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Excerpt and Giveaway: Just One Reason by Kirsten DeMuzio
Just one more day until Friday, my bookish friends! To help you through the day, let me introduce Kirsten DeMuzio and Just One Reason. As teenagers, Lindsay and Grady found a love together that few people are lucky enough to ever experience. When Lindsay Ross decided to visit her aunt for the summer in a small lake town in New York, she didn’t expect anything other than an escape from her demanding parents. She certainly didn’t expect Grady Hawke. At the end of the summer, Lindsay and Grady made plans for their future and vowed to be together forever. Back…
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September 2013 Wrap Up
Happy October all! It’s the start of my favorite time of year. Sweaters, hot coffee, and good books under warm blankets :). Let’s take a look at what last month looked like in terms of reading, shall we? (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in August: (A) Noah’s Rainy Day by Liv Bergen – Review (5/5) (YA) Resilient by Patricia Vanasse – Review (4/5) (YA) The Silent Deal (The Card Game #1) by Levi Stack – Review (4/5)** (YA)…
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Book Review: Oddities and Entities
Media Type: Print Book Title: Oddities and Entities Author: Roland Allnach Publisher: All Things That Matter Press Pages: Ebook; 266 Release Date: March 2012 Source: Author —————————————— Genre: Horror HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy intelligently written horror stories Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N “There’s more to this world than flesh and bone.” Set in the mysterious space between the everyday world and an existence just beyond reach, “Oddities & Entities” traces a path through the supernatural, the paranormal, and the speculative. With moments of horror, dark humor, and…
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Book Blitz Giveaway: Waterborn by Kimberly James
Welcome friends, to another awesome book blitz! I’ll tell you why I love participating in these, shall I? Not only do I end up discovering new books to devour, I can share them with you too! Waterborn by Kimberly James not only has a gorgeous cover, it also has amazing ratings. “You don’t have to choose. You can be both. The girl with the charm, the girl without. They both suit you.” Caris Harper lives a charmed life. Literally. When her dad offers to take her to the Emerald coast of Florida for summer vacation, Caris jumps at the chance. The chance…
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Some Ramblings
This is where I wish I was right now… doesn’t that look heavenly? Hi there bookish friends! *stretches and yawns* Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve actually written anything on here that wasn’t a review, a promotional post, or a giveaway, hasn’t it? I remember when I first started this blog I used to relish in writing random posts. Then, slowly, life got in the way. Full time jobs, with hour long commutes, will do that to you! Still it’s nice to stretch out in here and write some ramblings once in a while. I thought I’d catch…
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Giveaway Time! Confessions: The Private School Murders by James Patterson
Happy Friday my friends! (I’m assuming that by the time you read this, it’ll be Friday of course.) Anyway I have an awesome giveaway opportunity for you! I was lucky enough to review Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson earlier this week. It’s definitely worth a read. Full of mystery, lies, and all sorts of twists that you won’t see coming. I thoroughly enjoyed it! The second book in the series, Confessions: The Private School Murders is due out October 7th. Lucky for you, there’s a copy up for grabs today! Check out the synopsis. Tandy Angel may have played…
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Book Review: Vicious
Media Type: Print Book Title: Vicious Author: V.E. Schwab Publisher: Tor Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: September 24, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Fantasy / Paranormal Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Seriously, everyone. Get out there and get a copy of this book. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes A masterful, twisted tale of ambition, jealousy, betrayal, and superpowers, set in a near-future world. Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior…
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The One About Kissing: A Guest Post by Romily Bernard
Yesterday I posted a review of Romily Bernard’s Find Me, and gushed about how awesome it was! Today I’m lucky enough to have the author herself on the blog! You know what I love about books? Good romance. You know what I love about romance? Kissing. So without further ado, here’s a guest post from Romily….all about kissing. *** The One About Kissing Is there anything better than a kiss scene? It’s so much more satisfying than a fight scene or a chase scene although it can leave you just as pumped. I do wish they weren’t so…
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Book Review: Find Me
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Find Me Author: Romily Bernard Publisher: Harper Teen Pages: Hardcover; 307 Release Date: September 24, 2013 Source: Publisher / Blog Tour ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy chilling mysteries wrapped up in real life events. Add it on: Goodreads / BD / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes “Find Me.” These are the words written on Tessa Waye’s diary. The diary that ends up with Wick Tate. But Tessa’s just been found . . . dead. Wick has the right computer-hacking skills for the job,…
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Book Review: Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Confessions #1)
Media Type: Print Book Title: Confessions of a Murder Suspect *Series: Confessions #1 Author: James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages: Paperback; 372 Release Date: September 24, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Mild Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mystery stories, especially as written in James Patterson’s signature style. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a thrilling teen detective series about the mysterious and magnificently wealthy Angel family…