I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Pigs Don’t Flyin Hardcover edition on 1994 and has 370 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble Second in the Pigs Don’t Fly fantasy series with the focus on the naïve and newly orphaned Somerdai. My Take It’s a life’s journey undertaken as Summer finds herself, blossoming from the waddling duckling to the graceful swan in her year of travel and adventures. For the most part, it’s a lively, adventurous, and fun tale as Summer learns more about herself and begins to take charge of her own happiness. My one niggle is how stupid she keeps being, never seeming to learn from her mishaps with larcenous travelers. That mother. What a mother of a mother, she was! I find myself wishing that Summer had left while her mother was alive and was forced to care for herself. Sir Gilman. Well, that was definitely the best decision she could make, although I could wish she would warn the poor boy. As for the villagers . . . what a bunch of scumbags! My […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Riding HomeIt is part of the Sons of Chance #16 series and is a on July 15, 2014 and has 224 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo Other books in this series include [books_series] Sixteenth in the Sons of Chance western romance series and revolving around the Chance family. The couple focus is on Jeannette Trenton and Zach Powell. My thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin for providing this ARC for my enjoyment. My Take This was sweet and very thoughtful. I love all the inward-looking thoughts going on in this one. That’s not to say there weren’t some rough patches, but on the whole, it’s a great story that shows us the path Jeannette has followed to understand where she went wrong and where she needs to go for a more fulfilling life. It’s an opportunity for both of them to look back over their lives, see what outside influences nudged them in those wrong directions. A weekend in which each forces the other to re-think their choices, re-think why they […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Jack Strongon July 29, 2014 and has 52 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo This 52-page short story is a prequel introducing Jack Strong in this science fictional urban fantasy, a potential series that I suspect will roam the world. My thanks to NetGalley and Open Road Media for providing this ARC for my enjoyment. My Take It started as I expected a Walter Mosley to start, with an excellent use of dialect and sentence structure, but Mosley quickly took me into a completely different world. One that was both small and yet expansive. I’m both curious and apprehensive, but then again, I remember: Mosley. The apprehension comes from wondering how he can bring the tension to the inner men of Jack Strong, seeing as how it was so easy for Lance to meld. The curiosity comes from wondering where he will take us on this journey of redemption, and seein’ as it’s Mosley, how he will create the tension. I know, I seem to be repeating myself, and actually I’m […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Conjureron June 10, 2008 and has 319 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo First in the Martha Beale historical mystery series and revolving around a newly orphaned woman, Martha. Set in 1842 Philadelphia. My thanks to NetGalley and Open Road Media for providing this ARC for me to read. My Take As the page or percent indicator as to where I am in the book isn’t available, all I can say is I stopped at “I will be the mistress of my fate. I’ll rule my own house, and demand that Simms leave it.” It starts off interestingly and too quickly descends into a morass of timidity and domination. Biddle takes way too long to turn Martha into a strong character — I’m assuming that Martha becomes a strong person simply because the series is about her as I still haven’t read far enough to find out. She was too annoying to read. Yes, there is an interesting story in here with lots of possibilities and odd subplots, but the […]