Books
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Review: Declan’s Cross (Sharpe and Donovan #3) by Carla Neggers
Marine Biologist, Julianne Maroney, has just had her heart broken by her long time friend recently turned lover, Andy Donovan. She needs to take some time to herself so when she meets Lindsey Hargreaves, a fellow marine science enthusiast, she welcomes the chance to make a chance. Lindsey has a field office in Ireland that she is trying to get off the ground and would love to have Julianne’s help setting it up. Julianne accepts without a second thought and books her ticket to Ireland almost immediately. Meanwhile, FBI agents Emma Sharp and Colin Donovan (Andy’s brother) are in Ireland on holiday when they learn that Julianne is going to…
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Special Feature: Celebrating Banned Books Week
As many of you know, this week is Banned Books Week – the national book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read! Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books! In honor of Banned Books Week, Google+ and BookTrib.com (powered by Meryl Moss Media Relations) are proud to announce that Jay Asher, the international bestselling author of the frequently challenged novel THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, will be joining us for a Literary Google+ Hangouts On Air on September 24 at 3 p.m. ET! During the Hangout you can: Ask Jay questions directly WIN a free copies of THIRTEEN REASONS WHY and THE FUTURE OF US Please help us…
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Announcement: Winner The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac by Joyce Johnson
And the winner of The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac by Joyce Johnson is….. Carl S (subscribes to blog) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to Viking/Penguin for making this giveaway possible!
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Review: Love Gone Mad by Mark Rubinstein
All that ICU nurse Megan Haggarty wants to do is to start her life over. Her first marriage was anything but happy and after numerous restraining orders and stalking orders, she thinks she has finally gotten rid of her ex. She meets a dashing heart surgeon, Adrian Douglas, at the hospital where she works. He is recently divorced and hopes to make a new life for himself in town and to have a more hands on approach to surgery. When Adrian meets Megan they have an instant connection. They enjoy each other’s company and their relationship quickly develops into something more.
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Giveaway: The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac by Joyce Johnson
Get ready to dive into the life of the Beat Generation icon, Jack Kerouac! Thanks to the publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac for your enjoyment! Giveaway runs 9/13/13 to 9/20/13 Winners will be announced 9/21/13. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway. Your comment MUST include your email so I can contact you….if you do not enter an email in the comments your entry will be void. Winners will be notified by email the day after the giveaway closes and have five days to…
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Review: Covet by Tracey Garvis-Graves
What if the life you wanted, and the woman you fell in love with, belonged to someone else? Claire Canton is your typical suburban housewife. Her and her husband Chris live in a nice house in a nice suburb with their two kids. Claire is a freelance graphic designer and holds down the household while Chris is out bringing home the big pay check. Until he loses his job. A year passes and before they know it, Claire and Chris’s marriage is in serious trouble. Chris continues to pull away from Claire while Claire becomes increasingly lonely. One afternoon Claire gets pulled over by Officer Daniel Rush….who happens to be…
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Review: Marking Time (The Immortal Descendants #1) by April White
Seventeen year old Saira Elian’s life is a lonely one. Her mom tends to disappear randomly for weeks at a time and when she returns they often pack up and move to a new location. She hasn’t met her father nor does she really know anything about him and she basically has never known anyone she could call a friend. Saira spends her free time tagging the underground around Venice Beach until one night she over hears a conversation she shouldn’t. The next thing she knows she is being chased by a group of men when the police pick her up and arrest her. With her mother gone again she…
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Review: The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac by Joyce Johnson
The life of novelist and poet Jack Kerouac has been widely documented through a series of biographies over the years since his death in 1969. So why read yet another biography about we well known author? What makes this one different than all the rest? The author of the biography, Joyce Johnson, had a romantic affair with Kerouac and focuses primarily on the events leading up to his most well known novel, On the Road. She offers an in-depth, unique knowledge and perspective of Kerouac as a writer. A lot of reviews out there have suggested that Johnson brings nothing new to the table in regards to Kerouac but for me,…
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Review: His Last Mistress by Andrea Zuvich
The illegitimate son of King Charles II is nothing more than a treacherous rake with nothing to look forward to except war and whoring. For James Scott, the Duke of Monmouth life doesn’t get much better than drinking, fighting, and whoring…..but after many years of meaningless sex and one too many hangovers, Monmouth knows there must be something more to life. Sweet and innocent Lady Henrietta Wentworth has been brought up the way that every respectable girl at court should be…..virtuous. For a woman in Tudor England virtue is the most treasured of things next to position and wealth. Without her virginity a woman’s reputation and marriage prospects are ruined. For…
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Guest Post: His Last Mistress by Andrea Zuvich
If you haven’t already had a chance to check out my review of His Last Mistress by Andrea Zuvich, then be sure to do so, it’s a quick read full of love and history! Zuvich graciously agreed to talk about some of the things that make the Duke of Monmouth such an endlessly fascinating historic figure in this weeks guest post! So without further ado please welcome Andrea Zuvich to The Lit Bitch!