Kingdom Online Book Tour and An Author Interview

10/07/2012 - Kweeny Todd – Review

10/08/2012 - Urban Fantasy Reviews - Guest Post

10/09/2012 - Flying Monkey Press – Interview

10/10/2012 - Free Book Dude - Review

10/11/2012 - Beauty in Ruins - Review

10/12/2012 - Free Book Dude – Guest Post

10/13/2012 - Splash of Our Worlds Reviews – Review

10/14/2012-  Full Moon Bites – Guest Post

10/15/2012 - Heather’s Book Chatter Review

10/16/2012 - Watch Play Read - Interview

10/17/2012 - The Flip Side of Julianne - Interview

10/18/2012 - Alchemy of Scrawl – Review

10/20/2012 - The Independent Review - Review

10/21/2012 - Azure Dwarf Horde of SciFi and Fantasy – Review

10/22/2012 - Miraculous! -  Excerpt – Giveaway

10/23/2012 - I Read a Book Once – Review

10/24/2012 – Bookishly Me – Review

10/25/2012 - Edi’s Book Lighthouse – Review

10/26/2012 Jess resides here - Interview

10/27/2012 – Sheila Deeth – Review

10/28/2012 - Bee’s Knees Reviews - Review

10/29/2012 – Ali’s Bookshelf – Review

10/30/2012 - Workaday Reads – Guest Post

10/31/2012 - Book and Movie Dimension – Interview

11/01/2012 – Cabin Goddess – Review & Recipe

Thanks to First Rule Publicity had the chance to ask Anderson the author of Kingdom some questions. See the interview below.

Spook House Online Book Tour: Review of Spook House by Michael West

Spook House by Michael West

Brought to the blog thanks to Seventh Star Press!

Tour page: http://www.seventhstarpress.com/blog-tours/spook-house-blog-tour/

Tour Dates October 25-November 27

10/25 Great Minds Think Aloud - Review

10/26 Bookishly Me - Review

10/27 Red Headed Bookworm -Excerpt

10/28 Book and Movie Dimension -Review

10/29 Azure Dwarf Horde of Science Fiction & Fantasy - Review/Giveaway

10/30 Reading Aways the Days -Interview/Giveaway

10/31 Ginger Nuts of Horror - Review

11/1   WTF Are You Reading? - Review

11/2   Darlenes Book Nook - Guest Post

11/3    JeanzBookReadNReview - Excerpt

11/4   The Independent Review - Review

11/5   Fictional Candy - Character Post

11/6   Book Den - Review

11/7   Vilutheril Reviews - Excerpt

11/8   Beauty in Ruins - Review

11/9   Beagle Book Space - Review

11/10 Bunny’s Review - Review

11/11 Splash of Our Worlds - Review

11/12 A Book Vacation -Guest Post

11/13 A Daydreamer’s Thoughts - Review

11/14 Crossroads Reviews - Review

11/15 Bee’s Knees Reviews - Review

11/16 From the Bootheel Cotton Patch - Excerpt

11/17 Sheila Deeth - Review

11/18 Kayla’s Reads and Reviews - Excerpt

11/19 The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia - Review

11/20 I Smell Sheep - Review

11/21 Ali’s Bookshelf - Excerpt

11/22 Full Moon Bites - Excerpt

11/23 The Cabin Goddess - Review

11/24 Stuck in Books - Guest Post

11/26 The Rabid Fox  - Review/Interview

11/27 Jess Resides Here - Excerpt

There are some places in this world that go far beyond any normal definition of “haunted.” These places are so evil, so diabolical, that they become gateways to Hell itself. The Fuller Farm is one such place.

It is said that old man Fuller conducted unspeakable acts, blood rituals and human sacrifices, all in an attempt to gain the ultimate knowledge, the ultimate power. And then, he was killed–horribly murdered on his own lands, leaving the house to stand as a vacant monument to his wickedness. But once a door is opened, it can never really be closed.

