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    Book Review: Aunty Lee’s Chilled Revenge (Singaporean Mystery #3) by Ovidia Yu

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Aunty Lee’s Chilled Revenge    *Series: Singaporean Mystery #3 Author: Ovidia Yu Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: April 5. 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ————————————————— Genre: Cozy Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quirky characters, with a fabulous cozy mystery. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Rosie “Aunty” Lee—feisty widow, amateur sleuth and proprietor of Singapore’s best-loved home cooking restaurant—is back in another delectable, witty mystery set in Singapore. Slightly hobbled by a twisted ankle, crime-solving restaurateur Aunty Lee begrudgingly…

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    Book Review: Just Like Me by Nancy J. Cavanaugh

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Just Like Me Author: Nancy J. Cavanaugh Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: April 5, 2016 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for true-to-life characters that are dealing with their same issues. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Who eats Cheetos with chopsticks?! Avery and Becca, my “Chinese Sisters,” that’s who. We’re not really sisters—we were just adopted from the same orphanage. And we’re nothing alike. They sing Chinese love songs on the bus…

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    Book Review: Flying Away by Caroline A. Gill

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Flying Away    *Series: The Flykeeper Chronicles Author: Caroline A. Gill Publisher: St. Helena Press Pages: Kindle; 228 Release Date: January 12, 2016 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love vivid Fantasy with well-written characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes When Iolani Bearse was five years old, she lost her father to war. When she was nine, her mother died in a freak car accident. When Lani was fourteen, eerie green lights invaded, tearing her from the only home…

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    Book Review: End Time (Vol. 1) by Daniel Greene

    Media Type: Ebook Title: End Time    *Series: End Time Vol. 1 Author: Daniel Greene Publisher: Rune Publishing LLC Pages: Kindle; 416 Release Date: March 10, 2016 Source: Author ————————————————- Genre: Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love fast-paced, zombie filled stories with excellent protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes The fall of mankind is nigh. And it all began in the dark primal jungles of the Congo River basin. Easily ignored with just a click. When protests turn violent in front of the US Embassy Kinshasa, only the foreign policy…

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    Book Review: The Beltane Escape by Ariella Moon

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Beltane Escape    *Series:  The Two Realms Trilogy #1 Author: Ariella Moon Publisher: Star Tribe Publishing Pages: Kindle; 225 Release Date: February 2016 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fantasy stories, featuring fairy folk and strong female characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Lady Fenella, ever surrounded by guards, knows only responsibility and duty. She believes Merlin and the Lady of the Lake are myths, Gran’s warnings about Fairy are superstition, and Fairy was invented to make…

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    Book Review: Blackheath by Gabriella Lepore

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Blackheath Author: Gabriella Lepore Publisher: Of Tomes Publishing Pages: Paperback; 284 Release Date: December 20, 2015 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy short and sweet stories featuring male witches. Add it on: Goodreads | BookLikes | Amazon Seventeen-year-old Maggie Ellmes is dogged by a case of chronic bad luck. She figures that’s just her lot in life—that is, until the psychic at Blackheath’s annual carnival reveals that Maggie’s problems are caused by more than just ordinary misfortune; she’s actually been…

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    Book Review: Journey to Death by Leigh Russell

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Journey to Death: A Lucy Hall Mystery Author: Leigh Russell Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: Paperback; 304 Release Date: February 9, 2016 Source: Publisher ———————————————————- Genre: Mystery / Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mysteries that are set in vividly drawn locales. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Lucy Hall arrives in the Seychelles determined to leave her worries behind. The tropical paradise looks sun-soaked and picture-perfect—but as Lucy soon discovers, appearances can be very deceptive. A deadly secret lurks in the island’s history, buried deep but…

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    Book Review: Charmed (FTRS #2) by Jen Calonita

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Charmed    *Series: Fairy Tale Reform School #2 Author: Jen Calonita Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: March 1, 2016 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————————— Content Screening: Magic and Mischief HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love fairy tales, strong characters and even stronger friendships. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Charmed is the exciting sequel to the wildly popular Flunked — second in the brand new Fairy Tale Reform School series where the teachers are (former) villains. “Charming fairy-tale fun.” -Sarah Mlynowski, author of the…

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    Book Review: The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Mapmaker’s Children Author: Sarah McCoy Publisher: Broadway Books Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: February 9, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours ———————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy lushly written historical fiction with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes When Sarah Brown, daughter of abolitionist John Brown, realizes that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the Underground Railroad’s leading mapmakers, taking her cues from the slave code quilts and…

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    Book Review: Low Town (Low Town #1) by Daniel Polansky

    Media Type: Audio Book Title: Low Town   * Series: Low Town #1 Author: Daniel Polansky Publisher: Random House Pages: Paperback; 354 Release Date: August 16, 2001 (Reprint) Source: Library —————————————————– Genre: Dark Fantasy / Noir Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Any reader who loves a dark fantasy story with a well fleshed out main character. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is an ugly place,…