• Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Blitz: Bookburners by Max Gladstone, Margaret Dunlap, Mur Lafferty and Brian Francis Slattery

    It’s time for another book spotlight, and I guarantee that this one is going to snag a place on your TBR. Did you challenge yourself to read Urban Fantasy this year? Perhaps more collaborative fiction? Well friends, Bookburners is the book you’ll need.  The critically acclaimed urban fantasy about a secret team of agents that hunts down dangerous books containing deadly magic—previously released serially online by Serial Box, now available in print for the first time! Magic is real, and hungry. It’s trapped in ancient texts and artifacts, and only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Detective Sal…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Lifers by M.A. Griffin

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Lifers Author: M.A. Griffin Publisher: Chicken House (Scholastic) Pages: Paperback; 288 Release Date: January 31, 2017 Source: Rockstar Book Tours / Publisher —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mysteries that challenge their view of the world. Add it on: Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Audible | Goodreads Fear haunts the streets of Manchester: a schoolgirl has disappeared. Preston is drawn to investigate, exploring the city in the hunt for his missing friend. Deep in the bowels of a secret scientific institute, he discovers a sinister machine. Captured and condemned to a cavernous space…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Ninth Birthday Wish by Bruce E. Arrington and Florence Jayne

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Ninth Birthday Wish Author: Bruce E. Arrington Illustrator: Florence Jayne Publisher: Pipe Dream Books Pages: Paperback; 52 Release Date: June 3, 2016 Recommended Grade Level: K-3 Source: Author Birthday wishes…for twins?  Bril and Arisa, though twins they may be, Are so very unlike, as you will soon see. Their wishes are different as Sea is from Land, But watch what happens to what they had planned!  Bruce Arrington and Florence Jayne team up to being you an unforgettable tale of twins, who each wanted their birthday wish–away from the other. But when their wishes get all mixed up, unintended consequences make for unplanned adventures.…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    Waiting on Wednesday (1-25-17)

    You’ve made it to Wednesday, bookish friends! Congratulations! With all the madness happening lately, it’s a wonder that any of us are functioning properly. I fully admit that it put a hard stop on my reading for a bit, and (as you can definitely see) on my blogging too. If I’ve learned anything though, it’s that sharing book related items makes me happy! Thus this meme. I’m off to visit everyone after I share this book, and go add all the books to my happily overflowing TBR. Now, on to my pick for this Wednesday! I’m eagerly waiting on Black…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Love, Hate, and Other Lies We Told by Deirdre Riordan Hall

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Love, Hate, and other Lies We Told Author: Deirdre Riordan Hall Publisher: Self Pages: Paperback; 300 Release Date: January 17, 2017 Source: Author ——————————————– Genre: Romantic comedy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good laugh and a story about moving on Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Let go from her job and feeling lost, Navy Carrington takes a position as coffee-girl at a publicity firm. Their newest client is Carrick Kennely, the former love of her life and her fiercest adversary. She thought she’d let go of the past by playing it safe with book boyfriends—and avoiding frustratingly sexy guys like…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Spotlight + Giveaway: The Kingmaker by Gemma Perfect

    Happy Tuesday! If you had a long weekend, this Tuesday probably feels like a Monday so what better way to cheer you up than with a wonderful new fantasy book? Oh and did I mention the fabulous giveaway too? The Kingmaker is one you won’t want to miss! “I am sixteen years old and I will die on the morning of my seventeenth birthday. As tradition dictates, I will be sacrificed and my life’s blood will determine which one of my two brothers will be King. My blood will kill one and crown one. My name is Everleigh and I am…

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    Book Review: Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Love and First Sight Author: Josh Sundquist Publisher: Little, Brown BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 281 Release Date: January 3, 2017 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a well-written book from the perspective of a blind protagonist. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Love is more than meets the eye. On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in the cafeteria, and somehow drove…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Bear and the Nightingale Author: Katherine Arden Publisher: Del Rey Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: January 10, 2017 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good fairy tale, complete with a strong heroine. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Spotlight: The River At Night by Erica Ferencik

    Bookish darlings, come closer and let me tell you about an upcoming book that I’m REALLY excited for. I may or may not actually have a copy of this that I’m reading right now. It may or may not be, thus far, absolutely stellar. Perhaps you’ll find out tomorrow. Until then, stare in loving wonder at The River at Night, won’t you? A high stakes drama set against the harsh beauty of the Maine wilderness, charting the journey of four friends as they fight to survive the aftermath of a white water rafting accident, The River at Night is a…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Love and Other Unknown Variables by Shannon Lee Alexander

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Love and Other Unknown Variables Author: Shannon Lee Alexander Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: October 7, 2014 Source: Purchased ——————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy young adult romance and aren’t afraid of a little sadness Add it on: Goodreads| Amazon | Booklikes Charlie Hanson has a clear vision of his future. A senior at Brighton School of Mathematics and Science, he knows he’ll graduate, go to MIT, and inevitably discover solutions to the universe’s greatest unanswered questions. He’s that smart. But Charlie’s future blurs the moment he reaches out to touch the tattoo on a beautiful girl’s neck. The…