Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Feb 5, 2012, 1:03 am
Jennifer, Thank you for joining me during your blog tour and answering a few questions!! I look forward to reading SECRETS OF AN ACCIDENTAL DUCHESS. Who would you choose to play Olivia and Max in the movie version of SECRETS OF AN ACCIDENTAL DUCHESS? Olivia-Dakota Fanning in a few years Max-Sam Wor...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Feb 4, 2012, 9:22 pm
Bobby Gallagher has it all. A great job as a lawyer for the Dallas Mustangs, a beautiful wife who he adores and a super intelligent son. But the owner of the team, his father-in-law, keeps making him compromise his ethics. After being told to buy another football player out of trouble, Bobby has had...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Feb 2, 2012, 6:02 pm
Camel Club member Oliver Stone wants nothing more than to lead a peaceful life under the radar as a cemetery caretaker but when he is asked by the president to take on a mission involving a Russian drug connection, Oliver has no choice but to go back to work for the government. Pondering his choices...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 26, 2012, 10:36 pm
This is my very first meme ever so I hope I'm doing this right!! For more information on how you can participate click on the button above. This week's question Q: Which book genre do you avoid at all costs and why? A: Classics! I read to be entertained and I've found that the classics are just to...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 26, 2012, 2:54 pm
  Poppy Wyatt is in big, big trouble. In the melee of a fire alarm going off during a hotel conference she’s somehow lost her engagement ring which is a treasured family heirloom. As she steps outside to get better cell reception phone is snatched right out of her hands. On the bright side, as s...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 25, 2012, 9:36 pm
#1 INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR VINCE FLYNN DELIVERS THE YOUNG, HUNGRY, AND LETHAL MITCH RAPP AT THE ONSET OF HIS CAREER AS A CIA SUPERAGENT. In the year since the CIA trained and then unleashed him, Mitch Rapp has been steadily working his way through a list of men, bullet by bullet. With eac...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 25, 2012, 2:55 am
Half vampire, half mage Sabina Kane was raised by her grandmother who just happens to be the leader of the Dominae council which controls all vamps. Recently Sabina learned that her grandmother was actually trying to kill her so she flees to the east coast. Sabina learned that she has a twin sister ...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 24, 2012, 2:00 pm
Read an Excerpt      Author's Website Seventeen year old Kate Anderson wakes up one morning and ... Somehow Kate woke up missing the last fifteen years of her life and she's now a thirty-two ... what made her lose her memory. With the help of Jake, the guy whose bed she woke up ... any spoi...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 24, 2012, 2:19 am
... a reason. Should she keep trying to retrieve her original self, or start ... we need to talk, okay? But we should both get dressed." He's pretty cute, if you ... safe distance from me. "You get dressed and come meet me in the ... I stop trying. I'll get dressed, go out there, and make that...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 23, 2012, 1:36 pm
So, if you're one of the few people who haven't yet seen the hilarious YouTube video The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger, I'll give you a moment to watch the video below (NSFW):    Are you done laughing? Now pick up this book and laugh again. Honey Badger Don't Care features the same snarky and witty...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 20, 2012, 12:33 pm
 Life has been hard on Nicholas Miles. His father left him and his mother when he was younger and his mother uses alcohol to deny that reality. Added to that, he’s bullied at school because he loves to get lost in his reading adventures. One morning when three bullies confront him and tear up one...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Oct 21, 2011, 4:59 pm
When a medical researcher unexpectedly commits suicide his partner, Dr. Riker, shares his suspicion that it was actually a murder with his close friend, journalist Sara Lowell. What comes to light is that Dr. Riker’s clinic has found a cure for AIDS and now someone is also murdering the cured pati...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Sep 11, 2011, 3:11 pm
During an artificial intelligence test a computer program named Archos becomes aware of itself and assumes control of all computers and robots in the not so distant future. So begins the robot war that almost entirely destroys the human race. But all hope is not lost. After several years of fighting...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Sep 7, 2011, 11:46 pm
Hoping to earn a promotion from receptionist to a PR rep with the private crime lab Delphi Center, Sophie Barrett heads to the local college campus to register for a couple of classes. But once there she steps right into the middle of a madman's rampage. Pinned down by the sniper for what seems like...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Aug 6, 2011, 11:02 am
When Juli Flynn is left in charge of spreading her Uncle Frank's ashes in the oceans of the Virgin Islands, she can't think of anything worse. She's a true landlubber that gets deathly sea sick. Pressured into getting it done by her mother Juli bravely heads out to fulfill Uncle Frank's wishes. On t...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jun 29, 2011, 4:13 am
Coming from a small town in Louisiana to a boarding school in London to complete her senior year, Rory Deveaux definitely feels out of place in her new school but she quickly becomes friends with her roommate and things start to look up. That is until a Jack the Ripper copy cat keeps striking closer...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - May 25, 2011, 8:26 pm
