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I have a wonderful book to share with you today. Song Of The Oceanides is a YA Fantasy blend and sounds wonderful.

Please enjoy Author J.G. Zymbalist’s guest post and an excerpt from the book.

And don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

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Guest Post by Author J.G. Zymbalist

Background of the book

I began to conceive Song of the Oceanides when I was just a little kid.  Every summer for about four or five summers straight, my family would spend the holiday in Castine, Maine right on Penobscot Bay.  Every June or July we rented out Robert Lowell’s house, and there I would look back on the previous school year and take stock of the latest round of insults I had weathered.  As I walked the halls of that house, I knew that someday I would have to do something about my growing sorrows—channel my childhood depression into something redemptive.

The house itself fascinated me and pretty much demanded to be the setting of a book.  As such, when I wrote Song of the Oceanides, I used the actual downstairs and upstairs floor plan as the model for the house where my young point-of-view character, Rory, lives.  Looking back, I think what enthralled me most about that big old New England house was the way the soft hazy summer light moved through the windows and all about the rooms and hallways.  Nothing triggers the imagination quite like the movement of light.

Almost as important, living in a New England house like that for the summer gave me the opportunity to experience the ocean:  the majestic sight of the bay, the roar of the Atlantic, the aroma of the waters and breeze, the alluring call of the seagulls.  Everything combined to give me the sense that I stood in the presence of either God or some eternal force of destiny I could not understand.  The ocean also terrified me, and for the first time, I actually remember thinking about things like mortality.  I can recall discussing my fears with my totally-baffled mother.  At the time, I did not know what ocean myth would be best to bring all these concerns to life, but I knew I would find it someday.  (It ended up being the Oceanides of course; hence my title.)

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Song of the Oceanides

by J.G. Zymbalist

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Genre: YA Fantasy

Synopsis

Song of the Oceanides is a highly-experimental triple narrative transgenre fantasy that combines elements of historical fiction, YA, myth and fairy tale, science fiction, paranormal romance, and more.  For ages 10-110.

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Enjoy the excerpt

Blue Hill, Maine.

3 August, 1903.

 

From the moment Emmylou heard the song of the Oceanides, she recognized something godly in the tune.  As it resounded all across the desolate shoreline of Blue Hill Bay, she recalled the terrible chorus mysticus ringing all throughout that extinct Martian volcano the day her father went missing down in the magma chamber.

Aunt Belphœbe followed along, guiding Maygene through the sands.  “Why don’t you go play in that shipwreck over there?”  Aunt Belphœbe pointed toward a fishing schooner run aground some fifty yards to the south.

When Maygene raced off, Emmylou refused to follow.  By now the chorus of song tormented her so much that an ache had awoken all throughout her clubfoot.  Before long she dropped her walking stick and fell to the earth.  Closing her eyes, she dug both her hands into the sands and lost herself in memories of the volcano.  How could Father be gone?  Though he had often alluded to the perils of Martian vulcanology, she never imagined that someone so good and so wise could go missing.

The song of the Oceanides grew a little bit louder and increasingly dissonant.

Opening her eyes, Emmylou listened very closely.  The song sounded like the stuff of incantation, witchcraft.  And even though she could not comprehend every word, nevertheless she felt certain that the Oceanides meant to cast a spell upon some unfortunate soul.

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Author J.G. Zymbalist

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J.G. Źymbalist began writing Song of the Oceanides as a child when his family summered in Castine, Maine where they rented out Robert Lowell’s house.

The author returned to the piece while working for the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society, May-September, 2005.  He completed the full draft in Ellsworth, Maine later that year.

For more information, please see http://jgzymbalist.com

NOTE:  The book is on sale for $0.99.  Free for Kindle Unlimited Members or as part of Kindle MatchBook.

LINKS: Amazon / Goodreads

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The Berlin Package-Book#2

by Peter Riva

Berlin Package by Peter Riva

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My Review

I enjoyed the first book in this series and was curious where the author would take it next.

