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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Dare to Rock by Carly Phillips
Let’s call today “Tantalizing Tuesday”, because the book I have for you today definitely fits that description! Are you ready for some romance? For some steam? For some sizzle? I’ve got you covered. Amazon | B&N | iBooks Avery Dare lives a quiet life in Miami as an online fashion/makeup video blogger. She has good friends, a close, large family and if her love life is lacking, she likes it that way. But when she receives an invitation to one of her ex’s concerts along with an invitation to meet him back stage, she decides to take the risk… and…
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Kelly Oram Blog Takeover: Day 1 of Science Geek Appreciation Week!
Good morning, ladies and gents! Welcome to Day 1 of Science Geek Appreciation Week with author Kelly Oram–a fun-filled week of teasers, interviews, games, giveaways, and lots and lost of science! I’ve pretty much signed my blog over to Kelly this week, and I’m not even upset about it. We’re going to kick off the week by introducing you to the stars of the Spanish Fork High Science Squad–Club President Avery Shaw and her newest recruit, Grayson Kennedy–in their debut novel The Avery Shaw Experiment. Title: The Avery Shaw Experiment Author: Kelly Oram Publisher: Blufields Pages:221 Available: Amazon, iBooks, B&N, Kobo When Avery Shaw’s…
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Graphic Novel Review: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 1: The Faust Act
Title: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 1: The Faust Act *Series: The Wicked + The Divine Author: Kieron Gillen Illustrator: Jamie McKelvin Publisher: Image Comics Pages: Trade Paperback; 144 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: November 27, 2014 Source: Library Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critically thermonuclear floor-fillers Young Avengers and Phonogram reunite to start a new, ongoing, superhero fantasy with a beautiful, oversized issue. Welcome to The Wicked + The Divine, where gods are the ultimate pop stars and pop stars are the ultimate gods.…
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Book Review: Miss Mabel’s School for Girls (Network Series #1) by Katie Cross
Media Type: Ebook Title: Miss Mabel’s School for Girls *Series: The Network Series #1 Author: Katie Cross Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 316 Release Date: March 21, 2014 Source: Author/CBB Book Promotions ————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories about feisty girls and witch schools. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Never underestimate the power of a determined witch. Letum Wood is a forest of fog and deadfall, home to the quietly famous Miss Mabel’s School for Girls, a place where young witches learn the art of magic.…
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Book Review & Tour: Welcome to Fat Chance Texas by Celia Bonaduce
Media Type: Kindle/Paperback Title: Welcome to Fat Chance, Texas Author: Celia Bonaduce Publisher: Lyrical Press Pages: paperback, 268 Release Date: July 21, 2015 Source: Author/PUYB ——————————————- Genre: Contemporary- Fiction/Humor HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy an eclectic group of characters in unusual circumstances. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes “A fresh, heartwarming voice.” —Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author For champion professional knitter Dymphna Pearl, inheriting part of a sun-blasted ghost town in the Texas hill country isn’t just unexpected, it’s a little daunting. To earn a cash bequest that could change her life, she’ll have to leave California to live in tiny, run-down Fat…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Don’t Vote For Me by Krista Van Dolzer
It’s that time again! Time for another book and its amazing author to step into the spotlight. Do you know what I love most about these posts? I love the fact that I get to promote books that you might not have been aware of. In this case, Don’t Vote For Me may not have been on your TBR but I have sneaky suspicion that it will be after you read this post. Onward! Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | BAM Veronica rules the school David’s starting a revolution. It’s class president election time and no one is surprised when Veronica Pritchard-Pratt is…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Gifted (The Hayven Series) by J.A. George
Happy Friday, my favorite bookish people! Yes, you’ve made it through the week. The weekend awaits and, if you’re like me, you’re probably planning on spending it doing some reading. So, let me take a moment to put a new book on your radar! Amazon | Goodreads ***** Today, the spotlight is on J.A. George and her novel, Gifted from The Hayven Series. If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you probably know that I’m a sucker for Fantasy. Better still, a book that has a gifted, or extra special, main character always catches my eye!…
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On the power of the dreaded “DNF”.
I’ve posted about this before, that dreaded DNF, but it’s been a while and my opinion on this has actually changed! Let me say that once, when I was fresh and new, I never left a book in DNF status. I always finished everything that I started. I’d wade through books that drove me crazy from beginning to end. Those were simpler times. Then, I wised up. Now I understand the power of that dreaded DNF status. It’s the power to say “Hey, you know what? This book isn’t working for me. There are lots of other things I want…
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Book Review: Fat Ballet by T.R. Whittier
Media Type: Ebook Title: Fat Ballet Author: T.R. Whittier Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 230 Release Date: June 25, 2015 Source: Author —————————————— Genre: Contemporary / Humor HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books that are sweet, light-hearted, and still deal with real world characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes It’s not easy being Olga Dolovich. Orphaned at a time when she had only just begun to appreciate her parents, tormented by her beautiful-but-bitchy sex goddess of a sister, and doomed to clean the world’s dirtiest bathroom, Olga doesn’t exactly lead a…
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Book Review: The Perfect Bargain (Entangled Lovestruck) by Jessa McAdams
Media Type: ebook (ARC) Title: The Perfect Bargain Author: Jessa McAdams Publisher: Entangled Lovestruck Pages: ebook, 179 Release Date: June 30, 2015 Source: Netgalley/Publisher ——————————————- Content Screening: Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Romance readers who enjoy a man in a kilt Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes American lass seeks brawny Scot…As if being newly single isn’t brutal enough, Sloane Chatfield’s friends are getting obnoxious about setting her up. When Sloane insists she’s waiting for a certain sexy fictional Highlander to come along, her friends surprise her with a trip to Scotland to find her a new boyfriend. She’d rather have a root canal. But if…