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Book Review: Game
Media Type: Print Book Title: Game *Series: Jasper Dent #2 Author: Barry Lyga Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 528 Release Date: April 16, 2013 Source: Library ———————————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers with a strong stomach who don’t mind darker reads. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Billy grinned. “Oh, New York,” he whispered. “We’re gonna have so much fun.” I Hunt Killers introduced the world to Jazz, the son of history’s most infamous serial killer, Billy Dent. In an effort to prove…
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Book Review: Tristis Manor
Media Type: Ebook Title: Tristis Manor * Series: Novella in The Never Chronicles Author: J.R. Wagner Publisher: Solomon Claw Publishing Pages: Ebook; 107 Release Date: March 20, 2013 Source: NetGalley ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence, Tough Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are okay with tough issues in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Margaret lives in a constant state of fear. Fear of her mother, whose constant state of anger and unwillingness to speak of Margaret’s past have long since pushed Margaret away. Fear of disappointing her…
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Book Review: The Rules for Disappearing
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Rules for Disappearing Author: Ashley Elston Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: May 14, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of quick moving novels with vivid characters and true to life situations. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N She’s been six different people in six different places: Madeline in Ohio, Isabelle in Missouri, Olivia in Kentucky . . . But now that she’s been transplanted to rural Louisiana, she has decided that this fake identity will…
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Book Review: Forbidden Sister
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Forbidden Sister *Series: The Forbidden #1 Author: V.C. Andrews Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: Paperback; 432 Release Date: February 26, 2103 Source: Publisher ———————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence and Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy V.C. Andrews as an author, and books with tougher subjects. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Emmie Wilcox, the younger daughter of Norton and Vivian Wilcox, was seven, her father, frustrated with his older daughter Roxanne’s misbehavior and defiance, told her to get out. At…
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Spotlight on The Warner Grimoire – Book One: Bad Apple
Today’s spotlight is on a book I have on my wishlist, and you should too! It was brought to my attention a few days ago, and I’m desperately working to clear space so I can devour it whole. Meet Simon Warner, a fourteen-year-old who drowned. Death was just the beginning. Dying awakens an angry and malevolent force inside Simon–magic, and before he can comprehend his mystical transformation his adopted father is kidnapped during a mysterious fire that destroys their home. Within hours Simon is violently yanked into the supernatural world, where the real trouble starts: he is the descendent of…
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Book Review: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game!
Media Type: Ebook Title: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game! Author: Katie Ashley Publisher: Self Pages: Ebook; 266 Release Date: April 30, 2013 Source: Literati Literature Lovers Tours ————————————————— Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a sweet romance with a bit of angst thrown in for good measure. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N For Noah Sullivan being the best friend to a douchebag and player like Jake Nelson has never been easy. It’s been a rocky road since kindergarten when Jake duct taped Noah to his…
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Book Review: The Archived
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Archived *Series: The Archived #1 Author: Victoria Schwab Publisher: Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 328 Release Date: January 22, 2013 Source: Library ——————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for an amazing adventure with a strong and capable female protagonist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and…
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Blogoversary Giveaway #1 – The Illumine Series by Alivia Anders!
As I mentioned earlier today marks the day my blog turns a whopping THREE YEARS OLD! *wipes tears* They grow up so fast… Anyway I’ll be celebrating all week by sharing some goodies with you, talking about what I love about blogging, and just being all around silly. I mean really, that’s what I’m all about anyway. Am I right? Bring on the festivities! ********************* Question of the Day: What is your favorite thing about blogging? The people! All the amazing people I meet on a daily basis, including authors, fellow bloggers, and just downright cool people who make my…
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Guest Post + Giveaway with Jenny E. Miller
A treat for you today! Jenny E. Miller is visiting the blog with her debut book, Asylum. Are you looking for a creepy read? One with mystery and twisted romance? Sounds like you’re looking for this book. June Foster’s summer is limping along. Her life on a 1950′s farm in eastern Washington is boring–full of milking cows, picking apricots and tending to the chicken coops. Her only friends are her record player and her books. But when gorgeous, turquoise-eyed Frank falls into her world, her life becomes anything but ordinary. June falls for Frank hard and fast–he’s beautiful, impossibly strong,…
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A Shard of Ice has a cover!
Chances are that you’ve seen this gorgeous cover peppering the blogosphere today. It’s so mind blowing and gorgeous though, that who could blame everyone for wanting to post it? Alivia Anders is an author who is near and dear to my heart, and who is talented beyond measure. I, for one, can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of this book! Title: A Shard of Ice Series: Black Symphony Saga Publisher: Red Alice Press Release Date: April 14th, 2014 THEIR SOULS, REAWAKENED When 13-year-old Lilix Morgan is found alive and floating on a bed of ice at sea,…