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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

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Book Review - The Lagarto Stone by Gordon N McIntosh

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Book Review

The Lagarto Stone - A Novel

by Gordon N McIntosh

About the Author

Gordon N. McIntosh began writing mysteries and thrillers after a master's degree from the University of Chicago and a successful real estate career. After an early retirement he and his wife traveled and lived extensively in Mexico, South America, Australia and Europe. Now they split their time between their homes in Chicago and Key West, Florida. When he’s not writing, he enjoys running, scuba diving, tennis, and travel.

The Lagarto Stone Website Authors Website

Book Description

Why should a man lift a finger-much less risk his life-for a mother who abandoned him as an infant? But when a mortally wounded Mexican passes Doug Sutherland a scrawled note, he must overcome resentment and phobias to save her, recover a priceless pre-Columbian artifact, and battle a ruthless smuggler.

For Sutherland, a thirty-something Chicago entrepreneur, the note is meaningless. The warning that his Mexican mother is in danger puzzles him. Even if it is true, why should he care? She deserted him thirty years ago. Besides, his life is already complicated by his relationship with his girlfriend, a deadline for his real estate project, and a recent rash of nightmares. In these vivid dreams, a "burning man" stalks him, then he's trapped in a small space, and thrown into an icy grave.

Doug tries to convince himself that the message was meant for someone else. But then his apartment is invaded, he receives threatening calls from a Mexican smuggler, the police accuse him of drug dealing, and a DEA agent harasses him. Sucked into a maelstrom, he must fight-or become a victim.

Book Review

When a young man turns up at his office carrying a message from his mam, Doug Sutherland's life is turned inside out. Not only is the young man fatally wounded but Doug hasn't spoken or seen his mam for over 30 years.

In tracing the young mans movements and actions it turns out that he has deceived a Mexican smuggler who has a lot of influence and power. The Mexican smuggler is determined to find out where his contraband has been hidden and thus threatens not only Doug Sutherland but those he holds dear.

On the way to trying to find out what the Mexican wants and keeping himself alive, Doug is taken on a trip to his past and he finds some of the answers to his dreams. Why did his parents split up? Who is the 'burning man' who haunts his dreams? As he gets closer to his mam and the Mexican, all is revealed.

A really intriguing storyline, although I did have to read some parts a couple of times to grasp what was going on. Once established and I was back on track I thought the aspect of one greedy individual who wanted everything for himself and either destroyed or controlled everyone that got in his way was a very current topic for today. Wouldn't it also be nice if something happened to us all, so that we could also solve the answers to all our questions and our demons.

I found the book refreshing that the author was actually testing the reader, as a thriller I enjoyed the story and am now looking forward to reading the second in the series, Death's Crooked Shadow, as I know what to expect from the author I will be taking my time in order to fully enjoy the read.

Our Rating

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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:21:00 +0000

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A special thankyou to our author, Jeane Rhodes, for donating this wonderful prize xx

It's The Weekly Book Blog Hop

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Welcome to our Weekly Book Blog Hop!!

This runs every Wednesday - Saturday
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World Book Night - We've Been Selected plus Authors Choose Extracts to be given away with their work

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

We are soooo excited to have been picked to be a World Book Night Giver in April!!!!!!
We were given our third choice of The Take by Martina Cole - We have to hand out copies of the book to encourage reading. I wonder who the lucky ones will be when we hand them out :-)

Stephen King picks Hesh Kestin and Terry Pratchett adds GK Chesterton to accompany their novels in million-book giveaway

Terry Pratchett (left) would like to introduce GK Chesterton (right). Photograph: David Levene/Getty

Terry Pratchett would like us to sample GK Chesterton, Iain Banks is pushing Alan Moore and Roald Dahl's estate is keen on Sarah Waters. The authors chosen to be part of World Book Night on 23 April, when 1m books will be given away for free, have picked the books they themselves would recommend to readers – with Stephen King's ringing endorsement of obscure American crime novel The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats as "the best book you never read" leading a British publisher to pounce on it.

