Create Your Own Summer Reading Program for Kids

Summer Reading Program

One of the best ways to keep your kid’s brain from rotting over summer vacation is to set up a summer reading program of some sort. The great thing about summer is that no one is telling your child what to read. The choice is all theirs. At least, it should be. As long as they are reading something, it counts! There are tons of summer reading programs out there for kids. My favorite is the Scholastic Summer Challenge. Not only can kids log their minutes and earn points towards digital prizes for themselves, but the whole community of readers [...] Read more »

Loyal to A Degree Book Trailer & Promo

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I don’t usually talk about historical fiction much because it’s generally not my thing, but my mom has been working with the author of Loyal To A Degree, Horst Christian, to help him get his book ready for publication. I’ve heard a lot about the story and Christian’s life over the last month, and it’s too interesting not to share. The book presents a unique, inside look at history from the point of view of someone who actually lived through it. Loyal to a Degree is based on a true story about a young boy living in Nazi Germany during [...] Read more »

Yours Affectionately, Jane Austen Book Blast: $50 Amazon GC Giveaway!

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Yours Affectionately, Jane Austen Was Mr. Darcy real? Is time travel really possible? For pragmatic Manhattan artist Eliza Knight the answer to both questions is absolutely, Yes! And Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley Farms, Virginia is the reason why! His tale of love and romance in Regency England leaves Eliza in no doubt that Fitz Darcy is the embodiment of Jane Austen’s legendary hero. And she’s falling in love with him. But can the man who loved the inimitable Jane Austen ever love average, ordinary Eliza Knight? Eliza’s doubts grow, perhaps out of proportion, when things start to happen in the [...] Read more »

Spring’s Surprise Book Blast: Amazon and Starbucks GC Giveaway

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Spring’s Surprise Sara Michaels is single again. And she’s celebrating her thirtieth birthday with a complete spa makeover and a day of boutique shopping with her two best friends. After a ten-month battle for freedom, a long weekend in Nashville, Tennessee is just what she needs to erase the memories of a broken heart.   Jack Tanner is the soon-to-be new partner at Chester & Dorsey Development Firm. Jack’s love life has been on the back burner for years as he’s built a successful career. But the moment he meets Sara, he takes a hard look at his life and [...] Read more »

Bound to You Book Tour: Excerpt

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Bound to You (Book 3 of the Spellbound Series) Toni’s life is just one complication after another. First, her past comes back to her, then she has to deal with a psycho, and now it’s the biggest of them all. A choice that could destroy one life and be the bright future to the other. How is a girl supposed to choose between two men that she loves? On one hand, she has the Greek god Hades, the love from her past and the other, Ben the hot Vampire nurse that she met just over a week ago. Both have [...] Read more »

The Blasphemy Box Book Blast: Swarovski Crystal Bracelet & Signed Book Giveaway

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The Blasphemy Box “You know that nightmare you’ve always had? The one where you wake up one day to find yourself fat, frumpy, fifty and alone? I’m living it.” Maddy Nelson has an idyllic existence: a handsome husband, great kids, a comfortable, affluent lifestyle. One morning soon after she turns fifty, however, she wakes up in her San Francisco home to find her husband Steven announcing that he’s leaving her for a woman half her age. And a third of her size. Ouch! Feeling totally unmoored and grieving for her married life and husband, Maddy finds herself thrust into an [...] Read more »

The Tale of Mally Biddle Book Blast: $50 Amazon GC or Paypal Cash Giveaway

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The Tale of Mally Biddle by M.L. LeGette When Mally Biddle agreed to spy upon the King of Lenzar and his overbearing knights she knew she was heading into danger. She didn’t know she’d find a family unlike any other. Posing as a servant in Bosc Castle, Mally serves tea and tends fires for the most dangerous men in the kingdom. Her goal is to learn the truth of what happened sixteen years ago, when the infant princess met her death … a death that is surrounded by more questions than answers. Along her search for the truth, Mally meets [...] Read more »

Book Reviewer Yellow Pages Blast: $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

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    For more information visit: The Book Reviewer Yellow Pages Website * Facebook   The Book Reviewer Yellow Pages, Fourth Edition This is a wonderful resource for any author or publisher that wants to get their book reviewed. There are hundreds of detailed listings, explaining each book reviewer’s preferred submission guidelines, contact information, turnaround time, and genre preferences. The book also includes a section in the back with author’s services, where an author can find an editor, cover designer, etc. And no one has paid a fee to be listed in the book, so you know that you can [...] Read more »

Innovera Yakov: The Journey of a Thousand Eyes with Excerpt

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Looking for an enthralling read this spring? Innovera Yakov – The Journey of A Thousand Eyes takes you into a world of excitement and danger where thoughts and feelings are overheard and minds can travel to other worlds. I have to admit, I’ve always had this really weird fear that other people can hear my thoughts! Not like an overwhelming panicky fear or anything, just a vague “that would be really horrible, because they’d know I’m thinking about socks when I’m supposed to be working” type of thing. In Innovera Yakov – The Journey of A Thousand Eyes, you’ll find [...] Read more »

Through The Valley Love Endures: Excerpt

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Enjoy this excerpt from Through the Valley Love Endures, by Eddie David Santiago, the read on to learn more about the book. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card, cool swag, and more. Excerpt: In 1979, I was born in a large hospital in the city with a completely different name than what I have now.  When my mother left the hospital, she had just turned 18. My mom was desperate to make her relationship work with my biological father, but he couldn’t stay on the straight and narrow long enough [...] Read more »