I was excited to review Earning It by Joann S. Lublin. As a small business owner, I figured there would be some tips in this book to help me succeed, and there are. But, I also found the chapter on sexual harassment in this book to be problematic. The advice? The equivalent of “Don’t make yourself …
Book Review: Girl Unbroken
Sometimes, it helps to understand what someone else may have been through; sometimes, it helps to read about someone who has survived in the most dire of circumstances. In Girl Unbroken by Regina Calcaterra and Rosie Maloney, we follow the lives of five siblings with five different fathers and an alcoholic mother through their abusive upbringing. There …
Book Review: Carry On
Sometimes, you want to read a book that knocks you on your feet with the story it tells. When I agreed to review Carry On, I was excited because the story sounded so good. I’ve always been a big fan of books and films that let you get to know someone – either fiction or biography – …
Book Review: Do Your Om Thing
I definitely need to learn how to chill out more. When I saw that there was a call by TLC Book Tours for people to review Rebecca Pacheco’s new book, Do Your Om Thing, I was excited to volunteer. The book, after all, promised to be a way for me to not only learn more about …
Book Review: A Cunning Plan by Astrid Arditi
This week has been book-heavy, I know. I promise you, there will be some exciting news soon, and I’m planning on posting a fun fall craft tutorial for tomorrow. For now, I’d like to introduce you to A Cunning Plan by Astrid Arditi. I’m glad to be participating in the Masquerade Book Tours project again, because I …
Book Blitz & Giveaway: The Surrendered
The Surrendered Case Maynard Published by: Blaze Publishing Publication date: September 20th 2016 Genres: Dystopian, Young Adult After a financial collapse devastates the United States, the new government imposes a tax on the nation’s most valuable resource—the children. Surrendered at age ten—after her parents could no longer afford her exorbitant fees—Vee Delancourt has spent six …
Book Review: The Well-Tempered City
I was born in 1952, when the world’s population was 2.6 billion. Since then it has almost tripled in size. In 1952, only 30 percent of the world’s people lived in cities, but now more than half do, and by the end of the twenty-first century, that number will grow to 85 percent. The quality …
Cover Reveal: Good Things
Good things come from unexpected places… Genre: Urban Fantasy To Be Released: August 18th, 2016 Good things come from unexpected places… Magic and mayhem. Vampires and gods. Cops and werewolves. The binding thread of mysticism in the modern world and acts of kindness, small and large, random and focused. Join these …
Book Review: Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West
So, you guys, I did it. As though I need more books. I joined The Book of the Month Club (I had incentive, I was gifted a three-month subscription*). And the first book I received was Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West. I had a really hard time deciding which of the June …
3 Anthologies to Support Great Causes
Three Anthologies to Support Three Great Causes Publication Date: October 4, 2013 Genre: Paranormal Romance Charity: Exotic Feline Rescue Center What is it about the tiger that so captivates? Or about the jaguar that enchants? Why are we so drawn to the lethal grace of the large feline …
