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A penny for your thoughts #8 (quote from A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin)

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Words touch us all in different ways. Sometimes the original intent of a quote resonates so profoundly with us that it is hard to believe that another wrote it. Other times it is a single word, peculiar phrasing, or an alternative meaning regarding an event in our lives that resonates the most. I believe in the power of starting the day (and week) off with a positive thought -- and so was created  A Penny For Your Thoughts . This is a weekly blog hop that will feature quotes of all kinds; classics, character, book-movie, personal, etc. The themes will range from funny to serious, but really it all depends on how you interpret it! How does this work? Every Sunday a quote will be posted Post your thoughts on your blog and/or the comment section   of a participating blog.  You only get the penny for one or the other. You can do both but it doesn't count twice. Those with posts can join up on the Linky -  Linky will not be active until day of post Collect the pennies!  Every w

Book Blitz and Interview: Dances of the Heart by Andrea Downing

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(Blurb ):  Successful, workaholic author Carrie Bennett lives through her writing, but can’t succeed at writing a man into her life. Furthermore, her equally successful but cynical daughter, Paige, proves inconsolable after the death of her fiancé. Hard-drinking rancher Ray Ryder can find humor in just about anything—except the loss of his oldest son. His younger son, Jake, recently returned from Iraq, now keeps a secret that could shatter his deceased brother’s good name. On one sultry night in Texas, relationships blossom when the four meet, starting a series of events that move from the dancehalls of Hill Country to the beach parties of East Hampton, and from the penthouses of New York to the backstreets of a Mexican border town. But the hurts of the past are hard to leave behind, especially when old adversaries threaten the fragile ties that bind family to family…and lover to lover.   Book Information: Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Genre : contemporary women'

Book Blitz: Say Nothing of What You See by Christy Effinger

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( Blurb) :  When her aunt steps off a grain elevator into the emptiness of a prairie evening, Mira Piper loses her one protector. Chloe, her flighty mother, impulsively drags her daughter to Bramblewood, an isolated spiritualist retreat in northern Michigan, run by the enigmatic Dr. Virgil Simon. Chloe plans to train as a medium but it's Mira who discovers she can communicate with the dead. When her mother abandons her, Mira discovers a darker aspect to Bramblewood: the seemingly kind doctor has a sinister side and a strange control over his students. Then one winter's day Troy Farrington arrives, to fulfill his mother's dying wish and deliver her letter to the doctor. But calamity strikes and he finds himself a captive, tended by a sympathetic Mira. Haunted by her dead aunt and desperate to escape Bramblewood, Mira makes a devil's deal with Dr. Simon. But fulfillment comes with a steep cost...betrayal. Book Information: Published by The Wild R

A penny for your thoughts #7 (quote from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer)

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Words touch us all in different ways. Sometimes the original intent of a quote resonates so profoundly with us that it is hard to believe that another wrote it. Other times it is a single word, peculiar phrasing, or an alternative meaning regarding an event in our lives that resonates the most. I believe in the power of starting the day (and week) off with a positive thought -- and so was created  A Penny For Your Thoughts . This is a weekly blog hop that will feature quotes of all kinds; classics, character, book-movie, personal, etc. The themes will range from funny to serious, but really it all depends on how you interpret it! How does this work? Every Sunday a quote will be posted Post your thoughts on your blog and/or the comment section   of a participating blog.  You only get the penny for one or the other. You can do both but it doesn't count twice. Those with posts can join up on the Linky -  Linky will not be active until day of post Collect the pennies!  Every w

Book Spotlight: Summer Tour by Diane Matlick

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 ( Blurb ):  Ben has always had it bad for his childhood friend Anna, but after years of unrequited pining, he's officially done with her. It's the summer before he and his best friends graduate college and they are about to go on tour, following their favorite band all over the east coast. This group is like a family—extremely close but with their fair share of old wounds and hidden secrets. Anna figured out at a young age not to rely on anyone and she has always done whatever necessary to get by. She has carefully constructed her life—keeping herself isolated to stay focused and avoid getting hurt. But everyone has vulnerabilities and even the strongest willed have their breaking point. Ryan is buried in stress at work, so when his friend suggests a night out, he reluctantly agrees. But what starts off as a typical night in a strip club just outside New York City, ends in an encounter that will change everyone's lives.     Join a group of friends on tour following

