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ARC Review: The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Fourteenth Goldfish Author: Jennifer L. Holm Publisher: Random House BYR Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: August 26, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love quirky characters and aren’t afraid to dream big! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses…
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BookLikes – Still Loving It!
Last year, around this same time, I stumbled upon BookLikes as a new reader’s platform. I was enamored with the fact that it meshed together two of my favorite things: organization and interaction. You can read my original blog post to see my initial reactions, but I thought I’d check back in with you all and let you know how things are going. It’s been a year, and I’m still in love with this site. I do have a blog over there, along with my organized shelves. In fact, one of the reasons that I don’t blog over here as often…
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ARC Review: The Sleeping Dead by Richard Farren Barber
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Sleeping Dead Author: Richard Farren Barber Publisher: DarkFuse Pages: Ebook; 214 Release Date: August 12, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————— Genre: Horror HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who don’t mind slow moving stories with lots of atmosphere. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Don’t listen… When Jackson Smith attends an interview to escape his dead-end job, he witnesses a man jumping to his death through an office window. But this suicide is only the first of many he encounters. All around him, men and women begin…
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Book Review: The Young World by Chris Weitz
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Young World *Series: The Young World Trilogy #1 Author: Chris Weitz Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: July 29, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————————— Content Screening: Violence, Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dystopian fiction featuring teen protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl…
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Waiting on Wednesday (8/6/14)
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. It’s hosted by Breaking the Spine. Can we please just take a minute to sigh over this cover? *pauses for effect* I have a huge case of cover love for Winterkill, but the synopsis sealed this for me as a TBR pile addition. It sounds like a book that’s right up my alley, and I can’t wait to devour it! Winterkill releases September 9, 2014. Emmeline knows the woods outside her settlement are forbidden. The mysterious enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there,…
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Book Review: One Night Of Sin (After Hours Novella) by Elle Kennedy
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: One Night of Sin Author: Elle Kennedy Publisher: Entangled: Brazen Pages: Ebook; 128 Release Date: August 4, 2014 Source: Publisher —————————————– Genre: Romance / Erotica HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy hot, spicy romance with plenty of between-the-sheets time. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes A sexy category romance novella from Entangled’s Brazen imprint…When it comes to sex, good girl Skyler Thompson always plays it safe, choosing stable and sedate over wild and thrilling. She doesn’t do one-night-stands, but one look at sinfully sexy Gage Holt and…
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July 2014 Wrap Up
Another month gone! This month was busy at work, busy at home, but also quite full of reading. I’m so close to my reading goal for the year already, and it’s only just now August! This was a month of really great books, and some not so great ones. Let’s see where they fell. ********** (C) = Children / (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in July: (A)*Novella* The Wanderer in Unknown Realms by John Connolly – Review (4/5) (YA)…
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Book Review: The Fog of Forgetting by G.A. Morgan
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Fog of Forgetting *Series: Five Stones Trilogy #1 Author: G.A. Morgan Publisher: Islandport Press Pages: Hardcover; 303 Release Date: July 17, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy Fantasy reads with brave, young protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes In The Fog of Forgetting, the beginning of a new adventure-fantasy trilogy, five children wash up on the shores of an foreign land, unwitting agents of destiny in a realm struggling to withstand a force that could change…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Homeroom Diaries by James Patterson and Lisa Papademetriou!
Hello there fellow bookworms! You’ve made it through half the week! Go ahead, pat yourself on the back. You deserve it. If it makes your day any better, I also have an awesome spotlight and giveaway for you today as well. Do you love James Patterson’s YA books? If you do, read on my friends. Read on. In James Patterson’s first highly illustrated “diary fiction” story for teens, the mega-bestselling author’s most endearing and original teen heroine ever proves that everyone can use a helping hand once in a while. Margaret “Cuckoo” Clarke recently had a brief stay in a…
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Alloy Entertainment Launches New Digital-First Imprint with Amazon Publishing
Some interesting news for the book publishing community was brought to my attention today, and I thought I’d share it with all of you! We all know that Amazon has become a powerhouse in the online marketplace. They dabble in a little bit of everything and, for the most part, I’d say that they do it well. Today’s news is that Alloy Entertainment, the company that brings you shows like Pretty Little Liars and The Vampire Diaries, is breaking into the publishing world through Amazon Publishing. The first three titles in their new imprint launch today! I don’t want to post…