Pero Baltazar, a film producer, thinks he’s going to be producing a film in Berlin. What he doesn’t know is, he’s been drawn back into work for the CIA and State Department. He’s to deliver a dangerous package. Failure to deliver will be his death.

Peter gives you great characters. They have depth, are emotionally compromised, and he throws them into situations no one could be prepared for.

The action is like shots of speed.  Fast, violent, and intense. At any given time, someone could die.

Bringing back old characters and introducing new ones, The Berlin Package has you deep in a thriller with ties to Nazi gold, dirty bombs, and danger around every corner.

What I most enjoy about this author is his ability to write visually. I could see so many scenes like they were on the big screen. I even found myself trying to choose who would play the different characters.

The intrigue starts right away, then the story slows a bit while you are given some pertinent details, and then picks up speed as events unfold. A thrilling read right to the end.

4 Stars

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Synopsis

Film producer Pero Baltazar thought he was taking a Berlin filming assignment. He needed the work, needed to get back in the saddle after fighting off a life-threatening experience in East Africa—alShabaab had attacked his crew, intent on a much larger terrorist attack. Suddenly he finds himself under orders from his part-time employers at the State Department and the CIA when he is handed a mysterious package. It’s an assignment he doesn’t want. The problem is, it’s a job contracted by mysterious patrons who are prepared to kill him if he doesn’t deliver.

Pero—now in far too deep—turns to friends, old and new, to help him unravel the mystery of the package, uncover connections to Nazi concentration camp gold recently sold by the US Treasury, and thwart the ex–Stasi chief, now head of a powerful banking group.

In this fast-paced sequel to Murder on Safari, Pero calls on Mbuno, his friend and East African safari guide, to anticipate the moves of his enemies as if they were animals—dangerous vermin—who have kidnapped both the film star and director. Mbuno’s tracking skills may keep them from getting killed—provided Pero can rope in more help and keep the CIA at bay.

Exhilarating and expertly crafted, The Berlin Package (Yucca Publishing; April 2016) is a gripping, page-turning thriller set in post–German reunification Europe.

Praise for  The Berlin Package

“An explosive radioactive thriller written with intelligence. . . . The reluctant spy motif works grandly. . . . An extremely thoughtful and terrifying exposure of the dangers inherent in a nuclear world.”

 —Ron Lealos, author of Pashtun and Don’t Mean Nuthin’

Buy the book:  Amazon   Barnes & Noble   Book Depository   Chapters / Indigo

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Murder on Safari – Book#1 

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You can read my review HERE.

Synopsis

Only a reality TV producer and an expert safari guide can stop a terrorist attack.

Every adventure starts at the fringes of civilization. For expert safari guide Mbuno and wildlife television producer Pero Baltazar, filming in the wild of East Africa should have been a return to the adventure they always loved. This time they’d be filming soaring vultures in northern Kenya and giant sea crocodiles in Tanzania with Mary, the daughter of the world’s top television evangelist, the very reverend Jimmy Threte.

But when a terrorist cell places them in the crosshairs, there is suddenly no escape and they must put their filming aside and combine all their talents to thwart an all-out al-Shabaab terrorist attack on Jimmy Threte’s Christian gathering of hundreds of thousands in Nairobi, Kenya.

Buy the book:     Amazon    Barnes & Noble     Chapters/Indigo

Author Peter Riva

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Peter Riva has spent many months over 30 years travelling throughout Africa and Europe. Much of this time was spent with the legendary guides for East African hunters and adventurers. He created a TV series in 1995 called Wild Things for Paramount. Passing on the fables, true tales, and insider knowledge of these last reserves of true wildlife is his passion. Nonetheless, his job for over forty years has been working as a literary agent. In his spare time, Riva writes science fiction and African adventure books. He lives in Gila, New Mexico.

