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Grammar Snufus by Karla Stover

Okay, here's the deal. When did people become "that" instead of "who?" I hear this on the radio on the TV ( and shouldn't news reporters know better )? and unless my memory is wrong, have even read it in places. Why? How hard is it to remember that people require a "who"? And here's another--myself instead of me. My boss did this all this time and it drove me crazy. Are we so afraid to  be in the spotlight that we have to say, "So-and-so and myself did such-and-so?"

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Tabula Rasa by Kristen Lippert-Martin

Tabula Rasa by Kristen Lippert-Martin Available Sept 23rd Egmont USA Hardcover 352 pages YA Sci-Fi Adventure To Buy Links- Amazon / Kindle / Audible / MP3 CD / BN / Book Depository / Indiebound / Kobo Goodreads-  The Bourne Identity meets Divergent in this heart-pounding debut. Sixteen-year-old Sarah has a rare chance at a new life. Or so the doctors tell her. She’s been undergoing a cutting-edge procedure that will render her a tabula rasa—a blank slate. Memory by memory her troubled past is being taken away. But when her final surgery is interrupted and a team of elite soldiers invades the isolated hospital under cover of a massive blizzard, her fresh start could be her end.  Navigating familiar halls that have become a dangerous maze with the help of a teen computer hacker who's trying to bring the hospital down for his own reasons, Sarah starts to piece together who she is and why someone would want her erased. And she won’t be silenced again. A high-stakes thriller featu...

Nest by Esther Ehrlich Review

Nest by Esther Ehrlich Available September 9th, 2014 Wendy Lamb Books Middle Grade Fiction Hardcover 336 pages To Buy - Amazon / Kindle / BN / Book Depository / Indiebound / Kobo Goodreads-   For fans of Jennifer Holm ( Penny from Heaven, Turtle in Paradise ), a heartfelt and unforgettable middle-grade novel about an irresistible girl and her family, tragic change, and the healing power of love and friendship. In 1972 home is a cozy nest on Cape Cod for eleven-year-old Naomi “Chirp” Orenstein, her older sister, Rachel; her psychiatrist father; and her dancer mother. But then Chirp’s mom develops symptoms of a serious disease, and everything changes.    Chirp finds comfort in watching her beloved wild birds. She also finds a true friend in Joey, the mysterious boy who lives across the street. Together they create their own private world and come up with the perfect plan: Escape. Adventure. Discovery.    Nest  is Esther Ehrlich’s stunning debut nove...

Fragile Destiny by Suzanne Lazear

Fragile Destiny The Aether Chronicles Book 3 by Suzanne Lazear Available Now Flux Paperback 432 pages To Buy- Amazon / Kindle / BN / Indiebound / BookDepository / Kobo Goodreads -  Noli and her true love V fear the worst if the Staff of Eris—a potent Otherworld relic—falls into the wrong hands. Broken into pieces and hidden in the mortal realm long ago, the staff bestows vast powers on whoever possesses it. Ciarán, the dark king, is trying to rebuild the staff, intending to use it to install a new queen. In a desperate effort to keep the Otherworld from falling into darkness, Noli and V plot the daring theft of a jewel Ciarán needs to complete the staff. But Ciarán is not so easily defeated. Through his devious machinations, he has set a plan in motion for a final showdown that will decide who rules the Otherworld once and for all. REVIEW So here we are again, back with Noli and V and James. And all the other characters that we have come to know over the last few books in the serie...

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Available Now Little Brown Books for Young Readers Paperback 384 pages To Buy- Amazon / Kindle / BN Goodreads- As he continued to stare, I wanted to point to my cheek and remind him, But you were the one who wanted this, remember? You're the one who asked-and I repeat- Why not fix your face?  It's hard not to notice Terra Cooper. She's tall, blond, and has an enviable body. But with one turn of her cheek, all people notice is her unmistakably "flawed" face. Terra secretly plans to leave her stifling small town in the Northwest and escape to an East Coast college, but gets pushed off-course by her controlling father. When an unexpected collision puts Terra directly in Jacob's path, the handsome but quirky Goth boy immediately challenges her assumptions about herself and her life, and she is forced in yet another direction. With her carefully laid plans disrupted, will Terra be able to find her true path? Written in lively, ar...

Drop Dead Demons - The Divinicus Nex Chronicles Book Two by A&E Kirk

Drop Dead Demons- The Divinicus Nex Chronicles Book Two By A&E Kirk Available Now Kindle/Paperback 598 pages To Buy- Amazon / Kindle / Nook /  Goodreads - Survival. It's an on-going battle. GOING ON A TREASURE HUNT... Aurora Lahey finally knows why supernatural slayers salivate to slaughter her, but how to stop them? Not so much. Sure, she's discovered her own lethal powers, and has six sexy, super-charged, demon hunting Hex Boys watching her back--the hottest one watching every part of her. But when a seductive stranger delivers a deadly ultimatum, Aurora and the Hex Boys plunge into a do-or-die hunt for a legendary Mandatum treasure, which will finally shift power in their favor. Or unleash hell on earth. NEX MARKS THE SPOT... Pursued by demons of mythical proportions, Aurora and the Hex Boys race deeper into the shadowy world of a centuries-old mystery and brutal conspiracy, where no one and nothing is what it seems. Where love and betrayal go hand-in-hand, and trustin...

Blog Tour- Storms of Lazarus by Karen Kincy Review and Giveaway

Welcome to my tour stop for  Storms of Lazarus by Karen Kincy. This is the second book in the Shadows of Asphodel series . This is a new adult dieselpunk romance and is now available!  The tour runs August 11-22 with reviews, interviews & a few guest posts. Check out the tour page for the schedule and more information. Storms of Lazarus (Shadows of Asphodel #2) Sometimes escape is impossible. Sometimes love isn't enough. 1913. Christmas Eve. Ardis hardly expects a quiet holiday with Wendel, between fleeing Constantinople and hiding from an ancient society of assassins. And they owe a debt to a certain archmage. In Königsberg, Prussia, they work with Konstantin on the next evolution of Project Lazarus. Wendel once called Königsberg home, the city now besieged by the Russians and their clockwork engines of war. This may be Wendel’s last chance to save his family and find redemption, but he's tormented by nightmares and tempted by laudanum. Ardis fears her love isn’t eno...

Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve, illustrated by Sarah McIntyre

Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve, Illustrated by Sarah McIntyre Available September 5th Oxford University Press To Buy- Amazon / Kindle / BN / Book Depository Hardback 195 pages Middle Grade Fiction Goodreads:   Oliver grew up in a family of explorers - but his biggest adventure is about to begin! Along with his new friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted mermaid and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver goes off in search of his missing parents. But before he can put his rescue plan into action there's the evil Stacey de Lacey and an army of greasy, green sea monkeys to contend with . . . REVIEW Oliver's parents love to explore, but finally they have come home and Oliver is very happy about that. As he gets reacquainted with a home he barely remembers, his parents take a short exploration of some islands that have appeared in the cove behind the house since they've been gone. Night comes and when Oliver discovers their dinghy without them, he goes off to f...

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