From King's Misery to Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, Pride and Prejudice to The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, each of the 25 titles to be distributed in April by 20,000 volunteers is now also set to include a sample extract from another title selected by its author. King's pick of Hesh Kestin's The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats – he calls it "The Godfather on laughing gas, or Catch-22 with guns … witty, sexy, thrilling, and all story" – will see two chapters of the book included in the back of the 40,000 copies of Misery distributed in April. Publisher Hodder & Stoughton couldn't miss out on the chance and has just acquired Kestin's 1960s New York tale about a college student who meets a notorious Jewish gangster, published in America in 2009 but previously ignored in the UK, for release on 12 April.

King might have plumped for a recent novel to promote to readers, but other World Book Night authors are hoping to push older titles. Martina Cole has chosen an extract from Graham Greene's Brighton Rock, Kinsella is pushing EM Delafield's The Diary of a Provincial Lady and Ishiguro is hoping readers will be intrigued by Stefan Zweig's 1938 novel Beware of Pity. Further picks mean Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit will be sampled in Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle, Jorge Luis Borges's The Aleph in Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist and Ann Patchett's State of Wonder in Emma Donoghue's Room.

"The idea is really very simple," said World Book Night chief executive Julia Kingsford. "World Book Night is all about encouraging people to embark on a reading journey and we believe that you're never more vulnerable to your next read as you are when you've just finished a book. We are really excited at the prospect of being able to put another great book into the hands, hearts and minds of new readers the minute they've finished their WBN book. Asking our World Book Night authors to recommend something seems like the perfect way to introduce new books and writers to readers and encourage people to keep on reading."

The award-winning poet Don Paterson has also chosen a Shakespeare sonnet for each book – themed "as much as possible" around each individual title – which will be printed in the books to mark Shakespeare's birthday, which coincides with World Book Night. Pride and Prejudice will feature Sonnet 116, "Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments"; Donoghue's story of imprisonment is matched with Sonnet 133, "Me from myself thy cruel eye hath taken"; and The Remains of the Day with Sonnet 73, "In me thou see'st the twilight of such day / As after sunset fadeth in the west".

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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:30:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:34:00 +0000

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Book Tour -Awaken by Sarah M Ross plus $100 Amazon Giveaway

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:35:00 +0000

Awaken (The Patronus)

Lucy Donovan was supposed to have a weekend of fun in the sun, celebrating her upcoming graduation from college. In a split second, everything changed. A drunk driver ended Lucy’s mortal life. Lucy opens her eyes to a world she never imagined possible and a new destiny: as a Patronus, a guardian of spirits. Adjusting to her new role and abilities while negotiating this confusing realm will test her limits and push her further than she ever dreamed she would go. From wayward spirits who don’t want her help to soul stealing vampires, and even a stuck-up British royal, Lucy must brave them all to save one spirit she can’t bear to lose. Further complicating her confusing life is an inexplicable yet growing connection she feels to a member of her team, Max, whose mysterious behavior leaves her both confused and intrigued. Waking up dead was just the beginning of her problems. Lucy’s death is about to become the greatest adventure of her life.

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Alexa Drop Hop - Lower Your Alexa Rating

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

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Book Review - The Birth of Hope by Jeane Rhodes

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:48:00 +0000

Book Review

The Birth of Hope

by Jeane Rhodes, PhD

About the Author

Jeane Rhodes, Ph.D., is a licensed professional counselor using sandplay as her primary therapeutic tool She teaches online for Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. She formerly served as associate editor of the Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, and worked in the foster care system as a therapist and in various management capacities. She has also been a yoga instructor, active in local, national, and international yoga organizations. Her masters thesis, titled AMind Made Visible: Psychotherapeutic Application of Yoga Asana,@ brought this experience with yoga into her psychology studies. Interest in pre- and perinatal psychology led to interviews with young children regarding their birth memories. Research continued with her Ph.D. dissertation, which explored the prenatal expression of yoga postures and subsequent echoes in the body of prenatal and birth experience. On a very personal level, she was a teen parent herself and brings the emotional reality of that experience to the creation of The Birth of Hope.

