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Stanlei Bellan's T is for Time Travel

  I’m Cristina Deptula, working with author Stanlei Bellan on his new sci fi and fantasy collection

T is for Time Travel.

This is a set of highly readable pieces around the theme of time travel, some poignant, some funny, some intellectual.   Would you be interested in reading and reviewing this book? Please let me know and we’ll send you a PDF and a cover image, or the author can send you a paperback.   Thank you,   Cristina

About T is for Time Travel

“A beautifully styled work of fiction. Short and sharp with strong concepts…each story was its own 

masterpiece in character work

. I am confident that whatever your taste, you’ll find a favorite in this varied and consistently 

high-quality collection

." 

–Reader’s Favorite

★★★★★

TAKE THE ROAD LESS TIME TRAVELED!

In this collection of 

ten science fiction short stories

, author Stanlei Bellan takes you on a rollicking journey through the timestream.

Discover a lamp on the beach holding a genie that can grant you three…time travel trips?

Meet a veteran soldier assisting a mad scientist who is convinced he’s created the first time machine; a harmless delusion - until it works.

Watch a 19th century lighthouse keeper find out what she’s willing to fight for, and then find a whole new world of trouble.

Explore the dangers of time looping aboard a spaceship with an ensign who is stuck between duty and his conscience. Would you make the same choices?

Witness a genetic archeologist finding his own DNA in the fossilized remains of an elderly woman.

About Stanlei Bellan   Stanlei Bellan, like any respectable time traveler, has many stories to tell. Some of the most fun and witty are in his book T is for Time Travel. In other timelines, Stanlei has been a physics professor, an engineering graduate, a start-up entrepreneur, and a winner of six Cannes Lions awards for his creative work in advertising and entertainment.    An immigrant from Brazil who was adopted by California, Stanlei is still learning how to bend time to fit his wife, two sons and a daughter, a cat, his business partners, and his many hobbies (like playing Dungeons & Dragons and uncovering fascinating historical facts). Stanlei’s writing is inspired by an unquenchable desire to transcend reality into fantasy.   

Response: 

Thank you so much, I have replied via email and look forward to hearing from you on this one! 

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Tales from the Vinegar Wasteland REVIEW

Hello Bookbud, I’m in hunt for a review for our new release (or returning favorite). I noticed you’re into Absurdist fiction. I think you’ll like this book. My website is kinda under construction we’re working with interns to create a better page. Check us out. We do more on FB. https://hybridsequencemedia.com/ Hope to hear back from you, Drink coffee and read books, -Donald- CEO- Hybrid Sequence Media

Response:

Thank you so much! I have reached out via email to your request and look forward to hearing back from you!

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Book review request - Thriller/Indian Mythology - Mahabharata 2022: The epic reimagined in modern Mumbai

Dear Amanda,

Hope you are well.

I am writing to request a review for my thriller/murder mystery novel involving mythology heroes populating Mumbai as regular mortals.

Please contact me at [email protected].

Just to give you some context for the synopsis, Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic, chronicling the lives of members of two clans and the eventual great war between these rival factions. My novel portrays these legendary heroes as regular mortals in present-day Mumbai, fighting the same old war. 

I hope you will consider reviewing my book. I have pasted some details and blurb at the end of this message. Please let me know if you would like to see the whole manuscript.

Thank you very much for your time.

Best Regards,

Tanmoy Bhattacharjee,

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Otago,

Dunedin, New Zealand

Title: Mahabharata 2022: The epic reimagined in modern Mumbai

Author name: Tanmoy Bhattacharjee

Genre: Thriller/Mystery/Mythology

Length: ~ 95,000 words Publisher: Ukiyoto Date of publication: 31 July 2021

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58748073-mahabharata-2022

Blurb: When Pandava heir Abhimanyu dies during a high-powered meeting with the industrialists Kauravas in a chic Bandra club, old rivalries boil over; and the brutality begins.

