Monthly Archives: May 2024

Book Review and Giveaway: Bound in Silence by Christena Stephens

Posted on May 29, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

BOUND IN SILENCE by Christena Stephens True Crime / Texas History / Nonfiction Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Page Count: 286 pages Publication Date: February 26, 2024 Scroll down for a giveaway! SYNOPSIS On a nearly moonless night in October 1943, … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: 12 Ways to Age Gracefully by Susan U. Neal

Posted on May 29, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Welcome to the Blog Tour for 12 Ways to Age Gracefully by Susan U. Neal, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! About the Book Title: 12 Ways to Age Gracefully: How to Look and Feel Younger Author: Susan U. Neal Publisher: … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Texas Forsaken by Sherry Shindelar

Posted on May 27, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Welcome to the Blog Tour for Texas Forsaken by Sherry Shindelar, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! About the Book Title: Texas Forsaken Series: Lone Star Redemption #1 Author: Sherry Shindelar Publisher: Wild Heart Books Release Date: May 21, 2024 Genre: … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: The Ghost of Whispering Willow

Posted on May 24, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

THE GHOST OF WHISPERING WILLOW Second Edition by AMANDA M. THRASHER Children’s Horror / Fantasy / Magic / Chapter Book Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press Page Count: 246 Publication Date: January 9, 2024 SYNOPSIS Stewart sees a ghostly figure out … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I’d Love a New Book From

Posted on May 21, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Check out upcoming Top Ten themes on Jana’s blog and go here to see what others have on their Top Ten Tuesday lists! This … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Her Dying Secret by Lisa Regan

Posted on May 18, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Her Dying Secret, #20 in Lisa Regan’s Detective Josie Quinn series! Book description: She gently opens the woman’s tightly clenched fist, uncurling each finger to reveal a square of folded paper … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Darkness Calls the Tiger by Janyre Tromp

Posted on May 15, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Darkness Calls the Tiger by Janyre Tromp, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! About the Book Title: Darkness Calls the Tiger: A Novel of World War II Burma Author: Janyre Tromp Publisher: Kregel … Continue reading →

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Book Blitz: Second Lives – now available in audiobook!

Posted on May 15, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

SECOND LIVES: The Journey of Brain-Injury Survivors and Their Healers By Ralph B. Lilly, MD & Diane F. Kramer with Joyce Stamp Lilly NOW AVAILABLE IN AUDIOBOOK FORMAT! Click to purchase on Audible! CLICK TO PURCHASE: Amazon | Audible Stoney … Continue reading →

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Book Beginnings on Friday and Book Blogger Hop: May 10, 2024

Posted on May 10, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted each week by Rose City Reader. It’s a chance to share the first sentence or so of the book you are reading this week. You can check out others’ book beginnings here. I’m also going to link … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Mystery on Meadowsweet Grove by Clare Chase

Posted on May 6, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

About the book: Saxford St Peter is having an open gardens day! But one of the villagers has murder, not marigolds, in mind… And now Eve Mallow needs to unearth a killer. Everyone in Saxford is delighted when jeweller Cleo Marbeck suggests … Continue reading →

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