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Choosing Favorites: 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! This time the topic is…. Here’s a topic I always think about near the end of the year. A time where Top 10 lists pop up like mad, people reminisce about their favorite reads of the year, and I sit back and ponder what series to continue with. A time of reading reflection if you will! I generally don’t do end of the year lists, mainly because it’s…
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Book Review: The Book of Lost Things (Mister Max #1)
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things * Series: Mister Max #1 Author: Cynthia Voigt Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: September 10, 2013 Source: NetGalley ————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy MG fiction with quirky main characters and mysteries. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / BookLikes Max Starling’s theatrical father likes to say that at twelve a boy is independent. He also likes to boast (about his acting skills, his wife’s acting skills, a…
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Author Interview: Bethany Hensel, author of Unstoppable
Happy Tuesday my friends, and welcome to another wonderful book spotlight! Today it’s all about Unstoppable by Bethany Hensel. High stakes action, espionage and delicious main characters? Yes, please! See for yourself why you should add this to your reading list. Derek Archer’s life is finally beginning. He’s just about to graduate from high school, land the job he’s always wanted, and move in with the girl he’s always loved, Victoria. There’s no reason for him to question or want for anything. …until the day Victoria’s father is shot and killed, setting off a devastating, heartbreaking chain of reactions. Now, the…
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Book Review: Buying In
Media Type: Ebook Title: Buying In Author: Laura Hemphill Publisher: New Harvest Pages: Hardcover, 304 pages Release Date: November 5, 2013 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————– Genre: Contemporary Fiction HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy contemporary fiction, with realistic characters and situations. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Bright, ambitious Sophie Landgraf has landed a job as a Wall Street analyst. The small-town girl finally has her ticket to the American elite, but she doesn’t realize the toll it will take—on her boyfriend, on her family, and on her. It…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Forever, Jack by Natasha Boyd
Bringing another blitz your way! Maybe you’re lamenting the end of the weekend, but I’m sure you’ll feel much better after checking out Forever, Jack by Natasha Boyd. It’s definitely going to end up on your reading list! A feisty small-town girl and the Hollywood star who broke her heart An all-consuming love threatened by fame One last chance at FOREVER Keri Ann Butler’s life changed on the night she met movie star, Jack Eversea. She thought she knew a Jack that was very different to the man adored by fans the world over. In the wake of his betrayal and…
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Book Review: Night Chill
Media Type: Ebook Title: Night Chill Author: Jeff Gunhus Publisher: Seven Guns Press Pages: Paperback, 437 pages Release Date: May 31st 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ————————————- Genre: Paranormal Fiction / Horror HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love dark, chilling stories with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N From the author of Jack Templar Monster Hunter comes a supernatural thriller for adult audiences. Jack Tremont moves his family to the quiet mountains of Western Maryland hoping to leave behind a troubled past and restart his life. Instead, he…
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Book Review: Perfect Ruin
Media Type: Print Book Title: Perfect Ruin * Series: The Internment Chronicles #1 Author: Lauren DeStefano Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 356 Release Date: October 1, 2013 Source: Library ——————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy gorgeous writing and seriously wonderful characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N On Internment, the floating island in the clouds where 16-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives, getting too close to the edge can lead to madness. Even though Morgan’s older brother, Lex, was a Jumper, Morgan…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Hidden by Megg Jensen
It’s time for another blitz, and therefore another chance to win an awesome book! This time I’m spotlighting Hidden by Megg Jensen. A story filled with mystery and dragons. Need I say more? The mystery enshrouding Hutton’s Bridge is as impenetrable as the fog that descended at its borders eighty years ago. Each year, three villagers enter the mist searching for answers. No one ever returns. Then a dragon falls from the sky to the town square, dead—the first glimpse of an outside world that has become nothing more than a fairy tale to Hutton’s Bridge. Except to Tressa. Tressa grew…
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November Wrap Up
Happy December everyone! I can’t believe that it’s already the end of the year. Seriously, it flew by! I can’t wait to say hello to 2014! ********** (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in November: (A) Leave the Lights On by Karen Stivali – Review (4/5) (NA) Everything Between Us by Mila Ferrera – Review (3/5) (NA) Attempting Elizabeth by Jessica Grey – Review (3/5) (A) The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani – Review (3/5) (MG) Renegade Magic (Kat, Incorrigible #2) by Stephanie…
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Author Interview + Giveaway: Scion of the Sun by Nicola Marsh
Happy Thankful Thursday my friends! Whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving today, or not, I hope you have an utterly fabulous day! To aid in that, I’m happy to be featuring Nicola Marsh and Scion of the Sun today! Looking for your next read? Love Fantasy reads? Well then, you may have just found your new favorite read. When she least expects it, sixteen-year old Holly Burton’s unremarkable life is shaken to the core. A vision of the mother Holly never knew leaves her questioning everything she believes. Eager for answers, Holly enrolls at a boarding school for highly gifted students in Wolfebane,…