Connect with the author:   Website   Twitter   Facebook

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Follow The Tour

April 25 – The Autistic Gamer – review of The Berlin Package

April 25 – #redhead.with.book – book spotlight / giveaway

April 25 – Bookishly Devoted – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

April 26 – Books Reviews, Nature Photos – review of Murder on Safari

April 26 – Celticlady’s Reviews – book spotlight

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April 27 – Zerina Blossom’s Books – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway

April 28 – Vic’s Media Room – review of The Berlin Package

April 29 – Heidi’s Wanderings – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

April 29 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – review of The Berlin Package / guest post / giveaway

May 2 –    A Book Geek – review of The Berlin Package

May 2 –    The World As I See It – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 3 –    Deal Sharing Aunt – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

May 4 –   Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine – review of The Berlin Package

May 4 –   fuonlyknew – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 5 –   Sahar’s Blog – review of Murder on Safari

May 5 –   First Impressions Reviews – review of The Berlin Package

May 6 –   Heidi’s Wanderings – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 6 –   Create With Joy – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

May 9 –   Mystery Suspense Reviews – guest post

May 9 –   3 Partners in Shopping – review of The Berlin Package

May 10 – Library of Clean Reads – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

May 10 – Working Mommy Journal – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 11 – Readers’ Muse – review of Murder on Safari

​May 11 – Life as Leels – review of The Berlin Package

May 12 – Nighttime Reading Center – review of Murder on Safari / interview / giveaway

May 12 – Sahar’s Blog – review of The Berlin Package

May 13 – Olio by Marilyn – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 16 – Olivia’s Catastrophe – review of Murder on Safari

May 16 – Ali – The Dragon Slayer – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway

May 17 – Books Reviews, Nature Photos – review of The Berlin Package

May 17 – Deal Sharing Aunt – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 17 – Library of Clean Reads – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 18 – Cover2Cover – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

May 18 – Olivia’s Catastrophe – review of The Berlin Package

May 18 – Create With Joy – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 18 – Book and Ink – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

May 19 – Readers’ Muse – review of The Berlin Package

May 19 – Seasons of Opportunities – review of Murder on Safari

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May 20 – Cover2Cover – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 20 – Nighttime Reading Center – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

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May 20 – Seasons of Opportunities – review of The Berlin Package

May 20 – Jessica Cassidy – review of The Berlin Package

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Teaser

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at Books And A Beat.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page.
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My Teaser for this week is from

Onyx Webb

Book Five: Episodes 13-14-15

by Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz

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Genre: Supernatural Suspense/Horror/Romance

My teaser from page 66 in the paperback.

From behind her, Juniper heard a woman scream.

Then the sound of a car horn.

Don’t look back, Juniper thought. Just go.

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Read on if you want to know more.

Synopsis

Welcome Back to the World of Onyx Webb! This is Book Five. (Episodes 13, 14 & 15) Haven’t Gotten Entangled Yet? Please Start with Book One.

Readers of the series will see the web tighten in this book, the past and present are slowly starting to catch up to each other and shocking connections continue to be made.

Onyx Webb is a complex multi-genre mash-up that combines elements of supernatural suspense, crime, horror, romance, and more. The Onyx Webb series follows the unusual life of Onyx Webb along with a central group of characters in various locations and times.

The billionaire Mulvaney family, piano prodigy Juniper Cole and her brother Quinn, paranormal show hosts Cryer and Fudge, and a few others make up the core of the series. Written like a book version of your favorite tv series (think: supernatural soap opera like American Horror Story) each character’s story moves forward with most every episode. It may appear that the characters are entirely unrelated and yet episode by episode, the connections will become clearer. Like being an inch away from a spider web, with each book, the web will move further and further away revealing the full story of every character and most importantly, the stunning conclusion for Onyx Webb herself.

In Book Five: It’s the 1980’s and Bruce Mulvaney starts his own family while a killer watches from afar. It’s 2010, and the Mulvaney’s are dealing with Koda’s accident. Onyx Webb fights to keep her way of life. 

