Broken Legacy by Colleen Connally #ReviewShare #BookReview

Broken Legacy by Colleen Connally My rating: 4 of 5 stars Did the plot pull you in or did you feel you had to force yourself to read the book? The plot was easy to fall in love with and the characters were unique. As each character sweeps in, you are able to relate with what they are saying and their...

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Author Interview – Nadine Ducca

How much of the book is realistic? We’re talking about a sci-fantasy adventure here involving an interplanetary pilot, a biorobotics engineer, a demonologist, and the goddess of time. I don’t think realism is top priority in Serving Time! In a world of fantasy and science fiction, the most realistic...

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Serving Time by Nadine Ducca #ReviewShare #BookReview

Serving Time by Nadine Ducca My rating: 4 of 5 stars What were the main relationships explored in this book? This book offers a twisted answer to this question. At first glance, you think it's about two brothers. One likes things as they are and another wants to move on. But then when I thought about...

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Author Interview – Geoff Nelder

Do you have to travel much concerning your book(s)? As a former teacher of Geography I insist of having accuracy in my settings. Hence I wave goodbye to my wife (threatening to change the locks while I’m away) to travel to Malta, Wales, and Mallorca in the quest for authenticity. So much so I was...

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Review: ARIA: Left Luggage by Geoff Nelder

ARIA: Left Luggage by Geoff Nelder My rating: 4 of 5 stars Favourite location / setting … When Ryder observes the Marimar (jet) and he is so awestruck that he almost forgets the recent incidences. Ryder was my favourite throughout the book. He always puts others ahead of himself. And while some may...

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Author Interview - Colleen Connally

Who is your favorite author? I love J K Rowlings, Suzanne Collins, Steven King (his early books), Kathleen Woodiwiss, Mary Higgins Clark, and Margaret Mitchell. But if I had to choose my one favorite author—Victoria Holt. Absolutely love all her work under all her pen names, Jean Plaidy and Phillipa...

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Review: White Chalk by Pavarti K. Tyler

White Chalk by Pavarti K. Tyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Which did you find more appealing, the introduction or the conclusion? Appealing isn't the right word. The introduction was the run of the mill meet the the characters but the conclusion, that was powerful and sucked me in. And I mean the kind...

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Angelina Rose – Those Review Blues …

Is there any book you really don’t enjoy? I did not enjoy reading, or attempting to read, The Sound and the Fury. What do you hope your obituary will day about you? That I stayed true to myself… she did what was natural for her, and didn’t let anyone take it from her. Location and life experiences...

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Author Interview – Pavarti K. Tyler

What are some of the best tools available today for writers, especially those just starting out? Tools don’t matter.  There are no tricks.  Some things will work for you, others won’t.  And it will be different for everyone.  The real trick?  Shut up and write something. What...

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Author Interview – Jacqueline Patricks

Can we expect more books from you in the future? Absolutely! No matter what happens, good or bad, I can’t stop writing anyway, so I might as well publish my work. Have you included a lot of your life experiences, even friends, in the plot? Yes, but in a subtle way. I’ve done a lot of traveling, was...

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Author Interview – Carol Preston

How did you develop your plot and characters? The plot of my story basically follows the facts from research, from which I know family configurations, births and deaths, arrivals in Australia, marriages, places of settlement. From these facts and events I immerse myself in the possible feelings and...

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Orange Karen: Tribute to a Warrior by Multiple Authors

Change Finds You by Cara Michaels “The date of record is October thirtieth, two-thousand-twelve. This is Special Agent Everett Benjamin.” The voice drew my attention from the digital voice recorder resting on the table. The red recording light assured everyone observing that my words would be captured...

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Author Interview - Marie Maiden

Chapter three of your book is called “No One to Watch Over Me” Did you feel that you had no one to watch over you as a child growing up? I grew up poor and often times there was not any food in the house to eat.  I was neglected, not on purpose, but I was left to fend for myself and it was very...

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The Darkest Lie by Angela Day

CHAPTER 3              "I bet he escaped from the psych ward," Remi mused, fascinated by Thane's story. "He sounds like one of those savants, people who can do one thing better than anyone else on the planet but lack in their connection...

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Review: Adverbs & Clichés in a Nutshell: Demonstrated Subversions of Adverbs & Clichés into Gourmet Imagery (Writing in a Nutshell Series, #2) by Jessica Bell

Adverbs & Clichés in a Nutshell: Demonstrated Subversions of Adverbs & Clichés into Gourmet Imagery by Jessica Bell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Was the book written in a way that was easily accessible? Yes, it was. The language and examples used were items that most writers use in creating a fiction...

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The Survivors by Daniel Harvell

When seven strangers impossibly survive a horrific airplane crash, they find themselves changed in remarkable ways. The survivors are endowed with powers that defy explanation. Some are blessed. Some are cursed. Going their separate ways, they adapt their extraordinary “gifts” to their ordinary lives....

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Death Ain't But A Word: A Supernatural Hot Mess - Zander Marks

Death Ain’t But A Word - Zander Marks Amazon Kindle US Amazon Kindle UK Genre - Urban Fantasy Rating -  PG13 4.4 (29 reviews) Free until 31 July 2013 Just because Wilkin's a crackhead doesn't mean the shadows aren't real. They're real. And they've been haunting him since he was seven years old....

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Orangeberry Book of the Day – The Blackout by Stephanie Erickson

5. The next morning Molly got up and went to class, prepared to hear the groans from her Modern Poetry class for their late papers.  She usually punished them with half a letter grade for every class they were late, but she wasn’t sure what to do to compensate for her own lateness.  She thought...

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Author Interview – Jessica Bell

You are gaining more readership and recognition with your poetry and fiction. Has this been fuelled by your other writing-related activities? I believe that all these writing-related activities mean that I need to be online quite a lot. As a result, I’ve become visible, to quite some extent, through...

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Review: The Guilty by Gabriel Boutros

The Guilty by Gabriel Boutros My rating: 4 of 5 stars What I didn't like. The book was slow. Some chapters seemed to take it's time getting to the point. It wasn't the writing that was the problem, it just felt like that the writer took his time in getting to where he wanted the reader to go. Overall,...

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Dogs Aren’t Men by Billi Tiner

A contemporary romance. Rebecca Miller is a gifted veterinarian with an extraordinary understanding of animal behavior. She is leading a fulfilling life as the owner and operator of the Animal Friends Veterinary Clinic. Ever since her 30th birthday, her mother has made it her mission to help Rebecca...

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