Spotlight - Lucy Springer Gets Even by Lisa Heidke

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

I recently received this book to review which I will be doing in more depth in the coming weeks but I am enjoying it so much I just wanted to share the details of it with you now. It's rare you find a book you are truly compelled to share but this one I am so here's a little info on it from Amazon.

Product Description

Lucy Springer thinks she's got it tough. She's living through renovation hell, her two kids seem more challenging than ever, and her once successful acting career has been reduced to the odd commercial. Then Max, her husband, absconds to Bali with an unknown companion and things go from bad to disastrous. But Lucy doesn't give up easily. Juggling increasingly chaotic building dramas, bewildered children, her crazy best friend/agent Gloria, and her ever helpful mother with chasing after Max, Lucy Springer is determined to get her life onto an even keel and more. This delightful new novel is an often hilarious account of triumphing over adversity, following your dreams and listening to your heart.

About the Author

Lisa Heidke is the author of This Wife's Life, which was shortlisted for the Varuna/Harper Collins Manuscript Awards.

Bug Meets His Friends - Spotlight

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

I reviewed the Bug Adventure Series back in April but they weren't available for sale until June so I want to remind everyone that these books are on sale now. They are now available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and more.
Product Description from Amazon:

Bug, the adventurous, energetic little car, has a dilemma. He doesn t know if he wants to go to the park to play or the track to race around and around. Luckily, Bug s friend Cooper shows up and helps him make this difficult decision and the two friends have the best time together. Bug Meets His Friend reminds us that we can always ask for help when making tough decisions. It also reminds us how to make every day an adventure, while overcoming that particular days obstacles.

Spotlight - Tales for Delicious Girls by Barbora Knobova

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I was recently approved to review Tales for Delicious Girls by Barbora Knobova as part of her book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion. I am really excited to get this book in the mail, to get into all the nitty gritty of these tails. For now I have copied some things from Amazon for your enjoyment.

Book Description:

"Tales for Delicious Girls" offers witty, refreshing, clever and ironic insight into relationships between men and women from all points of view. The book is a modern relationship manual, providing answers to the most pressing dating and friendship questions that strong, independent, modern women want to know. "Tales for Delicious Girls" deals with wishes, desires and dreams - as well as hilarious mishaps and dating disasters. However, "Tales for Delicious Girls" is not simply a humorous book. In addition to entertaining the readers, the tales will inspire women to think about their own life and relationships, see themselves through different eyes and realize that they are their own best friend, the pillar of their own life, and the only person they can always count on. "Tales for Delicious Girls" encourages women to love, respect and appreciate themselves, to live the life they have always wanted, and become aware of their true uniqueness and deliciousness. This book will make you cry till there are tears in your eyes. It will become your faithful companion, and will help you find yourself. It was written for you because you're delicious - the most delicious girl in the world.

Spotlight - Icon and Idols by Victor Pross

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

I will be reviewing Icons & Idols: Pop goes the Culture by Victor Pross soon as part of his Pump Up Your Book tour and thought I would give you all a little highlight. I have always wondered why people choose to draw caricatures, and why do some make it their life's work? perhaps I will soon find out, and I will share that with you here, for now here is some info on the book and author from Amazon.



Book Description:
Icons & Idols is a lavish ART book by Victor Pross Icons & Idols is based on the idea that actors, politicians, writers, musicians--the famous--constitute a modern mythology. It is an eye-popping visual homage and satire of pop culture that is sure to tickle a funny bone and hatch a few thoughts. ICONS & IDOLS contains Pross? painterly and penciled twists of Robert De Niro, Elvis Presley, George Bush, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sylvester Stallone, The Beatles, Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, Iggy Pop, Johnny Cash and other icons from the worlds of film, music and literature. This stunning book has over 60 art works of fantastic famous people--unlike you have ever seen them! A few comments from Pross? admirers: ?Victor's stuff has goddamn edge to it. It has lots and lots of elements. It has wonderful color. It pushes the boundaries.??Richard Engle, musician. ?Here you have a pencil and paintbrush virtuoso player!?---Pablo Morales de los, artist and caricaturist. ?The work of Victor Pross goes beyond the realm of caricature and explores German expressionism at its finest. A true Fine Artist!??Don David, artist. ?Victor is an iconic artist and will be worldly renowned and historically respected for his works.? ---John Elliott, artist. ?The mind behind this man's work leaves me even more breathless than his flawless, boundary-pushing artistic endeavors.?---Crista Bones, photographer and artist. ?Victor?s caricatures, aside from being clever in their own right, also convey an intelligence and knowledge of his subjects that is sometimes absent in similar sketches.? ?George H. Smith, author of Athesim: The case against God.


About the Author:
Victor Pross is a professional artist born and raised in Toronto now residing in British Columbia. He is known for his ?extreme caricaturing? and surrealist paintings. He has many high profile commissions to his credit including painting Ron Howard?s caricature portrait as a gift for the famous director as well as painting various agents of the William Morris Agency. He has rendered numerous International celebrities and Canadian media personalities for commercial and private purposes. Victor Pross has been interviewed on television shows such as: Canada AM, Breakfast Television, News at Noon and has been pegged by Canadian Media as ?Canada?s foremost caricature artist.? Icons & Idols is Victor's first book. www.victorprossart.com