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Book Review: High-Heeled Wonder
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: High-Heeled Wonder Author: Avery Flynn Publisher: Entangled: Ignite Pages: Ebook; 250 Release Date: January 24, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————————— Genre: Romance / Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love sizzling male leads and strong female leads! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Sylvie Bissette may be one of Harbor City’s youngest glitterati, but only her best friends know her most closely guarded secret. She’s the woman behind The High-Heeled Wonder, a must-read blog for fashionistas everywhere. Gossip, fashion advice, exposés. Too bad some people can’t take a…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: The Star Catcher by Stephanie Keyes
Today was such a busy day that I almost forgot to get this blitz up! Which would have been a shame really, as The Star Catcher looks like a book that a lot of you are going to love. Ready to check out the magic? Magick and destiny intertwine as he fights to save his kingdom and the goddess he loves. Her kiss…the feel of her skin…the beat of her heart…For seventeen-year-old Kellen St. James, each memory is marred by a single sentence on a lone strip of paper. Cali has been taken… Armed with an amulet that channels the ultimate…
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Blogger Backstage Pass: Stefani from Written Among the Stars!
Ready to meet another amazing blogger? I’m sure you are! It’s a new month, and that means it’s time for a new edition of Blogger Backstage Pass! Each month I’ll pick a new blogger and host them here on the blog! You’ll get a chance to nab all their contact info and learn more about them. Best of all? They stay in the sidebar all month long! So if you ever forget a face, come on back and visit again. This month’s featured blogger is… Stefani from Written Among the Stars! Written Among the Stars reads anything that contains words, sometimes…
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Book Review: Etched on Me
Media Type: Ebook Title: Etched on Me Author: Jenn Crowell Publisher: Washington Square Press Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: February 4, 2014 Source: Publisher ————————————————- Genre: Contemporary Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with vivid characters dealing with tough issues. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes On the surface, sixteen-year-old Lesley Holloway is just another bright new student at Hawthorn Hill, a posh all-girls’; prep school north of London. Little do her classmates know that she recently ran away from home, where her father had spent years sexually abusing her.…
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Book Review: Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy Author: Karen Foxlee Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: January 28, 2014 Source: NetGalley —————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who enjoy quirky, brave main characters and adventure Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum that is perfect for readers of Roald Dahl and Blue Balliett. Unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard doesn’t believe in anything that can’t be proven by science. She and her…
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ARC Review: Burn (Pure #3)
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Burn * Series: Pure #3 Author: Julianna Baggott Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Pages: Kindle; 432 Release Date: February 4, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————————- Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of gritty, dystopian fiction with vivid characters and situations. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Inside the Dome, Patridge has taken his father’s place as leader of the Pures. His struggle has led him here, intent upon bringing down the Dome from the inside, with the help of a secret resistance force. But things…
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January 2014 Wrap Up
Can you believe it’s already going to be February? Wow! I’m still trying to wrap my head around writing 2014 when I write out a date. Ha! Time flies, especially when you have a busy reading month. Let’s see how I did! ********** (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in January: (A) From the Outback by Ann B. Harrison – Review (3/5)** (YA) The One You Feed by James Drummond – Review (3/5) (YA) Uninvited by Sophie Jordan – Review (3/5)** …
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Book Review: Eversea
Media Type: Ebook Title: Eversea * Series: Eversea #1 Author: Natasha Boyd Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 358 Release Date: June 4, 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ———————————————- Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quick, fun reads with well built characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes An orphaned, small-town, southern girl, held hostage by responsibility and self-doubt. A Hollywood A-list mega-star, on the run from his latest scandal and with everything to lose. A chance encounter that leads to an unlikely arrangement and epic love affair that will change…
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Book Review: The Secret of Isobel Key
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Secret of Isobel Key Author: Jen McConnel Publisher: Bloomsbury Spark Pages: Ebook; 220 Release Date: December 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Key to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy shorter stories that span continents and time periods. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Lou is in the middle of a quarter-life crisis. Fresh out of college, she’s unemployed and unsure of herself. But when she gets the chance to escape to Scotland with her best friend, it could be the answer to her…
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The Dreaded DNF: And…Discuss!
And…Discuss is a way for me to share a topic I’ve been thinking about, ramble about it for a bit, and then open the floor to your opinions. An open forum for bookaholics! What I love most about these posts is seeing your comments, so share away :). This time the topic is… I’ve mildly touched on this subject here before, but it’s been a few years and my opinions have changed! It used to be that I couldn’t bring myself to mark a book as DNF. I’d struggle through, even when I wasn’t enjoying myself. Why? I can’t really…