Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015 Live Long and Prosper Mr. Spock Wherever You Are

Today we lost a legend..  A man that was from New England that grew up to play one of the most iconic characters on television and in the movies.  Leonard Nimoy, better known to most of us as Mr. Spock of the Starship Enterprise. Leonard was an amazing man, and we all have sorrow...

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Review: Before We Say I Do by: Emerald Barnes

Title: Before We Say I Do Author: Emerald Barnes Publisher: Emerald Barnes Series: Entertaining Angels Pages: 70 Format: e-book ARC Source: Author Street Team Description: Following the best-selling first book of the series, Entertaining Angels, comes Before We Say I Do, An Entertaining Angels...

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Review: Russian Winter by: Daphne Kalotay

Title: Russian Winter Author: Daphne Kalotay Publisher: Arrow Books Pages: 459 Source: Always With A Book Giveaway Format: UK Paperback Purchase: Barnes&Noble / Amazon Description of Book: A mysterious jewel holds the key to a life-changing secret, in this breathtaking tale of...

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Book Trailer: Double Fudge Brownie Murder by: Joanne Fluke

Are you as excited about this latest book as I am?  I know I can't wait I also would really like Hannah to pick a man sooner rather than later.  What are your thoughts on the whole Norman/Mike triang...

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Review: Soulbound by: Kristen Callihan

Title: Soulbound Author: Kristen Callihan Publisher: Grand Publishing Series: Darkest London #6 Pages: 432 Format: NetGalley e-book Source: NetGalley Description:  Once two souls are joined...When Adam's soul mate rejected him, there was more at stake than his heart. After seven hundred...

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Editorial: Book Reviews Preferences and Requests...Oh My!

Happy Saturday everyone I hope everyone is enjoying your weekend and staying warm in the areas flooded with snow.  I know I am.  As I have been reading my inbox this past few weeks I've noticed a pattern and I have heard other bloggers tackle this issue so I thought I'd throw my...

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Review - Stoner by: John Williams

Title: Stoner Author: John Williams Publisher: Vintage Pages: 288 Format: Paperback Source: Personal purchase Description: William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on...

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Review - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: Karen Joy Fowler

Title: We Are All Competely Beside Ourselves Author: Karen Joy Fowler Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Pages: 310 Format: Hardcover Source: Received Turkish copy from TR publisher Description: Meet the Cooke family. Our narrator is Rosemary Cooke. As a child, she never stopped talking; as...

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Guest Post: Duffy Brown on Pets and Giveaway

Pets are the best! They are our constant companions, love us when we’re bitchy and in our sloppy PJs with no hair combed and when we have the flu. And they train us really well. And here I thought we were supposed to train them! Ha! Pet joke:  What side of the door does the cat like to be...

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Review - The Blue Fox by: Sjon

Title: The Blue Fox Author: Sjon Publisher: Telegram Books Pages: 112 Format: Paperback Source: Read Turkish copy Description: “The Blue Fox is a magical novel.”—Björk The year is 1883, and the stark Icelandic landscape is the backdrop for this spellbinding fable that is part mystery,...

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Review - The Obituary Writer by: Ann Hood

Title: The Obituary Writer Author: Ann Hood Publisher: WW Norton & Company Pages: 304 Format: Paperback Source: Read Turkish copy Description: A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated,...

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Guest Post: The Unfortunate Event by: Andy Siegel

The Unfortunate Event By Andy Siegel, Author of Cookie's Case "Scalpel." "Scalpel," repeats the nurse. She delivers it with just the right authority. The neurosurgeon slits his patient's throat in one fluid motion. The incision is quick, decisive and skillful. A seeping red river fills the canal. "Give...

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Review: Bye, Bye Love by: K.J. Larsen

Title: Bye, Bye Love Author: K.J. Larsen Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Series:  Cat DeLuca Mystery #4 Pages: 210 Format: NetGalley ARC Source: NetGalley Description: Chicago’s Pants On Fire Detective Agency targets liars and cheats. But PI Cat DeLuca is once again up to her smokin’ skinny...

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Review: Valentine's Day is Murder by: Carolyn Arnold

Title: Valentine's Day is Murder Author: Carolyn Arnold Publisher: Createspace Series: McKinley Mysteries Series Book # 8 Pages: 134 Format: e-book Source: Great Escapes Book Tours Description: From bestselling author Carolyn Arnold… Strap in for an adventure that will take you to the beautiful...

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Review: Gooseberry Island by: Steven Manchester

Title: Gooseberry Island Author: Steven Manchester Publisher: The Story Plant Pages: 300 Format: e-book Source: NetGalley Description: They met at the worst possible moment...or maybe it was just in time. David McClain was about to go to war and Lindsey Wood was there at his going-away party,...

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Review: Death of A Liar by: M.C. Beaton

Title: Death of A Liar Author: M.C. Beaton Publisher: Grand Centeral Publishing Series: Hamish Macbeth #31 Pages: 272 Format: e-book ARC Source: NetGalley Description: Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village of Cronish in the Scottish Highlands....

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Review: Gilt By Association by: Karen Rose Smith

Title: Gilt by Association Author: Karen Rose Smith Publisher: Kensington Series: Caprice De Luca Mystery #3 Pages: 319 Format: e-book ARC Source: Great Escapes Book Tour & NetGalley Description: Between training her new puppy, helping her sister with her baby, and searching for the perfect...

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Book Trailer: Little Green Men by: Peter Cawdron

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Review - Sula by: Toni Morrison

Title: Sula Author: Toni Morrison Publisher: Plume Pages: 192 Format: Paperback Source: Read Turkish copy Description: "Extravagantly beautiful...enormously, achingly alive...a howl of love and rage, playful and funny as well as hard and bitter."--New York Times This rich and moving...

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Winner: Deanna Stillings

I have picked the winner of the giveaway Feta Attraction the winner is Deanna Stillings! Congratulations Deanna aka Gram.  If you entered and didn't win stay tuned I will have more giveaways soon for you all to enter! ...

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Guest Post: The Best Thing I Ever Ate by: Michele Lynn Seigfried

The Best Thing I Ever Ate By Michele Lynn Seigfried Have you ever watched the TV show, The Best Thing I Ever Ate? Most of the foods I eat are not quite so absurd – like the shrimp and alligator cheesecake that appeared on the show; but, I am quite the foodie. It’s no wonder my book characters...

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BOTM: Keeper of the Castle by: Juliet Blackwell

 Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks BOTM: February Synopsis: In the latest Haunted Home Renovation mystery from New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell, San Francisco contractor—and reluctant ghostbuster—Mel Turner gets hired for a job that's to die for. Lately,...

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