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Book Review: The Dreamspeaker
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Dreamspeaker Author: W. Scott Publisher: Palace in the Sky Pages: Ebook; chapters Release Date: February 10, 2011 Source: Publisher ==================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence (fantasy) HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Prepare to do battle with the Greatest Fighting Team of Teenage Girls ever assembled! Jessica Hoshi is just like any other girl. She loves music, playing in the marching band at school and spending time with her friends. One day, Jessica and her friends visit the Lakeshore Historical Society to take the Tall Ship Tour. After they get…
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Book Review: Two Moon Princess
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Two Moon Princess Author: Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban Publisher: Tanglewood Press Pages: Paperback; 324 Release Date: June 16, 2010 Source: Publisher/TBS ==================== Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; Mild violence (wars) HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart In this coming-of-age story set in a medieval kingdom, Andrea is a head strong princess longing to be a knight who finds her way to modern-day California. But her accidental return to her family’s kingdom and a disastrous romance brings war, along with her discovery of some dark family secrets. Readers will love this mix…
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Book Review: The Lucky Kind
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Lucky Kind Author: Alyssa Sheinmel Publisher: Knopf Books Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: May 10, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; Sexual situations HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart High school junior Nick Brandt is intent on getting a girlfriend, and Eden Reiss is the one that he wants. He has exactly four semesters to get the girl, but when the phone rings on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday night, life for Nick and his parents will never be the same. What had been a seemingly idyllic…
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Book Review: Overprotected
Media Type: Print Book Title: Overprotected Author: Jennifer Laurens Publisher: Grove Creek Pages: Paperback; 243 Release Date: April 29, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ———————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy romance reads with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything Ashlyn: A lonely society princess living in New York City. Daddy hired you to be my bodyguard. Colin: Childhood enemy, now her protector. Daddy thought I’d be safe. He thought I’d never fall in love. He thought he could keep me forever. Charles: obsessed with keeping her safe, keeping her his, he hires…
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Book Review: Shadow Walkers
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Shadow Walkers Author: Brent Hartinger Publisher: Flux Pages: Paperback; 216 Release Date: February 1, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing to report! HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Living with his grandparents on a tiny island off the Washington State coast, Zach feels cut off from the world. Especially when he’s forbidden to chat with his online friends. But then his little brother, Gilbert, is kidnapped. To find him, Zach discovers how to astral project. Soon, his spirit is soaring through the strange and boundless astral realm—a shadow…
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Book Review: Boyfriends with Girlfriends
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Boyfriends with Girlfriends Author: Alex Sanchez Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: April 19, 2011 Source: GalleyGrab ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; Sexual situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Lance has always known he was gay, but he’s never had a real boyfriend. Sergio is bisexual, but his only real relationship was with a girl. When the two of them meet, they have an instant connection–but will it be enough to overcome their differences? Allie’s been in a relationship with a guy for the last…
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Book Review: Warm Bodies
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Warm Bodies Author: Isaac Marion Publisher: Vintage Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: April 26, 2011 ======================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild zombie gore; mild violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart A zombie who yearns for a better life ends up falling in love—with a human—in this astonishingly original debut novel. R is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He doesn’t enjoy killing people; he enjoys riding escalators and listening to Frank Sinatra. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.…
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Book Review: Girl Wonder
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Girl Wonder Author: Alexa Martin Publisher: Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: May 3, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ====================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual situations, Cussing, Drug Use HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart As if transferring senior year weren’t hard enough, Charlotte Locke has been bumped to lower level classes at her new school. With no friends, a terrible math SAT score, and looming college application deadlines, the future is starting to seem like an oncoming train for which she has no ticket. Then Amanda enters her orbit like a hot-pink…
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Hungry For You – EPIC BLOG TOUR
When I was approached by A.M. Harte to be a part of the Blog Tour de Force extravaganza I was so excited! See, first off I think this is a fantastic idea. Pitting author against author…who doesn’t love that? Second of all it gives YOU my dear readers, a chance to win a KINDLE! Am I jealous? You bet. Below please enjoy my review of A.M. Harte’s Hungry For You and read on to see how to get in on all the goodies that are being given away. You lucky ducks you. Book Title: Hungry For You Author: A.M. Harte “There is…
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Book Review: Unsavory Delicacies
Media Type: Book Title: Unsavory Delicacies Author: Russell Brooks Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 22 Release Date: April 21, 2011 Source: Author ——————————————- Genre: Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a book of short stories with some thrill attached! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon A three-course story collection with a side-order of revenge. For fans of Barry Eisler, Robert Ludlum, and Clive Cussler. Three short stories of suspense with unsavory results. Crème Brulé—Rogue operative, Monique Beauvais, cons a software genius into selling her a coveted technology that would allow its…