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Book Review: Zoey and the Nice Guy by Carter Ashby
Media Type: Ebook Title: Zoey and the Nice Guy Series: Big Girl Panties Book 1 Author: Carter Ashby Publisher: Self Pages: ebook, 231 Release Date: November 18, 2014 Source: Netgalley ——————————————- Content Screening: Excessive language, sex and mild violence Genre: Romance/New Adult HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of a feisty lead and some hot sex scenes Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes For Zoey Odell, the definition of family is her two best friends, Maya and Addy. So when Maya makes the decision to leave her abusive husband, Zoey is only too happy to lavish her with support and a temporary home. Unfortunately, taking in her best…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Hotwire by Cindy M. Hogan
Today’s spotlight is on the newest release in the Christy Spy series. After reading Hogan’s Watched series I knew I’d be a fan for life. If you love great characters and a fast pace thriller, I highly recommend checking out Hotwire! Nineteen-year-old spy Christy Hadden can’t wait for her latest assignment for Division 57 posing as a student at a prestigious New York City academy and car thief extraordinaire. It’s easy enough. Infiltrate the car-theft ring and retrieve a stolen car. No problem. The best part of the mission is her attractive handler, Jeremy. The worst part? The sociopath masquerading…
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Review: Havoc by Steven F. Freeman
Media Type: Ebook Title: Havoc Series: Blackwell Files Book 4 Author: Steven F. Freeman Publisher: Self Pages: Ebook; 371 Release Date: July 22, 2014 Source: Author ——————————————- Genre: Thriller/Mystery HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Technology So Valuable It Could Change Your Life…Or End it When Cryptologist Alton Blackwell takes his girlfriend, FBI Agent Mallory Wilson, on a surprise trip to Italy, the couple expects the vacation of a lifetime, but their pleasure is short-lived. Intent on selling Vidulum Inc.’s proprietary technology to the highest bidder, a rogue employee of the high-tech company arranges a clandestine meeting at one of…
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Photographic Ramblings
I stumbled upon this amazing website called Unsplash in my wanderings about the web. Every 10 days they put up 10 free stock photos that you can do with what you like. This gorgeous forest was put up by Kim Daniel and I instantly fell in love with it. Isn’t it lovely? I think I have wanderlust, but it just calls to me. Anyway I realized that I do so much reading, and so much writing about that reading, that sometimes I forget to just step back and take some time to ramble about other things :). Like the fact that my husband…
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Double Graphic Novel Review: Zita the Spacegirl + Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
Title: Zita the Spacegirl Author: Ben Hatke Illustrator: Ben Hatke Publisher: First Second Pages: Paperback; 192 Release Date: February 1, 2011 Source: Library ======================== Recommended Age Group: 8+ HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Zita’s life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye. When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new experiences go, but Zita is even more surprised to find herself taking on the role of intergalactic hero. Before long, aliens in all shapes and…
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Book Review: Texts From Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Texts From Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters Author: Malory Ortberg Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Publisher —————————————————————— Genre: Satire / Humor HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love Classics and satire! Hilariously imagined text conversations—the passive aggressive, the clever, and the strange—from classic and modern literary figures, from Scarlett O’Hara to Jessica Wakefield Mallory Ortberg, the co-creator of the cult-favorite website The Toast, presents this whimsical collection of hysterical text conversations from your favorite literary…
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Cover Reveal: Behind the Stars by Leigh Talbert Moore
Nothing like starting off a new week with a fabulous new book! I am a huge fan of the Dragonfly series and am looking forward to this new series! BEHIND THE STARS Leigh Talbert Moore Action – Adventure Romance Blurb Prentiss Puckett is certain of three things Graduation is two weeks away. Summer only gets hotter in south Mississippi. She’s getting a job with air-conditioning. She did not expect to be kidnapped walking to work. And she never expected to become a hero. Red Dawn meets LOST in this New Adult action-adventure romance from Amazon bestselling author Leigh Talbert…
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Review: The Marquess of Cake by Heather Hiestand
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Marquess of Cake Author: Heather Hiestand Publisher: eKensington Pages: Ebook; 254 Release Date: July 4, 2013 Source: Gifted ——————————————- Genre: Historical Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of romance or historical romance Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Coffee. . .tea. . .or a pastry chef sweeter than any confection. . . Scotch trifle fit for Queen Victoria, scones with clotted cream. . .Alys Redcake knows the way to a man’s heart. Yet she is unaware that with each morsel–and flash of ankle–she is seducing the handsome marquess frequenting her father’s tea shop. Unmarried at twenty-six, Alys’s first love is the family business.…
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Book Review: Tainted Energy by Lynn Vroman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Tainted Energy Author: Lynn Vroman Publisher: Untold Press Pages: Kindle; 304 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Author ——————————————————————– Content Screening: Domestic Violence, Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy strong characters, beautiful world building and fantasy. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes For seventeen-year-old Lena, living in the trailer park with the rest of town’s throwaways isn’t exactly paradise. Dealing with a drunken father who can’t keep his fists to himself doesn’t help matters either. The only good thing in her life, other than track, is the mysterious man who visits her dreams, promising to find her. When a chair burns…
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Book Review: Dogs Don’t Look Both Ways by Jane Hanser
Media Type: Ebook Title: Dogs Don’t Look Both Ways Author: Jane Hanser Publisher: Ivy Books Pages: Ebook; 160 Release Date: March 18, 2014 Source: Author ————————————— Genre: General Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love their pets! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes One dog, one man, two long-distance runners. However, this chocolate Labrador Retriever, America’s favorite family dog, isn’t content to wake up early and run a mere three, six or twelve miles per day with his dad.He wants more, much more. And he pushes his mom to her limit as…