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Book Review: The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Daylight Marriage Author: Heidi Pitlor Publisher: Algonquin Books Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: May 5, 2015 Source: Publisher / Netgalley ———————————————- Genre: Mystery Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in reading about a family’s struggle to cope after an unexpected event. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Hannah was the kind of woman who turned heads. Tall and graceful, naturally pretty, often impulsive, always spirited, the upper-class girl who picked, of all men, Lovell–the introverted climate scientist, the practical one who thought he could change the world if he could just get everyone to listen to reason. After a magical…
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Book Review: The Predictions by Bianca Zander
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Predictions Author: Bianca Zander Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Paperback; 400 Release Date: May 5, 2015 Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours ———————————————- Genre: General Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in the life of a young girl who grew up in a commune, and the life she goes on to lead as an adult. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes From the author of the acclaimed The Girl Below comes a stunning novel of one woman’s attempt to outrun the destiny that is…
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It must be a May thing.
So as I was doing my usual evening run-through of internet happenings, I realized that this poor blog hasn’t been touched since last Thursday. Our apologies, dear readers. It must be a May thing. See, last May I had to give up blogging for the entire month. Things were too hectic, life was too scattered, and adding one more thing to my plate felt like a chore. While things definitely aren’t that bad this year, I will say that for some reason this seems to be a pretty crazy month! My lovely co-blogger is currently quite pregnant, and very busy…
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Book Review: Deep Blue Eternity by Natasha Boyd
Media Type: Ebook Title: Deep Blue Eternity Author: Natasha Boyd Publisher: Self Pages: Kindle; 356 Release Date: March 26, 2015 Source: Purchased —————————————————————– Content Screening: Adult Language; Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy redemption stories and dark topics Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Livvy is on the run. And she’s escaped to the one place nobody will ever find her. But the isolated cottage isn’t empty. Her refuge is home to a troubled stranger, Tom, there for reasons of his own. In the intimacy of the abandoned cottage, and the remote wilderness of Daufuskie Island, off the Carolina coast, the electrifying connection between them is…
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Book Review: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer Author: Kelly Jones Illustrator: Katie Kath Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: May 12, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love vibrant young heroines, or any readers interested in chickens! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Fans of Polly Horvath or Roald Dahl will love this quirky story of a determined girl, and some extraordinary chickens. Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water…
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Bout of Books 13!
============================================== The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team ============================================== Heads up ladies and gents, it’s time for…
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April 2015 Wrap Up
Books Read and Reviewed in April: Total books read/reviewed: 10 Books Read/Not Reviewed: Total books read/not reviewed: 6 Grand Total: 16 (4 DNF books) Reading Progress: 63 out of 150 books (42%) I really don’t want to count DNF books in my overall count, but it’s tricky since I’ve honestly never DNF’d so many books in one month before. Lol. I’ll figure it out. I might just add an extra book to my overall goal for each one I DNF. We shall see. Let’s talk the good though, and that’s the…
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Cover Reveal: After She’s Gone by Lisa Jackson
Are you ready for some suspense? Lisa Jackson’s After She’s Gone promises a harrowing tale of jealousy, betrayal and the darkside of fame. Let’s check out the gorgeous cover that stares into your soul. Pre-order Links: Amazon or Kobo Cassie Kramer and her younger sister, Allie, learned the hazards of fame long ago. Together, they’d survived the horror of a crazed fan who nearly killed their mother, former Hollywood actress Jenna Hughes. Still, Cassie moved to L.A., urging Allie to follow. As a team, they’d take the town by storm. But Allie, finally free of small-town Oregon, and just that little bit more beautiful,…
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Book Review: Cold Burn of Magic (Black Blade #1) by Jennifer Estep
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Cold Burn of Magic * Series: Black Blade #1 Author: Jennifer Estep Publisher: Kensington Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: April 28, 2015 Source: The Fantastic Flying Book Club ———————————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with strong female characters and tons of magic. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes There Be Monsters Here. . . It’s not as great as you’d think, living in a tourist town that’s known as “the most magical place in America.” Same boring high school, just twice…
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A Quarterly Goals Update
Hello lovely bookish people! I’ll bet you thought that I had vanished, hm? I know I haven’t had time to sit down and actually write a post in here that wasn’t a review or a spotlight. Once upon a time I wrote random posts constantly. Lately though, blogging has had to take a back seat. I still read like mad, and review whenever possible, but the days of extra time to ramble on have passed. Still, I’ll pop in here when I can! I thought I’d do a post about some updates to my reading goals this year. Since, you…