Now, the stars are right. The gateway is ready to once more unleash unspeakable horror upon the town of Harmony, Indiana. And this will be one Halloween that they will never forget!

Happy Halloween with Zompacolypse 2012 Halloween Hop

This 2012 Halloween Zompacolypse was created by the bloggers at Paranormal Wastelands

This Halloween hope you have a great time. It's the funnest time of the year along with maybe Christmas. Whether you are definitely going to be watching scary movies on television, eating candy, and or attending Halloween parties hope you enjoy. This Halloween giving away some great stuff to read.  That means some books.

Up For Grabs

Prize Pack 1

-1 e-copy of Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula by Elise Stokes

Go see: Review of Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula by Elise Stokes

-1 e-copy of Reign of Blood by Alexia Purdy

"Never tease anything that wants to eat you. My name is April Tate and my blood is the new gold. Vampires and hybrids have overrun my world, once vibrant with life, but now a graveyard of death shrouded in shadows. I fight to survive; I fight for my mother and brother. The journey is full of turns that I am quite unprepared for. And I'm just hoping to make it to the next Vegas sunrise..."

In a post-apocalyptic world, a viral epidemic has wiped out most of the earth’s population, leaving behind few humans but untold numbers of mutated vampires. April is a seventeen-year-old girl who lives in the remains of Las Vegas one year after the outbreak. She has become a ferocious vampire killer and after her family is abducted, she goes searching for them. What she finds is a new breed of vampire, unlike any she has seen before. Unsure of whom she can trust, she discovers that her view of the world is not as black and white as she once thought, and she's willing to bend the rules to rescue her family. But in trying to save them, she may only succeed in bringing her fragile world crashing down around her

Prize Pack 2

-1 e-copy of Bloodbreeders: Living in Darkness by Robin Renee Ray

Not once in her life did farm girl Renee Crocker, imagine she would encounter a world found only in the minds of myth-seeking men. Although the things they sought were not always unheard of in the 1930’s in other parts of the world, life was just too harsh in the small Texas community, to pay mind to anything other than raising a healthy crop to ensure the survival of one’s family. But late one evening during supper, a stranger comes knocking on the door of the Crocker family farm house and is invited inside. 

It doesn’t take long for Renee to discover a great number of things that people in her neck of the woods couldn’t even contemplate. The dark of night takes on a whole new meaning, and the once vulnerable young country woman finds herself struggling to survive in a world that demands she live forever in darkness.

-1 e-copy of Bloodbreeders: The Revenge by Robin Renee Ray

Renee thought she had gone through the worse nightmare that any being could possibly dream up; little did she know that her adventure had just begun. Her intentions were to go back to Cuba and fulfill a promise made to the two that helped her escape the unbelievable hell that had become her life from the days of loving care back on the farm. 

What she finds changes her destiny and places her path on one that was only found in the mind and tales of the ancient profits. Of course, the question remains, will she be able to fulfill the needs that have taken hold of what little heart she had left? Can the faith of a country girl with the help of those who would follow her into hell itself be enough, or will they find themselves in a situation that they cannot get out of?

-1 e-copy of Shifted Perspective by J. Bridger

"Caleb Byrne is a bright high school senior who has enough to deal with between college choices, taking care of his single dad, and dealing with his headstrong girlfriend Joanna and an eccentric set of cousins in California. He was managing to get by until the day he woke up a Cocker Spaniel. Even if it only happens monthly and is more embarrassing than painful, the so-called ability is something that he's anxious to be rid of.

He didn't realize his transformations would drag him into a hidden society of canine and lupine shape shifters as well as a family legacy he hates. To make matters worse, after moving to Los Angeles to learn more about his heritage from his Aunt Moira and his cousin Kalista, Caleb now struggles through life-and-death matters. He keeps angering the werewolves in charge of the shifter world, especially Kalista's boyfriend Peter, the Southern California alpha's son, who also happens to be grade-A sociopath. Worse, Caleb's floundering to keep his secret from Joanna.

