• Book Reviews

    Book Review: Grace and the Fever by Zan Romanoff

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Grace and the Fever Author: Zan Romanoff Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: hardcover, 352 Release Date: May 16, 2017 Source: Author/Penguin Random House ——————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy coming of age stories and have ever loved a boy band Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble  Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl meets Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty in this contemporary YA about what it means to be a fan—and what it means to be a friend—when your whole world is in flux. In middle school, everyone was a Fever Dream fan. Now, a few weeks after her high school graduation, Grace Thomas…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Author Interview + Giveaway: CALL ME SUNFLOWER by Miriam Spitzer Franklin

    Happy Tuesday, bookish friends! I’m hoping you had a chance to recharge during this long weekend, and hopefully get some reading done as well! I know that I did. Anyway, I’m here today to share with you a fun spotlight on Call Me Sunflower by Miriam Spitzer Franklin! If you follow my bookstagram account, you might have noticed that this book arrived for my review recently. Well, guess what? Now you can read this wonderful book right along with me! Yes, that’s right. Not only is Miriam Spitzer Franklin here with an interview, but she’s also offering up a gorgeous signed…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Seeds of Eden by A.P. Watson

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Seeds of Eden Series: The Concilium #1 Author: A.P Watson Publisher: 1st Ride Enterprises Pages: ebook, 338 Release Date: January 25, 2017 Source: Author/Xpresso Tours ——————————————– Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, RomanceContent Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy horror, romance and an interesting take on religious figures. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon/ Barnes & Noble  Visions of decapitated corpses, pools of blood, and a masked executioner have haunted Evey for as long as she can remember. Torn between a life in the waking world and dreams of the dead, she realizes her normal existence is nothing more than an illusion.…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

    Media Type: Print Book Title: American Gods    *Series: American Gods #1 Author: Neil Gaiman Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; TV Tie-In; 792 Release Date: March 28, 2017 Source: HarperCollins / TLC Book Tours ————————————————— Genre: Urban Fantasy / Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love rich, deep stories with mythology to spare. Fans of Gaiman! Add it on: Goodreads | HarperCollins | Amazon | B&N First published in 2001, here is the New York Times bestselling novel that became an instant classic and was hailed by USA Today as “a powerful, searing force…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Lemons by Melissa Savage

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Lemons Author: Melissa Savage Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 236 Release Date: May 2, 2017 Source: Publisher ——————————————————– Content Screening: Dealing with loss. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quirky characters, and stories that have amazing messages. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Fans of Kate DiCamillo’s Flora & Ulysses and Katherine Applegate’s Crenshaw will fall in love with this charming adventure story about a girl learning to accept her new life, her quirky detective neighbor, and their epic search for Bigfoot. Lemonade Liberty…

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    Book Review: The Door in the Alley (The Explorers #1) by Adrienne Kress

    Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Door in the Alley (The Explorers #1) Author: Adrienne Kress Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: April 25, 2017 Source: Publisher ———————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy smart, fast-paced stories with fascinating characters! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Featuring a mysterious society, a secretive past, and a pig in a teeny hat, “The Explorers: The Door in the Alley” is the first book in a new series for fans of “The Name of…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (5/15/17)

    I hope all our bookish mommies out there had a fabulous Mother’s Day! At the very least, I hope that you had some time to sit around, relax, and read. That, right there, seems like a pretty good gift to me. I spent my weekend, once again, playing catch up. The good news is that I had some time to write some of my backlog reviews down, so you’ll get more content this week! I’m really trying to get more organized again, so I don’t leave you with long bouts of radio silence. Here’s how my reading has been shaping…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Cover Reveal: Ever After by Aya Ling

    Happy Sunday my lovely bookworms, and for all the Mother’s out there in bookland, Happy Mother’s Day as well! To celebrate this fabulous day, what more could you want than this stunning gem. Ever After would be a wonderful addition to your TBR list! Ever After Aya Ling (Unfinished Fairy Tale Series, #3) Publication date: May 20th 2017 Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Kat has survived. She returns to Athelia as herself, Katherine Wilson. Edward, elated at learning she is alive, vows to bring her back to the palace. The obstacles, however, seem impossible to overcome. Marriage between a royal and…

  • Book Reviews

    Graphic Novel Review: 5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior by Mark Siegel and Alexis Siegel

    Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: 5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior    * Series: 5 Worlds #1 Author: Mark Siegel and Alexis Siegel Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: May 2, 2017 Source: Publisher —————————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Middle Grade readers who love action, and stories with a lot of heart. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Amulet, Kazu Kibuishi, hails this first book in this groundbreaking sci-fi/fantasy adventure series as a magical journey,…

  • Ramblings

    Breaking the Radio Silence

    When I logged in to my laptop tonight, for the first time in over a week I might add, I quickly realized that the last time that I posted in here was last week. Oh, dear. Sorry bookish friends! It’s been a whirlwind start to the month and work has been forefront on my mind. The good news it that I’ve been reading like mad. The bad news is that I haven’t had the time to sit down at all and write out reviews. For those of you who don’t know, I stockpile them in drafts to post when it’s…