Tag: book reviews
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Book Review Friday – Go Away Home
In an Author Wednesday interview with author Carol Brodensteiner, I asked her the best thing someone could say about her novel Go Away Home. She said, “I think the best thing someone could tell me is that they were touched by the characters and the story. That would mean they felt the story was well…
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Author Wednesday – Courtney Giardina
Welcome to Author Wednesday. Courtney Giardina stops by today to discuss her novel Tear Stained Beaches. The novel explores what happens when a marriage the ideal marriage suddenly isn’t. Courtney says that “Tear Stained Beaches, is the story of one woman’s strength to stand up for what she believes is best for her despite the…
P. C. Zick
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#Book Review Friday – Time to Let Go by Christoph Fischer
I’m used to being transported to another era when I read a novel by Christoph Fischer. Set in England, his latest offering, Time to Let Go, transports the reader, not through the years, but into the lives of one family dealing with the splintered effects of Alzheimers. I’ve lost several relatives and friends to this…
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Author Wednesday – Janna Yeshanova
Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome Janna Yeshanova, the author of romance stories set in Russia. Love is Never Past Tense, the first in the series, on the Black Sea where a couple meets and falls in love. A speedy courtship led to a quick marriage, then the world showed up. A divorce inspired by…
P. C. Zick
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Author Wednesday – Mary Gottschalk
Welcome to Author Wednesday once again. Today I welcome back fellow author Mary Gottschalk who appeared on Writing Whims more than a year ago. I reviewed her first book Sailing down the Moonbeam, a memoir from her time of living on a sailboat while her marriage crumbled around her. Now Mary has turned her hand…
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Author Wednesday – Cate Beauman
Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today Cate Beauman stops by Writing Whims to tell us about her new release Justice for Abby. Cate is the widely successful author of the romantic suspense series, The Bodyguards of L.A. County. Justice for Abby is the sixth book in this series. Welcome back, Cate. You’ve been busy since you…
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Author Wednesday – Victoria Dougherty
Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome Victoria Dougherty, who has just published her first novel, The Bone Church. Set in Prague over the past fifty years, this historical thriller encompasses political, cultural, and historical boundaries. Welcome, Victoria. It’s my pleasure to have you drop by for an interview today. I’m always fascinated about the…
P. C. Zick
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Book Review Friday – The Light Never Lies
The Light Never Lies is the second in the Crater Lake Series by Francis Guenette, and last fall I read the first in the series, Disappearing in Plain Sight (click here for the review). What a pleasure to come back to the stars of that first novel and watch as they interact with each other…
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Book Review Friday – Where It Began
Where It Began – Accidents of Birth Trilogy – Book One I’m a fan of Christina Carson; perhaps that’s the reason I’ve read all her books, featured her on Author Wednesday several times (06/05/2013, 03/05/2014, 05/14/2014), and reviewed her previous two books, Dying to Know and Suffer the Little Children. Today I’m excited to give…
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Book Review Friday – Heart of Palm
Laura Lee Smith’s Heart of Palm captured my heart first with its setting in north Florida where I lived for thirty years, and second, with its quirky Bravo family drawn in the best of southern family traditions. The Bravo family lives in the fictional small town of Utina on the Intercoastal just a short drive…
P.C. ZICK 