• Wrap Up Posts/Reading Lists

    February Wrap Up

    Once again, the month just flew past. February is gone as of today (Happy Leap Day!) and now it’s on to March and everything that it brings along with it. Spring is almost here! Without further ado, here is what my reading looked like this month. (* = counted last month) Books reviewed in February: Illumine by Alivia Anders – Review (3/5) * Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley – Review (5/5) * Draykon by Charlotte E. English – Review (4/5) Phantom Universe (Summer Chronicles #1) by Laura Kreitzer – Review (3/5) Forsaken Harbor (Summer Chronicles #2) by Laura Kreizter – Review (4/5) Slipping Reality by…

  • Book Reviews

    Children’s Book Review: Up Cat

    Title: Up Cat Author: Hazel Hutchins Illustrator: Fanny Publisher: Annick Press Pages: Board Book; 26 Source: NetGalley ————————————– Recommended to: Parents looking for read that promotes new vocabulary and easy repetition of those new words. Difficulty Level:  Easy, with a few more advanced words thrown in (i.e., snarled). Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N You’d be surprised at what a cat gets up to all day! A cat can get tangled up in all kinds of fun and mischief between wake-up time and nap time. Follow along with the playful text as Cat laps up milk,…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    This or That? with Julie from Pieces of Us

    Visiting the blog today is Margie Gelbwaser, author of Pieces of Us. She is here to promote her new book and to share with her readers a look into the character Julie. If you haven’t already read Pieces of Us, I can tell you that the characters are very complex. It’s nice to get to see a little bit more into the mind of Julie! Two families. Four teens. A summer full of secrets. Every summer, hidden away in a lakeside community in upstate New York, four teens leave behind their old identities…and escape from their everyday lives. Yet back…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Partials

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Partials Author: Dan Wells Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 472 Release Date: February 28, 2012 Source: NetGalley —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language; Violence ——————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for dystopian novel that is a little bit different. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with partials–engineered organic beings identical to humans–has decimated the world’s population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Value of Rain

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Value of Rain Author: Brandon Shire Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 214 Release Date: November 30, 2011 Source: Author —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual Situations, Harsh Language —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are comfortable with sexual situations and graphic language. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Charles is 14, and after being discovered with his first love he is forced into a mental hospital to cure his sexuality. For the next ten years he endures mental and physical torture as part…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Character Interview: Matchbox Girls by Chrysoula Tsavelas

    Today on the blog is a little visit from Chrysoula Tsavelas, the author of Matchbox Girls. I reviewed this book yesterday and liked it’s uniqueness. Here is your chance to see a little further into it! You can also fill out this form to enter to win a digital copy here on the blog (ends 3/1), and make sure to check out the information at the bottom of the guest post to see how to win a prize pack! Without further ado, I give Chrysoula the floor. Today’s interviewer at Character Backstage is Corbin Adair. In-story, he plays the role of…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Matchbox Girls

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Matchbox Girls Author: Chrysoula Tzavelas Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Pages: Paperback; 326 Release Date: February 21, 2012 Source: Publisher —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a paranormal that is unique. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Marley Claviger is just trying to get her life together. Stumbling into an ancient conflict between celestial forces is going to make that a whole lot harder… When Marley wakes up to a phone call from a pair of terrified…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Take home a copy of Undertow by Callie Kingston!

    In case you missed it, today I reviewed Undertow by Callie Kingston. This is a book that wasn’t quite what I expected, but what it turned out to be was great! This was a book that I really enjoyed. Marissa can’t wait to leave behind her mom and the traumatic life they shared. With Drake, she has it all figured out–until she discovers his betrayal. She flees to a desolate beach on the wild Oregon coast hoping to escape her pain where, overcome with exhaustion, she dozes off beside a log. When the first icy waves strike her, it is too…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Undertow

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Undertow Author: Callie Kingston Publisher: Carolwood Press Pages: Paperback; 230 Release Date: February 17, 2012 Source: Author ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language ————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are comfortable with characters who face difficult situations. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Marissa can’t wait to leave behind her mom and the traumatic life they shared. With Drake, she has it all figured out–until she discovers his betrayal. She flees to a desolate beach on the wild Oregon coast hoping to escape her…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Ten things you didn’t know about Amanda Grace

    Today Amanda Grace (or Mandy Hubbard depending on who you ask *wink*) is here to share some little know items about herself! Getting to know an author better is one of my favorite things. She is on tour in honor of her newest book, In Too Deep. Click the book cover to add it to your Goodreads list. I never meant for anyone to get hurt. All I wanted to do that night was make a play for Carter Davis. His heartless rejection was mortifying, but people got the wrong idea when they saw me leaving his bedroom, crying. That’s…