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Book Review and Giveaway: The Milestone Tapes

May 13, 2012

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for The Milestone Tapes Synopsis: Jenna Chamberland last saw her mother healthy as she left for college. By the time she made her first trip back home, her mother was dying. Responsibility to care for their mother fell to Jenna’s sister, Sophie, with whom Jenna has […]

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Guest Post and Giveaway: Why I Love Blogging

April 26, 2012

When I first began reviewing books here at Colloquium, I happened upon Pump Up Your Book, specialists in virtual book tours, online book publicity, and social media marketing for authors. I grew up in the days when authors promoted their books by making the rounds of television talk shows, spending time chatting with folks like […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Dark is the Sky

April 4, 2012

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Dark is the Sky Synopsis: The Camerons have not gathered together for twelve years — not since the fateful weekend that was supposed to be a relaxing getaway at Olivia and Joel’s new country dream home ended in disaster. On that occasion, a recession threatened the […]

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Guest Post and Giveaway: My Publishing Nightmare

April 4, 2012

Today I am delighted to welcome author Valerie Stocking to Colloquium! Valerie details the frustrating and harrowing saga of getting her first novel published! It is a cautionary tale for all would-be published authors. Valerie’s second novel, The Promised Land, is set in 1966. The Civil Rights Act was enacted two years prior and twelve-year-old […]

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Book Review: Defending Jacob

February 25, 2012

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Defending Jacobb Synopsis: Andy Barber is a seasoned prosecutor. At the age of fifty, he is the senior assistant to the District Attorney and used to litigating the most complex and high profile cases. When fourteen-year-old Ben Rifkin is found murdered on an April morning […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Honor Redeemed

February 21, 2012

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Honor Redeemed Synopsis: Honor MacKenzie has been trying to soldier on after an unscrupulous reporter’s salacious stories forced her to give up the career she loved as a firefighter. Her career and work as a Search and Rescue (SAR) trainer and crew member sustained her […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: In Leah’s Wake

January 6, 2012

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for In Leah’s Wake Synopsis: Leah Tyler has an excellent future, full of possibilities. An accomplished soccer player — the best on her high school team — she is poised to earn a college scholarship, possibly to Harvard University. She is beautiful, has always maintained good […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Poisoned Love

December 21, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Poisoned Love Synopsis: Kristin Rossum was an extremely intelligent, beautiful girl from an accomplished family for whom the future held literally endless possibilities. Today she is an inmate at the California Correctional Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, California, where she is serving a life sentence […]

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Book Spotlight and Giveaway: Writing Your Way

December 13, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Writing Your Way Julie Smith’s new “how-to” guide, Writing Your Way — The Great American Novel Track offers something for every novelist … or would-be novelist. It is a straight-forward, candid, plainspoken primer on how to structure, organization, construct, and sell your work of fiction. Although […]

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Guest Post: Finding Your Inner Scheherazade

December 12, 2011

My special guest today is Julie Smith, author of the new how-to book, Writing Your Way: The Great American Novel Track. Julie is an accomplished author and writing educator who focuses on helping authors find their own unique writing method and voice, rather than imposing draconian rules that simply do not work for all writers. […]

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Book Spotlight and Giveaway: Give Me A Break! No-Fuss Meditation

December 8, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Give Me A Break! No-Fuss Meditation Meditation “is about experiencing every moment with full attention. It’s not about being good or bad,” author Whitney Stewart explains. So for readers who have never attempted to meditate and would like to learn effective meditation techniques, but are […]

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Guest Post: Meditative Moments

December 7, 2011

My special guest today is author Whitney Stewart, a woman with a fascinating background. Her latest book, Give Me a Break: No-Fuss Meditation, focuses on overall — mind and body — health and tranquility. Whitney describes the book as a “straightforward, non-denominational guide to meditation” that is suitable for all audiences ages ten and up. She […]

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Guest Post and Giveaway: C-PTSD – When Pain is Like a Boomerang

