Tina B.
Flawed human, okayest mom, depression fighter, and lover of coffee. Singing, reading, and baking keep me mostly sane.
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Feel Good Friday!
Happy Friday friends! Even though the work week has been short due to the holiday, I’m still very happy it’s the end of the week. Weekends are for sleeping in, am I right? I find myself getting jealous of my cat because he can sleep anywhere for any amount of time. As an *almost* 7 month pregnant person now, sleeping comfortably is bit of a joke. Just once I’d like to be as comfortable as my 16lb ball of fur. Doesn’t he look so peaceful? Anyway, enough of my ramblings. I hope you are all having a fabulous week and…
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Book Spotlight: The Ark by Laura Liddell Nolen
Happy Tuesday friends! I hope you had a fabulous holiday weekend and were able to spend some time enjoying the outdoors! This week we have an intriguing YA SciFi for your enjoyment. There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive. It’s the final days of earth, and sixteen-year-old Char is right where she belongs: in prison. With her criminal record, she doesn’t qualify for a place on an Ark, one of the five massive bioships designed to protect earth’s survivors during the meteor strike that looks set to destroy the planet. Only a select…
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Release Blitz: Peachy Keen by Kate Roth
Happy Monday dear readers! Today we have a hot new release to share with you, which also happens to be on sale! Woohooo! Georgia Trenton has always been lucky in lust but hasn’t ever been interested in love. She prefers quickies to courtships, never seeing the need for more than just sex. Years of listening to her best friend Danielle’s relationship woes had assured her she was right to avoid romance altogether. But ever since Dani returned from vacation in love and looking like the poster girl for happily ever after with her new boyfriend Evan Weston, Georgia has been…
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Book Review: The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Daylight Marriage Author: Heidi Pitlor Publisher: Algonquin Books Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: May 5, 2015 Source: Publisher / Netgalley ———————————————- Genre: Mystery Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in reading about a family’s struggle to cope after an unexpected event. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Hannah was the kind of woman who turned heads. Tall and graceful, naturally pretty, often impulsive, always spirited, the upper-class girl who picked, of all men, Lovell–the introverted climate scientist, the practical one who thought he could change the world if he could just get everyone to listen to reason. After a magical…
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Book Review: Deep Blue Eternity by Natasha Boyd
Media Type: Ebook Title: Deep Blue Eternity Author: Natasha Boyd Publisher: Self Pages: Kindle; 356 Release Date: March 26, 2015 Source: Purchased —————————————————————– Content Screening: Adult Language; Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy redemption stories and dark topics Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Livvy is on the run. And she’s escaped to the one place nobody will ever find her. But the isolated cottage isn’t empty. Her refuge is home to a troubled stranger, Tom, there for reasons of his own. In the intimacy of the abandoned cottage, and the remote wilderness of Daufuskie Island, off the Carolina coast, the electrifying connection between them is…
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Cover Reveal: After She’s Gone by Lisa Jackson
Are you ready for some suspense? Lisa Jackson’s After She’s Gone promises a harrowing tale of jealousy, betrayal and the darkside of fame. Let’s check out the gorgeous cover that stares into your soul. Pre-order Links: Amazon or Kobo Cassie Kramer and her younger sister, Allie, learned the hazards of fame long ago. Together, they’d survived the horror of a crazed fan who nearly killed their mother, former Hollywood actress Jenna Hughes. Still, Cassie moved to L.A., urging Allie to follow. As a team, they’d take the town by storm. But Allie, finally free of small-town Oregon, and just that little bit more beautiful,…
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Waiting on Wednesday (4/15/15)
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. It’s hosted by Breaking the Spine. *** This week I wanted to share an upcoming YA book that I am looking forward to! I am a big fan of music, especially of the country variety. I enjoy stories about musicians and their complicated life in and out of the spotlight. When I heard about Miranda Kenneally’s Jesse’s Girl I knew I had to add it to my list. Everyone at Hundred Oaks High knows that career mentoring day is a joke. So when Maya Henry…
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Cover Reveal: An Oath Sworn by Diana Cosby
Happy Monday lovely readers! What better way to start the week than with an exciting new cover! An Oath Sworn by Diana Cosby is coming this December, just in time for Christmas. Who wouldn’t want a man in a kilt for Christmas? I know I would! Pre-order Link: Amazon A man of honor. A woman of spirit. As the new castellan, Sir Nicholas Beringar has the daunting task of rebuilding Ravenmoor Castle on the Scottish border and gaining the trust of the locals—one of whom wastes no time in trying to rob him. Instead of punishing the boy, Nicholas decides to…
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Book Review: What a Lady Requires by Ashlyn Macnamara
Media Type: Ebook Title: What a Lady Requires *Series: Eton Boys Trilogy (Book 3) Author: Ashlyn Macnamara Publisher: Loveswept Pages: 231 Release Date: March 31, 2015 Source: Netgalley —————————————————- Content Screening: Sexual Content- Mature audiences 18+ HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a strong heroine in their historical romance Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Unlike every other proper young lady, Miss Emma Jennings views marrying well as little more than a means to an end. Such a merger would provide her industrious father with social credibility, and Emma with a chunk of her vast inheritance. Emma’s practical views are shattered, however, when her father ties her to the…
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Book Review: Murder in Hindsight by Anne Cleeland
Media Type: Ebook Title: Murder in Hindsight *Series: A New Scotland Yard Mystery (Book 3) Author: Anne Cleeland Publisher: Kensington Pages: 352 Release Date: March 31, 2015 Source: Netgalley —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good cop story and are fans of the series Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes While Acton and Doyle, two of Scotland Yard’s finest, pursue a self-appointed judge, jury, and executioner, Acton’s own questionable methods may prove their undoing…The victims are all criminals who eluded justice—until they ran afoul of an avenger whose modus operandi is a bullet to the back of the head. The…