Review: “Say It.” by Amber Jerome~Norrgard

Title: “Say It.”
Author: Amber Jerome~Norrgard
Rating: 4/5 Stars

“A glimpse into the lives of a pair of lovers as they play a game of dominance….” (description from Goodreads)

Jerome~Norrgard brings her readers yet another great short, with “Say It.” Having read her other erotic shorts, I can say that this isn’t likely to disappoint veteran readers of the author’s work.

While this story is only a few pages long, Jerome~Norrgard uses limited space efficiently and doesn’t waste time getting down to it. There’s not much I can discuss without telling the story itself, due to length, but even with a short word count there’s a nice glimpse into the relationship between the characters, yet it doesn’t get in the way of the sexy elements of the story either.

This is great for a reader with a few minutes to spare in the middle of a busy day. I’ve even read it twice already. It’s worth checking out, as is the rest of Jerome~Norrgard’s erotic work.

You can purchase a copy of “Say It.” from:

Amazon | Smashwords

About Amber:

Amber Jerome~Norrgard was first published in her hometown’s paper at the age of seventeen.  Since then, she’s used writing as a free form of therapy to celebrate the best parts of her life, and to work through the rough experiences. She is author of the bestselling collection of poetry, “The Color of Dawn,” as well as “4 a.m.,” a poetry and essay collection, “Wanting,” a collection of short erotic stories and “My Beautiful Jewel: Book One of the Miracles Trilogy”.  She is co-creator, and co-host of “TweepNation with Amber and Dionne,” a weekly podcast loosely related to Twitter and Independent Authors.  She is currently working on her psychology degree, and lives in Dallas, Texas, with her family.

Find more on Norrgard or find her books:

• Website
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Amazon author page
• Tweepnation Podcast

Review – David: The Beginning, by Amber Jerome~Norrgard

Title – David: The Beginning
Author – Amber Jerome~Norrgard
Rating – 4/5 Stars

“Author Amber Jerome~Norrgard gives readers a glance into the beginning of the relationship between the characters in the erotica short story, “David”.

Every story has a beginning. Find out where “David” began.” (description from Goodreads)

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I read Jerome~Norrgard’s erotic short David a few months back and, like many of her stories, enjoyed it greatly. This is a “prequel” of sorts to that story, and another great one.

This is another example of why I enjoy Norrgard’s work. It’s erotica at it’s best. There’s all the dirty stuff the reader is looking for and a good plot behind it all. I also think it worked because seeing how a couple initially hooks up after reading of a later encounter, solidifies that they didn’t only have one great roll in the hay, it’s a common occurrence and their chemistry is a natural, lasting connection.

Again, another great Norrgard story. Erotic and otherwise, her writing puts her high on my list of favorites.

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You can purchase this story from:

Amazon | Smashwords

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About Amber:

Amber Jerome~Norrgard was first published in her hometown’s paper at the age of seventeen.  Since then, she’s used writing as a free form of therapy to celebrate the best parts of her life, and to work through the rough experiences. She is author of the bestselling collection of poetry, “The Color of Dawn,” as well as “4 a.m.,” a poetry and essay collection, “Wanting,” a collection of short erotic stories and “My Beautiful Jewel: Book One of the Miracles Trilogy”.  She is co-creator, and co-host of “TweepNation with Amber and Dionne,” a weekly podcast loosely related to Twitter and Independent Authors.  She is currently working on her psychology degree, and lives in Dallas, Texas, with her family.

Find more on Norrgard or find her books:

• Website
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Amazon author page
• Tweepnation Podcast

Top Books & Authors & Summary of 2012!

2012 is now over and the new year of 2013 has begun…big deal, right? Well Yea, for me pretty much that’s how I feel; just another day and all that jazz. But despite that, the year of 2012 was a productive one for me. It’s probably my most productive year so far in my life.

I read a total of 150 books/novellas/stories/etc. That’s 3 times 2011’s total of between 40-50, which is also the first time I’ve read enough books to actually keep track. Aside from just the productive amount of reading I’ve done, so many other great things have happened. I took the dive into the Indie World of Books very early in 2012. That was a great decision. Since then I’ve made so many friends who are readers, authors, bloggers, or just people who smell books to get high. Of these friends I’d like to make special mention on a few Indie authors who’ve been going along with me for many many months and really feel like family at this point.

Thank you to the first two to make it into my bookish “family,” Rebecca Hamilton and S.M. Boyce. I read The Forever Girl (Hamilton) and The Grimoire: Lichgates (Grimoire Saga book 1) (Boyce) and fell in love with both of those books. They were my first Indie releases to read and they disrupted all the stereotypes places on “Non-Traditional” books. They are both well-written, well-edited, original, beautiful and fucking amazing reads. Boyce and Rebecca haven’t only provided me with two great books (each) to read this year, they’ve also be part of the inspiration for me to finally sit down and publish my first collection of poetry, From Where I Stand. If I didn’t see how great of a community they are a part of and didn’t continue to stick my head out a  bit to get to know more and more authors, I don’t think I’d be here typing up this blog post. I’d probably be reading some paperback, and not even have a Kindle, haha.

More authors who’ve made it into this family of sorts are fellow poets Ben Ditmars and Amber Jerome~Norrgard, both of which will be working on an anthology with me, as well as Scott Morgan, due to release in February. (Psst…all proceeds will be going to a no-kill animal shelter!!! Find out more on this project here.) Tiffany King, I don’t even know where to start with her. Since picking up Wishing For Someday Soon and not putting it down until I was almost in tears at the end, I knew “this author won’t produce anything bad.” I was write, I’ve been following along with her writing since and loved it all. Aside from being a great author, her generosity to her fans and huge heart to all is simply amazing. King might be one of the nicest authors I’ve met so far (no offence to all you other nice authors).

