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Friday, January 31, 2014

A-Very-Merry-un-Birthday-To-Me! Giveaway: Kindle Fire HDX




A Very Merry-un-birthday-to-me!



This month I am not celebrating my birthday, so I decided that I would not celebrate with all of you during the entire month of February.

A Very Merry-un-birthday-to-me!

 To celebrate my un-Birthday, several bloggers & authors have teamed up to sponsor this stellar giveaway.
The winner will have the option to choose from a Kindle Fire HDX, $200 Amazon Gift Card or $200 PayPal Cash. 

A Very Merry-un-birthday-to-me!









Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or PayPal Cash. No purchase necessary. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. You must be 18 or older to enter. The winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Amy from Lady Reader's Bookstuff and sponsored by the mentioned authors & bloggers.
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Book Blast: FORTUNE CALLING by Hunter S. Jones [Excerpt + Giveaway]







Dallas Fortune is a small town girl with a gift for playing guitar. A member of her family has played the Grand Ol Opry since it began as a simple radio show in 1925. But, they are the minstrels, the troubadours--session players--not stars.

Dallas lives her life on the road. She’s just another guitar player with a dream until she finds an antique blue mandolin in a pawn shop. Her life comes into focus as the enchantment of the mandolin captivates her audiences. The Guitar God of Nashville beckons her. Everything is there for Dallas at last, until a stage accident sends her home and shatters her dreams. Blow after blow she fights the hand of fate.

Is she destined to lose out in life?

Hope, dreams, and love seem to be just out of reach. Every girl dreams of a happy ending. Dallas Fortune has the best Fairy Godmother in Country Music history.

Will she help make Dallas’ dreams come true? Is the future among the stars, in the cards or locked in your heart?

Fortune Calling is the first story in The Fortune Series. Set in contemporary Nashville and rural Tennessee, the series chronicles the live of loves of Dallas Fortune.



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Billie Joe wasn’t all bad. That was part of the problem. All I had to do was hear his voice, feel the velvet softness of his lips…those strong arms wrapping around me…he became mine and no one else’s. We don’t have a relationship; we have an addiction to each other. I have to find the strength to break his spell, somehow…some way. Or, stay trapped in his web for the rest of my life.

The rain surrounds me in the form of a mist as I realize that I am standing in the driveway again, lost in dreams. Pulling the collar of my jacket around my neck to stop the chill, I walk to the back of the Cadillac again, just to check. We might be in the middle of nowhere in this valley but meth has made crime an epidemic. It gnaw at the fringes of our people. No one would steal the Cadillac out of respect for dad, but I’d had to threaten to shot a couple of boys trying to steal the tires and rims a few months ago. They were buzzed outta their minds. It’s a wonder they didn’t shot me, but they were just looking for something quick to steal and sell. One shot in the air and they ran like mice. They will steal an antique mandolin in a heartbeat. They ain’t getting Blue Belle. I probably would shot someone in order to save her.

Knowing the trunk is securely locked, I walk toward the front door of the little house. Before entering, I wipe my boots on the mat on the porch and shake my long, blonde hair to remove the moisture. Giving up, I finally wrap my hair into a makeshift ponytail and open the door. A wave of warmth and the smell of cinnamon greet me unexpectedly.

“Good afternoon, welcome. I am Ernesto Lorenze,” a friendly male voice says from the corner of the dark room. I look around to see a tall, dark haired guy pull himself upright from a chair seated behind an antique desk. 

Actually, his legs are so long it is as if he is unraveling himself from the desk and chair. That’s a long drink of water crosses my mind before I even have time to think. I feel a blush creep across my cheeks as I access his credentials, so to speak. He is young looking but possibly in his mid-30s. He is wearing some type of black top hat, dark shirt, and jeans. You have to wonder why he would want to cover those silky dark curls, which almost touch his shoulders. His eyes are a luscious black/brown too, with just enough spark when he smiles, which lets you know that he is fun and charming. Bet he smiles like that all the time, not just when he wants to take money from you for a card reading, but anytime. Anywhere. The dimples help with that assessment, too. The fortune teller is a gorgeous guy. How great is that? I feel excited about something for the first time in a long time. Surely THAT alone is an omen, but we shall see what we shall see.

The spell is momentarily broken when he sits down on the desk in front of me, crosses his arms, and furrows his dark brows. Is something wrong?

“An hour reading is 100 dollars. Half an hour only 50 dollars. What would you like today?” He looks at me and winks. Is he flirting with me? How unexpected. Why have I left the house with no make-up on?

Looking him in the eyes makes me wonder…What would I like today?






Hunter S. Jones creates artwork which in her own words is more interesting than anything else you will ever know or learn about me. She is an author and entertainment blogger who was born in Tennessee and now lives in Atlanta, GA.

She has been writing about the things she loves all her life. From indie rock rags in Nashville to publishing multiple articles on travel, fashion, history and art.


Since her debut novella in October 2012 she has published 6 more original works including her novel September Ends, a collaboration with a critically acclaimed, award winning English author and poet in the fall of 2013.


