Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Book Excerpt: Moa by Tricia Stewart Shiu

Please enjoy this excerpt from Moa, a paranormal YA novel with a literary bent by Tricia Stewart Shiu. Then read on to learn how you can win huge prizes as part of this blog tour, including $600 in Amazon gift cards, a Kindle Fire, 5 autographed copies of Moa, and 5 autographed copies of its sequel, Statue of Ku.

Eighteen-year-old, Hillary Hause’s left thumb searches frantically to turn on the “I’m Okay to Fly” hypnotherapy recording. Her nerves on edge, fuchsia fingernails press into the blue pleather armrests of her airplane seat.

“No spells can help you now,” she whispers to herself under her breath—then checks to see if anyone notices. Nope, they don’t.

The plane lifts through the early morning, gray fog of California, “June Gloom” giving way to the azure sky, and Hillary covers her curly brown head and retreats beneath the questionably clean plane blanket cranking the volume to drown out the drone of the engines.

“Outer shell close to breaking.” This time she doesn’t care if anyone hears.

I hover just beyond her “outer shell”—a movement in the periphery, a faintly familiar scent, a fond memory just beyond recognition, a non-human observer. Before the week is up, Hillary will save my life, as I will hers. But, for now, more about Hillary.

The drink cart rolls past the blanket, which has, by now become a moist steamy cave.

“Hey, freak. I hope your plane crashes.” The memory reverberates through her brain despite her attempts to distract herself with the hypnotherapy recording. She increases the volume, but the ugly conversation, which occurred just before school ended, still haunts her mind.

“I guess the only people they check on those flights are the suspicious ones,” Krystal Sykes, a bully from her home room, leans in as Hillary hastens to grab books for her next class. Krystal, also a senior, has hounded Hillary since the first day of freshman year and this is the final day during the final hour at this tiny high school of 376 students —where everyone knows everyone else’s business.

“Look, Krystal.” Hillary turns her eyes toward the sneering blonde. “It’s the last day of school, we’ll never see each other again. Can you give it a rest?” These are the most words the two young women have exchanged in the entire four years of high school.

A look of shock replaces Krystal’s smug snick, “Oh, so now you talk.” She leans in, so close that her spray tan becomes a patchy Impressionist painting. Her pores are blotched with cakey, two shades too dark powder, her unblended cream eyeshadow creases across the center of her lid and her tropical breeze flavored breath threatens to strangle the words right out of Hillary.

“I know all about your witchcraft practices and have made a few spells of my own. Trust me. You’ll never make it to your sister’s house in Hawaii.” Krystal’s backpack jingles and Hillary watches her spin around and skip down the hall.

Hillary is not a witch. She has, however, carefully crafted a “shell” to protect herself from bullies like Krystal—who, as far as Hillary can tell—is not a witch either. She has watched Krystal throughout elementary, middle and high school and has not been able to discern whether or not she practices witchcraft. No matter what Krystal’s background, her intent is to harm. And there is nothing worse than a spell with an aim to hurt. Hillary has had no choice but to remain in a constant state of defensiveness.

The twenty-minute recording ends and Hillary falls into a troubled sleep—feeling every bump and hearing every creak of the plane.

With about an hour left in the flight, Hillary awakens with a “turtle headache.” Hillary’s older sister Molly taught her this term which means a headache caused by sleeping too long underneath the covers of one’s bed.

Sadly, Molly lost her husband, Steve, last year in an unfortunate surfing accident. The throbbing pain in Hillary’s left temple could be the result of remaining submerged beneath an airplane blanket and wedged between the window and armrest, or it could be from worry about how Molly and her niece, Heidi are dealing with their devastating loss.

Disoriented, Hillary pokes her head out just in time to glimpse puffy clouds and sparkling sea below. A flood of excitement and sheer wonder flows through Hillary in the form of a tingle from her head to her toes. And then, a lovely thought: “...And for an Everlasting Roof, The Gambrels of the Sky...” She will enjoy this plane ride, thanks in part to Emily Dickinson.

As part of this special promotional extravaganza sponsored by Novel Publicity, the price of the Moa and Statue of Ku eBook editions have both been dropped to just 99 cents this week. What’s more, by purchasing either of these fantastic books at an incredibly low price, you can enter to win many awesome prizes. The prizes include $600 in Amazon gift cards, a Kindle Fire, and 5 autographed copies of each book.