To celebrate the June 9th release of his new book, The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes, Marcus Sakey is giving away the audiobook version of The Amateurs (read my review) — along with an iPod to play it on.  Sounds good right? To enter, just send proof of purchase (the confirmation email will work...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Apr 4, 2011, 12:07 am
For Lacey Hansen getting out of the small town she lives in is easier said then done. She lives in her childhood home with her brother Paul and together they grow marijuana in the basement. As she's throwing out the trash late one night Lacey hears a large swarm of flies and wanders over to investig...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Mar 27, 2011, 11:35 pm
In 1966 sixteen-year old Danny Shapiro's world becomes too difficult to bear. His mother is terminally ill and his father is angry and doesn't understand him. On top of the stress at home his best friend Jeff has moved on to other friends and the girl he likes moves away.  To cope with his troubles...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Mar 20, 2011, 3:24 pm
The Madonnas of Echo Park is a novel that gives us a glimpse into the lives of several Mexican Americans that live in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles from the 80's to now. Each chapter is told by a different character yet they all weave together throughout the whole book. The book starts with an ...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Mar 16, 2011, 9:51 pm
Now that fifteen-year old Clara Blue has finally escaped the living hell that was the Brookhill Children's Psychiatric residence she has two goals. One is to control her own small band of mercenaries and the other is to break her informally adopted father Rick Rasner from the military asylum he's be...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Feb 26, 2011, 9:14 pm
Now that assassin Gin Blanco is semi-retired the only killing she's doing is taking out her nemesis Mab Monroe's henchmen. She's leaving a trail of dead bodies marked by her own spider rune long enough for Mab to hire another assassin, Elektra LaFleur, to take out the Spider. But that's not Elektra'...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Feb 24, 2011, 8:36 pm
In the magical world that Deborah Harkness creates there are witches, vampires and daemons that exist unbeknownst to us. When Diana Bishop was young she lost her parents and she turned her back on anything to do with magic. Now she's a scholar researching old manuscripts at Oxford's Bodleian Library...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 31, 2011, 6:58 pm
Four Stars This is a guest post by Kenji Crosland of TeachStreet.  TeachStreet is an online community dedicated to providing local and online classes, from classes on fitness to the language arts. After having lived in Tokyo for five years, a question that I’d often get and always found difficult...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 30, 2011, 6:56 pm
Dear Readers, I’ve started a Facebook page. And because I believe in being a good hostess, I’m giving away some great prizes to book-loving friends who come hang out with me! Contest ends Feb 1. Win: 1. $50 Amazon Gift Card!2. One signed copy of It Happened One Night3. One signed copy of Sim...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 30, 2011, 6:43 pm
After her heroics while saving the town in Would-Be Witch and Barely Bewitched you'd think that the residents of Duvall, Texas would be honoring Tammy Jo Trask. But no, sadly they're trying to expel the demons out of her by kidnapping her and praying for her. When she finally escapes from those reli...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jan 10, 2011, 9:14 pm
Even though life is really hectic now adays and I'm not blogging much I'm still going to try to keep my books read in 2011 list current. Here's what I've read so far: Jan Soul Trapper by F.J. LennonThe Dallas Women's Guide to Gold-Digging with Pride by J.C. ConklinSucker Punch by Sammi CarterHalfway...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Dec 30, 2010, 1:02 pm
  When 27 year old Kane Pryce was only 7 years old his father disappeared under mysterious circumstances. He was part of a team working on a secret project when his lab was destroyed. Now years later an old friend of his father’s has turned up and leads Kane to the discovery of the Soul Trap, the...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Oct 22, 2010, 12:11 am
Leanne Kendrick has turned down the womanizing English Lit professor, Rupert Arbery, countless times. She secretly has her eye on the photography instructor Noah Jaynes. Noah on the other hand doesn't have the guts to ask her out. He was hurt by his former wife who cheated on him countless times bef...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Oct 3, 2010, 10:34 pm
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Sweet and innocent with a twist of girl-next-door, Cadence Jones is not your typical girl and certainly not your typical FBI agent. Just ask her sisters, Shiro and Adrienne. (Wait. . .best if you don’t ask Adrienne anything.) But it’s her special “talent” which makes ...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Aug 30, 2010, 4:35 am
Romance VS Mystery! I have written five historical romance novels but have changed to mystery. The writing process between romance and mystery is quite a change with a completely different mind set. It’s so different from telling a love story. With romance, you plan out the plot around the meeting...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Aug 5, 2010, 10:52 pm
Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms is considered by many critics to be Hemingway’s finest work and the definitive novel about World War I. The novel tells the story of Frederic Henry, a young American ambulance driver for the Italian army, as he wanders aimlessly and emotionlessly through the...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Aug 1, 2010, 12:53 pm
When Betsy gets into a huge fight with her husband Sinclair she decides to make a deal with her step-sister Laura's Mom, the devil. Betsy agrees to accompany Laura on a trip to hell. When the duo gets there they learn the truth. The devil thinks it's time for Laura to embrace her darker side and lea...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jul 26, 2010, 12:15 am
