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Audiobook Review: Five Fortunes by Barbara Venkataraman – Bound 4 Escape
When five fourteen-year-old girls get their fortunes from an arcade machine just for kicks, it turns their world upside-down and their close-knit group of friends starts to fall apart. Misunderstandings abound as allegiances shift and outsiders start to come between them. The fortunes seem to be self-fulfilling prophecies - whether the girls believe in them…
Audiobook Review: Dialogue Prompt by Bryant Johnson – Bound 4 Escape
In a world where nothing is ever as it seems, three separate families are drawn to a great and terrifying truth. After winning the New Hampshire state lottery, Brent Brook treats himself to a new satellite dish and discovers a channel dedicated to the strange happenings. Hundreds of miles away in Virginia, reporter Marc Dazet…
Happy National Tell a Fairy Tale Day – Bound 4 Escape
Fun Facts About Fairy Tales (found here) In some versions of Little Red Riding Hood, the heroine is carrying wine and cake. In other versions, it’s grape juice and banana bread. There are over 700 different versions of Cinderella worldwide. Fairy tales about runaway foods are common in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia. In an earlier version of Cinderella, one of…
New Release: Return to Eden: The Wilderness Years by Elegy – Bound 4 Escape
Return to Eden: The Wilderness Years by Elegy is published A powerful book with an important anti-war message for our times About the Author: The prologue of Return to Eden - The Wilderness Years emphasises the author’s passionate and long-held views on all wars old and especially that presently being revisited on the humanity in…
Book Review: Missing before Daylight by Carolyn Arnold – Bound 4 Escape
She wakes surrounded by an inky black darkness and can barely breathe. A sack is covering her head, and her hands are tied behind her back. She desperately tries to struggle free as she hears footsteps walking toward her. She silently starts to cry as a chilling voice whispers “It’s time to pay for what…
Book Review: Murder in the Library by Anita Davison – Bound 4 Escape
A body in a hospital isn’t so unusual. Unless they’ve been murdered! 1916, London: Keen to support the war effort, bookshop manager and sometime amateur sleuth Hannah Merrill has taken a volunteer role in the library of the nearby military hospital. But arriving at the hospital one cold winter’s morning, she is horrified to find…
Book Review & Giveaway: Looking for a Leprechaun by Richard Lopez – Bound 4 Escape
Book Title: Looking for a Leprechaun by Richard LopezCategory: Children's Fiction (Ages 3-7), 30 pagesGenre: Children's Picture BookPublisher: Three Little Birds PublishingRelease date: Apr 2023Content Rating: G. Suitable for everyone. Book Description: Looking for a Leprechaun is the story of a boy named Rich who lives in a magical world, but everywhere he turns he hears people saying he doesn't belong. When a…
Book Review & Giveaway: Sam Says You are Born to Shine by Sam Hirschmann – Bound 4 Escape
Book Title: Sam Says: You Are Born to Shine by Sam HirschmannCategory: Children's Fiction (Ages 3-7), 38 pagesGenre: Children's Picture BookPublisher: MascotRelease date: February 2024Content Rating: G. Suitable for everyone. Book Description: Shine bright and don’t ever dim your light. These are the words Sam’s mom tells her every night.When Sam begins at a new school, her classmates make fun…
Book Review: Tiny House Living Book by Pamela Greendale – Bound 4 Escape
Essential Tips and Ideas on How to Stay Organized, Declutter and Simplify Your Life in Less than 150 square feet. This book will offer some great suggestions and ideas that can help you in organizing and decluttering your small home. When you have a small area of or around 150 square feet you must make…
Book Review & Giveaway: Never for Glory by Lloyd Lofthouse – Bound 4 Escape
