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Book Review: Land of the Awoken
Media Type: Ebook Title: Land of the Awoken Author: Ben Fielder Publisher: Mirador Publishing Pages: Paperback; 262 Release Date: December 2, 2011 Source: Author ————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fantasy books with sweeping worlds and beautiful writing. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N How would you handle it when your faithful dog started to speak to you after a nasty blow to the head? You’d probably not want to take the event too seriously…However, when that dog is joined by countless others, from…
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Guest Post + Audio Excerpt from Snow Day
It happens each winter, and has for over 35 years. Every time the snow starts to fall late in the evening before a school day, the dreams begin again for Billy Stone. They are always the same – there’s a dark tunnel, and there’s blood, lots of blood, and someone is screaming. In this chilling childhood tale, Billy, recounts the events of one unforgettable day in 1975. On that day, he and his friends played carefree in the snow, until an adventure gone awry left him far from home, staring death in the face, and running from a killer bent…
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Blogger Backstage Pass: Natalie from Books, Etc!
It’s time for another edition of Blogger Backstage Pass! Are you always looking for shiny new blogs to follow? Do you feel like you’d just like to get to know some of the bloggers a little better? Here’s your opportunity. Each month I’ll pick a new blogger and host them here! You’ll get to see an interview with them and nab all their contact info. Also, in case you forget who they are and want to visit them, their information will be in the right hand sidebar all month. This month’s featured blogger is… Natalie from Books, Etc! I am a relatively…
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Sunday Post / In My Mailbox (4)
Sunday Post and In My Mailbox are hosted by Kimba’s Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Mod Podge Bookshelf respectively. Click the buttons above to join in the fun! ======================================================================= This week I’m playing catch up with two weeks of happenings. We were in Vegas all last weekend as I marked the passing of another birthday! So here’s what you might have missed the last two weeks :). Book Review: Tempestuous by Kim Askew & Amy Helmes A fun and fresh retelling of The Tempest by Shakespeare! Book Review: Riding on a Beam of Light by Ramsey Dean Love picture books? Interested in Einstein? This book combines both!…
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Book Spotlight: The Year of the Great Seventh
Welcome to another great spotlight post my bookish friends! When I first saw Teresa Orts’ The Year of the Great Seventh, I knew I’d want to read it. All about celebrities, and the lavish lifestyle of well-to-do LA teens, I couldn’t wait to dive in. Just check out the synopsis! Sophie has always felt out of step — an outsider, even amongst friends in her high school with all the hype about celebrity culture. Her life in L.A. seems to have been already written for her, but when her junior year starts, it all takes a drastic turn. When she…
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Book Review: Snow Day
Media Type: Ebook Title: Snow Day Author: Dan Maurer Publisher: Black Rapids Press Pages: Kindle Edition; 100 pages Release Date: April 30, 2013 Source: Pump Up Your Book Promotions —————————————————————– Genre: Horror / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good thriller with horror undertones. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon It happens each winter, and has for over 35 years. Every time the snow starts to fall late in the evening before a school day, the dreams begin again for Billy Stone. They are always the same – there’s a…
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Guest Post + Giveaway: Derek Taylor Kent, author of Scary School!
Hello bookish friends, and welcome to another guest post featuring another awesome author! As you know, I’m a huge fan of Middle Grade books. I adore the giggles, the life lessons, and all the characters that I meet whilst I travel these adventures. It’s no lie that I especially love those books that are able to captivate readers of all ages and Scary School does this perfectly! I’ll stop rambling now and let Derek take the wheel! He’s here to share a guest post about his path to making his Scary School adventures a reality that he was able to…
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Book Review: The Northern Frights
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Northern Frights *Series: Scary School #3 Author: Derek the Ghost Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: Ebook; 272 Release Date: July 1, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers, both young and old, who enjoy a silly and adventure driven story with amazing characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N In The Northern Frights, the third book in the spooky Scary School series, Charles “New Kid” Nukid and his friends, including Lattie, a girl ninja, must fight an epic battle…
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Book Review: Monsters on the March (Scary School #2)
Media Type: Print Book Title: Monsters on the March * Series: Scary School #2 Author: Derek the Ghost Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: June 26, 2012 Source: Author ————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love to reads that are a bit creepy and a whole lot of fun! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N As winners of last year’s Ghoul Games, the students of Scary School are off to Monster Forest. School may be scary, but the forest has a few frights of its own,…
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Spotlight on Zombie, Incorporated
Twilight. With zombies. Eighteen-year-old Katie Allred is socially awkward and unpopular at school. The only child of parents who had her right out of high school, Katie is herself about to leave the nest, even though she hardly feels ready. Katie’s new after-school job at the Zimble Box Corporation draws her into the complex social strata of high school cliques and backstabbing friends in ways she never imagined. Katie soon discovers there’s something very strange about the “in” crowd at school—and about her employer, too. Shortly after starting her new job, the Contagion breaks out, plunging her town and the…