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Book Review: The Memory Trees by Kali Wallace
Media Type: Audio Book Title: The Memory Trees Author: Kali Wallace Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books Run Time: 12 hours 51 minutes Release Date: October 10, 2017 Source: Library ——————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Content Screening: Mild Violence; Adult Language Recommended to: Readers who like ethereal reads that have one foot in reality and the other in magic. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The Memory Trees is a dark magical realism novel about a mysterious family legacy, a centuries-old feud, and a tragic loss that resurfaces when sixteen-year-old Sorrow returns to her mother’s family orchard for…
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Book Review: Cake At Midnight by Jessie L. Star
Title: Cake At Midnight Author: Jessie L. Star Publisher: Pocket Star Pages: Ebook; 464 Release Date: January 15, 2017 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————– Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sweet, foodie romances with just enough drama to make them compulsively readable. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In this deliciously sweet foodie romance, a twenty-something pastry chef falls out of sync with her old childhood crush and falls into the arms of the quiet but charming boy next door. Giovanna, Zoë, and Declan have always been a trio—their…
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Book Review: Double Take by Abby Bardi
Media Type: Ebook Title: Double Take Author: Abby Bardi Publisher: Harper Collins Impulse Pages: 186 Release Date: March 21, 2016 Source: PUYB ——————————————- Genre: Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy reading about the early 70’s culture. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Set in Chicago, 1975, Double Take is the story of artsy Rachel Cochrane, who returns from college with no job and confronts the recent death of Bando, one of her best friends. When she runs into Joey, a mutual friend, their conversations take them back into their shared past and to the revelation that Bando may have been murdered. To find out who murdered…
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Book Review: You Were Here by Cori McCarthy
Media Type: Ebook Title: You Were Here Author: Cori McCarthy Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: Kindle; 400 Release Date: March 1, 2016 Source: NetGalley ————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who appreciate deep dives into characters dealing with grief, depression and anxiety. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Cori McCarthy delivers an emotionally taut page-turner from multiple points of view – combined with stunning illustrations. Jaycee is about to accomplish what her older brother Jake couldn’t: live past graduation. Jaycee is dealing with her brother’s death the only way…
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Book Review: The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Wicked City Author: Beatriz Williams Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 384 Release Date: December 26, 2017 Source: HarperCollins / TLC Book Tours —————————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Genre: Historical Fiction Recommended to: Readers who are fans of Beatriz Williams and enjoy reading dual-narrated and dual-time period stories. Add it on: HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble In the first book of a breathtaking new trilogy by bestselling author Beatriz Williams, two generations of women are brought together inside a Greenwich Village apartment —a flapper hiding an extraordinary past, and a…