Of books, writing, and life in general
Today we have a guest post by Michael A. Rothman, author of The Prophecies series. I recently posted a review of the first book, Heirs of Prophecy, which I really enjoyed. For today’s guest post, I asked if he can briefly talk about how he came up with the magical world and characters in the book. Following the guest post are details on the giveaway and more about the second book, Tools of Prophecy, which I will be reviewing on August 9. Woot.
This is a book review tour of Heirs of Prophecy, a middle grade fantasy novel by Michael A. Rothman. Read on to know more about the book and the giveaway ($50 Amazon GC up for grabs!)!
Today is my review tour stop of psychological thriller Forgive Me, Alex by Lane Diamond. I agreed to an early tour stop so that I’d be forced to read and I was a bit worried about finishing this book in time for my post schedule. Luckily, this book was an easy read and had me quite hooked after the first couple of chapters.
Read on to know more and for more details about the blog tour!
This is a book review tour of Thorn, a YA fantasy novel by new author Intisar Khanani. Read on to know more about the book and the giveaways!
This week we have a blog tour for Moa and Statue of Ku by Tricia Stewart Shiu. Moa and Statue of Ku are the first two books of the Moa series and for this blog tour I received review copies of both books. As with all Novel Publicity blog tours, there are some fabulous goodies to be won (Ahem, $600 in Amazon Gift Cards plus a Kindle Fire!), so be sure to check out the giveaway details in this post!
Open Heart is the second book of the Farsighted series. The first book was written in Simmi’s boyfriend Alex’s perspective and the book was about how he slowly came into his powers. Open Heart is obviously from Simmi’s perspective and dwells into deeper issues.
About the book
Simmi Shergill’s life is a mess. Her powers of psychic feeling are on the fritz, and Grandon Township’s sudden population boom has brought quite a few unsavory characters to town. She also looks like an over-blown balloon in her size 14 pants, but not even starving herself seems to be working as a diet plan. Well, at least her boyfriend, Alex, loves her so much he’d do anything for her. Last summer he even risked his life to protect her from the mysterious boy everyone was convinced wanted to kill her.
The problem is, she’s not so sure she feels the same way. Is Alex really the man of her dreams? And why can’t she stop fixating on her would-be killer, Dax? Whenever he’s around, part of her wants to run screaming in the other direction while the other part longs to run into his embrace, no matter who she’d hurt or what she’d risk.
Simmi’s loyalty is on the line. Who will she choose—the blind seer who loves her, or the charming telekinetic with “bad idea” written all over him? Emotions run high as the tension mounts in book two of the Farsighted series.
About the book
The Grimoire is an old magical book that answers only to one person and it has chosen Kara Magari, who accidentally stumbles across it during a hike. When she opens the book, she suddenly finds herself in Ourea, a beautiful yet terrifying world full of creatures that all want the book and its secrets. Kara suddenly becomes a most wanted person in this hidden magical world. By chance she meets Braeden Drakonin, a man who’s hiding something and has been looking for the book all his life. He can’t believe his luck when Kara comes into his life. Braeden only has one question for the Grimoire–one question that can fix everything in his broken life–and he’s not letting Kara out of his sight until he gets an answer. For Kara, there’s no way out of Ourea and she has no choice but to trust the Grimoire. — Get The Grimoire on Amazon.
I first found out about this book when I was browsing the giveaway page on Goodreads (awesome way to find book giveaways, by the way!). I saw the book and read the blurb. It had me at book and magic! I was feeling all book-blogger-ish and was interested in a book about a book. Plus it had magic stuff. And the title itself challenged me. Gree-mo-war? Grim-war? Gree-mee? Pronunciation challenge! :D
Time to play review catch up! Meaning, my posts in the next following days are all book reviews! Yay. And today we shall start with a little novelette.
Blink by Lloyd Poast is a short novel so this is going to be a short review! I’d like to thank the author for the opportunity to review his novelette and I also apologize for taking forever in posting this review.
In Blink, we read about Lance who had quite an adventure when he decided to enter the “scary” woods. Nobody ever goes to the woods, but Lance just couldn’t resist following the magical purple top hat that seemed to be calling to him. In less than twenty pages, we read about the interesting characters he met and the magical otherworld that he found himself in. Blink is a fast-paced fantasy ride. It feels like a rollercoaster ride–fast, confusing, amusing, fun. I think it’s perfect as a short story. If you want a quick fantasy fix, this is something you can consider.
Read more about Blink on Goodreads .
I received a review copy of this book at no cost and with no obligations. All opinions and views expressed are my own.
Today we’re featuring fantasy series The Ferryman & The Flame. Read on about this series and enter the $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway at the end of this post. :)
About the book