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Confessions of a Color-Blind House Painter by Selwyn Mills Ph.D

2012-02-20T15:47:00.007-06:00

Title: Confessions of A Color-Blind House PainterAuthor: Selwyn Mills Ph.DSeries:---Publisher: Create SpacePublcation Date: November 19, 2011How Received: For ReviewRate: 4Summary (as quoted from Amazon): “Confessions of a Color-Blind House Painter," a collection of autobiographical writings by Selwyn Mills, offers an account of the author’s life as well as his ruminations on painting,

Review: Blue Sky Days

2012-02-17T00:00:00.006-06:00

Title: Blue Sky DaysAuthor: Marie LandryPublisher: Marie LandryFormat: EbookRelease date: 1.17.12 SUMMARY: A year after graduating from high school, nineteen-year-old Emma Ward feels lost. She has spent most of her life trying to please her frigid, miserable mother - studying hard, getting good grades, avoiding the whole teenage rebellion thing - and now she feels she has no identity beyond that

Review: Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz

2012-02-16T00:00:00.000-06:00

Title: SpellboundAuthor: Cara Lynn ShultzSeries: SpellboundPublisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: June 21, 2011 How Received: Review Challenge: TBR Reviewer: Kati Summary: What's a girl to do when meeting The One means she's cursed to die a horrible death? Life hasn't been easy on sixteen-year-old Emma Conner, so a new start in New York may be just the change she needs. But the posh

A word from Karen A. Wyle :]

2012-02-15T00:00:00.006-06:00

“Kati is very kindly letting me follow up on last month’s author interview with a little update. My science fiction novel Twin-Bred is FREE today and tomorrow on amazon.com! What’s more, members of Amazon Prime can borrow the book for free, any time.” “Can interspecies diplomacy begin in the womb? After seventy years on Tofarn, the human colonists and the native Tofa still know very little

Review: The Sleepwalkers by Paul Grossman

2012-02-15T00:00:00.005-06:00

Title: Paul Grossman Author: The Sleepwalkers Series: ---Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: October 12, 2010 How Received: Reviewer: Ethan Summary: Berlin, 1932. In the final weeks of the Weimar Republic, as Hitler and his National Socialist party angle to assume control of Germany, beautiful girls are seen sleepwalking through the streets. Then, a young woman of mysterious

Review: Two Moons of Sera by Pavarti K Tyler

2012-02-14T08:00:00.003-06:00

Title: Two Moons of Sera (Part 1) Author: Pavarti K TylerSeries: Two Moons of SeraChallenge: N/APublisher: Fighting Monkey PressPublication Date: How Received: For ReviewRate: 5 Summary (as quoted from Amazon) Two Moons of Sera Synopsis: In a world where water and earth teem with life, Serafay is an anomaly. The result of genetic experiments on her mother's water-borne line Serafay will have to

TRANSFER STUDENT COVER REVEAL & GIVEAWAY

2012-02-14T00:00:00.006-06:00

http://laurasmagicday.wordpress.com/october-book-tours/ TWO WORLDS. TWO TEENS. ONE WISH.TRANSFER STUDENT is a science fiction Freaky-Friday romance/adventure about two normal teenagers struggling to survive high school and deal with their parents… typical rites of passage. The twist? One teen is an alien from the planet Retha. In a galactic teleporting experiment gone wrong, Ashley, a Beverly

Guest Post: Melissa Douthit

2012-02-14T00:00:00.002-06:00

Excerpt from The Firelight of Maalda, pages 55-57: “Why are we even learning this?” Chalice asked, picking up the wad of dough in her hand and plopping it down on the wooden prep table as if it was a glop of mud she had played with as a child. “I thought we had professional chefs working here.” “Of course we do, my dear,” Magda replied in the condescending tone that she constantly used

Review: The Firelight of Maalda by Melissa Douthit

2012-02-13T20:04:00.005-06:00

Title: The Firelight of MaaldaAuthor: Melissa DouthitSeries: The Legend of the Raie'ChaeliaPublisher: Couronne PressPublication Date: January 8, 2012How Received: For ReviewRate: 5Summary (as quoted from Amazon)The Firelight of Maalda: A story that unites the real with the fantastical and turns science into magic …Chalice and her group leave Barenthren to travel to Portalis. There she and her

Review: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn

2012-02-12T00:00:00.002-06:00

Title: Nick and Norah’s Infinite PlaylistAuthor: David Levithan and Rachel CohnSeries: ---Challenge: N/APublisher: Knopf BooksPublication Date: August 26, 2008 (movie tie-in edition)How Received: BorrowedRate: 5 Summary (as quoted from Amazon) Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is a comedy about two teens thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes,

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2012-02-11T17:40:00.000-06:00

For Review: The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers Black-Winged Tuesday by Alicia Ryan My Favorite Mistake by Catherine Hapka and Georgina Bloomberg Dylan Maximilian: Synchronicity by Chris Cusumano Won: The Shattered Vine by Laura Anne Gilman Ashes of a Black Frost by Chris Evans Won:Guild wars: Ghosts of Ascalon by Matt Forbeck and Jeff Grubb A Darkness Forged in Fire by Chris Evans The Light

Review: Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

2012-02-11T00:00:00.010-06:00

Title: WonderstruckAuthor: Brian Selznick Illustrator: Brian SelznickSeries: ---Challenge: N/APublisher: Scholastic PressPublication Date: September 13, 2011How Received: BorrowedRate: 5 Summary (as quoted from): WONDERSTRUCK SUMMARY : From Brian Selznick, the creator of the Caldecott Medal winner THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, comes another breathtaking tour de force. Playing with the form he

