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Tag Archives: Amy
Running Wide Open (Full Throttle Book 1) by Lisa Nowak
Title: Running Wide Open Author: Lisa Nowak Publisher: Webfoot Publishing Release Date: Out Now Genre: Family/Coming Of Age/Drama Review: Okay I want to start off by saying how much this book took me by surprise, and it will you too. The biggest one being how I suddenly became enthralled with the racing! A thing I have never been interested in or thought I knew anything about. This may have something to do with Lisa’s excellent, fab, fluid writing. I fell in love with it all. I was captivated with the races just as much as Cody’s story. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Angst, Contemp, Drama, Family, Full Throttle, Lisa Nowak, Review
Tagged Amy, Full Throttle Series, Lisa Nowak, Runnning Wide Open
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The Night Shifters by Emily Davenport
Title: The Night Shifters Author: Emily Davenport Genre: Fantasy Release Date: Out Now Star Rating: Summary: “Hazel — Promise me you won’t give up on your dreams.” “I won’t, Mom!” Hazel swears, assuming Mom means that she should try to be whatever she wants to be, a doctor, or lawyer, or even a mermaid. Hazel is just nine, but she really means to keep that promise. Seventeen years later, she wonders if she’s broken it – or maybe just failed to fully realize it, because she hasn’t become a doctor, or a lawyer, or a mermaid. Or anything … Continue reading
Hemingway Man
Title: Hemingway Man Author: Jim Maher Publisher: Espresso Books Genre: Young Adult/Coming Of Age/Family Release Date: Out Now Summery: Sixteen-year-old Will has just lost his father. With no one else to guide him towards manhood, he follows the teachings of Ernest Hemingway:1. Plant a tree. 2. Write a book. 3. Fight a bull 4. Have a son.Good luck with that.***Hemingway Man is a fast-paced 50,000 word coming-of-age novella with plenty of laughs and a gripping larger-than-life narrative. Will is an instantly likeable narrator as he embarks upon his “man quest”. Review: I went in to reading this book thinking I … Continue reading
Girl Unwrapped by Gabriella Goliger
Title: Girl Unwrapped Author: Gabriella Goliger Release Date: Out now Genre: Drama/Family/Coming of Age/Romance Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Summery: Girl Unwrapped is a girl’s coming-of-age story set in 1960s Montreal about the burdens and blessings of history, the divided self, and the quest to be whole. Toni Goldblatt’s awakening to taboo desire conflicts with her Holocaust-scarred parents’ expectations. Yearning to reinvent herself, she flees to Israel in the wake of the 1967 war, but the Zionist dream doesn’t save her; only on her return, when she discovers kindred spirits in the underground lesbian bar scene, does Toni begin to find … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Tour, Coming of Age, Drama, Family, Gabriella Goliger, Romance
Tagged Amy, Coming of Age, Drama, Gabriella Goliger, Girl Unwrapped, Romance
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Wildcat Fireflies by Amber Kizer
Enter for your chance to win a personalized copy of WILDCAT FIREFLIES or 7 KINDS OF ORDINARY CATASTROPHES by Amber Kizer as part of The {Teen} Book Scene Blog Tour. You may enter both giveaways! Title: Wildcat Fireflies Author: Amber Kizer Genre: YA, Fantasy, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy. Release Date: July 12 2011 Summery: Meridian Sozu is a Fenestra—the half-human, half-angel link between the living and the dead. She has the dark responsibility of helping souls transition safely into the afterlife. If people die without the help of a Fenestra, their souls are left vulnerable to be stolen by the Aternocti, … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Kizer, Blog Tour, Fenestra Series, Romance, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy, YA
Tagged Amber Kizer, Amy, Blog Tour, Fantasy, Fenestra Series, Meridian, YA
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Guest Post with Sammie Spencer
Today, Heidi has kindly allowed me to take over her blog to talk a little bit about music that might have inspired me or that might be relevant to my characters. Amaretto Flame is the book, and it’s the first in the Eagleton Coven series. It centers on a young witch who makes a mistake and is banished from her home, forced to spend the summer as a normal human. There, she meets Jackson Vance *eyebrow waggle* and realizes just how much she doesn’t know – about humans, sexy musicians, and being hunted. I haven’t made a playlist for Amaretto … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Tour, Heidi, Uncategorized
Tagged Amaretto Flame, Amy, Blog Tour, Guest Post, Music, Review, Sammie Spencer, Teen Book Scene
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Amaretto Flame
Title: Amaretto Flame Author: Sammie Spencer Genre: Young Adult/Romance/Supernatural Release Date: Available to download now Summery: When Olivia Landry screams, people die. No wonder she’s been shunned by humans her whole life. When Olivia makes a huge mistake, she’s banished for a summer to a human town; forced to live as one of them. She’s out for revenge when she discovers the humans are different than she imagined, especially the rugged, sexy guitarist, Jackson Vance. Pretending to be human isn’t as hard as she thought it would be…until the witch hunters attack. Now Olivia must somehow protect herself, … Continue reading
Posted in Romance, Supernatural, Uncategorized, YA
Tagged Amaretto Flame, Amy, Eagleton Coven Series, Romance, Sammie Spencer, Supernatural, YA
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Before I Fall
Title: Before I Fall Author: Lauren Oliver Genre: Drama/Suspense/YA Publisher: Hodder & Staughton Release Date: Out Now Summery: What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life? Samantha Kingston has it all: the world’s most crush-worthy boyfriend, three amazing best friends, and first pick of everything at Thomas Jefferson High—from the best table in the cafeteria to the choicest parking spot. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last. … Continue reading
Posted in Drama, Family, Lauren Oliver, Suspense, YA
Tagged Amy, Before I Fall, Hodder & Staughton, Lauren Oliver, Review
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The Woman He Loved Before
Title: The Woman He Loved Before Author: Dorothy Koomson Genre: Adult Publisher: Sphere Release Date: Out Now Summary: She’s out of his life, but is she out of his heart? Libby has a nice life with a great job, a gorgeous husband and a big home by the sea. But she’s becoming more unsure of Jack’s feelings for her – and if he is over the mysterious death of Eve, his first wife. When fate intervenes in their relationship, Libby decides to find out all she can about the man she hastily married and the seemingly perfect Eve. Eventually Libby … Continue reading
Posted in Dorothy Koomson, Mystery, Suspense
Tagged Adult, Amy, Dorothy Koomson, Drama, The Woman He Loved Before
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Frostbitten
Title: Frostbitten Author: Kelley Armstrong Publisher: Orbit Release Date: September 2009 Summary: The Alaskan wilderness is a harsh landscape in the best of conditions, but with a pack of rogue werewolves on the loose, it’s downright deadly. Elena Michaels, the Pack’s chief enforcer, knows all too well the havoc “mutts” can wreak. When word comes of a series of humans apparently killed by wolves near Anchorage, Elena and Clay are sent to check things out. But they find more than they bargained for among the snow and trees of the savage Alaskan wilderness. Review: I was so glad to get back to … Continue reading
Posted in Supernatural, Suspense
Tagged Adult, Amy, Frostbitten, Kelley Armstrong, Review, Urban Fantasy
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