Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Best Book Covers of 2013 What is a book without its cover? That’s a question that gets asked more frequently in this age of eBooks and ePublishing. For myself and, I think, many others, book covers are still the marquee for an author’s story, the path to a book and… Continue reading Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Best Covers of 2013
Month: December 2013
Scattered Thoughts Best Books of 2013
ScatteredThoughtsandRogueWords Presents: Time for Scattered Thoughts to look back at all the wonderful books read and reviewed in 2013 and try to pick those stories that stood out the most among all the many stories I read. As always it was a hard thing to do because there were so many this year that crowded… Continue reading Scattered Thoughts Best Books of 2013
Out With The Old and In With The New and the Week Ahead in Reviews
Another year is almost gone, another is almost here. Past regrets, future hopes, memories made and memories waiting to be formed. It is a time of celebration and reflection. A time to mourn those we have lost and be grateful for those still with us. One Winston left me, another found his way home. For… Continue reading Out With The Old and In With The New and the Week Ahead in Reviews
Review: Mindscape by Tal Valante
Rating: 4 stars out of 5 History of family service in the Spavy meant that Shane Cawley was just continuing in the family tradition when he joined the Interstellar Navy. But for Mark Sayre joining the Interstellar Navy meant money for his mother and brother, for food and rent. Plus Mark had another goal, that of keeping… Continue reading Review: Mindscape by Tal Valante
Tal Valante’s Mindscape Blog Tour and Contest
Hello and welcome to the online tour of Mindscape! Thank you for joining me, and thank you to Scattered Words and Rogue Thoughts for having me. First, a quick note about the giveaway. I’m raffling off three $10 Amazon.com gift certificates at the end of this tour. For a chance to win, simply comment on… Continue reading Tal Valante’s Mindscape Blog Tour and Contest
Review: Christmas Wish (a Romanorum world story) by Shayne Carmichael & Mychael Black
Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 It has been ten years since Elian was forced to leave his soulmate, mortal Ryan Nixon. Elian was a angel, a grigori who is a watcher angel who teaches human certain life lessons. They are not supposed to get involved with humans and Elian broke all their rules when he… Continue reading Review: Christmas Wish (a Romanorum world story) by Shayne Carmichael & Mychael Black
Release Day Celebration and Contest for Symphony in Blue by Shira Anthony!
Merry Christmas, everyone! Today, Christmas morning at ScatteredThoughtsandRogueWords, we are celebrating the release of Symphony in Blue by Shira Anthony. While everyone is enjoying family and loved ones, Shira Anthony is stopping by to talk about her Blue Notes series and sharing some memories of holidays past. Entries are still being taken for the terrific… Continue reading Release Day Celebration and Contest for Symphony in Blue by Shira Anthony!
Review: Housekeeping by Kim Fielding
Rating: 3.75 stars out of 5 Nicky Hauser has never been able to figure out what he wanted to do with his life so he’s been gliding along from job to job until he rolled his life and love into one person by working at his boyfriend’s restaurant and living in his boyfriend’s apartment. Then… Continue reading Review: Housekeeping by Kim Fielding
Review: Indelible Ink (Boys Will Do Boys) by Marie Lark
Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Tattoo artist Jon Park has just left Seattle for a new start on the East Coast. Jon fled a bad breakup with his ex boyfriend who also happened to own the tat shop that Jon worked as a tattoo artist. Now he has opened his own place, a tattoo… Continue reading Review: Indelible Ink (Boys Will Do Boys) by Marie Lark
Twas the Week Of Christmas Poem and the Week Ahead in Reviews
Scattered Thoughts “Twas The Week of Christmas” Poem! (with my apologies to Clement Clark Moore) It’s the week of Christmas and all through the house Everyone was running around like crazy, even the mouse Stockings need to be hung by the chimney with care But until they are found, the mantel is quite bare. The… Continue reading Twas the Week Of Christmas Poem and the Week Ahead in Reviews