Tex, The Witch Boy by Stuart R. West

Tex, The Witch Boy
by Stuart R. West

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Published: 2013
Publisher: MuseItUp Publishing
Genre: Paranormal, YA
Paperback: 342 pages
Rating: 4

Being in high school sucks.

Just ask Richard “Tex” McKenna, a Kansas sophomore. Dealing with bullying, burgeoning love, the loss of parents, and dodge ball is bad enough. To top it off, he's just found out he's a witch!

Oh, and fellow students are being murdered. The suspicious eyes of local law enforcement are looking right at Tex and his loyal group of friends. And so is the killer.

Will Tex's new-found skills prove helpful? Or cause even more problems?

Series:
Tex, The Witch Boy
The Gangs of Suburbia
Tex and the God Squad

My two-bits:
Interesting premise with a teen boy witch that works!

I enjoyed reading about Tex's discovery and beginnings of his witch-related abilities. It was also fun to meet Tex's group of friends and acquaintances - a couple who are a hoot ;-)

Along with the issues of bullying, this story turns into a bit of a thriller mystery that kept my attention to the end.

I found this to be a good start to the series.

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Young Adult Faeries & Fantasy Giveaway Hop

Young Adult Faeries & Fantasy
Giveaway Hop
January 8-15, 2014

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For this HOP, I am featuring a fantasy tale...

The White Stag
The Knight's Game, Vol. 1
by Linden F. Lewis
Win and become the King.

Lose your armor, lose your life.

A kingdom in chaos, and countless men dead.

When Cypress emerges from her village in the forest to seek her fate in the outside lands, she doesn't bargain on becoming part of the realm's politics with the Knight's Game. Twelve men were chosen for the Game, each with his own symbol, and the last one standing becomes the next King.

One man wears the sigil of the white stag, an unearthly being from Cypress' own forest, that draws her into a world she never dreamed of. But when Cypress comes face to face with her spitting image, the father she never knew, she joins the Game to ensure his tyranny will not become law, all while hiding a secret that could get her killed - that she's a woman.

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Winners - January pt1

Here are the winners for giveaways that
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Hades by Alexandra Adornetto
Winner: Heather

More Than Jamie Baker by Kelly Oram
Winner: Freda

Intangible by J. Meyers
Winner: Sullivan McPig

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TEA at Downton Abbey
a virtual book event
January 3-5, 2014
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Thank you dear readers for joining me for this virtual book event.

Don't forget to set your DVR or head over to your television tonight to watch the U.S. premiere of Downton Abbey Season Four!

If you are waiting for the DVD version (like me) it will be released January 28, 2014.

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Repast
Dining Out at the Dawn of the New American Century, 1900-1910
by Michael Lesy
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Servants
A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times
by Lucy Lethbridge
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READ about the transition in the 1900s of dining in the home into more public dining here...

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Repast
Dining Out at the Dawn of
the New American Century, 1900-1910
by Michael Lesy
What we ate, how we ate, and how eating changed during America’s first real food revolution, 1900–1910.

Before Julia Child introduced the American housewife to France’s cuisine bourgeoise, before Alice Waters built her Berkeley shrine to local food, before Wolfgang Puck added Asian flavors to classical dishes and caviar to pizza, the restaurateurs and entrepreneurs of the early twentieth century were changing the way America ate.

Beginning with the simplest eateries and foods and culminating with the emergence of a genuinely American way of fine dining, Repast takes readers on a culinary tour of early-twentieth-century restaurants and dining. The innovations introduced at the time—in ingredients, technologies, meal service, and cuisine—transformed the act of eating in public in ways that persist to this day.

Illustrated with photographs from the time as well as color plates reproducing menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Menu Collection, Repast is a remarkable record of the American palate.

67 color plates, 21 black-and-white photographs

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Downton Abbey: Guests

The Dowager and Lady Cora enjoy a refreshing cup of tea outdoors and most likely discussing the inner workings of Downton Abbey and its inhabitants.

They may even be speculating as to what their guests will be wearing to their tea party this weekend.

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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey
by The Countess of Carnarvon
Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey, a transporting companion piece to the New York Times bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, tells the story of Catherine Wendell, the beautiful and spirited American woman who married Lady Almina’s son, the man who would become the 6th Earl of Carnarvon. The couple presided over Highclere Castle, the grand estate that serves as the setting for the hit PBS show.

Following the First World War, many of the great houses of England faded as their owners fortunes declined in the new political and social world of the 1920s and 1930s. As war loomed, Highclere’s survival as the family home of the Carnarvons was again in the balance—as was peace between the nations of Europe.

Using copious materials—including diaries and scrapbooks—from the castle’s archives, the current Countess of Carnarvon brings alive a very modern story in a beautiful and fabled setting, paying particular attention to the staff who provide Highclere Castle with continuity between generations.

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