Author on Facebook The Birth of Hope Website Authors Website

Book Description

The Birth of Hope is the story of a baby named Hope, from her conception through her birth as the child of teen parents who are in foster care at the time of her conception. Hope's story is one of coming into this world through parents who, in spite of their age and other challenges, are very attuned to their baby throughout her gestation. This story inspires new awareness of the importance of the prenatal and birth stages of life. You will come to love Hope and her teen parents as you experience the momentous events of her gestation. Her coming changes not only her parents, but the supportive community that forms around them.

Book Review

Imagine the shock of finding, at the age of fifteen, in foster care and having had your first ever sexual encounter, that you are pregnant. Already been stigmatised by society as a no-hoper following your eldest sister who was already into drugs and on the road to ruin, along with a mother who has been into prostitution, drugs and serving a prison sentence. Scared and feeling lonely, where do you turn?

Tasha is shocked to find, after their initial despair, her foster parents support her and most of all the boy who got her pregnant, Justin, wants to look after and marry her. Justin, only 17, is also in foster care and wants to protect her and his baby. As the couple are both in foster care there is a lot of involvement with other people and meetings with the governing bodies to find out what is the best course of action for their life changing event.

The pregnancy journey is full of ups and downs, not just having to cope with the growth and development of their baby but also having to deal with the complex issues with other family members as well as their foster parents. The development stages and feelings experienced by the young couple as they go through the process is intensive and emotional.

As you follow the pregnancy you will cry, laugh, feel elation and an air of fear. The book will change your views or make you think a lot more about seeing young girls who are pregnant, it will also give you a good insight into how young mothers feel.

I thought the book was well written, both from a high amount of research undertaken and from personal experience and was very in depth. It took me on the journey with the young couple and I would recommend that any young person should read this book to help them through pregnancy or help prevent them becoming pregnant.

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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:35:00 +0000

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Its The Weekend Gathering Hops

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Welcome to our Weekend Gathering Hops! This 5 way link up is hosted by Adventures of Frugalmom, Beck Valley Books, Beauty Brite, and Nifty Mom to help socialize with fellow bloggers, gain traffic, new followers, make new friends, and more!

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Link up your Blog, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Giveaways! Linkys are open all week, so visit often! Visit as many links as you wish! Be sure to leave a comment after you follow someone so they can follow you back. Have fun!

A Small Gift with a Big Impact !!

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Keychain heaven is just a click away......

When I was given the chance to review a product from WholesaleKeychain.com I jumped at the chance for two reasons really. The first being it was a nice change from my book reviews and secondly my son is going through an absolute keychain collector phase at the moment.

What I didn't realise was just how many different keychains there would be to chose from on their website. It is simply amazing, they have anything from automotive, sport, Disney, multi-tool, digital to even flash drive keychains. You name it they have the keychain you are looking for.

For me, my first search was for a butterfly keychain, one of my passions, not only did I find one but a crystal one, another passion of mine, so I was very happy. Now to pick one for my son, here started the problem as there was sooooo much I could have picked for him. I wanted to get him something different, unusual, something that would interest him. Here is what I picked for him out of the huge games keychain collection although I could have picked anything from Battleships to Operation!!

What did surprise me when I received the keychains was the quality of both of them, for the tic tac toe keychain there was none of this cheap plastic that you see elsewhere, the clasp were strong and had finger wheels at the side of each square for easy movement. The packaging for the butterfly keychain was so nice I've included a photograph, it even had a tiny butterfly in the middle of the ribbon.

Take a look at their website, with free shipping for orders over $50 and you can even have your keychains personalized, let me know your favourite!!

How Agatha Christie is teaching foreigners English

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:53:00 +0000

Agatha Christie is about to try to solve a new mystery – the riddle of how to teach foreigners to learn English.

Twenty of her most famous novels are being rewritten in simplified versions so they can be used in the classroom to teach non-native English speakers how to read and speak the language. They will also be accompanied by notes aimed at helping the students gain a greater historical and cultural perspective about the UK and CDs with a reading of the story.

It will, of course, mean that for thousands of people their first taste of English life will be centred on duplicitous murder.

Christie's grandson, Mathew Prichard, said the idea would have pleased the famous writer. "My grandmother would have quite liked her books being used for the teaching of English she would have thought it a very good idea," he said.

The first batch of novels includes Christie's debut novel and Poirot's first case, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and Miss Marple's first mystery, The Murder at The Vicarage.

