Tag: reviews

  • Hold Your Breath: A Review

    It’s been a really, really long time since I set aside an entire day for reading just so I could finish a book…but that’s exactly what I did on Monday for Katie Ruggle’s Hold Your Breath. Because wow…can that lady tell a story! Keep reading for my thoughts–and for your chance to win a copy of…

  • Calling all readers!

    Hello, dear readers! I have a special project going on…wanna help? (Spoiler alert: it means you get to read my new books before they’re released!) Here’s the scoop: I’ve started compiling a list of readers interested in receiving  advance copies (warning: this means they won’t be copy edited, so typos may occur!) of my upcoming…

  • Guest Posts, Giveaways, and More!

    It’s FRIDAY!!! Anyone as excited as I am?!? There’s just something about that day that says, “ahhhh…get ready to kick back and relax” — even if it’s lying through its teeth in my case, lol. On the agenda this weekend: we’re moving our remaining at-home daughter into a new bedroom (hubby is completing the new…

  • Blog Tours 101: Setting Up Your Own Virtual Book Tour

    Blog tours to promote books — known as virtual book tours — are commonplace in today’s social networking world. While many services exist that help set up such tours, some authors choose to set up their own, often for financial reasons. Such was the case when I was looking to promote my debut novel; Sins of…

  • Review: Greywalker, by Kat Richardson

    When Harper comes to in the hospital, she begins to feel a bit …strange. She sees things that can only be described as weird — shapes emerging from a foggy grey mist, snarling teeth, creatures roaring. But Harper’s not crazy. Her “death” has made her a Greywalker — able to move between our world and…

  • Delays, Summaries, & Other Randomness

    Good gravy, it’s already the end of another week (insert head slap here)?!? Wow. It’s bad enough that time is passing way too fast, but the fact that it’s doing so AND I’m not accomplishing what I need to? That really is adding insult to injury. 🙁 But enough whining. Here’s a quick look back…

  • Star Wars Identities: Pictures (& a review) from an Exhibition

    This past weekend, I attended the world premiere of the Star Wars Identities exhibition at the Montreal Science Centre. Now that I’ve had time to digest the experience — and it is an experience! — several descriptors come to mind. Chief among them? Simply awe-inspiring. Imagine standing in a room filled with not just replicas…