-
Author Interview + Giveaway: CALL ME SUNFLOWER by Miriam Spitzer Franklin
Happy Tuesday, bookish friends! I’m hoping you had a chance to recharge during this long weekend, and hopefully get some reading done as well! I know that I did. Anyway, I’m here today to share with you a fun spotlight on Call Me Sunflower by Miriam Spitzer Franklin! If you follow my bookstagram account, you might have noticed that this book arrived for my review recently. Well, guess what? Now you can read this wonderful book right along with me! Yes, that’s right. Not only is Miriam Spitzer Franklin here with an interview, but she’s also offering up a gorgeous signed…
-
Book Review: The Things They’ve Taken by Katie McElhenney
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Things They’ve Taken Author: Katie McElhenney Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: Kindle; 278 Release Date: May 1, 2017 Source: YAReads Blog Tours / Publisher ——————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking paranormal reads that feature family bonds. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N All Lo Campbell wants is to be a normal teenager—to go to one high school, live in one place, and have one real friend. Instead, she travels the country with her mother, chasing the unknown, the “what else”…
-
Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Secret by Kellyn Roth
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Dressmaker’s Secret *Series: The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, Book I Author: Kellyn Roth Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 205 Release Date: January 9, 2016 Source: Author —————————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a historically based read, with a little romance. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon London, England, 1870 It comes to the attention of curious eight-year-old Alice Chattoway that her father is seemingly nonexistent. After realizing that his absence is making her mother unhappy, Alice becomes determined to find…
-
Book Review: Gardenia by Kelsey Sutton
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Gardenia Author: Kelsey Sutton Publisher: Diversion Publishing Pages: Paperback; 260 Release Date: February 28, 2017 Source: Publisher / NetGalley ————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a dark and gritty YA mystery. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Ever since she was a child, Ivy has been able to see countdown clocks over everyone’s heads indicating how long before they will die. She can’t do anything about anyone else’s, nor can she do anything about her own, which will hit the…
-
Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Digging in the Stars by Katherine Blakeney
Digging in the Stars Katherine Blakeney Published by: Blaze Publishing Publication date: March 28th 2017 Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult A lost ancient civilization and the tomb of a legendary king lie buried beneath centuries of ash on the volcanic planet Thror, but that’s not the only reason sixteen-year-old Carter has tricked her Archaeology of Outer Space class into coming here. Her best friend Conrad has just disappeared on a trip to Thror, leaving behind little more than a broken vintage camera. The strange and disturbing photographs she manages to extract make her suspect Conrad’s disappearance is somehow connected to…
-
Q&A + Review: The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
Good morning lovely bookish people, and welcome to The Bone Witch tour! If I told you that I was really excited to read this book, that would be an understatement. More accurately, this was one of my most anticipated books of this season! So I’m pleased as punch to be a part of this tour, and to help Rin Chupeco promote her new book! The Bone Witch (#1) by Rin Chupeco Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Release Date: March 7, 2017 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal The beast raged; it punctured the air with its spite. But the girl was fiercer. Tea is…
-
Book Review: Beautiful Broken Girls by Kim Savage
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Beautiful Broken Girls Author: Kim Savage Publisher: FS&G (BYR) Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: February 21, 2017 Source: Publisher / FFBC Tours ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like stories that blend mystery with the darker side of being a teen. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Remember the places you touched me. The parts of Mira Cillo that Ben touched are etched on his soul. Palm. Hair. Chest. Cheek. Lips. Throat. Heart. It was the last one that broke her. After…
-
Spring Fever Giveaway Blitz
Spring fever has started here in the midwest! The sun in shining and we are ready to shed our winter coats. To kick off your spring, check out this awesome giveaway and don’t forget to set your clocks back this Sunday! Happy reading friends! Welcome to the Spring Fever Giveaway Party! A dozen authors over at YA Author Rendezvous have put an awesome giveaway together – with over TWENTY chances to win! One grand-prize winner will walk away with a signed, first edition hardback of Witch and Wizard which just so happens to be written by one of the biggest…
-
Book Review: Secrets of a Reluctant Princess by Casey Griffin
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Secrets of a Reluctant Princess Author: Casey Griffin Publisher: Entangled TEEN Pages: Paperback; 320 Release Date: March 7, 2017 Source: Publisher / Chapter by Chapter Blog Tours ————————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love stories with tons of growth, and adorable romances! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N At Beverly Hills High, you have to be ruthless to survive… Adrianna Bottom always wanted to be liked. But this wasn’t exactly what she had in mind. Now, she’s in the spotlight…and out of her…
-
Book Review: Chameleon by Zoe Kalo
Media Type: Ebook Title: Chameleon Author: Zoe Kalo Publisher: Createspace Pages: Paperback; 250 Release Date: February 2, 2017 Source: Author/Xpresso Tours ——————————————– Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a darker/psychological aspect to their stories Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N An isolated convent, a supernatural presence, a dark secret… 17-year-old Paloma only wanted to hold a séance to contact her dead father. She never thought she would be kicked out of school and end up in an isolated convent. Now, all she wants is to be left alone. But slowly, she develops a bond with a group of girls: kind-hearted Maria, insolent Silvy, pathological…