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    Book Review: Shadow Bound

    September 18, 2010 /

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Shadow Bound Author: Erin Kellison Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company, Inc. Pages: Mass Market Paperback; 336 Release Date: July 1, 2010 Source: Barnes & Noble Free Book Fridays ———————————————– Genre: Paranormal Romance HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a good paranormal book with fabulous characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Death Some people will do anything to avoid it. Even trade their immortal souls for endless existence. Wraiths Secretly, inexorably, they are infiltrating our world, sucking the essence out of unsuspecting victims with their hideous parody of…

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    Jessica N.
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    Book Review: Mockingjay

    September 15, 2010 /

    “My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.” Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’s family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the…

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    Jessica N.
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    Book Review: Shadow of the Sun

    September 14, 2010 /

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Shadow of the Sun   * Series: Timeless #1 Author: Laura Kreitzer Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing Pages: Paperback; 512 Release Date: February 22, 2010 —————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a new twist on the angels in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Gabriella’s past is a mystery, but that never stopped her from achieving her goals. As a supernatural specialist, and far more intelligent than anyone her age, she has always been ignored by her peers. Because of…

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    Jessica N.
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    Book Review: Sapphique

    September 11, 2010 /

    Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of Incarceron, but its memory torments him, because his brother Keiro is still inside. Outside, Claudia insists he must be king, but Finn doubts even his own identity. Is he the lost prince Giles? Or are his memories no more than another construct of his imprisonment? And can you be free if your friends are still captive? Can you be free if your world is frozen in time? Can you be free if you don’t even know who you are? Inside Incarceron, has the crazy sorcerer Rix really found the Glove of…

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    Jessica N.
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    Book Review: Crescendo

    September 8, 2010 /

    Nora should have know her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch (who, title aside, can be described anything but angelic), and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora can’t figure out if it’s for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and she becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never…

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    Jessica N.
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    Children’s Book Review: The Duck Song

    September 7, 2010 /

    The Duck Song book tells the comical story of a persistent duck who pleads for grapes at the most unlikely of places: a lemonade stand. Play the CD that comes with the book, and sing the story as your child reads along. Adults and children alike will delight in listening to the music and reading this book again and again. (From Goodreads) Title: The Duck Song by Bryant Oden Publisher: Flinders Press Pages: Hardcover; 32  Source: Received from publisher for review. Why I chose this: It’s adorable! That is all. My Thoughts: Okay, you know how children are attracted to…

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    Jessica N.
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    Book Review: The Lost City of Atlantis (Traveling Trunk Adventures #2)

    September 5, 2010 /

    What has kindled the wrath of Poseidon? Something of his has been stolen, and he will destroy all of Atlantis to get it back. Join Ethan and Dallin, two brothers who are transported back to the ancient city, as they make new friends, attempt to outwit a corrupt magistrate, and seek to reunite an enslaved girl with her father. To do so, they must escape from a three-headed dog and his master, and battle a slithering thief from the Underworld. Will Ethan and Dallin discover that they possess what Poseidon wants before it is too late? Or will they be…

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    Jessica N.
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    Book Review: The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall

    September 4, 2010 /

    When twelve-year-old Florence boards the crowded horse-drawn coach in London, she looks forward to a new life with her great uncle and aunt at Crutchfield Hall, an old manor house in the English countryside. Anything will be better, she thinks, than the grim London orphanage where she has lived since her parents’ death. But Florence doesn’t expect the ghost of her cousin Sophia, who haunts the cavernous rooms and dimly lit hallways of Crutchfield and concocts a plan to use Florence to help her achieve her murderous goals. Will Florence be able to convince the others in the household of the imminent danger and stop…

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    Jessica N.
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    Book Review: Pirate Treasure

    September 2, 2010 /

    A cursed treasure chest transports Ethan and Dallin from their modern lives onto a ship in the New World. Not just any ship, a merchant vessel transformed into a renegade pirate ship that same morning. Mistaken as thieves, the brothers must use their wits and humor to navigate the dark secrets of the brig, survive walking the plank, learn how to talk, fight and hurl insults like a pirate (along with the rest of the clueless crew), and solve the mystery that turned Captain Black Bart into a wannabe pirate. But even if they can save the pirates from themselves,…

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    Jessica N.
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    Book Review: The Absolute Value of -1

    September 1, 2010 /

    The absolute value of any number, positive or negative, is its distance from zero: |-1| = 1 Noah, Lily, and Simon have been a trio forever. But as they enter high school, their relationships shift and their world starts to fall apart. Privately, each is dealing with a family crisis—divorce, abuse, and a parent’s illness. Yet as they try to escape the pain and reach out for the connections they once counted on, they slip—like soap in a shower. Noah’s got it bad for Lily, but he knows too well Lily sees only Simon. Simon is indifferent, suddenly inscrutable to…

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    Jessica N.
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