Thank you to every author who has become my friend. Thank you to all of my blog readers and general people who creepily follow me around on Twitter and Facebook. I keep doing this because there are people out there who care to stop by every now and then to say hi.

Thank you also to everyone who’s picked up a copy of my book, read it, reviewed it, loved it (or hated it without telling me yet :P). It’s a great feeling to know there are people out there supporting my work and who have pushed me to get it published in the first place.

And now…enough of the mushy shit. How about  few lists of great books I’ve read and authors who need mention? Sound good? Well here they are!

*note: these lists are NOT in any real particular order. I don’t feel it fair to compare one book to the next, especially when I jump around genres a lot. I do have a few HUGE I LOVE THIS BOOK books, but you’ll just have to read my reviews to find out which 😉

Top Books

1. Treason (S.M Boyce)
2. Lichgates (S.M. Boyce)
3. The Forever Girl (Rebecca Hamilton)
4. Wishing for Someday Soon (Tiffany King)
5. The Sin Collector (Jessica Fortunato)
6. Gideon’s Corpse (Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child)
7. The Devil’s Metal (Karina Halle)
8. Vaempires: Revolution (Thomas Winship)
9. Vaempires: Zombie Rising (Thomas Winship)
10. Slammed (Colleen Hoover)

Top Novellas/Short Stories/Collections

1. The Night Walk Men (Jason McIntyre)
2. The Memoirs of a Gigolo series (Livia Ellis)
3. Walking Away (Adriane Boyd)
4. The Bassinville Witches series (Miranda Stork)
5. The Sin Collector: Thomas (Jessica Fortunato)
6. Being His Favorite (Charity Parkerson)
7. My Last Blind Date (Susan Hatler)
8. Dark Spaces (Dionne Lister)
9. Her Sweetest Downfall (Rebecca Hamilton)
10. The Allegory of Dusk (Amber Jerome~Norrgard)

Top Poetry

1. B (Sarah Kay)
2. Night Poems (Ben Ditmars)
3. What the Living Do (Marie Howe)
4. Searching for Cecy: Reflections on Alzheimer’s (Judy Prescott)
5. Ghost Girl (Laura Madeline Wiseman)

(I didn’t read enough poetry books this year to make a top ten list. Maybe next yet, though.)

Top Authors

1. S.M. Boyce
2. Amber Jerome~Norrgard
3. Thomas Winship
4. Rebecca Hamilton
5. Tiffany King
6. Colleen Hoover
7. Susan Hatler
8. Miranda Stork
9. Charity Parkerson
10. Livia Ellis

(There were many great authors to put on this list, but there are ten authors who’ve proven their worth through continuing to publish great book after great book, and have really stuck with me. Please, don’t feel bad for not being left out, you know I still love you all 😀 )

From Where I Stand Blog Tour – Day Three

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And on the third day God sai….oh, wait this is a blog tour. We’re here to have fun!!! I think thing have been going well so far and I’d like to give an early thank you to everyone who has stuck with me already and will keep sticking around until this thing’s done. Thank you.

I’m happy to bring you all two great posts today. One is an interview with Amber Jerome~Norrgard. She’s a very good friend, future writing partner of mine, and has a bright writing future ahead of her (also a fellow poet). I’ve reviewed a good chunk of her work, so if you’d like to search her name on my blog you’ll be able to find some of her books here.

Secondly, another guest post! This one’s on yet another fellow poet’s blog, Kayleigh’s Spot. Kayleigh Grian has a post I wrote entitled, “The Music of Poetry.” Stop on over there today to find out my view on how poetry isn’t solely about reading, but it’s about the listening and orating of verse. There’s a special surprise at the and of that one, as well.

As always, remember that if you comment on any of these posts you get entered to win 1 of 5 ebooks of From Where I Stand that I’m giving away at the end of tour. Comment on more posts for more entries!!!

KAYLEIGH GRIAN

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Review – 11:59 P.M. By Amber Jerome~Norrgard

Title – 11:59 p.m. 
Author – Amber Jerome~Norrgard
Rating – 4/5 Stars

“Author Amber Jerome~Norrgard explores the ending and beginning of love in her third poetry collection, 11:59 p.m.” (description from Goodreads)

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*This is a review of an ARC received from the author for an honest review

Norrgard writes in many different disciplines. Whether it’s erotica, short stories that pack a emotional punch,  her non-fiction, or her poetry, readers are bound to leave satisfied. With her newest collection, 11:59 p.m., Norrgard delivers.

This collection is filled with very personal, touching verse. The voice that I’ve enjoyed in the poet’s past works shines through yet again as we get a glimpse into what makes Norrgard tick.

The opening poem, which is titled the same as the collection, is one of my favorites. I’ve often thought about the moment one day turns into another and this poem does just that. Some other poems that stuck out are Naivety, Come Back, and The  search for the eyes of home.

I think it’d be a good, short collection to start with for those wanting to get into Norrgard’s poetic works.

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You can purchase this collection from

Smashwords

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About Amber:

Amber Jerome~Norrgard was first published in her hometown’s paper at the age of seventeen.  Since then, she’s used writing as a free form of therapy to celebrate the best parts of her life, and to work through the rough experiences. She is author of the bestselling collection of poetry, “The Color of Dawn,” as well as “4 a.m.,” a poetry and essay collection, “Wanting,” a collection of short erotic stories and “My Beautiful Jewel: Book One of the Miracles Trilogy”.  She is co-creator, and co-host of “TweepNation with Amber and Dionne,” a weekly podcast loosely related to Twitter and Independent Authors.  She is currently working on her psychology degree, and lives in Dallas, Texas, with her family.

Find more on Norrgard or find her books:

• Website
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Amazon author page
• Tweepnation Podcast