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Book Review: Seed by Lisa Heathfield
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Seed Author: Lisa Heathfield Publisher: Running Press Kids Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: March 10, 2015 Source: Publisher ———————————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence, Some Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories based around cults, and are okay with reading about tough issues. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes All that Pearl knows can be encapsulated in one word: Seed. It is the isolated community that she was born into. It is the land that she sows and reaps. It is the center of her…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Of Sea and Stone by Kate Avery Ellison
Spotlight time! I never tire of these, especially when Kate Avery Ellison is the author in question! Let me tell you, if you haven’t read The Frost Chronicles, you need to. Ellison is an amazing writer. This time around she’s here to promote her new book, Of Sea and Stone, which I’m sure will be just as fantastic! Here’s the synopsis: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N All her life, clever Aemi has been a slave in the Village of the Rocks, a place where the sea and sky meet. She’s heard the stories about the fabled People of the Sea,…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Bricks by John Davidson
*Lights – Camera – Action!* Today’s blog spotlight centers right on a new book presented to me by Anaiah Press. Bricks, by John Davidson, is billed as a contemporary novel and one that looks pretty tempting to this bookworm. Interested? Let’s take a look at the synopsis. Amazon | B&N Sixteen-year old Cori Reigns learns that not all tornadoes take you to magical places. Some take your house, your school, and life as you knew it. Struggling to put the pieces of her life back together, Cori learns to rebuild what the storm destroyed by trusting a family she didn’t…
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Author Spotlight + Giveaway: Deceived by L.A. Starkey
Good morning bookworms! It’s time, once again, for a new book to be in the spotlight. L.A. Starkey is touring Deceived, the beginning of the Soul Keeper Series, and I’m please to be one of the stops! The concept of soul mates has always intrigued me. Since that’s the basis of Starkey’s new book? Well, I’m pretty well excited. They say a soul is the immaterial essence, the animating principle, the actuating cause of an individual life. But what if you had to share yours with the one person you hated the most? The soul mate principle states that for…
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Author Spotlight + Giveaway: Prince of Demons by Victoria Danaan
Well ladies and gents, you’ve made it to Tuesday! Congratulations, you’re on step closer to Friday :). Are you ready for another book spotlight? Today’s spotlight is a little special, because it’s on a new full set of The Order of the Black Swann by Victoria Danaan. For those you who don’t know, these came out as three separate novellas at first. Now they’re all together for the first time. Read on, and don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the bottom! Title: Prince of Demons (The Order of the Black Swann #1-#3) Author: Victoria Danaan Release Date: January 19th, 2015…
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Book Review: Wish by Grier Cooper
Media Type: Ebook Title: Wish *Series: Indigo Dreams #1 Author: Grier Cooper Publisher: Dancing Poodle Press Pages: Paperback; 274 Release Date: December 2, 2014 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy contemporary narratives, and especially those who have a passion for dance. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes For Indigo Stevens, ballet classes at Miss Roberta’s ballet studio offer the stability and structure that are missing from her crazy home life. At almost 16, she hopes this is the year she will be…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: The Lebrus Stone by Miriam Khan
It’s time for another bookish spotlight! This time the lovely Giselle of Xpresso Book Tours is running a tour for The Lebrus Stone by Miriam Khan. I have to say, the reason that I chose to host this was that it sounds deliciously creepy. Nightmares and witchcraft? That’s my kind or read. Perhaps it’s yours too? Goodreads | Amazon | B&N When Eighteen-year-old orphan, Crystal Valdez, accepts an invitation to the small town of Blacksville, West Virginia, she hopes to have a summer to remember and a chance to learn more about her parents, to also get to know the family…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: The Tree of Water by Elizabeth Haydon
It’s time for another book spotlight and giveaway! I’m pretty excited about this spotlight because Elizabeth Haydon is a new author on my radar, and she writes my favorite genre: Fantasy. The Tree of Water is the fourth book in the series and, just based on the cover and synopsis, I’ve already added the whole set to my reading list. Perhaps you will too! Amazon | B&N The epic voyages continue in The Tree of Water, the fourth adventure in bestselling author Elizabeth Haydon’s acclaimed fantasy series for young readers, The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme. As Royal Reporter of the…
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Book Spotlight + Author Interview: The Girl In Between by Laekan Zea Kemp
It’s time for another author spotlight! I can’t express enough how much I love hosting these! Getting the chance to get to know an author is a ton of fun for me. It never gets old! This time the spotlight is on Laekan Zea Kemp, and her book The Girl In Between. Amazon | BookLikes | Goodreads Bryn Reyes is a real life sleeping beauty. Afflicted with Klein-Levin Syndrome, she suffers episodes of prolonged sleep that steal weeks, and sometimes even months, from her life. But unlike most KLS patients, she doesn’t spend each episode in a catatonic state or…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: The Silence of Six by E.C. Myers
Today’s spotlight is on a book that I’ve been eagerly anticipating since I first heard that it was on its way. Not only is it written by E.C. Meyers, who is a wonderful author, but it’s a techno thriller will all the markings of a book that I’ll love. Want to see if it’s for you as well? Here’s the synopsis! Check it out! “What is the Silence of Six, and what are you going to do about it?” These are the last words uttered by 17-year old Max Stein’s genius best friend Evan just moments before he kills himself…