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Book Review: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Media Type: Audiobook Title: The Scorpio Races Author: Maggie Stiefvater Narrator(s): Steve West; Fiona Hardingham Publisher: Scholastic Audio Run Time: 12 hours 6 minutes Release Date: October 18, 2011 Source: Audible ——————————————————— Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy being swept up in a brilliant setting, with wonderfully brilliant characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes With her trademark lyricism, Maggie Stiefvater turns to a new world, where a pair are swept up in a daring, dangerous race across a cliff-with more than just their lives at stake should they…
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Book Review: Dream A Little Dream (Silver Trilogy #1) by Kerstin Gier
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Dream A Little Dream * Series: Silver Trilogy #1 Author: Kerstin Gier Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. (BYR) Pages: Hardcover; 322 Release Date: April 14, 2015 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sweeping stories with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv’s dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she’s in a graveyard at night, watching four boys…
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Kiss Kill Love Him Still – Scavenger Hunt!
Kiss Kill Love Him Still by Jamie Blair & Dawn Rae Miller Release Date: November 10th 2015 Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Synopsis: Jackson Landis kept secrets. It’s how he got girls into bed, the grades he wanted, and a reputation for being the life of the party. But now he’s dead, and no one knows how or why. Especially not the four girls whose secrets he protected. Secrets so scandalous they could cause each girl to lose something valuable. Secrets so dark, someone may have killed for them. The four girls – a campus drug dealer, an overweight bookworm, a closeted lesbian, and…
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Book Review: Hardwired by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Hardwired Author: Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie Publisher: Flux Pages: paperback; 240 Release Date: November 8, 2015 Source: Publisher/Netgalley ———————————————– Genre: Teens/YA Suspense Content Screening: Some violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a strong male lead in a not so distant dystopian future. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes When Lucas tested positive for the warrior gene—a genetic abnormality believed to predispose humans to violence—he was shipped off to the Bake Shop, an impregnable government facility. There, he underwent a battery of psychological tests aimed at making him crack. Now, labeled safe to return to normal life, he’s ready to…
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Book Spotlight: I Don’t Know How the Story Ends by J.B. Cheaney
I promised you book spotlights, and I aim to deliver! The best part about today’s, is that this book not only looks absolutely amazing but there’s also a giveaway attached just for you! Don’t you feel special? Take a look at all the buzz below. I can tell you right now, it was the prospect of being lost in an early Hollywood that really caught me up. Perhaps it’ll do the same for you. Our story begins in a dusty little town in California, a bustling place called Hollywood… Isobel Ransom is feeling anxious. Her father is away treating wounded…
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Book Review: The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Last Necromancer Series: The Ministry of Curiosities #1 Author: C.J. Archer Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 268 Release Date: August 11, 2015 Source: Xpresso Book Tours/Author ———————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with a slow burn, and a twist at the end. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Victorian London: For five years, Charlotte (Charlie) Holloway has lived as a boy in the slums. But when one theft too many gets her arrested, her only means of escape lies with a dead…
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Book Spotlight: Counteract and Resist by Tracy Lawson
I hope so, because today’s spotlight is on a very action-packed series that already had two gorgeous books out! Today it’s all about Tracy Lawson, Counteract and Resist. In Counteract, Book One of The Resistance Series, the Office of Civilian Safety and Defense (OCSD) has guarded the public against the rampant threat of terrorism for the last fifteen years with the full backing of the US government. Their carefully crafted list of Civilian Restrictions means no concerts or sporting events, no travel, no social media, no cash transactions, and no driver’s licenses for eighteen-year-olds Tommy and Careen. The OCSD has even…
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Kelly Oram Blog Takeover: Day 1 of Science Geek Appreciation Week!
Good morning, ladies and gents! Welcome to Day 1 of Science Geek Appreciation Week with author Kelly Oram–a fun-filled week of teasers, interviews, games, giveaways, and lots and lost of science! I’ve pretty much signed my blog over to Kelly this week, and I’m not even upset about it. We’re going to kick off the week by introducing you to the stars of the Spanish Fork High Science Squad–Club President Avery Shaw and her newest recruit, Grayson Kennedy–in their debut novel The Avery Shaw Experiment. Title: The Avery Shaw Experiment Author: Kelly Oram Publisher: Blufields Pages:221 Available: Amazon, iBooks, B&N, Kobo When Avery Shaw’s…
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Book Review: Awakened (Resilient #2) by Patricia Vanasse
Media Type: Ebook Title: Awakened Series: Resilient #2 Author: Patricia Vanasse Publisher: Pants on Fire Press Pages: Paperback; 317 Release Date: July 2015 Source: CBB Book Promotions ————————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy strong female protagonists and lots of action. Add it on: Goodreads | BookLikes Under the control of The Agency, a secret, governmental organization that created genetically engineered teens who posses a combination of extraordinary abilities, Adam is serving the purpose for which he was created while his girlfriend, Livia fights to save him. Manipulated to forget his…
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Book Review: Don’t Ever Change by M. Beth Bloom
Media Type: Ebook Title: Don’t Ever Change Author: M. Beth Bloom Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: July 7, 2015 Source: FFBC Book Tours ——————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy true to life characters, and stream of consciousness in their books. Add it on: BookLikes | Amazon | Goodreads | B&N Eva has always wanted to write a modern classic—one that actually appeals to her generation. The only problem is that she has realized she can’t “write what she knows” because she hasn’tyet begun to live. So before…