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Roald Dahl 100 Celebratory Blog Tour – Review of Esio Trot
This year Penguin Young Readers and the Roald Dahl Literary Estate are celebrating 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl —the world’s number one storyteller. ==================================================================== Roald Dahl holds a special place in this bookworm’s heart. His stories were some of my favorites while I was growing up, and I love the fact that they are still so popular with today’s kids as well! There’s something magical about Roald Dahl’s writing. It’s a bit silly, a bit magic-filled, and always manages to have this beautiful message in it that is never preachy. They’re little portals to the best part…
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Book Spotlight and Giveaway: Decoherence by Liana Brooks
Today’s spotlight is one that caught my eye based on the cover art. Portals to other universes? Sign me up. These interesting book just released yesterday so now is your chance to grab it! Samantha Rose and Linsey MacKenzie have established an idyllic life of married bliss in Australia, away from the Commonwealth Bureau of Investigation, away from mysterious corpses, and—most of all—away from Dr. Emir’s multiverse machine. But Sam is a detective at heart, and even on the other side of the world, she can’t help wonder if a series of unsolved killings she reads about are related—not just…
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Book Review: Song of Princes by Janell Rhiannon
Media Type: Ebook Title: Song of Princes *Series: The Homeric Chronicles Author: Janell Rhiannon Publisher: Self-Published Pages: Kindle; 377 Release Date: June 22, 2016 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ———————————————– Genre: Fantasy / Mythology HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Anyone looking for a fresh take on the Homeric legends. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Sing Muse. Sing of the shining citadel of Troy rising from the hot sands of Asia. Sing of the Greek palaces ascending from their rocky hilltops. Sing of one woman’s dream heralding the madness of men and the murder…
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Some Monday Musings, On Bookshelf Organization
I’ve been sitting in bed, for about the last hour, trying to figure out exactly what I want to say on this subject. It’s that age old dilemma that all bookworms face at one point or another. How do we organize our books? Do we do it for aesthetics, or for ease of locating desired reads? One of my favorite things ever in the bookstagram community is rainbow bookshelves. I pine for those white bookshelves, filled with rainbow organized books. They’re just so pretty! Every time I’ve tried to do that with mine though, I end up balking at the…
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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two by J.K Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
Media Type: Hardcover Book Title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two Series: Harry Potter #8 Authors: J.K Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne Publisher: Pottermore Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: July 31, 2016 Source: Purchased ———————————————- Genre: Young Adult Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy play manuscripts and the Harry Potter wizarding world. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be…
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Book Review: Deception Island by Brynn Kelly
Media Type: Ebook Title: Deception Island Author: Brynn Kelly Publisher: HQN Books Pages: Kindle; 336 Release Date: May 31, 2016 Source: Publisher/Netgalley —————————————————- Genre: Romance / Thriller Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy action packed stories that include some dark moments Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A stolen boy A haunted soldier A cornered con woman… Rafe Angelito thought he was done with the demons from his past—until his son is kidnapped. Blackmailed into abducting an American heiress, the legionnaire soon finds himself trapped in paradise with a fiery, daring beauty who’s nothing he expects…and everything he desires. But when he uncovers…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (9/5/16)
Click above to join in the fun! Long weekend = tons of reading time. Which, to be honest, I’ve really been craving. Reading on the train only takes me so far. Plus, as it turns out, I’ve actually gotten some pretty amazing books for review! So it’s just been a win all around, and a great reading week. Let’s check it out, shall we? I’ve had a mix of review books, backlogged reads, and books for the Halloween bingo that I’m playing on my plate this last week! It’s made for a fun and very random set of reads. Devil…
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Book Review: The Light Fantastic by Sarah Combs
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Light Fantastic Author: Sarah Combs Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: September 13, 2016 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for an engaging read, dealing with a tough subject. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Seven tightly interwoven narratives. Three harrowing hours. One fateful day that changes everything. Delaware, the morning of April 19. Senior Skip Day, and April Donovan’s eighteenth birthday. Four days after the Boston Marathon bombing, the country is still reeling, and…
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Book Review: Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Another Brooklyn Author: Jacqueline Woodson Publisher: Amistad Pages: Hardcover; 192 Release Date: August 9, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Anyone looking for a gorgeously written look at the streets of 1970’s Brooklyn. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Running into a long-ago friend sets memories from the 1970s in motion for August, transporting her to a time and a place where friendship was everything—until it wasn’t. For August and her girls, sharing confidences as they ambled through neighborhood streets, Brooklyn…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Fish Wielder by Jim Hardison
Today’s spotlight is one that, admittedly, made me giggle when I first happened upon it. There’s a lot to be said for a good cover, and when that cover is definitely out of the ordinary it’s even better! I present to you, the spotlight for today, Fish Wielder in all its glory. Fish Wielder is kind of like Lord of the Rings, set in Narnia, if it was written by the guys who made Monty Python and the Holy Grail while they were listening to the music of They Might Be Giants. In ancient times, the Dark Lord Mauron cooked…