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Resilient Cover Love + Giveaway!
Today I’m happy to help promote an amazing upcoming YA book with a rather gorgeous cover, Resilient by Patricia Vanasse. Livia has never felt like she fits in. As normal as it sounds, Livia is anything but ordinary. She can feel every emotion of every single person around her, and it’s maddening. In pursuit of some psychic quiet, she moves with her family from New York City to Whidbey Island in the lush and sleepy Pacific Northwest. But when a horseback riding accident in her new home gives her a broken leg that heals in a day, she finds that another…
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Blogger Backstage Pass: Melissa from Harley Bear Book Blog
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… Melissa from Harley Bear Book Blog! First,…
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May Wrap Up
(YA) = Young Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade / (C) = Children ** Books read in previous months Books Read and Reviewed in May: (A) The Magic Circle by Jenny Davidson – Review (3/5) (A) 24 Bones by Michael F. Stewart – Review (4/5) (MG) Deadweather and Sunrise by Geoff Rodkey – Review (4/5)** (YA) Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game by Katie Ashley – Review (3/5) (MG) New Lands by Geoff Rodkey – Review (4/5) (YA) Forbidden Sister by V.C. Andrews – Review (3/5)** (A) First Born by Tricia Zoeller – Review (3/5) (YA) The…
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An Interview with Toni De Palma
Toni De Palma, author of The Devil’s Triangle, is my guest on the blog today! She was kind enough to spend a stop on her blog tour here on HDB, and I even had the opportunity to interview her. Please enjoy, and don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the end! When 17 year old Cooper dies in an attempt to burn down his school, he finds himself in the afterlife. Lucy, the Devil’s sister who has crossed party lines, decides to give Cooper another shot at heaven. The deal? Cooper returns to Earth and has to find a girl named…
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Waiting on Wednesday (5/29/13)
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine! Each blogger spotlight one or more upcoming releases that they are eagerly awaiting. This week I’m waiting on… Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-novel perfect for fans of the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program–it’s a lifeline. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college. But when he arrives at the program, Dan learns that his dorm for…
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Book Review: The Eternity Cure
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Eternity Cure *Series: Blood of Eden #2 Author: Julie Kagawa Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Hardcover; 446 Release Date: April 30, 2013 Source: NetGalley —————————————————– Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a new take on the vampire genre. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of blood leads her back to the beginning—New Covington and…
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Book Review: Game
Media Type: Print Book Title: Game *Series: Jasper Dent #2 Author: Barry Lyga Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 528 Release Date: April 16, 2013 Source: Library ———————————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers with a strong stomach who don’t mind darker reads. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Billy grinned. “Oh, New York,” he whispered. “We’re gonna have so much fun.” I Hunt Killers introduced the world to Jazz, the son of history’s most infamous serial killer, Billy Dent. In an effort to prove…
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What’s Your Animal Totem?: A Guest Post by H.B. Bolton
Please welcome H.B. Bolton to the blog! Touring with her newest book in the Relics of Mysticus series, The Trickster’s Totem, H.B. is here to share with you some of the myth behind the story! What’s Your Animal Totem? Animal totems instruct and protect each of us as we learn how to navigate through our life’s journey. They are with us for a period of time and then are replaced by another animal, depending on the direction we are headed. The notion of our being guided by an animal is not limited to Native American beliefs. In fact, similar totemlike…
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Book Review: The Trickster’s Totem
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Trickster’s Totem * Series: Relics of Mysticus Author: H.B. Bolton Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 226 Release Date: April 15, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good adventure story with young protagonists Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Life has returned to normal for fourteen-year-old Evan and his older sister, Claire. That is until Dunkle, a clever but stinky little imp, pays an unexpected visit to their school. He has come to take the siblings…
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1000 Follower Celebration!
Well my friends, you’ve made me the happiest blogger this side of the blogosphere! I often talk about how I’ll always blog, whether I have 5 followers or 500. How I’ll continue to rant and rave about books no matter what. It’s the truth! However I think we all know that it feels nice to look at that number in the sidebar and know people are reading your ramblings. To show my appreciation, and utter elation, I’ve decided a giveaway is in order! UP FOR GRABS 1 winner will receive a $25 gift card to Amazon Spend it on books,…