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Book Review: Heartbeat
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Heartbeat Author: Elizabeth Scott Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: January 28, 2014 Source: NetGalley ————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy Elizabeth Scott! This book embodies everything readers love about her. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Life. Death. And…Love? Emma would give anything to talk to her mother one last time. Tell her about her slipping grades, her anger with her stepfather, and the boy with the bad reputation who might be the only one Emma can be…
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Book Review: Silent City
Media Type: Ebook Title: Silent City Author: Alex Segura Publisher: Codorus Press Pages: Paperback; 160 Release Date: October 29, 2013 Source: Publisher ——————————————————– Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who don’t mind slow moving thrillers, and tough to love main characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Pete Fernandez is a mess. He’s on the brink of being fired from his middle-management newspaper job. His fiancée has up and left him. Now, after the sudden death of his father, he’s back in his hometown of Miami, slowly drinking himself into oblivion. But when…
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Book Review: If You Find Me
Media Type: Print Book Title: If You Find Me Author: Emily Murdoch Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: March 26, 2013 Source: Library ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence; Mild Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy true to life reads, with strong characters and tough situations Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes There are some things you can’t leave behind… A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the…
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Book Review: Bold
Media Type: Print Book Title: Bold Author: Julia Swift & Andrew Landis Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 174 Release Date: July 4, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy contemporary romance Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Sasha, a shy, 15-year-old girl who hides from the world, almost dies in a car crash and vows that if she survives, she will be bold and live life to the fullest. Her newfound courage is tested when she meets Will, who just moved to her Air Force…
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ARC Review: Uninvited
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Uninvited (Uninvited #1) Author: Sophie Jordan Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: January 28, 2014 Source: Edelweiss/Publisher ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Any readers who like books that are quick moving, and have a psychological edge to them. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / BookLikes The Scarlet Letter meets Minority Report in bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s chilling new novel about a teenage girl who is ostracized when her genetic test proves she’s destined to become a murderer. When Davy Hamilton’s tests come…
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Book Review: The One You Feed
Media Type: Ebook Title: The One You Feed Author: James Drummond Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 290 Release Date: October 20, 2012 Source: Author ——————————————————– Content Screening: Adult Language; Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Those who enjoy quick moving stories with a horror theme. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / BookLikes Like most kids who grew up in the small Oregon town of Silver Falls, Toby Hoffman had heard all the scary stories about the monsters living in the neighboring woods of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Now a teenager, he knows the stories…
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Book Review: From the Outback
Media Type: Ebook Title: From the Outback Author: Ann B. Harrison Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 168 Release Date: October 19, 2013 Source: Author —————————————— Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of strong characters and sweet romance stories. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon Although desperate to get out of her dead end job, Sami is cynical when she hears of an inheritance from the grandfather she never knew. But once she and her young brother arrive in the beautiful valley, she discovers they are not wanted…especially by the sexy vineyard owner next door.…