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Bob CoverBook Description:

Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing (September 5, 2014)
Category: Soft Science Fiction
Tour Date: October, 2014
Available in: ebook, Approx. 165 Pages

After 27 years as a newspaper man, Peter Anderson’s career is slipping away… at least it was… until he stumbled upon the story of a lifetime.

Sent to do a fluff piece about lights in the night sky over Arizona, he discovers far more than he ever expected when he comes upon a mysterious young woman held prisoner in a basement.   After helping her to escape she disappears before he can learn the truth about who she is or where she came from.

His search for her leads him back to the lights in the sky and leaves him with more questions than answers.   The only thing he knows for certain… the only thing he can count on are the two words offered repeatedly by his friend and guide…. “IS BELT.”

My Thoughts:

Peter Anderson is a reporter  in a pretty desolate town, staying in a rundown hotel in Arizona.  He asks for a driver to take him around and that is when Bob shows up in a rundown car.  Peter doesn’t hold out much hope in making it to his appointment but he makes it.

Thus begins his journey with Bob.  The story he is covering takes on way more than he bargains for and there are many “roadblocks” along the way, including people who will stop at nothing to silence Peter. Peter soon finds out how good it is to have Bob with him.

‘Bob’ is a delightful book and a delightful character.  The book is soft science fiction and can be enjoyed by readers of thrillers, action/adventure, and humor.  Be sure to buckle in for this faced paced read, or as Bob would say, “Is Belt”!

Highly recommended!

5/5

I received this ebook for my honest review.

About Tegon Maus:tegon maus2

I was raised pretty much the same as everyone else… devoted mother, strict father and all the imaginary friends I could conjure. Not that I wasn’t friendly, I just wasn’t “people orientated”. Maybe I lived in my head way more than I should have, maybe not. I liked machines more than people, at least I did until I met my wife.

The first thing I can remember writing was for her. For the life of me I can’t remember what it was about… something about dust bunnies under the bed and monsters in my closet. It must have been pretty good because she married me shortly after that. I spent a good number of years after inventing games and prototypes for a variety of ideas before I got back to writing.

It wasn’t a deliberate conscious thought, it was more of a stepping stone. My wife and I had joined a dream interpret group and we were encouraged to write down our dreams as they occurred. “Be as detailed as you can,” we were told.

I was thrilled. If there is one thing I enjoy it’s making people believe me and I like to exaggerate. Not a big exaggeration or an outright lie mind you, just a little step out of sync, just enough so you couldn’t be sure if it were true or not.  When I write, I always write with the effort of “it could happen” very much in mind and nothing, I guarantee you, nothing, makes me happier.

I have consistently placed in the top 3 in 189 writing contest in a variety of genres and I have been featured in magazines a couple of times to raise money for Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Website: http://www.tegonmaus.com/#!
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Giveaway:

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Review: Twinkle by SJ Parkinson

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on October 29, 2014
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TwinkleThe ‘Twinkle’ tour started on September 26th with two giveaways, one was for one copy of ‘Twikle’ and the other is for an entire library of SJ Parkinson books.  That is 5 different books in total.  These giveaways are still open, you can find them here.  You are going to want to go enter to win, once you read my review!

Description of ‘Twinkle’:

Publisher: SJ Parkinson (July 14, 2014)
Category: Science Fiction, Thriller
Tour Date: October/November, 2014
Available in: Print & ebook, 600 Pages

In the newest book from award winning author, SJ Parkinson, The richest man in the world wants to celebrate the July 4th holiday as never before. In a bid to get into the record books, a global fireworks show is staged from orbit. Satellites drop pyrotechnics into the atmosphere, thrilling everyone from the Arctic to the Antarctic with their rich colors and massive explosions in every time zone.

The next day, people around the globe begin to lose their sight. Governments crumble, society degenerates, and infrastructure falls into chaos. Humanity finds itself stumbling in the dark and losing all hope.

A few fortunate individuals retain their vision. Attempting to deal with the growing despair around them, they come together to discover the true purpose and origin of the affliction. They race to find a cure before the world is subjugated under an invading power.

My Thoughts:

First, I have to tell you that I watch the book trailer for this book and knew I had to read it.  That is really surprising since I don’t usually like book trailers.  So many just seen kind of tacky to me.  However, the one for Twinkle, just sucked me in!  You can view it when you go enter the giveaways, here.

‘Twinkle’ opens on July 3rd, the day before the big 4th of July celebration.  This year is going to be different and just about every country in the universe will be included in the celebration, thanks to Sir Marcus Brandon.  He has planned a global fireworks display in all time zones. To make this possible, the fireworks will be dispatched from orbit.

The fireworks go exactly as planned and are the best display, ever seen.  However, 24 hours after each time zone has seen them, all people who viewed them go blind.  It is quickly determined that it must have been the fireworks themselves that did this.  It later becomes to light in the U.S. that it was an act of terror by those contracted to do the fireworks display.

Luckily, not everyone saw the fireworks.  It was up to them to care for the blind, try to find a cure, and right this wrong.

‘Twinkle’ is much more thriller than science fiction.  In fact, the science fiction is really just when dealing with the fireworks.  It is a heart pounding thriller with evil, humanity, and even a dash of romance. It truly has something for everyone.

Some readers have mentioned that it is a little slow to read for the first 100 pages.  For me, it was a bit slow the first 80 pages, while the large cast of characters were introduced as well as some of the different militaries were explained.  However, I was glad that SJ Parkinson took the time to do this because later, I found out the importance of this.  Once the fireworks went off, I could not turn the pages fast enough!

