Daily Archives: January 6, 2010

FIRST Chapter: Camp Club Girls and the Mystery at Discovery Lake

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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild … Continue reading →

Giveaway: The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova

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This giveaway is closed. Why do you want to read this one? Thanks to Hatchette Book Group I have up to FIVE copies to give away!! This is a general market title and I have not read it. Depending on how many people enter the more I will giveaway. This giveaway is open to US & Canada Only. Deadline for entries is January 18th. Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his … Continue reading →

Waiting on Wednesdays – January 6th, 2010

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“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. This week’s pre-publication “can’t-wait-to-read” selection is: When novelists Deeanne Gist and J. Mark Bertrand first met in a Houston critique group, they never expected where friendship would take them. She wrote romance; he wrote crime novels. But growing respect for each other’s work culminated in the decision to try blending their talents into this wonderfully engaging story merging romance and mystery. Rylee Monroe walks dogs in old-money Charleston, a part of the city recently targeted by a daring … Continue reading →

2010 Christian Historical Fiction Challenge

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1. The goal is to read and promote Christian Historical Fiction by reading at least 24 titles. That is two per month, but anyone who wants to commit to more or less is welcome to join in on the fun. Anyone can join. You do not need a blog to participate. I have started a CHF Group to promote discussions as well. 2. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, and other formats are all allowed. As long as the book can by purchased it counts. 3. Feel free to list a proposed lists of TBR (to-be-reads) but you can also list them as … Continue reading →

100+ Reading Challenge 2010

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1. The goal is to read 100 or more books. Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog to participate. –Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post. To learn how to sign up without having a blog, click here. 2. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Manga, Graphic Novels, Library books, Novellas, Young Reader, Nonfiction – as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased as such, the book counts. What doesn’t count: Individual short stories or individual books in the Bible. 3. No need to list your books in … Continue reading →

Chunkster 2010 Challenge

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February 1, 2010 – January 31, 2011 Definition of a Chunkster: A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonfiction) … A chunkster should be a challenge. If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more … The average large type book is 10-15% longer or more so I think that was a fair estimate. The Rules: No Audio books in the chunkster. It just doesn’t seem right. Words on paper for this one folks. No e-Books allowed – we are reading traditional, fat books for this challenge. Short … Continue reading →

New Authors 2010 Challenge

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The challenge will run from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010. Since this is an author challenge, there is no restriction on choosing your novels. They can definitely be from other challenges. However, the authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels.  Anthologies are a great way to try someone new, but only a third of your new authors can be from anthologies. I want this to be an easy challenge, so you can pick to do either 15, 25 or 50 new authors.  It all depends on how fast you read and how adventurous you want … Continue reading →

Historical Fiction Reading 2010 Challenge

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The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper by Kathleen Y’Barbo That Certain Spark by Cathy Marie Hake The Courteous Cad by Catherine Palmer Rocky Mountain Oasis by Lynnette Bonner An Unexpected Love by Tracie Peterson How Do I Love Thee? by Nancy Moser She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell Morning’s Refrain by Tracie Peterson Though Waters Roar by Lynn Austin Forevermore by CMH Fancy Pants by CMH Whirlwind by CMH Serendipity by CMH Twilight’s Serenade by Tracie Peterson Maid to Match be Deeanne Gist* A Woman Called Sage by DiAnn Mills* Here Burns my Candle by LCH When the Heavens … Continue reading →

Year of the Historical 2010 Reading Challenge

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12 total, one a month. Lots a details and sign up here.  Oh do I have to? *grin*  The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn  Love on a Dime by Cara Lynn James Becoming Lucy by Martha Rogers The Centurions Wife by Janette Oke and Davis Bunn The Hidden Flame by Janette Oke and David Bunn An Unexpected Love by Tracie Peterson The Carousel Painter by Judith Miller The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper by Kathleen Y’Barbo That Certain Spark by Cathy Marie Hake The Courteous Cad by Catherine Palmer Rocky Mountain Oasis by Lynnette Bonner An Unexpected Love by … Continue reading →

Romance 2010 Reading Challenge(s)

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Same details, sign up here. Similar, but different number and different host, sign up here. Romance (5) Winter’s Awakening by Shelley Shepard Gray Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen How Do I Love Thee? by Nancy Moser An Unexpected Love by Tracie Peterson Wildflower Bride by Mary Connealy The Raven Saint by ML Tyndall Beguiled by Deeanne Gist and Mark Bertrand Heatherstone by Letitia Harmon Luxe by Anna Godbersen Jenna’s Cowboy by Sharon Gillenwater Tales of the Heart by Loree Lough Copper and Candles by Amber Stockton A Texas Legacy Christmas by DiAnn Mills … Continue reading →