AMAZON

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I just finished the fourth book in this series and was thrilled when this one came in the mail.  I’m sure I’ll be swept up in the ongoing stories and can’t wait!

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I loved the Cassie Scot Series by Christine Amsden and was sad to reach the end. Then she informed me of her plans to write more about the characters in some companion novels. I couldn’t have been more excited as all of her characters became like friends of mine and I wanted more back story from them.

Her newest book, Kaitlin’s Tale, will be releasing soon and I got my hands on a copy!

For today I’ll be sharing the synopsis and the fabulous cover.

If you haven’t read this series yet, just click on the book covers at the top of the post to get started! I promise you’ll have a fantastic time and fall for these characters like I did.

Let’s get to Kaitlin’s Tale!

Kaitlin’s Tale

A Cassie Scot Companion Novel

by Christine Amsden

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Kaitlin Mayer is on the run from the father of her baby – a vampire who wants her to join him in deadly eternity. Terrified for her young son, she seeks sanctuary with the Hunters Guild. Yet they have their own plans for her son, and her hopes of safety are soon shattered.

When she runs into Matthew Blair, an old nemesis with an agenda of his own, she dares to hope for a new escape. But Matthew is a telepath, and Kaitlin’s past is full of dark secrets she never intended to reveal.

*Companion to the Cassie Scot Series

Buy Links

  • Coming Soon

Ebook Release:  May 16, 2016

Print Release: July 15, 2016

Audiobook Release: TBA

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The Cassie Scot Series

Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective (Cassie Scot #1)

My Review

Secrets and Lies (Cassie Scot #2)

My Review

Mind Games (Cassie Scot #3)

My Review

Stolen Dreams (Cassie Scot #4)

My Review

About The Author

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Christine Amsden has been writing fantasy and science fiction for as long as she can remember. She loves to write and it is her dream that others will be inspired by this love and by her stories. Speculative fiction is fun, magical, and imaginative but great speculative fiction is about real people defining themselves through extraordinary situations. Christine writes primarily about people and relationships, and it is in this way that she strives to make science fiction and fantasy meaningful for everyone.

At the age of 16, Christine was diagnosed with Stargardt’s Disease, a condition that effects the retina and causes a loss of central vision. She is now legally blind, but has not let this slow her down or get in the way of her dreams. In addition to writing, Christine teaches workshops on writing at Savvy Authors. She also does some freelance editing work. Christine currently lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, Austin, who has been her biggest fan and the key to her success. They have two beautiful children.

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Welcome to My Monday Minis Reviews where I share short reviews of books I’ve read. For today I’ll be sharing my reviews of three books from my TBR shelves.

Descent

by Tim Johnston

Genre: Thriller/Mystery

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My Review

It was supposed to be a fun family vacation. The last one before Caitlin went off to college. Her parents are also hoping it will give them time to reflect and maybe repair their failing marriage.

When Cailtlin’s younger brother, Sean, is hurt while he and Caitlin are on an early morning run in the hills, a stranger stops his vehicle and offers to take Caitlin to get help. Torn between knowing better and doubting herself, Caitlin makes a choice that echoes through the family, setting them all on different paths.

I’ve often wondered why people do what they do. Caitlin knew better than to go with a stranger. But think about it. What would you do? Your little brother is seriously injured. You need to get help for him fast. There’s someone offering to take you. She could have been thinking, it won’t happen to me. Everything will be fine. Or, what else can I do? So many things must have gone through her mind in a flash. Then, to know she made the wrong choice.

This is much more than just a story about an abduction. It’s a families journey. The brother is overcome by guilt. If he hadn’t got hurt, Caitlin would be okay. The parents are torn over letting the kids go off by themselves. Didn’t they stress to the kids enough about the dangers out there.