Though I don’t read many science fiction or thriller books, ‘Twinkle’ has left me wanting to read more.  I loved it!  I highly recommend ‘Twinkle’!

5/5

I received the ebook version for my honest review.

Giveaway: Twinkle by SJ Parkinson

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on September 26, 2014
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TwinkleToday it is my pleasure to kick off the ‘Twinkle’ Tour!  Thanks to the award winning author, SJ Parkinson,  I am giving away one copy of ‘Twinkle’.  We are also giving away one copy of each of SJ Parkinson’s 5 published books to one lucky winner! Both giveaways are open internationally and the winners will have the choice of ebook or print.

Book Description:

Publisher: SJ Parkinson (July 14, 2014)
Category: Science Fiction, Thriller
Tour Date: October, 2014
Available in: Print & ebook, 600 Pages

In the newest book from award winning author, SJ Parkinson, The richest man in the world wants to celebrate the July 4th holiday as never before. In a bid to get into the record books, a global fireworks show is staged from orbit. Satellites drop pyrotechnics into the atmosphere, thrilling everyone from the Arctic to the Antarctic with their rich colors and massive explosions in every time zone.

The next day, people around the globe begin to lose their sight. Governments crumble, society degenerates, and infrastructure falls into chaos. Humanity finds itself stumbling in the dark and losing all hope.

A few fortunate individuals retain their vision. Attempting to deal with the growing despair around them, they come together to discover the true purpose and origin of the affliction. They race to find a cure before the world is subjugated under an invading power.

Watch the Trailer:

Praise for SJ Parkinson’s Predation:

“A mesmerizing streak through a galactic war that had me with the action at every step of the way. Proud soldiers and excellent aliens. Haven’t enjoyed tech sf so much in a long time and Predation is definitely on my recommended reading list.”LK Ststimelimg, Lynn and Library

As a lover of science fiction adventure, I give Predation 6 stars. A very well written book of war between two species with the conflict taking place both on planet and in space. The characters (both alien and human) are well developed so I found myself cheering for the humans and hoping the evil aliens would quickly “get theirs.” The combat is so vividly written that I was there in my mind and almost breathless on numerous occasions.

Those who like science fiction adventure are sure to like Predation. It is the best book of its type that I have read in many years. I have not had such pleasure in sf reading since Clark, Campbell, Bradbury and other masters of decades gone by.”-Thomas E. Bennett, Amazon Reviewer

” If you love Tom Clancy and Sci-Fi, you’ll love this.  Well written with excellent world building. The author clearly put a lot of research and thought into this story. Just the right mix of science, action, strategy and character development.”-Mark Heber, Amazon Reviewer

“Attention holding, plausible, futuristic conflict between humans and reptilian aliens. Well worth reading.

SJ Parkinson (one of the authors) was an Air Force avionics technician, was in the Gulf War and has other experiences which clearly add authentic perspectives. The book is well researched and written, on how the special ops as well as regular marine infantry go to battle against the “crocs” on land as well as in space above the atmosphere.

Characters on both sides, as well as the Drakk’Har politics and jockeying for position are well developed and keep the story interesting, even personal.

No typos, grammar or formatting problems that I noticed, the presentation of the Kindle version is good, and the story is excellent.”-Allan M., Amazon Reviewer

Stargate SG-1 Meets The Shooter. I’m a huge fan of good Sci-Fi, and I believe it’s a difficult genre to write well. Parkinson does a great job of it. I was hooked from the beginning. The story is focused to one main event, as opposed to some other novels where the story goes all over the place and the author gets lost trying to over explain their created world.

Here there are enough mentions of how life is, but not so much that it gets boring. I loved the tactical military details. They forced me to slow down and get into the groove of snipers and special ops, etc. I also loved how you get to read from the bad guys’ side as well. The raptor-like creatures were well developed and not so out-there that they were unbelievable. The battle strategies were well laid out, and it felt nice to kind of guess where the story was going without it being completely given away. There’s drama and action, and just an all-around great story. It would make a cool movie, or sci-fi series.”Maria Rasmussen “kittybaby13″, Amazon Reviewer

About SJ Parkinson:SJ Parkinson

Mr. Parkinson was an Air Force avionics technician, a decorated veteran of the Persian Gulf War, and several United Nations peacekeeping missions. He has lived overseas in numerous countries and travels extensively. His novels have been praised for their realism and sold in fourteen countries, winning multiple international awards.

Awards:

Three “Outstanding in Genre” Gold Seal awards from Red Adept Publishing and Kindle Book of the Month award Oct 2013 by the People’s Choice Book Awards.

Website: http://sjparkinson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SJ_Parkinson
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/SJ-Parkinson/228716213898027
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Teddy Rose Book Reviews Sept 26 Spotlight & Giveaway
The Wormhole Sept 29 Interview
Pinky’s Favorite Reads Oct. 1 Excerpt, Giveaway
Bound 4 Escape Oct 2 Review
Back Porchervations Oct3 Review and Interview
Cassandra M’s Place Oct. 6 Review & Giveaway
Deal Sharing Aunt Oct. 7 Review
Room With Books Oct 14 Interview & Excerpt
Books and Quilts Oct. 15 Review
Mindful Musings Oct 16 Review
What U Talking Bout Willis? Oct 16 Guest Post & Excerpt
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Giveaways & Glitter Oct 20 Review         
A Voracious Reader Oct. 21 Review
Housewife Blues and Chihuahua Oct. 22 Excerpt
Readers Muse Oct 23 Review
Mary’s Cup of Tea Oct. 24 Review
A Nook of Blankets and Books Oct. 27 Review              
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Books to Remember Nov 3 Review
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