All good things have a subversive side, and Ebay is not exempt from that reality. As you may already know or do not know, book bloggers like myself tend to receive ARC in exchange for consideration of a review of a book(consideration is key, as no one has an infinite amount of time to…
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Review of Kate Morton’s “The Lake House”
Simon & Schuster/ IndieBound/Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Kobo Check out the following enticing synopsis of the book, provided by Simon & Schuster: From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Secret Keeper and The Distant Hours, an intricately plotted, spellbinding new novel of heartstopping suspense and uncovered secrets. Living on her family’s idyllic…
Sascha Arango’s “The Truth and Other Lies” Blog Tour
Amazon/Barnes & Noble/IndieBound/Goodreads THE TRUTH AND OTHER LIES by Sascha Arango Synopsis: Dark, witty, and suspenseful, this literary crime thriller reminiscent of The Dinner and The Silent Wife follows a famous author whose wife—the brains behind his success—meets an untimely death, leaving him to deal with the consequences. On the surface, Henry Hayden seems like someone you could like, or…
Review of Felix J. Palma’s “Map of Chaos” & Literary Tea Recommendation
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Goodreads/IndieBound Release Date: June 30, 2015 Synopsis (Provided by the Publisher, Atria Books): Award-winning author Félix J. Palma will once again plummet you to the depths of his daring and adventurous imagination with THE MAP OF CHAOS (Atria Books; $27.00; June 30, 2015), the grand finale to the Victorian trilogy The Washington…
Review of Catherine Chanter’s “The Well,” & Literary Tea Feature-Two Leaves and a Bud’s “Orange Sencha Green Tea”
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Goodreads Beginning in a literary comatose state, Catherine Chanter’s grim, methodical psychological thriller “The Well” takes some time for the reader to adjust to the slow pacing of the story. The beginning of the story has a glacial pace, introducing us to the story’s main first-person perspective Ruth Ardingly, who remind readers…
Review of “The Witch of Painted Sorrow,” by MJ Rose, Featuring Downton Abbey Literary Tea Recommendation
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Kobo/Goodreads This is my first foray into the decadent, luscious, powerfully enigmatic world of a MJ Rose novel, and the historical ghost drama, The Witch of Painted Sorrows, lives up to the high expectations I had about her novels. This is based on the many people I know personally that have recommended her novels, and…
A Man Called Ove
Amazon (Kindle edition) / Barnes and Noble (Nook edition) / Kobo Publisher: Atria Books (July 15, 2014) Review by: Lindsey ‘A Man Called Ove’. Admittedly, this title sounds boring and unimaginative. However, A Man Called Ove couldn’t be further from being boring and unimaginative. In fact, it has been a while since I read such…
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 “The Awakening of Miss Prim” by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera
Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/ Goodreads (All other formats) I have a confession to make: the moment I read the blurb of The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera, I already fell in love with it and could not wait to get ahold of a copy. For a book lover…
BEA 2014-Google Hangout with Writers- New Feature on my blog Launched
**Information about Google Hangout Chats and how to make inquiries about potentially making use of this exiting new feature on my blog, check out my blog’s appropriate sub-page “Google Hangouts with Writers”** Excitingly, I launched my first Google Hangout on Air chat, with bountiful support from both Atria Books (of Simon &Schuster) and author Ronlyn…
Review of The Poisoned Island by Lloyd Shephed
Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo/Goodreads (All formats) Published by: Atria Books (Simon Schuster) Review written by Jonathan E. Upon my completion of reading Lloyd Shepherd’s novel The Poisoned Island, my only initial negative reaction was toward its title, which I felt rang of a cheesy, plastic beach read one might come across in…
Review of The Chronicle of Secret Riven by Ronlyn Domingue
Amazon (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/ Kobo/ Google Books/ Goodreads (all other editions) “I long for scenes where man has never trod;A place where woman never smil’d or wept;There to abide with my creator, God,And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept:Untroubling and untroubled where I lie;The grass below–above the vaulted sky.” (John…
A Bibliophile's Reverie 