Title: Geared for The Grave
Author: Duffy Brown
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Series: The Cycle Path Mysteries #1
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Source: Birthday Present
Description:
Where biking takes a deadly turnShakedowns cover-ups and big fat lies keep bodies hidden on Mackinac Island and bike-riding...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Monday, December 29, 2014
REVIEW - THE ART OF ASKING by: AMANDA PALMER
Title: The Art of Asking or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Author: Amanda Palmer
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Source: Personal purchase
Description:
Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about...
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
From all of us at Community Bookstop here's to wishing you a wonderful Christmas and Happy Holidays! We look forward to working with you in the New Year!
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Book Trailer: The Insurrectionist by: Jennifer Ott
Purchase Links:
Amazon&nbs...
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Review: Merry Christmas Baby by: Jill Shalvis
Title: Merry Christmas Baby
Author: Jill Shalvis
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Series: Lucky Harbor # 12.5
Pages: 64
Format: e-book
Source: NetGalley
Description:
New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis brings you a heartwarming tale that could only happen in Lucky Harbor . . .SEASON'S...
Review: Snow Angels by: Lezlie Anderson
Title: Snow Angels
Author: Lezlie Anderson
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Pages: 16
Format: e-book
Source: Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Description:
A winter storm, a family, and an idea for a service project all add up to a delightful Christmas surprise! When Mom and Dad...
Friday, December 19, 2014
Editorial: Cleaning Up
With the holiday season closely approaching I will be cleaning up this blog and adding some great things for 2015. I will also be redoing the ads we offer on our blog if this is something you would be interested in please check out our ad post. We will be offering some great book...
Review: Spell For Sophia by: Ariella Moon
Title: Spell For Sophia
Author: Ariella Moon
Publisher: Smashwords Edition
Series: Teen Wytche Saga
Format: ebook
Source: Book Tour
Description:
Sophia Perez-Hidalgo’s survival depends upon her mastering magic and the supernatural before her lawless parents and their vengeful boss catch up...
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Review - Not That Kind of Girl by: Lena Dunham
Title: Not That Kind of Girl
Author: Lena Dunham
Publisher: Random House
Pages: 265
Format: Hardcover
Source: Personal purchase
Description:
From the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO's Girls comes a hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays that...
Review: Cranberry Bluff by: Deborah Garner
Title: Cranberry Bluff
Author: Deborah Garner
Publisher: Cranberry Cove Press
Pages: 184
Format: kindle e-book
Source: Book Tour
Description:
Molly Elliott's quiet
life in Tallahassee, Florida, is disrupted when routine errands land her
in the wrong place at the wrong time: the middle of...
Book Trailer: Ember by: Carol Oates
Purchase Links:
Amazon | Barnes & Nob...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Review: Six Geese-A-Slaying by: Donna Andrews
Title: Six Geese-A-Slaying
Author: Donna Andrews
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Series: Meg Langslow #10
Pages: 288
Format: e-book
Source: Purchase
Description:
Meg
and Michael’s house is serving as the marshaling point for the annual
Caerphilly Christmas parade. The theme is “The Twelve Days...
Cover Reveal: Before I Say I Do by: Emerald Barnes
Back in June, Emerald Barnes released her Christian novel, Entertaining Angels, and it is with great pleasure that she will be releasing the the follow-up story to it, Before We Say I Do. Today, she reveals the cover for the story set to release on January 13, 2015.
Finding that she couldn't leave...
Review: Shadow of Doubt by: Nancy Cole Silverman
Title: Shadow of Doubt
Author: Nancy Cole Silverman
Publisher: Henery Press
Series: A Carol Child Mystery #1
Pages: 276
Format: e-book ARC
Source: Great Escapes Book Tours
Description:
When
a top Hollywood Agent is found poisoned in the bathtub of her home,
suspicion quickly turns to one of...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Editorial: Entertaining Angels up for award!!
Best Indie Books of 2014! It could use your vote in the "other" category! Please vote!
Synopsis of Entertaining Angels:
Madison Andrews can’t
face her reflection in the mirror. All she sees is a big, fat nobody.
Yet, deep inside she longs for something more, something that’s not skin
deep.Along...
