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Book Review: Secrets, Lies and Scandals by Amanda K. Morgan
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Secrets, Lies and Scandals Author: Amanda K. Morgan Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: July 5, 2016 Source: FFBC / Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy murder mysteries blended with Contemporary issues Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Nothing ruins summer vacation like a secret…especially when it involves a dead teacher. Ivy used to be on top of the social ladder, until her ex made that all go away. She has a chance to be Queen Bee again, but…
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Book Review: Change Places With Me by Lois Metzger
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Change Places With Me Author: Lois Metzger Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: FFBC / Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like YA that has a bit of Sci Fi twist to it. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Rose has changed. She still lives in the same neighborhood and goes to the same high school with the same group of kids, but when she woke up today, something was a little different. Her clothes…
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Book Review and Giveaway: Cable Car Mystery by Greg Messel
Media Type: Paperback Title: Cable Car Mystery Series: Sam Slater Mystery Book 6 Author: Greg Messell Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 180 Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: PUYB/Author ———————————————– Genre: Mystery/Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good mystery set in 1950’s San Francisco. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes On the hottest day of the year in San Francisco in 1959, Private Detectives Sam and Amelia Slater are contemplating fleeing the city for their Stinson Beach house. However, when Sam decides to take a cable car ride to run some errands on the lazy summer day, he’s suddenly thrust into the spotlight when he…
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Novella Review: The Planets All Shone by Nora Fleischer
Media Type: Ebook (Novella) Title: The Planets All Shone Author: Nora Fleischer Publisher: Jennifer Lee Goloboy Pages: Kindle; 44 Release Date: May 25, 2016 Source: Author ———————————————– Genre: Science Fiction, Humor HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a quick jaunt into a funny and lighthearted Science Fiction read. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Dana Elson never should have drunk that soda. Now she’s sharing her body with the clone of a dead man– and she and the clone’s gun-happy boyfriend are on the run from the sinister Mahler Corporation. Can Dana…
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Book Review: Neverwhere (Author’s Preferred Text) by Neil Gaiman
Media Type: Print Book Title: Neverwhere: Author’s Preferred Text Author: Neil Gaiman Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 464 Release Date: June 7, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy darkly written fiction with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his “preferred text”—and including his special Neverwhere tale, “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back”. Published in 1997, Neil Gaiman’s darkly hypnotic first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the…
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Book Review: What Happens Now by Jennifer Castle
Media Type: Print Book Title: What Happens Now Author: Jennifer Castle Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: June 7, 2016 Source: Publisher / FFBC Tours ——————————————– Content Screening: Trigger warnings for depression/anxiety and cutting. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy deeper contemporary reads with real relationships. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes “I know what it is to want something so badly, you feel like your cells aren’t properly bonded together without it. I also know what it’s like to get that something. And honestly, I’m still not sure which is…
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Book Review: The Tumbling Turner Sisters by Juliette Fay
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Tumbling Turner Sisters Author: Juliette Fay Publisher: Gallery Books Pages: Ebook; 352 Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: Publisher ———————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy historical fiction with family drama and growth. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In 1919, the Turner sisters and their parents are barely scraping by. Their father is a low-paid boot-stitcher in Johnson City, New York, and the family is always one paycheck away from eviction. When their father’s hand is crushed and he can no longer…
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Book Review: Read Me Like A Book by Liz Kessler
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Read Me Like A Book Author: Liz Kessler Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: Publisher ————————————— Content Screening: Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a character who is journeying through self-discovery and realizing who they really are. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Ashleigh Walker is a mediocre student with an assortment of friends, a sort-of boyfriend, and no plans for the future. Then a straight-from-college English teacher, Miss Murray, takes over Ash’s class and changes everything.…
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Book Review: The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Eagle Tree Author: Ned Hayes Publisher: Little A Pages: Paperback; 270 Release Date: July 5,2016 Source: TLC Book Tours —————————————— Content Screening: Mild Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in gaining new knowledge of trees, and enjoy reading from the POV of a character on the autism spectrum. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Fourteen-year-old March Wong knows everything there is to know about trees. They are his passion and his obsession, even after his recent falls—and despite the state’s threat to take him…
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Book Review: Ava and Taco Cat by Carol Weston
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Ava and Taco Cat *Series: Ava and Pip #2 Author: Carol Weston Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: April 7, 2015 Source: Publisher / NetGalley ——————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have a passion for writing, or for their feline companions! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Ava desperately wants a pet for her eleventh birthday-but gets way more than she bargained for when she adopts T-A-C-O-C-A-T. When Ava Wren hears about an injured yellow tabby with mismatched ears,…