All the info you need to win one of these amazing prizes is RIGHT HERE. Remember, winning is as easy as clicking a button or leaving a blog comment--easy to enter; easy to win!

To win the prizes:
  1. Purchase your copies of Moa and Statue of Ku for just 99 cents
  2. Enter the Rafflecopter contest on Novel Publicity
  3. Visit today’s featured social media event
About Moa: Eighteen-year-old, Hillary, anticipates adventure as she embarks for trip to Honolulu, but gets more than she bargained for when Moa, an ancient Hawaiian spirit, pays her an unexpected visit. Get it on Amazon.

About Statue of Ku: The second book in the Moa Book Series, "The Statue of Ku" follows Hillary and Moa as they jet to Egypt on the Prince’s private plane to reclaim Moa’s family heirloom, the inimitable statue of Ku. Get it on Amazon.

About the author: Tricia Stewart Shiu combines her addiction to the written word with her avid interest in the healing arts and all things metaphysical in her novels Moa and Statue of Ku and looks forward to finding new ways to unite her two loves. Visit Tricia on her website, Twitter, Facebook, or GoodReads.


Note: All opinions provided on this blog are my own. If a product was given to me for review, the source of that product is noted in the post. Bookstore links are generally affiliate links and I do earn a small amount for each purchase. Other affiliate links will be noted in the post.
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Monday, June 25, 2012

The Story Behind Moa by Tricia Stewart Shiu (Guest Post)

Please enjoy this guest post by Tricia Stewart Shiu, author of the paranormal YA novel with a literary bent Moa. Then read on to learn how you can win huge prizes as part of this blog tour, including $600 in Amazon gift cards, a Kindle Fire, 5 autographed copies of Moa, and 5 autographed copies of its sequel, Statue of Ku.


The Story Behind Moa

by Tricia Stewart Shiu

I've always loved Hawaii and was thrilled when my husband booked a visit for us to see his relatives in Honolulu, Hawaii in October of 2006. We packed light and brought our daughter, who was three-years-old at the time.

Our condo was close to parks and monuments that oozed history. We enjoyed wandering around and indulging in the local cuisine. I even tried poi and liked it!

The morning after we arrived, I rose early to push my daughter’s stroller through the quiet, cool morning air. It felt like such a gift to experience Honolulu before the rest of the island was up.

After a hearty island breakfast, we headed out for a morning at our favorite sandy reprieve, Kuhio Beach. The water was calm and protected by a breakwater. Our daughter enjoyed digging and splashing and my husband and I sat sit nearby without worrying about the strong current.

Afterward, we headed back to our condominium, ate a light lunch, and took a luxurious siesta. Although I'm not usually a mid-day napper, the fresh sea air and sun lulled me into a light sleep—the kind where I felt like I was awake, but I was actually deeply asleep.

I heard a voice say my name and a part of me awoke. I use the word “part” because I could definitely feel my body touching the soft material on the couch. And yet, another part was keenly aware of a young woman with dark hair standing over me. It felt real, but dream-like, so I decided to go with it and ask her her name.

She pronounced a long Hawaiian string of letters, which seemed to go on for minutes. After repeating the name three or four times, she told me to call her “Moa.” Through my exhausted, sleepy haze, I remember being skeptical. If this was, indeed, a dream, I would ask as many questions as possible. So I did.

Why was she here? Where did she come from? How could I be sure she was who she claimed to be?

Instead of any answers, she flashed a mental picture of a woman and said that she was a long lost friend of my husband’s. She told me her name and explained that my husband’s family and she had lost touch 15 years before and had been orbiting around one another trying to reconnect.

I awoke from that nap, slightly groggy. That was an indication that I was definitely asleep. Perhaps it was just my creativity kicking into overdrive, I reasoned, and decided to go on with my day. We walked to a park with my daughter and began playing. Suddenly, there was a squeal and my husband and I turned to see the woman from my dream charging toward us with her arms stretched out wide. As she spoke, I tried to gather my wits. Here was the same woman from my dream, someone I’d only seen a mental picture of, and she was standing on the grass right in front of me.

She and my husband exchanged numbers and promised to keep in touch. For the next few hours, I tried to make sense of what happened. I had never had an experience like this before, but there was no denying that I saw a picture in a dream before I met someone and then they showed up in real life.