Duryodhan's son is nearly beaten to death, Bhim's son is shot, Shakuni is grievously injured, Drona barely escapes assassination, Draupadi is attacked, Arjun's office is blown to smithereens, and Karna's acid-dissolved body is found. Public protests against the violence turn into riots, leading to bloody clashes with the police, and Mumbai burns.

In the midst of this turmoil, investigators Radha and Krishna struggle to find the truth - the only hope of stopping the war...

Book seller link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/9354901743

https://www.ukiyoto.com/product-page/mahabharata-2022-paperback

https://www.ukiyotoindia.com/product-page/mahabharata-2022-paperback

https://www.ukiyotoindia.com/product-page/mahabharata-2022-flipbook

Response:

Thank you so much! I have responded via email. I appreciate the interest and look forward to hearing from you!

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Hello Amanda! I hope you're having a great day! I was wondering if you could review my book.

  My name is Paityn Parque and I'm 15-years-old. I live in Puyallup, Washington. I recently published a novel called Madness. I've worked with a former Hollywood screenwriter and actress (Casey DeFranco), and she's helped me in the past with my book. If you do give my book a shot, I hope you will enjoy it as much as she has.

  My book is a dark fantasy/ science fiction novel that is about 67k words long or 300 pages long. If you're interested, please reply to this email. I look forward to hearing from you:) 

  Here is the amazon link: Amazon.com: Madness eBook: Parque, Paityn E.: Kindle Store

Here is the Goodreads link: Madness by Paityn Parque | Goodreads

  Here is the blurb:

  Death is not an escape.

  One night Ezra Adkins is brutally murdered in her own home. As she was dying, she expects to wake up in the afterworld. She was wrong. She loses consciousness and awakens into a horrific game of kill or be killed. Players can be killed an infinite number of times, but the only permanent way out of the game is their actual death by suicide. Players in the game ruthlessly hunt each other for points, while others kill for fun. Most players have given up on finding an escape from the game and spiral into insanity, killing without reason.         It’s mayhem. Ezra soon learns who to trust and who to hunt down. But as she falls deeper into the game, she starts to lose herself as the bodies pile up. The line blurs between what she’s always known to be right and wrong.         Metal will clash. Blood will spill. Minds will break. And before it’s too late, Ezra must find an escape from the game before she becomes the real enemy.

Response:

Thank you so much! I have replied via email. I look forward to reviewing if you'll still have it. Thanks for the opportunity.

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Poetry Book Review Request

Hello bookbud!,  I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in reading and providing an honest review of my book of Poetry on Amazon called Dear _____, Lovely, Lovely Soul?  It is a compilation of poems written in prose poetic form in love letter fashion to the “one who got away”.  If you are open to submissions for review I am happy to send a complimentary PDF copy of the book which can also be found on Amazon or GoodReads. There is no deadline so if you choose to review please do so at your convenience.  Thank you for your time and consideration. 

Response: 

Thank you so much! I have responded via email and look forward to hearing from you!

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Review Request - Cenotaphs

Hi Amanda, 

My name is Rich Marcello, and I'm a writer of contemporary fiction. My publisher, Moonshine Cove, will publish my fifth novel, Cenotaphs, on July 26th, 2021. The purpose of this note is to request a review as close to the launch date as possible. The book is 200 pages. If you are interested, I’m happy to send you a book.

Here’s a little more about Cenotaphs and me:

When Ben Sanna, a contemplative retiree with a penchant for helping people, and Samantha Beckett, a secretive New York City hedge fund manager, meet by chance in a small Vermont town, they enter into a tenuous relationship. Over several weeks, Samantha and Ben open their pasts inch by inch, sift through their futures consciously, and come to terms with the strength and depth of their bond. A meditation on redemption told in alternating chapters of musings and scenes, Cenotaphs is about platonic love; the ways we close ourselves off in reaction to pain and what happens when we open ourselves up again; and the deep, painful legacy of loss.

Cenotaphs is a beautiful, timely, powerful novel. I read it slowly, savoring each scene. Its elegance, intelligence, poignancy, and humanity remind me of Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See.

