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Book Review: Crave
Media Type: Ebook Title: Crave Author: Melissa Darnell Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Paperback; 416 Release Date: October 25, 2011 Source: NetGalley ———————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. ———————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love vampires, witches, or a mixture of the two. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Savannah Colbert has never known why she’s so hated by the kids of the Clann. Nor can she deny her instinct to get close to Clann golden boy Tristan Coleman. Especially when she recovers from…
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Book Review: The Secret of Spruce Knoll
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Secret of Spruce Knoll Author: Heather McCorkle Publisher: Abbott Press Pages: Paperback; 252 Release Date: August 15, 2011 Source: Author ———————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy paranormal aspects, and a quick romance. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N It’s hard enough being a teenager under normal circumstances; imagine being orphaned, sent to live with an unfamiliar aunt—and learning that there really is magic in the world. Following the tragic death of…
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A hilarious interview with the one and only Scott Tracey!
OH are you in for a treat today dear readers! The amazing, stupendous (and in my opinion hilariously funny) Scott Tracey is here today! I challenged him to answer a set of increasingly ridiculous questions, inspired by those terrible and/or questions you find on forms. We at The {Teen} Book Scene call this a “Situational Interview”. Scott definitely not only answered the questions, he delivered laugh-out-loud inducing answers. So enjoy. Don’t drink anything while you read this. I can’t be held responsible if you choke. It’s for your own safety, really. 1) Have you ever driven over 80 miles an…
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Book Review: A Beautiful Dark
Media Type: Print Book Title: A Beautiful Dark Author: Jocelyn Davies Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: September 27, 2011 Source: NetGalley ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart On the night of Skye’s seventeenth birthday, she meets two enigmatic strangers. Complete opposites–like fire and ice–Asher is dark and wild, while Devin is fair and aloof. Their sudden appearance sends Skye’s life into a tailspin. She has no idea what they want, or why they seem to follow her every move–only that their presence coincides with a flurry of…
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Book Review: Shattered Souls
Media Type: Print Book Title: Shattered Souls Author: Mary Lindsey Publisher: Philomel/Penguin Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: December 8, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence ———————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: EVERYONE! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N A thrilling debut story of death, love, destiny and danger Lenzi hears voices and has visions – gravestones, floods, a boy with steel gray eyes. Her boyfriend, Zak, can’t help, and everything keeps getting louder and more intense. Then Lenzi meets Alden, the boy from…
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Book Review: Fury
Media Type: Print Book Title: Fury Author: Elizabeth Miles Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: August 30, 2011 Source: Galley Grab ====================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Sometimes sorry isn’t enough…. It’s winter break in Ascension, Maine. The snow is falling and everything looks pristine and peaceful. But not all is as it seems… Between cozy traditions and parties with her friends, Emily loves the holidays. And this year’s even better–the guy she’s been into for months is finally noticing her. But Em knows if she starts things…
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Book Review: Torn
Media Type: Book Title: Torn Author: Erica O’Rourke Publisher: Kensington Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: June 28, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Content Screening: Mild violence; sexual situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy multi-layered reads with strong characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Everyone has secrets. Even best friends. Swirling black descends like ravens, large enough to block the glow of the streetlights. A dull roar starts like a train on the ‘L’, a far-away rumbling that grows louder as it pulls closer, until it’s directly overhead and you feel it in your chest, except this doesn’t pass…
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Talking about the supernatural, with author Sherry Soule
Please welcome to the blog, Sherry Soule! She is the author of the upcoming Beautifully Broken which honestly is on the top of my wishlist! The cover alone just makes me salivate. I digress though! Here is a guest post from this lovely author, and I’ll have a review up very soon as well! Supernatural By author, Sherry Soule The word supernatural means above or beyond nature. It has become a general term for anything that we cannot explain rationally or logically. Some of the more familiar supernatural occurrences are disembodied entities, such as ghosts, dark spirits, hauntings, angels, apparitions, or…
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Book Review: Six Moon Summer
Media Type: Ebook Title: Six Moon Summer Author: SM Reine Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 198 Release Date: April 29, 2011 Source: Author =================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Rylie’s been bitten. She’s changing. And now she has three months to find a cure before becoming a werewolf… forever. Rylie Gresham hates everything about summer camp: the food, the fresh air, the dumb activities, and the other girls in her cabin. But the worst part is probably being bitten by a werewolf. Being a teenager is hard enough, but now she’s…
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This or That? with Heather Terrell
This lovely lady right here is Heather Terrell! I fell in love with her first book, Fallen Angel when I read it earlier this year. Now she’s here to support the sequel, Eternity! Heather brought along a “This or That?” list to give us a little insight into the new character, Rafe. Hi Jessica! I just wanted to take a second to say thank you so much for your interest in Eternity, the second book in the Fallen Angel series!! I really appreciate it, and am looking forward to blogging with you today. If you or your readers want to chat…