Ziggy's Reading Corner: 2019

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Book Blitz My Best Friend Runs Venus By Katrina S. Forest

This is my stop during the blog tour for My Best Friend Runs Venus by Katrina S. Forest. This blog
tour is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. The blog tour runs from 3 till 16 June. See the tour schedule
here.

My Best Friend Runs Venus

By Katrina S. Forest

Genre: Science Fiction

Age category: Middle Grade

Release Date: June 1, 2019

Blurb:

At 12.9 years old, number-obsessed Kade Walker has never heard of death. Literally. But neither
has anyone else he knows. Kade is one of hundreds of kids "living" across the solar system through
robotic avatars while their real bodies sleep in pods on Earth. Unfortunately, robot bodies can be
hacked.

One day during an (innocent!) experiment, Kade unwittingly breaks a major security wall and
releases an infamous hacker. The madwoman targets all the royal avatars, including Kade’s best
friend, Princess Tamika of Venus.

If Kade and Tamika don’t want to become the hacker’s puppets, they’ve got to stop her fast--even
if it means waking up on Earth to fight with bodies they never realized could be hurt.

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Artwork

This book includes some artwork, check out a few of the illustrations that are included in the book
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About the Author:

Katrina S. Forest is a teacher by day, author by any-other-time-she-can-get. Her work has sold
to a variety of magazines, ranging from Flash Fiction Online to Highlights to Children. She loves
nerdy conventions and believes video games can be a force of creative good instead of evil.

You can find and contact Katrina S. Forest here:

- Website

- Facebook

- Twitter

- Goodreads

- Amazon

Giveaway

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win a signed copy of My Best Friend Runs Venus along with a $25 Amazon gift card.

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Friday, June 7, 2019

Book Blitz Gone by Karyn Good

Series: Aspen Lake Series Book 3
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Publication Date: May 6, 2019

Gone...but never forgotten.

Ever since a devastating family tragedy seventeen years ago, Grace Bighill has struggled to keep
her remaining family from falling apart. Then the discovery of her mother's body in the woods
unearths a connection to a decades old murder case, and Grace is dragged into a politician's bitter
bid for revenge.

Constable Mike Davenport's days in Aspen Lake are numbered. He's ready to take his next step
up the career ladder somewhere a lot more cosmopolitan. He's avoided any emotional attachments,
despite having fallen hard for a certain stubborn local. But when a body turns up, Mike's careful
intentions collapse in the face of Grace's grief and her exhaustive efforts to care for her family.

A search for answers leads Grace and Mike down a twisted path proving no one can escape their
roots. But someone might die trying.

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The music still played but no one listened. They were too busy trying to talk at once.

Mike settled in beside her and his disapproving green eyes scanned her face. He lifted the cloth
covering her knee and winced. "You okay?"

Grace flinched as his fingers did a gentle probe. "Welcome to the party."

"Seems we were a little late getting our invitation." His expression turned serious. "This may
need medical attention."

"It's just a scratch." She tamped down the gooey need threatening to overtake her. Tried to
remember it didn't pay to get sentimental over this particular man.

Her reassurance didn't stop him from carefully dabbing at her cut. Or from leaning in to get a
closer look. "I don't see any glass, but that doesn't mean there isn't any in there."

"I'm fine." She braced her hands on the floor ready to lift herself up, having had enough attention
and being at the center of it.

Mike put his hand on her shoulder and coaxed her back down. "There's no rush. Take a moment."

She warmed under his touch and the tender concern she'd secretly, and not so secretly, yearned
for since he'd arrived in Aspen Lake two years ago.

About Karyn Good

Karyn Good grew up on the Canadian prairies and she's still there loving every minute. She writes
romantic suspense featuring strong heroines and the men who love them. In the pages of her
books you'll find danger, passion, and a winding path of twists and turns that lead to forever.

Website: http://www.karyngood.com

Blog: http://karyngood.com/blog

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Friday, May 31, 2019

Review: Stoneheart

Stoneheart by Charlie Fletcher
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Synopsis:

A city has many lives and layers. London has more than most. Not all the layers are underground, and not all the lives belong to the living. Twelve-year-old George Chapman is about to find this out the hard way. When, in a tiny act of rebellion, George breaks the head from a stone dragon outside the Natural History Museum, he awakes an ancient power. This power has been dormant for centuries but the results are instant and terrifying: A stone Pterodactyl unpeels from the wall and starts chasing George. He runs for his life but it seems that no one can see what he's running from. No one, except Edie, who is also trapped in this strange world. And this is just the beginning as the statues of London awake… This is a story of statues coming to life; of a struggle between those with souls and those without; of how one boy who has been emotionally abandoned manages to find hope.

