• Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Blitz + Giveaway: Chameleon by Zoe Kalo

    Chameleon Zoe Kalo Publication date: February 2nd 2017 Genres: Gothic, Young Adult 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 liar Adelita, and their charismatic leader Rubia. When, yet again, Paloma holds a séance in the hope of contacting her father, she awakens an…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Merrow by Ananda Braxton-Smith

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Merrow Author: Ananda Braxton-Smith Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: November 8, 2016 Source: NetGalley ——————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like stories with a folktale feel and a lot of internal storytelling. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In this breathless and beautifully crafted tale, twelve-year-old Neen Marrey must separate town gossip from town lore to learn the truth about her mother—and herself. The people of Carrick Island have been whispering behind Neen’s back ever since her father drowned and…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Caraval (Caraval #1) by Stephanie Garber

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Caraval (Caraval #1) Author: Stephanie Garber Publisher: Flatiron Books Pages: Hardcover; 407 Release Date: January 31, 2017 Source: NetGalley —————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are willing to be swept away, but aren’t sticklers for intense world or character building. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Whatever you’ve heard about Caraval, it doesn’t compare to the reality. It’s more than just a game or a performance. It’s the closest you’ll ever find to magic in this world . . .Welcome, welcome to Caraval―Stephanie…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Lifers by M.A. Griffin

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Lifers Author: M.A. Griffin Publisher: Chicken House (Scholastic) Pages: Paperback; 288 Release Date: January 31, 2017 Source: Rockstar Book Tours / Publisher —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mysteries that challenge their view of the world. Add it on: Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Audible | Goodreads Fear haunts the streets of Manchester: a schoolgirl has disappeared. Preston is drawn to investigate, exploring the city in the hunt for his missing friend. Deep in the bowels of a secret scientific institute, he discovers a sinister machine. Captured and condemned to a cavernous space…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    Waiting on Wednesday (1-25-17)

    You’ve made it to Wednesday, bookish friends! Congratulations! With all the madness happening lately, it’s a wonder that any of us are functioning properly. I fully admit that it put a hard stop on my reading for a bit, and (as you can definitely see) on my blogging too. If I’ve learned anything though, it’s that sharing book related items makes me happy! Thus this meme. I’m off to visit everyone after I share this book, and go add all the books to my happily overflowing TBR. Now, on to my pick for this Wednesday! I’m eagerly waiting on Black…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Love and First Sight Author: Josh Sundquist Publisher: Little, Brown BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 281 Release Date: January 3, 2017 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a well-written book from the perspective of a blind protagonist. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Love is more than meets the eye. On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in the cafeteria, and somehow drove…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Bear and the Nightingale Author: Katherine Arden Publisher: Del Rey Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: January 10, 2017 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good fairy tale, complete with a strong heroine. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Love and Other Unknown Variables by Shannon Lee Alexander

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Love and Other Unknown Variables Author: Shannon Lee Alexander Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: October 7, 2014 Source: Purchased ——————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy young adult romance and aren’t afraid of a little sadness Add it on: Goodreads| Amazon | Booklikes Charlie Hanson has a clear vision of his future. A senior at Brighton School of Mathematics and Science, he knows he’ll graduate, go to MIT, and inevitably discover solutions to the universe’s greatest unanswered questions. He’s that smart. But Charlie’s future blurs the moment he reaches out to touch the tattoo on a beautiful girl’s neck. The…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review & Giveaway: My Friends are All Strange by M.C Lesh

    Media Type: Ebook Title: My Friends are All Strange Author: M.C Lesh Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: Paperback; 230 Release Date: October 18, 2016 Source: Author/Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good story about not so normal people.  Add it on: Goodreads| Amazon | Booklikes  My friends are all strange. Right now I’m living at Brookside, a place for people like me. I’ve met a kitty girl, a brooding beautiful boy, one who can’t be touched, and others. My new friends. Strange people. People like me. I’ve always been different, but lately, more so. My hands sometimes don’t seem to be…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    THESE SHALLOW GRAVES and UNFORGIVEN Now in Paperback Blog Tour

    It’s time for an epic spotlight, on two stellar books that are finally out in paperback! Are you the type who waits for paperbacks, so you can hoard all the more books? I’m right there with you, friends. Which means you’ll be as happy as I was to know that These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly and Unforgiven (A Fallen Novel) by Lauren Kate are out in paperback now! Scope these synopses, and then make sure to add each one to your reading list if you haven’t already! Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll…