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Book Review: Blue Asylum
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Blue Asylum Author: Kathy Hepinstall Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: April 10, 2012 Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours —————————————— Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy light historical fiction with a great storyline. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Amid the mayhem of the Civil War, Virginia plantation wife Iris Dunleavy is put on trial and convicted of madness. It is the only reasonable explanation the court can see for her willful behavior, so she is sent…
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Book Review: Silver Knight
Media Type: Print Book Title: Silver Knight Author: Caron Rider Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 278 Release Date: February 24, 2012 Source: Author / Lightning Book Promotions ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a well-written and well paced read, with twists and turns galore. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon When seventeen-year-old Diana recognizes an elderly priest in a video on YouTube, she realizes that reincarnation is real and that she’s been alive before! Every night in her dreams, she relives her…
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Audio Book Review: The Graveyard Book
Media Type: Audio Book Title: The Graveyard Book Author: Neil Gaiman Narrator: Neil Gaiman Publisher: Harper Children’s Audio Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 7 hours 47 minutes Source: Purchased on Audible ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.…
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Book Review: Delta Legend
Media Type: Ebook Title: Delta Legend Author: Kelan O’Connell Publisher: Self-published Release Date: November 8, 2011 Source: Author ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a mix of mythology and magic, with a YA twist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When 16-year-old Oakland California teenager, Calvin Pierce, makes a bad decision and winds up getting arrested, his mother is quick to take action. Determined not to lose a second son to the drug and gang violence of the inner…
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Book Review: Medusa the Mean (Goddess Girls #8)
Media Type: Print Book Title: Medusa the Mean *Series: Goddess Girls #8 Author: Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: April 3, 2012 Source: Author / Teen Book Scene ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Nothing of note! ——————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love a good adventure, and are interested in Greek Mythology. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari /Amazon / B&N Medusa is the ultimate mean girl in this series that blends modern drama with ancient myths.Well researched and true to the original myths,…
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Book Review: The Comet’s Curse
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Comet’s Curse *Series: Galahad #1 Author: Dom Testa Publisher: Tor Teen Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: March 2, 2010 Source: Publisher ———————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love science fiction; reluctant readers Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When the tail of the comet Bhaktul flicks through the Earth’s atmosphere, deadly particles are left in its wake. Suddenly, mankind is confronted with a virus that devastates the adult population. Only those under the…
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Top 10’s with Griffin Hayes
Please welcome Griffin Hayes to the blog today ladies and gentlemen! Author of Malice, he is out in the blogosphere touring up a storm. Can I please say I both love and am scared of this cover in equal measures? When a series of shocking suicides rock the small town of Millingham, Massachusetts, the authorities are left with a single burning question. Why are all the victims gouging their eyes out? Only seventeen-year-old Lysander Shore knows these aren’t suicides at all. There’s a serial killer stalking the people of Millingham. One that murders at will and never leaves a trace.…
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Illumine’s Wish: An Epic Whirlwind Giveaway!
This lovely person right here is Alivia Anders. She’s pretty much the coolest author type person that you’ll ever have the pleasure to meet. Her sense of humor is fabulous. She likes zombies. And chocolate. Oh, and she promises not to eat your brains. As long as they don’t resemble scrambled eggs. She’s just spiffy. THIS is Alivia’s book, Ilumine. As her debut novel, she has high hopes for where this book will go. I read it. I enjoyed it. Now I am eagerly awaiting the rest of the story! That’s why I am happy to help spread the Illumine love.…
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Favorite Fantasy Books with D.W. Hawkins. Plus your chance to take a book home!
On the blog today, I have D.W. Hawkins, author of The Sentient Fire. For those of you who know me well, you’ll know that Fantasy is (and probably forever will be) my absolute favorite genre! So when D.W. asked if he could take over my blog for the day to share his favorite books, and to do a giveaway, I happily acquiesced. Enjoy! In one short night, Dormael Harlun’s life was changed forever. Tired and half drunk, Dormael stumbled upon Shawna Llewan, a beautiful young woman, wounded and near death. What he didn’t realize was that his decision to come to her…
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Book Review: On The Day I Died
Media Type: Ebook Title: On The Day I Died: Stories From The Grave Author: Candace Fleming Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc. Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: July 10, 2012 Source: NetGalley —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good ghost story, and aren’t afraid of a little macabre reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The phenomenally versatile, award-winning author, Candace Fleming, gives teen and older tween readers ten ghost stories sure to send chills up their spines. Set…