Book Review – Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish by Bethany Turner
Ready for a Fun Story with a Dash of Romance and a Pinch of Humor? This Is The Book! I certainly enjoyed the wit, humor, and character development that this book offered. It was just what I needed. Celebrity Chef Maxwell Cavanagh has the top-rated show on the Culinary Channel: To the Max. But that’s not all he’s known for, unfortunately, he has a temper and a drinking problem too. Hadley Beckett is working veryRead More →
Book Review – Of Literature and Lattes by Katherine Reay
Welcome To A Small-Town Community Synopsis For various reasons, Jeremy and Alyssa find themselves in the small town of Winsome, Illinois. This quaint little community has Jeremy Mitchell moving to be closer to his child and to open the coffee shop he’s always dreamed of. But the town isn’t so sure if they like all the renovations and updates he’s making to their old familiar shop, including changing the name. So will his move endRead More →
Something I Am Not – Blog Tour, Excerpt + Giveaway
Where does someone run in the face of his deepest shame? Welcome to the Blog Tour & Giveaway for Something I Am Not by Cher Gatto, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! ABOUT THE BOOK Title: Something I Am Not Author: Cher Gatto Publisher: Lighthouse Publishers of the Carolinas Release Date: January 25, 2019 Genre: Mature Young Adult A father who never loved him. A woman who stole his worth. A brother he couldn’t protect. WhereRead More →
Lighten Your Mental Load by Amy Thornton
Blog Tour, Guest Post, and Giveaway! Join us for this tour from April 13 to May 1, 2020! Book Details: Book Title: Lighten Your Mental Load by Amy ThorntonCategory: Adult non-fiction, 129 pagesGenre: Self-HelpPublisher: Tell-Tale PublishingRelease date: January 2020Tour dates: Apr 13 to May 1, 2020Content Rating: PG: The author uses occasional mild swear words in the book. Book Description: Mental labor, or the mental load, involves the many — andRead More →
Book Review – The Traitor’s Pawn by Lisa Harris
Join the Hunt for the Truth–and a Traitor What’s It All About? When FBI agent Jack Shannon arrives in Corpus Christi, Texas, he is focused on one thing: find the man who has been selling encrypted government secrets to the Chinese. But when a senator is shot during a hunting trip and the woman he was with is abducted, Jack agrees to join the search–especially when he discovers that the kidnapping victim is Aubrey Grayson,Read More →
Book Review – The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep
This Gripping Tale Takes You From Rags To Riches This intriguing story begins in 1861 at Dartmoor Prison, located in Devon, England. Oliver Ward has been there for 9 months. He is angry because he is innocent and he is unhappy with his father for not attending the hearing. The reader gets a glimpse early on of his true character by some things that happen almost immediately in the story. Likewise, the actions of oneRead More →
Book Review – The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
– An Emotional Story That’s Hard To Put Down – Blurb At a time when everything is changing for Bea and her family, the important things will always stay the same. A soon-to-be classic by the Newbery Award-winning author of When You Reach Me. After her parents’ divorce, Bea’s life became different in many ways. But she can always look back at the list she keeps in her green notebook to remember the things thatRead More →
Book Review – I Owe You: A totally unputdownable gripping psychological thriller
How far would you go to protect your happy home? Sara made one promise to herself when she was growing up in foster care: if she was lucky enough to have a family, she’d always do whatever it took to protect them. She is surrounded by a lovely home, teenage daughters and an energetic four-year-old son. But a problem is looming. A somewhat small problem that has the potential to grow out of control. More AboutRead More →
Book Review – The Girl from Widow Hills: A Novel by Megan Miranda
Arden Maynor was only six when a traumatic event changed her life forever. What’s It All About? This story is a combination of the past and the present. The present point of view comes from twenty-six-year-old Olivia. The past is from news articles that were written twenty years ago. These articles are included at the beginning of each chapter. Known for sleepwalking, six-year-old Arden Maynor was thought to have been swept into an underground drainageRead More →
BOOK TOUR: Alycat and the Tournament Tuesday by Alysson Foti Bourque
A Special Tour From March 17 to April 6, 2020! About Alycat and the Tournament Tuesday A “Mom’s Choice Award Winner”! Alycat’s brother, Bugsy, is playing in a golf tournament with some of his friends and wants to use his lucky ball to win the game. But when Alycat, who is supposed to bring her brother’s lucky ball, forgets it, Bugsy learns what luck is really about. Can Bugsy win the tournament without his lucky ball?Read More →
