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Monday, September 23, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday: Best Sequels

Check out the Quantum Entanglement review and guest post over at Project Read and Review! The blog tour is going splendidly!

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

Top Ten Sequels Ever (All covers courtesy of Goodreads.com unless otherwise linked.)

In no particular order,

Top Ten Things to Put in Your Time Travel Kit!!!

Hello Everyone! Happy Sunday! For today's Quantum Entanglement Blog Tour post, I'm guest posting today on In This World of Books about the Top Ten Things to put in your time travel kit! Check it out if you have a minute! And have a terrific Sunday!

And don't forget to check out the Wheel of Time Read Along post on my other blog, Musings on Fantasia.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Quantum Entanglement Blog Tour Stops and Follow Friday Link

For Friday's Quantum Entanglement Blog Tour stops, we have an Interview at Rally the Readers and I'm also guest posting about Maggie and Marcus's Top Ten Significant Memories over at Bookworm Brandee's blog. Check those out if you have a second. :D Happy Friday!

P.S. For my Follow Friday post, click HERE.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Quantum Entanglement Reviews

Happy Thursday, Wonderful Readers! It's almost Friday, and I have some links for you. There are two new Quantum Entanglement reviews to check out today. One is over at Bound by Books (thanks Reeka!) and the other is at Shhh...Not While I'm Reading (I really appreciate it Tara!)

So, if you could head on over and leave your comments at one or both of those sites, I'd really appreciate it. Beyond that, do me a favor and have some fun today! Don't forget, it's almost the weekend. (Yea!)

Are YOU doing anything fun today?

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Launch Day Report + Guest Post

Hello Fantasia-Loving Readers!

Yesterday was the Release Date and Launch Party for Quantum Entanglement and it went great! If you want to see the results and winners, just pop on over to the Interchron Facebook page. Special thanks to all those who dropped by, commented, or otherwise participated! It was tons of fun!

I worked all day, though, and as a result, I'm a little burnt out today. But no worries! I still have links to send you to. :D

I'm guest posting over at Mad Hatter Reads about The Science of Time Travel! If all you lovely readers could pop on over and leave your comments there, I'd really appreciate it! :D

Thanks so much! And happy hump day! :D

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Saturday Funnies and Great Reviews!

Happy Saturday, Everyone! I usually don't do Saturday posts, but I wanted to recap the reviews I've gotten this week for Dark Remnants. I really am quite proud of them. So, if you haven't yet, check out the following review for my new book:

Bound by Words

Vicariously! and (just yesterday)

Girl in the Woods Reviews.

I'm at the League of Utah Writer's annual conference all day today. (In other words, I'll be having all kinds of geeky fun.) Hope you all have great weekend plans as well! Happy Saturday!

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What are your weekend plans?

Friday, September 13, 2013

Guest Post at Reese's Reviews!

Today I'm doing a guest post over at Reese's Reviews about writing great heroines. If you feel so inclined, click over there and check it out! Thanks! And have an awesome Friday!

(For my Follow Friday Post, go HERE!)

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Blog Tour Updates!

Guess what, guess what?

The Dark Remnants tour is going swimmingly! Yesterday I received not one but two stellar reviews from fellow bloggers.

One from Reeka Boland at Bound by Words. The other from Rebecca Alora at Vicariously!

I'd love it if you guys would check them out by clicking on the links above and *ducks head* maybe tweet them or something?

Truly, I'm so relieved. To be honest, a few of my editors were not too thrilled about this story. I think it just really wasn't their thing, but they were quite harsh about it. When I saw that my first blogger review had gone up, I was hesitant to look at it. I'm so pleased to find that, so far--this is only two reviews, afterall--readers are connecting with. Whew! What a relief!

Okay, so check out those two reviews. I also am doing a guest post over at Bookworm Brandee about my research/inspiration for Dark Remnants, so check that out too if you have the time. And of course, have a lovely Tuesday!

*hugs*

Monday, September 9, 2013

My Monday Looks Crazy! How's Yours?

Happy Monday, wonderful readers! So just got a few quick things today:

1) This week I'm super busy trying to finish up review copies of Quantum Entanglement and get them out, as well as keep prior commitments I'm behind on. I've had some life issues lately--relatives have suddenly needed help moving, I've gotten very sick, my sister got married a few weeks ago (still recovering over here) and this past weekend I spent two days selling books as a massive, well-attended vendor fair.

