An Ordinary Knight by H.L. Burke
Title: An Ordinary Knight Author: H.L. Burke Series: An Ordinary Knight, #1 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Adventure/Romance Age-Range: 12+ (upper middle grade/young adult) Setting: a fantasy world Publisher: H.L. Burke Source: bought with birthday money 🙂 Rating: 3/5 stars Content: 3/5. Mild romance. There’s one guy who’s sort of a lady-chaser, so. There’s that. Pretty mild violence. […]
Class of ’59 by John A. Heldt
Title: Class of ’59 Author: John A. Heldt Series: American Journey, #4 (can be a stand-alone, too) Genre: Time Travel Adventure/Romance Age-Range: 14+ (young adult/adult) Era: contemporary and 1959 Setting: California Publisher: John A. Heldt Source: from author (in exchange for honest review) Rating: 4/5 stars (.5 removed for content) Content: 3/5. A few cuss […]
Young Marian: A Viper in the Forest by Mandy Webster
Title: A Viper in the Forest Author: Mandy Webster Series: Young Marian, #1 Genre: Historical Adventure (folk-tale retelling) Age-Range: 10+ (middle grade/young adult) Era: medieval Setting: Sherwood Forest, England Publisher: Mandy Webster Source: from the author (in exchange for an honest review) Rating: 5/5 stars Content: 3/5. Some violence (swordfights, fistfights, etc.), nothing too gory, but […]
3 Days: A Passion by T.M. Fairman
Title: 3 Days: A Passion Author: T.M. Fairman Genre: Dystopian Inspirational (okay … that sounded better in my head …) Age-Range: 15+ (upper young adult adult) Era: set in the future Setting: England Publisher: T.M. Fairman Source: in author (in exchange for honest review) Rating: 3/5 stars Content: 2/5. Lots of drama (that is pretty […]
The Painting by Kathleen J. Shields
Title: The Painting Author: Kathleen J. Shields Genre: Christian Allegory Age-Range: 15+ (young adult) Era: contemporary Setting: contemporary world Publisher: Kathleen J. Shields Source: from author (in exchange for honest review) Rating: 2/5 stars Content: 3/5. Bullying, depressing subjects. Didn’t really bug me, but some people are sensitive about that kind of stuff. The Painting by […]
Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
Title: Emily of Deep Valley Author: Maud Hart Lovelace Series: Deep Valley, #2 (can definitely be read as a stand-alone, though) Genre: Historical/Classic Romance/Literary Fiction Age-Range: 12+ (upper middle grade/young adult/adult) Era: 1910s (later Edwardian) Setting: Deep Valley, Minnesota Publisher: Harper Trophy (first published 1950) Source: library/now own Rating: 5/5 stars Content: 1/5. I can’t […]
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Title: A Study in Scarlet Author: Arthur Conan Doyle Series: Sherlock Holmes, #1 Genre: Classic Murder Mystery Age-Range: 14+ (young adult/adult) Era: Victorian Setting: London, England and Utah, America Source: mother owns a copy Rating: 5/5 stars Content: 2/5. Some violence and a murder, obviously. It’s not too graphic, though there are mentions of a […]
September 2016 Spotlight ~ IvIn Excerpt and Theme
Well, it’s once-again time for our monthly spotlight! Just in case you need a refresher, here’s the first spotlight post where I explained what a spotlight is, where I got the idea from, etc. This month I’m going to be sharing a little bit of my novel, Ivy Introspective, which is hopefully coming out sometime in […]
The Exiled Seven by Blake Renworth
Title: The Exiled Seven Author: Blake Renworth Series: The Exiled Series, #1 Genre: Adventure Fantasy Age-Range: 14+ (young adult/adult) Publisher: Inglenook Publishers Source: publisher (in exchange for honest review) Rating: 4/5 stars Content: 3/5. Younger teens cautioned for violence (nothing too gory) and a little cussing (which seemed a little random to me, by the […]
On Sprinters, Elections, and NaNo
First, I just want to say I’m amazed by the amount of support I got when publishing The Lady of the Vineyard. Thank you all a million times! I hope I’ll be there for you in the same way if you ever publish (or when you do again). Okay now … let’s do ’em in […]
The Lady of the Vineyard Blog Tour, Day 5
We’ve finally come to the last day of the blog tour! After this, we’ll be getting back to the normal schedule. Buy on Amazon (Kindle) ~ Buy on Amazon (Paperback) ~ Buy on Createspace ~ Add on Goodreads Today’s Posts: An author and character interview (and bonus book spotlight!) by Morgan Dusky (Studies in Character). It’s always so […]
The Lady of the Vineyard Blog Tour, Day 4
Wow … I can’t believe we’re already at day 4! Only one day to go! Well, I’ve got some sad news. This is our smallest day due to some problems people (including me!) had that made us have to do some re-scheduling! Oh, well. I deserve it for totally forgetting about 9/11. Everyone: *posting pictures saying […]
