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Monday Jul 29, 2024
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Aimee Chipman opened The Bluestocking Bookshop located in Holland in September of 2019 after being a known avid reader all her life.
"I've always been a nerd for books and authors," Aimee said.
She is passionate about education through reading and keeping books accessible to all, regardless of age, income, or education level.
Sponsored by Moravian Sons Distillery and Doc Chavent
Copyright (c) 2024. Emma Blogs, LLC. All rights reserved.
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Let the games begin...
This novella will draw you into the magic of the Narvan series.
The enemy of her enemy might be just the tool Anastassia Kazan needs to remove the Jalvian invaders from the Verian space station she calls home. Working out a treaty between the Jalvians and the Verian people was the highlight of Anastassia Kazan’s military career.
Just when station life seems to be settling into a tolerable accord, a spy from the Jalvian’s enemy shows up to take advantage of her hard work and threatens the precarious peace with his very presence. It’s only fair, as a spy for the Verian army, that she uses him in return.
Listen in for a chance to win The Shot at the Sphinx.
Sponsored by Moravian Sons Distillery and Doc Chavent.
Copyright (c) 2024. Emma Blogs, LLC. All rights reserved.
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
It's going to get GROWLY in author Stefanie Gilmour's first book in the Alex Steward series.
From the moment she shifted into a werewolf, Alex was terrified. First, of the man who attacked her—then of the creature within her.
Alex wants to build a life in Hopewell, but she struggles to keep her savage passenger caged. If her inner wolf breaks free again, people could die, and she’ll be the one hunted.
For help, she relies on her best friend Emma, a wizard and the only person she trusts with her secret. But Emma has her own secret: Mitch. He’s twisting her into someone unrecognizable…and he may be harming other vulnerable supernatural citizens.
To save Emma, Alex must make alliances with wizards and werewolves alike, face the Committee, unravel deadly conspiracies, and confront her own worst fear—herself.
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Fear the Wolf.
Sponsored by Moravian Sons Distillery and Doc Chavent
Copyright (c) 2024. Emma Palova. All rights reserved.
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Author Wade Walker’s first book is a mix of horror and espionage inspired by James Bond, and secret agents. The main character secret agent Val West finds himself bitten by a werewolf, and he must unravel the deadly secrets of the werewolf that bit him. Will he stop this mysterious monster’s diabolical plans in time and find a cure? Will the building romance between agent Val West and archaeologist Tanya Nimble live or die?
“It’s kind of like WikiLeaks when the files were decrypted,” Walker said in a recent podcast interview on For the Love of Books Podcast show with host author Emma Palova.
Sponsored by Doc Chavent and Moravian Sons Distillery.
Listen for a chance to win a signed copy of Bite of the Wolf.
Copyright (c) 2024. Emma Palova, All rights reserved.
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
In part one of The Sisters Three saga, Esme Halle thought she had finally found peace. Creating a life in Avalon on the continent of Mar, she had worked hard to distance herself from her sordid past in the neighboring Kingdom of Orion. So hard in fact that she could barely recall any memories of her previous life, and she preferred it this way. Now all of the secrets she had kept hidden so deeply even from herself, may be the only key to saving everything she holds dear. The sisters three, Esme's name for her mother and aunts, have brought the kingdom of Orion to its knees, information has grown scarce, and her dreams show her the past is the key to all.
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of The Kingdom of Orion.
Sponsored by Doc Chavent and Moravian Sons Distillery
Copyright (c) 2024. Emma Palova, All Rights Reserved
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
“It's the perfect gift for Father's Day. Don’t give your father, The World’s Greatest Dad mug, or a barbecue apron. He doesn’t care. He needs something else to feed his brain,” Victor Volkman, senior editor at Modern History Press said in the newest episode of For the Love of Books Podcast on Thursday.
Give him U.P Reader Volume #8 instead. The hefty publication with a beautiful cover photo of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore between Munising and Grand Marais is filled with fiction and non-fiction stories, essays, poetry, memoirs, humor, and history.
It’s 181 pages long with historical archive photos and includes six stories from the winners of the annual Dandelion Cottage contest from all of the UP’s participating schools.
“It feels very solid and very significant,” said Volkman. “This is the biggest it’s going to get, ever. We’ve expanded it with the first, second, and third-place winners of the contest. Kids like to write long.”
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of U.P. Reader Volume #8
Sponsored by Doc Chavent.
Copyright (c) 2024. Emma Blogs, LLC
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
In his debut novel The Last Huck, author J. D. Austin tells the stories of cousins Jakob, Niklas, and Peter Kinnunen who have inherited a family farm in Michigan’s U.P. The cousins spent their childhood playing together on the berry farm on Keweenaw Peninsula, and now they’re older facing major challenges in their lives.
Jakob goes to prison, while Niklas goes bankrupt in the recession of 2008.
When Uncle Jussi dies young, the crux of the story evolves around the major issue they face; Are they going to sell the land out of necessity?
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of The Last Huck.
Sponsored by Doc Chavent.
Copyright (c) 2024. Emma Palova
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
In Odin's Eye: A Marquette Time Travel Novel “John” has a problem. He doesn’t know his real name. He doesn’t know where he’s from. He’s not even sure if he’s in the right time.
"He wants to wear a t-shirt and shorts," Tichelaar said in a recent podcast interview. "But they didn't wear that in the 1900s."
When John is found unconscious at the Huron Mountain Club and brought back to Marquette, Michigan to recuperate, everyone assures him it’s the year 1900, but somehow John’s memories of automobiles, televisions, and other modern devices seem to suggest he doesn’t belong in this time. Soon several people are trying to help John regain his memory from his teenage friend Hugh Allen to Marquette’s most prominent businessman, Peter White. But despite how many times John walks around Marquette, and no matter how many people he talks to, he can’t seem to remember anything and no one recognizes him. Then Hugh suggests John accompany him and his friend Howard Longyear on a canoe trip to the Huron Mountain Club. That way John can visit the place where he was found unconscious and see if it triggers his memory. Desperate for answers, John agrees to return there, but he is hardly prepared for what will happen next.
Listen in to win a signed copy of Odin's Eye.
Sponsored by Doc Chavent and Australian author Jennifer Raines
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
In her children's book Church Da Surfin' Staffy, author Melinda Falgoust tells the story of a real-life therapy dog Chuch, whom she met while visiting her favorite island Maui.
"I saw a dog surfing on a surfboard with a young child," she said in the podcast interview. "I followed the owner and asked if I could tell Church's story."
Once there was a tiny pup who needed a good home-born on Maui island where the ocean waters foam. When a lonely puppy named Church finds his "fur-ever" home on a surfboard with a man named James, life is pretty maika'i. But when the local surf pup earns his official service animal rating and works to help other people overcome their fears-it gets even better.
Listen in to win a signed copy of Church Da Surfin' Staffy, along with an adorable plush.
Sponsored by Doc Chavent and Australian author Jennifer Raines
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
