Book Review: Moirai by Ruth Silver (Abberant #2)

Summary (from Goodreads)

Title: Moirai

Author: Ruth Silver

Publication Date: 26 September 2013

Publisher: Patchwork Press

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Book Blitz: Make Your Prayer Count by Olatunji Sobodu

Title: Make Your Prayer Count

Author: Olatunji Sobodu

Release Date: 7 June 2017

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Summary: 

There is no point praying without having concrete results as proof. God designed the act and channel of prayer to meet the needs of His children, including the need to fellowship with Him. Results are the end result of prayers. If you are not getting the desired results, you are simply not doing certain vital things right. You need to be taught and you must be willing to learn. This book is inspired by the Spirit of God to answer to that need. In it you will discover:

• God’s sworn commitment to answer prayers
• The right attitude and approach to God in prayer
• Prayer boosters
• Prayer blockers
• How dreams and visions make prayer count
• How to take delivery of answers through God’s prophets.

It is time to Make Your Prayer Count! Enjoy a more fruitful Christian walk. Make the journey worth its while.

 ~ About the Author ~

Olatunji Sobodu has over three decades of experience spanning teaching & research, banking & finance, and entrepreneurship. He earned Masters and Doctorate degrees in Economics from the University of Ibadan and a Bachelors degree in Statistics from University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in Nigeria. He gave his life to Christ over 25 years ago and has served in various non-executive capacities in the church including membership of the Board of Regents of Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria for 8 years. A highly respected and humble personality who loves to impart people with knowledge, he has a heart for helping people and mentoring. He exhibits unique spiritual understanding, insight and perspectives that characterize his books. He is happily married to Dr (Mrs) Aderonke Sobodu. They are blessed with children and reside in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Manga Review: Library Wars: Love & War by Kiiro Yumi (2nd Review)

Title: Library Wars: Love & War

Original Title: Toshokan Sensou: Love & War

Author: Kiiro Yumi & Hiro Arikawa

Artist: Kiiro Yumi

Year of Release: 2008

Genres: Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Shoujo

Status: Completed (Not Fully uploaded)

Chapters (Translated in English & Uploaded): 

Volumes & Chapters: 15 Volumes

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Book Review: Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (The Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)

Summary (from Goodreads)

Title: Dark Lover

Author: J.R. Ward

Publication Date: 6 September 2005

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

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Cover Reveal: The Birthday Party by Ronald & Juanita Destra

Title: The Birthday Party

Author: Ronald & Juanita Destra

Release Date: 29 July 2017

Publisher: Destra World Publishing

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Summary: 

This is a great story for young readers, a delightfully fanciful picture book that appeals to kids and adults alike. The Birthday Party is a book about a young Hebrew boy who turns twelve, but he believes everyone has forgotten his birthday including his parents and friends. He is disheartened by his friends and family not caring about his birthday, having to go through a hectic day while his friends are avoiding him in school not knowing they are planning to throw him the best surprise party ever! Can his parents, Johnny and other friends pull off the best birthday party ever? Or will their surprise party turn to disaster? Find out in this stunning story with an unforgettable reading experience that readers will want to pass on to others. Pick up your copy today!

 ~ About the Authors ~

About Ronald:

Ronald Destra is a children book author, illustrator, publisher, entrepreneur and husband who resides in Florida. He has published six children books and is a co-founder of Destra World Books Publishing, LLC. His passion is to help children learn that they do have a purpose in life and to never give up no matter what life throws at them.

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About Juanita

Juanita Destra is a medical field worker, author and publisher. She is the co-founder and CEO of Miami-based Destra World Books Publishing, LLC The company provides professional literary services to authors and business owners. Their company specializes in book, eBook, audio book publishing, marketing, editing, promotion, graphic design and much more.

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Book Blitz: Doppelgänger by YL Parker

Title: Doppelgänger

Author: YL Parker

Release Date: 17 April 2017

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Summary: 

Logline: Fighting and curing deadly strains of bacteria can be tougher that even when you have to time travel in order to do so. Kristin is a tireless physician who spends her day and nights diagnosing bacteria. The alluring twenty-three-year-old and her mate Peter, who holds the cure to these strains, are separated by time, making them almost impossible to remedy. Peter is an altruistic nomad, a doctor with a fantastic smile and gentle heart. He often falls through time landing at a point where he must create a cure to one deadly strain of bacteria that threatens to destroy all of mankind. When Sandy Island, lying in the South Pacific, began to sink into the ocean, engineers found a way to save it with a shift in time every few years. Its happy residents were content with their lives until elite scientist, Adam Grigori, searched the sea for a serum to thwart time & induce immortality. His find, harvested from sea animals, is the same serum Adam used on his daughter Dr. Kristin Grigori and medical assistant Dr. Peter Grayson. Kristin and Peter learn all too late that her father infused the serum with a Time Matrix which is illegal and introduces bacteria into the world.