                               —Mark Spencer, author of An Untimely Frost

Cenotaphs is a masterful, moving meditation on loss and moving forward, and on the possibility of transcendence. But it's the characters and their voices that will keep haunting me, so much so that I know readers will return to them time and again, as if they’re long lost members of a family.

––Rebecca Givens Rolland, author of On the Refusal to Speak

Cenotaphs is an achingly poignant tale of love and loss, and for its protagonist Ben, how the two are intimately intertwined. In the course of this short novel, classic betrayal and unfathomable loss birth the most unexpected platonic love, and in doing so, show us the power of forgiveness. Marcello’s writing is elegant and lyrical and through a complex web of extremes, Cenotaphs cleverly reminds us that nothing is meant to last forever.

                               ––Mark E Sorenson, author of A Restaurant in Jaffa

I’m  the author of five novels, The Color of Home, The Big Wide Calm, and The Beauty of the Fall, The Latecomers, and Cenotaphs, and the poetry collection, The Long Body That Connects Us All. I teach creative writing at Seven Bridges Writers’ Collaborative, live in Massachusetts with my family, and am currently working on my sixth and seventh novels, The Means of Keeping and In the Seat of the Eddas.

https://www.amazon.com/Cenotaphs-Rich-Marcello-ebook/dp/B097Q3WR2X/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=rich+marcello&qid=1624466902&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.com/Cenotaphs-Rich-Marcello-ebook/dp/B097Q3WR2X/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=rich+marcello&qid=1624466902&sr=8-3

Thank you for your consideration.

Rich Marcello 

Response:

Thank you so so much! I have sent you an email in regards to the request, thanks again and look forward to hearing from you!

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Hi! I just wanted to thank all the authors on here recently who have requested a review! I have already started some and thank you for reaching out, I look forward to reading them! 

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Review Request - Black Jade - A Daiyu Wu Mystery - Book 1

Greetings, Amanda!

I found your listing over at Booksirens.com and wanted to reach out to see if you’d be interested in reviewing “Black Jade – A Daiyu Wu Mystery.” It is a cozy historical set in 1930 Dallas, TX.

Back Matter is below:

Could an old-fashioned ballgown be used to commit murder?

Daiyu Wu is aware that fear of the Yellow Terror has made her nationality a rare breed in the Lone Star State. Being Chinese and blind makes her doubly unique in 1930 Dallas. Despite these impediments, anyone who dismisses her for either fact does so at their peril.

One day, at her family-owned laundry business, Dai detects the scent of burned garlic. With the help of her companion, Jacques, the source is soon discovered. It is a green ballgown. The gown has money pinned inside it to pay for the cleaning, but oddly, it came with no address label to identify its owner. Her extensive knowledge leads Dai to believe someone has committed murder using arsenic. The perpetrator is trying to use White Laundry to hide the evidence. But no mention of foul play turns up in the newspapers, and there’s not enough proof to convince the police there’s been a crime.

Her curiosity and intellect stimulated like never before; Dai ignores the possible consequences and sets out to solve the mystery with the help of her canine companion, Prince Razor, and her confidant, Jacques Haskins. It’s either that or let the killer get away with it — assuming a spoiled popinjay, his jealous self-appointed girlfriend, and Dai’s overprotective parents don’t get in her way.

A Daiyu Wu Mystery – Book 1

Sample chapters can be found here: https://www.gloriaoliver.com/daiyu-wu-mysteries/black-jade-a-daiyu-wu-mystery/

I have ARC’s available in pdf, mobi, and epub. I am expecting the final cover in the next week or so and will be able to provide final manuscript versions then if that is preferred. Links for pre-order exist at several retailers, with Amazon’s coming online around 5/20/21 for a release date of 6/20/21. Review date can be anytime after 5/20/21 and even past the release date – I want to make this as easy as possible. 😊

Thanks in advance for your consideration!

Gloria Oliver

Unveiling the Fantastic

www.gloriaoliver.com

Response: 

Hello! Ahh I’m sooo sorry for my delay but congratulations on the release now! I will move it to the top of my review list to get done asap for you! Again, I am deeply sorry for my delay!