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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (6/18/18)
Happy Monday, friends! I’m not going to write a long intro today, because I’m tired and not feeling super inspired. I did want to share my reading progress with you though, so… On to the books! It’s been a great run of reads lately. Like, insanely good, to be honest. I haven’t disliked a single thing I’ve powered through. My most recent three reads all garnered at least 4 stars, with Kiss the Ground coming in at a 5 star rating because of how fascinating it was! If you’re at all interested in learning about our agricultural system, I highly recommend…
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Book Review: Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Sleeping Beauties Authors: Stephen King, Owen King Publisher: Scribner Pages: Hardcover; 702 Release Date: September 26, 2017 Source: Library Borrow ——————————————— Genre: Horror, Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a mildly dystopian story, set in a small town. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, and the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: The Secret Lives of Royals by Shalini Dua
Happy Monday lovely readers! Need a little pick me up to get through the day? Look no further than this fabulous new release (TOMORROW). If you’re like me, you’ve always had a morbid fascination with royalty. This exciting new fairy tale is sure to be a fantastic read. The Secret Lives of Royals Shalini Dua Publication date: June 12th 2018Genres: Fairy Tales, New Adult, Romance Olivia can’t take it anymore. She’s had enough of the big city and it’s lack of fulfilling her dreams. Then, just when she’s about to give up and move home, out of the blue, she…
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Small Business Spotlight: Bookish Apparel
Happy Friday, my bookish friends! I’m here today to give you some fabulous Friday feelings, with another Small Business Spotlight. In case this is the first one that you’ve seen, this is a post where I share with you all of the amazing bookish finds I’ve stumbled across on the web. You can find the rest of them right up there (*points to the nav bar*) under “Features”. This week’s theme is APPAREL, because what’s better than wearing your love for reading on your sleeve? ** note that all photos are the property of the store owners ** ========================================================= Jane…
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Book Review: A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay
Media Type: Ebook Title: A Single Stone Author: Meg McKinlay Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: March 14, 2017 Source: Publisher ———————————– Content Screening: Mild Action Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a MG friendly dystopian novel. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything — and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain. Jena — strong, respected, reliable — is the leader of the line, a job every…
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Guest Post: R.J. Corgan – The Character in the Flaw
Good morning everyone, and happy Wednesday! You’ve made it through half the week, so congratulations on that! Hopefully I can keep the content flowing, and give you some distraction to help you get through the day. In my opinion, today’s guest post definitely fits that bill. R.J. Corgan is here, talking about his characters in Cold Flood. I think you’ll enjoy this! For geologist Kea Wright, when a volcano erupts under an ice cap, it isn’t just a good time, it’s a living. Camped at the base of an icecap in southeast Iceland, geologist Kea Wright and her team are…
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Mortal Engines – First Look!
Friends. Gather around, and let me share my complete and utter excitement about the upcoming Mortal Engines movie! I know that those of us out there who have read Philip Reeve’s Hungry City Chronicles might be the minority, but I can promise you that once you see this trailer you’ll be just as excited as I am! Imagine a world where resources are scare. In Reeve’s world, cities travel on rolling tracks and smaller cities are eaten by the larger ones for scrap. Intrigued yet? Oh, you should be. I’ll stop rambling now, and just put this trailer here: See, I…
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Book Review: Origin by Dan Brown
Title: Origin Author: Dan Brown Series: Robert Langdon, #5 Pages: 461 Publication date: October 3, 2017 Source: Purchased Genres: Mystery, New Adult, Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: readers who enjoy Dan Brown’s writing style and the Robert Langdon series. Add it: Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to attend a major announcement—the unveiling…
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Post Holiday Weekend Feels
Hey bookish people! So you may remember that I took a vacation recently and, to my surprise, did pretty much no reading. Hahaha. I watched a ton of Netflix, did cross stitch projects, and worked in the garden. I just never really fell into that reading place. Honestly a first, and it felt SO WEIRD. So when the holiday weekend rolled around, it felt amazing to get back into the groove. I knocked out the endings of three books (yes, I’m that kind of person) that I was part way through. I caught up to my reading goal. It was…
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Cover Reveal: Awakened by Dot Caffrey
AwakenedDot Caffrey (The Power Trilogy, #1)Published by: Acorn PublishingPublication date: August 31st 2018Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Power and Prophecy! Seventeen-year-old Regnaryn grew up in an idyllic land among mythical beings. She believes she is the last surviving human. Her world begins to shatter when Evil invades her dreams, demanding she relinquish unknown powers foretold by her long-deceased mother. When Graeden, a young human male, arrives, he further disrupts her once-orderly life. Her emotions in chaos, Regnaryn flees the only home she’s ever known, only to be captured by the servants of Evil from her dreams. Now she must take a…