• BOOK EXCERPT,  BOOK PROMOTIONS,  BOOK TOUR,  COMEDY / SATIRE / HUMOR,  FICTION,  MYSTERY

    ROCKSTAR BOOK TOURS – BOOK EXCERPT : REAL PIGEONS FIGHT CRIME BY ANDREW MCDONALD

    I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the REAL PIGEONS FIGHT CRIME by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! About The Book: Title: REAL PIGEONS FIGHT CRIME Author: Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood (Illustrations) Pub. Date: January 7, 2020 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Formats: Hardcover, eBook Pages: 208 Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD Ever wonder why pigeons act so weird? Because they are secretly chasing bad guys and flying around saving your butt! This hilarious illustrated series is perfect for fans of BAD GUYS and DOG MAN. What do REAL PIGEONS do? They fight…

  • BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR,  BOOK PROMOTIONS,  BOOK TEASER,  BOOK TOUR,  NON-FICTION,  RELEASE BLITZ,  YA

    RABT BOOK TOURS – BOOK TEASER : THE CUBBY HOLE KID

    Teen / YA Biography, Memoirs Date Published: November 2019 Publisher: Page Publishing Cubbyhole Kid is a heartrending true story of dysfunction and abuse in a California family in mid-1960s. It tells the harrowing survival story of a young four-year-old boy as he recounts his days being raised in a strict Irish Catholic family while expressing his gratitude and love for two incredible women that saved his life—his protective fourteen-year-old sister, his godmother, and his beautiful, religious mother. Together, along with his other siblings, his brothers, they painfully navigated their abusive, alcoholic, ex-military father through the mid-1960s, Los Angeles. While dealing with a severe childhood anxiety, suicidal depression, physical and learning…

  • ADVENTURE,  BOOK EXCERPT,  BOOK PROMOTIONS,  BOOK TEASER,  BOOK TOUR,  CHILDREN'S,  FICTION

    RABT VIRTUAL BOOK TOURS – BOOK TEASER : LUZ AND THE ALCHEMIST’S FOLLY BY COLUMBKILL NOONAN

    Children’s Adventure Date Published: 1/3/2020  Luz, a Peruvian girl, is enjoying her life in Lima with her father. But what she does not know is that something is about to go very, very wrong, because she lives in a future that has been strangely altered by the magic of an overzealous alchemist from the past. Soon her world will collide with other times and places, putting Luz in terrible danger and linking her fate to a motley assortment of characters. Will they find their way through unimaginable danger, together? Or will the challenges of this strange new world prevail and take them out, one by one? Excerpt The tip of…

  • ADULT,  BOOK REVIEWS,  CONTEMPORARY,  FICTION,  HISTORICAL FICTION

    BOOK REVIEW : THE KITE RUNNER BY KHALED HOSSEINI

    “I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.” – KHALED HOSSEINI (THE KITE RUNNER) TITLE : The Kite Runner AUTHOR : Khaled Hosseini GENRE : Historical Fiction, Contemporary FBRC RATING : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ ( 5 Stars) SYNOPSIS : The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal,…

  • DECEMBER,  WRAP-UP

    DECEMBER WRAP-UP

    Hey everyone!! Check out the books I read in December. I got the chance to read 9 books in December. 4 of them were ARCs from Netgalley and 1 from Hidden Gems Books. Thank you so much Netgalley and Hidden Gems Books for providing me with ARCs. I had a great time reading these books this month. A couple of cute, easy, heart-warming romances and few children’s books made this month reading so much easier for me as I have been having a difficult managing everything. I started a couple of home tutoring this month and we are going on vacation this 9th and all of this has cut down…

  • ADULT,  FANTASY,  FICTION

    BOOK REVIEW : SERPENT & DOVE (SERPENT & DOVE #1) BY SHELBY MAHURIN

    TITLE : Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove #1) AUTHOR : Shelby Mahurin GENRE : NA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 3.5 Stars BLURB : Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned. Sworn to the Church as a Chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. His path was never meant to cross with Lou’s, but a wicked stunt forces them into an impossible union—holy matrimony. The war between witches…

  • BOOK PROMOTIONS,  BOOK TOUR,  CHILDREN'S,  FAIRY TALE,  FANTASY,  FICTION,  RELEASE BLITZ

    BOOK RELEASE BLITZ : LITTLE RED AND THE CROCODILE ( FRACTURED FAIRYTALE BOOK 1) BY SUZAN JOHNSON

    Little Red and the Crocodile Blitz HTML Copy the code then paste into the html area of your blog, you can go back to the compose area to change colors of text if you want. Just highlight the text and select the color. Please note, you WILL have to add in manually any Excerpt, Interview, Guest Post, etc. you have signed up for once you receive that. ———————————————————————————– Fractured Fairytale, Book 1 Children’s Book Published: November 2019 Publisher: True Beginnings Publishing Meet Zara! She’s a smart, friendly, and curious girl who loves to visit her Auntie. This is a FRACTURED version of a famous tale. This retelling of Little Red…

  • FICTION,  MYTHOLOGY

    BOOK REVIEW : WICKED SAINTS (SOMETHING DARK AND HOLY #1) BY EMILY.A.DUNCAN

    We’re all monsters, Nadya, some of us just hide it better than others. -WICKED SAINTS TITLE : Wicked Saints (Something Dark & Holy #1) AUTHOR : Emily.A.Duncan GENRE : YA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 5 Stars BLURB : A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths entwine in a shadowy world of spilled blood and mysterious saints, where a forbidden romance threatens to…

  • ADULT,  ARCS,  BOOK REVIEWS,  CLASSICS,  FICTION,  GRAPHIC NOVEL,  HISTORICAL FICTION,  MANGA,  NETGALLEY,  ROMANCE,  WOMEN'S FICTION

    BOOK REVIEW : JANE EYRE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE, MANGA CLASSICS BY CRYSTAL.S.CHAN

    TITLE : Manga Classics : Jane Eyre AUTHOR : Charlotte Bronte AUTHOR & STORY ADAPTATION : Crystal S Chan ART : SunNeko Lee GENRE : Manga/Graphic Novel/Sequential Art, Classics, Historical Fiction , Romance FBRC RATING : 4.5 Stars BLURB: As an orphaned child, Jane Eyre is first cruelly abused by her aunt, then cast out and sent to a charity school. Though she meets with further abuse, she receives an education, and eventually takes a job as a governess at the estate of Edward Rochester. Jane and Rochester begin to bond, but his dark moods trouble her. When Jane uncovers the terrible secret Rochester has been hiding, she flees and…

  • BOOK REVIEWS,  FANTASY,  FICTION

    BOOK REVIEW : SHADOW KNIGHTS (KNIGHTS OF THE REALM #2) BY JENNIFER ANNE DAVIS

    TITLE : Shadow Knights (Knights of The Realm #2) AUTHOR : Jennifer Anne Davis GENRE : YA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 5 Stars Publishing Date : 10th Dec 2019 BLURB : As a member of the Knights of the Realm, Reid swore an oath to protect her king only to discover he harbors a traitorous agenda. Being a woman raised in a man’s world, Reid thought becoming a Knight would give her purpose and strength. So far, it has done nothing but give her trouble. The king ordered her to spy on the Axian royal family while she prepares for her marriage—a marriage neither she nor Prince Dexter wants. Once…