Never for Glory: Josh Kavanagh Thriller, Book 2 by Lloyd LofthousePublisher: Three Clover Press (June 25, 2023)Category: Action, Suspense, Thriller, Love Story (but NOT a romance)ISBN: 979-8988505709Available in Print and ebook, 293 pages Description He’d give his life for his country. But this time, it’s personal. Josh Kavanagh burns for vengeance. Parachuting with no backup into…
Book Review: Choices are my Superpower by Alicia Ortego – Bound 4 Escape
Do you desire to instill in children the ability to make wise decisions and be responsible? Allow me to share with you the story of Lucas, who faces his own challenges in decision-making. It's a compelling tale that can resonate with your children and provide valuable lessons. Lucas is prepared for the highly anticipated bike…
Book Review: Iron Maiden by J.T. Maicke – Bound 4 Escape
Iron Maiden: An Alternate History of the German Empire by J.T. MaickePublisher: DX Varos Publishing, Inc. (October 31, 2023)Category: Historical fiction, Alternate HistoryTour Dates January17-February 23, 2024ISBN: 978-1955065917Available in Print and ebook, 411 pages Description Iron Maiden by J.T. Maicke What if a woman ruled Germany in 1914? This alternate history explores that very question. An elaborate attempt…
Book Review & Giveaway: Charlie Chaloosy is Often Quite Choosy by Brad Mason, Ed.D. – Bound 4 Escape
Book Title: Charlie Chaloosy is Often Quite Choosy by Brad Mason, Ed. D.Category: Children's Fiction (Ages 3-7), 32 pagesGenre: Children's Picture BookPublisher: Yorkshire PublishingRelease date: January 2024Content Rating: G. Suitable for everyone. Book Description: The Charlie Chaloosy book series kicks off with its inaugural offering, Charlie Chaloosy is Often Quite Choosy.The first book focuses on Charlie's experiences as he learns lessons, gains new…
Book Review & Giveaway: HER: The Flame Tree by Khanh Ha – Bound 4 Escape
HER: The Flame Tree by Khanh Ha Publisher: Gival Press, (October 1, 2023)Category: Historical Fiction, Literary FictionISBN: 978-1940724454Available in Print and ebook, 280 pages If the fate of unrequited love survives fifty-one years, nine months, and four days in Gabriel García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera, it leads the way for HER: The Flame Tree, a spare,…
Book Review: Fatal Wines & Valentines by Trixie Silvertale – Bound 4 Escape
Mitzy Moon is hoping to subtly celebrate the heart-filled holiday. She’d love a murder-free dinner with her hubby and a cute box of chocolates. But when a mysterious gilded invite arrives at her door, her simple plans could sour. Ghost-ma threatens to haunt Mitzy into eternity if she skips the social event of the season.…
Book Review & Giveaway: Kiss of Frost & Flame by Ken Czech – Bound 4 Escape
Publisher: Fireship Press, (June 22, 2023)Category: Historical Fiction, Romance/Action/Adventure, Romance/Historical/Medieval, War & MilitaryISBN: 978-1611794113Available in Print and ebook, 304 pages Description Kiss of Frost and Flame by Ken Czech When Defending the Homeland Means Defending Your Heart. Siberia 1581. When Umey, a young outcast woman, stumbles on a ravaged village, she uncovers a plot that…
Audiobook Review: I’m Not Afraid by Ellen Nancy and Roxanne Reid – Bound 4 Escape
One evening, Herbie the hedgehog found himself far from home on the other side of the deep, dark forest. As the evening starts to fade into the night, Herbie finds there is a lot to be afraid of. Can he overcome his fears and bravely return to his cosy little den? Follow Herbie on his…
Book Review: The Git-Buggy Murders? by Alexie Linn – Bound 4 Escape
Surreal. That’s the first feeling that pops up. Seeing Sally the Loner at an ice cream social is surreal. But when she turns her van around to go to an ice cream social, it becomes a phantasmagoric moment for the record books.Add to it that she comes away with three new friends that call themselves…
Book Review: Behind a Closed Door by J.D. Barker – Bound 4 Escape
Would you kill a total stranger to save someone you love?Sugar & Spice is the latest app craze taking the world by storm, but for Abby and Brendan Hollander, downloading it leads to a dangerous game of life and death. When the app assigns them a series of increasingly taboo tasks, they soon find themselves…
