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…
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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…
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…
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….
Review of “The Third Rail:An Eddy Harkness novel” by: Rory Flynn
Amazon/Barnes&Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Review: Deceptively, this book begins with a startling and a bit of an uneasy sense of slightly diminished chaos, as we are introduced to the book’s title cop character Eddy Harkness living a life both in the shadows and light of more polite society. During the night, he engages in activity that might be…
Review of Dark Paradise by Angie Sandro
Amazon/Barnes&Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Goodreads Print Length: 384 pages Publisher: Forever Yours (July 1, 2014) Sold by: Hachette Book Group Language: English ASIN: B00HUU13SQ Reviewed by Paula Tupper Since signing on to do these reviews, it seems I learn something new with each book, whether it is a fact about an author, a new publisher with whom I was unfamiliar, or, in the…
Review of “Only with You (The Best Mistake)” by Lauren Layne
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Available July 29, 2014 Series: The Best Mistake (Book 1) Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Forever (July 29, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1455546070 ISBN-13: 978-1455546077 Reviewed by Paula Tupper July 9, 2014 Summertime is perfect for light, frivolous books you can stuff into a canvas bag and read at the beach, or in line for the roller…
Special, Spoiler-free review of Deborah Harkness’ “Book of Life”
Amazon/Barnes&Nobles/Books-A-Million/GoodReads Part of Female Magic Wielder Month on A Bibliophile’s Reverie Please be advised that it is spoiler-free, in terms of having no explicit plot revelations. But, people these days are even more over-scrupulous (and even a little neurotic) about avoiding spoilers. If you want to avoid them at all costs, don’t read any reviews before…
Review of Lindsay Buroker’s “Republic”
Amazon (Kindle Edition)/GoodReads Reviewed by Paula Tupper File Size: 1895 KB Print Length: 619 pages Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English ASIN: B00JTIME9E It had been years since I read dystopian fiction. There was a period in my distant past when I was obsessed with it. Post Apocalyptic civilizations fascinated my youthful cynicism…
Wayfaring Stranger Blog Tour: Review of Wayfaring Stranger & Interview with James Lee Burke
Amazon/Barnes and Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Interview with James Lee Burke: (1). A Bibliophile’s Reverie: While this is somewhat of a conventional interview question, what sparked the idea, originally, for the book, and was the experience of writing it different from your other books? James Lee Burke: I had to wait over fifty years to write this book. For various…
The Vampire Lestat Discussion Post #1 & Lestat Book Coven Anne Rice interview
On this first order of business, yesterday I had the wonderful, very much unforgettable opportunity to interview Anne Rice (and, I do not need to elaborate on her writing credentials; you know who she is). Thanks to both Anne Rice and her wonderful assistant Becket for making this interview a very enjoyable, stress-free experience. For me,…
Review of “Extra Virgin: Recipes & Love from Our Tuscan Kitchen ” by Gabriele Corcos & Debi Mazar
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Goodreads In accordance with FTC guidelines for bloggers and endorsements, I would like to clarify that the books reviewed by me are either purchased/borrowed by me, or provided by the publisher/author free of charge. I am neither compensated for my reviews nor are my opinions influenced in any way by the avenues in…
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