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Book Spotlight: The Year of the Great Seventh
Welcome to another great spotlight post my bookish friends! When I first saw Teresa Orts’ The Year of the Great Seventh, I knew I’d want to read it. All about celebrities, and the lavish lifestyle of well-to-do LA teens, I couldn’t wait to dive in. Just check out the synopsis! Sophie has always felt out of step — an outsider, even amongst friends in her high school with all the hype about celebrity culture. Her life in L.A. seems to have been already written for her, but when her junior year starts, it all takes a drastic turn. When she…
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Guest Post: Lois Metzger, author of A Trick of the Light
The book I’m spotlighting today is one that caught my eye for a very special reason. Lois Metzger’s A Trick of the Light sheds light on the fact that women aren’t the only ones out there suffering from eating disorders. In fact quite a few young men fall into this same category. Mike Welles had everything under control. But that was before. Now things are rough at home, and they’re getting confusing at school. He’s losing his sense of direction, and he feels like he’s a mess. Then there’s a voice in his head. A friend, who’s trying to help him get…
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Book Review: Shattered
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Shattered Author: Kathi Baron Publisher: Westside Books Pages: Hardcover; 262 Release Date: September 1, 2009 Source: JKS Communications —————————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy more realistic reads, that deal with tough issues. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Teen violin prodigy Cassie has been tiptoeing around her father, whose moods have become increasingly explosive.After he destroys her beloved and valuable violin in a sudden rage, Cassie, shocked, runs away, eventually seeking refuge in a homeless shelter.She later learns that her…
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Book Review: The Rules for Disappearing
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Rules for Disappearing Author: Ashley Elston Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: May 14, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of quick moving novels with vivid characters and true to life situations. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N She’s been six different people in six different places: Madeline in Ohio, Isabelle in Missouri, Olivia in Kentucky . . . But now that she’s been transplanted to rural Louisiana, she has decided that this fake identity will…
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Book Review: Forbidden Sister
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Forbidden Sister *Series: The Forbidden #1 Author: V.C. Andrews Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: Paperback; 432 Release Date: February 26, 2103 Source: Publisher ———————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence and Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy V.C. Andrews as an author, and books with tougher subjects. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Emmie Wilcox, the younger daughter of Norton and Vivian Wilcox, was seven, her father, frustrated with his older daughter Roxanne’s misbehavior and defiance, told her to get out. At…
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Author Interview: Charlotte Rains Dixon
Charlotte Rains Dixon is here on the blog today! Her novel, Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior is a new one I’ve added to my reading list and it looks scrumptious! Best-selling novelist Emma Jean Sullivan longed for a baby for years, but after she and her husband Peter were unable to conceive, she staunchly vowed to become the standard bearer for all childless couples. And she succeeds spectacularly. At age 48 (43 according to her blog, Life, Full Tilt) Emma Jean enjoys a rabid anti-baby fan base and her novels have sold millions. But now she confronts a dilemma larger than any…
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Book Review: Destiny, Rewritten
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Destiny, Rewritten Author: Kathryn Fitzmaurice Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: February 19, 2013 Source: Eidelweiss ————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love smart, quirky female characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Eleven-year-old Emily Elizabeth Davis has been told for her entire life that her destiny is to become a poet, just like her famous namesake, Emily Dickinson. But Emily doesn’t even really like poetry, and she has a secret career ambition that she suspects her…
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Book Review: Escape Theory
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Escape Theory Author: Margaux Froley Publisher: Soho Teen Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: March 12, 2013 Source: Publisher —————————————————- Content Screening: Drug use, Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers that enjoy a good contemporary, shrouded in mystery, and are okay with a little grit in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sixteen-year-old Devon Mackintosh has always felt like an outsider at Keaton, the prestigious California boarding school perched above the Pacific. As long as she’s not fitting in, Devon figures she might as…
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Falling For You Promo Post and Giveaway!
Falling For You by Lisa Schroeder is on tour with Modge Podge Book Tours! When I was asked to help promote this book, I happily accepted. I’ve had Falling For You in my sights for quite a while. Actually, I’ll totally admit that it was ever since I saw the cover. Gorgeous! Let me tempt you with the synopsis shall I? Rae’s always dreamed of dating a guy like Nathan. He’s nothing like her abusive stepfather—in other words, he’s sweet. But the closer they get, the more Nathan wants of her time, of her love, of her…and the less she wants…
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Book Review: What We Saw At Night
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: What We Saw At Night Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard Publisher: Soho Teen Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: January 8, 2013 Source: Publisher ————————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language —————————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for an outside the box read, with original characters. Add it: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Allie Kim suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum: a fatal allergy to sunlight that confines her and her two best friends, Rob and Juliet, to the night. When freewheeling Juliet takes up Parkour—the stunt-sport of scaling…