Earths in Space Vol. 2: We Must Evolve by Daniel Sherrier Virtual Tour and Giveaway

  
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Earths in Space vol. 2: We Must Evolve

by Daniel Sherrier

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BLURB:

Life can evolve. Amena saw the evidence on an ancient Earth. It wasn’t pleasant evidence, and it wasn’t evolution into sentient life, but she saw evidence.

So okay, she accepts that no little green men exist on alien worlds, but maybe one of these other Earths holds evolved humanity.

Evolution faces a powerful obstacle, however — humanity itself.

Volume 2: We Must Evolve begins with the discovery of a mysterious ark full of refugees caught in orbit over Pluto…

Wait, an ark full of refugees…?

Well, that’s one Earth that’s not evolving. But another could be doing better. It’s possible, Amena keeps telling herself…

Continuing the action-packed Earths in Space series, We Must Evolve features a novel-length journey told in four novellas — “The Pluto Factor,” “Worlds to Save,” “The New World,” and “On Hold.”

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REVIEW:

EXCERPT:

Amena materialized in Renaissance Italy—which wasn’t actually Renaissance Italy, but it sure bore a striking resemblance. It pretty much matched how she pictured it. Smelled even worse, though, but maybe the architecture would stun her nose after it finished stunning her eyeballs. As she clung to the shadow of a tight alley, she wondered if any of these ornate buildings could boast interior artwork on par with that of the Sistine Chapel.

Well. That was a lovely half-second during which she could forget her present company and situation.

“What do you see?” Sharp asked.

“More than you, I’d wager, but I’m sure you’ll tell me the correct answer.”

“Look at the natives.”

Yeah, she got where he was going with this. The street was full of men. From her inconspicuous hideaway, Amena listened to snippets of conversation as they passed. They conducted business, discussed philosophy, debated a new mathematical theorem, and so on. All very interesting, but the tableau felt incomplete.

“Where do you suppose the women are?” Sharp asked. “Perhaps the kitchens? Nurseries? Imagine if you were born here.”

“That is a terrible waste. Yes. That’s a shame—that and so much else. There’s a lot more wrong here than you’d ever notice. These people—the ones alive right now—they’ll never explore outer space. They’ll never even reach the moon. Their descendants will create such wonderful art these folks’ll never get a chance to appreciate. They’ll achieve scientific discoveries that would astound any one of them, that would seem so magical—but these people will never know. Yeah, it stinks that it takes so long to grow a civilization, but the payoff’s amazing. These guys might be too stupid to treat their women as people, but each generation will get a little smarter until that’s corrected.”

“They won’t, because I’m about to kill them.” Sharp tapped his badge. “Location Beta.”

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Daniel Sherrier is a writer based in central Virginia. This is the guy who writes the Earths in Space and RIP series, which you’ve doubtless heard much  about. Occasionally, a play he’s written gets performed somewhere. He graduated from the College of William & Mary in 2005, where he earned a degree in the ever-lucrative fields of English and Theatre. Recently, he achieved his black belt in Thai kickboxing. And there was that one time he jumped out of an airplane, which was memorable.

Links:

Website: sherrierbooks.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsherrier

Twitter: @DanielSherrier

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Sherrier/e/B00BQ3KC1M/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1421199911&sr=8-1

B&N:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/daniel-sherrier

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/danielsherrier

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Musing Mondays April 13, 2014

Musing Mondays is a weekly meme sponsored by A Daily Rhythm that asks you to choose one of the following prompts to answer:

• I’m currently reading…
• Up next I think I’ll read…
• I bought the following book(s) in the past week…
• I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)…
• I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)…
• I can’t wait to get a copy of…
• I wish I could read ___, but…
• I blogged about ____ this past week… 

 THIS WEEK’S RANDOM QUESTION: Who, in your life, are you best able to share your love of reading with?

 I have two sons whose reading taste are simular to mine.  They both like to share what they read and we often have conservations about our current reads.  I have introduced them to new authors and they have done the same for me. 

