by Viviana Falleti Children’s Books / Cats The Cats’ Museum – Mom’s Choice Awards® Recipient! HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF CATS WORKING AT A MUSEUM ??? Catherine the Great, in 1766, recruited stray cats to protect her beloved Hermitage Museum from rodents. Generations later, to this day, cats are still working there, protecting the […]
by J.F. Bloomfield Synopsis (from Amazon): In this harrowing tale of humanity well past the brink of insanity, Canadian author J. F. Bloomfield takes the reader on a dangerous adventure through the corpse of a world that went horribly wrong. Starting off unprepared and deathly afraid, the main character, Will, just barely makes it underground […]
by Eliot Pattison Counterpoint Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1640096783 400 Pages On Sale: October 22, 2024 Genre: Historical Fiction BOOK SYNOPSIS As the drumbeat of the American Revolution grows ever closer, Scotsman-turned-American-patriot Duncan McCallum must navigate treacherous cultural and political waters if he’s to secure a fighting chance for the fledgling nation in this gripping installment of […]
by Marlene M. Bell Synopsis (from Amazon): A manipulator. A fatal plan for revenge. Award-winning author of the Annalisse series, Marlene M. Bell, brings distant friends together in the rural South only to have one of them become the victim of a brutal crime of passion. Once celebrated for her show-stopping pastries and irresistible desserts, […]
Ruth F. Steven’s WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF My Year of Casual Acquaintances Tour by Ruth F. Stevens Book Summary When Mar Meyer’s husband divorces her for another woman, she reacts by abandoning everything in her past: her home, her friends, even her name. Though it’s not easy to start over, Mar is young-looking, […]
SHRIMPING WEST TEXAS by Bart Reid Texana / Science / Aquaculture Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Pages: 256 Publication Date: May 21, 2024 SYNOPSIS When you think of a marine environment, what do you picture? Wetlands, possibly; coastal shores, perhaps. When you think of a shrimp farm, what do you picture? Some folks who know […]
We’re chatting about covers on Chapter Break. ‘Cause you know we all judge books by covers, whether we admit it or not. We judge the style, the color and font choices, and just the overall look. That might not keep us from reading the book, but we do still judge. Holy moly! What even […]
Julie’s Review: is such a and charming Christmas book. It has it all for a story of a brave warrior send to slay the dragon and save the princess, with a twist. Santa and Simon are in pursuit of their kidnapped Crystal Queen and Simon must battle the Snow Dragon […]
For this discussion post, we are joining the Tell Me Something Tuesday challenge run by Jen at That’s What I’m Talking About. Here’s the topic for this week. Who is your ideal book boyfriend/girlfriend? Julie: A good book boyfriend has many layers. He might seem aloof or difficult to understand at first, but when […]
by Patti Calkosz Release Date: October 15, 2024 Illustrator: Xiao Publisher: Pretty Cool Category: Middle Grade Fantasy Blurb:A fox and bear take on bumbling witch kidnappers and the NYPD’s Chief Magic Detector to protect a magical baby and the witches of New York. In an alternate New York City, Olaf, a bear living in Central […]