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Guest Post + Giveaway: Catherine Stine, author of Ruby’s Fire!
Another great author is on the blog today! Catherine Stine, author of Fireseed One and now Ruby’s Fire, is on tour! I’ve read Fireseed One and can honestly say it’s amazing. I can’t wait to dive into Ruby’s Fire as well. Check out the synopsis! If everything about you changes, what remains? Seventeen year-old Ruby, long-pledged to the much older Stiles from the Fireseed desert cult, escapes with only a change of clothes, a pouch of Oblivion Powder and her mute little brother, Thorn. Arriving at The Greening, a boarding school for orphaned teens, she can finally stop running. Or can she? The…
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Quarantine Series Giveaway!
Yesterday, if you’ll recall, I reviewed Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas. You can check my ramblings out here, if you’re interested! I know that at the end of the first book, I was eager for the second and I was lucky enough to have both to devour. Which brings me to my point: You too can have both of Lex Thomas’ books to devour! EgmontUSA has been so kind as to offer up a paperback copy of Quarantine: The Loners and a hardback copy of Quarantine: The Saints to one lucky winner! Open to U.S. mailing address only. Giveaway ends August 4, 2013.…
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Book Review: Strangelets
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Strangelets Author: Michelle Gagon Publisher: Soho Teen Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: April 9, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy psychological thrillers mixed with a little science fiction Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N 17-year-old Sophie lies on her deathbed in California, awaiting the inevitable loss of her battle with cancer… 17-year-old Declan stares down two armed thugs in a back alley in Galway, Ireland… 17-year-old Anat attempts to traverse a booby-trapped tunnel between Israel and Egypt……
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A guest post by Liz Gruder
Tour Link When New Orleans went under during Hurricane Katrina, I worked in the media. Martial law had been declared. Driving through the warzone, soldiers poked guns in my face as I held up ID. I saw the Xs painted on houses with a number declaring the dead. I drove to a beloved marina with boats piled up like Tinker Toys. All wildlife was dead and the seagulls had been blown away. Everything had been destroyed. I saw my husband, who had kept his boat there and loved the marina, the wildlife, and the sunsets, fall to his knees and…
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Excerpt + Giveaway for Undone: An Unraveling Novella
Elizabeth Norris’ Unraveling series has been on my wishlist for quite a long time! That is why I was so excited to hear that the next book in the series, Unbreakable is on its way. For those of you who have already read Unraveling and are looking for a little more, Harper Teen Impulse has just put out a novella that goes between the first two books. Titled Undone, it contains three short stories to sate your taste buds while you wait for the next book. Riveting and romantic, Undone: An Unraveling Novella contains three short stories set in the world of Unraveling, the…
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Starseed Excerpt + Giveaway
Tour Schedule Starseed Author: Liz Gruder ISBN: 978-1937178291 Publisher: WiDo Publishing Published: February 2013 SUMMARY************************* Starseed concerns a sixteen-year-old girl who falls in love with a starseed boy who reveals that she, too, is half extraterrestrial, and is forced to choose her allegiance between Earth and her star family. ************************* Kaila Guidry has always known she is different. When she meets Jordyn Stryker at school, she finds out just how different. Jordyn was born and raised far from Earth, a starseed, one of six new students sent to Louisiana’s Bush High to learn human ways. But Jordyn didn’t count on…
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Book Review: Earth-Sim
Media Type: Print Book Title: Earth-Sim Author: Jade Kerrion Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 207 Release Date: February 2, 2013 Source: Author ——————————————————– Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Those who adore an intelligently written and enjoyable Sci Fi novel. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Jem Moran has a reputation to prove and a secret to protect. The prestigious world simulation program seems the answer to both her problems, but only if she can succeed in spite of her partner, Kir Davos, and the uncooperative human beings who populate her…
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Facades and the Truth: A post by Jade Kerrion
Jade Kerrion is the guest of honor here on Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile today! She is the author of Earth-Sim, a quick moving Sci-Fi novel about a girl who has power over our history and, even larger spread, our whole world. Sound like something up your alley? Here’s a synopsis! What reviewers are saying: 5 Stars! “What a fantastic book by Jade Kerrion, it grabbed me from the very first page…Ms Kerrion’s writing is exciting and well paced to keep you wanting to know more…” Jem Moran has a reputation to prove and a secret to protect. The prestigious world simulation…
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Book Review: The Demi Monde: Winter
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Demi Monde *Series: The Demi Monde Saga Author: Rod Rees Publisher: Quercus Publishing Pages: Hardcover; 522 Release Date: January 1, 2011 Source: Publisher ————————————————- Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of down and dirty science fiction mixed with steampunk. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N EXPERIENCE THE ULTIMATE IN VIRTUAL REALITY. The Demi-Monde is the most advanced computer simulation ever devised. Created to prepare soldiers for the nightmarish reality of urban warfare, it is a virtual world locked in eternal civil war.…
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Book Review: Keeper of the Black Stones
Media Type: Print Book Title: Keeper of the Black Stones * Series: Stone Ends, Book 1 Author: P.T. McHugh Publisher: Glass House Press Pages: Paperback; 369 Release Date: February 26, 2013 Source: Publisher —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone! Especially readers who genuinely enjoy a romp through history. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Awkward in his own skin, shy around girls and worried about anything and everything, Jason Evans is just like a million other teenage boys in high school, with one very large exception:…