On Tour: Mary Indiana by Anneke Campbell
Anneke will be on tour October 22-29 with her novel Mary Indiana She’s eighteen and pregnant, but with a twist–the new kid in town’s barely…
Future Blog Tour: Meant To Be by Karen Stivali
Karen will be on tour December 10-17 with her women’s fiction novel Meant To Be Sometimes you’re already committed to the wrong person when fate…
Author Profile: Kat Jorgensen
Author Name: Kat Jorgensen
Website: http://katjorgensen.com/Home_Page.html
Bio: A notorious daydreamer, Kat knew it was only a matter of time before she became a writer. She learned to read by age four and had her first library card before her fifth birthday. To this day, she can lose herself for hours among the books at her local library or neighborhood bookstore. Ebooks and online ordering have made it really easy for her to keep her To Be Read pile from ever going down. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Kat is married with children and has a cranky tuxedo cat named Ben.
See my 4 star review for Your Eight O’clock is Dead
Visit Kat’s tour page!
The Midwife of Hope River: A Novel of an American …
The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman follows Patience Murphy who has the gift of escorting women through the challenges of bringing children into the world. During the depression, Patience takes on a job that is risky and doesn’t yield much of a financial return … yet is one of the most difficult jobs imaginable. After her mentor dies unexpectedly, she takes the helm and although she feels completely out of her element, she takes things slow and begins to trust herself. In a little over a year, we see Patience grow in many ways and we watch as the story twists and turns, intertwining many lives.
Oh boy! Every once in a while a real gem of a book comes along, and this is THE book! I absolutely adored The Midwife of Hope River. I agreed to read this book at first because I just had a baby, but let me tell you, this book is about so much more than just women having babies! This story encompasses the great depressions better than I’ve seen in a long time. Through the course of a year, not only do we get to see Patience grow and become a strong and confident midwife, but we witness racial tension and economic woes on a whole new level. This book blew me away and I loved the way Patricia weaves the main story through such a vivid and descriptive historical backdrop. Overall, a phenomenal debut that I absolutely loved. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
[Rating: 5/5]
Guest Post and Excerpt: Sugarfiend by Caroline Burau
Thanks to Caroline Burau for stopping by with a guest post on her cover for Sugarfiend and an excerpt from the book! Please check out…
Blog Tour Sign Up: Battle-Born Love by Lynda Bailey
Lynda will be on tour in January with her contemporary romance novel Battle-Born Love. I am looking for bloggers to post reviews, guest posts, interview…
A Summer in Europe by Marilyn Brant
I received a copy of A Summer in Europe in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
On her thirtieth birthday, Gwendolyn Reese receives an unexpected present from her widowed Aunt Bea: a grand tour of Europe in the company of Bea’s Sudoku and Mah-jongg Club. The prospect isn’t entirely appealing. But when the gift she is expecting — an engagement ring from her boyfriend — doesn’t materialize, Gwen decides to go. At first, Gwen approaches the trip as if it’s the math homework she assigns her students, diligently checking monuments off her must-see list. But amid the bougainvillea and stunning vistas of southern Italy, something changes. Gwen begins to live in the moment: skipping down stone staircases in Capri, running her fingers over a glacier in view of the Matterhorn, racing through the Louvre, and taste-testing pastries at a Marseilles cafe. Revelling in every new experience — especially her attraction to a charismatic British physics professor — Gwen discovers that the ancient wonders around her are nothing compared to the renaissance unfolding within…
My Review:
While there were parts I enjoyed about this book, I thought the writing was a bit too slow and heavy for me to become really engaged in the plot. I was tickled that Gwen lives in Dubuque, IA, which is my hometown, and liked watching her grow throughout the story. There were some great descriptions of her travels that were probably my favorite due to my love of traveling. But I just never felt that connection to the book due to the pacing, and a lot of times I felt that Gwen’s narrations didn’t match her age; I kept viewing her as much, much older than thirty. Overall I thought it was okay, but not one of my favorites.
[Rating: 3]
Suburban Task Force by Addison Towne
Addison Towne is now on tour with CLP Blog Tours and Suburban Task Force. This book really took me out of my real life and deposited me right in with the characters. The MC is Jade Lydell, a thirty-year old suburban wife living in an identical house as her friends and enjoying game nights with other couples. A home invasion scare makes Jade want to feel better protected, so she signs up herself and two girlfriends for gun safety and all around self-defense courses. The ladies leave the weekend feeling pretty good should they ever enter a situation where they can put their knowledge to good use…but has no idea how soon – and how extreme – that situation will be.
While at a VIP party on Catalina Island filled with celebrities and politicians, the women find themselves in a surreal situation – taken hostage by a rogue terrorist group. The men and women get separated, all outside communication is cut off, and there are already homicide victims. Jade and friends band together to try to do the unthinkable – make it out alive and help free the hostages. I was holding my breath multiple times while reading all the hostage chapters. Even though if I really think about it the plot can seem a bit unbelievable, I was still highly entertained throughout. The ending was particularly my favorite, and I was speeding through the chapters to see how the situation would end. I think action-packed is a great way to describe this book, and I enjoyed it and look forward to more from Addison Towne!
[Rating: 4]
On Tour: Suburban Task Force by Addison Towne
Addison will be on tour October 15-29 with her novel Suburban Task Force Suburban Task Force is a humor filled, high octane, action-comedy. It follows…
