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Book Review: Lot’s Return to Sodom
Media Type: Paperback Title: Lot’s Return to Sodom *Series: Liv Bergen Mystery #2 Author: Sandra Brannan Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Pages: Paperback; 318 Release Date: June 1, 2011 Source: JKS Communications ————————————— Genre: Mystery / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good mystery, and want to continue Liv’s story. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is no place for button-downed citizens-unless they’re trying to hide a murder Sharp-witted Liv Bergen can’t avoid becoming embroiled in murders, it seems. Her family’s hometown of Sturgis,…
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Book Review: The Lost Saint
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Lost Saint *Series: The Dark Divine #2 Author: Bree Despain Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 404 Release Date: December 28, 2010 Source: Purchased —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love this series and can’t wait to find out what happens next! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A family destroyed. A love threatened. An enemy returns. Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She was infected with the werewolf curse while trying…
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Book Review: Tools of Prophecy
Media Type: Print Book Title: Tools of Prophecy *Series: Prophecies Series #2 Author: Michael A. Rothman Publisher: M & S Publishing LLC. Pages: Paperback; 380 Release Date: August 1, 2012 Source: Publisher / Author ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade / Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Middle grade readers, or lower YA readers, who enjoy an adventurous fantasy story. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The TOOLS OF PROPHECY is the second volume in an epic saga which describes a prophecy that has placed the…
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Audio Book Review: If I Stay
Media Type: Audio Book Title: If I Stay *Series: If I Stay #1 Author: Gayle Forman Narrator: Kirsten Potter Publisher: Penguin Group Format: MP3; 5 hours 2 minutes Release Date: April 30, 2009 Source: Audible ——————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ——————————————- Recommended to: Readers who love a good contemporary and aren’t afraid to cry. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet…
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Book Review: Eden’s Root
Media Type: Ebook Title: Eden’s Root Author: Rachel E. Fisher Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 371 Release Date: April 8, 2012 (first released Dec 17, 2011) Source: Author ———————————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ———————————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a well-written, and eerily believable dystopian story line. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The year is 2033 and the world hovers on the edge of explosion as unexplained crop deaths lead to severe global food shortages. In the United States, the Sickness is taking lives…
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Book Review: Emerald Isle
Media Type: Ebook Title: Emerald Isle: A Fascination Island Book Author: Kate Hinderer Publisher: Self-published Pages: PDF; 181 Release Date: July 16, 2012 Source: Author ————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ————————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a fun, lighter read as their next pick. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N To escape a bad break-up and fighting parents Audyn takes a job as a lifeguard at Fascination Island. The posh five-star resort lives up to its name in every way, including the strange…
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Book Review: Frost
Media Type: Ebook Title: Frost *Series: The Frost Chronicles #1 Author: Kate Avery Ellison Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 194 Release Date: April 18, 2012 Source: Author —————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a creepy, but intriguing new type of read. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N In the icy, monster-plagued world of the Frost, one wrong move and a person could end up dead—and Lia Weaver knows this better than anyone. After monsters kill her parents, she must keep the family farm running despite the freezing…
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Book Review: Once
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Once *Series: Eve #2 Author: Anna Carey Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: July 3, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of Eve, or readers who enjoy dystopian fiction. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When you’re being hunted, who can you trust? For the first time since she escaped from her school many months ago, Eve can sleep soundly. She’s living in Califia, a haven for women, protected from…
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Book Review: Eve
Media Type: Print Book Title: Eve *Series: Eve #1 Author: Anna Carey Publisher: Harper Pages: Hardcover; 318 Release Date: October 4, 2011 Source: Library ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of dystopian fiction, readers who enjoyed The Handmaid’s Tale. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Where do you go when nowhere is safe? Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth’s population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded…
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Book Review: 15 Seconds
Media Type: Print Book Title: 15 Seconds Author: Andrew Gross Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: July 10, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ———————————– Genre: Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good thriller/suspense with plenty of action! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Henry Steadman is a successful Florida plastic surgeon on his way to deliver a keynote address at a conference when his world falls apart. Stopped by the police for a minor traffic violation, the situation escalates and he is pulled from his vehicle,…