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Rain, Rain, PLEASE STAY!
People love to joke about how Southern California loses their mind when it rains. Well… I’m here to tell you, that’s definitely more accurate than I care to admit. We are on day two of rain over here in Los Angeles, and it’s been raining fairly heavily for the last 28 hours straight. I remember when I first moved here permanently, probably about 9 or 10 years ago now, it used to rain all the time during the winter. But, climate change and all that, the weather kept changing and it rained less and less often during our “winter”. Now?…
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Book Review: The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Little Shop of Found Things Author: Paula Brackston Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Pages: Hardcover; 307 Release Date: October 16, 2018 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ———————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy more of a cozy historical fiction feeling. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N A new series about a young woman whose connection to antiques takes her on a magical adventure, reminiscent of Outlander New York Times bestselling author of The Witch’s Daughter Paula Brackston returns to her trademark blend of magic and…
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December 2018 Reading List
The last month of the year is upon us! How crazy is that? It feels like only yesterday that I was making resolutions for this blog in the spirit of 2018 headed our way, and valiantly planning a new reading list. I have to say, although 2018 didn’t turn out quite the way I planned it to for this blog, this year was much better than the last. So, baby steps and all that. Sometimes life doesn’t let us do what we’d planned. That being said, I’m 11 books away from my yearly goal of 120, and not 100% sure…
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Book Review: Fountain Dead by Theresa Braun
Media Type: Ebook Title: Fountain Dead Author: Theresa Braun Publisher: Unnerving Pages: Kindle; 187 Release Date: November 20, 2018 Source: Author ——————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence, Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy horror in a YA setting. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Mark is uprooted from his home and high school in the Twin Cities and forced to move with his family into a Victorian in Nowhere-ville. Busy with the relocation and fitting in, Mark’s parents don’t see what’s unfolding around them—the way rooms and left behind objects seem alive with…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (11/25/18)
Apologies for the radio silence all. It’s been a rough last two weeks, and I’ve been trying to dig myself out of a funk that was so deep that I’ve actually barely been reading at all. I love the holidays, I really do. Family, friends, and food. All good things. However they also bring with them memories of loss, and this year we’ve added another loss to that list. It’s hard to separate the feelings I have right now, but I’ve been doing the best I can to keep on keeping on. So, I took a blogging break to let…
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Book Review: The Color of Lies by C.J. Lyons
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Color Of Lies Author: CJ Lyons Publisher: Blink Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: November 6, 2018 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher ——————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy YA mysteries with diverse characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons comes The Color of Lies, a world drenched in color and mystery. High school senior Ella Cleary has always been good at reading people. Her family has a rare medical condition called…
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Book Hoarder? Who, me?
So, one of my promises to myself this year was that I was going to scale down. In every aspect. Scale down on the things I buy, scale down on the things I own, and also try to keep our house from turning into a storage unit. Oh, trust me. It’s not been easy. My book dragon tendencies keep urging me to look at book sale emails, and it takes all of my willpower to ignore them. *sigh* Being a bookworm is a hard, hard job. My rule lately has been composed of two separate parts: 1. If I don’t…
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Book Review: Girl at the Grave by Teri Bailey Black
Media Type: Ebook Title: Girl at the Grave Author: Teri Bailey Black Publisher: Tor Teen Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: August 7, 2018 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow moving, but well executed mixes of historical fiction and fantasy. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Valentine has spent years trying to outrun her mother’s legacy. But small towns have long memories, and when a new string of murders occurs, all signs point to the daughter of a murderer. Only one…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (10/22/18)
Good morning, and happy Monday reader friends! I’ve been chugging along with my reading lately and am, in fact, a whole book ahead of schedule to hit my 120 books this year goal :). The best part is that it hasn’t been a chore. I’ve kind of let myself sink into whatever I feel like reading, and not worry too much about finishing quickly. Hilariously, that’s been making me read faster. What are you going to do? Here’s what my reading looks like lately. I finished up two more Halloween Bingo books. Both Experimental Film by Gemma Files and The Girl…
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Book Review: Implanted by Lauren C. Teffeau
Media Type: Ebook Title: Implanted Author: Lauren C. Teffeau Publisher: Angry Robot Pages: Paperback; 400 Release Date: August 7, 2018 Source: Author ————————————— Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quick moving science fiction with compelling characters! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The data stored in her blood can save a city on the brink… or destroy it, in this gripping cyberpunk thriller. When college student Emery Driscoll is blackmailed into being a courier for a clandestine organisation, she’s cut off from the neural implant community which binds the…