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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (Jan 9)
A HUGE thank you to Book Journey for hosting! Click the button to play along! It was a great week of reading here at the blog! I actually finished what I wanted to, plus a little bit more. But enough talking. Let’s see what’s what with this bibliophile. Finished Reading: Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens (3/5 rating) – Review Cinder by Marissa Meyer (4/5 rating) – Review Pure by Julianna Baggott (5/5 rating) – Review to come closer to release! Borrowing Abby Grace: The Shadow by Kelly Green (3/5 rating) – Review to come Saving June by Hannah Harrington (4/5 rating)…
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Book Review: The Printmaker’s Daughter
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Printmaker’s Daughter Author: Katherine Govier Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Paperback; 494 Release Date: November 22, 2011 Source: TLC Book Tours ———————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy vivid storytelling and historical references. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A lost voice of old Japan reclaims her rightful place in history in this breathtaking work of imagination and scholarship from award-winning and internationally acclaimed author Katherine Govier. In the evocative tale of 19th century Tokyo, The Printmaker’s Daughter delivers an enthralling tale of…
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Book Review: Mine
Media Type: Print Book Title: Mine Author: Lin Sten Publisher: Create Space Pages: Paperback; 306 Release Date: May 6, 2010 Source: Author ————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Science Fiction ————————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy hard core science fiction. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Selena Castillo publicly claims to be an extraterrestrial. Is it a joke, a delusion, a gimmick, or a reality? Tony Sturgess must believe that Selena’s claim is only a publicity stunt, or that she is insane, as he falls in love with her,…
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The Black Sun’s Daughter series can be yours!
If you follow my reviews, you might have seen these four books pop up the last few weeks. The Black Sun’s Daughter series by M.L.N. Hanover was my first official foray into Urban Fantasy, and I had a blast reading them! You can see my reviews for each book below: Unclean Spirits (The Black Sun’s Daughter #1) Darker Angels (The Black Sun’s Daughter #2) Vicious Grace (The Black Sun’s Daughter #3) Killing Rites (The Black Sun’s Daughter #4) Pocket Books was nice enough to provide me with a set of these to review (and subsequently hook me on them) and now they…
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Book Review: Killing Rites
Media Type: Print Book Title: Killing Rites *Series: The Black Sun’s Daughter #4 Author: M.L.N. Hanover Publisher: Pocket Books Pages: Mass Market Paperback; 384 Release Date: November 29, 2011 Source: Publisher —————————————– Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of this series, although I recommend the series to everyone! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Jayné Heller has discovered the source of her uncanny powers; something else is living inside her body. She’s possessed. Of all her companions, she can only bring herself to confide in Ex, the…
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Book Review: Unclean Spirits
Media Type: Print Book Title: Unclean Spirits * Series: The Black Sun’s Daughter Author: M.L.N. Hanover Publisher: Pocket Books Pages: Mass Market Paperback; 400 Release Date: July 28, 2009 (original December 2, 2008) Source: Publisher ———————————————————— Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of UF. Anyone who loves kick ass heroines. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Jayné Heller thinks of herself as a realist, until she discovers reality isn’t quite what she thought it was. When her uncle Eric is murdered, Jayné travels to Denver to settle his estate,…
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Book Review: Fathermucker
Media Type: Print Book Title: Fathermucker Author: Greg Olear Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 312 Release Date: October 4, 2011 Source: TLC Book Tours —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Fiction —————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Stay at home parents, or those who appreciate the plight of stay at home parents! Be warned, there is some “language”. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything /Amazon / B&N A day in the life of a dad on the brink: Josh Lansky—second-rate screenwriter, fledgling freelancer, and stay-at-home dad of two preschoolers—has held everything together while his…
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Book Review: Wherever You Go
Media Type: Print Book Title: Wherever You Go Author: Joan Leegant Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pages: Paperback; 272 Release Date: July 25, 2011 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————– Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Fiction/Religious Fiction ——————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended for: Those who enjoy religious based stories full of trials, tribulations and redemption. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Yona Stern has traveled from New York to Israel to make amends with her estranged sister, a stoic ideologue and mother of five who has dedicated herself to the radical West…
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Book Review: The Paradise Prophecy
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Paradise Prophecy Author: Robert Browne Publisher: Dutton Adult Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: July 21, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————– Genre: Psychological Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy psychological thrillers and are fans of mystery novels. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N A spectacular thriller inspired by John Milton’s Paradise Lost in which the final chapter of the War in Heaven is about to play out on Earth, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. The Myth When God cast the…
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Courage, a guest post by Helen Laibach
Today I’m pleased to have Helen Laibach, author of A Soul Less Broken here on the blog. I recently finished reading her book and I have to say, it’s heartbreaking and empowering at the same time. Helen is here to share a look into the rape statistics that drive her book. Catherine’s situation is terrifying, and yet very real people face that every day. I’ll let her explain. I’ve heard it said that the definition of courage is “doing what you know is right even when you are afraid.” There are the obvious examples of people who display courage every day…