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Audio Book Review: Girl of Nightmares
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Girl of Nightmares *Series: Anna #2 Author: Kendare Blake Narrator: August Ross Publisher: Audio GO Format: MP3 CD Duration: 10 hours and 3 minutes Source: Audio Go ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence; Swearing ————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N It’s been months since the ghost of Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell in her basement and disappeared into it, but ghost-hunter Cas Lowood can’t move on. His friends remind him that Anna sacrificed herself so that Cas could…
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Book Review: Pushing The Limits
Media Type: Print Book Title: Pushing The Limits Author: Katie McGarry Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: July 31, 2012 Source: Publisher —————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Drug use; Swearing; Violence —————————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a contemporary read with a lot of heart, and a lot of grit. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with “freaky” scars on her arms. Even Echo can’t…
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Book Review: Evergreen
Media Type: Print Book Title: Evergreen * Series: Mer Tales #2 Author: Brenda Pandos Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing Pages: Paperback; 275 Release Date: June 29, 2012 Source: Author ——————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ——————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a great mermaid story and a fabulous romance! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A kingdom on the brink of war. A king on the fringes of insanity. A family running for their lives. Ash and Fin’s only desire is to be together…
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Book Review: Throne of Glass
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Throne of Glass *Series: Throne of Glass #1 Author: Sarah J. Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: August 7, 2012 Source: NetGalley ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence, Mild Language ——————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a strong female character, and amazing adventure! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince.…
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Book Review: So L.A.
Media Type: Print Book Title: So L.A. Author: Bridget Hoida Publisher: Lettered Press Pages: Paperback; 384 Release Date: June 20, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours / Author ——————————————– Genre: Contemporary HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love reality tv, and are okay with satirical humor Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Magdalena de la Cruz breezed through Berkeley and built an empire selling designer water. She’d never felt awkward or unattractive… until she moved to Los Angeles. In L.A., where “everything smells like acetone and Errol Flynn,” Magdalena attempts to reinvent…
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Book Review: The Downside of Being Charlie
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Downside of Being Charlie Author: Jenny Torres Sanchez Publisher: Running Press Kids Pages: Paperback; 268 Release Date: May 22, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language ————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Seriously. EVERYONE. Especially readers who enjoy contemporary reads. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Charlie is handed a crappy senior year. Despite losing thirty pounds over the summer, he still gets called “Chunks” Grisner. What’s worse, he has to share a locker with the biggest Lord…
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Book Review: The End of Infinity
Media Type: Print Book Title: The End of Infinity *Series: Jack Blank Adventure #3 Author: Matt Myklusch Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: August 7, 2012 Source: Author —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: If I haven’t said it enough? Everyone. Really. You want to read this series. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Jack Blank confronts his destiny in this action-packed conclusion to the trilogy Publishers Weekly calls a “no-holds-barred adventure.” Ever since Jack Blank learned that he came from…
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Book Review: The Secret War
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Secret War *Series: Jack Blank Adventure #2 Author: Matt Myklusch Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Hardcover; 525 Release Date: August 9, 2011 Source: Author ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Mild Violence ——————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone! Ages 8 to 80. Seriously, this is a fabulous series. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Jack and his fellow students are now well into their School of Thought training and are “sidekicking” for official, card-carrying superheroes. But even though Jack feels more at home in…
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Book Review: The Accidental Hero (Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation)
Media Type Reviewed: Audio Book Title: The Accidental Hero (Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation) *Series: Jack Blank Adventure #1 Author: Matt Myklusch Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Paperback; 496 Release Date: April 26, 2011 (first July 10, 2010) Source: Author ————————————————————— Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence ————————————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love action, adventure and a wonderful protagonist all rolled into one book! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N All Jack Blank knows is his bleak, dreary life at St. Barnaby’s Home for the…
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Book Review: Widow’s Might
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Window’s Might *Series: Liv Bergen Mystery #3 Author: Sandra Brannan Publisher: Greenleaf Books Pages: Paperback; 287 Release Date: August 7, 2012 Source: JKS Communications ————————————- Genre: Mystery / Thriller HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series! Liv is back and better than ever in this one! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N With a mind for crime solving and headstrong about protecting her family – Liv Bergen finds herself trailing a vengeful killer with a crooked sense of justice The third Liv Bergen…