• Giveaway: WEST OF SUNSET by Stewart O’Nan

    January 14, 2015 / 6 Comments

    Calling all American Lit fans! This week’s bitchin’ giveaway if for Stewart O’Nan’s latest novel about F. Scott Fitzgerald! In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long over. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruins, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood. By December 1940, he would be dead of a heart attack. Those last three years of Fitzgerald’s life, often obscured by the legend of his earlier Jazz Age glamour, are the focus of Stewart O’Nan’s gorgeously and gracefully written novel. With flashbacks to key moments from Fitzgerald’s past,…

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  • Announcement: Winner THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd

    December 9, 2014 / Comments Off on Announcement: Winner THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd

    And the winner of the giveaway for THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd is….. April W (commented on post) 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!

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  • Giveaway: THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd

    December 2, 2014 / 7 Comments

    Have you had a chance to read one of the hottest books released this year? THE INVENTION OF WINGS was on Goodreads recently as a finalist in the Best Historic Fiction category for 2014. I also reviewed it earlier this year and loved it. It’s a fantastic tale of two sisters. If you are looking for a little treat for yourself this holiday season, or perhaps want to give this as a gift please spread the word! Thanks to the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of THE INVENTION OF WINGS for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy. Giveaway runs 12/2/14 to 12/8/14 Winners will be announced…

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  • Announcement: Winner THE TIGER QUEENS by Stephanie Thornton

    November 26, 2014 / Comments Off on Announcement: Winner THE TIGER QUEENS by Stephanie Thornton

    And the winner of the giveaway for THE TIGER QUEENS by Stephanie Thornton is….. Caitlin M (tweeted about giveaway) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher and HFVBT for making this giveaway possible!

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  • Giveaway: THE TIGER QUEENS by Stephanie Thornton

    November 19, 2014 / 7 Comments

    In the late twelfth century, across the sweeping Mongolian grasslands, brilliant, charismatic Temujin ascends to power, declaring himself the Great, or Genghis, Khan. But it is the women who stand beside him who ensure his triumph…. Thanks to the Publisher and HFVBT, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of THE TIGER QUEENS for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy. Giveaway runs 11/19/14 to 11/25/14 Winners will be announced 11/26/14. (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…

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  • Giveaway: THE LAWS OF MURDER (Charles Lenox #8) by Charles Finch

    November 3, 2014 / 4 Comments

    With all the humanity, glamor, and mystery that readers have come to love, the latest Lenox novel is a shining new confirmation of the enduring popularity of Charles Finch’s Victorian series Thanks to the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of THE LAWS OF MURDER for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy. Giveaway runs 11/3/14 to 11/9/14 Winners will be announced 11/10/14. (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…

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  • Spotlight Feature/Giveaway: What a Lady Needs for Christmas by Grace Burrows

    October 21, 2014 / 2 Comments

    The holidays are just around the corner and what does every woman wish for at Christmas? A little love and plaid perhaps? Well in Grace Burrow’s holiday romance, What a Lady Needs for Christmas, fulfills that wish! I am spotlighting this wonderful holiday romance for my readers and this spotlight also includes a fantastic holiday giveaway for an iPad mini! Be sure to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway at the end of this post! If you are wondering that to expect under this pretty present here is a summary from Goodreads: To escape a scandal, Lady Joan Flynn flees her family’s estate in the Scottish Highlands. She needs a husband by Christmas, or the…

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  • Book Blast and Excerpt: COLOR SONG by Victoria Stauss

    October 3, 2014 / Comments Off on Book Blast and Excerpt: COLOR SONG by Victoria Stauss

    Publication Date: September 16, 2014 | Skyscape (Amazon Children’s Publishing) | Formats: eBook, Paperback, Hardcover Genre: YA Historical READ AN EXCERPT. By the author of the acclaimed Passion Blue, a Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2012 and “a rare, rewarding, sumptuous exploration of artistic passion,” comes a fascinating companion novel. Artistically brilliant, Giulia is blessed – or cursed – with a spirit’s gift: she can hear the mysterious singing of the colors she creates in the convent workshop of Maestra Humilità. It’s here that Giulia, forced into the convent against her will, has found unexpected happiness, and rekindled her passion to become a painter – an impossible dream for…

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