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Blog Tour: The Ice Cream Theory – Book Review
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Ice Cream Theory Author: Steff Deschenes Publisher: Booksurge Publishing Pages: Paperback; 282 Release Date: July 14, 2009 Source: Pump Up Your Book Promotions ——————————————— Genre: Memoir HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for an upbeat and “sweet” memoir. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Steff Deschenes first hatched her ice cream theory when she was sixteen and in the throes of that singular, devastating phenomenon known as first heartbreak. In the midst of her grief, she realized that, in the same way humans have ice-cream…
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Book Review: Allegra Fairweather: Paranormal Investigator
Media Type: Ebook Title: Allegra Fairweather: Paranormal Investigator Author: Janni Nell Publisher: Carina Press Pages: Ebook; 219 Release Date: May 26, 2010 Source: NetGalley ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy ————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart! Recommended to: Lovers of kick ass heroines! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Allegra Fairweather here. Paranormal investigator. Got problems with specters? Shapeshifters? I’m the woman to call. Just don’t call me a Ghostbuster. The last guy who did that ended up flat on his back with my boot at his throat. With my 99.5% success rate, solving the mystery of a…
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Waiting On Wednesday (2)
“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we share upcoming releases that we just cannot wait for! Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and…
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Teaser Tuesdays (2)
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! My Teaser: Standing up for real, I check that the…
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Book Review: Dead Until Dark
Media Type: Print Book Title: Dead Until Dark Author: Charlaine Harris Publisher: Ace Pages: Paperback; 312 Release Date: May 1, 2001 Source: Swapped through Goodreads ——————————————- Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Paranormal Romance ——————————————- HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a simple read with a paranormal twist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn’t date much because of her “disability” to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can’t hear a word he’s thinking. He’s the type of guy she’s…