Now that you’ve written up your masterpiece or blurb or essay or snippet of a review you need to share it with the world! But where exactly should you post it? Although it seems rather straight forward there are things to consider when it comes to sharing your review. Things like audience size, “foot” traffic, […]
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Waking Up Joy by Tina Ann Forkner My rating: 5 of 5 stars Add it to your summer reading list – Waking Up Joy is bound to leave you feeling refreshed and hankering for a glass of cool lemonade and a porch swing to sit on! Joy Talley is something of a wildcard […]
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You’ve slipped the bookmark out from between the pages, closed the back cover of the book, and released a pent up sigh that’s been held in for over 50,000 words. It was good. Oh it was real good. Satisfying in every way that it needed to be. It touched all the right places and maybe […]
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Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein My rating: 5 of 5 stars Haunting. That’s the only word I can truly use to describe it, just haunting. I think my eyes were the size of saucers, bugged out of my head as I flipped through each page of Rose Under Fire and it is no […]
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You’ve read the book and it’s left you feeling something… whether or not you can put your finger on what that feeling is right away doesn’t matter. You aren’t happy. You disliked the book. You couldn’t get all the way through it. Or maybe the ending let you down? That’s OK, not everything is going […]
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The Alchemaster’s Apprentice by Walter Moers My rating: 5 of 5 stars There’s a difference between a cat and a crat, such a difference it will leave you wondering which one your feline friend is. Echo is a crat down on his luck – forced to live on the streets in an unkind […]
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Reviewer: Cathy Geha Rating: 5/5 stars Date: March 10, 2016 Austen leaves Oregon, her husband of 4 years and all that she has known. She wants to get back in touch with herself and feels the only way to do so is to leave, work hard on a ranch and find out what is really […]
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The basics of a book review is very nearly a throwback to your elementary school days filled with book reports. Except no one is judging or grading you and you get to choose whatever you want to read and it DEFINITELY won’t be Where the Red Fern Grows because the dogs are fine, OK? Anyway […]
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You’ve had a great experience at the grocery store with a clerk who’s helped you locate the African Jasmine needed for your latest Pinterest recipe and they were patient, outgoing, and respectful. They went above and beyond to help you so, in turn, you’ve decided to write a little blurb on a comment card to […]
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The Danger Mark by Robert W. Chambers My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wealth, romance, adventure, and one woman’s struggle with addiction. This 1909 novel is right on par with Robert W. Chambers‘ love of walking the edge of what was acceptable for society at the time and then taking one step farther with […]
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