Archive for May 23rd, 2011:

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Jennie Helderman

Jennie Helderman broke the glass ceiling at age ten by becoming the first girl page in the Alabama State Legislature. That surge of girl power wouldn’t be the last time she saw a need to put women’s issues at the forefront. Years later, after she helped set up a crisis-call center in an old house, a cry for help at the other end of the phone line resounded in her head. That call was the catalyst; eventually, the empty bedrooms upstairs served as the community’s first shelter for victims of domestic abuse. From there, Helderman began work with women’s issues and leadership, community development, public relations and communications, beginning
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New Book for Review: Mainstream Fiction ‘You Never Know: Tales of Tobias, an Accidental Lottery Winner’ by Lilian Duval

Lilian Duval is touring in July & August 2011 with her mainstream fiction novel, You Never Know: Tales of Tobias, an Accidental Lottery Winner. What happens when an ordinary person becomes extraordinary? Tobias starts out in life much the same as any of us—not rich, not poor, with imperfect parents and unlimited ambition. When he’s twenty years old, his future is altered in irreparable ways after a tragic car accident pushes him down a new path. The once-promising anthropology major is forced to abandon his dreams in order to care for his orphaned, brain-damaged younger brother. In his late thirties, Tobias works in a bookstore, trying desperately to make
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New Book for Review: Contemporary Romance ‘Absolute Obsession’ by C. Elizabeth

C. Elizabeth will be touring in July 2011 with her contemporary romance novel, Absolute Obsession. Triggering an intervention of fate, 42 year old Rose Gerbaldi, discovers her heart and soul have been forever united with beautiful, 30 year old, British movie star, Michael Terrance – – a discovery that compels her reality to fiercely reclaim her, ultimately devastating the very lives fate had so lovingly entwined. Forsaken by a woman he’s never met, unable to control the debilitating agony, Michael seeks solace on the darker side of Hollywood.  Meanwhile in Western Canada, having been doubly devastated, Rose relinquishes to a life of loneliness.  Both are certain they’ll never again
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N.H.I.: No Humans Involved Virtual Book Tour June 2011

Join Ray Ellis, author of the urban mystery novel, N.H.I.: NO Humans Involved (StoneHouse Ink), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in June 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Ray Ellis Ray Ellis began his law enforcement career with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department in Orange County, California. After working for a number of years in the maximum security facility, he transferred to patrol working along Orange County’s coast as well as the inner canyons and barrios. After 8 years he moved to Idaho and continued his law enforcement career, serving as an instructor for the Idaho POST Council. Ray was first
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 16

Welcome to Day Sixteen of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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