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Book Review: We Are Watching (Mindshare #1) by M. Stephen Stewart
Media Type: Ebook Title: We Are Watching Series: Mindshare Book #1 Author: M. Stephen Stewart Publisher: Primrose Publishing LLC Pages: Print; 405 Release Date: December 16, 2014 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ———————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy science fiction and aren’t afraid to explore deep concepts. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Henry Malone’s childhood was shattered by the unexplained suicide of his father. Now a teenager, his days are spent studying to become a Neural Implant Technician for Planetary Link Corporation, helping them maintain an iron grip over…
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Book Review: Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Every Last Word Author: Tamara Ireland Stone Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: June 16, 2016 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who want to delve deep into a character with Purely-Obsessive OCD. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that…
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Book Review: Siren’s Fury (Storm Siren #2) by Mary Weber
Media Type: Ebook Title: Siren’s Fury Series: Storm Siren #2 Author: Mary Weber Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: June 2, 2015 Source: Publisher ————————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoyed the first book in the series and are looking for a follow up. Add it on: Goodreads | BookLikes | Amazon “I thrust my hand toward the sky as my voice begs the Elemental inside me to waken and rise. But it’s no use. The curse I’ve spent my entire life abhorring—the thing I trained so…
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Graphic Novel Review: Ms. Marvel, Volume 2: Generation Why
Title: Ms. Marvel, Volume 2: Generation Why Author: G. Willow Wilson Illustrator: Adrian Alphona Publisher: Marvel Pages: Trade Paperback; 136 Recommended Age Group: 13+ Release Date: April 7, 2015 Source: Library Who is the Inventor, and what does he want with the all-new Ms. Marvel and all her friends? Maybe Wolverine can help! Kamala may be fan-girling out when her favorite (okay maybe Top Five) super hero shows up, but that won’t stop her from protecting her hometown. Then, Kamala crosses paths with Inhumanity for the first time – by meeting the royal dog, Lockjaw! Every girl wants a puppy,…
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Book Review: Backward Compatible by Sarah Daltry & Pete Clark
Media Type: ebook Title: Backward Compatible Author: Sarah Daltry & Pete Clark Publisher: Self Pages: Paperback, 314 Release Date: December 10, 2013 Source: Author ——————————————- Content Screening: Strong Language and some Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are into video game culture and sarcasm Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Not too long ago, in a town that, depending on your current location, is either not super far or actually quite close… It is a time of chaotic hormones. Two nerdy gents home for winter break have discovered a female gamer at a midnight release. During the break, the gamer trio manages to reveal the game’s…
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Book Review: Station Eleven: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel
Media Type: Print Book Title: Station Eleven: A Novel Author: Emily St. John Mandel Publisher: Knopf Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: September 4, 2014 Source: Library ——————————————- Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who want a new take on a post-apocalyptic world. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything…
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Graphic Novel Review: Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona
Title: Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal Author: G. Willow Wilson Illustrator: Adrian Alphona Publisher: Marvel Pages: Trade Paperback; 120 Recommended Age Group: 13+ Release Date: October 28, 2014 Source: Library Marvel Comics presents the all-new Ms. Marvel, the groundbreaking heroine that has become an international sensation! Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City – until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! As Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them…
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Book Review: Love Is Red by Sophie Jaff
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Love Is Red Author: Sophie Jaff Publisher: Harper Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: May 12, 2015 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Suspense / Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like books that keep you guessing, and aren’t afraid of some violence. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Redefining the thriller’s tale of the hunter and the hunted, This electrifying, hypnotically beautiful debut spins dark suspense and literary fantasy into a mesmerizing story of survival. Katherine Emerson was born to fulfill a dark prophecy centuries…
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Book Review: Days Like This by Danielle Ellison
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Days Like This (A Landslide Novel) Author: Danielle Ellison Publisher: Bookish World Press Pages: ebook; 241 Release Date: June 2, 2015 Source: Publisher / Netgalley ———————————————- Genre: New Adult/Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in the struggles of dealing with family members with mental illness. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Sometimes the only thing standing between fear and hope is yourself. Almost a year ago, nineteen-year-old Cassie Harlen had a lot to deal with. A stack of college acceptance letters waiting for answers, a proposal from the boy next door, and a mother whose most recent bipolar episode left…
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Book Review: The Edge of Forever by Melissa E. Hurst
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Edge of Forever Author: Melissa E. Hurst Publisher: Sky Pony Press Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: June 2, 2015 Source: FFBC Blog Tours / Publisher —————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of time travel, and sliding door type stories. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In 2013: Sixteen-year-old Alora is having blackouts. Each time she wakes up in a different place with no idea of how she got there. The one thing she is certain of? Someone is following her. In 2146:…