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Today I'm welcoming Angela Misri on the blog. I got to ask the author of JEWEL OF THE THAMES 11 questions for my stop of the Baker Street or Bust blog tour. Thanks to Colleen for organizing the blog tour and to Angela for answering all the questions I sent her way. It's been a while since I've read a few of Sherlock Holmes' adventures and so JEWEL OF THE THAMES was a welcome reminder of how fun detective stories can be. Portia Adams is the woman you should consult if you are looking for your next YA book! _____________________________________________________ Tour Schedule  March 17 Canlit for Little Canadians  — Review March 18 Canlit for Little Canadians  — Q&A March 19 Nayu’s Reading Corner  — Review and Guest post March 20 Escape Through the Pages  — Review March 20 Jalyn Ely  — Review March 21 Book Angel Booktopia  — Spotlight Post March 23 Glamorous Book Lounge  — Review March 24 The Tales Compendium  — Review March 25 Christin...

Title: Jewel of the Thames: A Portia Adams Adventure Author: Angela Misri Publisher: Fierce Ink Press Publishing Date: March 25th 2014 Length: 256 pages Keywords: YA, fiction, mystery, 1930s, England, Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes Source: Publisher There’s a new detective at 221 Baker Street Set against the background of 1930s England, Jewel of the Thames introduces Portia Adams, a budding detective with an interesting — and somewhat mysterious — heritage. Nineteen-year-old Portia Adams has always been inquisitive. There’s nothing she likes better than working her way through a mystery. When her mother dies, Portia puzzles over why she was left in the care of the extravagant Mrs. Jones but doesn’t have long to dwell on it before she is promptly whisked from Toronto to London by her new guardian. Once there Portia discovers that she has inherited 221 Baker Street — the former offices of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Portia settles into her new home and gets to know her d...

Don't worry, the blog isn't moving, but I finally am! Yes, the day is finally here, we've managed to somewhat finish our house, and are moving in just a few days! It's only around 20 kilometers, but I've been gathering stuff for 7 years in our current apartment, so there's a whole lot to do. For this reason I haven't really been able to read emails or write that many posts, but hopefully that time will come soon. Even though we don't have internet connection yet.. And since we'll be living in a forrest, there really isn't a good internet connection anyway. But hopefully I'll find some sort of solution, soon :)

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Welcome to Behind The Pages March post! You can find last month's post of this feature, with Trish Doller and her second novel Where the Stars Still Shine, here . What is Behind The Pages all about? I asked some of my favourite authors and a bunch of promising 2014 debut authors to annotate a scene, page or more of one of their books. I see the feature as a chance to show readers what's behind a page. Authors can share their favourite writing memories, the music that influenced a certain scene or anything else that comes to their mind. We might get hints to what the characters were thinking and feeling that exact moment or other fun details about their story.Hope you enjoy Behind The Pages as much as I do. I'm intending this feature to be a monthly post here on the blog. On March 18th one of my most anticipated books of 2014 was released. Of course I'm talking about THE EDGE OF FALLING by Rebecca Serle . And I'm so happy that Rebecca agreed to annotate no...

Title: Side Effects May Vary Author: Julie Murphy Publisher: Harper Collins Publishing Date: March 18th 2014 Length: 336 pages Keywords: YA, fiction, contemporary, leukemia, bucket list, romance, friendship Source: Edelweiss What if you’d been living your life as if you were dying—only to find out that you had your whole future ahead of you? When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, her prognosis is grim. To maximize the time she does have, she vows to spend her final months righting wrongs—however she sees fit. She convinces her friend Harvey, whom she knows has always had feelings for her, to help her with a crazy bucket list that’s as much about revenge (humiliating her ex-boyfriend and getting back at her arch nemesis) as it is about hope (doing something unexpectedly kind for a stranger and reliving some childhood memories). But just when Alice’s scores are settled, she goes into remission. Now Alice is forced to face the consequences of all that she’s s...

Today author Amy Talkington guest post's as part of the Blog Tour for her debut novel Liv, Forever! She'll be talking about Who Would You Cast for the character of Abigail , so.. here you go! Liv, Forever by Amy Talkington Publication: March 11th 2014 by Soho Teen When Liv Bloom lands an art scholarship at Wickham Hall, it’s her ticket out of the foster system. Liv isn’t sure what to make of the school’s weird traditions and rituals, but she couldn’t be happier. For the first time ever, she has her own studio, her own supply of paints. Everything she could want. Then she meets Malcolm Astor, a legacy student, a fellow artist, and the one person who’s ever been able to melt her defenses. Liv’s only friend at Wickham, fellow scholarship kid Gabe Nichols, warns her not to get involved, but life is finally going Liv’s way, and all she wants to do is enjoy the ride. But Liv’s bliss is doomed. Weeks after arriving, she is viciously murdered and, in death, she discovers tha...

Title: The Shadow Prince (Into the Dark #1) Author: Bree Despain Publisher: Egmont USA Publishing Date: March 11th 2014 Length: 512 pages Keywords: YA, fiction, fantasy, Greek mythology, romance, friendship Source: Edelweiss Haden Lord, the disgraced prince of the Underrealm, has been sent to the mortal world to entice a girl into returning with him to the land of the dead. Posing as a student at Olympus Hills High—a haven for children of the rich and famous—Haden must single out the one girl rumored to be able to restore immortality to his race. Daphne Raines has dreams much bigger than her tiny southern Utah town, so when her rock star dad suddenly reappears, offering her full tuition to Olympus Hills High’s prestigious music program, she sees an opportunity to catch the break she needs to make it as a singer. But upon moving into her estranged father’s mansion in California, and attending her glamorous new school, Daphne soon realizes she isn’t the only student in Ol...

Title: Incarnate, Asunder, Infinite (Newsoul #1, #2, #3) Author: Jodi Meadows Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publishing Date: January 31st 2012, January 29th 2013, January 28th 2014 Length: 374 pages, 406 pages, 418 pages Keywords: YA, fiction, fantasy, romance, reincarnation, music Source: Bought, Publisher New soul Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why. No soul Even Ana’s own mother thinks she’s a nosoul, an omen of worse things to come, and has kept her away from society. To escape her seclusion and learn whether she’ll be reincarnated, Ana travels to the city of Heart, but its citizens are afraid of what her presence means. When dragons and sylph attack the city, is Ana to blame? Heart Sam believes Ana’s new soul is good and worthwhile. When he stands up for her, their relationship ...