December 5, 2011

Today my special guest is Sarah Tate, author of the new autobiographical novel Web of Lies — My Life With a Narcissist. Sarah Tate was a young newcomer to Switzerland when she was swept off her feet by a company manager, Bill, seventeen years her senior. Bill had been married twice, but his second wife […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: It’s Simple

November 28, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for It’s Simple Synopsis: Chase Daniels and Tia Madisson dated in high school, but their friendship was always most important to them and remained strong throughout their college years. Now they have both graduated and embarked upon high-powered careers. Chase was the Los Angeles Lakers’ number […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Absolute Obsession

November 21, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Absolute Obsession Synopsis: Rose Gerbaldi has a loving husband, grown children, and a couple of grandchildren. Still, she experiences periods of time when, as she describes it, she shuts down and needs “me” time. At the age of forty-two, she suspects that she may be […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: The Pub Across the Pond

November 3, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for The Pub Across the Pond Synopsis: Carlene Rivers has never been lucky. That’s what her brutally honest best friend, Becca, tells the gentleman selling raffle tickets at the Irish fair. But Carlene is undeterred, so she throws in twenty dollars on the chance to win Jimmy’s […]

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Book Review: The Language of Flowers

October 3, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for The Language of Flowers Synopsis: Victoria Jones does not know her actual birthday because she was abandoned by her birth parents. Court records reflect that she was about three weeks old when she became a ward of the court and Meredith Combs was appointed her […]

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Book Review: Wedlocked

September 13, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Wedlocked Synopsis: Rebecca Ross wanted to be a successful actress. After graduating from NYU, she headed to Hollywood with good prospects and a connection in the business. The daughter of a rabbi and a mother who converted to Judaism and then became the penultimate “Jewish […]

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Guest Post: Living Together — The Peaks and Pitfalls

September 12, 2011

Today I am delighted to welcome Bonnie Trachtenberg to Colloquium! She is the author of Wedlocked, a delightful new romantic comedy about love, marriage, fulfilling one’s dreams, and the reality of life after saying “I do.” While growing up in Long Island, Rebecca Ross, the daughter of a rabbi and a mother who zealously lives out […]

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Book Review: A Soul Less Broken

August 26, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for A Soul Less Broken Synopsis: Catherine Wilcox had nearly completed her law degree and already had a job lined up with a prestigious law firm when she was savagely attacked late one evening in the law library parking lot. Miraculously, she survived her physical injuries, […]

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Guest Post and Giveaway: Author Therese Fowler on Exposure

August 18, 2011

It is my pleasure to welcome Therese Fowler to Colloquium! She is the author of three novels, Reunion, Souvenir and her latest, Exposure, which is the subject of today’s guest post. Exposure is the story of two high school seniors, Amelia and Anthony, who are deeply involved with each other over the objections of Amelia’s […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: When Stars Align

July 20, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for When Stars Align Synopsis: Jedidiah Rogers is the master of Moss Grove, a sprawling plantation north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is a kind, yet pragmatic man who has always treated his slaves well and prides himself on the fact that no slave has ever been […]

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Guest Post: The Story Behind When Stars Align

July 18, 2011

My special guest today is author Carole Eglash-Kosoff. Carole is currently enjoying a virtual book tour for When Stars Align with Pump Up Your Books Virtual Book Publicity Tours. When Stars Align is the searing story of an ex-slave, Thaddeus, and the woman he loves, Amy, who is white. It is set in nineteenth century […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Expiation

July 13, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Expiation Synopsis: Expiation: 1. Definition [noun] compensation for a wrong; to make amends or reparation for (wrongdoing or guilt); atone for; satisfaction 2. To pay the penalty of: Suffer for; the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing Dan Murphy had it all as his […]

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Guest Post: My Journey Into The E-Book World

July 12, 2011

Today my special guest here at Colloquium is author Greg Messel. Greg is currently enjoying a virtual book tour for Expiation, his second novel, with Pump Up Your Books Virtual Book Publicity Tours. The action in Expiation plays out amid major news events reported by the main character, Dan. Writing for a San Francisco newspaper, […]

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