• Book Reviews

    Book Review + Giveaway: Sugar Lump by Megan Gaudino

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Sugar Lump Author: Megan Gaudino Publisher: Evernight Teen Pages: 226 Release Date: January 17, 2018 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————- Genre: Young Adult Mystery HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mysteries and have a curiosity about human behavior Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Seventeen-year-old travel blogger CC is stuck on a never-ending road trip with her wanderlust-addicted father. When her dad lands the job of his dreams in Sugar Lump—wedding capital of the world—CC finally finds a place to call home. Complete with two quirky best friends and a quixotic guy to crush on, Sugar Lump is more shades of perfect…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Dominion (The Molly Stout Adventures #1) by Shane Arbuthnott

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Dominion    * Series: The Molly Stout Adventures #1 Author: Shane Arbuthnott Publisher: Orca Book Publishers Pages: Paperback; 312 Release Date: March 27, 2018 Source: Publisher / NetGalley ——————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love fantastical adventures with amazingly rendered characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Molly grew up hearing the tales of Haviland Stout, her ancestor who discovered the dangerous magical spirits that inhabit the far corners of the world. Now, on the edge of the New World, in the…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Memory Trees by Kali Wallace

    Media Type: Audio Book Title: The Memory Trees Author: Kali Wallace Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books Run Time: 12 hours 51 minutes Release Date: October 10, 2017 Source: Library ——————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Content Screening: Mild Violence; Adult Language Recommended to: Readers who like ethereal reads that have one foot in reality and the other in magic. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The Memory Trees is a dark magical realism novel about a mysterious family legacy, a centuries-old feud, and a tragic loss that resurfaces when sixteen-year-old Sorrow returns to her mother’s family orchard for…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (1/22/18)

    I’m typing this up on a Sunday night, cuddled under a blanket, and trying to pretend that the week ahead is not actually coming at me like a freight train. I really love just having time to rest, blog and read. Why can’t weekends be longer? Ack. Okay, anyway, I’ll stop complaining. Let’s talk books instead! Here’s where I stand, with only a week left in this month! Picking off books that have been on my TBR WAY too long has been my goal so far this month. I managed to get through My Best Friend’s Exorcism as a buddy read.…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    Small Business Spotlight: Bookish Pins!

    Hey guys and dolls, you’ve made it Friday! Congratulations! I thought I’d give you a reward, by doing a special Small Business Spotlight that’s going to make you want to pull out your wallet and shop. Were you paid today? Excellent… EXCELLENT. Let me tempt you with some awesome bookish pins! Now, before I start, you should know that I am an avid collector of pins. Which means, of course, that a lot of these are either already in my collection or on my wishlist. I can vouch for these amazing stores, and hope you find something that you love!…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Cake At Midnight by Jessie L. Star

    Title: Cake At Midnight Author: Jessie L. Star Publisher: Pocket Star Pages: Ebook; 464 Release Date: January 15, 2017 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————– Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sweet, foodie romances with just enough drama to make them compulsively readable. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In this deliciously sweet foodie romance, a twenty-something pastry chef falls out of sync with her old childhood crush and falls into the arms of the quiet but charming boy next door. Giovanna, Zoë, and Declan have always been a trio—their…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Guest Post + Giveaway: The Revolution by Alicia Michaels

    Title: The Revolution Author: Alicia Michaels Series: (The Bionics Novels, #3) Published by: Crimson Tree Publishing Publication date: January 18th 2018 Genres: Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction Blythe Sol has a New Year’s Resolution, but it’s not your typical self-improvement plan. She wants to end the conflict between the government and the Resistance once and for all—by sneaking into Washington D.C. and putting a bullet in President Drummond’s skull. If she can cut the head off the snake, the genocide of the Bionics might finally end. But if she fails, she will surely bring retaliation crushing down upon the entire Resistance.…

  • Ramblings

    Some Morning Musings

    So I’m one of those lucky people that get a 9/80 schedule. That means I have every other Friday off and, because of the holiday on Monday, I have a four day weekend this time around! As you can imagine, I had lofty plans for my long weekend. As it stands, I’ve been lazy as heck. Hahaha. But hey, we all deserve some downtime, right? I’ve been doing a lot of thinking these last two weeks about this blog, and where I want it to go. Back when I started writing in here, my only goal was to have somewhere…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Double Take by Abby Bardi

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Double Take Author: Abby Bardi Publisher: Harper Collins Impulse Pages: 186 Release Date: March 21, 2016 Source: PUYB ——————————————- Genre: Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy reading about the early 70’s culture. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Set in Chicago, 1975, Double Take is the story of artsy Rachel Cochrane, who returns from college with no job and confronts the recent death of Bando, one of her best friends. When she runs into Joey, a mutual friend, their conversations take them back into their shared past and to the revelation that Bando may have been murdered. To find out who murdered…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: You Were Here by Cori McCarthy

    Media Type: Ebook Title: You Were Here Author: Cori McCarthy Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: Kindle; 400 Release Date: March 1, 2016 Source: NetGalley ————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who appreciate deep dives into characters dealing with grief, depression and anxiety. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Cori McCarthy delivers an emotionally taut page-turner from multiple points of view – combined with stunning illustrations. Jaycee is about to accomplish what her older brother Jake couldn’t: live past graduation. Jaycee is dealing with her brother’s death the only way…