~ Teaser ~

Sandy Island The Calderans were sweet romantic people. They sat in their huts and played their banjos and harmonicas. The Sandy Island inhabitants entertained themselves with simple things. Until one day the water came and the island began to sink, the engineers built high-rises and tunnels to the ocean floor to stabilize the island. The land on the surface was uninhabitable. Fifty years would pass then another fifty years; the water would rise ever higher. It was the most beautiful place to live on Earth, and it frequently shifted in and out of time.  The last time the island was seen on Earth was in 1989. It disappeared from the maps of the land dwellers, and the people of Sandy Island were glad.  Sandy Island was made of cliffs, waterfalls, and grottos.  The surface was covered with waterfalls. The Calderans created skyscrapers out of rock and titanium that stretched to the rocks below the land. Some lived in high rises above the island that reached to the sky, while others lived in caves, caverns and grottos beneath the ground. The winds and the weather were harsh and unpredictable. It rained for days and weeks, when the Time Shift came, and they found themselves thrown into another land full of dry wastelands and barren deserts. It was only for a moment but it felt like a lifetime. The thirst hung in their mouths and they could not escape it. Some called it a curse, and tied them to this unique island nation. Some could not and would not leave. None ever tried to leave, for fear of what might happen. There were stories of those who tried to leave their island country. Dried and brittle, skeletons were found on nearby islands.  Their fate outside their world was the ever-yielding thirst. Scientists researched the animals of the sea to find a link that would help them weather the Time Shift that plagued their land and their people. The elite looked to the creatures of the island for immortality. The Nautalum invited the Calderans into their lives with open arms. Until one day, the cuddly race of sea creatures saw into the future how the Calderans would repay them. The Nautalum made the thirst part of them. So they would never forget. When the water came in full force, the Calderan scientists searched for another weapon, they devised one, time travel to control those fifty years, and they stood ready to use it.

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 ~ About the Author ~

YL Parker was born and resides in  North Carolina. She has been a teacher for over 18 years.She was a Lecturer online at King Khalid University in Languages and Translations in 2013. She began working on her doctorate in Transformation Leadership. She is currently an engineering entrepreneur developing projects in energy, media, and healthcare. She has always loved stories ever since she was a young girl. She wrote screenplays for ten years and now has brought her storytelling to books. She has BA in English and a MA in Teaching and Learning with Technology. 

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~ Other Books by This Author ~

Title: Archangel Love 

Author: YL Parker 

Series: Archangel #1 

Release Date: 5 June 2016 

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Summary:  

Diana Deluna comes to Rome to finish her last year in high school at St. Clare’s High. Diana’s father is called to investigate the disappearance of The Shroud of Turin from a museum in central Rome. The archangel Michael has taken the image of a man and tracked the shroud and other ancient relics to the shores of Italy. Michael stumbles upon one of several keys that have opened the cells to some of the most dangerous dark archangels of all time. Michael summons the seven archangels of light to help him bring the fallen he imprisoned back to justice. Michael saves Diana from a demonic attack. Diana Deluna finds herself in a world of angels and demons forced to survive while loving a man who isn’t human.   

Title: Hillary Hermes: 

Vampires vs Witches 

Release Date: 14 March 2013 

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Summary:  

This novel is set in San Juan County, Washington. Hillary Hermes was once the most feared alchemist of her time. She awakens in this time as Hillary Somers, her memory is gone, and all of her inherited powers are trapped inside the body of a frail, timid, teenager who’s filled with doubt. Time has transported her through the line of the Somers Witches.Lovers are caught in the war between vampires and witches.    

Title: Don't Make Me Angry 

Release Date: 17 February 2013 

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Summary:  

A sheriff leaves her native Oklahoma to join the police force in big City Seattle. She uses her multiple personality to help her fight crime.

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Manga Review: Heaven and Earth by Oh! Great

Title: Heaven and Earth

Original Title: Tenjho Tenge

Author: Oh! Great

Artist: Oh! Great

Year of Release: 1997

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Martial Arts. Mature, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Supernatural

Status: Completed

Chapters (Translated in English): 136

Volumes & Chapters:

22 Volumes in Total

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Mini Manga Review: Love So Life by Kouchi Kaede

Title: Love So Life

Original Title: Love So Life

Author: Kouchi Kaede

Artist: Kouchi Kaede

Year of Release: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life

Status: Completed

Chapters (Translated in English): 106

Volumes & Chapters: 

17 Volumes in Total

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Book Review: A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies (A Beautiful Dark #1)

Summary (from Goodreads)

Title: A Beautiful Dark 

Author: Jocelyn Davies

Publication Date: 21 September 2011

Publisher: HarperTeen

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Manga Review: Runway Lover by Wataru Tanaka & Yuka Shibano

Title: Runway Lover

Original Title: Runway no Koibito

Author: Wataru Tanaka

Artist: Yuka Shibano

Year of Release: 2011

Genres: Drama, Romance, Shoujo 

Status: Completed (translation ongoing)

Chapters (Translated in English): 7

Volumes & Chapters:

3 Volumes 14 Chapters in Total

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Book Review: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

Summary (from Goodreads)

Title: The Thorn Birds

Author: Colleen McCullough

Publication Date: 23 May 1997

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Manga Review: Red River by Chie Shinohara

Title: Red River

Original Title: Anatolia Story

Author: Chie Shinohara

Artist: Chie Shinohara

Year of Release: 1995

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Mature, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural, Tragedy

Status: Completed

Chapters (Translated in English): 96

Volumes & Chapters: 

28 Volumes in Total

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Opening Up Summer Review Season!

Hi Everyone! 

It's been around 9 months since I was heavily active on my blog! True, there were a number of tours that I was organising through KC Book Promotions, however, I was inactive in the respect of books that I myself wanted to feature on the blog!