Archive for April 19th, 2011:

New Book for Review: Contemporary Fiction ‘Ladies and Gentlemen…The Redeemers’ by Michael Scott Miller

Michael Scott Miller is touring in June 2011 with his contemporary fiction novel, Ladies and Gentleman…The Redeemers. Ladies and Gentlemen…The Redeemers tells the story of Bert Ingram, once a successful rep in the music industry, who has lost his way.  Desperate for redemption, the perpetual dreamer decides to put together a band, recruiting musicians who have only one thing in common:  the need to overcome a significant obstacle in their lives.  The volatile mix of the musicians’ personalities and backgrounds threatens to derail the band at every opportunity, but in time, the Redeemers begin to realize they have more to gain from one another than they ever could have imagined.
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New Book for Review: Literary Fiction ‘Too Jewish’ by Patty Friedmann

Patty Friedmann is touring in June 2011 with her literary fiction novel, Too Jewish. When young, brainy Bernie Cooper escapes the Nazis and ends up in New Orleans, he thinks at first that he’s landed softly, almost immediately finding love with Letty, not only a nice Jewish girl, but fifth-generation Southern upper crust. But suddenly, snobberies he couldn’t even have guessed at are set in motion. It seems Letty’s prominent Jewish parents hate him for being…too Jewish! EXCERPT FROM FIRST CHAPTER I wasn’t stopped. I wasn’t questioned at the station. I wasn’t bothered on the train. I was in a compartment with five other people, and I knew the
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New Book for Review: Mystery ‘Julius Katz and Archie’ by Dave Zeltserman

Dave Zeltserman is touring in June 2011 with his mystery novel, Julius Katz and Archie. The award-winning Julius Katz mysteries have delighted thousands of mystery fans since first appearing on the pages of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in 2009, winning a Shamus, Derringer and Ellery Queen’s Readers Choice Award . ‘Julius Katz’ introduced readers to Boston’s most brilliant, eccentric and possibly laziest detective, Julius Katz, as well as his sidekick, Archie, a tiny marvel of whizbang computer technology with the heart and soul of a hard-boiled PI. Now in Julius Katz and Archie’s first full novel, the stakes have never been higher when a famous Boston mystery, Kenneth Kingston,
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Pump Up Your Book’s April 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 12

Welcome to Day Twelve of Pump Up Your Book’s April 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on April 29 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before April 29, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/notes/pump-up-your-book/april-2011-authors-on-tour-facebook-party/10150098281972393 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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