book is slated to released tomorrow- July 8, 2014. Ever since first reading dozens of pictures books about the Mount Vesuvius eruption and consequent destruction of Pompeii during grade school, I have had this ineradicable love and even morbid curiosity in diaster stories. Just last night, the Stephen Spielberg adaptation of War…

Tea Time at Reverie: Teavana’s ToLife® White Tea

Before diving into our next Tea Time review, I want to give our readers at ABR a huge hug of gratitude! Your enthusiastic responses to our first Tea Time review (Tea Forté’s Oasis Green Tea) blew us away, and I really appreciate (and did my best to reply to) all of the comments you left….

Review of Artful, by Peter David

Amazon (Kindle Edition/Print Edition)/Barnes & Nobles/Goodreads Print Length: 290 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1477823166 Publisher: 47North (July 1, 2014) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English ASIN: B00HFGJN82   Reviewed by Paula Tupper July 1, 2014 In accordance with FTC guidelines for bloggers and endorsements, I would like to clarify that the books reviewed by me are either purchased/borrowed…

Dani Hoots’ Review of Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen

Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen Amazon/Barnes & Noble Published by: Thomas Dunne Books Available: July 8, 2014 Review by: Dani Hoots Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen is a fun twist on the classic story of Peter Pan. Changing the view of the story, we begin to understand the truth about Hook and how he came…

Important Notice for Members of the Lestat Book Coven, from your coven master!

Procure your copy now, for our upcoming discussion! Don’t let the coven start without you! Dear coven members, dedicated readers of A Bibliophile’s Reverie, I believe it is time for an imperative update about changes that are taking place, once again, for our discussions. For all that have been participating in our live chats, I thank…

Review of Maria V. Snyder’s Scent of Magic: Author Highlight Wednesdays

Amazon/Barnes and Nobles/Goodreads Much like the first novel Touch of Power,Scent of Magic is yet another deceptively simple novel, which really is a fairly complex, multifarious novel under the surface. Maria V. Snyder meticulously writes with measured prose that seems to be written both clearly and effectively. For those that have read the first novel, you are…

Review of Inferno By Dan Brown

Amazon/ Barnes and Nobles/ Goodreads Review of Inferno by Dan Brown Published by Knopf Doubleday Reviewed by Christina R. Olivo “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” – Canto I Dante’s Inferno Once again Robert Langdon beckons us to go on a journey of discovery with him much like The Doctor of Doctor Who. Except…

Dean Koontz’s “The City” Book Club Contest Details

First, I have some bad news to relay. I haven’t been able to quite get into Dean Koontz’s new book, The City,so I wasn’t able to publish an extensive review on time about the book in time for its release today into the wider world of the commercial book market. But, I can still post details…