While his family offers him some support, they may not be enough as Caleb realizes that the rules in shifter society---number one is supposed to be don't kill humans---are not so ironclad. Some werewolf out there is leaving a blood-soaked trail across the Midwest and it might just be with the alpha's blessing..."

A huge thank you to J. Bridger for providing Shifted Perspective at the last moment.

J. Bridger has had an eclectic life. She’s worked in the psychiatric ward in a hospital in La Paz, Bolivia, been a veterinary intern giving all sorts of better-left-to-the-imagination exams to dogs and cats, and had her own spate in creating and running a television ad campaign. Currently, in her day job, she is getting her certification as a medical Spanish interpreter in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina.

 By night, she’s a fledgling author, who has just penned her debut novel, Shifted Perspective; she is currently working on its sequel, the next installment of The Tails of Change Series. J.’s always loved things that go bump (or that howl) in the night and devoured Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Clive Barker starting in middle school. Her favorite shows are no less preternatural and include Big Wolf on Campus, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Teen Wolf. While she’s been writing fiction for eight years and been published in several academic journals for her psychological research, this is her first venture into published original fiction.

J. Bridger lives in Raleigh with two Yorkies, a beagle, and a Schnauzer-Yorkie mix (as well as far too many dust bunnies).

There will be two winners for the giveaways.

The Grand Prize winner gets first pick and the 2nd place winner the other prize pack. 

Rest assured all these are very interesting and fantastic books. So whatever you happen to get won't disappoint.

Happy Halloween!

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Also, don't forget to enter The Truth About Faking Giveaway 

October Giveaway for The Truth About Faking by Leigh T. Moore

Have you been seeing this book around the blogosphere? Or having read the below description hopefully you think a terrific sounding read. 

Hope so since have a copy up for  grabs. That's correct with The Truth About Faking by Leigh T. Moore have a feeling you won't feel disappointed! In the past, actually read a Review about The Truth About Faking which was given a favorable review by one of my favorite book blogs on the web, The Book Life.

Read: The Book Life | Review of The Truth About Faking

Jason just wants a date with Harley. 
Harley just wants a date with Trent. 
Trent's still getting over Stephanie.

When Harley and Jason decide to fake date, they uncover a school of deceptions. Trent's got a secret, but so does Jason. And the more time Harley spends secretly kissing her fake boyfriend, the further she gets from her dreams with Trent. 

Worst of all, Harley's mom is getting cozy with her hot massage therapy student, and even Harley's Reverend Dad can't fake not being bothered by it. But when the masks finally come off, can everyone handle the real truth?

Now available on Amazon, B&N Nook, Kobo, & Smashwords!

The Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD will soon release in Japan

So some of you no doubt have seen the Kindle Fire HD ad off to the right. That's because recently bought the $199 tablet Kindle Fire HD.

Read why Amazon.com has grown to be an e-commerce Giant: zdnet.com

It's one terrific tablet. Enjoying myself immensely with it and can play games and best of all reads e-books/manga in color.

So when found out that Japan will soon be having their hands on Kindle couldn't believe it. Just excited for those living in Japan to be able to get their hands on this cool device.

Supposedly on December 19, 2012 Kindle Fire/HD tablets and Kindle Paperweight will ship to buyers.

By the way, just so you know in honor of Amazon opening the market more in Japan sometime in November I will be having a review of how the Kindle Fire HD is like in person and why I just love it. Which surely I am not the only one!

The article that read about Amazon selling  Kindle Fire/HD tablets and Kindle Paperweight soon in Japan: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/kindle-fire-hd-and-kindle-fire-now-available-for-pre-order-at-amazoncojp-shipping-december-19-2012-10-24

Japan's Amazon.com Website: http://www.amazon.co.jp/

About the Blogger-Cassandra

Frequent book blogger, Atlanta Book Examiner, and creator of Book & Movie Dimension a Blog.

