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Book Review: Blood and Bullets
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Blood and Bullets Author: James R. Tuck Publisher: Kensington Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: February 7, 2012 Source: Author ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy ————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Urban Fantasy lovers, as well as those with the ability to accept copious amounts of good old fashioned violence and cussing. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N He lives to kill monsters. He keeps his city safe. And his silver hollow-points and back-from-the-dead abilities help him take out any kind of supernatural threat.…
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A look at books past, with Aya Tsintziras
On the blog today I have Aya Tsintziras, author of Pretty Bones. I reviewed her book a week or so ago, and now she is back to share with us some books from her past! It’s always interesting to see how authors are influenced by the books they read when they were young. Let’s take a look back with Aya and see what her favorites were at some key ages. You can click the book covers to visit their Goodreads pages as well! Age 5 The Tree That Grew to the Moon by Eugenie Fernandes. I didn’t read this book…
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This or That? with Brodi Ashton
I’m super pleased today to have Brodi Ashton, author of the stunning Everneath, here on the blog! She’s here today to share a little bit about herself in a game of This or That? I give her topics, and she chooses which one she likes better. My favorite part about this game is that it is a great way to get to know the inner workings of my favorite authors! So without further ado, I’ll let her take it away. Hi Brodi! Out of the following pairs, please share with us what you’d choose! Dogs or Cats? Dogs Dancing or Singing?…
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The Way We Fall Giveaway!
In case you missed my raving today on Twitter, and my review earlier today, The Way We Fall has fast become a book I feel the need to share around! It blew me away because of how different it is from a lot of other books I’ve read lately. In fact, I’m not even sure it’s dystopian. It’s more about survival, and living in the moment when it’s all you have left. More about that below in the synopsis. It starts with an itch you just can’t shake. Then comes a fever and a tickle in your throat. A few days later, you’ll…
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Book Review: The Way We Fall
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Way We Fall Author: Megan Crewe Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: January 24, 2011 Source: Big Honcho Media —————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dystopian reads, but are looking for something a bit different. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N It starts with an itch you just can’t shake. Then comes a fever and a tickle in your throat. A few days later, you’ll be blabbing your secrets and chatting…
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Book Review: Pure
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Pure (Pure #1) Author: Julianna Baggott Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Pages: Hardcover; 448 Release Date: February 8, 2012 Source: NetGalley ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence ————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of Dystopian fiction Add it on : Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . . Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather,…
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International Kissing Club Giveaway!
Thanks to the lovely Ivy Adams, I have a signed copy of The International Kissing Club to give away here on the blog! This is a cute and girlish book, complete with lots of hot guys and…you guessed it…kissing! Piper, Cassidy, Mei, and Izzy have been best friends their whole lives. And they’ve always agreed on one goal: to get out of tiny Paris, Texas, and see the world. The school’s foreign exchange program seems like the perfect escape: Piper will go to the original Paris; Mei will go to China; Cassidy will go to Australia; and Izzy, unable to afford…
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Book Review: Pretty Bones
Media Type: Print Book Title: Pretty Bones Author: Aya Tsintziras Publisher: Lorimer Pages: Paperback; 160 Release Date: September 2, 2011 Source: Teen Book Scene —————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. —————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are comfortable with discussions of anorexia. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Raine has a family, good grades, best friends, and a boyfriend who loves her. But then anorexia takes over, and her life spirals out of control. Her efforts to hide her condition are finished when she collapses…
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Book Review: Saving June
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Saving June Author: Hannah Harrington Publisher: Harlequin Pages: Paperback; 322 Release Date: November 22, 2011 Source: NetGalley —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language; Sexual Situations —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Key to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good contemporary read. Readers okay with upper YA themes. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When her older sister commits suicide and her divorcing parents decide to divide the ashes, Harper Scott takes her sister’s urn to the one place June always wanted to go: California. On the…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (Jan 9)
A HUGE thank you to Book Journey for hosting! Click the button to play along! It was a great week of reading here at the blog! I actually finished what I wanted to, plus a little bit more. But enough talking. Let’s see what’s what with this bibliophile. Finished Reading: Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens (3/5 rating) – Review Cinder by Marissa Meyer (4/5 rating) – Review Pure by Julianna Baggott (5/5 rating) – Review to come closer to release! Borrowing Abby Grace: The Shadow by Kelly Green (3/5 rating) – Review to come Saving June by Hannah Harrington (4/5 rating)…