As time passed and doubt and guilt wormed their way through this fractured family, they all changed. They all coped with it differently. And the author takes you inside their heads and hearts. Helps you see the hows and whys of each characters actions.

Powerful, disturbing, suspenseful, emotional. All are just words to help describe this story. You need to read it and experience what these characters go through. I was asking myself questions long after I finished this book.

 5 Stars

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Synopsis

The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, a young family from the plains taking a last summer vacation before their daughter begins college. For eighteen-year-old Caitlin, the mountains loom as the ultimate test of her runner’s heart, while her parents hope that so much beauty, so much grandeur, will somehow repair a damaged marriage. But when Caitlin and her younger brother, Sean, go out for an early morning run and only Sean returns, the mountains become as terrifying as they are majestic, as suddenly this family find themselves living the kind of nightmare they’ve only read about in headlines or seen on TV.

As their world comes undone, the Courtlands are drawn into a vortex of dread and recrimination. Why weren’t they more careful? What has happened to their daughter? Is she alive? Will they ever know? Caitlin’s disappearance, all the more devastating for its mystery, is the beginning of the family’s harrowing journey down increasingly divergent and solitary paths until all that continues to bind them together are the questions they can never bring themselves to ask: At what point does a family stop searching? At what point will a girl stop fighting for her life?

Written with a precision that captures every emotion, every moment of fear, as each member of the family searches for answers, Descent is a perfectly crafted thriller that races like an avalanche toward its heart-pounding conclusion, and heralds the arrival of a master storyteller.

AMAZON

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Forest Of Memory

by Mary Robinette Kowal

Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy

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My Review

In an unspecified future where everyone is connected, Katya, a dealer in Authenticities, items from the past, falls off the grid. This is her account, typos included, of what happened during the three days she was off the grid. Believe it or not, she swears its true, even though she has no proof, technical or physical.

Such a riveting tale. The synopsis tells you a lot, but actually reading the story from Katya’s point of view was fun. She rambled a bit and apologized for her typos. Once I could shut off my editing filter, I found it quite fun.

A mysterious hunter, alias – Johnny, kidnapped Katya and revealed to her what his involvement was with the missing deer in the forest, and at this point the story took me down the proverbial rabbit hole.

Science fiction and futuristic technology along with intriguing characters captured my imagination. But I had some difficulty navigating the ending. It felt somewhat abrupt and I reread it, trying to squeeze more of a conclusion out of it. If the author chose to, she could make this part of a larger book and I’d gladly reenter this world.

3 Stars

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Synopsis

Katya deals in Authenticities and Captures, trading on nostalgia for a past long gone. Her clients are rich and they demand items and experiences with only the finest verifiable provenance. Other people’s lives have value, after all.

But when her A.I. suddenly stops whispering in her ear she finds herself cut off from the grid and loses communication with the rest of the world.

The man who stepped out of the trees while hunting deer cut her off from the cloud, took her A.I. and made her his unwilling guest.

There are no Authenticities or Captures to prove Katya’s story of what happened in the forest. You’ll just have to believe her…

AMAZON

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West Of Dead

A Nathaniel Caine Adventure #1

by Eric Bahle

Genre: Horror/Western/Zombies

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My Review

I love a good zombie story. Throw in the unique challenge of dealing with them in a western setting, with less technology and none of the fancy weapons of modern day, and my curiosity gets tweaked.

Early into the story, I knew I wanted to know more about Nathaniel Caine. He wasn’t that surprised about the idea of flesh eating zombies, so I wondered what else he might have bumped up against in his past.

It’s an odd group of passengers sharing the stage coach. Most don’t detect anything wrong when they pull up to the deserted way station. A few know right away somethings wrong. It doesn’t take long for the zombies to attack and its a humdinger to get out of there alive.

I was imagining how bad it is when zombies attack you in your car. Think how much worse to be in a windowless stagecoach pulled by horses. Zombies like horse flesh too. I remember how bad it went for Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead show when he was riding a horse through town.

