• Wrap Up Posts/Reading Lists

    January 2014 Wrap Up

    Can you believe it’s already going to be February? Wow! I’m still trying to wrap my head around writing 2014 when I write out a date. Ha! Time flies, especially when you have a busy reading month. Let’s see how I did! ********** (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in January: (A) From the Outback by Ann B. Harrison – Review (3/5)** (YA) The One You Feed by James Drummond – Review (3/5) (YA) Uninvited by Sophie Jordan – Review (3/5)** …

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Eversea

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Eversea    * Series: Eversea #1 Author: Natasha Boyd Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 358 Release Date: June 4, 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ———————————————- Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quick, fun reads with well built characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes An orphaned, small-town, southern girl, held hostage by responsibility and self-doubt. A Hollywood A-list mega-star, on the run from his latest scandal and with everything to lose. A chance encounter that leads to an unlikely arrangement and epic love affair that will change…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Secret of Isobel Key

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Secret of Isobel Key Author: Jen McConnel Publisher: Bloomsbury Spark Pages: Ebook; 220 Release Date: December 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Key to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy shorter stories that span continents and time periods. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Lou is in the middle of a quarter-life crisis. Fresh out of college, she’s unemployed and unsure of herself. But when she gets the chance to escape to Scotland with her best friend, it could be the answer to her…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    The Dreaded DNF: And…Discuss!

    And…Discuss is a way for me to share a topic I’ve been thinking about, ramble about it for a bit, and then open the floor to your opinions. An open forum for bookaholics! What I love most about these posts is seeing your comments, so share away :). This time the topic is… I’ve mildly touched on this subject here before, but it’s been a few years and my opinions have changed! It used to be that I couldn’t bring myself to mark a book as DNF. I’d struggle through, even when I wasn’t enjoying myself. Why? I can’t really…

  • Book Reviews

    Audio Book Review: Fuse (Pure #2)

    Media Type: Audio Book Title: Fuse    *Series: Pure #2′ Author: Julianna Baggott Narrators: Khristine Hvam, Casey Holloway, Kevin T. Collins, Pierce Cravens Publisher: Hachette Audio Format: MP3 Download Duration: 16 hours and 44 minutes Source: Library Download ——————————————————————– Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes We want our son returned. This girl is proof that we can save you all. If you ignore our plea, we will kill our hostages one at a time. To be a Pure is to be perfect, untouched by Detonations…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: What the Dark Brings

    Media Type: Ebook Title: What the Dark Brings Author: Edward Lorn Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 145 Release Date: October 17, 2012 Source: Author ————————————————- Genre: Horror / Short Story Collections HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a mix of stories full of both horror and hope. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Follow Edward Lorn out of the light and into the darkest recesses of his mind. What the Dark Brings is a collection of 19 short stories, beginning with “Literary Sweets”, a tender jaunt into Christmastime that proves all is not…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: A Life of Death

    Media Type: Ebook Title: A Life of Death Author: Weston Kincade Publisher: Self-published Pages: Serial Novel Release Date: June 8, 2011 Source: Author ———————————————————– Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who can deal with intense child abuse scenes, and other tough issues while reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Alex Drummond is a troubled high school senior with a checkered past, a broken home, and a surprising ability. When he touches items that murder victims held in their final moments, Alex relives the events in gruesome detail, seeing…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (1/20/14)

    Click above to join in the fun! Last week was a quiet week of reading and reviewing. I took an impromptu vacation from work, and decided to spend my time doing other things besides being bookish :). It was awesome! Now I’m ready to dive back in!   I didn’t finish all the books I set out to read last week, but I did make it through two! A Life of Death was surprisingly good. Definitely one that you don’t want to judge by its cover. Nightcrawlers was extremely creepy. Perfect for the horror-driven mood that I was in. Loved it!  …

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Blitz + Giveaway: The Appeal of Evil by Pembroke Sinclair

    Here’s another book blitz for all of you, and this one looks amazing! Katie wants to invest her heart and soul in love, but she may lose both to Hell. Katie, a senior in high school, is torn between loving the “good” guy, her childhood friend Wes who makes promises he doesn’t keep and abandons her when she needs him the most, and the “bad” guy, the new kid at school Josh who is also a real demon from Hell. Katie wants someone who pays attention to her and puts her first, but what is she willing to give up…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Obsidian Pebble

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Obsidian Pebble Author: Rhys A. Jones Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: October 29, 2013 Source: Author ——————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fast paced mysteries, with fun and intelligent characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N 11-year old Oz Chambers lives in a haunted house (Penwurt). His mother wants to move, but Oz would rather do double algebra (yuck) every day for twelve months than leave. Where others see spooky, Oz sees wonder and mystery and aching…