When I went to sleep that evening, Moa visited again. She answered the other questions I’d asked earlier that afternoon and wanted me to know that I was protected and should share my experience with the world. Since this was definitely my first metaphysical encounter, I had no idea how to form the correct words to share what had happened. How on earth, I asked Moa, am I supposed to convey such undocumented, unsubstantiated, unusual information?

She said that our world exists on many levels which all play simultaneously. Her analogy was of a DVR. Several shows can be playing at the same time but are on different tuners. That, she said, is where she existed.

When I awoke, I began writing and continued to do so. The story evolved into “Moa,” then the sequel, “Statue of Ku.” My daughter, now seven, took the cover photo and illustrated, as well. The photo was taken a few years ago on the North Shore as we played on the beach. The artwork has been compiled over the last two years.

Since my visit with Moa, I began an extensive and sometimes circuitous search to explain my metaphysical experience. I took classes on mediumship, Huna, energy work and through my education, I learned to create healing essential oils and elixir sprays and incorporated that information in the book. Not only did my experience with Moa inspire me and guide me through four-and-a-half of the most challenging years of my life, I also believe that writing about those events and including information I received about that inspiration and guidance, brought my own deep physical, mental, emotional and spiritual transformation and healing. Writing, editing and publishing Moa has opened doors to a new way of understanding myself, those around me and the energy we share.

Whatever your belief or understanding of the metaphysical world, I believe that if one person is transformed through learning, then we are all transformed. I truly believe the Moa I met came through in this work and, just as I connected with her as I wrote, those who read the book will experience her as well.

As part of this special promotional extravaganza sponsored by Novel Publicity, the price of the Moa and Statue of Ku eBook editions have both been dropped to just 99 cents this week. What’s more, by purchasing either of these fantastic books at an incredibly low price, you can enter to win many awesome prizes. The prizes include $600 in Amazon gift cards, a Kindle Fire, and 5 autographed copies of each book.

All the info you need to win one of these amazing prizes is RIGHT HERE. Remember, winning is as easy as clicking a button or leaving a blog comment--easy to enter; easy to win!

To win the prizes:
  1. Purchase your copies of Moa and Statue of Ku for just 99 cents
  2. Enter the Rafflecopter contest on Novel Publicity
  3. Visit today’s featured social media event
About Moa: Eighteen-year-old, Hillary, anticipates adventure as she embarks for trip to Honolulu, but gets more than she bargained for when Moa, an ancient Hawaiian spirit, pays her an unexpected visit. Get it on Amazon.  

About Statue of Ku: The second book in the Moa Book Series, "The Statue of Ku" follows Hillary and Moa as they jet to Egypt on the Prince’s private plane to reclaim Moa’s family heirloom, the inimitable statue of Ku. Get it on Amazon.  

About the author: Tricia Stewart Shiu combines her addiction to the written word with her avid interest in the healing arts and all things metaphysical in her novels Moa and Statue of Ku and looks forward to finding new ways to unite her two loves. Visit Tricia on her website, Twitter, Facebook, or GoodReads.






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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Falling (Girl With Broken Wings)

Title:  Falling (Girl With BrokenWings Book One)
Author: J Bennett
Format: ebook available in Kindle Edition, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Smashwords

Book Blurb:
The intellectual challenge of college and the warm embrace of a serious boyfriend have given Maya the wings she needs to break away from her bookish and shy reserve. Her ideal life comes crashing down when she and her boyfriend are accosted by a stranger. A stranger with glowing hands.

Maya's boyfriend is killed. She is kidnapped. Changed.

A rescue comes, but not soon enough.

Maya’s senses sharpen, her body becomes strong and agile, and she develops the ability to visually see the emotions of those around her as colorful auras…beautiful auras…tempting auras.

And then there’s the song…

Now, Maya must struggle to control the murderous appetite that fuels her new abilities, accept her altered condition and learn to trust two vigilante half-brothers she never knew she had. As she joins the battle against a secret network of powerful and destructive beings that call themselves "Angels", Maya vows to find and destroy the one who changed her.

On the bright side, at least Maya's oldest half-brother has stopped trying to kill her.

Author Bio:
J Bennett is a professional copywriter and copyeditor as well as a novelist. Falling is the first book in the Girl With Broken Wings series.

