M. Romeo

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  Sean Quirk says

  Hope you'll check this out on my page.
  
  The Betrayals of Grim's Peak.
  "It is not very often that I open a book package in my house and set everything else aside, seeing as that I usually already have a pile to review. But when this one came into my hands, let’s just say that the first page ‘had me at hello,’ (not that I ever like using a Tom Cruise reference.) But to be given a young adult title with no vampires, no ‘yearnings’ of love, no thoughts of suicide - I mean, this was not only a great plot with fantastical characters - but it was also a total breath of fresh air.
  
  I am telling you, readers - take a wee bit of Harry Potter, combine it with Peter Pan’s Lost Boys, throw in some Eragon, and infuse all of that with a new author whose imagination has such an appeal that you will want to read every book in this series - and you end up with the world of Grim’s Peak. The carriage called a ‘Sleeker’ is beyond cool; the dead lake in Hel-mir is frightening and creepy; the Water Arch that protects the city, and even the odd foods from Coral Sweets (candy) to the glasses of creamy whale’s milk - there is not one scene that doesn’t bring you into a seriously glorious world that SHOULD be looked at as the next ‘big’ YA fantasy series! This is a truly great read!"
  
  Until Next Time,
  Amy (Lignor)
  
  As a professional reviewer, interviewer, ghostwriter and editor, Amy Lignor has had the great honor of working with a variety of companies, authors, and sites including: The Feathered Quill; Bookpleasures.com; Authorlink; BookPage; Kensington; Once Upon a Romance; and The RT (Romantic Times Magazine), to name a few.
  She is also the Owner of The Write Companion; and Editor-in-Chief of Precious Gems Pubishing, which was opened for debut novelists who were being overlooked.
  
  www.seanjquirk.weebly.com

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  Paul S says

  No I haven't. But I have read some of Kellerman's books. I will look for it next time I visit Border's. Thank you for the input.
  Paul

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  Catherine D says

  From one Southern (although misplaced) to another I truly wish you the very best on your novel. Keep me posted!!! What are you writing about? Can you say?

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  Glenn Kleier says

  I commiserate, I traveled that long road myself, and I encourage you to keep at it. When you finish I've some suggestions how to avoid some of the pratfalls to publication. Wishing you all the best.

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  Glenn Kleier says

  Very nice to make your acquaintance. How's your novel coming?

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  Meirav the bookworm says

  lol... there are so many books that I feel like that about, being the only person left who hasn't read them :)

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  Meirav the bookworm says

  am enjoying the Steg Larrson book - took a break from it whilst on holiday but got back to it last night, it's really good, have you read it? I don't normally tend to read translated stuff but am very glad I decided to give it a go. fascinating plot, fascinating characters. love it.

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  Meirav the bookworm says

  hi Michael, just seen your question re The Source - I did try reading it once, several years ago, but got annoyed pretty early on. my fuzzy memory says I felt the novel was assuming evolution and that's what killed the book for me - though I may be wrong, as this was some time ago and my forgettory is pretty good.

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  Sandra B says

  I too re-read favourite books, although not as often as I'd like because a) I have too many books on my To Read pile adn b) I'm usually reading things to prepare for a book club discussion. The ones I re-read the most, apart from the Potter books, are Pride and Prejudice, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, To Kill a Mockingbird. There are others I'd like to re-read if I had time. I've always loved to re-read, as a child it was Little Women, Black Beauty, Heidi, Tales of King Arthur and Robin Hood. Happy days.

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  Sandra B says

  Hi, yes, we do have a few books in common. I love the Potter series, as you can probably tell from my shelf I'm a complete Potter nut. I saw that you'd put Catch22 down as a favourite. I haven't read the book but saw the film (or at least part of it, I just couldn't get into it), I'm interested to know why it's a favourite and will be happy to convinced to read it.

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  Timothy Post says

  Nice to meet you here at Shelfari. Just signed up but it looks like a solid service.

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  Silvana says

  Hi M. Romeo, Welcome and and thank you for joining us. We hope that you will enjoy and find your new group interesting. Please feel free to participate in our discussions and our book of the months thread anytime. We welcome your partcipation and appreciate any imput that will impove the quality of our group, all the best and enjoy your reading, Silvana

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  Silvana says

  Hi M. Romeo, Welcome and and thank you for joining us. We hope that you will enjoy and find your new group interesting. Please feel free to participate in our discussions and our book of the months thread anytime. We welcome your partcipation and appreciate any imput that will impove the quality of our group, all the best and enjoy your reading, Silvana

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  Howard L says

  It was a wonderful book. I will read it again. At times I felt like I was on the trail with them. Just one of those books you can not put down.

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  Howard L says

  Not sure the end of the week is long enough, but I will give it a try.

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  Howard L says

  Just a phase I'm in right now. There will be more variety as I add more books.

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  Meirav the bookworm says

  not sure if I've read that one or not, I did read quite a few of his novels and they were all excellent, but it was a long time ago so don't remember for sure if In The Beginning was amongst them.

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  Meirav the bookworm says

  oh cool, an Asher Lev fan too!!!

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  Meirav the bookworm says

  that editors&librarians group thing appears to be a place to communicate with the people in charge, I stumbled upon it when I ran into trouble with trying to edit some book info (don't remember the details now) and there was some helpful link that got me there. was helpful - got the problem sorted. but that's the sum total of my involvement there.

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  Meirav the bookworm says

  Hi, welcome aboard!

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