Effortless Healing by Dr. Joseph Mercola

Non Fiction:

Synopsis


LET YOUR BODY DO THE WORK
 
Do you have to tell your leg to heal from a scrape? Your lungs to take in air? Your body that it’s hungry? No. Your body does these things automatically, effortlessly. Vibrant health is your birthright and within your grasp; you just have to step out of the way. In Effortless Healing, online health pioneer, natural medicine advocate, and bestselling author Dr. Joseph Mercola reveals the nine simple secrets to a healthier, thinner you. The results are amazing and the steps can be as easy to implement as:
 
·         Throwing ice cubes in your water to make it more “structured”
·         Skipping breakfast, as it could be making you fat
·         Eating up to 75 percent of your calories each day in fat for optimal health, reduction of heart disease, and cancer prevention
·         Avoiding certain meat and fish, but enjoying butter
·         Eating sauerkraut (and other fermented foods) to improve your immune system and your mood
·         Walking barefoot outside to decrease system-wide inflammation (and because it just feels great)
·         Enjoying a laugh: it’s as good for your blood vessels as fifteen minutes of exercise
 
Effortless Healing is the distillation of decades of Dr. Mercola’s experience and cutting-edge medical knowledge. With his wisdom and that of your body, you can optimize your health, your weight, and your life…effortlessly.

Effortless Healing is a very interesting book.   I am always looking for ways to stay healthy.  Effortless Healing gave me some new ideas.  Dr. Mercola has written several books on the subject.  This is his latest.  I found things that are worth try.

Read his Bio for more information on Dr. Mercola:

DR. JOSEPH MERCOLA is a passionate advocate of natural medicine, a wellness champion, and a visionary who has implemented much-needed changes to our current health care system. As a physician for twenty-five years, he treated thousands of patients at his wellness center outside of Chicago, and in 1997 he created Mercola.com, now the #1 natural health website in the world. A New York Timesbestselling author, he has also appeared on national news media such as CNN, Fox News, ABC News, Today, CBS's Washington Unplugged, and The Dr. Oz Show.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

Book Beginnings and The Friday 56 - April 10

I'm linking up with Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings and Freda's Voice for Page 56. Check out the links above for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Pick the closest book on your book stack and join the fun.

The Beginning:

"Killing was easier than I though it could be, and a lot more rewarding."

Page 56:

"If you think he'd target Roarke-"

"Not yet," Mira interrupted, "but eventually he may"

From Obsession in Death by J. D. Robb. This time Dallas has an admirer and not the kind she wants.

Apex by Aer-ki-Jyr

Science Fiction

From Goodreads:

Humanity has been eradicated from the galaxy, wiped out by an unknown foe ages ago that then mysteriously disappeared after the deed was done. Without the formerly dominant Human Empire and its network of allies, the galaxy has regressed into a technological dark age, with chaos ensuing. Races formerly suppressed have risen up, aggressors held in check are now free to prey upon the space lanes, and many of the weaker races have been subjugated and enslaved, if not outright destroyed.

Amongst this nightmare of a galaxy a few beacons of hope remain, holding the dark at bay. They vie to discover what remains of the Human Empire's almost magical technology, with every small artifact unearthed escalating into an interstellar conflict.

When a not so small artifact is discovered, races battle each other over the world of its discovery to claim the prize...but the researchers who discovered it manage to smuggle it offworld, setting up a grand chase as the artifact's guardians, the Cres, race to return it to the safety of their territory.

If you love Science Fiction that goes into a lot of technical detail you will love Apex.  I am not that into the technical so for me it made for a slow reading.  This is also book one in a series so it had a lot of ground to cover.  The goal of getting the human to Cres territory was met but that still left a lot hanging.

Apex required quite a lot of world building and back story.  Most of the time it did not slow the plot down.  There is one important part for the back story that is still unknown but it is key to the direction future books need to follow.

The characters are interesting but not as well drawn as they might have been.  All the technical detail, back story and world building interfered with character development

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I found the plot to be unique.   Humans were wiped out many years ago but now one has been found in a stasis pod.  Much of Apex revolves around how important he is and his actions after awakening.

