Tina B.
Flawed human, okayest mom, depression fighter, and lover of coffee. Singing, reading, and baking keep me mostly sane.
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Book Review: Love and Other Unknown Variables by Shannon Lee Alexander
Media Type: Ebook Title: Love and Other Unknown Variables Author: Shannon Lee Alexander Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: October 7, 2014 Source: Purchased ——————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy young adult romance and aren’t afraid of a little sadness Add it on: Goodreads| Amazon | Booklikes Charlie Hanson has a clear vision of his future. A senior at Brighton School of Mathematics and Science, he knows he’ll graduate, go to MIT, and inevitably discover solutions to the universe’s greatest unanswered questions. He’s that smart. But Charlie’s future blurs the moment he reaches out to touch the tattoo on a beautiful girl’s neck. The…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: The Pawn by Skye Warren
Good morning, fabulous bookish people! It’s time for another spotlight, and this time it’s a story of revenge and seduction in the game of love. Are you intrigued yet? The Pawn Skye Warren Publication date: December 6th 2016 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance The price of survival…Gabriel Miller swept into my life like a storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl’s college to take care of the only family I have left.There’s one way to save our house, one thing I have left of value.My virginity.A forbidden…
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Book Review & Giveaway: My Friends are All Strange by M.C Lesh
Media Type: Ebook Title: My Friends are All Strange Author: M.C Lesh Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: Paperback; 230 Release Date: October 18, 2016 Source: Author/Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good story about not so normal people. Add it on: Goodreads| Amazon | Booklikes My friends are all strange. Right now I’m living at Brookside, a place for people like me. I’ve met a kitty girl, a brooding beautiful boy, one who can’t be touched, and others. My new friends. Strange people. People like me. I’ve always been different, but lately, more so. My hands sometimes don’t seem to be…
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Book Spotlight and Giveaway: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Now I’m sure many of you have heard of this book before, probably even read it. However, the wonderfully talented Neil Gaiman just released a new version and it looks great. Don’t forget to check out the giveaway at the end for a chance to win a copy! Newly updated and expanded with the author’s preferred text. A modern masterpiece from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction, Neil Gaiman. First published in 2001, American Gods became an instant classic, lauded for its brilliant synthesis of “mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose” (Washington Post) and as a modern phantasmagoria that…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (11/07/16)
Click the button to join in the fun! It’s officially November and that means holidays are in full swing around here. We’re planning our annual trip to our hometowns and I’ve already started baking up some delicious rum cakes to share. Holiday season tends to go one of two ways for me, either I get a TON of reading done (thanks to flights, layovers and general down time) or I get no reading done because I’m running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I’m hoping for the former this year. October was a slow reading month for…
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Book Review: A Raven’s Heart by K.C. Bateman
Media Type: Ebook Title: A Raven’s Heart Author: K.C Bateman Publisher: Random House- Loveswept Pages: Paperback; 273 Release Date: October 18, 2016 Source: Netgalley/Publisher ——————————————– Genre: Historical Romance HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a lot of humor and wit with their romance Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In the war against France, Heloise Hampden is a high-value asset to the Crown. She’s cracked the enemy’s most recent communication, and for that, someone is trying to kill her. However, it’s the agent assigned to protect Heloise who poses the greatest threat to her heart: William de l’Isle, Viscount Ravenwood. Heloise has quarreled with the man they call…
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Book Review: B.S., Incorporated by Jennifer Rock and Michael Voss
Media Type: Ebook Title: B.S, Incorporated Author: Jennifer ROck and Michael Voss Publisher: Wise Ink Creative Publishing Pages: Paperback; 334 Release Date: May 17, 2016 Source: Book Publicity Services ——————————————– Genre: Humor, Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Anyone who enjoys some insight into the craziness that is corporate America. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Business Solutions, Inc. is falling apart at the seams. While employees kill time stalking free snacks and filming porn in the HQ stairwells, the company’s co-CEOs bring in shadowy corporate consultants to shake up their business in ways even they don’t understand. As the communications manager tasked with translating C-suite doublespeak, Will Evans…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Confessions of an Undercover Girlfriend by Kay Marie
Happy Monday! What better way to start your week than with a new romantic comedy? Just look at that adorable cover! Don’t you just want to get cozy with a cup of coffee and read? So, I’m no longer a virgin sex columnist—thank you, Ollie—but if I thought that was going to make my life easier, boy was I wrong! John is back in town determined to win my forgiveness. Blythe is more ready than ever to take me down. Bridget is totally onto the new twinkle in my eye. And, well, Ollie is just as distractingly delicious as usual.…
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Book Review: Melody’s Key by Dallas Coryell
Media Type: Ebook Title: Melody’s Key Author: Dallas Coryell Publisher: Self Pages: Kindle; 305 Release Date: June 24, 2016 Source: Author —————————————————- Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy in depth characters and a good love story Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes “His eyes settled on her…piercing green embers of flame that revealed the ferocity of his pain and passion, yet still shrouded him under veils of ever deepening mystery that made every ounce of her ache to unravel him.” Tegan Lockwood’s dreams were dead, sacrificed on the noble altar of duty before they ever had a chance to live. Her entire…
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Cover Reveal: Boondocks by Casey Peeler
Happy Wednesday readers! What better way to get over the hump of the week than an enticing new cover reveal? When I heard about Casey Peeler’s new book, I just knew it would be a yummy cover. Let’s take a look shall we? One twist of the lid changed everything… The devil sat on my shoulder from my first breath, he watched my every move, and with the first strike of lightnin’ I was pulled under. Walking into Boondocks the voice of an angel called to me and I vowed to live a better life. She kept me on the…