Posts Tagged ‘virtual book tour’

Book Review: Life Choices: Navigating Difficult Paths

LIFE CHOICES: NAVIGATING DIFFICULT PATHS by Judi Moreo & Friends Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Turning Point International (January 15, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0982526407 ISBN-13: 978-0982526408 Synopsis: If you feel “stuck” in a situation that appears to be beyond your control, these stories will show you how others have coped with crisis and uncertainty, made tough choices and positive changes in order to find deeper meaning and satisfaction in their relationships and learned to live with purpose every day. Rarely do we find a book that addresses so many different challenges. Life Choices does this in a powerful and inspiring way. This book is about experiences, the people who
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Book Review: An Axe to Grind by F.M. Meredith

Title: An Axe to Grind Author: F.M. Meredith Genre: Crime/police procedural Publisher: Dark Oak Mysteries Pages: 178 ISBN: 978- 1892343789 Rating: SYNOPSIS Detective Doug Milligan and his partner question suspects in the murder of a stalker including the stalker’s target, her boyfriend, father and brother, as well as the stalker’s step-father. The investigation leaves little time for Doug to see his fiancée and fellow officer, Stacey Wilbur. Stacey handles a molestation case which involves the son of a friend. She and her mother talk wedding plans, though all must wait until Doug’s renter, Officer Gordon Butler finds another place to live. When Doug disappears while tailing a suspect, Stacey
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Book Review: The Cutting by James Hayman

THE CUTTING by James Hayman Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: St. Martins Minotaur Language: English ISBN-10: 0-312-53129-x ISBN-13: 13: 978-0-312-53129-4 SYNOPSIS Someone is Stealing the Hearts of Beautiful Young Women. NYPD homicide detective Mike McCabe left New York for Maine to escape his own dark past and to find a refuge from the violence of the big city for himself and his teenaged daughter, but on the fog-shrouded, cobblestone streets of Portland he finds far more than he bargained for. On a warm September evening the mutilated body of Katie Dubois, a pretty high school soccer star, turns up, dumped in a Portland scrap yard. Her heart has been neatly
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  • February 7, 2010
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail Virtual Book Tour March & April 2010

Join Paul V. Stutzman, author of the memoir, Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail (Synergy Books), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in March and April 2010 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Paul V. Stutzman After Paul Stutzman’s wife died, Paul quit his job to hike the Appalachian trail to give himself time to think and to heal.  Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail is his story.  A former restaurant manager, he is now retired and planning his next big adventure: a cross-country bicycle trip. Stutzman currently lives in Berlin, Ohio. To see pictures
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Moonlight Falls Virtual Book Tour February & March 2010

Join Vincent Zandri, author of the thriller novel, Moonlight Falls (R.J. Buckley Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February and March on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion! 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
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Schooled in Lies Virtual Book Tour February 2010

Join Angela Henry, author of the mystery novel, Schooled in Lies (Boulevard Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in February on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion! About Angela Henry Angela Henry was once told that her past life careers included spy, researcher, and investigator. She stuck with what she knew because today she’s a mystery writing library reference specialist, who loves to people watch and eavesdrop on conversations. She’s the author of four mysteries featuring equally nosy amateur sleuth Kendra Clayton, and is also the founder of the award-winning MystNoir website, which promotes African-American mystery writers, and was named a “Hot Site”
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Book Review: The Light, The Dark & Ember Between by J.W. Nicklaus

Title: The Light, The Dark & Ember Between Author: J.W. Nicklaus Genre: Short Stories Publisher: Bedside Books Pages: 181 pages Purchase your copy here! About the Book A collection of short stories, each a splinter’s reflection of the human condition, firmly centered upon our oft tenuous, sometimes tensile bond with Hope, and careening flirtation with Love. Fifteen stories: From the wispy fog of a love lost at sea, to an orphaned child who delivers a present of her own during a war-torn Christmas. These stories are gentle reminders to each of us of what it is to be human, and certainly of our affinity for the slightest glint of
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  • December 8, 2009
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Book Review: World War II Heroes of Southern Delaware by James Diehl

Title: World War II Heroes of Southern Delaware Author: James Diehl Genre: Historical Nonfiction Publisher: The DNB Group Pages: 234 pages Purchase your copy here! About the Book World War II Heroes of Southern Delaware is a book unlike any other ever written. In its pages are profiles of 50 ordinary Americans who did extraordinary things during a time unlike any other in American history. These are men and women who today call southern Delaware home. In the 1940s, these brave Americans put their lives on hold to fight for freedom and democracy against the horrific threat imposed on the world by Emperor Hirohito of Japan and German Fuhrer
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Book Review: Colonel Trash Truck by Kathleen Crawley

Encourage your kids to become part of Colonel Trash Truck’s Clean and Green Team with this new rhyming book by Kathleen Crawley that teaches kids in a fun way about the importance of recycling. Colonel Trash Truck travels the streets with his Clean and Green Team to help win the war on garbage.  From leaves to litter, from doo to scum, Colonel Trash wants to keep the world beautiful.  But he needs your help, so save the trees, recycle and reuse whenever possible. Every parent, grandparent, care giver, Preschool or Kindergarten teacher who wants to encourage young children to “Go Green” will want to pick up a copy of
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Gringos in Paradise Virtual Book Tour November & December ’09

Join Malana Ashlie, author of the travel autobiography, Gringos in Paradise: Our Honduras Odyssey (BookSurge, Jan ‘07) , as she virtually tours the blogosphere in December on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion! About Gringos in Paradise Gringos in Paradise: Our Honduras Odyssey by Malana Ashlie is a delightfully amusing and lighthearted autobiography chronicling her move from Hawai’i to the Caribbean Coast of Honduras. When she and her husband decide to relocate to a more secluded paradise the fun begins. She shares the trials and triumphs of building a new life in Central America, in what can best be described as a spiritual journey
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Book Review: Charlie and Mama Kyna by Diana Rumjahn

Title: Charlie and Mama Kyna Author:  Diana Rumjahn Publisher: Booksurge Publishing ISBN: 1419656872 38 pp Reviewed by: Dorothy Thompson Charlie and Mama Kyna is a sweet tale of three friends – Charlie, a frog, Leo, a lion and Joe, a giraffe – who embark on a journey to find a good home. In this delightful children’s picture book written by Diana Rumjahn, we are all taken on an enchanting journey in which Charlie, “a sweet green frog with a red bow tie with white polka dots,” finds Leo and Joe sitting in an orange tent in front of Mrs. Cupcake’s Bakery.  Soon they tire of living out of a
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