Learn more about Falling at www.GirlWithBrokenWings.com

J Bennett also blogs at www.ShyWriter.com

This giveaway is being sponsored by the author and the Book Bloggers' Collaborative. I am not responsible for choosing winners or awarding prizes.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (Review)


Title: The Age of Miracles
Author: Karen Thompson Walker
Publication Date: June 26, 2012
Publisher: Random House
Source: LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program

The rotation of the Earth has slowed changing the length of the days. At first it is a few additional minutes, then hours, then the days are so long that it seems the night will never come. Twelve year old Julia, and the rest of the world population, must learn to adapt to their rapidly changing environment. Should the hours of daylight and darkness dictate their lifestyle or should people ignore the changing natural rhythms and stick strictly to "clock time"? The change affects the food supply, the gravity, the animals, and the tides. Julia must navigate the perilous changes of her initial teen years against this backdrop of global changes.

If you are looking for a breezy summer read, The Age of Miracles is not that book. It is wonderful and intense and sad and thoughtful but there is nothing light about it. Entering the teen years is difficult enough when the rest of the world is stable. Julia faces these normal teenage growing  pains amidst the complete chaos of a global environmental change. Friendships change as families move away and the teens drift in different directions. Julia changes as she begins to worry more like her mother. She discovers the attraction of boys and the secrets of adults. As she remembers the events of these years, she ponders if things would have been the same without the slowing of the Earth.

If you read this book looking for a reason for the slowing of the Earth's rotation you will be disappointed. The Age of Miracles does not offer a scientific explanation, although a few thoughts are given here and there. It is also not a book reflecting on how we are damaging the Earth and impacting the natural order of the environment, although this is touched upon. The Age of Miracles is primarily about people and relationships and the ability of the human spirit to survive unthinkable changes in our world. It examines how people react so differently to the same set of circumstances and how uncertainty can both pull people together and tear people apart.

The Age of Miracles: A Novel is a short but emotionally intense novel that will make you think about the relationships in your life and how you might react to an uncertain future.



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Saturday, June 16, 2012

A World Apart by David Brown + Cute Pirate


This week we are celebrating the launch of A World Apart (The Elencheran Chronicles) by David M. Brown! This is the second book in his Elencheran Chronicles. The first is Fezariu's Epiphany .Although the books both take place in Elenchra, the novels are stand alone books. This week's party includes pirate posts, a treasure hunt, and, of course, a big giveaway. Today, I'm going to share a bit about my favorite little pirate, give you the book info, and then the giveaway will be at the end of the post.

Pirate Princess Elizabeth
Last year when we started asking Elizabeth what she wanted to be for Halloween her answer was "Pirate." She was just going to turn three and was (and still is) known to change her mind at the last minute so I didn't go looking for pirate costumes right away. Every once in a while we would ask her again and her answer was always "Pirate." As Halloween approached and she stuck with her answer, we started to look for a pirate costume thinking it would be pretty easy to find. Boy, were we wrong! Now I'm sure that some moms would just whip up a pirate costume from things around the house but I'm not one of those creative moms so it was off to the major stores. We hit up Target and Meijer and had absolutely no luck. Elizabeth is a very petite three so even when we did find pirate costumes they were going to be way too big on her. I finally found this awesome pirate costume at Wal-Mart but someone had taken the hats off all of the small costumes. Yep, I had to snag a hat off one of the larger sizes because Halloween was coming up fast and I was running out of options.

This is the ONLY picture we got of her in the outfit for all of Halloween! Little stinker is sometimes quite the ham for the camera and other times she absolutely refuses to get her picture taken. I ended up pinning the skirt up with paper clips because otherwise she would have tripped over it. I thought about cutting it but I'm so glad that I didn't because she can still wear it now that she is getting close to four. The skirt and the hat actually didn't make it out trick or treating but the pirate shirt still looked super cute with just the black pants. I love that she continues to use this costume now to play dress up. We put our cute pirate princess on our Christmas card even though it was totally the wrong holiday.

Somehow I doubt the pirates in A World Apart are nearly as cute as my little pirate!

Now for the book...

Demetrius makes his first mistake when he lets his best friend Halcyon marry Eleyna, the love of his life, without saying a word. On the day of the wedding, he walks away from the Elencheran town of Dove's Meadow and joins the army.

He makes his second mistake when the pirate Black Iris tricks him into letting dozens of men, women and children die in a fire. Demetrius is imprisoned in grief and disgrace.

But he can atone. The Black Iris is dead. The Ivory Rose has risen to the top of the pirates and is leading brutal raids on the coast. If Demetrius can capture and kill her, he'll win his pardon.

