Review: The God’s of Heavenly Punishment by Jennifer Cody Epstein

Yoshi Kobayash is a young fifteen year old girl living in Japan like many others when one night her life changes forever.

The Doolittle regiment dumped napalm on her city, changing her life inexplicably–thousands are dead and her city is in ruins.

The book opens with the courtship and marriage of Cam and Lacy in New York and then shifts to Japan where we meet Billy Reynolds, an American boy whose father designs public buildings in Japan.

Billy’s mother gives him a camera for his birthday which is a central theme in this story. We then meet Kenji and Hana Kobayashi and their daughter, Yoshi.

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Special Feature: Cover Reveal The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

The wait is finally over or just beginning depending on how you look at things. Penguin/Viking has just released the stunning cover for the final installment of the All Soul’s Trilogy. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness will be available to readers on July 15th 2014.

This electrifying cover is sure to catch readers eye and make fans of the series long for July!

The first book in the trilogy A Discovery of Witches was an immediate phenomenon, with film rights selling to Warner Brothers, and the second book The Shadow of Night was a #1 New York Times bestseller.  For more information about the stunning conclusion to this trilogy check out www.deborahharkness.com.

In addition to this lovely cover, I have a sneak peak from The Book of Life itself just to tantalize fans!

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Announcement: The Longest Date: Life as a Wife by Cindy Chupack

And the winner of The Longest Date: Life as a Wife by Cindy Chupack is…..

Carl S (follows on FB)

The winner will be notified via email.

Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!

Special Feature: Belle Cora Prize Pack Giveaway/Contest

In honor of the release of Belle Cora, I am happy to share this contest with you all! If you are on Pinterest you should check out this bitchin’ giveaway put on by Doubleday Publishing!

Belle Cora is a story about an extraordinary woman who conquers obstacles and hardships….her life is both glamorous and tragic. So if you want to win a copy of this stunning novel, then simply pin a photo of your favorite woman and give a little background about their lives.

You could win one of ten prize packs which include a copy of Belle Cora, a Buxom lipstick, and a Butter London nail polish.

More info can be found here. Make sure you use the hashtags #BelleCora and #PinItToWinIt

The contest runs from 1/6/14 to 1/17/14

You can also check out an interactive map on Google featuring the various towns and locations from the book as well! For more info on the map click here!

Review: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Hetty and Sarah have grown up very differently. Hetty (“Handful”) was given to Sarah on her eleventh birthday as a slave.

Sarah is from a wealthy family in pre Civil War South Carolina….one of the ‘first families’ in fact.

Though she tries to free Hetty, her parents remind her that she is expected to own salves and she must simply make the best of things.

So the two girls who are similar in age grow up together.

The story of these two girls is told in two separate narratives. We learn a little about each of the girls families and upbringing as the story goes along.

Sarah and Hetty grow close and share secrets and learn from each other as any other young girls would. Continue reading “Review: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd”