Mother’s Day and the Week Ahead in Reviews, Book Tours and Stuff!

    It’s Mother’s Day and I am taking the day off for family events and such.  So without much further discourse, here is the week ahead in reviews, author guest posts, book tours and contests.  It looks to be a wonderful week: This Week’s Schedule: Monday, May 12:            … Continue reading Mother’s Day and the Week Ahead in Reviews, Book Tours and Stuff!

Review: A Reason To Stay (Heroes #1) by R.J. Scott

Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Viktor Zavodny’s first love growing up was always the Navy.  Nothing and no one was going to distract him from that goal, not even a gorgeous 16 year old with a crush on him, Aiden Coleman.  For  Aiden, 18 year old Viktor was his first and only love, but… Continue reading Review: A Reason To Stay (Heroes #1) by R.J. Scott

More Winner Announcements, DC’s Wanda Alston Foundation, and the Week Ahead

✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍ The winners of Jim Provenzano’s giveaway for his Lambda Literary award winning stories are: Winner of  Every Time I Think of You is aegger.echo @yahoo .com Winner of Message of Love is a.sphinxes@gmail.com Congratulations to both winners.  My thanks to Jim Provenzano for stopping by with his wonderful guest post and for his donation of… Continue reading More Winner Announcements, DC’s Wanda Alston Foundation, and the Week Ahead

January 2014 Summary of Books Reviewed

The new years has started with an explosion of wonderful books and new authors for me.  SE Jakes and two of her marvelous series dropped into my hands and heart so I will be passing those recommendations on to you.  SA McAuley released a new contemporary fiction novel, Treadmarks and Trademarks, the start of a… Continue reading January 2014 Summary of Books Reviewed

The Eternal Optimism of Dogs and the Week in Reviews

It snowed on Friday.  Only 3 inches or so but the first accumulated snow we have had here in over 2 years.  And Winston is not happy about it. Not happy at all.  Now Kirby is in snow heaven.  Like the good Irish dog he is, the cold and snow just rolls off him.  Even… Continue reading The Eternal Optimism of Dogs and the Week in Reviews

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

ScatteredThoughts Summary of Reviews for November 2013

November really was such an extraordinary month for books.  It almost makes me giddy with joy. I can’t remember when I last had more 5 and 4 star  rated books as I have had this month.  And their genres and plots ran the spectrum, from contemporary fiction to what I might best describe as fantasy… Continue reading ScatteredThoughts Summary of Reviews for November 2013

Review: Moments by R.J. Scott

Rating: 4.25 stars Jacob Riley, star of the time traveling TV series End Game has messed up again.  Issues with drug addiction, alcohol and sex have left Jacob Riley disenfranchised from all around him, family, friends, even business associates.  Jacob has done jail time and been in and out of rehabilitation clinics to little affect… Continue reading Review: Moments by R.J. Scott

The Fireman and The Cop (Ellery Mountain #1) by R.J. Scott

Rating: 4 stars When fireman Max Harrison moves to Ellery  to work as the assistant to the Mayor, he still volunteers as a fireman for the town.  So when the local police department’s building catches on fire, all his instincts kick in and he races into the building to  rescue the last man inside.  Max… Continue reading The Fireman and The Cop (Ellery Mountain #1) by R.J. Scott

Snow on the Ground and the Week Ahead in Book Reviews

What Do You Mean It’s Going To Snow? We had our first taste of winter here in the region recently and parts still bear a light coat of white to prove it.  Schools let out  early, as did many local governments.  The federal government had a liberal leave policy in effect and the stores were… Continue reading Snow on the Ground and the Week Ahead in Book Reviews