And then Demetrius discovers the Ivory Rose is Eleyna. He must decide which will be his third mistake: losing his last chance at a pardon, or destroying the one woman he's ever loved.







Come celebrate A World Apart with a giveaway sponsored by Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dave and the Book Bloggers' Collaborative. Be sure to visit the Argggh-some Launch Party headquarters to find the list of blogs with clues for the treasure run. I'll give you one hint - see if you can find another picture my cute pirate princess on the blog for a clue. I am not responsible for selecting the winner or presenting the prize. If you are viewing this post via email or a feed reader you will need to visit the blog to see the Rafflecopter entry form.

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Monday, June 11, 2012

My #ArmchairBEA fail

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This year I participated in Armchair BEA for the first time. I knew that my time would be limited but I decided to try to do it anyway. Although I'm glad I participated, I'm disappointed that I didn't get more out of it and that it was completely my fail.

I wanted to write more posts for the week. I saw the agenda and topics ahead of time but thought I didn't have anything to say on some of the topics. I'm not a professional book blogger. I don't post regularly or participate in any memes. I certainly don't have my own feature posts that I've started. I'm a stay at home mom who has barely had any time to read this year much less blog about it! But as I was reading through some of the posts that were linked up each day, they would start me thinking. I would realize that I didn't have to approach the topic of the day head on and answer only the specific question that was posed. I did have thoughts and ideas related to the topics even if it was just in a round about way. Unfortunately, since I hadn't thought this way in advance, I didn't get a chance to go back and write up those posts. Between taking care of the kids and ending up with company for the last half of the week, I didn't have time to sit down and blog.

Being away from my computer with company also means I missed out on reading the posts that were linked up each day, visiting other blogs, and commenting. This was something I had really been looking forward to and didn't get to do nearly as much as I had planned. I'm so glad the linky for each day will still be available on the main Armchair BEA site so I can go back and read more of the posts when I get a break in my schedule. Now that might not be until my oldest starts going to preschool in August but I'll get to it eventually! The same goes for the posts on the Armchair BEA site - I really want to go back and look through them at some point to see what I missed.

I also missed every single Twitter party! I was sleeping during the first one (I'm up with the baby at least once a night if not twice so I was NOT going to sacrifice my sleep!), my kids were awake for the second one, and I have no idea what happened with the third one. Twitter parties are loads of fun but it seems that they are never at a good time for me. Mainly because there is NO good time for me lately. Too much to do and too little time to do it if I actually want to play with the kids and sleep at night.

Overall, I think Armchair BEA is a great event and I will definitely try to participate more next year. I'm hoping that now that I know a bit more about how it works, I can do more planning ahead and have a much more successful experience with more interaction. My Armchair BEA fail this year was completely on me and had nothing to do with the event itself. I really enjoyed reading the posts that I got around to and they gave me a lot of things to think about for the future of my blog.

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Karen Pokras Toz on School Visits + Nate Rocks the World

On Writing: Why I Love School Visits

I’ve always loved kids, which is a good thing since I’m a children’s book author and I have three kids of my own. But, I never realized how much I love visiting with kids at schools until recently.

What started out as what I thought would turn into a promotional tool to sell more books in my Nate Rocks series, actually turned into heart-warming and eye opening experiences.

Over the past several months I have met with different groups of children in kindergarten through 4th grade. I know how difficult it can be for me to keep the attention of my own children, and so to be honest; I was not sure what to expect. Boy was I pleasantly surprised!

Not only were the children interested in hearing what I had to say, they were interested in learning about all aspects of writing and publishing. They had so many well thought out questions and suggestions. At one point, I almost hired one of them to be my publicist!

After we finished our Q&A, it was time to get creative. Let me tell you - these kids impressed me so! In several sessions, the children drew their own adventures and told stories, just as Nate Rocks does. The imaginations of these children were incredible. They even gave me some great ideas for future Nate Rocks adventures. In other sessions, we did story building and problem solving. Again, I was so impressed by these children. All of them!

Never stop encouraging your children to be creative – the smiles and glimmers in these children’s eyes as they made up their own drawings and stories were priceless!

To get a glimpse of some of the kids and their artwork, please visit my website: http://www.karentoz.com/meet-the-kids

Get your kids excited about reading! Award-winning children’s author is excited to announce the release the second book in the Nate Rocks series: Nate Rocks the Boat .

