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Book Review: Kubrick’s Game by Derek Taylor Kent
Media Type: Ebook Title: Kubrick’s Game Author: Derek Taylor Kent Publisher: Evolved Publishing Pages: Paperback; 363 Release Date: September 26, 2016 Source: Author ——————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are fans of puzzles, and definitely fans of Stanley Kubrick’s movies. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Shawn Hagan, a college film student obsessed with legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, discovers hidden clues in his movies which lead him on a harrowing quest toward a mysterious treasure that Kubrick left behind. Endangered by sinister groups on the same quest, Shawn…
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Book Review: Yesternight by Cat Winters
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Yesternight Author: Cat Winters Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 400 Release Date: October 4, 2016 Source: Harper Collins Publishers and TLC Book Tours ——————————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence and Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy darker historical fiction, with a look at reincarnation. Add it on: HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble From the author of The Uninvited comes a haunting historical novel with a compelling mystery at its core. A young child psychologist steps off a train, her destination a foggy seaside town. There,…
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Book Spotlight + Author Interview: Outward Blonde by Trish Cook
There’s a lot of fun to be had with today’s spotlight, because Trish Cook was kind enough to stop by for a stellar interview! If you haven’t already added Outward Blonde to your TBR, let me tell you that you absolutely should. It’s funny, adorable, and so easy to relate to! If you have ever been in the “great outdoors” against your will? Well, Lizzie feels your pain. Sixteen-year-old Lizzie Finkelstein is a hard-partying socialite who lives a charmed life with her mother in Manhattan. After a public drunken sexual escapade results in both an arrest and an embarrassing viral video…
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Book Blitz: The Rift Uprising by Amy S. Foster
Today we’re celebrating the book birthday of The Right Uprising by Amy S. Foster. In my opinion, there’s nothing better than a book birthday! A new read, going out into the world, for everyone to enjoy. What could be better than that? Check it out! Normal seventeen-year-old girls go to high school, binge watch TV shows all weekend, and flirt with everyone on the face of the Earth. But Ryn Whitaker is trying to save it. Ryn is a Citadel. A soldier. A liar. Ryn and her fellow Citadels were specially chosen and trained to guard a Rift—one of fourteen unpredictable…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: The Surrendered by Case Maynard
Good morning, darling bookish people! It’s time for another spotlight, and this time it’s a dystopian story with a dire premise. What if children were the nation’s most valuable resource? That’s what Case Maynard ponders in The Surrendered. The Surrendered Case Maynard Published by: Blaze Publishing Publication date: September 20th 2016 Genres: Dystopian, Young Adult After a financial collapse devastates the United States, the new government imposes a tax on the nation’s most valuable resource—the children. Surrendered at age ten—after her parents could no longer afford her exorbitant fees—Vee Delancourt has spent six hard years at the Mills, alongside her…
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Book Review: Blood of the Prophet (The Fourth Element #2) by Kat Ross
Media Type: Ebook Title: Blood of the Prophet *Series: The Fourth Element #2 Author: Kat Ross Publisher: Acorn Publishing Pages: Paperback; 337 Release Date: September 12, 2016 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a series that blends Fantasy and Mythology. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Visionary. Alchemist. Savior. Saint. The Prophet Zarathustra has been called many things. Now he spends his time drawing pictures of weird-looking goats. That’s what happens when you’ve been stuck in a prison cell for…
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Book Review: A Mortal Song by Megan Crewe
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: A Mortal Song Author: Megan Crewe Publisher: Another World Press Pages: Kindle; 382 Release Date: September 13, 2016 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ———————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a Fantasy story steeped in Japanese lore. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Sora’s life was full of magic—until she discovered it was all a lie. Heir to Mt. Fuji’s spirit kingdom, Sora yearns to finally take on the sacred kami duties. But just as she confronts her parents to make a…
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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two by J.K Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
Media Type: Hardcover Book Title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two Series: Harry Potter #8 Authors: J.K Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne Publisher: Pottermore Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: July 31, 2016 Source: Purchased ———————————————- Genre: Young Adult Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy play manuscripts and the Harry Potter wizarding world. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be…
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Book Review: The Light Fantastic by Sarah Combs
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Light Fantastic Author: Sarah Combs Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: September 13, 2016 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for an engaging read, dealing with a tough subject. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Seven tightly interwoven narratives. Three harrowing hours. One fateful day that changes everything. Delaware, the morning of April 19. Senior Skip Day, and April Donovan’s eighteenth birthday. Four days after the Boston Marathon bombing, the country is still reeling, and…
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Book Review: How To Be You by Jeffrey Marsh
*Please note that this book actually is great for YA too!* Media Type: Print Book Title: How To Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life Author: Jeffrey Marsh Publisher: TarcherPerigee Pages: Paperback; 224 Release Date: August 2, 2016 Source: Publisher —————————————————————————– Genre: Self-Help / Self-Exploration HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a non-judgmental and fun way to be introspective. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes This book is about how to finally give up on feeling bad about ourselves and discover the best person…