Guest Post with Ruthie Knox

2012-02-11T00:00:00.007-06:00

Stuck in the Midwest with You I love stories about people who are stuck together. Locked in a room, maneuvered into a marriage of convenience, or reluctantly impelled to join forces on some kind of worldwide adventure—it all works for me. There’s something about those situations of forced intimacy, or the snarky comments and arguments of the early hours as the characters get to know each other,

Sign up for E-book hop

2012-02-10T19:42:00.000-06:00

The giveaway goes from March 1, 2012 to March 10, 2012. Hop Rules: Each participating blog will host a giveaway on their site. Offering a Gift Card or book of choice from The Book Depository is fine. But giving away of e-books is preferred. Your post must include the giveaway hop image, the linky or a link to the host site & must be live by 12:01 AM on March 1st. If you are an author or

Interview: Bo Briar

2012-02-10T00:13:00.008-06:00

Welcome to Jagged Edge!Would you like to tell us a little about yourself?I was born in Hong Kong and spent my early years here and the rest of my life in the UK (mainly London). I have previously worked in public relations and in the editorial field as both editor and sub/copy editor. I have two young children and moved my young family back from the UK to Hong Kong a few years ago where we have

Review: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

2012-02-10T00:00:00.002-06:00

Title: The Invention of Hugo CabretAuthor: Brian SelznickIllustrator: Brian SelznickSeries: ---Challenge: Color ChallengePublisher: Scholastic PressPublication Date: January 30, 2007How Received: BorrowedRate: 5 Summary (as quoted from Amazon):Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his

Interview: Denise Main

2012-02-09T00:12:00.002-06:00

Would you like to tell us a little about yourself? – I’m English, female, mother and in another life, I was quite an... adventurous, much younger person who tried and tested a few more boundaries than perhaps I should have. And I unashamedly had a good time – not that I’m not now, I must add! Now, I’m married with two (allegedly adult) sons. My husband is a writer, too and the whole family is

Interview: Fran Orenstein

2012-02-08T00:10:00.002-06:00

Would you like to tell us a little about yourself? I have had many roles in my life as daughter, student, wife, and mother, and have held many jobs. I was a single mother for a long time and am a proud grandmother of four. After retiring from working for others, I decided it was time to be self-employed. The first was in the healing arts as a Reiki Master/Practioner, and now as a writer/author

Interview: G.R.. Holton

2012-02-07T00:00:00.007-06:00

Would you like to tell us a little about yourself? On a warm summer morning in 1962, G. R. Holton was born in a small town in Massachusetts and is the second eldest in a family of eight children. He is happily married and living in eastern Tennessee. He has two daughters, a son, a step-daughter and a step-son and is also the proud grandfather of four beautiful girls. He uses his Bipolar Disorder

Interview: Jeff LaFerney

2012-02-06T00:00:00.004-06:00

Would you like to tell us a little about yourself?Let’s see…I am an English teacher. As a coach, I have a career record of 434-151. I have a son who plays college basketball and a daughter who wants to be an orthodontist. I played three varsity sports in high school and so did both of my kids. I’m a logical thinker who never thought of myself as particularly creative until I started writing.

Books to Pine for (12)

2012-02-04T08:00:00.006-06:00

In Honor by Jessi Kirby Simon & Schuster (May 8, 2012) Wrecked by Anna DaviesSimon & Schuster (May 1, 2012) Shine by Jeri Smith-ReadySimon Pulse (May 1, 2012) Bleeding Hearts by Alyxandra HarveyWalker Childrens (June 5, 2012) Bitterblue by Kristin CashoreDial (May 1, 2012)Why Pined for: I think the more appropriate question is how am I NOT! The fact that this book picks up some of the stories

Interview: Erin Irvin

2012-02-04T00:00:00.000-06:00

Welcome to Jagged Edge!Would you like to tell us a little about yourself?I’m a Texas native, though there are pieces of my heart all over the globe; I love traveling. I’ve been writing since before I knew how to write. I scribbled out nonsensical stories—but they made perfect sense in my head! Besides writing books, I write songs, which are accompanied with my guitar. Also, I don’t like

Review: The Priest and The Peaches

2012-02-03T22:25:00.007-06:00

Title: The Priest and The Peaches Author: Larry Peterson Series:-- -Challenge: N/A Publisher: Tribute Books Publication Date: December 21, 2011 How Received: For Review Rate: 5 Summary ( as quoted from Amazon)Historical fiction novel set in the Bronx in the mid-1960s Take a seven day journey with the five, newly orphaned Peach kids, as they begin their struggle to remain a family while

IMM

2012-02-03T13:46:00.000-06:00

For Review: A Grand Murder by Verdick Case White Lies by Jeremy Bates The Black Stiletto: Black and White by Raymon Benson Curveball: The Year I lost my grip by Jordan Sonnenblick The Deadly Sister by Eliot Schrefer Welcome, Caller This is Chloe by Shelley Coriell Dying to know you by Aidan Chambers Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews Library: Every other day by Jennifer Barnes Love

Review: Buried by Linda Joy Singleton

2012-02-02T00:32:00.001-06:00

Title: Buried Author: Linda Joy SingletonPublisher: Flux BooksRelease Date: March 08, 2012Received: For ReviewChallenge: YA Fantasy Rate: 5 Summary: A new, darker paranormal mystery series from award-winning author Linda Joy Singleton-Featuring popular goth girl Thorn from The Seer series In a new school and determined to keep her secrets from being discovered, Thorn finds a mysterious locket