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Beth Kendrick’s chick lit novels are always light, fun and easy to read (my reviews of The Pre-Nup and Nearlyweds), and Second Time Around was no exception. I love how Kendrick can develop solid and sympathetic characters in a short amount of time. It’s easy to fall in love with the four women in this
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Mirrorscape by Milk Wilks Mirrorscape is probably one of the most creative, imaginative YA fantasy books that I have read in a while, but that’s not to say it’s without it’s problems. The biggest draw of Mirrorscape is the imagination and creative environment that has been developed. There was so much imagination involved in developing
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Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett Mr. Shivers is a bit of an odd ball book. It beings as a simple quest and murder story set in the depression era of America (readers will be reminded of the HBO TV series Carnivale as it’s set in the same era but Mr. Shivers is a bit
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So many books are published each week that is often hard to decide which books to read. If you are like me, I read about 500 books a year (yes I said 500). You may already have a number of authors that you follow and they may or may not put out enough material for you to keep up with. I follow about 43 authors and they cannot keep up with me.
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Write your novel to sell. Writing a novel that sells means developing your idea into one that excites an editor or agent to read the story. Our “great ideas” inspire us but rarely are strong enough to do that. Don’t leave this important step to chance. Learn how to build your inspiration into a solid, salable storyline before you start writing.
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Warriors edited by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois In his Introduction, George R. R. Martin describes “Warriors” as a ‘spinner rack’, which is an apt description for an anthology that includes stories of every ilk from historical fiction, fantasy and sci-fi to a Western, mysteries, “some mainstream”, and “a couple of pieces that
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The Shadowmask: Stone of Tymora, Book II by Geno and R.A. Salvatore I have been a long time fan of Drizzt and the Forgotten Realms series. It’s one of the first fantasy series that I got into when I was in high school and really sparked my love for reading fantasy. So when I heard
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Beautiful Dead Book 1: Jonas by Eden Maguire Beautiful Dead is the first book in a series created by Eden Maguire. The premise of the series is the fact that four teenagers have been killed, from Ellerton High, within a year. Two girls and two boys – all of whom were well liked. In this
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Too often a non-fiction ready-to-go book manuscript really isn’t ready to go–yet. Whether it’s self-published, going through ancillary publishing, or a “big house” has given it the “go-ahead,” it needs one last no-nonsense review (and maybe some adjustment) before it’s launched. Here, a veteran book editor and publisher tells where to look before investing lots of money or time in a “masterpiece” that still needs help.
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City of Dreams & Nightmare by Ian Whates “City of Dreams & Nightmare” has two strengths that make it such an addictive read. Sense of wonder and fast pace with many twists and turns. It is hard to overemphasize how many cool things the author throws in here, but I will give several examples: -magical
Ravensoul (Legends of the Raven 4) by James Barclay