All these things are actually very good, but they've all combined to put me very behind schedule. I have some guest posts scheduled for the Dark Remnants blog tour, so make sure and drop by for the links, not forgetting to enter the Giveaway. Other than that, I may be somewhat absent on the blog this week. By the end of the week, everything should be back to normal, though.

So, please bear with me and I'd really appreciate your support by dropping by my guest posts and tour stops.

2) By the way, the vendor fair I went to was called Peach Days. It's an annual tradition in Brigham City, Utah, which is about twenty miles north of where I live. Something like 50,000 people visit Peach Days every year and I sold somewhere between 50 and 60 books in two days. A new record! So exciting! Yea!

3) Finally, please hop over and visit Rebecca at Vicariously! who will be doing a book review for Dark Remnants today.

Thanks so much for all your wonderful support and have a great Monday!

Have you entered the Dark Remnants Giveaway yet?

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Favorite Outdoor Reading Spots--Follow Friday

TODAY IS MY FINAL BLOG TOUR STOP!!! IT'S A GUEST POST AT A Universe in Words! Hop on over and check it out. Last chance for this blog tour. Just sayin'. :D

Follow Friday--Favorite Outdoor Reading Spots

Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers -- but you have to know -- the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, (using the linky tools -- keep scrolling!) then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the po.st that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

And tonight's #FF is an activity! Activity! Hopefully warm weather for most of us is here soon…so tell us about your favorite outdoor reading spot. Or take a picture.

I don't know that I have a particular outdoor reading spot. I do love to read outdoors, but just about any comfortable spot will do. I just need some shade, a comfortable place to sit, and lemonade and sunshine never go amiss. ;D

How about you? What's your favorite outdoor reading spot?

Thoughts for Thursday--Shakespeare + Blog Tour Stop

Today's Blog Tour Stops include:

1) Interview at the Fiction Conniption and

2) Guest post at Read. Breathe. Read.

Thoughts for Thursday

Thoughts for Thursday is a new meme hosted by Musings on Fantasia and LKHill. In this meme, we share thoughts or quotes that we know or have recently come across. Each week there is a specific subject or theme. These can be quotes from books, quotes by famous people, (quotes by YOU, perhaps ;D). Anything from anywhere is game, though we do ask that you keep your quote to a few sentences at most. Don't quote, for example, entire passages of a book or essay. These can be funny quips, cool sayings, hair-raising antidotes, movie lines, any kind of quote you can think of!

Just have fun, collect awesome sayings by awesome people, and try to be inspired!

This week's theme is quotes by my buddy, Shakespeare!

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny our destiny but in ourselves.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

What's your favorite quote by Shakespeare? You're favorite play?

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Housekeeper's Son Book Review + Blog Tour Stop

Today's Blog Tour Stop is a guest post at Lehua Parker.

The Housekeeper's Son Book Review

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Goodreads Blurb:

When 72-year-old housekeeper, Eleanor Ethel Rose, is found with a bloody knife in her hand beside the dead body of Katherine Cunningham, her employer's 12-year-old daughter, she quickly admits to the crime and surrenders herself, pleading guilty before her trial even begins. But to Victor Lee, a young and ambitious journalist who is assigned to cover the story, there is more to Eleanor's confession. Through his interviews with Eleanor within the confines of the penitentiary's visiting hall, Victor pushes for the truth and finds himself drawn into her world where the line between right and wrong is blur-nothing is what it seems. What he discovers is a secret that, if revealed, will not only explain Katherine's death, it will also challenge the moral obligation of every mother to her child. It is a secret that started 42 years ago on the night Eleanor took the life of her only son. The Housekeeper's Son is a novel that explores the power and vulnerability of a mother's love for her child.

The Housekeeper's Son by Chris Loke was written by my fellow Jolly Fish Press author and indeed, the CEO of the publishing company himself. Because of that, and due to the fact that I found the synopsis intriguing, I really wanted to like this book. Unfortunately, it just wasn't for me.

Don't get me wrong, it had some excellent aspects. Loke is a talented writer with an elegant writing style. The story was set up in a clever way that leaves the reader constantly wanting to find out what really happened both in Eleanor's past and in the more present mystery. It was that which kept me reading and helped me finish the book. The characters were very literary, and anyone who is a fan of this type of fiction will probably enjoy them. I found Eleanor to be both compelling and intriguing.

