Sunday, December 21, 2014

#Review of Righteous Fury (Die Legenden der Albae #1) by Markus Heitz

The elves, dwarves and humans all know the älfar to be dark, relentless warriors. This is their time.

In Dson Faïmon, the realm of the älfar, the warriors are planning a military campaign. Caphalor and Sinthoras are looking to enlist a powerful demon to strengthen their army - but the two älfar have very different goals. While Caphalor is determined to defend the borders of their empire and no more, the ambitious Sinthoras is intent on invasion: and he has the kingdoms of dwarves, elves and men firmly in his sights.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

#BookHoarder #Saturdays #10 #Hosted by @CrossroadReview #Authors @catwinters Anna Sheehan

 Ok so this is now going to be a by weekly meme. What that means is the first post will be to vote then the next one will be the review for the book that won. Then it will start over. This was just so I wouldn't be over whelmed. 

#ReadOn: You can Chat with @JaneYolen @MaraValderran @AuthorSherry #Giveaway

This week we have three amazing authors!  Returning author Sherry Ficklin will be joining us again! This time for her new book Queen of Someday!  We will also be chatting it up with Mara Valderran author of the Heirs of War Series.  Last but deff not least we will have the great pleasure to chat with AMAZING  author Jane Yolen author of more than 280 books! She will be coming on for her middle grade book A Plague of Unicorns!  So join us! 

Today at 4pm ET

https://plus.google.com/events/c5tnvrdk5ij8b2o7l0b9l3ra7k8

#Tour: Creation (The Chronicles of Ara #1) by Joel Eisenberg, Steve Hillard

 "We have identified the catalyst of human inspiration. You are not supposed to know this. Nor this: Its essence is corrupted.

What then, of our creators?

 The most perceptive - and most obsessive - among them have long understood that their influence could be dangerous, a sort of privileged comprehension that the end of the world may well converge upon the inspiration that fires them and the imagination that enables them ..."

So begins "The Chronicles of Ara", an eight-volume fantasy epic written by Joel Eisenberg and Steven Hillard that explores the origins and repercussions of artistic creation.

Ara, the muse who inspires all of artistry and invention, has suffered a classic tragedy. In her grief, she manipulates a return to "dragon-scorched earth," a time before time once chronicled by the mystic S'n Te as "The Pre-Genesis Era".

 In "Creation", retired author J.R.R. Tolkien is asked to validate the existence of an alleged "lost" book of his greatest literary influence: "Beowulf". Violent backlash from this event will force an imminent re-evaluation of some of history's most influential literary works and authors, whose words and lives have, apparently, warned us of the muse's grave intention all along ...

Friday, December 12, 2014

#Review of The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick

A bold, genre-bending epic that chronicles madness, obsession, and creation, from the Paleolithic era through the Witch Hunts and into the space-bound future.

Four linked stories boldly chronicle madness, obsession, and creation through the ages. Beginning with the cave-drawings of a young girl on the brink of creating the earliest form of writing, Sedgwick traverses history, plunging into the seventeenth century witch hunts and a 1920s insane asylum where a mad poet's obsession with spirals seems to be about to unhinge the world of the doctor trying to save him. Sedgwick moves beyond the boundaries of historical fiction and into the future in the book's final section, set upon a spaceship voyaging to settle another world for the first time. Merging Sedgwick's gift for suspense with science- and historical-fiction, Ghosts of Heaven is a tale is worthy of intense obsession.
 

#Review of Witchrise (The Tudor Witch Trilogy #3) by Victoria Lamb

Only one witch can rise above the coming storm ...

When Tudor witch Meg Lytton receives an unexpected legacy - her mother's magical wand, ring and spellbook - she has no idea her future happiness is in danger. For the witchfinder Marcus Dent is back in her dreams, and he will use any weapon to gain her newfound powers for himself.

Now Meg must discover the secret of Invictus, her mother's magical ring. Summoned back to Hatfield, she knows a battle is coming. But Meg is no longer alone in her struggle against Dent. Surrounded by her friends, she faces her greatest challenge head-on: losing Alejandro, her beloved. For it seems the Spanish novice has been keeping secrets from them all.

Powers clash and hearts break in the spellbinding third book of The Tudor Witch Trilogy.

#FF #9: @Jumpintobooks @G33kHQ @AuthorJennifer @cafbooknerd #Hosted by @Crossroadreview

Welcome to the new and improved #FF Each week I will post this and each person can tag an author or site.  Just toss the link in the linky. Each new Friday it will be cleared for a new set to post.  
Ill also add your twitter info to the title of next weeks post. So that means that when it posts to twitter it will tweet to you!  So make sure to comment with your Twitter ID @UserId and let me know which link you are in the linky. 

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Best of 2014 #Giveaway #Hop for a #Box of #Books via @crossroadreview

Best of 2014 Giveaway Hop
Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Bookhounds
December 11th to 18th 
Featuring my favorite book 2014.  

Check out the other blogs on the hop here
http://www.iamareader.com/2014/11/best-2014-giveaway-hop-sign-ups.html