Pre-Release Sneak Peak

An Honor

An article about the latest trend in providing ARC (Advance Reading Copy) to the general public has been published in this month’s issue of PublishingTrends.com, a marketing newsletter for the publishing industry. Over the past year, publishers have been increasingly providing free copies of books in an attempt to increase overall book sales. The author of the article found this [...]

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#41 ~ The Monsters of Templeton

16 Oct By Literate Housewife 15 Comments

The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff There is something spectacular about a book whose first line lures you into its spell like a siphon and never lets you go. In my 36 years of reading, there has only been two books whose first lines I’ve memorized and cannot forget: “Call me Ishmael.” Moby Dick [...]