Aer-ki-Jyr has been writing for years.  Much of that was fan fiction and self-published books.  Apex is his first main stream book.  Unlike many first published novels it does not suffer from poor writing.  The writing from those previous years is apparent as the story flows in a very organized and well written way.

I will be looking for the next book in the series.  I really want to know how much difference the last human left can make in the universe.

Harper Voyager Impulse published Apex by Aer-ki-Jyr in 2015.

I received an ARC of Apex from Edelweiss in return for an honest review.

The Marriage Season by Linda Lael Miller

Contemporary Western Romance

What Goodreads says:

Will the marriage pact be fulfilled? Return to Mustang Creek, Wyoming, with #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller for more Brides of Bliss County!

Since Hadleigh, Melody and Bex—the best of best friends—entered into a marriage pact, two of them have found (and married) the men of their hearts. But Bex doesn't think she'll be as fortunate as the others. Her own first love died years ago in a faraway war, and Bex has lost hope for a happy marriage of her own. She concentrates on her business, a successful chain of fitness clubs, instead.

Then, when single father Tate Calder comes to Mustang Creek with his two sons in tow, who befriend Bex's eight-year-old nephew, she and the handsome, aloof newcomer are constantly thrown together. But is the marriage season over? Or can a man with doubts about love be the right husband for a woman who wants it all?

The Marriage Season is book three of The Brides of Bliss County.  Don’t despair though.  There is a sample of the next book in this setting at the end of The Marriage Season.  

This time it is Hadleigh who finds true love.  Tate Calder appeared in a previous book.  He is a widower with two young sons.  I think most of us knew he was going to be the one for Hadleigh. 

I loved how Miller mixed up the two families.  When Hadleigh ends up caring for her young nephew the mix begins.  The three young boys are good friends and what else do friends do but go fishing and who takes them.  Why Tate and Hadleigh of course.  The attraction really heats up during the trip to the fishing cabin even when mice and an outhouse are part of the mix.

Both Hadleigh and Tate have hang-ups that they have to overcome but in the end there is a very nice HEA and a honeymoon at the same fishing cabin.  This time there are no mice but the outhouse is still there.

HQN Books published The MarriageSeason by Linda Lael Miller in 2015.

I received an ARC of The Marriage Season from Netgalley in return for an honest review.

Teaser Tuesday - April 7, 2015

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhyme.  
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:"
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book.   

The Teaser:

As I trudged across my back field,I told myself it was stupid to be so worried about taking to him.  He was had likely to jump my bones without permission.  All I had to do is keep this on a business setting."  page 82

From Blood Bound (A Mercy Thompson Novel) by Patricia Briggs.  This is book two in the series.

Still the One (Animal Magnetism #6) by Jill Shalvis

Contemporary Romance

What Goodreads says:

Darcy Stone is game for anything — except sexy Navy veteran and physical therapist A.J. Colten, the guy who'd rejected her when she'd needed him most. Now the shoe is on the other foot and he needs her to play nice and help him secure grants for his patients. Unfortunately, Darcy can't refuse. She needs the money to fund her passion project: rescuing S&R dogs and placing them with emotionally wounded soldiers.

A.J. admits it — Darcy is irresistible. But he's already been battle-scarred by a strong-willed, vivacious, adventurous woman like Darcy, and he's not making the same mistake twice—until he and Darcy are forced to fake a relationship. Growing closer than they'd ever imagined possible, Darcy and AJ have to ask themselves: how much between them is pretend? What's the real thing? And where does it go from here?

Darcy Stone is wounded and her wounds are both physical and emotional.  She is doing a great job with the physical but the emotional not so well.  A.J.Colten has helped with the physical but added to the emotional.  It turns out he has his own emotional problems to overcome. It is a very steep climb for them to get together.

The love story is good, the characters development first rate and the ending just what I want in a romance.  Still the One is part of a series but it works well as a stand-alone.  I know because this is the first book I have read in the series. 

Berkley published Still the One by Jill Shalvis in 2015.

I received an ARC of Still the One from Goodreads in return for an honest review.