ABOUT KAREN POKRAS TOZ

Karen Pokras Toz is a writer, wife, and mom. Karen grew up in Orange, Connecticut and currently lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband and three children. In June 2011, Karen published her first middle grade children’s novel for 7-12 year olds called Nate Rocks the World , followed in 2012 by the second book in the Nate Rocks series, Nate Rocks the Boat. Karen is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI).

The Giveaway

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Spotlight: Multi-Dimensional YOU by Elaine Seiler


Title: Multi-Dimensional You Exploring Energetic Evolution
Author: Elaine Seiler
Publication Date: November 2011
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Blog Tour: Pump Up Your Book

AN ENERGETIC JOURNEY — YOURS-AND THE PLANETS

“Humankind is evolving; the world we know is changing. This book is like a very special pair of eyeglasses enabling you to see and manage this new world differently -with expanded vision and skills, beyond your five senses, in a way you have never done before…" Elaine Seiler

Multi-Dimensional You: Exploring Energetic Evolution will catalyze your evolution and help you recognize and more easily navigate the stages through which you will evolve.

You will gain:
  • CLARITY about what is occurring on the planet today, in 2012 and beyond.
  • UNDERSTANDING of the changes taking place in and around you SKILLS to navigate this less physical and more vibratory world
  • TOOLS that function in an invisible realm
  • HOPE as you face an undetermined future
  • TRUST in your own knowingness
  • CONFIDENCE in your choice-making abilities, and
  • INNER PEACE as you face the inevitable shifts ahead.
Let Seiler be your GUIDE.

Say good-by to overwhelm, confusion and anxiety as your face the future. Embrace the fullness of The Multi-Dimensional YOU…

About the Author:

Elaine Seiler’s reality extends beyond the world of the five senses to the unseen subtle worlds. She works with energy to effect the transformation and evolution of the planet and all beings on it.

A global citizen, Elaine travels extensively, following her inner guidance as to where to be, what to do in any specific location and when to be there. She currently spends most of her time in America and Australia, focused on projects that shift consciousness and initiate new paradigms. A committed and dedicated energy worker, she allows her body to be used as a conduit for other dimensional energies, working through her to create balance and harmony in the all realms.

In 1992, after twenty years of work as a career consultant and life planning coach, Elaine discovered Energetics, or the study and use of multi-dimensional energies and their interplay with life an Earth. She now focuses full time on this expanded reality and assists others to awaken to this reality.

She will be releasing her first book, Multi-Dimensional You: Exploring Energetic Evolution , sharing her personal journey to multi-dimensionality, to energy work and to a transforming world in the spring of 2011. From the third dimensional or physical perspective this is referred to as enlightenment or ascension, from the energetic perspective, this is evolution.

Elaine has spent her life committed to making the planet a more harmonious place – whether as an exchange student to France or a teacher of English in Japan, on school boards, community political organizations, or non-profit humanitarian organizations, as a Research Assistant to the Anthropologist, Dr. Margaret Mead, a student and teacher of Holistic Health, as the Director of a Peace Foundation, or as a consultant, she has sought the betterment of the planet. Each step on her path, though seemingly disconnected, inexorably led her to this place and time and to the work she is doing now. Forty years ago, a psychic told Elaine she would write a book. She laughed and thought, “Oh sure. What will I write about?” Today, that book is a reality and reveals the path that one seemingly ordinary daughter, sister, mother, housewife, walked, a path that Elaine believes many other ordinary folk will walk, a path to a greater awareness and perceptivity, a path to multi-dimensionality and all the gifts it offers, and the possible evolutionary path of all of humanity.

You can visit Elaine’s website at http://multi-dimensionalyou.com/

 

Note: All opinions provided on this blog are my own. If a product was given to me for review, the source of that product is noted in the post. Bookstore links are generally affiliate links and I do earn a small amount for each purchase. Other affiliate links will be noted in the post.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Best Reads of 2012 - #ArmchairBEA Day 2

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Originally, I wasn't going to do a themed post for Armchair BEA today. I think I've only read 11 books this year which is so few compared to last year! So with my extremely limited reading time and sleep-deprived brain fog, I didn't think I could really come up with a "Best of" list. Then I saw that we could also include our most anticipated books of 2012 as well so I thought I'd give it a shot.

(Book descriptions are from Amazon.com)

Best Books I've Actually Read


A passionate, sweeping novel of a love that transcends time.

