Marlene

Marlene is a librarian, ebook advocate, science fiction fan, and RPG fan who lives in Atlanta. She and her husband are owned by three cats, just ask them. She's a geek and a nerd and proud of it. She's also an avid reader of everything, including the back of the cereal box, and has been blogging since April 2011 at Reading Reality and is a reviewer at Library Journal as well as active on Goodreads.

Review – Make Me Stay (Hope #5) by Jaci Burton

Reviewed by Marlene I picked up Make Me Stay because I’ve read Burton’s entire Hope series so far, and reviewed all of them here at The Book Pushers. (Start with Hope Flames). I’m obviously hooked, although I’m not totally sure why. I think I just like these people. Hope, Oklahoma is a small town, not […]

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Review: Seven Nights to Surrender (Art of Passion #1) by Jeanette Grey

Reviewed by Marlene I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. I picked it up because I love Jeanette Grey’s writing. I was first introduced to her through her science fiction romances, but I have also really liked her new adult romances. As in liked to the point where her Take What You

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Joint Review – Burn It Up (Desert Dogs #3) by Cara McKenna

Reviewed by: E and Marlene E: I have been enjoying McKenna’s very unorthodox “Motorcycle Club” series since the first installment. It is full of murder, conspiracy, friendship, and finding love while trying to save a dying town. One of the other reasons why I enjoy this series is because it doesn’t contain any of the

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Joint Review: Blade Dance (Cold Iron #4) by D.L. McDermott

Reviewed by Meka and Marlene Meka: I found this series quite by accident and contrary to my constant choosing of books that are not firsts in a series, I read this one in order. This is a rare thing! When I found out that Marlene would be writing a review of this book, I practically

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Review: Down the Rabbit Hole by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Elaine Fox, Mary Kay McComas, R.C. Ryan

Reviewed by: Marlene This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice in Wonderland, which may explain the theme of this collection. And probably also explains the release of After Alice by Geoffrey Maguire later this year. As most of us remember, Alice falls down a rabbit hole chasing the March Hare on

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Joint Review: The Bloodforged (Bloodbound #2) by Erin Lindsey

Reviewed by: E and Marlene E: Last year I read and reviewed The Bloodbound  the first installment in Lindsey’s epic fantasy series with Marlene and absolutely loved it. So when Marlene noticed the second installment was coming out I eagerly agreed to join her in another review. While I enjoyed The Bloodforged it wasn’t to

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