My Thoughts:

I don't even know where to start. There was not enough background info on the characters and way too much description of things that didn't add anything to the story. There are so many types of things like taints, glints, spits and weirded. Although, I got the basic idea of each of those groups, I would have loved if there was more history or details about them. The whole concept of statues coming to life was an interesting concept as well as the layers of non-Londons. However, the actual execution was lacking. There was so much happening that it is hard to keep up with it all AND make sense of what is happening. I was just really disappointed in this book as I didn't care about the characters and had to push my way thru to the end. The book had potential and some character building could make a huge difference. I may give the author a second chance at some point but not for a while.

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Review: The First Prophet

The First Prophet by Kay Hooper
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I have no idea how to write this review. While the concept is a great idea, the execution was lacking. I understood that psychics were disappearing or being killed. I also understood that there was more one group interested in these psychics. That is where it ends. I have no idea who the good guys or bad guys are. I also haven't a clue why they are targeting these psychics. The whole book was just confusing and a mishmash of theories with no real reveals. There is no conclusion either. It just ends with no wrap up. I understand that authors like to leave some info for the next book in the series but this author wrapped nothing up. The reader is left with nothing at the end but confusion. I really doubt that I will read another one.

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Book Blitz THE EARL NEXT DOOR by Amelia Grey

From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author
Amelia Grey

Series: First Comes Love # 1
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication Date: May 28, 2019

One fiercely independent widow. One honest proposal. One unconventional game of love.

When Adeline, Dowager Countess of Wake, learns of her husband's sudden death, she realizes
she's free. At last, she can do, go, and be as she pleases. Finally, she can have the life she has
always dreamed of. She doesn't need, or want, to remarry. Especially not the supremely dashing
Earl of Lyonwood, who makes Adeline yearn for his desire . . .

Lord Lyonwood, son of a philandering marquis, will not be like his father. He wants to run his
estates and watch them flourish - and find a wife who brings love to his life. When he meets
spirited and self-reliant Adeline in a case of near-scandalous mistaken identity, Lyon feels he's
met his match. But Adeline isn't interested in a marriage proposal. She will only accept becoming
his lover - and Lyon finds it hard to refuse. Unless the fire of his passion can melt Adeline's
resolve . . .

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“You’re much younger than I assumed the owner of this establishment would be,” Lyon
confessed. “And as beautiful as you are in your crimson and gold, and in any other
circumstances, or another location, I would be happy to pay whatever fee you charge to
fulfill my needs. However, this is a respectable neighborhood and I cannot and will not sit
by and allow a madam to move in and set up her business here.”

A trio of thumps resounded in Adeline’s chest and then a few more. The pendulum on the
clock must have ticked a half dozen times. Her brain seemed to freeze before the air swooshed
out of her lungs. Shock roared through her. Her whole body stiffened before she felt her
eyes narrow in outrage.

“Just where do you think you are, sir?”

“A house of pleasure, Madam.”

Outrage quickly morphed to fury which flowed hot and fast, consuming her. Oh yes, she knew
about such disgraceful, secret places. She’d overheard her late husband and his small group
of gentlemen friends talk about visiting them. And this man thought her house was one of them

Adeline was skilled at holding in her emotions but this stranger had gone too far. With only
one step she stood toe-to-toe with him. Lifting her face, she rose up on the ball of her feet
and edged her nose closer to his. “You think this is one of the many private underground
brothels hidden from all but Society’s most elite gentlemen?”

“Isn’t it?” he asked huskily.

There was no time to consider what her next move should be. Stiffening her spine and taking
a step back, she proclaimed, “I am the Dowager Countess of Wake and you have trespassed
too far. How dare you burst into my house and speak to me the way you have. You, sir, are
an abomination to the term gentleman.”

She fought to regain every ounce of her normal calm, her abiding restraint, her guiding sense
of decorum in any unpleasant circumstance. But then she accidentally looked at his mouth,
felt that long suppressed surge of yearning. Adeline didn’t want this unusual mix of longing
and angry dizziness to control her. She hated the truth of how womanly and desirable it made
her feel to see hunger for her in his eyes. Hated the truth of how she was presented.

And then, in a moment of insanity, she thought of the very real possibility of those full lips on
hers stirring with passion, and reason was gone.

Unable to do anything else before she lost herself completely, she drew back her hand and
struck him soundly across the face. It was that, or kiss him.

Perhaps she chose the wrong one.

About Amelia Grey

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Amelia Grey read her first romance book
when she was thirteen. She’s been a devoted reader of love stories ever since.

Amelia has been happily married to her high school sweetheart for over thirty-five years and she
lives on the beautiful gulf coast of Northwest Florida.

She is a two-time winner of the prestigious Booksellers Best Award, and she has also won the
Aspen Gold, and the Golden Quill awards. Writing as Gloria Dale Skinner, she won the coveted
Romantic Times Award for Love and Laughter and the Maggie Award. Amelia’s books have
been published in Europe, Indonesia, Turkey, Russia, and Japan. Several of her books have
been featured in Doubleday and Rhapsody Book Clubs.

You can email Amelia at AmeliaGrey@comcast.net.

Follow her on FaceBook at https://www.FaceBook.com/AmeliaGreybooks, or visit her website at
https://www.AmeliaGrey.com

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