Book Talk: The Mystery of Harper Lee and Go Set a Watchman

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The literary world was rocked this week by news that a lost Harper Lee manuscript reemerged. To Kill a Mockingbird was always touted as the author’s first and only book. Go Set a Watchmen tells the story of Scout as an adult. Lee supposedly wrote it first, but the adult Scout’s interactions with Atticus so entranced the editor that he convinced her to set down the childhood story. The rest is publishing history. I have great fondness for To Kill a Mockingbird, a book I read in school. It had a spunky character in Scout at a time when girls in stories were generally relegated to being sweetly submissive to the boys. It was also one of the first assigned readings that was gripping and relevant rather than dull and preachy. I put more trust in my teachers after that. Naturally, this announcement has all fiction lovers in a tizzy. The discovery of a new work by Lee raises many questions and reads like a piece of fantasy itself. How can a manuscript get lost for over fifty years? S

Book Spotlight: Doubletake by Maryann Miller and Margaret Sutton

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( Blurb ):  Death sneaks in the back door of the peaceful town of Twin Lakes, Texas and nothing is ever the same again. Homicide detective, Barbara Hobkins, is thrust headlong into the investigation. A product of the "new direction" in law enforcement, her strength comes from a degree is psychology and an intuition that has served her well. But will that be enough when up against a sadistic killer? Book Information: Maryann Miller & Margaret Sutton Publisher/ed: March 2014 Genre: Police Procedural Mystery Versions:  E-book and Paperback ASIN : B00J4YI8DE $3.99 - $9.99 What others are saying about Doubletake  "WOW! Talk about a double take, the ending floored me. The story drew me in and compelled me to read more and more. Miller and Sutton's ease of introduction, yet fully characterizing each new character so quickly really added to the pace of the story adding urgency to the feel. Truly a book that builds the tension and frustration of th

Blog Tour: Interview with Sheila R. Lamb author of Once a Goddess

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For the sake of peace, Brigid of the supernatural Túatha de Danann enters into an arranged marriage with Bres, the prince of the enemy, and casts aside her own hopes for happiness. Set in a time when myths were reality, Once a Goddess brings the legend of the Ireland’s magical Túatha dé Danann to life… This week, Sheila R. Lamb celebrates her new novel, Once a Goddess, with a virtual book tour . Follow along for more unique content about this historical/fantasy novel! Could you tell me a little about the origins of Once a Goddess ? How did you first conceive of this book? The origins of Once a Goddess are really tied in with the whole trilogy ( Once a Goddess is the first book in the trilogy). I used to teach history and loved studying Irish history. I traveled throughout Ireland and worked as an archaeology student in a summer program. As I began to research Ireland’s conversion from druid to Christianity, I couldn’t read about St. Patrick without finding a mention of St

A penny for your thoughts #6 (quote from The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges)

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Words touch us all in different ways. Sometimes the original intent of a quote resonates so profoundly with us that it is hard to believe that another wrote it. Other times it is a single word, peculiar phrasing, or an alternative meaning regarding an event in our lives that resonates the most. I believe in the power of starting the day (and week) off with a positive thought -- and so was created  A Penny For Your Thoughts . This is a weekly blog hop that will feature quotes of all kinds; classics, character, book-movie, personal, etc. The themes will range from funny to serious, but really it all depends on how you interpret it! How does this work? Every Sunday a quote will be posted Post your thoughts on your blog and/or the comment section   of a participating blog.  You only get the penny for one or the other. You can do both but it doesn't count twice. Those with posts can join up on the Linky -  Linky will not be active until day of post Collect the pennies!  Every w