Readers will learn that even quaint and quiet early 20th-century vicarages can become the scene for murder most foul.

Collins, the publisher which retains the rights to Christie's novels, believes the new versions of the books could be used in schools and colleges to help non-native speakers master the language. They also believe they offer an attractive package to anyone overseas wanting to learn the language.

Catherine Whitaker, of Harper Collins, rejects the notion that they portray too bloodthirsty an image of life in Britain to new-found readers.

"They're quite genteel and they don't go into gory details," she said. "She has a huge international following, partly through TV adaptations."

The publishers stress that great care has been taken to retain the flair of the original texts. They were initially abridged by professionals who had worked on similar adaptions for radio.

The language was brought up to date from the early 20th century – essential if they were to be used to help people learn English in a modern context.

Richard Garner
Independent.co.uk

We have our winner for Signed Book - Super Born !!

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:40:00 +0000

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Super Born - Seduction of being

by Keith Kornell

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You can read our book review of Super Born here

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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:52:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:50:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000

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Its The Weekly Book Blog Hop with feature Linky Followers

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Welcome to our Weekly Book Blog Hop!!

This runs every Wednesday - Saturday
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Hosted by Beck Valley Books and co-host Ever After PR
Our Book Blog Hop is here to unite all booklovers worldwide,

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noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

'Follow My Pins' Pinterest Hop !!

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Book Review - Super Born - Seduction of Being by Keith Kornell

noreply@blogger.com (Sharon Martin Beck Valley Books) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Book Review

Super Born - Seduction of Being

by Keith Kornell

About the Author
Writing has always been a passion for Keith Kornell, he has been writing since he was a twelve year old boy writing Secret Agent short stories in his room, imagining he was James Bond. Super Born was a work of pure inspiration that has created a new genre of novels...the super hero novel.

Writing has reemerged in the last few years as the focus of Kornell’s life. His love for writing took a back seat to his career in business and his family for a number of years. Super Born: Seduction of Being is Kornell’s third novel and he has also published a children's book The Big Big Game in 2002.

Kornell is a graduate of John Carroll University. He lives with his wife and son in Chardon, Ohio and spends his limited spare time writing, sculpting and in creating video productions.

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Book Description

Super Born: Seduction of Being, a fabulous new sci-fi, fantasy novel by Keith Kornell follows a single mom in Scranton, PA who suddenly develops superpowers and the journalist who discovers her heroic, high-flying antics. Follow her as she struggles to balance her superpowers with her duties as a single mom, questions morally and ethically the immensity of her new found skills, and wrestles with whether or not to keep them a secret from her daughter. All while dealing with those who wish to abuse her powers!

Book Review

I knew as soon as read the first couple of pages that I was going to enjoy reading this book. I'm not a huge fantasy reader but I have been persuaded by this one. Although I think a lot to do with my enjoyment of the book came from the authors writing style, a light hearted story, humorous, tongue in cheek in parts and weirdly or not slightly believable!! I also loved the way the book alternated between first hand accounts from both main characters.

The two main characters were both down to earth, you had the single mum turned super hero alongside the day to day reporter/journalist guy who loves his beer the other!! The story follows the after affects of epsilon radiation exposure in the town of Scranton, turning the men into morons known as RFD's, reduced functuality disorder and the opposite effect on the women, giving some of them super powers. One woman in particular, dressed in black, started to gain a lot of interest after villain after villain were being captured, crime after crime were being prevented, rescue after rescue were becoming an everyday occurrence, all followed by the hero dress in black sightings.

The reporter, who by now is besotted with the Super Born, teams up with a scientist try to find the identity of this particular 'Super Born', dressed all in black now known as the 'BIB'. From the scientists research narrowing this down to only eight women who were born during the Super Bowl, January 18th 1976. The BIB website was formed, quickly increasing its fans and sightings. Unfortunately they were not the only ones to be hunting her down, villains, crime lords and jealous inferior super women wanted her found as well. Who would find her first? What would happen to her?

A really enjoyable and amusing read. What I also love is the fact that the author has actually brought to life parts of the book, his website is bib.org the same as the book and he has also brought out the BIB t-shirts, brilliant!!

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