Tamara Rose Blodgett Author Page

The Story: I had the chance to be a part of the Death Whispers review tour, and I took it, because it was a really fantastic book! I've enjoyed it, and The Pearl Savage! Such fantastic books! I've enjoyed them so much, and yeah that there are so many other books to read!

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Series: Death, Savage, Blood, Reflection, A Terrible Love.

Death: Death Whispers and her site, my review, Death Speaks and her site, my review, Death Inception and her site, my review, Death Screams and her site, my review, Death Weeps and her site, my review, Unrequited Death and her site, my review, For the Love of Death and her site, my review.

Savage: The Pearl Savage and her site, my review, my reread, The Savage Blood and her site, my review, The Savage Principle and her site, my review, The Savage Vengeance and her site, my review, The Savage Protector and her site, my review, The Savage Dream and her site, my review.

Blood: Blood Singers and her site, my review, Blood Song and her site, my review, Blood Chosen and her site, my review, Blood Reign and her site, my review, Angelic Blood and her site, my review.

Reflection: The Reflective and her site, my review, The Reflective Cause and her site, my review.

A Terrible Love: A Terrible Love and her site, my review, A Brutal Tenderness and her site, my review.

Waiting on Wednesday #185, November 19th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

The Savage Dream by Tamara Rose Bloggett
Expected Publication: December 19th, 2014
From Goodreads:
Edwin presses for travel to his home clan of Cape Cod where The Rite of the Select must be performed for Calia. Philip reluctantly travels with the siblings, though his future with Calia is uncertain.


Adahy is part-Band but in his heart he is Iroquois. He must accept the horrible sins of necessity in his past and also a passion for a broken female he cannot deny. The legacy of war, protection and survival are all he knows. When Elise finds the only tender part of him, he leaves the sphere before those feelings have a chance to deepen.


King Otto has found fertile ground within the Fragment to germinate like the poisonous spore he is, and plots to ruin the last whole sphere.


Can Calia and Philip be together? Or will the rules which have governed the clans imprison her within a regime not of her choosing? Is Adahy strong enough to overcome his perceived guilt to embrace a chance at happiness with someone as fractured as himself...

Oh, I really enjoyed this series! Can't wait for this book! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Random Reads #68, March 14th

Random Reads is a monthly meme (that I'm going to do weekly) hosted by I'm Loving Books to read some books that have been on our TBR piles for a long time. Using Random.org, I got 2089 which turned out to be Death Speaks by Tamara Rose Blodgett! It's been on my TBR pile since November 26th 2011, and I added it because I love her books so much! Happy reading! 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #3, June 27th

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

What happened in the past week:
Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #2
Teaser Tuesday #11
WWW Wednesday #11
WOW #7
Will the Time Come #4
A-Z Reading Challenge Start
I Have An Update #2

Monthly Meme:
In My Mailbox #3-June

Week 25 Reviews:
Game of Thrones
Supernova
The Pearl Savage
Next
Die for Me
The Katyn Order

None of the Above:
Giveaway of Michael Scott Books
My Dogs and Don't Eat...(Fill in the Blank)

Ok, this was a pretty good book, lots of posts, and some random ones. Hope to increase the random ones-I don't want to be boring :) __ posts in 7 days is very good. I hope I can bet it next week, but next week there won't be any exams whatsoever, so I'll have a lot more time. I'll also be watching a few shows, I've already watched Game of Thrones (finished it the day after I finished the book) and they include True Blood, Doctor Who 2005, and possible Charmed. Plus all the ones that I'm watching episode by episode as they come out.

I now have a meme or a challenge for every day of the week, so now I have an excuse reason to post every day! Yeah!

For Week 26, I am hoping to read Anybody Out There, Singular, Pulling Princes, Stealing Princes, The Lovely Bones, Lucky, Bait, Vanished, and Pursuit. Plus more PDF's, and nano books :) I really need to read these nano books!

