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Book Review: Nightbird by Alice Hoffman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Nightbird Author: Alice Hoffman Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: March 10, 2018 Source: NetGalley —————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy magical realism, and quirky protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In her first novel for middle-grade readers , bestselling author Alice Hoffman tells a bewitching story of love and friendship that is truly magical. Twig lives in Sidwell, where people whisper that fairy tales are real. After all, her town is rumored to hide a monster.…
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Book Review: Murder in Hindsight by Anne Cleeland
Media Type: Ebook Title: Murder in Hindsight *Series: A New Scotland Yard Mystery (Book 3) Author: Anne Cleeland Publisher: Kensington Pages: 352 Release Date: March 31, 2015 Source: Netgalley —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good cop story and are fans of the series Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes While Acton and Doyle, two of Scotland Yard’s finest, pursue a self-appointed judge, jury, and executioner, Acton’s own questionable methods may prove their undoing…The victims are all criminals who eluded justice—until they ran afoul of an avenger whose modus operandi is a bullet to the back of the head. The…
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Book Review: Grift (A Neon Noir) by Jason Mosberg
Media Type: Ebook Title: Grift (A Neon Noir) Author: Jason Mosberg Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 234 Release Date: March 4, 2015 Source: Author —————————————————- Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like fast paced, well-written stories with plenty of action. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Why would a 17-year-old girl pretend to be a high class escort? Piper is a con artist whose canvas is the city of Las Vegas. She rolls with a crew of young grifters including a card-counting genius, a tourist-hustling pool shark, and a…
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Book Review: Flunked: Fairy Tale Reform School by Jen Calonita
Media Type: Ebook (ARC)Title: Flunked: Fairy Tale Reform School *Series: Fairy Tale Reform School #1Author: Jen CalonitaPublisher: Sourcebooks JabberwockyPages: Hardcover; 256Release Date: March 3, 2015Source: NetGalley——————————————————Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love a good fairy tale and are looking for something different and fun. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Would you send a villain to do a hero’s job? An exciting new twisted fairy tale series from award-winning author Jen Calonita. Full of regret, Cinderella’s wicked stepmother, Flora, has founded the Fairy Tale Reform School with…
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Book Review: As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka
Media Type: Ebook Title: As Red As Blood * Series: The Snow White Trilogy #1 Author: Salla Simukka | Owen Witesman (Translator) Publisher: Skyscape – Reprint Edition Pages: Ebook; 274 Release Date: August 1, 2014 Source: Amazon (Purchased) ========================================= Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a more action based story with roots in fairy tales. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In the midst of the freezing Arctic winter, seventeen-year-old Lumikki Andersson walks into her school’s dark room and finds a stash of wet, crimson-colored…
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Book Review and Tour: Our Dried Voices by Greg Hickey
Media Type: ebook Title: Our Dried Voices Author: Greg Hickey Publisher: Scribe Publishing Company Pages: Paperback; 234 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Author/PUYB ———————————————————————— Genre: Science Fiction/Dystopian HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories about a dire future for humanity with a hopeful twist. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In 2153, cancer was cured. In 2189, AIDS. And in 2235, the last members of the human race traveled to a far distant planet called Pearl to begin the next chapter of humanity. Several hundred years after their arrival, the remainder of humanity lives in a utopian colony in which every want is satisfied automatically,…
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Book Review: Believers- Truth in Deception by Tamara D. Taylor
Media Type: ebook (ARC) Title: Believers: Truth in Deception *Series: Believers Book 1 Author: Tamara D. Taylor Publisher: Self Pages: Paperback; 330 Release Date: January 15, 2015 Source: Author/PUYB ———————————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories about a dire future and who enjoy some religious aspects to their books. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Mary lives in a world of the future where an anti aging drug has torn society apart, creating an insurmountable divide between the wealthy and the poor. Her life is thrown sideways after she receives an unsolicited promotion at work, which leaves her as assistant to one of…
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Book Review: Seed by Lisa Heathfield
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Seed Author: Lisa Heathfield Publisher: Running Press Kids Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: March 10, 2015 Source: Publisher ———————————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence, Some Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories based around cults, and are okay with reading about tough issues. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes All that Pearl knows can be encapsulated in one word: Seed. It is the isolated community that she was born into. It is the land that she sows and reaps. It is the center of her…
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Book Review: Seabound by Jordan Rivet
Media Type: Ebook Title: Seabound Series: The Seabound Chronicles #1 Author: Jordan Rivet Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 409 Release Date: October 30, 2014 Source: Author ——————————————— Genre: Post-apocalyptic adventure HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy post-apocalyptic adventures with interesting characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes When an apocalyptic catastrophe decimates the land, a lucky few escape to sea. 1,003 survivors make their home on a souped-up cruise ship called the Catalina. After sixteen years, the strain begins to show in a floating world of distrust and shifting allegiances. Esther is a young mechanic who wants to prove herself, and she’s willing to take risks in…
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Book Review: The Life Intended by Kristin Harmel, reviewed by Jessica
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Life Intended Author: Kristin Harmel Publisher: Gallery Books Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: December 30, 2014 Source: NetGalley ——————————————— Genre: Contemporary / Women’s Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of “sliding doors” books, as well as any reader who loves a good cathartic cry. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes From the author of the international bestseller The Sweetness of Forgetting, named one of the Best Books of Summer 2012 by Marie Claire magazine, comes a captivating novel about the struggle to overcome the past when our…