The only place even close to them might not be safe either. The zombies had to come from somewhere. And one passenger seems to know a whole lot more than he should about the phenomenon.

This was a fun one. There were some interesting characters, a new twist on zombies, and a super villain. There has to be a villain in an apocalypse, right? This guy was a real scum bag. Made it interesting to see whether he made it out alive or eaten, or maybe turned into one of the undead.

There’s a second book available with Nathaniel as the main character and I plan to see what he encounters next.

Solid writing made this an easy read and even though it was a short story, it felt big.

4 Stars 

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Synopsis

Fans of Joe R. Lansdale, Robert Davis, and Adam Millard will love this fast paced tale of the Weird West.

What good is a six-shooter against a horde of the undead?

Nathaniel Caine wants to forget the War and see the frontier, and a trip by stagecoach seems like the perfect way. When the stage pulls into a deserted way station with obvious signs of violence, but a disturbing lack of bodies, he suspects things are going bad. Things go from bad to worse when the passengers fall under attack by people that should be dead, and Caine must call on old skills just to survive. He’ll also need the help of a fellow passenger who knows more than he’s telling if the restless dead are to be put back in the ground.

AMAZON

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

Another fun way to share your book news and enjoy others is The Sunday Post hosted by

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Some chit chat.

Hello everyone and Happy Sunday!

It was super busy at work this week, but worth it as I got Friday off for a long weekend. Figures it had to rain. LOL So I watched a lot of TV. Have you seen The Revenant yet. Boy does DiCaprio nail it. So cinematic. And Krampus was fun. Not super scary, but loads of suspense and Krampus was so creepy. I also binged on Penny Dreadful. I’m surprised I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Oh well. I’ll keep watching it and see how it goes. I’m really looking forward to Preacher in a couple of weeks. Hoping it lives up to its hype.

I mentioned my attempt to install new stairs in my pool last week and the main part was missing. The company came through and I had the needed part in 2 days. Now to get my brother back over here to help finish installing it. Then I’m good to go for my mother. She comes down later this month to spend the summer and we get in the pool every day. I can’t wait to see her. We enjoy just sitting around, but also like to go shopping, out to eat, and play cards. We usually get mad at each when playing cards. We’re both very competitive. LOL And of course, we’ll be getting together with the rest of family to do some road trips and hit some casinos. I have a sister and brother-in-law that live in Florida, and a brother that lives right down the road from me. We have so much fun when we all get together. Let the good times roll!

I’ll be hopping over to check out your Sunday posts so be sure to leave me your link!

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New books on my shelf. Some I won, some are for review, and some I just had to have.

Print books.

No new print books this week:(

New eBooks

I picked these up for free on Amazon. Good for my book budget.LOL

 

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And here are some freebies for ya!

Click on the covers to get yours and remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button.

I hope ya’ll realize I don’t grab all of the free books I show on my posts! LOL

   

   

   

   

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Books I reviewed this week. Click on the covers for my reviews.

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Books I’ll be reviewing next week.

I meant to post these reviews last week but time got away from me. I’ll be sharing them on my Monday Minis Reviews post tomorrow.

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Plus I’ll be reviewing both of these on Tuesday.

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And a couple more.

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Other posts on my blog this week.

The Vengeful Half by Jaclyn Dolamore ~ Blitz Sale and Giveaway

The Secrets of the Keys ~ Movie Blast

Teaser Tuesday #154 ~ The Dragon Of The Month Club

Sister Dear ~ A Domestic Suspense by Laura McNeill

The Flower Fairy Superhero ~ Blog Tour and Kindle Fire Giveaway

Wordless Wednesday

Nighthawks by Jeremy Flagg ~ Excerpt and Giveaway

The Friday 56 #104 ~ Titans

Saturday Screams #15 ~ Weird

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So, what did you get to read this week?

Got any recommendations?

I’d love to know and thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew.