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Audio Book Review: Look At Me
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Look At Me Author: Jennifer Egan Narrator: Rachel Warren Publisher: AudioGO Format: MP3 CDs Duration: 20 hours and 6 minutes Source: Audiobook Jukebox ———————————————- Genre: Contemporary HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are drawn in by sarcastic humor and character introspection. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N At the start of this edgy and ambitiously multilayered novel, a fashion model named Charlotte Swenson emerges from a car accident in her Illinois hometown with her face so badly shattered that it takes eighty titanium screws to reassemble it. She returns to New York still…
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Book Review: The Namesake
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Namesake Author: Steven Parlato Publisher: Merit Press Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: January 18, 2013 Source: Publisher ————————————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Abuse, Mild Violence —————————————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are okay with real, harsh issues in their writing. Add it to: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Gifted artist? Standout student? All his teachers are sure certain that Evan Galloway can be the graduate who brings glory to small, ordinary St. Sebastian’s School. As for Evan, however, he can’t be bothered anymore.…
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Book Review: These Things Happen
Media Type: Print Book Title: These Things Happen Author: Richard Kramer Publisher: Unbridled Books Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: November 7, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ———————————————— Genre: Contemporary Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with great characters and a solid plot. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A domestic story told in numerous original and endearing voices. The story opens with Wesley, a tenth grader, and involves his two sets of parents (the mom and her second husband, a very thoughtful doctor; and the father who has become…
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Leigh T. Moore visits, plus win a copy of The Truth About Faking!
Please welcome to the blog the lovely, and talented, Ms. Leigh T. Moore! She is the author of The Truth About Faking, a YA contemporary romance novel. Cute, sweet, and fun! Leigh is here today to share with all of you a little bit about her writing process and to share a copy of her book as well! Yup, that’s right. You’ll get a chance to enter to win a copy of this romance for your very own. You lucky ducks you. So without further ado, here’s Leigh! First, a big THANKS! to Jessica for inviting me here today. Her suggestion…
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Book Review: The Truth About Faking
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Truth About Faking Author: Leigh T. Moore Publisher: Smash Pages: Ebook; 328 Release Date: September 1, 2012 Source: Author ———————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language ———————————————— HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love to devour a sweet contemporary romance every now and then. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Jason just wants a date with Harley. Harley just wants a date with Trent. Trent’s still getting over Stephanie. When Harley and Jason decide to fake date, they uncover a school of deceptions.…
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Book Review: Speechless
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Speechless Author: Hannah Harrington Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Paperback; 288 Release Date: August 28, 2012 Source: Publisher ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Adult Language, Mild Violence ——————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of Contemporary books that deal with tough issues, and do it beautifully. Add it: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / Book Depository Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can’t keep a secret Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed. Now Chelsea has…
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Book Review: 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
Media Type: Print Book Title: 52 Reasons to Hate My Father Author: Jessica Brody Publisher: Farrar, Starus & Giroux Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: July 3, 2012 Source: Publisher ——————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of Note ——————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of Jessica Brody! Readers who enjoy a story with a little sass, a hefty helping of humor, and a lot of heart. Add it: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / Book Depository Being America’s favorite heiress is a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it. Lexington Larrabee…
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Book Review: What the Heck Dec?!
Media Type: Print Book Title: What the Heck, Dec?! Author: Elizabeth Dudak Publisher: Orange Hat Publishing Pages: Paperback; 264 Release Date: March 29, 2012 Source: Author ———————————— Genre: Romance / Contemporary HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good, quirky romance with great characters. Add it: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / Book Depository Marti Karnawski is waiting in the front office of Noteah Middle School trying to land first her teaching position, not a man. Yet one casual glance at Declan Reed – the school’s droolicious social worker with bad boy…
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Book Review: Pushing The Limits
Media Type: Print Book Title: Pushing The Limits Author: Katie McGarry Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: July 31, 2012 Source: Publisher —————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Drug use; Swearing; Violence —————————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a contemporary read with a lot of heart, and a lot of grit. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with “freaky” scars on her arms. Even Echo can’t…
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Book Review: So L.A.
Media Type: Print Book Title: So L.A. Author: Bridget Hoida Publisher: Lettered Press Pages: Paperback; 384 Release Date: June 20, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours / Author ——————————————– Genre: Contemporary HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love reality tv, and are okay with satirical humor Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Magdalena de la Cruz breezed through Berkeley and built an empire selling designer water. She’d never felt awkward or unattractive… until she moved to Los Angeles. In L.A., where “everything smells like acetone and Errol Flynn,” Magdalena attempts to reinvent…