Currently Listening To: Doctor Who Episode
Currently Reading: Pulling Princes
Currently Watching: Doctor Who

Life is perfect for Anna Walsh. She has the "Best Job in the World" as a PR exec for a top-selling urban beauty brand, a lovely apartment in New York, and a perfect husband — the love of her life, Aidan Maddox. Until the morning she wakes up in her mammy's living room in Dublin with her face in stitches, a dislocated knee, and completely smashed-up hands — and no memory of how she got there. While her mammy plays nursemaid, Anna tries to get better and keeps wondering why Aidan won't return her phone calls or emails.

Recuperating from her injuries, a mystified Anna returns to Manhattan. Slowly beginning to remember what happened, she sets off on a search to find Aidan — a hilarious quest involving lilies (she can't stop smelling them), psychics, mediums, and anyone there who can promise her a reunion with her beloved...

When Calypso returns from Los Angeles to her English boarding school for the summer term, she is determined to fit in with the popular crowd. Her plan is to pretend her mother's gay assistant back home is her boyfriend. And to her surprise, the trick works...at least at first. She makes a whole batch of new friends, and even finds herself winning the unwritten contest to woo the prince at the boys' school next door. But one girl, Honey, undermines all her efforts. When Calypso and Prince Freddy end up in the tabloids and everything seems set to go down the drain, it's Calypso's parents and sense of humor that save her from utter humiliation.

A fast-paced, laugh-out-loud-funny look at fitting in while still standing out...

How many fit boys can Calypso handle?

Calypso has decided that Prince Freddie is the one for her, but does her new roommate, the privileged Lady Portia, also have designs on him? To make matters worse, Calypso's best friends Star and Georgina are no longer her roommates; they are living instead with Indie-a new student and a real princess! Poor Calypso is feeling left out. How could her plans have gone so horribly wrong? Readers who have been anticipating the next installment in the Calypso Chronicles won't be disappointed as Calypso takes on more boys, bunnies, and Brits in her hilarious and inimitable style!

"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973."

So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, THE LOVELY BONES succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.

In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit - as she struggles for understanding ("After telling the hard facts to anyone, from lover to friend, I have changed in their eyes"); as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs, managing through grit and coincidence to help secure her attacker's arrest and conviction. In a narrative by turns disturbing, thrilling, and inspiring, Alice Sebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims even as she imparts wisdom profoundly hard-won: "You save yourself or you remain unsaved."

It's a business trip that takes advertising agency owner Maddie Fitzgerald to New Orleans, but it is hardly business as usual when a man breaks into her hotel room and tries to kill her. Barely escaping with her life, she soon finds herself face-to-face with FBI agent Sam McCabe. Unnerved by his questions - and his good looks - Maddie is told she's been targeted by an elusive killer whom McCabe has been tracking for weeks. It appears her attack was a case of mistaken identity and a shaken Maddie is given the all-clear to go home. McCabe is ruffled, not just by Maddie's sexiness, but by an inescapable feeling that's she's got something to hide. So when she is attacked for the second time, McCabe insists that the only way to catch the killer is to use her as bait.

New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards delivers an action-packed, adrenaline-laced thriller in this story of Sarah Mason, forced to relive her worst nightmare -- the kidnapping of her young daughter, Lexie, seven years ago. It starts when Sarah, who works in the county prosecutor's office, gets a call for help from a young child who sounds just like her daughter Lexie when she was five. Is Sarah finally cracking up? The only one to believe her story about the call is her best friend, Jake Hogan, a P.I. Their investigation into the call and what really happened to Lexie unearths some dangerous secrets in the town and kicks off a passionate romance between Jake and Sarah. As usual, Robards knows just how to keep the heart pounding and the pages turning.

Week 25 Review: The Pearl Savage

From Goodreads:
Seventeen-year old Clara Williamson, reluctant princess and daughter to Queen Ada, lover or wine...who exchanges Clara's liberty for free trade of grapes with another sphere...

Bracus, who as a protector of the Band, must save his clan's people from extinction Outside...

