Review: The Summer That Melted Everything - Tiffany McDaniel - July 2016 In the writing world, there are two sorts of books - there is the first category where the books are written to a somewhat formula and the themes are mass-produced and you see them everywhere and if you are like me then you have also read a lot of them and have them sitting on your kindle/bookshelves to read as they are great reads. Then there is the second category which often for me , I find these certain books difficult to read and get into and often they are confusing - they are the books that I like to call Festival books or most people would call them Literary Fiction. I call them Festival books as they remind me of the book versions of the movies that are played at Rialto - you know the Arty , Foreign Language type movies. The Summer That Melted Everything falls into the second category. The year was 1984 and Fielding Bliss was still a boy of about 12-13 years and lived in a smalltown with his ...

Stepping Stones (The Stone Series, #1) by  Kacey Vanderkarr   Release Date: 08/25/15 Urban Fey Press Summary from Goodreads: Onnaleigh Moore is part of a plan—and it isn’t hers. When her brother dies in a car accident, Onna is desperate to preserve the tatters of her family. Any hope of finding normalcy vanishes when her mother runs off and her dad turns to booze to numb his pain. Onna’s grief is crippling, but the boy who showed up just when she needed him is helping her cope. Everett’s presence is comforting, though he knows things—Onna’s name just before they met, where she lives, and sometimes he comments on thoughts she doesn’t say aloud. She pegs him for a stalker, or maybe psychic, but the truth is deadlier than she imagines. As their feelings for one another deepen, Everett confesses a horrifying secret: Onna’s brother is only the beginning of the plan, and some fates are worse than death. ...

A naiah Press is revealing the trailer for OPERATION TREE ROPER: AN EYE ABOVE by Robert Polk today and we have it here on the blog! Blurb: Twelve-year-old Declan Parker was born with only one eye, but all he seems to have trouble seeing in proper perspective is himself.  All he wants is for kids to see him as normal before he starts a new school in the fall. To that end, he sets out to make money helping with his dad’s tree care business. Unfortunately, when his dad lands in the hospital after a climbing accident, Declan’s surgery hopes are wrecked. His only hope remains in a neighbor girl and her uncle, a wounded army veteran. Can they help him save his dad’s business, or will Declan’s once-courageous drive turn into total despair? Operation Tree Roper: An Eye Above is a well-crafted story about a strong, dauntless young man who redefines the value of self-reflection. Declan is a character you won’t be able to forget. Welcome to your new favorite b...