Book Review & Giveaway: Santa’s Magical Reindeer Becoming Pen Pals by Michele Monaco – Bound 4 Escape
Book Title: Santa's Magical Reindeer: Becoming Pen Pals by Michele MonacoCategory: Children's Fiction (ages 3 to 7), 38 pagesGenre: Children's BookPublisher: Mascot KidsRelease date: Nov 7, 2023Content Rating: G. Suitable for everyone. Book Description: Right after Thanksgiving is the busiest time of year for Santa and his crew of eight famous reindeer! Every year, the Famous Eight sleigh team from the…
Book Review & Giveaway: Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times by Pam Gittleman – Bound 4 Escape
Book Title: Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times®, Vol. 1 by Pam GittlemanCategory: Children's Fiction (ages 2 to 5), 46 pagesGenre: Children's Picture BookPublisher: Mascot Kids, an imprint of Amplify Publishing GroupRelease date: Oct 3, 2023Content Rating: G. Suitable for everyone. Book Description: What happens when Three KIND Mice put their heads (and bodies!) together to get some cheese on top of…
Audiobook Review: Good Morning…Must Improve Processes by Ray Jay Perreault – Bound 4 Escape
What happens when a man and a computer is put on Saturn's Titan for a year to mine methane? The relationship doesn't always work out the way everyone plans. The relationship should be based on trust, but what if one member of the team isn't doing what the other expects? My Review I chose to…
Audiobook Review & Giveaway: Felonious Finale by C.S. McDonald – Bound 4 Escape
Book Title: A FELONIOUS FINALE (The Owl's Nest Mysteries) Author: C.S. McDonaldCategory: Adult Fiction, 268 pagesGenre: Cozy MysteryPublisher: McWriter BooksRelease date: April 2023Content Rating: G. C.S. McDonald's books are appropriate for YA readers as well as adults--no bad language or sexual content. Book Description: Alexa Owl has one burning question: Who killed Bobby Starr? Out of the…
Book Review: Peppermint Cookie Murder by Trixie Silvertale – Bound 4 Escape
Cindy Claus is excited to open her own bakery. She’s determined to pursue her passion and have her holiday treats prove she’s more than a Yuletide heir. But before she can whisk up a success, her roommate is murdered and Cindy is the prime suspect. With finding the real killer the only way to beat…
Book Review: Pup and Dragon: How to Catch and Elf by Alice Walstead and Paul Gill – Bound 4 Escape
From the creators of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch books comes the first exhilarating Christmas adventure in a new graphic novel series! Pup has boundless energy and endless optimism; Dragon is cool and thoughtful but always up for adventure ... together, they are best friends who are always there…
Book Review: What Happened at the Abbey by Isobel Blackthorn – Bound 4 Escape
When Ingrid flees a violent husband to become a housekeeper in the Scottish Highlands, she discovers the family she works for has a much darker history than her own.Who haunts Strathbairn? Why are the adult McCleod children at each other’s throats? And why does the youngest sneak off at night? As Ingrid searches for answers,…
Spotlight & Giveaway: Author Marianne Scott Mysteries – Bound 4 Escape
Books Title: Finding Ruby Draker, Shadows in the Aftermath, Reinhardt, and Underneath the Fireflies by Marianne ScottCategory: Adult Fiction (18+)Genre: Mystery / ThrillerPublisher: Crowe CreationsRelease dates: Re-release 2023Content Rating: PG-13. Occasional colloquial language is used in dialog. Nothing that would offend the most discerning reader/s. Book Title: Finding Ruby Draker by Marianne ScottCategory: Adult Fiction (18+), 388 pagesGenre: Mystery / ThrillerPublisher: Crowe CreationsRelease date: May 29, 2023Content Rating: PG-13. Occasional…
Spotlight: What Happened at the Abbey by Isobel Blackthorn – Bound 4 Escape
Review to follow When Ingrid flees a violent husband to become a housekeeper in the Scottish Highlands, she discovers the family she works for has a much darker history than her own.Who haunts Strathbairn? Why are the adult McCleod children at each other’s throats? And why does the youngest sneak off at night? As Ingrid…