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Book Spotlight: Counteract and Resist by Tracy Lawson
I hope so, because today’s spotlight is on a very action-packed series that already had two gorgeous books out! Today it’s all about Tracy Lawson, Counteract and Resist. In Counteract, Book One of The Resistance Series, the Office of Civilian Safety and Defense (OCSD) has guarded the public against the rampant threat of terrorism for the last fifteen years with the full backing of the US government. Their carefully crafted list of Civilian Restrictions means no concerts or sporting events, no travel, no social media, no cash transactions, and no driver’s licenses for eighteen-year-olds Tommy and Careen. The OCSD has even…
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Book Review and Tour: Our Dried Voices by Greg Hickey
Media Type: ebook Title: Our Dried Voices Author: Greg Hickey Publisher: Scribe Publishing Company Pages: Paperback; 234 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Author/PUYB ———————————————————————— Genre: Science Fiction/Dystopian HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories about a dire future for humanity with a hopeful twist. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In 2153, cancer was cured. In 2189, AIDS. And in 2235, the last members of the human race traveled to a far distant planet called Pearl to begin the next chapter of humanity. Several hundred years after their arrival, the remainder of humanity lives in a utopian colony in which every want is satisfied automatically,…
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Book Review: The Young World by Chris Weitz
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Young World *Series: The Young World Trilogy #1 Author: Chris Weitz Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: July 29, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————————— Content Screening: Violence, Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dystopian fiction featuring teen protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl…
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Audio Book Review: Landry Park by Bethany Hagen
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Landry Park Author: Bethany Hagen Narrator: Leslie Bellair Publisher: Penguin Audio Format: MP3 CD Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Source: Library ——————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of dystopian fiction, science fiction and historical romance! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Downton Abbey meets The Selection in this dystopian tale of love and betrayal In a fragmented future United States ruled by the lavish gentry, seventeen-year-old Madeline Landry dreams of going to the university. Unfortunately, gentry decorum and her domineering father won’t allow that.…
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ARC Review: Burn (Pure #3)
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Burn * Series: Pure #3 Author: Julianna Baggott Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Pages: Kindle; 432 Release Date: February 4, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————————- Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of gritty, dystopian fiction with vivid characters and situations. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Inside the Dome, Patridge has taken his father’s place as leader of the Pures. His struggle has led him here, intent upon bringing down the Dome from the inside, with the help of a secret resistance force. But things…
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Book Review: All Our Yesterdays
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: All Our Yesterdays * Series: Cassandra Chronicles #1 Author: Cristin Terrill Publisher: Disney Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: September 3, 2013 Source: Publisher ————————————————— Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Absolutely everyone! Especially those who love time travel. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N “You have to kill him.” Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain.…
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Book Review: Quarantine: The Loners
Media Type: Print Book Title: Quarantine: The Loners *Series: Quarantine #1 Author: Lex Thomas Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: July 10, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————————– Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love reads like Lord of the Flies and Gone. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High—until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And…
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Nomad Book Blitz + Giveaway!
Well my bibliophile friends, it’s that time again! Time to share with you another book that you should absolutely have on your radar. J.L. Bryan, author of Jenny Pox, has a new book coming out and it looks like a winner to me! A new dystopian novel from the author of Jenny Pox – coming July 26. They took everything: her family, her home, her childhood. By the age of nineteen, Raven has spent most of her life in the sprawling slums of America, fighting as a rebel against the dictatorship. When the rebellion steals an experimental time-travel device, she…
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Book Review: Shudder (Stitch Trilogy #2)
Media Type: Ebook Title: Shudder *Series: Stitch Trilogy #2 Author: Samantha Durante Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 348 Release Date: June 15, 2013 Source: Author —————————————————— Content Screening: Adult Language; Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who fell in love with the first in the series, Stitch. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N It’s only been three days, and already everything is different. Paragon is behind her, but somehow Alessa’s life may actually have gotten worse. In a wrenching twist of fate, she traded the safety and companionship of her…
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Guest Post: Samantha Durante, author of Shudder
Please welcome Samantha Durante, author of the Stitch Trilogy, to the blog today! She’s on a tour promoting her newest book, Shudder. Amazon / B&N / Smashwords It’s only been three days, and already everything is different. Paragon is behind her, but somehow Alessa’s life may actually have gotten worse. In a wrenching twist of fate, she traded the safety and companionship of her sister for that of her true love, losing a vital partner she’d counted on for the ordeal ahead. Her comfortable university life is but a distant memory, as she faces the prospect of surviving a bleak winter on the meager…