When twenty-something Wall Street analyst Kate Wilson attracts the notice of the legendary Julian Laurence at a business meeting, no one’s more surprised than she is. Julian’s relentless energy and his extraordinary intellect electrify her, but she’s baffled by his sudden interest. Why would this handsome British billionaire—Manhattan’s most eligible bachelor—pursue a pretty but bookish young banker who hasn’t had a boyfriend since college?

The answer is beyond imagining . . . at least at first. Kate and Julian’s story may have begun not in the moneyed world of twenty-first-century Manhattan but in France during World War I, when a mysterious American woman emerged from the shadows of the Western Front to save the life of Captain Julian Laurence Ashford, a celebrated war poet and infantry officer.

Now, in modern-day New York, Kate and Julian must protect themselves from the secrets of the past, and trust in a true love that transcends time and space.


With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative fiction of Margaret Atwood, Karen Thompson Walker’s The Age of Miracles is a luminous, haunting, and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world.

“It still amazes me how little we really knew. . . . Maybe everything that happened to me and my family had nothing at all to do with the slowing. It’s possible, I guess. But I doubt it. I doubt it very much.”

On a seemingly ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia and her family awake to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow. The days and nights grow longer and longer, gravity is affected, the environment is thrown into disarray. Yet as she struggles to navigate an ever-shifting landscape, Julia is also coping with the normal disasters of everyday life—the fissures in her parents’ marriage, the loss of old friends, the hopeful anguish of first love, the bizarre behavior of her grandfather who, convinced of a government conspiracy, spends his days obsessively cataloging his possessions. As Julia adjusts to the new normal, the slowing inexorably continues.

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Aly King is about to fall for the fallen.

My best friend, Des, and I totally freaked when we won the contest to meet THE Dakota Danvers in Hollywood. But now we’re finding out he’s SO not the angel everyone believes him to be. In fact, Dakota is the son of Satan, wreaking havoc on Hollywood and creating an evil army hellbent on world domination.

Lucky for us, Dakota’s super-cute personal assistant, Jameson, is a fallen angel trying to get his wings back, and he’s working undercover to squash his demon boss’s plan. If Jameson hadn’t taken me under his wing I’d be in serious trouble, because I’m a total newb when it comes to conquering evil. But, truth be told, that sexy angel’s got me all aflutter and may be one temptation I can’t resist.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong delivers the novel her fans have been clamoring for: The epic finale of the Otherworld series.

It’s been more than ten years, a dozen installments, and hundreds of thousands of copies since Kelley Armstrong introduced readers to the all-too-real denizens of the Otherworld: witches, werewolves, necromancers, vampires, and half-demons, among others. And it’s all been leading to Thirteen, the final installment, the novel that brings all of these stories to a stunning conclusion.

A war is brewing—the first battle has been waged and Savannah Levine is left standing, albeit battered and bruised. She has rescued her half brother from supernatural medical testing, but he’s fighting to stay alive. The Supernatural Liberation Movement took him hostage, and they have a maniacal plan to expose the supernatural world to the unknowing.

Savannah has called upon her inner energy to summon spells with frightening strength, a strength she never knew she had, as she fights to keep her world from shattering. But it’s more than a matter of supernaturals against one another—both heaven and hell have entered the war; hellhounds, genetically modified werewolves, and all forces of good and evil have joined the fray.

Uniting Savannah with Adam, Paige, Lucas, Jaime, Hope, and other lost-but-notforgotten characters in one epic battle, Thirteen is a grand, crowd-pleasing closer for Armstrong’s legions of fans.

A threat from the past could destroy the future.

Kaleb Ballard was never supposed to be able to see ripples--cracks in time. Are his powers expanding, or is something very wrong? Before he can find out, Jonathan Landers, the man who tried to murder his father, reappears. Why is he back, and what, or whom, does he want?

In the wake of Landers's return, the Hourglass organization is given an ultimatum by a mysterious man. Either they find Landers and the research he has stolen on people who might carry the time gene, or time will be altered--with devastating results for the people Kaleb loves most. Now Kaleb, Emerson, Michael, and the other Hourglass recruits have no choice but to use their extraordinary powers to find Landers. But where do they even start? And when? Even if they succeed, just finding him may not be enough ...

The follow-up to Hourglass, Timepiece blends the paranormal, science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres into a nonstop thrill ride where every second counts.

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