Charles, Clara's long-time companion, keeps his love for her tightly veiled...

Prince Frederic, her sadistic betrothed...bent on having her, and she, escaping his grasp...

Suddenly, with both the clan and sphere peoples' destiny in her hands, Clara finds herself torn between love and duty...
 
My Review:
I loved this book, and I got it the author, so thanks, Tamara!
 
Clara was a great character, she endured pain and suffering that she shouldn't have had to endure, but she did because she was her people's princess, and she was going to keep the kingdom the way her Dad, the King of their sphere, had left it, and wanted it to be, with morals, principals, like being with the people, saying thanks to the people. Things that showed that she cared about the people-because she did.
 
I loved all the conflict, and all the relationships, it was complicated, messy, and emotional, and it was pure greatness! At first I wanted her to be with 1 of the Band, then as the story progressed, I wanted her to be with another of the Band, and the original Band to be with a girl when she grew up. Not going to say names so I don't spoil anything.
 
This was a very great book, and I hated The Queen, as she refers to Ada, and the evil little abuser, Prince Frederic. Clara was between a rock and a hard place, and somehow, she got out between the 2, and into the soft pillow that was the Outside.
 
All in all, a book you guys should really check out! It's just something that you need to read!

Author: Tamara Rose Blodgett
Series: Savage #1
Read: June 22nd, 2011
Source: Author for Review
Reason Why: Sounded really great!
Published: June 14th 2011

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Death Whispers: Review and Guest Post

Today is the first tour blog stop on the Death Whispers by Tamara Rose Blodgett! And I'd like to welcome Tamara over for a guest post!!!

First, I'd like to thank Louisa, for generously hosting my guest post on her terrific blog! Thank you!

 

Young Adult Mixed-genre Fiction; Are We Stuck-in-a-Rut?

It's not just about the “classics” anymore...

Remember the days of drudgery during high school when we were stuck reading all the classics? (Some were surprisingly good but it's like the mystery candy that has that middle that may...or may not have the “good stuff.”) Most of us just wanted to suck up that hour reading what we wished...now we can. More so than ever a person can download what they wish for themselves, for their children and as gifts for others; it's a wildly different world for readers now, a great one!

Now, with the advent and versatility offered by eBooks a person has choices of books that are considered mixed-genre. This is the category that Death Whispers falls under. Yes, I am a “young adult” author. But, DW has elements of the following running throughout the story: futuristic science fiction, paranormal romance, action and urban fantasy. I'm a big fan of books that incorporate a multitude of different genres in one work. That's why when the idea struck me for DW I knew that I was going to be writing a tale the reflected what I wished to read! I took a casual poll of what genre people thought my book was and I got some very different answers (see above categories). Grandmas and teens have read DW and there is enough diversity for everyone.

What I'm liking about the Independent publishing (how it impacts me as an author, and in a broader sense, the reader) is the feeling of a work that hasn't been “run-through-the-mill:” a million editors, betas and changes later. Now, don't get me wrong, I sometimes wish the “fleet” had my back. But they don't and that pushes me to produce the best work I am capable of. Death Whispers is my perspective on a teen group of kids that get saddled with paranormal powers that have laid dormant in our collective human DNA for eons and through a scientific mapping, are discovered in this future world of ours. The pharmaceutical companies wish to make a “buck,” and inoculate teens. Unfortunately, the adult world isn't ready for the teens' powers and the consequences of them. The story chronicles their antics as every unpredictable thing that could happen...does.

As a mother of four sons, I felt the dialogue came pretty naturally (tongue-stabbing-cheek). I used those experiences and the lingo I've heard bantered about pretty liberally in this work. The advancements in texting have morphed into a viral technology called, “pulsing,” and those interchanges are captured in DW. My hope for my readers is to be entertained by a unique read that allows an escape from everything for a time.

Book two, Death Speaks, continues the evolution of Caleb's maturation. Now in high school, he has a whole different dynamic, surrounded by other paranormals and “big brother,” is still watching. My new series, which begins with, The Pearl Savage, (publishing June 16) is a paranormal romance about a princess raised in a bio-sphere in a post-apocalyptic world of the future.

I appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you for reading my stories and please visit my blog for future releases.

From Goodreads:
Caleb has the most rare of the paranormal powers, Cadaver-Manipulation (aka corpse-raiser). In this world of the future, with Brain Impulse "pulse" Technology's wide-spread use and influence keenly realized, routine school inoculation has expanded to include a pharmaceutical cocktail, which once administered, unlocks the genetic potential for paranormal abilities. Using this small window of puberty, teens who have the genetic propensity find themselves manifesting extraordinary gifts; some of which garner the full attention of our government. Caleb must camouflage his new "talent" during the mandatory eighth grade Aptitude Test so that he remains undiscovered while establishing choice for his future. However, events beyond his control systematically reveal Caleb and his friends, which force them to fight for their freedom. In the midst of this struggle, his girlfriend's father battles to reassert his abusive dominance in her life while a couple of "peer enemies" thwart his efforts of secrecy at every turn. In the explosive climax, Caleb must protect his friends, and Jade, the one he loves...at all costs.

My Review:
This book was awesome! Loved it! Thank you Tamara for sending me a PDF of Death Whispers! Anyway, I loved Caleb and Jade, their relationship was just so cute, and I just wanted to be sucked into it, and I was, because Caleb was!

The plot was excellent, sweeping me into the world of being able to create paranormal gifts, pulse tech, and so much more! Unique and uplifting, Caleb's ablitly, AFTD,  stands for Affinity for the Dead, is quite rare, and to add to that, he has the smae power as the first one to get AFTD, Jeffery Parker, whom I didn't like when I met him, but that's a good thing!

Also loved Onyx, he was so cute! I hope we find out about his previous owner, since the way that it was said, it made me think that something bad had happened to him, and well, I want to know everything :)

The tech was awesome, what we have, but more advanced, since we all know that technolgy just doesn't sit still for anyone or anybody! I just loved the pulse conversations that we some much easier then what we have!

Caleb's friends and family, they were just great! I loved how easily Caleb got along with is parents (his dad was one who first mapped the  genome, making Caleb the son of a famous person) and the J's were just very funny, and very distinctive, Jonesy with his insane, 'let's get into trouble' plans, and John with his cool logic, they were really funny, and just worked well with each other, the group were good friends!

Just loved this book, can't wait to read the next book! (goes to library to petition them to buy it since I have no money!!!)

Author: Tamara Rose Blodgett
Series: Death #1
Read: June 10th-11th, 2011
Source: Virtual Book Cafe Review Copy
Reason Why: Sounded like a really fantastic book!
Publisher: Tamara Rose Blodgett
Published: March 31st 2011

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Bio:
Tamara Rose Blodgett is a 'thinking-out-of-the box' paranormal enthusiast who believes there's a 95% chance zombies do not exist; but loves to write as if they do. I'm from Alaska and have worked as an online journalist in the past. I enjoyed writing, Death Whispers, and am hard at work on book two, Death Speaks, (pub. Aug. 2011). My paranormal romance, The Pearl Savage, is due to publish in mid-June. In my spare time I'm a [reluctant] serial-re-modeler, project-slave and big time, in-my-pants reader (surprise!). I do a great deal of day-dreaming about impossible scenarios and events, writing books to capture them in stories for you~ Side note: Gnomes should be exterminated.

                                                             

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Stops on the Tour:

June 13 - Guest Blogging at Words I Write Crazy

June 15 - Guest Blogging at Bilibrary Bookslut 

June 17 - Author Interviewed at The Radical

June 20 - Guest Blogging at J. A. Beards Unnecessary Musings

June 22 - Author Interviewed at Margaret West

June 24 - Guest Blogging at  Wise Words

June 29 - Guest Blogging at Authors by Authors

July 5 - Author Interviewed at Lisa

July 7 - Author Interviewed at Immortal Cafe