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Free Author Promo from Long and Short Reviews!

Join our Winter Blogfest, running December 18-29, 2023!

Calling all authors who want to guest blog around the holidays! It doesn’t cost you anything but a prize (any prize you choose: can be an eBook, a GC, or anything else you’d like) – what could be better than free promo on a really busy site? NOTE: This promotion is limited to the first 50 authors who sign up (one post per author, please). Last day to submit your post will be December 10, 2023.

It’s easy to participate. Simply complete this form https://form.jotform.com/50622657191960 — but be prepared…the form requires a 250 – 500 word blog post that is holiday or winter themed (can be winter, Christmas, Solstice, Hanukkah, New Year’s, etc) and NOT pure promo (no posts that are only excerpts, for example.). They can be about family traditions, memories, a recipe, etc. Be creative! You’ll also be including a cover, blurb, author bio and links.

The posts will go up on our guest blog pages sometime between December 18-29, 2023 (we’ll email you your date when we schedule you) and each author will be responsible for doing a drawing for their prize on January 1, 2024 from the comments on their post and then posting the winner in the comments as well as contacting them (we will provide an email address to you upon request).

Questions? Email us at lasreviews@gmail.com!

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for November 15, 2023

Each Wednesday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly “blog hop”. For more details on how to participate, please click here.

Today’s topic is: Criticize your favorite book, show or movie

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for November 8, 2023

Each Wednesday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly “blog hop”. For more details on how to participate, please click here.

Today’s topic is: Something you believed but found out wasn’t true

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for November 1, 2023

Each Wednesday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly “blog hop”. For more details on how to participate, please click here.

Today’s topic is: A celebrity people think I look like

Book of the Month Poll Winner ~ The Cottage by Jo A. Hiestand


The Cottage by Jo A. Hiestand
Publisher: Cousins House Publishing
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Rated:5 stars
Review by Rose

Voted BoM by LASR Readers 2013 copy

Former police detective Michael McLaren is at the home of his lady friend, Melanie. The house is sold, the removal van is booked. All that is left is to help her pack her belongings for her move to his village. But the laborious task is interrupted when one of Melanie’s neighbors asks McLaren to investigate the circumstances of her parents’ murders. McLaren’s reluctance to take it on and abandon Melanie appears to be solved when his best mate, Jamie, steps in to help with the packing. It’s not the easy investigation McLaren was hoping for, however. Sightings of Mordred and a ghost, and a burglary at the local Tudor Hall complicate the murder inquiries. What had seemed to McLaren a perfect remedy with Jamie close at hand now disintegrates into a horrendous mistake. And McLaren questions if the investigation is really worth it, especially when he puts the people he cares about most in danger.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE!

Top Ten Tuesday: Sweet Treats for Halloween


Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

Happy Halloween to everyone celebrating it! I love the assortment of sweets that are available at this time of year, so I’m going to be sharing some book covers that either feature candy on them or have references to treats in their titles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Bubblegum by Sari Taurez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. The Candy Cookbook: 40 Recipes for Sweet Success – to Celebrate National Candy Month by Christina Tosch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. S is for Stranger by Louise Stone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Chocolat by Joanne Harris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars by Joël Glenn Brenner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. The Art Of Choosing: The Decisions We Make Everyday of our Lives, What They Say About Us and How We Can Improve Them by Sheena Lyengar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure by Samira Kawash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Candy Cookbook by Gooseberry Patch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

 

 

 

What’s your favorite type of Halloween candy?

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for October 25, 2023

Each Wednesday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly “blog hop”. For more details on how to participate, please click here.

Today’s topic is: If you could create a holiday, what would it be?

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for October 18, 2023

Each Wednesday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly “blog hop”. For more details on how to participate, please click here.

Today’s topic is: Favorite Scary Monster

Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Snowy Covers


Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

I love waking up and seeing a fresh blanket of snow over everything during the winter. Since we’re still a month or so away from that happening, looking at books with snowy covers is the next best thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Snow  by Orhan Pamuk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1) by Benedict Freedman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Winter Study (Anna Pigeon, #14) by Nevada Barr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Ice by Anna Kavan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for October 11, 2023

Each Wednesday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly “blog hop”. For more details on how to participate, please click here.

Today’s topic is: The Most Creative Halloween Costume I’ve Worn.