Guest post: author @pohasselgren on Body Language -From Head to Toe

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I recently published a book, “Body Language - from Head to Toe”, that combines my interest of American idioms, slang, and other expressions with my understanding, as a surgeon, of the importance of anatomy.

“Body language” usually refers to feelings, emotions, and intentions expressed by various forms of nonverbal communication, including positioning the body or parts of the body in different ways, gestures, eye movements, and facial expressions. For example, a smile indicates that one is happy or pleased, a frown that one is worried or angry, etc.

In contrast, body language in the book “Body Language - from Head to Toe” refers to the use of body parts (anatomy) in the spoken or written language. Such words occur in many idioms, slang, and other expressions, and the book is a collection of them.

Book review: I'll Be Home for Christmas by @roisinmeaney

Published: Oct 2015

Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland

Format: Kindle

Source: Netgalley ARC

It's three days before Christmas ...
Tilly boards a plane on the other side of the world. She's determined to reach Roone, a small island off the west coast of Ireland, in time for Christmas Day. Tilly carries a troubling secret and Laura, a woman she's never met, might be the only one who can help her.
Except that Laura has no idea that Tilly exists. And with five children, a mother-in-law stranded on the island and a husband with whom she's barely on speaking terms, an unexpected guest is the Christmas present she's not expecting ...
A storm is heading for the island, but will peace be restored before the snow melts?

Blog tour review: Never Kiss a Man in a #Christmas Jumper by Debbie Johnson

Published: November 2015

Publisher: Harlequin impulse

Format: Paperback

Page count: 210

Source: ARC from publisher

Today is my stop on the Blog tour. Hurray!

I was really looking for something to get me in the Christmas mood ( yeah I know it's November but I don't care) after having a hard year and even looking at the cover makes me smile.

Maggie and Marco come from completely different worlds. He's a handsome American hunk and she's a single mum running her own business in the UK.

The world literally collide one day when Marco crashes into Maggie while out cycling. Marco ends up on the loosing end and winds up in hospital with more than his ego battered. Maggie feels a connection to this handsome stranger and even though she has reserves she agree's to look after him while his family are away.

I just loved the characters in the book. I took a real shine to Maggie and her daughter. They were just really down to earth and relate-able. So much so that I really got into this book and managed to finish it in two sittings because the plot flowed really well! 

Guest post and #giveaway: #Win a kindle copy of Even Angels Fall

After suffering an unthinkable loss, Abbey Miller and her family move to Leeds to rebuild their lives and start again, but the pain and grief that Abbey carries with her is impossible to escape. As she finds herself becoming increasingly isolated from her family, she develops a firm friendship with Lucy, Nathan and Liam, who introduce her to a brand new and exciting world, far removed from all of her problems. But will her new friends bring her the light hearted relief she has longed for? Or will she find herself getting drawn deep into their dangerous and intoxicating world?After suffering an unthinkable loss, Abbey Miller and her family move to Leeds to rebuild their lives and start again, but the pain and grief that Abbey carries with her is impossible to escape. As she finds herself becoming increasingly isolated from her family, she develops a firm friendship with Lucy, Nathan and Liam, who introduce her to a brand new and exciting world, far removed from all of her problems. But will her new friends bring her the light hearted relief she has longed for? Or will she find herself getting drawn deep into their dangerous and intoxicating world?

Guest post: Texting in Sick by author Rune Vejby

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Did you know that the average American spends over 3 hours texting every day? Cultural analyst Rune Vejby’s new book Texting in Sick reveals that texting has become the preferred medium for many people — even in complex conversations, such as reporting in sick for work, delivering bad news, and breaking up relationships.

But what happens to our relationships when we handle such conversations on text? How does texting change our attitudes and expectations towards the people we communicate with? And how are trust and empathy impacted when we use a medium with such a limited range of social cues?

Book review: The Gilded Life Of Matilda Duplaine by Alex Brunkhorst

Published: October 2015

Publisher: Mira

Format: Paperback

Page count: 318

Source: ARC 

Family secrets. Forbidden love. And the true price of wealth.

Thomas is a small-town boy and when Lily invites him to a dinner party, he gains access to the exclusive upper echelons of Hollywood society. As he enters a world of private jets and sprawling mansions, his life and career take off beyond his wildest dreams.

Then he meets Matilda Duplaine.

Beautiful and mysterious, Matilda has spent her entire life within the walls of her powerful father’s Bel-Air estate and Thomas is immediately entranced by her. But what starts as an enchanted romance soon threatens to destroy their lives and the lives of everyone around them.

Guest post and Giveaway: Heaven is real but so is hell by Vassula Ryden

The book is Vassula’s fascinating true story, spanning from the 1980s when her days as a diplomat’s wife often consisted of little more than entertaining and playing tennis, to the present day where she regularly talks to God, leads pilgrimages, is invited to speak to huge audiences all over the world from the Vatican City to the Congo and helps feed the poor through her international Beth Myriam project.


Aimed at atheists, agnostics and believers alike, and in no way restricted to the Christian faith, Heaven Is Real But So Is Hell is a book for those seeking truth and meaning in an increasingly complicated world and ultimately promotes a message of hope and oneness.

Guest post: #writing tips from author @siennasway #amwriting

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Mistaken identity, kidnap, impending war and forced marriage to an ogre... What is a prince to do?

THE PRINCE
When Prince Nemir is forced to leave his cushy homeland to make nice with a neighboring kingdom, he knows the trip will be unpleasant. He's not much of the outdoorsy or adventurous type and Tasnia is known for its roughness, its chimera, swamps and worst of all, its oves...

THE OAF
Soluc is the leader of the militia of the oves, the ogre-elf hybrids of Tasnia. But controlling a group of half monsters who want nothing more than to draw blood and have fun is proving more complicated than he expected. Especially when there is an extra prince in the kingdom just to confuse him. Not to mention a jealous brother, willing to stop at nothing to take his place...

Book review: The End of Everything by Megan Abbott

Format: Kindle

Page count: 246

Source: Bought from Amazon

Thirteen-year-old Lizzie Hood and her next-door neighbor, Evie Verver, are inseparable, best friends who swap clothes, bathing suits, and field-hockey sticks and between whom, presumably, there are no secrets. Then one afternoon, Evie disappears, and as a rabid, giddy panic spreads through the balmy suburban community, everyone turns to Lizzie for answers. Was Evie unhappy, troubled, or upset? Had she mentioned being followed? Would she have gotten into the car of a stranger?

Compelled by curiosity, Lizzie takes up her own furtive pursuit of the truth. Haunted by dreams of her lost friend and titillated by her own new power as the center of the disappearance, Lizzie uncovers secret after secret and begins to wonder if she knew anything at all about her best friend.