Today is the Giveaway Day at Armchair BEA & I was going to originally participate in the posts but my heart wasn't in it this year, sad to say. I am in a bit of a funk lately ... job, kids, husband, everything is getting on my nerves... BLAH. Rainy soggy humid blah icky weather. So, what's a girl to do? GIVE AWAY...

Robuck's writing evokes the melancholy state of Zelda  Call Me Zelda by Erika Robuck Biographical historical fiction Penguin NAL, May 7, 2013 Review copy provided by the publisher, thank you! Burton Book Review Rating: Very good, and I recommend it! 4 stars From the author of Hemingway’s Girl comes a richly imagined...

    Visit Svea's blog at The Muse in The Fog Book Review to start linking up your Sunday posts; Suddenly Sunday is a weekly event hosted by Svea whose purpose is to share all the exciting events that have occurred on your blog throughout the week. Hope you are all having a nice Memorial Day weekend, and...

The love story that rocked a kingdom David and Bathseba (Song of Solomon #1) by Roberta Kells Dorr Biblical fiction Moody Publishers | River North; New Edition, June 2013 Paperback 320 pages Review copy provided via publisher on NetGalley, thank you! Burton Book Review Rating: 4 stars David and Bathsheba is a spellbinding...

American Phoenix: John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the Exile that Saved American Independence by Jane Hampton Cook Non-fiction Thomas Nelson; May 2013 Hardcover 512 pages Review copy provided by BookSneeze in exchange for this review, thank you! Burton Book Review Rating: 4.5 stars American Phoenix...

    Visit Svea's blog at The Muse in The Fog Book Review to start linking up your Sunday posts; Suddenly Sunday is a weekly event hosted by Svea whose purpose is to share all the exciting events that have occurred on your blog throughout the week. Spring was here, right? Was it? It's already hit over...

There are many kinds of treasures.. Josiah's Treasure by Nancy Herriman Worthy Publishing, April 2013 Historical Romance/Somewhat inspirational Review copy provided by the publisher for review in the May 2013 Historical Novel Society magazine Burton Book Review Rating: 4 stars Read my review of Herriman's previous...

I created a little post about the FTC just a little while ago, and it spread like wildfire and increased my hits tremendously, how awesome is that? Within the span of an hour there were 100 pageviews on that post alone because on twitter there was some disagreement over the term book blogger versus advertiser...

Some say this Guide was not made for book bloggers - this was made for Advertisers. Are book bloggers advertisers? I certainly feel like I am a review robot, so in a sense, I feel like I am marketing a book when I am participating in blog tours etc. Here is an updated post I created as a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT in...

An "Online Exclusive" plus more! In Times of Fading Light: A Novel by Eugen Ruge Graywolf Press, June 11, 2013 Literary Fiction, 328 pages Review copy provided from the publisher via Historical Novel Society for their Online Exclusive, this review expands on that linked review. Burton Book Review Rating: 3 stars...

    Visit Svea's blog at The Muse in The Fog Book Review to link up your Sunday posts; Suddenly Sunday is a weekly event hosted by Svea whose purpose is to share all the exciting events that have occurred on your blog throughout the week. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! This week on the blog I reviewed: The...