• Book Reviews

    Book Review & Giveaway: My Friends are All Strange by M.C Lesh

    Media Type: Ebook Title: My Friends are All Strange Author: M.C Lesh Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: Paperback; 230 Release Date: October 18, 2016 Source: Author/Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good story about not so normal people.  Add it on: Goodreads| Amazon | Booklikes  My friends are all strange. Right now I’m living at Brookside, a place for people like me. I’ve met a kitty girl, a brooding beautiful boy, one who can’t be touched, and others. My new friends. Strange people. People like me. I’ve always been different, but lately, more so. My hands sometimes don’t seem to be…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    THESE SHALLOW GRAVES and UNFORGIVEN Now in Paperback Blog Tour

    It’s time for an epic spotlight, on two stellar books that are finally out in paperback! Are you the type who waits for paperbacks, so you can hoard all the more books? I’m right there with you, friends. Which means you’ll be as happy as I was to know that These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly and Unforgiven (A Fallen Novel) by Lauren Kate are out in paperback now! Scope these synopses, and then make sure to add each one to your reading list if you haven’t already! Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Scenes From the Epic Life of a Total Genius by Stacey Matson

    As you can see, we’re back in what I’d mostly consider full swing over here at HDB headquarters. Make no mistake, we love blogging! So even when things get hectic, we always pick it back up. So many books to promote, so little time. Today’s spotlight shines down on Scenes From the Epic Life of a Total Genius by Stacey Matson. This is the second book in the Arthur Bean series which, although I haven’t read it just yet, has been consistently praised for its honest and witty portrayal of teenage life. What’s not love?  Lights. Camera. Action! Arthur Bean is…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Boy Is Back by Meg Cabot

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Boy Is Back    *Series: Boy #4 Author: Meg Cabot Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Hardcover; 357 Release Date: October 18, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours / Harper Collins Publishers —————————————————————– Genre: Women’s Fiction / Chick Lit HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy this series, or like quirky women’s fiction. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | HarperCollins In this brand new novel in Meg’s fan-favorite “Boy” series, a scandal brings celebrity golfer Reed back home to the small town, the crazy family, and first love he once left behind.…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Spotlight and Giveaway: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

    Now I’m sure many of you have heard of this book before, probably even read it. However, the wonderfully talented Neil Gaiman just released a new version and it looks great. Don’t forget to check out the giveaway at the end for a chance to win a copy! Newly updated and expanded with the author’s preferred text. A modern masterpiece from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction, Neil Gaiman. First published in 2001, American Gods became an instant classic, lauded for its brilliant synthesis of “mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose” (Washington Post) and as a modern phantasmagoria that…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Return to the Secret Garden by Holly Webb

    Apologies for the radio silence, all. It’s been a rocky couple of weeks here at HDB headquarters, and unfortunately that means blogging takes a back seat. Rest assured that we haven’t gone anywhere for good though! You’re stuck with us, and our bookish ramblings. Now then, on to the spotlight book of the day! Before you run screaming from my incessant gushing, let me very simply say that this is a book that I was really excited for. I’m sure many of us grew up walking the halls of Misselthwaite Manor with Mary, and have a soft spot in our heart for Dickon.…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (11/07/16)

    Click the button to join in the fun! It’s officially November and that means holidays are in full swing around here. We’re planning our annual trip to our hometowns and I’ve already started baking up some delicious rum cakes to share. Holiday season tends to go one of two ways for me, either I get a TON of reading done (thanks to flights, layovers and general down time) or I get no reading done because I’m running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I’m hoping for the former this year.  October was a slow reading month for…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: A Raven’s Heart by K.C. Bateman

    Media Type: Ebook Title: A Raven’s Heart Author: K.C Bateman Publisher: Random House- Loveswept Pages: Paperback; 273 Release Date: October 18, 2016 Source: Netgalley/Publisher ——————————————– Genre: Historical Romance HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a lot of humor and wit with their romance Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In the war against France, Heloise Hampden is a high-value asset to the Crown. She’s cracked the enemy’s most recent communication, and for that, someone is trying to kill her. However, it’s the agent assigned to protect Heloise who poses the greatest threat to her heart: William de l’Isle, Viscount Ravenwood. Heloise has quarreled with the man they call…