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Book Review: Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Louisiana’s Way Home Author: Kate DiCamillo Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: October 2, 2018 Source: NetGalley/Publisher ————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy real characters who face real life issues, with a touch of magic. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are — and deciding who you want to be. When Louisiana Elefante’s granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (8/10/18)
Well friends, it’s Monday once again. I’m actually writing this on Sunday night, sitting in my cool room, and lamenting the fact that I have to get up early tomorrow and drag my behind to work. This weekend was HOT. So hopefully the week treats me nicer, and makes me want to function. Between the heat and a migraine, I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked. Still, I’m chugging along on Halloween Bingo. Here’s where my reading stands. My reading is so crazy all over the place right now, so my two most recently finished books…
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Children’s Book Review: There’s A Dragon In Your Book by Tom Fletcher
Media Type: F&G Copy Title: There’s a Dragon in Your Book Author: Tom Fletcher Illustrator: Greg Abbott Publisher: Random House BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 32 Release Date: September 4, 2018 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Recommended to: Young readers who love funny and interactive stories! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N First, there’s an egg in your book. Then the cutest baby dragon you’ve ever seen hatches from it. But don’t tickle its nose, and whatever you do, don’t let it sneeze! ACHOO! OH MY! Tom Fletcher’s infectious read-aloud invites kids to use their powers of imagination–along with some stamping, blowing, and flapping–to save their book from an adorable little dragon’s flammable sneezes! Children…
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Blog Tour + Guest Post – Love and Other Secrets by Christina Mandelski
Morning everyone! Are you ready for a fabulous guest post from the wonderful Christina Mandelski? I bet you are! See, Love and Other Secrets is on tour and, as a lover of adorable romances, I feel it necessary to put this on your radar. Let’s get started! Love and Other Secrets by Christina Mandelski Publication Date: September 3, 2018 Publisher: Entangled Teen Crush Star lacrosse player Alex “Kov” Koviak has it all. Or so everyone thinks. He’s real good at pretending his life is perfect…until he meets Bailey. The girl challenges him and pushes him and makes him laugh like he’s…
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Is it Fall yet?
Once upon a time, I was the most summery person who ever existed. I craved sunshine, beach days, and backyard parties. Then, I graduated from college, moved away from the beach, and now I’ve become a Fall and Spring girl through and through. Bring on cool mornings, chilly evenings, and drizzle to walk around in. Bring on the first open flowers, overcast afternoons, and any excuse to sip a hot cup of tea while reading a book. IS IT FALL YET? *sigh* At least my reading this month will accurately reflect the seasons that I’m eagerly waiting for. Remember, September…
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Book Review: Foundryside (Founders #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Foundryside * Series: Founders #1 Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Publisher: Crown Publishing Group Pages: Hardcover; 505 Release Date: August 21, 2018 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ———————————————- Genre: Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a gorgeous new Fantasy series to get lost in. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In a city that runs on industrialized magic, a secret war will be fought to overwrite reality itself–the first in a dazzling new fantasy series from City of Stairs author Robert Jackson Bennett. Sancia Grado…
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Book Review: The Last Harvest by Kim Liggett
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Last Harvest Author: Kim Liggett Publisher: Tor Teen Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: July 24, 2018 Source: Publisher ————————————– Content Screening: Violence, Blood/Gore HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a YA horror story that keeps you guessing. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Kim Liggett’s The Last Harvest is a thrilling YA horror story that draws on her childhood during the Satanic Panic. “I plead the blood.” Those were the last words seventeen-year-old golden boy quarterback Clay Tate heard rattling from his dad’s throat when he discovered…
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Book Review: Monster City: Murder, Music and Mayhem in Nashville’s Dark Age by Michael Artnfield
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Monster City: Murder, Music, and Mayhem in Nashville’s Dark Age Author: Michael Arntfield Publisher: Little A Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: September 4, 2018 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————— Genre: Nonfiction / True Crime HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a real life look into the spree of serial murders in Nashville in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The never-before-told true account of the serial killers who terrorized Nashville’s music scene for decades—and the cold-case Murder Squad determined to bring an end…
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Gearing up for Halloween Bingo!
It’s nearing the end of August and I am ECSTATIC. September and October may not necessarily be cold in Southern California, but they still herald the beginning of cooler temperatures, sweaters, baking time and HORROR BOOKS. Yup, that’s right. This is the 2nd year in a row that I’m participating in a Halloween Bingo game on Booklikes, and I’ve come to love this part of the year for its scary and mysterious reads. I’m so ready! Here is my super cool bingo card, and all the books I’m pondering reading for the squares are listed below. You can expect to…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (8/13/18)
Happy Monday, friends! If it’s as hot where you are as it was here this weekend, please know that I’m thinking of you. Staying inside and reading this weekend was the best possible thing I could have done. I’m hoping you did the same! Here’s what I’ve been working my way through. My reading has been a bit all over the place lately. I’ve been flipping between reading books on homesteading, comics, fantasy, and now a true crime series. Hahaha. It’s nice to feel free to read whatever strikes my fancy. It’s really helping me keep my reading mojo up!…