Archive for April, 2010:

Book Review: Black Smoke by Robin Leigh Miller

Title: Black Smoke Author: Robin  Leigh Miller Paperback: 292 pages Publisher: Cerridwen Press (January 22, 2010) Language: English ISBN-1419960237 ISBN-978-1419960239 Reviewed by Lucinda Gunnin Synopsis: Samantha Wells has lived through more hell in her short life than most. At the age of eight her serene life was turned upside down. Her parents were brutally murdered and Sam barely escaped with her life. But she didn’t do it alone — a soft calm voice led her to safety, the voice of her spirit guide. Disguised by a black mask and the handle Black Smoke, with the help of her spirit guide Sam rescues those unfortunate people who find themselves in
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Moonlight Falls Virtual Book Tour May 2010

Join Vincent Zandri, author of the thriller novel, Moonlight Falls (R.J. Buckley Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in May ’10 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Vincent Zandri Vincent Zandri is an award-winning novelist, essayist and freelance photojournalist. His novel As Catch Can (Delacorte) was touted in two pre-publication articles by Publishers Weekly and was called “Brilliant” upon its publication by The New York Post. The Boston Herald attributed it as “The most arresting first crime novel to break into print this season.” Other novels include Godchild (Bantam/Dell) and Permanence (NPI). Translated into several languages including Japanese and the Dutch, Zandri’s
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Pump Up Your Book Tour Host Spotlight: Girls Just Reading

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us.  We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight Girls Just Reading, a book blog run by Grayslake, Illionois, blogger Julie Caldwell. Q: Thank you for this interview, Julie.  Can you tell us what is your blog’s main focus? Three girls reading and reviewing books from fiction genres that we are interested in, namely, African-American Fiction, Chick-Lit, Crime,
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Pump Up Your Book Blog Host Spotlight: Confessions of an Overworked Mom

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us.  We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight Confessions of an Overworked Mom , a book blog run by Castleton, Vermont, blogger Ellen Christian. Q: Thank you for this interview, Ellen.  Can you tell us what is your blog’s main focus? [Ellen] My main focus is on natural and organic living and on our lives in rural
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Ni’il: The Awakening Virtual Book Tour May 2010

Join James Boyle, author of the urban fantasy/horror novel, Ni’il the Awakening (iUniverse, December 2008), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in May on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About James Boyle Like all of us, James is a product of his environment. He was raised in a religious/spiritual family and that spirituality pervades most of his work. He even attended a Catholic Seminary for a year before deciding the priesthood was not for him. James’ father worked for the phone company as he was growing up, which was much like growing up in a military family. The company transferred his family from town
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Pump Up Your Book Blog Host Spotlight: The Cajun Book Lady

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us.  We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight The Cajun Book Lady, a book blog run by south Louisiana blogger Kristina (aka Kris). Q: Thank you for this interview, Kris.  Can you tell us what is your blog’s main focus? Kris: Well let me start off by saying thank you for having me here! The blog’s focus
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