Week One Discussion of Journey From Darkness

Happy Monday all I hope your weekends were great

And welcome to the November featured monthly read. I have seen many programs lately on elephants being killed for their Ivory so this is indeed a timely read even though it's set a ways back in the past.

So let’s get chatting about it

Gareth will of course be here looking over our shoulders so if you have a question for him ask away!

Journey From Darkness
Week One
Parts one and two

Interview with Gareth Crocker-Journey From Darkness- November Feature Read

I'm so pleased to welcome back Gareth Crocker whose previous novel Finding Jack we read and discussed on my B&N forum last year. He's back for the November read of his novel Journey From Darkness which has a very personal and special place in his heart. Find out why and join in the conversation.
Reading Schedule
Week One 11-4 Parts One and Two
Week Two 11-11 Part Three
Week Three 11-18 Part Four

Gareth it’s so good to have you back on this side of the ocean well virtually anyway and thank you for agreeing to be our author of the month for November.

This novel has a special meaning to you as your co-author was your father.
How was it co-writing this novel with your dad?

Quite simply, it was one of the best experiences of my life. My father and I are very close and, if anything, this just brought us together even more. As it happened, during the writing of the novel my father was diagnosed with late stage colon cancer and basically told to get his affairs in order. Against all the odds – quite literally – he survived and today is in full remission. We both like to think that bringing our novel to life played a role in his miraculous healing. The title of the book, Journey from Darkness, is partly a reference to my father’s journey out of cancer.

**GIVEAWAY** Spotlight on Alice Hoffman and her new non-fiction Survival Lessons

I'm pleased to bring you a guest post by NYT bestselling author Alice Hoffman whose newest book is a non-fiction full of everyday life lessons that once read will surely be shared with all your friends and family

• ISBN-13: 9781616203146
• Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
• Publication date: 10/1/2013
• Pages: 96

Synopsis

The bestselling author of 21 novels offers in her first nonfiction, a road map for how to reclaim your life—from relationships with friends and family to the way you see yourself. 

As Alice Hoffman says, “In many ways I wrote Survival Lessons to remind myself of the beauty of life, something that’s all too easy to overlook during the crisis of illness or loss. I forgot that our lives are made up of equal parts of sorrow and joy, and that it is impossible to have one without the other. I wrote to remind myself that despite everything that was happening to me, there were still choices I could make.”

Wise, gentle, and wry, Alice Hoffman teaches all of us how to choose what matters most.

**GIVEAWAY** Interview with Baker extraordinaire Debbie Adler-Sweet Debbie's Organic Treats

Please overlook the drool on today's post as I welcome Organic/Vegan baker Debbie Adler whose talking about her cookbook Sweet Debbie's Organic Treats. Plus (drum roll please) Debbie's fantabulous publisher Harlequin (that's right folks it's not just juicy romance - you really need to check out their website).
So enjoy my interview and some yummy pics and then check out the details of the Giveaway below.

• ISBN-13: 9780373892822
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Publication date: 10/29/2013
• Edition description: Original
• Pages: 160

Debbie's Publisher Harlequin is offering
one copy of Debbie's fabulous new cookbook
for a GIVEAWAY - US & Canada only
Use the Rafflecopter entry form below
Good Luck!!
Thank You Harlequin

Overview:
Baked Goods That Actually Make You Feel Good?
Are you saying "no" to dessert because of food allergies or health concerns? Or saying "no" when your kid asks for a cupcake at a birthday party? If so, Sweet Debbie has a Chocoholic Cupcake for you!
With her own son allergic to "every food in the USDA pyramid," Debbie Adler took matters into her own kitchen. Today, her wildly popular, allergen-free bakery, Sweet Debbie's Organic Cupcakes, has Hollywood's A-list celebrities lining up for her delicious, nutritious muffins, brownies, cookies, cupcakes, donut holes and breads. Now Sweet Debbie is sharing all her delectable secrets for fifty scrumptious treats like:

Interview + Review -Ally Breedlove-When Will The Heaven Begin, The Ben Breedlove Story

It's not often that such an inspirational book comes along and I'm so pleased to welcome Ally Breedlove to The Reading Frenzy to talk about her book When Will The Heaven Begin, about her brother Ben and what he meant to her and the world.

• ISBN-13: 9780451468154
• Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
• Publication date: 10/29/2013
• Pages: 320

 

Overview:
An inspirational and heartrending memoir about Ben Breedlove, whose videos about his near-death experiences and visions of heaven went viral in 2012, written by his sister, Ally Breedlove.
On Christmas Day 2011, Ben Breedlove’s soul went to heaven. But it wasn’t his first time there. Ben suffered from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a heart condition that posed a constant risk of sudden death. His condition, a thickening of the heart muscle, worsened over time, leaving him weak and fatigued. It also led Ben to some close calls medically, in particular cardiac arrest on four separate occasions, during which he felt the presence of angels and experienced the perfect peace of heaven.

Author Interview Antoinette van Heugten- The Tulip Eaters

Today on The Reading Frenzy I'm so pleased to bring you an interview by a personal favorite author of mine, her debut novel Saving Max received well deserved rave reviews and this her second novel is an exceptional piece of literary historical fiction in her latest just released yesterday The Tulip Eaters.
Sit back and enjoy our interview then RUN don't walk to pick up a copy of your own.

• ISBN-13: 9780778313885
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Publication date: 10/29/2013
• Edition description: Original
• Pages: 368

Overview:
In a riveting exploration of the power the past wields over the present, critically acclaimed author Antoinette van Heugten writes the story of a woman whose child's life hangs in the balance, forcing her to confront the roots of her family's troubled history in the dark days of World War II. It's the stuff of nightmares: Nora de Jong returns home from work one ordinary day to find her mother has been murdered. Her infant daughter is missing

Praise for Saving Max:
"A high-speed chase of a novel, Saving Max is like the best of John Grisham with a feminine twist."-New York Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge
"Antoinette van Heugten combines the tender, unshakable bond between mother and son with an action-packed, edge-of-your-seat thriller." - International bestselling author Diane Chamberlain
"Parents of children with serious behavior problems will find their worst nightmares come alive in van Heugten's debut murder thriller...[with] more than one harrowing twist toward the end..."-Publishers Weekly

**GIVEAWAY** Blog Tour Sarah Morgan- Interview + Review of Sleigh Bells In The Snow

Today I welcome back a personal favorite author from across the pond, author Sarah Morgan whose first full length romance novel Sleigh Bells in The Snow is available today and is getting rave reviews, not that I'm surprised because this lady knows her love stories. So sit back enjoy our interview and my review courtesy RT Magazine on this my stop and the first stop on her blog tour sponsored by her fabulous publisher Harlequin. Then enter for a chance to win this fabulous prize package (US & Canada Only). Details and entry form below!

• ISBN-13: 9780373778553
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Publication date: 10/29/2013
• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Pages: 384