I want to thank Karina Halle and Social Butterfly PR for the advance copy of Nothing Personal. I was super excited to end 2018 with the final release I was anticipating being from Karina Halle. I have been such a huge fan of Karina Halle. She was the first author I ever covered in an author spotlight and I have always been biased when it comes to her as we share the same hometown. As this is my final review of 2018, I want to touch on what this means to me. I picked blogging back up this year and took a risk focusing exclusively on NA books. I am so…
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Katie Ashley’s Room Mate ARC Review
I want to thank Katie Ashley and InkSlingerPR for the advance e-copy of Room Mate. I was super excited to receive this ARC, as just last month I picked up the other two books set in this world. I picked them up cause I am a huge fan of US politics and I have really enjoyed reading the stories of the three children of a US president falling in love in unconventional cirumstances. From Goodreads: “From the time I was a kid, I knew I wanted a job helping people. After serving in the Rifles regiment of the British Army, I focused my civilian career on becoming a bodyguard to the…
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Jay Crownover’s Runaround ARC Review
Thank you so much, Jay Crownover and InkSlingerPR for the advance copy of Runaround, which is out today! I’m not going to lie, I broke down in tears when I received this ARC. I have been a huge fan of Jay Crownover for years. To have this opportunity to read and review one of her books for this blog is mindblowing to me. This feels such an accomplishment in my blog’s journey. Here is the synopsis: “Can two people perpetually moving in opposite directions ever end up in the same place? Or will love just keep giving them the runaround? Webb Bryant is intimately acquainted with every type of trouble there is.…
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Lauren Blakely’s Unzipped ARC Review
I want to thank Lauren Blakely and InkSlingerPR for the advance e-copy of Unzipped. From Goodreads: “Wanted: Dating coach to help hot nerd win back the woman of his dreams… Picture this – I’m ready to win back the love of my life, and I’m going big this time. We’re talking boom box, sing her name in the rain, let the whole damn neighborhood know I’m good and ready this time around. After all, if you’re going to grand gesture the ever-loving hell out of a second chance, you need to pull out all the stops. There’s only one little problem. My college girlfriend isn’t the one who shows up when I play my…
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Jay Crownover’s Runaround Cover Reveal
I am so excited to be apart of the team revealing the cover of Jay Crownover’s newest release, Runaround (the fourth book in the Getaway series) which releases on December 14th! Now what you have all been waiting for, the cover… Here’s the synopsis: “Can two people perpetually moving in opposite directions ever end up in the same place? Or will love just keep giving them the runaround? Webb Bryant is intimately acquainted with every type of trouble there is. Trouble is all he’s ever known and the only constant in his life. Webb’s a man constantly on the move. He’s a drifter. A wanderer. He bolts from one bad choice to the next, never…
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Emma Hart’s Catastrophe Queen Cover Reveal
I am so excited to be apart of the team revealing the cover for Emma Hart’s Catastrophe Queen. The book releases on January 29, 2019. In the last few months, I have fallen in love with Emma Hart’s writing. So naturally, I am very excited to read more from her. Now what you have been waiting for, the cover… Here is the synopsis: You can add Catastrophe Queen to your TBR on Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2CRIskS If you are interested in picking this one up, here are the pre-order links: Amazon (*affiliate link*): https://amzn.to/2QiNwGZ AppleBooks: https://apple.co/2Jtpp1m Nook: http://bit.ly/2OmHHT2 Kobo: http://bit.ly/2RrrzkN If you want to keep in touch with Emma, check her out at these links: Facebook:…
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Lauren Blakely’s Best Laid Plans Cover Reveal
I am so excited to be apart of the team revealing the cover for Lauren Blakely’s Best Laid Plans. The book releases on March 1st, 2019. Who doesn’t love a new release from Lauren Blakely, they are always such enjoyable reads. Now what you have been waiting for, the cover… Photography by Rafa G. Catala Cover Design by Helen Williams Here is the synopsis: “That time I had the brilliant idea to ask my good friend for lessons in sex-ploration… Awkward? Maybe. But how else is a good girl going to find out if she likes being naughty? I might be sweet as cherry pie, but I’m also bold and damn…
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Melanie Harlow’s Only Love ARC Review
Thank you so much, Melanie Harlow and Social Butterfly PR for the advance copy of Only Love, which is out today! I am a huge fan of Melanie Harlow and the previous books in the One and Only trilogy. The stories of the Devine sisters and their men have been phenomenal, you have to pick all of them up. Here is the synopsis: “A gorgeous former Marine with a tortured soul. The beautiful, compassionate therapist living next door. A meddlesome grandma determined to get them together. I was expecting a proposal on my birthday, and I got dumped instead. How could I have been so clueless? Grams knew exactly how to distract me.…
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Essay #2: My Publishing, Blogging, and Online Journey
For years I have had an interest in becoming further involved in the traditional publishing industry, now through my experiences over the last semester I have come to understand how we are all publishers. The book reviewing, I have been doing for many years, across many different platforms was online publishing. Throughout the past semester, I shaped my own online publication and grew my own public. While my publishing journey was occurring my views on what publishing is evolved and I am left at the end of the semester with a desire to continue the growth of my online self. I struggled with seeing myself as an online publisher. Publication…
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Week 12 Process Post: Community Guidelines
When I look at where community guidelines within the NA community, most blogs do not have a set of rules. Where strict community guidelines come into play is in the Facebook groups set up by Authors and monitored by their assistants and others hired to monitor the groups. My own set of community guidelines is inspired by these groups as the audience for these groups will be quite similar to those reading my blog. Here are my community guidelines: Be nice and be respectful. Treat others the way you would want to be treated. This is the ultimate rule No bashing of authors, and books. This blog is supposed to…
