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 – Homefront (Homefront #1) by Jessica Scott

Publisher: Jessica Scott Publish Date: Out Now How I got this book: NetGalley Reviewer: Marlene He’s always loved her… First Sergeant Gale Sorren waited a war and half a lifetime for a chance to get stationed near the ex-wife who left him years ago. When he finally musters the courage to see her, the life […]

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Review – Love After All (Hope #4) by Jaci Burton

Publisher: Jove Publish date: March 31, 2015 (TODAY) Reviewed by: Marlene How I got this book: eARC from the publisher via NetGalley High school math teacher Chelsea Gardner has the perfect plan. She’s tired of dating all the wrong men, and after years of frustration, she’s developed a foolproof list of requirements for finding “The

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Review – The Second Lie (Immortal Vikings #2) by Anna Richland

Publisher: Carina Press Publish Date: Out Now How I got this book: NetGalley Reviewer: Marlene A woman desperate to achieve her dreams. To reassure wealthy clients, Christina Alvarez Mancini invented a jet-setting British owner for her Napa Valley wine collection service. Success has brought her close to buying her own winery, when irregularities at a

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Joint Review – Blood for Blood (Zytarri #1) by Darcy Abriel

Publisher: Samhain Publish Date: Out Now How we got this book: eARC from the author Reviewers: MinnChica and Marlene Love can be a powerful ally or a lethal weapon. “Zytarri, Book 1” “The Past ” Leora Saguna has become what her kind fear most a blood huntress. Fueled by a lust for revenge for the

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Review – Tales from the Nightside by Simon R. Green

Publisher: Ace/Roc Publish Date: Out Now How I got this book: NetGalley Reviewer: Marlene Welcome to the Nightside. It’s the secret heart of London, beating to its own rhythm, pumping lifeblood through the veins of its streets and alleys hidden in eternal darkness, where creatures of the night congregate and where the sun is afraid

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Joint Review – Gunpowder Alchemy (The Gunpowder Chronicles #1) by Jeannie Lin

Publisher: Berkley Intermix Publish Date: Out now Reviewed by: E & Marlene How we got this book: ARC from the publisher via Netgalley In 1842, the gunpowder might of China’s Qing Dynasty fell to Britain’s steam engines. Furious, the Emperor ordered the death of his engineers—and killed China’s best chance of fighting back… Since her

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