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Book Review: The Skeleton Key (Code Busters Club #1)
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Secret of the Skeleton Key *Series: The Code Busters Club #1 Author: Penny Warner Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: September 13, 2011 Source: Publisher ————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love mysteries and solving fun puzzles! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. may be really different, but they all share one thing in common: they love playing around with codes. In fact, they love codes so much, they have their own…
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Book Review: League of Somebodies
Media Type: Print Book Title: League of Somebodies Author: Samuel Sattin Publisher: Dark Coast Press Pages: Paperback; 400 Release Date: April 9, 2013 Source: TLC Book Tours —————————————————— Genre: Comic Fantasy HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who don’t mind a lot of prose and dense vocabulary. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Lenard Sikophsky’s father has been feeding him plutonium since the age of six in the hopes of making him the world’s first bona fide superhero. First, he must pass the unusual tests of manhood locked in the centuries old…
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P.T. McHugh on his book release + the title of book two!
Earlier this year I devoured and raved about Keeper of the Black Stones, the first book in the Stone Ends trilogy! From my review, it should be obvious that this a book that you want to add to your reading list! I’ll refresh your memory below. Add it on Goodreads / Amazon / B&N Awkward in his own skin, shy around girls and worried about anything and everything, Jason Evans is just like a million other teenage boys in high school, with one very large exception: he has been given a gift that allows him to jump through time. A set of…
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Book Review: Land of the Awoken
Media Type: Ebook Title: Land of the Awoken Author: Ben Fielder Publisher: Mirador Publishing Pages: Paperback; 262 Release Date: December 2, 2011 Source: Author ————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fantasy books with sweeping worlds and beautiful writing. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N How would you handle it when your faithful dog started to speak to you after a nasty blow to the head? You’d probably not want to take the event too seriously…However, when that dog is joined by countless others, from…
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Guest Post + Audio Excerpt from Snow Day
It happens each winter, and has for over 35 years. Every time the snow starts to fall late in the evening before a school day, the dreams begin again for Billy Stone. They are always the same – there’s a dark tunnel, and there’s blood, lots of blood, and someone is screaming. In this chilling childhood tale, Billy, recounts the events of one unforgettable day in 1975. On that day, he and his friends played carefree in the snow, until an adventure gone awry left him far from home, staring death in the face, and running from a killer bent…
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Blogger Backstage Pass: Natalie from Books, Etc!
It’s time for another edition of Blogger Backstage Pass! Are you always looking for shiny new blogs to follow? Do you feel like you’d just like to get to know some of the bloggers a little better? Here’s your opportunity. Each month I’ll pick a new blogger and host them here! You’ll get to see an interview with them and nab all their contact info. Also, in case you forget who they are and want to visit them, their information will be in the right hand sidebar all month. This month’s featured blogger is… Natalie from Books, Etc! I am a relatively…
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Sunday Post / In My Mailbox (4)
Sunday Post and In My Mailbox are hosted by Kimba’s Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Mod Podge Bookshelf respectively. Click the buttons above to join in the fun! ======================================================================= This week I’m playing catch up with two weeks of happenings. We were in Vegas all last weekend as I marked the passing of another birthday! So here’s what you might have missed the last two weeks :). Book Review: Tempestuous by Kim Askew & Amy Helmes A fun and fresh retelling of The Tempest by Shakespeare! Book Review: Riding on a Beam of Light by Ramsey Dean Love picture books? Interested in Einstein? This book combines both!…
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Book Spotlight: The Year of the Great Seventh
Welcome to another great spotlight post my bookish friends! When I first saw Teresa Orts’ The Year of the Great Seventh, I knew I’d want to read it. All about celebrities, and the lavish lifestyle of well-to-do LA teens, I couldn’t wait to dive in. Just check out the synopsis! Sophie has always felt out of step — an outsider, even amongst friends in her high school with all the hype about celebrity culture. Her life in L.A. seems to have been already written for her, but when her junior year starts, it all takes a drastic turn. When she…
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Book Review: Snow Day
Media Type: Ebook Title: Snow Day Author: Dan Maurer Publisher: Black Rapids Press Pages: Kindle Edition; 100 pages Release Date: April 30, 2013 Source: Pump Up Your Book Promotions —————————————————————– Genre: Horror / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good thriller with horror undertones. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon It happens each winter, and has for over 35 years. Every time the snow starts to fall late in the evening before a school day, the dreams begin again for Billy Stone. They are always the same – there’s a…
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Guest Post + Giveaway: Derek Taylor Kent, author of Scary School!
Hello bookish friends, and welcome to another guest post featuring another awesome author! As you know, I’m a huge fan of Middle Grade books. I adore the giggles, the life lessons, and all the characters that I meet whilst I travel these adventures. It’s no lie that I especially love those books that are able to captivate readers of all ages and Scary School does this perfectly! I’ll stop rambling now and let Derek take the wheel! He’s here to share a guest post about his path to making his Scary School adventures a reality that he was able to…