Review: Once Upon A Grind by: Cleo Coyle
Title: Once Upon A Grind
Author: Cleo Coyle
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Series: CoffeeHouse Mystery #14
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover ARC
Source: Great Escapes Book Tours
Description:
When
coffeehouse manager turned amateur sleuth Clare Cosi roasts "magic”
beans for Fairy Tale Week, she brews...
Guest Note and Giveaway: Once Upon A Grind by: Cleo Coyle
A NOTE FROM CLEO:
For over a decade, our wonderful readers have been meeting us at the Village Blend, where coffee and crime are always brewing. This latest entry in our Coffeehouse series is more than a murder mystery. It’s also a novel about the magic and power of story. That’s why we chose...
Monday, December 15, 2014
Review: Mistletoe Murder by: Leslie Meier
Title: Mistletoe Murder
Author: Leslie Meier
Publisher: Kensington
Series: Lucy Stone #1
Pages: 209
Format: Paperback
Source: Birthday Present
Description:
As if baking holiday cookies, knitting a sweater for her husband’s gift, and making her daughter’s angel costume for the church pageant weren’t...
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Review: Antiques Fruitcake by: Barbara Allan
Title: Antiques Fruitcake
Author: Barbara Allan
Publisher: Kensington
Series: A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery
Pages: 40
Format: Nook e-book
Source: Birthday Present
Description:
During the dress
rehearsal for small-town Serenity's festive Christmas play, star
Madeline de Morlaye topples over-on...
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Review: A Haunting is Brewing by: Juliet Blackwell
Title: A Haunting is Brewing
Author: Juliet Blackwell
Publisher: InterMix
Series: A Witchcraft Mystery #6.5, A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery #4.5
Pages: 109
Format: e-book
Source: NetGalley
Description:
In this all-new novella, New York Times
bestselling author Juliet Blackwell’s popular characters...
Friday, December 12, 2014
Editorial: Advertising is open again 2014!
Dear Authors,
Every year I try to find a way to pay it back to the great authors I host through various tours, or reviews. After some time I figured out about two years ago a way to pay back these great writers and I offer advertising for free as that is the best way I can think to help...
Review: Treacherous Toys by: Joyce and Jim Lavene
Title: Treacherous Toys
Author: Joyce and Jim Lavene
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Series: A Renaissance Faire Mystery #5
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchase
Description:
Hail
ye, hail ye, and welcome to the Renaissance Faire Village. Here,
associate professor Jessie Morton spends...
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Book Trailer: Afterglow by: Ute
Purchase Links:
Amazon | Barnes & Nob...
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Review: Bad-Mouthed by: Susan J. Kroupa
Title: Bad-Mouthed
Author: Susan J. Kroupa
Publisher: Laurel Fork Press
Series: Doodlebugged Mysteries #4
Pages: 175
Format: e-book
Source: Great Escapes Book Tour
Description:
Who knew chasing a rat in the middle of a
Christmas pageant could cause so much trouble? Certainly not Doodle,
the obedience-impaired...
Review: My Pearl Harbor Scrapbook 1941 by: Bess Taubman
Title: My Pearl Harbor Scrapbook 1941
Author: Bess Taubman
Publisher: MapMania Publishing Co.
Pages: 98
Format: Hardcover
Source: FSB Media
Description:
A Nostalgic Collection of Memories
unravels the momentous event of one of America's greatest tragedies, the
attack on Pearl Harbor from its...
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Cover Reveal: Wedding Duress by: Elizabeth Lynn Casey
I have a great cover reveal for today Elizabeth Lynn Casey's new cover from Wedding Duress which will be out in April. How many of you are excited for the next Sewing Circle Mystery. I know I am I can't wait for Tori's Wedding. Here's your new cover for the book feel free to share...
Guest Post: Bess Taubman Author of My Pearl Harbor Scrapbook
America's First Air Hero's of WWII or "Just An Easy Day"
By Bess Taubman,
Author of My Pearl Harbor Scrapbook 1941
On the eve of December 6th, Lieutenants Kenneth M. Taylor and George S. Welch, dressed in tuxedos, attended a formal dance at the Officer's Club at Hickam Field. They left around...
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