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Book Review: Scary School
Media Type: Ebook Title: Scary School Author: Derek the Ghost (aka Derek Kent) Illustrator: Scott M. Fischer Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Hardcover; 237 Release Date: June 21, 2011 Source: Author ———————————————— Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Very silly and mild violence ———————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love to laugh, especially younger boys who are looking for a good read! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N You think your school’s scary? Get a load of these teachers: “Ms. Fang,” an 850-year-old vampire “Dr. Dragonbreath,” who just might…
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Book Review: The Onyx Talisman
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Onyx Talisman *Series: Talisman #3 Author: Brenda Pandos Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing Pages: Ebook; 247 Release Date: December 16, 2011 Source: Author ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ——————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have fallen in love with Brenda’s series, and are looking for a finale! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Alora looked back and the corner of her lip turned up. “It’s always darkest before the dawn, Julia. Good luck.” Her words sent chills up my…
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Book Review: Croak
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Croak * Series: Croak #1 Author: Gina Damico Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: Paperback; 311 Release Date: March 20, 2012 Source: NetGalley —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language; Mild Violence —————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good mystery, with vivid characters to follow. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby has sucker-punched her last classmate. Fed up with her punkish, wild behavior, her parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle…
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Book Review: Inhale
Media Type: Ebook Title: Inhale Author: Kendall Grey Publisher: Howling Mad Press Pages: Paperback; 453 Release Date: May 1, 2012 Source: Author ——————————– Genre: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a steamy read with wonderful characters and a unique plot. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Strangers in reality, inseparable in dreams… After years of suffocating under her boss’s scrutiny, whale biologist Zoe Morgan finally lands a job as director of a tagging project in Hervey Bay, Australia. Success Down Under all but guarantees her…
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Book Review: Until Next Time
Media Type: Ebook Title: Until Next Time *Series: The Angel Chronicles Book 1 Author: Amy Lignor Publisher: Tribute Books Pages: Ebook; 255 Release Date: February 1, 2012 Source: Publisher ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ——————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy angelic lore in their stories Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N How does a girl choose between the one who steals her heart and the one who owns her soul? Matt and Emily were created for a specific job. Raised and trained as the…
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Book Review: The Changelings
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Changelings *Series: War of the Fae Book One Author: Elle Casey Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 275 Release Date: February 5, 2012 Source: What’s Your Story Book Tours ——————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Adult Language; Violence ——————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of fantasy, adventure and a great characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Jayne Sparks, a potty-mouthed, rebellious seventeen-year-old and her best friend, shy and bookish Tony Green, have a pretty typical high school existence, until several seemingly unrelated incidents converge, causing a…
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Book Review: Starters
Media Type: Ebook Title: Starters Series: Starters #1 Author: Lissa Price Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: March 13, 2012 Source: NetGalley ————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N HER WORLD IS CHANGED FOREVER Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and…
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Book Review: How to Slay a Dragon
Media Type: Ebook Title: How to Slay a Dragon *Series: The Journals of Myrth #1 Author: Bill Allen Publisher: Bell Bridge Books Pages: Paperback; 228 Release Date: January 1, 2011 Source: NetGalley ———————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ———————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy good witty humor and word play in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Ruuan is a very large dragon. Twelve-year-old Greg Hart can’t slay a dragon. He’d be lucky to win a fight against one of the…
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Book Review: Fractured Light
Media Type: Ebook Title: Fractured Light Author: Rachel McClellan Publisher: Sweetwater Books Pages: Hardcover; 312 Release Date: February 8, 2012 Source: Publisher / Teen Book Scene —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for something paranormal, even though this looks like a Fantasy book. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Llona Reese is used to living on the run. After the Vykens killed her parents, she knew they would eventually come for her too. But she never felt ready to face them—until…
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Book Review: The Blood Lie
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Blood Lie Author: Shirley Reva Vernick Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press Pages: Hardcover; 141 Release Date: October 4, 2011 Source: The Teen Book Scene ———————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy very realistic historical fiction novels. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N September 22, 1928, Massena, New York. Jack Pool’s sixteenth birthday. He’s been restless lately, especially during this season of more-times-at-the-synagogue than you can shake a stick at. If it wasn’t Rosh Hashanah, then…