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Book Review and Giveaway: Blue Running by Lori Ann Stephens | Lone Star Book Blog Tours

BLUE RUNNING by Lori Ann Stephens Dystopian Fiction / Coming of Age / Suspense Publisher: Moonflower Publishing Date of Publication: November, 2022 Number of Pages: 334 pages    Scroll down for Giveaway! In the new Republic of Texas, guns are … Continue reading

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Most Often Recommend to People

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: Mystery at Farfield Castle by Clare Chase

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Mystery at Farfield Castle, the tenth in Clare Chase’s Eve Mallow series! Synopsis: Beautiful Farfield Castle is opening its grounds for a party, and everyone in Saxford’s invited. But as the … Continue reading

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Word of the Week: May 8, 2023

Word of the Week: a bookish meme hosted here on Mondays in which we share a word that we find entertaining, enlightening, edifying, or just plain fun to say! Share your own word on your blog, then help me grow … Continue reading

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Close Her Eyes (Detective Josie Quinn #17) by Lisa Regan

I am thrilled to be on the blog tour for the latest from Lisa Regan, Close Her Eyes! Out now from Bookouture! Synopsis: The young woman lay among the rocks next to the creek like a broken doll, strands of … Continue reading

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Book Beginnings on Fridays and Book Blogger Hop: May 5, 2023

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 Giveaway: Call of the Wilde by Preston Lewis | Lone Star Book Blog Tours

CALL OF THE WILDE An H. H. Lomax Western, Book 8 by PRESTON LEWIS Historical Fiction / Comic Western / Humor Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing Date of Publication: March 17, 2023 Number of Pages: 352 pages Scroll down for Giveaway!   … Continue reading

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Book Beginnings on Fridays and Book Blogger Hop: April 28, 2023

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 Giveaway: A River of Crows by Shanessa Gluhm | Lone Star Book Blog Tours

A RIVER OF CROWS by SHANESSA GLUHM Fiction / Suspense / Thriller / Revenge Publisher: TouchPoint Press Date of Publication: April 18, 2023 Number of Pages: 427 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! In 1988, Sloan Hadfield’s brother Ridge went fishing … Continue reading

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed, But Have Never Reviewed/Mentioned on My Blog

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! Today’s … Continue reading

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