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Original Bespoke Poetry by Dane Cobain
Good evening my darling bookworms! I’ve quite the treat for you today, as bookish things go. Dane Cobain, author of the amazing books you’ll see below, has graced us with a piece of original poetry! What’s even cooler, is that he allowed me to give him 5 words, and then wove those into said poetry. I played with a random word generator and came up with: justice passion joy cement breakfast If that’s not an impressive set of words to weave into a bespoke poem, I don’t know what would be. Please enjoy a look at…
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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: 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 Spotlight: Chains of Command (Frontlines #4) by Marko Kloos
Another week has begun, and that means it’s time for much more book related spotlights and goodies. Today’s spotlight is for fans of Science Fiction. Specifically, I’m pointing to those of you who are all about aliens vs. humans. Are you looking for your next action packed read? You might want to consider Chains of Command by Marko Kloos. Buy it on Amazon The assault on Earth was thwarted by the destruction of the aliens’ seed ship, but with Mars still under Lanky control, survivors work frantically to rebuild fighting capacity and shore up planetary defenses. Platoon sergeant Andrew Grayson must…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Undead Ultra by Camille Picott
Are you ready for some zombie goodness on this fine Tuesday, my bookish friends? I certainly hope so, since that’s exactly what I have to offer today. My ongoing joke is that I’ll only run if there are zombies chasing after me. Well, in the case of Undead Ultra, that’s exactly Kate and Frederico’s motivation. Camille Picott has meshed together the ultramarathon, with the walking dead. Intrigued? Read on. Undead: a reanimated corpse with a craving for human flesh. Ultramarathon: any footrace longer than a traditional marathon (26.2 miles). For ultrarunners Kate and Frederico, a typical Saturday morning is spent…
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Book Review: The Summer Guest by Alison Anderson
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Summer Guest Author: Alison Anderson Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 24, 2016 Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours ———————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy lush, descriptive writing with a beautiful take on the source material. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Blinded by a fatal illness, young Ukrainian doctor Zinaida Lintvaryova is living on her family’s rural estate in the summer of 1888. When a family from Moscow rents a cottage on the grounds, Zinaida develops a deep…
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Book Review: The Girl Who Stayed by Tanya Anne Crosby
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Girl Who Stayed Author: Tanya Anne Crosby Publisher: Story Plant Pages: Hardcover; 292 Release Date: April 19, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours —————————————— Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy deep stories, with a lot of character introspection. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Zoe Rutherford wasn’t sure what she was expecting when she returned to Sullivan’s Island. The house on Sullivan’s hadn’t represented home to her in decades. It was the place where she endured her father’s cruelty. It was the place where her…
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Graphic Novel Review: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Title: Through the Woods Author: Emily Carroll Illustrator: Emily Carroll Publisher: Margaret K. McElderberry Books Pages: Paperback; 208 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: July 15, 2014 Source: Library Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation “His Face All Red,” in print for the first time. Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong, where you can travel to “Our…
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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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Graphic Novel Review: The Beauty (Volume 1)
Title: The Beauty: Volume 1 Author(s): Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley Illustrator: Jeremy Haun Publisher: Image Pages: Trade Paperback; 164 Recommended Age Group: 18+ (Nudity, Violence) Release Date: March 16, 2016 Source: Netgalley / Publisher Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease? In the world of The Beauty, physical perfection is only one sexual encounter away. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Vaughn and Foster will soon discover…