Read Humane: E’s Adoption Stories

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Growing up we had a mixture of cats and dogs. The dogs were usually found in the yard one morning because someone had dropped them into our yard over the fence. Unfortunately that meant the dogs weren’t always the healthiest or were already old when they appeared. The cats started off the same way. Two [...]

Read Humane: MinnChica’s Adoption Stories

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Casa MinnChica has been crawling with four-legged friends ever since I moved out on my own. I was never allowed to have pets growing up, but once I went off to college, I made it a point to adopt an animal or three as soon as I was allowed. My first pet was my cat: [...]

Read Humane Spotlight

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This May, The Book Pushers is pleased to support Penguin Group (USA)’s Read Humane® 2013 campaign to fight animal cruelty.  We would like to welcome spokesperson and bestselling author Jill Shalvis to our blog today, where she is sharing with us her family’s animal rescue story discusses her Animal Magnetism series with a piece entitled [...]

Interview with Erin McCarthy

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We’re very excited to have been given the chance to interview New York Times bestselling romance author, Erin McCarthy, on her first New Adult book, True. BookPushers: Erin, thanks for being here with us. Can you tell us why you decided to write a New Adult book, and were you nervous about changing the age demographic of your [...]

Opinion & Giveaway – Sneaking Mom’s Books

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I was on twitter a few weeks ago, which I know really doesn’t surprise any of you, when someone in my tweet stream mentioned being happy that Amazon had rolled out parental controls on the Kindle Fire so she no longer had to worry about her daughter reading her books. I am in no position [...]

Review: Down London Road by Samantha Young

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Where did you get it: E-arc from publisher Publisher: NAL Release Date: Out now     Johanna Walker is used to taking charge. But she’s about to meet someone who will make her lose control….   It has always been up to Johanna to care for her family, particularly her younger brother, Cole. With an [...]

Joint Review: True by Erin McCarthy

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Publisher: Intermix (Penguin) Where did you get the book: e-ARC Release date: May 7th When Rory Macintosh’s roommates find out that their studious and shy friend has never been with a guy, they decide that, as an act of kindness they’ll help her lose her virginity by hiring confident, tattooed bad boy Tyler Mann to [...]

Review – Plus One by Brighton Walsh

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Publisher: Carina Press Publish Date: Out Today How I got this book: NetGalley   Olivia hates the singles scene, so when her best guy friend, Ian, offers to be her plus one to a series of weddings she has to attend, she agrees. Although she doesn’t want to complicate their lifelong friendship, she can’t pass [...]

Review – Game On by Tracy Solheim

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Publisher: Berkley Publish Date: May 7th How I got this book: NetGalley   With a reputation for fast moves on the gridiron and even faster moves off the field, Shane Devlin was a player in every sense of the word. Unfortunately, his bad-boy persona has made him a risky prospect as a quarterback, and only [...]

Review – Undeclared by Jen Frederick

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Publisher: Self Publish Date: May 1st How I got this book: eARC from author   For four years, Grace Sullivan wrote to a Marine she never met, and fell in love. But when his deployment ended, so did the letters. Ever since that day, Grace has been coasting, academically and emotionally. The one thing she’s [...]

Winners!

The lucky winners of the Take Our Books giveaway are: Linda Henderson: Set 2 Mariska: Set 1 CrystalGB: Set 4 Kai W.: Set 7 Amy R: Set 3 SandyH: Set 6 Mickey MacD: Set 5   Congrats! Check your emails!