However, there were other aspects of the book that turned me off to it. It's chalk-full of brazen bipartisan politics, thinly veiled if at all. Because my political views differ from Loke's, I didn't appreciate their presence in the story. I also wasn't a fan of the way the small, LDS community was painted. I recently had a fellow blogger tell me she didn't like Beautiful Creatures because it painted all southerners in a negative, backward, superstitious light. It's a cliche, one that perpetuates negative stereotypes. While I really enjoyed Beautiful Creatures (my review HERE), I completely understood that point of view. That's how I felt about The Housekeeper's Son. While every socio-economic or religious group has its bad apples, I didn't particularly appreciate the negative way this small community was portrayed. It left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

I also thought the pace was a bit slow. There were two kinds of chapters in the book. Most were written in third person, which I usually prefer and write in myself. Any part written from the POV of the journalist interviewing Eleanor, however, was written in first person. Loke's first person was far more compelling than his third person, and much easier to read. I found myself wishing the entire book was written that way.

Overall, I appreciated the story and the characters and found their motivations intriguing. Anyone interested in literary fiction, twisted families, and intriguing mysteries might enjoy this novel. :D As I said, it simply wasn't for me.

Has anyone else read The Housekeeper's Son? What did you think of it?

Monday, March 11, 2013

Historical Tidbit--Viking Names + Blog Tour Stop

Today's blog tour stop is an Interview at These Flying Pages. Hop on over and check it out!

Historical Tidbit

Did you know...

That names with double consonants that sound like two words (i.e. Johansson) have a Viking origin? In the early middle ages, people didn't have surnames. Last names developed first as titles given to describe people because even them, many first names were common and it became hard to differentiate people.

So people gained descriptive titles based on their deeds (William the Conqueror), physical attributes (Pepin the Short, who incidentally married Agatha the Bigfoot) or unfortunate circumstances (Ethelred the Unready).

Today's Blog Tour Stops

Today's Blog Tour Stops:

1) Review at The Book Asylum
2) Review at The Sisters' Tale

Hop on over to check out these awesome bloggers' reviews! Also, check out my answers to week 2 of The Great Hunt Read Along

on my other blog, Musings on Fantasia! Have a great day!

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Follow Friday + Blog Tour Stops

Today's blog tour stops include:
1) A Review & Interview at The Soul Sisters and
2) A Review at Pause Time

Follow Friday

Q: What is a book you didn't like that all your friends raved about or what book did you love that wasn't popular?

The only answer I can think of will probably used a lot this week: Fifty Shades of Gray. It wasn't even that a lot of my friends read it, but lots of co-workers and acquaintances, and almost every one without fail said they liked it. I just don't get it!

How about you? What book didn't you like that was popular?

Big in Japan Book Review + Blog Tour Stops

Today's Blog Tour stops Include:
1) Review at On Starships and Dragonwings
2) Post at Pause Time

Big In Japan Review

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Originally I decided to read this because it was written by my friend and fellow Jolly Fish Press author, Jennifer Stewart Griffith. I try to read and endorse books by authors I know. What surprised me was how much I enjoyed this book. It was just delightful!

Dissension and Game of Thrones Trailers + Blog Tour Stops

Today's Blog Tour Stops include:

1) Guest Post at Late Nights With Good Books

2) Guest post at Literary Rambles

Two Fun Trailers I Think EVERYONE Should Watch. ;D

Today I thought I'd feature a couple of fun video clips.

Top Ten Tuesday--Series, RMQ + Blog Tour Stops

Today's blog tour stop is a Guest Post at Bookingly Yours.

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week they will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

Top Ten Series I'd Like To Start But Haven't Yet

So many series, so little time. I'm sure this list could go on and one, but that's why they call it Top Ten, right? All covers courtesy of Goodreads.com.

500-Follower Give Away!!!

Today's blog tour stop is an Interview over at Dab of Darkness. See what you think!

Okay, so I've probably had 500 followers for awhile, now. Actually, on this blog, I have just under 500 all together, but I'm very close. On my other blog, Musings on Fantasia, I have closer to 550, so I figured it was high time for a giveaway.

Unfortunately, as much a I love my international readers, I can't afford to ship to you anymore. I recently shipped a book to the Philippines and it cost me nearly three times what I paid for the book itself. So, I'm doing two different giveaways. One is for a signed print copy of Persistence of Vision, but only U.S. Residents can enter. The second is for three e-book copies of Persistence of Vision, and this giveaway is open to anyone with an email address.