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    ARC Review: The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Fourteenth Goldfish Author: Jennifer L. Holm Publisher: Random House BYR Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: August 26, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love quirky characters and aren’t afraid to dream big! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses…

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    ARC Review: The Sleeping Dead by Richard Farren Barber

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Sleeping Dead Author: Richard Farren Barber Publisher: DarkFuse Pages: Ebook; 214 Release Date: August 12, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————— Genre: Horror HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who don’t mind slow moving stories with lots of atmosphere. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Don’t listen… When Jackson Smith attends an interview to escape his dead-end job, he witnesses a man jumping to his death through an office window. But this suicide is only the first of many he encounters. All around him, men and women begin…

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    Book Review: The Young World by Chris Weitz

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Young World    *Series: The Young World Trilogy #1 Author: Chris Weitz Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: July 29, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————————— Content Screening: Violence, Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dystopian fiction featuring teen protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl…

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    Book Review: One Night Of Sin (After Hours Novella) by Elle Kennedy

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: One Night of Sin Author: Elle Kennedy Publisher: Entangled: Brazen Pages: Ebook; 128 Release Date: August 4, 2014 Source: Publisher —————————————– Genre: Romance / Erotica HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy hot, spicy romance with plenty of between-the-sheets time. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes A sexy category romance novella from Entangled’s Brazen imprint…When it comes to sex, good girl Skyler Thompson always plays it safe, choosing stable and sedate over wild and thrilling. She doesn’t do one-night-stands, but one look at sinfully sexy Gage Holt and…

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    Book Review: The Fog of Forgetting by G.A. Morgan

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Fog of Forgetting    *Series: Five Stones Trilogy #1 Author: G.A. Morgan Publisher: Islandport Press Pages: Hardcover; 303 Release Date: July 17, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy Fantasy reads with brave, young protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes In The Fog of Forgetting, the beginning of a new adventure-fantasy trilogy, five children wash up on the shores of an foreign land, unwitting agents of destiny in a realm struggling to withstand a force that could change…

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    Graphic Novel Review: Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer

    Title: Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer (Complete Edition) Author(s): Dustin Higgins, Van Jensen Illustrators: Dustin Higgins, Van Jensen Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Pages: Paperback; 528  Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: June 24, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher This puppet may not be a real boy… but he just might be a real hero! When bloodthirsty monsters invade Pinocchio’s hometown and kill his father, Geppetto, Pinocchio discovers a new benefit to his magical nose: telling lies produces a never-ending supply of wooden stakes to combat the vampire hordes! Will Pinocchio be able to defeat these horrors, avenge his father, and save his…

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    Graphic Novel Review: This One Summer

    Title: This One Summer Author: Mariko Tamaki Illustrator: Jillian Tamaki Publisher: First Second Pages: Hardcover; 320 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: May 6, 2014 Source: NetGalley Every summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It’s their getaway, their refuge. Rosie’s friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had. But this summer is different. Rose’s mom and dad won’t stop fighting, and when Rose and Windy seek a distraction from the drama, they find themselves with a whole new set of problems. It’s a summer of secrets…

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    ARC Review: Meeting His Match by Katee Robert

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Meeting His Match Author: Katee Robert Publisher: Entangled: Lovestruck Pages: Ebook; 157 Release Date: July 21, 2014 Source: Publisher =============================== Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy character driven romance with remarkably well built characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes When New York matchmaker Addison St. Claire is tasked with matching her best friend’s new brother-in-law, she almost refuses. But the sexy southern CEO turns out to be a challenge she can’t resist, because if anyone needs to meet his soul mate, it’s this man. And…

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    ARC Review: Blackout by Tim Curran

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Blackout Author: Tim Curran Publisher: DarkFuse Pages: Ebook; 234 Release Date: August 19, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher =================================== Genre: Science Fiction / Horror HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a dark, atmospheric novella that flies by. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes In the midst of a beautiful summer, in a perfectly American suburban middle-class neighborhood, a faraway evil is lurking, waiting to strike the unsuspecting residents. First come the flashing lights, then the heavy rains, high winds, and finally a total blackout. But that’s only…

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    Book Review: Unwept (The Nightbirds #1) by Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Unwept    *Series: The Nightbirds #1 Authors: Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman Publisher: Tor Books Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: July 1, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books set in alternate worlds and are okay with open endings. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Gamin, Maine, is a remote seaside town where everyone seems to know Ellis Harkington better than she knows herself—but she doesn’t remember any of them. Unknown events have robbed Ellis of her memory.…