Her latest, Fortune Calling is being released January 30th, 2014.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Official Blog Tour: GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE by Andrew Smith [Schedule + Giveaway] #unstoppablecorn






Title: GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE
Author: Andrew Smith
Genre: Fiction | YA | LBGT
Release Date: 2/11/14

Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the story of how he and his best friend , Robby, brought about the end of humanity and the rise of an army of unstoppable, six-foot tall praying mantises in small-town Iowa.

To make matters worse, Austin's hormones are totally oblivious; they don't care that the world is in utter chaos: Austin is in love with his girlfriend, Shann, but remains confused about his sexual orientation. He is stewing in a self-professed constant state of maximum horniness, directed at both Robby and Shann.


Ultimately, it is up to Austin to save the world and propagate the species in this sci-fright journey of survival, sex, and the complex realities of the human condition.









This is the truth. This is history.
It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it.
You know what I mean.



February 3rd – The Midnight Garden

February 3rd – The Story Siren

February 4th – Good Choice Reading

February 4th Bookish

February 5th – I Read Banned Books

February 5th – Jenna Does Books

February 6th – Bibliophilia, Please

February 6th – Escaping One Book At A Time

February 7th – Scott Reads It

February 7th – Live to Read

February 10th Alice Marvels

February 10th The Society

February 11th Lexi Swoons

February 11th A Reader of Fictions

February 12th Roof Beam Reader

February 12th Forever Young Adult

February 13th The Compulsive Reader

February 13th Books and Bling

February 14th Book Chic Club

February 14th The QQQE

February 17th JeanBookNerd

February 17th Ticket to Anywhere

February 18th Sleep Eat Read Books

February 18th Read Now Sleep Later

February 19th Anna Reads

February 19th Word Spelunking

February 20th Books With Bite

February 20th – What A Nerd Girl Says
February 21st – The Loyal Book

February 21st – Wastepaper Prose

February 21st – LRB – Guest

February 24th – We Are Word Nerds

February 24th  Cabin Goddess

February 25th – Ex Libris

February 25th – Cari's Book Blog

February 25th – A Good Addiction

February 26th – YA Reads

February 26th – The Young Folks

February 27th – Novel Thoughts

February 27th – Fangirlish

February 28th – Once Upon a Twilight

February 28th – Karin at LRB
February 28th – Naughty Book Kitties





Andrew Smith is the award-winning author of several Young Adult novels, including the critically acclaimed Winger (Starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, and Shelf Awareness—an Amazon “Best of the Year”) and The Marbury Lens (A YALSA BFYA, and Starred reviews and Best of the Year in both Publishers Weekly and Booklist).



He is a native-born Californian who spent most of his formative years traveling the world. His university studies focused on Political Science, Journalism, and Literature. He has published numerous short stories and articles. Grasshopper Jungle, coming February 11, 2014, is his seventh novel. He lives in Southern California.



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*Bonus!
For those of you that purchase a copy of GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE any time during the month of February will receive a one of a kind #unstoppableprizepack filled with lots of goodies.


To qualify you must send proof of purchase dated before 3.1.14 to amydelrosso(at)gmail(dot)com.




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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Official Book Tour: TWELVE HOUSES by OLGA SOAJE [Giveaway]


Welcome to the official tour page for TWELVE HOUSES by OLGA SOAJE. Lady Reader’s Bookstuff Tours is hosting a week-long tour for Ms. Soaje for her new book. Twelve Houses which is Contemporary Woman’s Literary Fiction. The book addresses and tells the tale of one woman discovering her life is far from over. Join us today and follow along to see some great posts including an Amazon Gift Card giveaway!












Can anything good follow the best thing that ever happened to you?



Amelia Weiss loved her husband of thirty-five years very much, but now he’s left her a widow. Without him, she is unable to work in her sculpture studio without crying. She no longer has a bridge to her estranged daughter. And she can’t seem to keep her mind in the present.



But when her daughter reaches out asking for her help and her agent threatens a lawsuit if Amelia doesn’t deliver for an upcoming exhibit, she’s forced to make a choice. Will she reengage with her life and the people in it—allowing room for things to be different than they were before? Or, will she remain stuck in the past, choosing her memories over real-life relationships?



Thrust fully into the present, Amelia stumbles into a surprising journey of self-discovery.








Follow The Tour:
Guest Post
27-Jan
Spotlight
27-Jan
Guest Post
28-Jan
Review
28-Jan
Spotlight
29-Jan
Review
29-Jan
Top Ten 
29-Jan
Lady Reader's Bookstuff
Guest Review
30-Jan
Guest Post
30-Jan
Playlist / Spotlight
31-Jan
Interview
31-Jan
All about Books Divas          
Review
Review
31-Jan
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On my latest novel Twelve Houses, I tell the story of a widow who discovers that her life story is far from over. Amelia is a brave woman who struggles to find her true place in the world and at the same time to create a life that holds spiritual meaning and purpose.

Though my first book, Borrowing My Mother’s Saints, was a comedy set in New York, I think both books describe a similar spiritual journey. The struggles of all of my characters are very important to me, and I love to hear from my readers about my books.


In my everyday life, I am married, and my husband and I are raising two sons. We currently divide our lives between San Diego, California, and Mexico. 


                                                                         
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  1. Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Card Code. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 72 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Amy from Lady Reader’s Bookstuff Tours and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.