• Book Reviews

    Book Review: Forgotten

    Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Forgotten Author: Cat Patrick Publisher: Little, Brown Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: June 7, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing to report! HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Each night when 16 year-old London Lane goes to sleep, her whole world disappears. In the morning, all that’s left is a note telling her about a day she can’t remember. The whole scenario doesn’t exactly make high school or dating that hot guy whose name she can’t seem to recall any easier. But when London starts experiencing disturbing visions…

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    Book Review: Flying Blind (The Dragon Diaries #1)

    Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Flying Blind Author: Deborah Cooke Publisher: New American Library Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: June 7, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Zoë Sorensson is perfectly normal, except she’s been told she’s destined for great things. Zoë’s the one female dragon shapeshifter of her kind. But Zoë is at the bottom of the class when it comes to being Pyr and her powers are AWOL, so she’s sent to a Pyr boot camp. Zoë quickly realizes that she has to master…

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    Book Review: The Sext Crime

    Media Type: Book Title: CYA 2: The Sext Crime Author: Jason Ancona Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 280 Release Date: February 27, 2011 Source: Author ====================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Do awesome dance moves count? HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart SNAP–a girl sexts racy pics of herself. She thought the fun shots would stay between her and her boyfriend. SNAP–an anonymous hacker hijacks her photos. If she doesn’t obey, she’ll be exposed. SNAP–the Covert Youth Agency takes the girl’s case. The agents jump headfirst into Operation: Sext Crime. Their new client has less than a week…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Meeting Amalie Howard & a giveaway!

    Tweet Amalie Howard is stopping by today to promote her debut novel, Bloodspell on an epic blog tour! I’m lucky enough to have a special bio to post in her honor. She even brought a giveaway with her, you lucky people you. Spoiled, that’s what we are. As a book blogger, I love to learn more about authors so this was great for me! Take a look! My Twitter handle says that I’m a “writer, mother, dreamer, jedi, superhero, evil genius, and part-time lunatic.” That’s me in a nutshell. I write books for young adults because I have a thirteen-year-old girl…

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    My (Current) Top 5 Books of 2011!

    Tweet So I was chatting with one of my fellow bookish friends, who doesn’t blog, and she asked me what my top 5 books so far are. I blanked. I mean, wow. I’ve read almost 100 books so far this year, and I’ve loved a lot of them! Asking me to pick 5…well it’s like trying to pick your favorite flavor of ice cream. They’re all so good! However she challenged me, and I never turn down a challenge, so here goes. Keep in mind, this is for now! Who knows what the next few months of reading will bring!…

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    Ten Reasons to read The Chosen & a Giveaway!

    Tweet Today Andrea Buginsky, author of The Chosen, is here to share a bit about why you should read her book! Also, we have a giveaway for you! All you have to do is collect answers to trivia questions at the stops, enter them into the form provided below, and you’re entered to win a .PDF copy of the book. Easy peasy. Ten Reasons You Should Read “The Chosen” 1. It’s a great story with heart-felt characters. 2. It has some lessons you can learn for your own life. 3. If you like fantasy, “The Chosen” will introduce you to…

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    Book Review: She Loves You, She Loves You Not

    Media Type: Book Title: She Loves You, She Loves You Not Author: Julie Anne Peters Publisher: Little, Brown Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: June 1, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual situations; Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Seventeen-year-old Alyssa thought she knew who she was. She had her family, her best friends, and most importantly, she had Sarah. Sarah, her girlfriend, with whom she dreamed with about the day they could move far away and live out and proud and accepted for themselves, instead of having to hide their relationship. Alyssa…

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    Mai Heritage – The Second Path!

    Tweet Hey all! Are you ready for some more Mai goodness with The Nine Lives of Chloe King? So I’m still not sure if the clues I’m getting are the same ones all you playing from home are. Today I was sent this very pretty kitty, and asked to answer three key questions about its origin in order to be able to move ahead. This was a tricky one! I spent quite a bit of time on Google, but I got it! I was then directed to this video and asked to share it with you, my awesome followers. It…

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    Tens List with Steven Watkins – Vacation Destinations

    Tweet Steve Watkins, author of the upcoming What Comes After, is here today to share some favorite vacation destinations! He’s on a blog tour promoting his newest book, and you can find all the stops by clicking the banner at the bottom of the page. In the meantime though, please enjoy this simply fabulous tens list! 1. Lamu, an island off the coast of northern Kenya, not far from Somalia, with blindingly white beaches and mango groves but watch out for bandits with their pangas. 2. The Jomsom Trail, starting in Pokhara, in western Nepal and trekking through to the…

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    Favorite Books with Cat Patrick

    Tweet Lucky day! Cat Patrick is here to share a bit about herself in honor of her newest book, Forgotten. The best part? She’s here to share her favorite books! For bibliophiles like us, what could be better? Hubby and I try hard not to spoil our girls. In our house, you don’t get a treat for riding quietly in the basket at Target—unless you consider paper towels a treat, which under certain circumstances, I guess they are—and the soft lovie at the check stand is cute to pet while Mommy pays but we always need to tell him “bye,…