Just loving Reading and Reviewing Books, Japanese Culture, and Blogging.

Don't let that amazing book or movie pass you by! 

Now blogging comics, manga, and anime.

Kimberly Kinrade Street Team Blog Hop

Kimberly Kinrade Street Team blog hop brought to you by Kimberly Kinrade,  T B R and Innovative Online Book Tours.  Kimberly is giving away a Signed poster of the Forbidden Trilogy Cover!!!!

The Street Team Entail?

{Guest Post} On "World Building" in Dianne Lynn Gardner 's Deception Peak Online Book Tour!

 By: Dianne Lynn Gardner

Where did the Realm come from?

It’s funny. Someone once asked me “Why is the portal into the Realm a computer?” The answer is that I’m only writing what I know. *smiles

When I write (on the computer) I enter my world. So though this story-portal is make-believe, there’s a little bit of truth to it.

Remember the Disney cartoon where you see a hand drawing Mickey Mouse, and then the little guy comes to life?

Same concept.

I write on the computer—voila-- the world comes to life on my computer.

So what exactly do we mean by world building?

Let’s look at the most famous world builder of our time. J.R.R Tolkien. The man was a philologist. He built his world first by inventing languages. After that he created legends that told the story of the people who spoke those languages. His settings were so unique and detailed that when he finally came around to telling the tale of the One Ring, everything was in place for it. He pulled from the history he had written.

He was a master at world building.

Why did he do it?

Something I find valuable in the life of both Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, whose Narnia is an inspiring world as well, was that they lived during a horrific era in a country feeling the effects of World War I. They both served in the trenches during the war, and were evidently devastated by what they experienced. There had to be hope for mankind, because the dark world of war was at their door.

They each had their worlds they could slip into.

And not just for themselves, but for the survivors of that dismal era. Their worlds swept through ours like a light in the forest. People begged for more.

Why…you ask?

I love Lewis’ take on the answer to that. He said, “"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world."
— C.S. Lewis

Maybe he wasn’t talking about a fantasy world when he said that. I’m certain his quote had more of a spiritual connotation to it. But the desire for a better life, a purer place to live, and a happier outcome than many of us experience has always been in the heart of man.

-Hence, the need for world building.

With that established, I wonder…what would your world look like?

Flight Online Book Tour: Review and Author Interview

The Online Book Tour for Flight (The Crescent Chronicles #1) by Alyssa Rose Ivy is brought to you by Bewitching Book Tours!

September 17 Tour Intro

Fang-tastic Books

www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com

September 17 Review

The Oaken Bookcase

www.oakenbookcase.com

September 17 Review

www.book-whisperer.blogspot.com

September 18 Guest blog

Obsession with Books

www.obsessionwithbooks.blogspot.com

September 18 review

My Guilty Obsession

http://myguiltyobsession.blogspot.com/

September 19 Interview

Simply Infatuated

http://simplyinfatuated.wordpress.com/

September 20 Guest blog

Abbey Ann's Bookland

http://abbeyannsbookland.blogspot.com/

Spook House Cover Reveal and Get Your Own Copy!

Press Release
October 8, 2012

Cover Art Reveal, Limited Hardcover Offer, and Blog Tour Announcement for Michael West's Spook House!

Seventh Star Press is proud to unveil the cover art and illustrations created by Matthew Perry for Spook House by Michael West, as well as announce sites and dates for the book’s upcoming blog tour.  A pre-order window for a limited edition hardcover is also open in advance of the book’s official release.

The latest Harmony, Indiana novel following 2011’s Cinema of Shadows arrives just in time for Halloween, exploring the places in this world that go far beyond any normal definition of “haunted.” These places are so evil, so diabolical, that they become gateways to Hell itself. The Fuller Farm is one such place.

It is said that old man Fuller conducted unspeakable acts, blood rituals and human sacrifices, all in an attempt to gain the ultimate knowledge, the ultimate power. And then, he was killed–horribly murdered on his own lands, leaving the house to stand as a vacant monument to his wickedness. But once a door is opened, it can never really be closed.

