Review: Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

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Publisher: Dutton (Penguin) Where did you get this book: Received as a free Advance Reader Copy Release date: July 27, 2010 This review contains spoilers! Blurb taken from authors’ official website: The orphaned daughter of a sorcerer and a half-demon, Savannah is a terrifyingly powerful young witch who has never been able to resist the [...]

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The Journey Part 4: Try, Try Again

When I left you, dear readers, I’d just completed the re-write on Pretty Souls. This time, I decided I’d be smarter about things. I found a beta reader through Devon Monk’s livejournal. She was a stranger, not a friend who would just tell me what I wanted to hear. We swapped manuscripts and tore into [...]

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Review: Break by Hannah Moskowitz

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Publisher: Simon Pulse Where did you get this book: Library Release date: Currently available This review contains spoilers! Blurb taken from authors’ official website: The first feeling is exhilaration. The second feeling is pain. The feeling that never comes is regret. Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body. Everyone knows [...]

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Review: Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble

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Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Where did you get this book: Won in a contest Release date: Currently available This review contains spoilers! Blurb taken from authors’ official website: Sixteen year old Anne thinks her life is pretty ordinary – until she smacks into handsome, mysterious, and okay, annoying Ethan on her way to chemistry class. Now [...]

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Review: Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead

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Publisher: Razorbill (Penguin) Where did you get this book: Purchased by reviewer Release date: Out now This review contains spoilers! Blurb taken from authors’ official website: “Dimitri gave Rose the ultimate choice. But she chose wrong… After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri’s birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir’s—and [...]

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The Journey Part 3: Wherein I *gasp* Finish a Novel

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) 2007. I decided to join the madness only a few days before November. There was no time for me to plan. I dove into a month where I was supposed to write 50,000 words with nothing more than a “What if?” and a couple character names. I’d already decided my [...]

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The Journey Part 2: Enter the Writing Group

Lou: I would like to welcome Julie back to The Book Pushers . If any of you missed it, here is Julie’s first guest post. **************************************************** (Apologies to readers for the delay in getting this second installment up. Life, as it so often does, happened and put everything on hold. I will endeavor to be [...]

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The Journey Part 1

Lou: I asked Julie to do a series of guest posts on the blog about her current journey of an aspiring author. Why? Because I too, previously, wanted to be an author. Now: I’ve firmly put those dreams behind me.  When I started The Book Pushers with Has, it was for our love of books, [...]

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