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Book Review: Read Me Like A Book by Liz Kessler
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Read Me Like A Book Author: Liz Kessler Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: Publisher ————————————— Content Screening: Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a character who is journeying through self-discovery and realizing who they really are. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Ashleigh Walker is a mediocre student with an assortment of friends, a sort-of boyfriend, and no plans for the future. Then a straight-from-college English teacher, Miss Murray, takes over Ash’s class and changes everything.…
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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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Book Review: The Value of Rain
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Value of Rain Author: Brandon Shire Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 214 Release Date: November 30, 2011 Source: Author —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual Situations, Harsh Language —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are comfortable with sexual situations and graphic language. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Charles is 14, and after being discovered with his first love he is forced into a mental hospital to cure his sexuality. For the next ten years he endures mental and physical torture as part…
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Alex Sanchez – Books from his past!
Tweet I’m pleased to welcome Alex Sanchez to my blog! Alex is the author of many books such as The God Box, BAIT, and the upcoming Boyfriends with Girlfriends. Today he is here to share with us some of the books from his past and why they are so important to him! At five years old: The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson. It describes a Spanish bull that prefers smelling flowers to fighting in a ring. That gentle but strong bull challenging the status quo by being true to himself made a fierce impression…