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A hello from the trenches.
Hi all! I know you haven’t seen me around here a lot lately. Blogging has become a bit lower on my priority list, as I finally (FINALLY) picked up an extra job to help with bills. Bright side? More money! Downside? Lots more time spent going back and forth and actually working. I can’t complain, I’m just being honest. Things are finally settling down now that I’m on day 5 of doing both. I’m finding a happy medium between working, chores (include napping here), work related paperwork, and blogging. I think I’m going to go to the old standby of…
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Mythic Heroines with Laura Bickle
Please welcome to the blog Laura Bickle! She’s here during a promo tour for her Anya Kalinczyk series, which includes Embers and Sparks. Laura is a lover of all things nerdy and fantasy. That alone makes her a win in my book! Below she’s written a guest post all about powerful heroines, which are also my cup of tea. Please enjoy, and remember to check out her books and add them to your TBR! Mythic Heroines: Ishtar’s Uneasy Balance by Laura Bickle I’ve always loved reading about powerful heroines, women who are in charge of their own story. I grew up reading Robin…
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Book Review: Everblue
Media Type: Print Book Title: Everblue Author: Brenda Pandos Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing Pages: Paperback; 304 Release Date: July 30, 2011 Source: Author ——————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ——————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Mermaid enthusiasts, readers looking for a new twist on mermaids, romance lovers Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Best friends share everything with each other. Or do they? Seventeen-year-old Ashlyn Frances Lanski is tired of her boring, single life. Spending time with her best friend Tatiana, dreaming about kissing Tatiana’s…
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Book Review: Shattered Souls
Media Type: Print Book Title: Shattered Souls Author: Mary Lindsey Publisher: Philomel/Penguin Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: December 8, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence ———————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: EVERYONE! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N A thrilling debut story of death, love, destiny and danger Lenzi hears voices and has visions – gravestones, floods, a boy with steel gray eyes. Her boyfriend, Zak, can’t help, and everything keeps getting louder and more intense. Then Lenzi meets Alden, the boy from…
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An Interview with J.G. McKenney and a giveaway!
I’m happy to welcome J.G. McKenney to my blog for an author interview! His book, Eon’s Door was actually just recently reviewed by me and I absolutely adored it. Definitely one of my favorite Fantasy books so far. Lucky for you, he’s brought along a giveaway of said book just for you! 1) Eon’s Door has deep roots into being surrounded by nature. Is that what you set out to write, or did it come organically once you started writing? An interesting choice of words, since Eon is a tree. And, yes, I intended to write a book in which Nature…
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Book Review: Half-Blood
Media Type: Print Book Title: Half-Blood Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Pages: Paperback; 281 Release Date: October 18, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Teen Drinking, Sexual Undertones, Mild Violence ———————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: People who adore butt-kicking heroines and are tired of love triangles! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi-pure-bloods-have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals-well, not so much. Half-bloods only have…
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Book Review: Eon’s Door
Media Type: Ebook Title: Eon’s Door Author: J.G. McKenney Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 316 Release Date: July 10, 2011 Source: Author ——————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Fantasy Violence ——————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommend for: Lovers of Fantasy Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Eon’s Door should not be open. Two thousand years after three clans flee the world of humans through Eon’s Door to find sanctuary in a realm called Erla, a prophecy left to them by the ancient race that created the tree portal is coming…
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Book Review: Wherever You Go
Media Type: Print Book Title: Wherever You Go Author: Joan Leegant Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pages: Paperback; 272 Release Date: July 25, 2011 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————– Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Fiction/Religious Fiction ——————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended for: Those who enjoy religious based stories full of trials, tribulations and redemption. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Yona Stern has traveled from New York to Israel to make amends with her estranged sister, a stoic ideologue and mother of five who has dedicated herself to the radical West…
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Hades Giveaway
Thanks to the kind people at Zeitghost Media and MacMillan Children’s Publishing Group, I have a great giveaway for you! Alexandra Adornetto’s highly anticipated sequel to Halo, aptly titled Hades, is being offered up to one lucky winner. Huzzah! If you haven’t already seen the trailer, allow me to give you some eye candy…. Alexandra will actually be on tour this Fall, and you can find the dates and places she will be at THIS LINK. If you’re a fan, make sure you check it out! To enter the giveaway, FILL OUT THIS FORM. You must have a U.S. or Canada mailing…
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Book Review: Vanish
Media Type: Print Book Title: Vanish Author: Sophie Jordan Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: September 6, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended for: Lovers of Firelight, Dragons and Paranormal Romance Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again—and worse,…