• Book Reviews

    Book Review: Kicking Ass and Saving Souls

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Kicking Ass and Saving Souls Author: David Matthews Publisher: Penguin Group Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: July 21, 2011 Source: TLC Book Tours =================== Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre:  Memoir HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart The story of a boy from Baltimore who evolves from a safecracking, jewel-heisting, deep-sea diving, ultimate-fighting, international playboy into a globetrotting humanitarian. Stefan Templeton was born a child of extremes. The son of Ebba, an aristocratic Norwegian love child, and Roye, a militant African American philosopher, Stefan spent his early years shuffling between the discipline of his father’s…

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    Book Review: The Moon in Habock’s Mirror

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Moon in Habock’s Mirror Author: Kara Bartley Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 244 Release Date: April 25, 2011 Source: Pump Up Your Book Promotions ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart From the moments Scarlett Cavanaugh enters the attic, her life begins to change. Family secrets and hidden voices are soon discovered as she delves into another time. With a guide she never envisioned and a world now unfamiliar, Scarlett must battle her inner demons to find the strength that lies within. On her quest…

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    Interview with David Yoo, author of The Detention Club

    David Yoo, author of The Detention Club, is here for an interview! I read his book earlier this month and loved it! (Review here.) Now I’m lucky enough to get to know a little bit about the author himself. 1. Peter makes the front page! What does the headline say? The Boy Who Inspired Firework Safety Week 2. What would you do if you were part of The Detention Club? I’d form a union. 3. What is one of your best middle school memories? Mrs. Schwartz’s English class. 4. Describe Peter in three words. Inventor. Schemer. Land-Skiier. 5. What song…

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    This or That? with G.S. Wolff and giveaway info!

    Author G.S. Wolff is here today to spread the love for her Galstanberry Girlz series! I’ll be reviewing these later on in the month, but for now we get a peek into the mind of this author with another game of This or That? G.S. Wolff was tons of fun and answered in pictures! So take a look and get to know this author just a little bit more. Jelly or Jam? Slippers or socks? I wear them in funky colors/designs. Plus, their easier to dance around my apartment with 🙂 Library or book store?   The architecture of libraries…

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    Interviewing (the swoon worthy) Magnus from the Blood Coven series!

    The ever stunning (and talented) Mari Mancusi is on the blog today. Lucky me!!! She’s here to promote the newest book in the Blood Coven Series, Blood Ties. I cannot wait for this one! For those of you who may not be familiar with this series, the snarky wit and delicious chemistry of the characters is to die for. Part humor, part vampire lore, all scrumptious, these are books to watch out for. I was lucky enough to score an interview with the handsome, debonair, and very swoon worthy Magnus. He’s in love with Sunny, but reading these books makes me…

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    Book Review: The Chosen

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Chosen Author: Sheenah Freitas Publisher: Lulu.com Pages: Paperback; 232 Release Date: Nov 28, 2010 Source: Author =================== Intended Reading Group:  Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Kaia’s entire life has erupted in flames after an assassin appears and burns her village down. She’s rescued by a god from another planet who requests her help because she’s the descendant of their last savior. Together with Reeze — the only other survivor from her village and her appointed guardian — they set off on a quest to find the…

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    Teenage Garage Sale with Amber Kizer and giveaway!

    Amber Kizer, author of Meridian and Wildcat Fireflies, is here today to share a bit about her past in TEENAGE GARAGE SALE! This is my favorite post. We get to see what Amber would put in a garage sale now, if she found things from her teenage years. Ready to take a look back? Let’s go! Hello! Welcome to my Teen Garage Sale! I’ll make all these “or best offer” 1) Earrings The bigger, the bolder, the more dangly, the better. I preferred earrings that were representative of actual things like fish, asparagus (yes, really), birds, frogs, cats, rainbows, stars…you get…

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    Book Review: Werewolf Descent

    Media Type: Book Title: Werewolf Descent Author: Elizabeth J. Kolodziej Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 375 Release Date: July 15, 2011 Source: Author ==================== Intended Reading Group: Upper YA/Adult Content Screening: Mild language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Last witch in the world, Faith Scott, and her Irish vampire boyfriend Trent have just come back from fighting for their lives to recover the Vampiric Blood gem and Werewolf Moon gem. Thinking they could finally relax and work on the romance growing between them, they now meet a mysterious psychic vampire named Vincent who has his heart set on being…

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    Top 5 with MM Shelley and a GIVEAWAY!

    Tweet Today I’m pleased to welcome M.M. Shelley to the blog! Her debut book, Mishap & Mayhem, is out now and she’s on tour promoting it. I’ve started to dive into this one, and I have to tell you it’s rather amazing! I digress though. I now give M.M. Shelley the floor. She’s here to share her Top 5 Favorite Books and Movies! ******************** TOP FIVE MOVIES 1) Arsenic and Old Lace This is a Cary Grant movie and is funny from start to finish. There are two crazy aunts, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt and another one…

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    Tens List from Six Moon Summer

    Sporting a completely fantastic outfit is SM Reine, author of Six Moon Summer. Today we have Rylie visiting to share her tens list, and what a tens list it is! Do you know why you wouldn’t want to be a werewolf? Rylie does. Check it out. The Top 10 Reasons I Don’t Want to Be a Werewolf by Rylie Gresham, age 15 10. I didn’t choose this. 9. Werewolves have really bad breath. 8. I’m always angry, and I hate losing control of myself. 7. Animals are afraid of me now. No more pet chinchillas, no more horseback rides, no…