Book Review – The Last High by Daniel Kalla
The setting is Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Julie Rees is an ER doctor as well as a toxicologist, who is mystified when young people who attended the same party begin to stream into the ER. Nearly all are close to death and appear to be cases of overdose. To make this mystery even more interesting, Dr. Rees has a past history and knowledge that involves opiate abuse and death. She is aware and on high alert.Read More →
Book Review – King of Boredom by lLeia Guarducci
What To Do . . . What To Do So B–O–R–I–N–G! Poor little Ben. He is thin, pale, and most importantly BORED. No fun seems to enter his life even though people around him do their best to entertain and interest him in “fun” things. Nope. Life is completely boring. His favorite color is gray, his favorite dish is plain pasta, and spare time is spent staring into space. It doesn’t matter the season, thisRead More →
Book Review – The Lost Orphan A Novel by Stacey Halls
A Touching Story That’s Sure To Stay With You Long After Closing The Book Book Blurb Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything . . . London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate newborn at the Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the daughter she has never known. Dreading the worst, that she has died in care, she is astonished to discover someone pretending to be BessRead More →
Book Review – Geraldine and the Most Spectacular Science Project by Sol Regwan
Who is that energetic girl, anyway? Geraldine is a true dreamer who loves science and wants to be an astronaut someday. However, this little second-grader dreams so much that she has a terrible time paying attention at school. That is until her teacher announces something that immediately catches her attention. Class,” she announced, “we are going to have a science contest. The winner will receive a first-place trophy and the title of Best Second-Grade Scientist!”Read More →
Book Review – Chasing the White Lion by James R. Hannibal
Talia Inger #2 If you like action and adventure you’re bound to like Chasing the White Lion. However, like most books in a series, I would definitely recommend you start with the first book The Gryphon Heist. To be honest, since I didn’t read the first book, I did think it was a marked disadvantage. So think about becoming familiar with the group of characters before delving into this book. Though some readers may pickRead More →
Book Review – The New Husband by D.J. Palmer
Just because you love someone doesn’t mean you know them . . . When Glen and the dog Daisy go fishing one day he never returns. Traces of blood are found but the family dog is located unharmed. In time Nina Garrity presumes her husband drowned, even though his body is never recovered. When Simon Fitch begins to visit with Nina, they hit it off rather quickly. It feels almost uncanny what he knows aboutRead More →
Book Review – Look! Dr. Goodview by Enrie Jardi
Do You See What I See? Look carefully at every page because things aren’t always what they seem to be. Dr. Goodview shows and explains more than 20 optical illusions to educate and entertain with amazing effects. The above is an example of the many pages of fun experiences. The next page has a disc that should be turned to the left. Then afterward there is an explanation of why your brain is tricked intoRead More →
Book Review – The Darkness We Hide by Debra Webb
-The Undertaker’s Daughter series- Book 3 Some secrets are worth dying for. Dr. Rowan Dupont is back in her hometown of Winchester, Tennessee. But for the last ten months she hasn’t been staying in a hotel or cottage, but rather her family’s large Victorian funeral home. Dupont knows it’s time for the mysterious deaths of people around her to be solved and come to an end. But the deeper she searches the more family secretsRead More →
Book Review – Lali’s Feather by Farhana Zia
Look closely, imagine, and think with your heart. When Lali finds a feather in the field she sets out to find the owner. She takes it to various birds, but each one points out that it doesn’t belong to them and why. It’s too small for Rooster, not right for Crow and too plain for Peacock. So Lali decides to keep it. She then stretches her imagination in order to discover the things she canRead More →
Book Review -Little Secrets: A Novel by Jennifer Hillier
All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret. Details Title: Little Secrets: A Novel Author: Jennifer Hillier Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: April 21, 2020 Pages: 352 As parents, we are aware of how a young child can easily disappear in a crowd. But to Marin, it becomes a reality when she is momentarily distracted with a phone call. In what seems like seconds her 4-year-old son, Sebastian vanishes. According to videoRead More →