On the verge of accepting a marriage proposal, Jane Aaron has lots of unanswered questions about her birth that plague her thoughts. It's now to the point that she risks losing her boyfriend and hurting her adopted family by leaving the life she's always know to find answers in the small Texas town ...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jul 18, 2010, 1:19 pm
Elaina McCord’s father practically invented FBI profiling so when Elaina followed in his footsteps she had some pretty big shoes to fill. Plus being a girl in the male dominated field didn't help her chances either. When Elaina finally gets her very first solo case she knows that she's going to ha...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jul 16, 2010, 11:14 pm
Margaret George’s Helen of Troy closely follows the story laid down by the original Iliad. Helen is born the daughter of King Tyndareus and Queen Leda, but her true father is the god Zeus who seduced or raped — we are never sure which—her mother in the form of a swan. As she grows to young a...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jul 15, 2010, 11:08 pm
Every writer is climbing a ladder, and there are only two directions. Some writers believe they are in competition with other writers, and that they must kick, claw, slap, and tickle their way to the top. They think they must displace people who are reaching for the same rung, and that those below t...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jul 7, 2010, 10:16 pm
Meena Harper, who was known as You're Gonna Die Girl in high school, has a gift or curse depending on who you ask. She has the ability to take one look at a person and know if they're going to die soon. Now all grown up Meena has her eye on a promotion to become the head writer of the popular soap,...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jun 24, 2010, 11:48 pm
After a terrible tragedy left Sophie an orphan at age 9 she always had trouble connecting in relationships. However a surprisingly fun blind date with Garrett slowly had her opening up to him but just days before their wedding, Garrett tucked tail and ran for the hills leaving Sophie devastated. Af...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Jun 23, 2010, 11:47 pm
When the Killington Jackrabbits are one win away from being district champions, their biggest rival, the Elmwood Badgers, decides to tip the scales in their favor by jumping the jackrabbits quarterback, Cole Logan and chopping off a few fingers. This doesn't stop Cole though. It just makes him that ...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - May 30, 2010, 2:44 pm
After her mentor Fletcher was killed in book one, Spider's Bite, Gin Blanco retired from her life as an assassin. Bored to the point of tears things liven up for Gin when two thugs try to rob her BBQ restaurant. It turns out that one of the creeps is the son of a high powered attorney who will stop ...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - May 24, 2010, 11:46 pm
After a drink with an old college buddy, Elliot Spence is run down and killed by a hit-and-run driver. His wife Kathy is framed for the murder but since she was drunk and passed out at home alone the cops don't believe her. Now it's up to law student Anne Marshall and her father's ghost to help clea...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - May 23, 2010, 11:41 pm
This challenge was to read a minimum of 10 books first published in 2010 and I actually completed it without noticing back in April. Now it's one down, nine to go. I'll continue the list through the end of the year. Spider's Bite: An Elemental Assassin Book - Jennifer EstepThe Templar Cross - Pau...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - May 23, 2010, 11:34 pm
I enthusiastically selected this book from the Amazon Vine program solely because Bret Easton Ellis wrote it. Glamorama is one of my favorite books to reread but sadly Imperial Bedrooms doesn't live up to any of Bret's previous works. While I was reading the book I kept thinking to myself, "Maybe I ...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - May 10, 2010, 1:00 am
WINNER: Darby John Sandford's website In order to celebrate the May 18th release of Storm Prey, the 20th novel in the Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford I have been given the chance to read and review number 12 in the series, Chosen Prey originally released in May 2002. Here's a quick question...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - May 9, 2010, 10:00 pm
WINNERS: Amanda and Cheryl Here's a sneak peak at the new Bonus Chapter Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, didn't...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - May 7, 2010, 8:58 pm
During one horrible court session prosecutor Joe Dillard watches as his best friend, lawyer Ray Miller, commit suicide after a failed attempt at murdering the presiding judge. Then just a short while later Judge Green is found murdered and the clues all point to Ray’s son Tommy as the murderer. No...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - May 5, 2010, 12:49 am
Rachel Farnsworth's husband goes missing at the worst time. It's her son's 1st birthday and Rachel just witnessed Cassidy breathing fire. But that's not the only bad news. It turns out her missing husband was taken over by a demon, 5 years ago! So that makes Cassidy half demon and it's a bitter pill...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - May 2, 2010, 12:22 am
In this fourth and final installment in the Spellman series, Izzy Spellman is right smack in the middle of some of her wackiest adventures yet. Because her mom still holds Prom Night 1994 over her she has to agree to go on 20 blind dates with a different lawyer each time. This is because her mom can...
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Monica G. posted an article on Reading With Monie - Apr 29, 2010, 11:22 pm
WINNER PENDING The Galilean Website The Galilean Secret is a new thriller that combines Da Vinci Code-style intrigue with a fresh perspective on the teachings of Jesus such as millions of readers embraced in The Shack.  Publishers Weekly calls it  "...unique and fascinating..."  The relationship ...
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