Now, the stars are right. The gateway is ready to once more unleash unspeakable horror upon the town of Harmony, Indiana. And this will be one Halloween that they will never forget!

The softcover and eBook versions will be released following the launch event for the novel at That Book Place in Madison, Indiana on October 27th.  

Spook House is now available for pre-order in a beautiful hardcover edition that is strictly limited to 75 copies.  The limited hardcover edition will be signed and numbered by Michael West and includes a bonus illustration from Matthew Perry not included in other editions. It will be accompanied by an assortment of collectibles, including a set of glossy art cards and bookmarks. Those interested in securing one of the 75 copies can place a pre-order now at: http://www.seventhstarpress.com/pre-orders/

Artwork by Matthew Perry

The Spook House Blog Tour will feature 33 events, beginning October 25th and running through November 27th. The tour will feature a number of activities, including reviews, interviews, podcasts, guest blog posts, and contests/giveaways.

The dates and sites for the Spook House Blog Tour are as follows:

10/25   Great Minds Think Aloud
10/26   Bookishly Me
10/27   Red Headed Bookworm
10/28   Book and Movie Dimension- Yes this blog!
10/29   Azure Dwarf Horde of Science Fiction & Fantasy
10/30 Reading Aways the Days
10/31   Ginger Nuts of Horror
11/1     WTF Are You Reading?
11/2   Darlenes Book Nook
11/3   JeanzBookReadNReview
11/4   The Independent Review
11/5   Fictional Candy
11/6   Book Den
11/7   Vilutheril Reviews
11/8   Beauty in Ruins
11/9   Beagle Book Space
11/10   Bunny’s Review
11/11   Splash of Our Worlds
11/12 A Book Vacation
11/13   A Daydreamer’s Thoughts
11/14   Crossroads Reviews
11/15   Bee’s Knees Reviews
11/16   From the Bootheel Cotton Patch
11/17   Sheila Deeth
11/18   Kayla’s Reads and Reviews
11/19   The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
11/20   I Smell Sheep
11/21   Ali’s Bookshelf
11/22 Full Moon Bites
11/23   The Cabin Goddess
11/24   Stuck in Books
11/26   The Rabid Fox
11/27   Jess Resides Here


For further information on Michael West, Seventh Star Press, and its titles, please visit www.seventhstarpress.com, or the author’s site at www.bymichaelwest.com 





Contact: C.C. James
Public Relations, Seventh Star Press
ccjames@seventhstarpress.com

Seventh Star Press is a small press publisher of speculative fiction located in Lexington Kentucky.

Win a Signed Copy of FORGOTTEN by Catherine McKenzie

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Big Fan! Author Interview with Elise Stokes

Quite a few days ago had a Cassidy Jones Adventures Character Interviews posted up and hopefully now you have an idea about Elise Stokes and her fun series Cassidy Jones. Or if you're familiar with Elise Stokes and the books then you will love the Character Interviews and this Author Interview.  Hopefully, unless you have been living under a huge rock! 

Kidding everyone. I'm aware you are not living under a rock. 

Enjoy the Author Interview!

About Elise Stokes

Elise Stokes lives in Washington State, with her husband and four children. She was an elementary school teacher before becoming a full-time mom. With a daughter in middle school and two in high school, Elise’s understanding of the challenges facing girls in that age range inspired her to create a series that will motivate girls to value individualism, courage, integrity, and intelligence. The stories in Cassidy Jones Adventures are fun and relatable, and a bit edgy without taking the reader uncomfortably out of bounds. Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula and Cassidy Jones and Vulcan's Gift are the first two books in the series. 

Author Interview

Questions and Answers

What's This?- Review of Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula by Elise Stokes 

1. Thanks Elise for answering some questions here for the blog!

For readers who have yet to discover your interesting Science Fiction action/adventure novels of Cassidy Jones. How would you introduce the series?