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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (Feb 20)
Much love to Book Journey for hosting! Click the button to join on in. I’m sticking right to what I’ve been planning to read. In all honesty, only setting myself 2 or 3 books per week to read has massively lowered my stress over this blog. After all, this is my passion! I don’t want it to turn into a job instead :). Here’s what this bibliophile’s week looks like! This Week’s Reviews: Slipping Reality by Emily Beaver (3/5) – An original concept that was executed fairly well! The Nightmare Garden (Iron Codex #2) by Caitlin Kitteredge (4/5) – Pretty…
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Book Review: Life Eternal
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Life Eternal *Series: Dead Beautiful (Book 2) Author: Yvonne Wood Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 392 Release Date: January 24, 2012 Source: NetGalley ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. ————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who read and loved Dead Beautiful. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Renée Winters has changed. When she looks in the mirror, a beautiful girl with an older, sadder face stares back. Her condition has doctors mystified, but Renée can never reveal the truth: she died…
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Win a copy of Trafficked by Kim Purcell!
Earlier today I reviewed Trafficked by Kim Purcell. This is a tough read, but one that is definitely worth your time. It deals with a character named Hannah who becomes a modern day slave. Hannah believes she’s being brought from Moldova to Los Angeles to become a nanny for a Russian family. But her American dream quickly spirals into a nightmare. The Platonovs force Hannah to work sixteen-hour days, won’t let her leave the house, and seem to have a lot of secrets – from Hannah and from each other. Stranded in a foreign land with false documents, no money, and…
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Book Review: Trafficked
Media Type: Print Book Title: Trafficked Author: Kim Purcell Publisher: Viking Children’s Books Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: February 16, 2012 Source: Publicity Company ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual situations; Violence ————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who aren’t afraid of a realistic and gritty read. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Hannah believes she’s being brought from Moldova to Los Angeles to become a nanny for a Russian family. But her American dream quickly spirals into a nightmare. The Platonovs force Hannah to work sixteen-hour days,…
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5 Favorite Book Picks with Emily Beaver, author of Slipping Reality
Special thanks to Emily Beaver and JKSCommunicatons for this original content! Emily Beaver’s Top 5 Book Picks 5 – In Cold Blood by Truman Capote I read this book for one of my analytical papers in AP Literature, and I just couldn’t put it down. Technically this is a non-fiction book, but I felt like it was fiction with how rich the characters and descriptions were. I’m already a fan of his most famous novel, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, but this book was written so simply and so effortlessly you can’t help but feel aligned with the characters. While much of…
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Book Review: The Nightmare Garden
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Nightmare Garden * Series: Iron Codex (Book 2) Author: Caitlin Kittredge Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 432 Release Date: February 14, 2012 Source: NetGalley ——————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence/Language ——————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who devoured the first book and were eagerly awaiting the next! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Everything Aoife thought she knew about the world was a lie. There is no Necrovirus. And Aoife isn’t going to succumb to madness because…
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Book Review: Slipping Reality
Media Type: Ebook Title: Slipping Reality Author: Emily Beaver Publisher: Authorhouse Pages: Paperback; 272 Release Date: July 11, 2011 Source: JKSCommunications ———————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ———————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good story about dealing with grief and loss. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N In a time of hardship and heartbreak, sometimes, reality just isn’t enough. Slipping Reality is the story of fourteen-year-old Katelyn Emerson, who, when faced with the glaring reality of her brother’s illness, rebels against the truth…
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Spreading some bookish love!
It’s Valentine’s Day! That time to spread the love, good vibes, and all around squishy feelings. Now, since I’m a bibliophile, I can’t think of a better way to spread love than in bookish form. Below are four very different books, each one dealing with that age old quest for love. All were read in 2011, and still are my favorites. These missed a lot of the limelight, so consider this your notice! These are FABULOUS. Practice Cake by Dalya Moon is one of my all time favorite hidden gems! Maddie is so sure she’s ready for love, and her smoldering…
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Emily M. Danforth shares her favorite moments from The Miseducation of Cameron Post
I had a very good time creating and inhabiting and utilizing the character of Grandma Post. In fact, I came to love her scenes so much that she eventually emerged on the page much more fully than I’d probably originally intended. Now that I’ve been done writing about her for quite awhile I actually miss her sometimes. That probably sounds strange, but it’s true. And so, in her honor, I give you: The Top Ten (Funny/Awkward/Old Fashioned/Endearing) Bits of Dialogue from Grandma Post When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (Feb 13)
Once again, a huge THANK YOU to Book Journey for hosting! Click the button to join in. Another great week of reading! I’m back into the reading groove, and so I’m actually a little bit ahead of what I thought I’d be this week. This makes me a happy bookworm. This Week’s Reviews: Draykon by Charlotte E. English (4/5) – Stunning world building and great characters! Phantom Universe by Laura Kreitzer (3/5) – Solid characters with a pretty well written story. Forsaken Harbor by Laura Kreitzer (4/5) – Fabulous writing with the same great characters! Also Read: The Nightmare Garden (4/5) – Review…