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Blog Post Love
The blog tour is winding down for TGWIG so I’m going to be off on the book tour this week. Some of my guests posts didn’t get any comment love, so if you have time please pick one and swing by. … Continue reading
Posted in blog tour, book release
Tagged blog tour TGWIG, book review, character development, connecticut, promoting, Writing
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Pretty Little Liars–Book Review
To make the best of my four days of tech hell migrating laptops, I read Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard. Ms. Shepard is going to be speaking at the SCBWI Summer Conference in LA so it was prime time … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, disappearance, lies, mysteries, pretty little liars, rich girls, sara shepard, secrets
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Wait for Me–Book Review
This is a beautifully written, heart rending book about becoming yourself. It’s about how hard it is to break out of the confines of who you are expected to be. The story is told through chapters alternating the POV between … Continue reading
Fruit of All Evil–Book Review+Contest Reminder
In honor of this week’s blog contest (click here for contest info) where you can win a free autographed copy of Paige Shelton’s Fruit of All Evil, I decided to repost my review of her book. Just so you’d know what a great prize … Continue reading
Fatal Fixer-Upper–Book Review
I just finished Jennie Bentley’s first book in her Do-It-Yourself series! I know a couple years late. LOL. But I just picked it up this summer. Fatal Fixer-Upper doesn’t disappoint. Avery is a plucky, likable protagonist (and a believable Manhattanite sans the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged book review, cozy mystery, Fatal Fixer-Upper, Jennie Bentley, renovation, Victorian house
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Dead in the Family–Book Review
I am a huge fan of Charlaine Harris and have enjoyed all fours of her series. I love the Sookie Stachkouse novels and eagerly anticipate each release. So why did it take me so long to read this book? Weirdly … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged book review, charlaine harris, dead in the family, sookie stackhouse
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Night of the Living Deed–book review
Today I had a bunch of appointments, which meant lots of waiting…and I got to finish E.J. Copperman’s Night of the Living Deed! This is the first book in “a haunted guesthouse mystery” series. People, I read this book in … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, e.j.copperman, ghost tale, Mystery, night of the living deed
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Secondhand Spirits–a review
I just finished the novel, Secondhand Spirits, by Juliet Blackwell, which is described as a witchcraft mystery. It was a fun read with a great twist ending involving murder and a missing child. The protagonist, Lily Ivory, has been an … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, juliet blackwell, Mystery, san francisco, secondhand spirits, witch
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Farm Fresh Murder: Deliciously Good!
I just finished Paige Shelton’s Farm Fresh Murder and it was a deliciously good read! I hate when I put the clues together before the book is done, but this one kept me on the edge of my seat until the … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, characters, farm fresh murder, great book, Mystery, Paige Shelton
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