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Guest Post: “Characters Behaving Badly” + Related Excerpt, Review & Giveaways
Here’s a snippet of the guest post over at To Read or Not to Read: Sometimes… characters just won’t do what you want them to do. I guess...
Jul 23, 20132 min read
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“Blew its predecessor out of the water!” 2 Reviews + Giveaway
Happy Monday! Two awesome reviews plus a new giveaway for you today on the Shudder tour. First, check out this great 4-star review...
Jul 22, 20131 min read
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“A Hurray for YA Dystopia!” 3 Shudder Reviews + Giveaway
From Bitsy Bling: A Hurray for YA Dystopia! … This independent author did not disappoint. The story is wrapped up without the horrid...
Jul 21, 20131 min read
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INSPIRATION WEEK – “Inspiration for The Dumpster Scene” + Review, Excerpt & G
From the guest post: Even though the Stitch Trilogy is not exactly about zombies, as you may already know, I count the Resident Evil...
Jul 18, 20132 min read
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INSPIRATION WEEK – “Inspiration for Shudder’s Setting” + Excerpt, Reviews &#
From the guest post:Ever sprint out of the movie theater for a mid-show bathroom break, only to find yourself alone amongst the rows and...
Jul 17, 20133 min read
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“Test their love, strength and will to live” – Review & Giveaway
In Shudder, you pick up three days after the events of Stitch ended. Alessa and Isaac are outside the walls of Paragon in search of the...
Jul 16, 20131 min read
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INSPIRATION WEEK – “The Bones Incident” + Reviews & Giveaways
From the guest post: There’s an incident early on in Shudder where Alessa and Isaac are happily strolling through the forest until they...
Jul 15, 20132 min read
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BAD GUY WEEK –> INSPIRATION WEEK: “Inspiration for the Engineers” + Review &
The antagonists for the Stitch Trilogy – Paragon’s elusive leaders, the Engineers – were born out of one question: what if smart people...
Jul 13, 20131 min read
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BAD GUY WEEK Excerpt + Review & Giveaway
Excerpt:The Draftsman met her eyes earnestly. “Listen, Phoenix. I know Paragon is not the best place ever created. But if you were the...
Jul 12, 20132 min read
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BAD GUY WEEK continues: “A Profile of Evil: the Engineers” + Reviews, Excerpt & Giv
The Developer Role: Architect behind the entire Paragon scheme and de facto leader of the Engineers Skills/Experience: Talented software...
Jul 10, 20131 min read
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Happy 4th! New Excerpt & Giveaway @ Willing to See Less
The crowd replied with a deafening roar of condemnation, snarling and howling like a rabid animal just itching for blood. As the mob...
Jul 4, 20131 min read
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Teaser & Giveaway @ All Fantasy Worlds
“We’ve all taken new names here.” He sat up a little taller, a newfound confidence cascading through him. Something lit up inside him....
Jul 2, 20131 min read
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Double Reviews & Excerpts + Giveaway & Bookmarks!
First, from Behind a Million and One Pages, excerpt, bookmarks, and a fab review: Most main characters start to get on your nerves, and...
Jun 30, 20131 min read
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“And then, BAM, she punched me in the gut again!” 2 Reviews + Giveaways!
“When I read Samantha Durante’s debut novel, Stitch, I was blown away. Samantha had so skillfully woven a punch to the gut into her story...
Jun 29, 20132 min read
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Count ‘Em! 5 Shudder Reviews + Excerpt & Giveaway
Why Not? Because I Said So – “The characters are written with so much depth that you can’t help but become totally immersed in their...
Jun 28, 20132 min read
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“I have literally no words.” 2 Reviews & Excerpt!
I have literally no words. I mean, I did not expect it to go like this, to happen like this. I actually had to stop reading half-way...
Jun 27, 20132 min read
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“If you like Delirium and syfi dystopian, you’ll love this book.” 2 Reviews &
First, check out the 4.5-star Stitch review at Escape Into A Book. Then swing by Tressa’s Wishful Endings to hear what Tressa had to say...
Jun 26, 20131 min read
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“Shaping up to be one of my favorite trilogies” – 2 Reviews & Giveaway
Frodo’s Blog of Randomness: The plot! People, the twists and turns in this book?! Seriously, it’s amazing how Durante keeps you on your...
Jun 25, 20131 min read
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“That rabbit hole is one freaky mother” – New Shudder Reviews & Giveaway!
I’m having trouble wrapping my head around all the revelations, and questions Shudder contained. Yet another noodle warp. … Stitch...
Jun 24, 20131 min read
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“Suspenseful and…OMG…I need book #3 NOW!!!!” – Review & Giveaway
Did I feel connected to the characters? Yes. We learn so much more about the characters and the situation they are in. We see their...
Jun 23, 20131 min read
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