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Book Review: Tighter
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Tighter Author: Adele Griffin Publisher: Knopf Books Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: May 10, 2011 Source: Author/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Clean read! HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart When 17-year-old Jamie arrives on the idyllic New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer au pair, she is stunned to learn of the horror that precedes her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple’s tragic deaths, Jamie discovers that she herself looks shockingly like the dead girl—and that she has a disturbing ability to sense the two…
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Interviewing C. Lee McKenzie and a giveaway!
Tweet A treat for you today my friends! C. Lee McKenzie, author of Princess of Las Pulgas, is here for an interview. This interview is a bit special though because it’s answered by both Lee herself AND a character from her other amazing book, Sliding on the Edge. Take some time and get to know them both! 1. If you had to choose an animal to describe you, what would it be and why? Shawna – It depends on when you ask me this question. Before I came to Sweet River, I would have said my favorite animal was a cat and…
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Teenage Garage Sale – Liz Gallagher’s Edition!
Tweet Being grilled on the blog today is Liz Gallagher, author of recently published My Not So Still Life. She’s here today to share a little bit about her past in a post that we invented on The Teen {Book} Scene called “Teenage Garage Sale”. Let’s see what things we might be able to buy if we went back to Liz’s teen days! Ooh, fun. Picturing my old room … I’d have oodles of cassette tapes to sell. As a young teen, I wouldn’t have parted with any New Kids on the Block or Debbie Gibson. They would’ve been priceless.…
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Book Review: Here Lies Bridget
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Here Lies Bridget Author: Paige Harbison Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Paperback; 224 Release Date: January 18, 2011 Source: NetGalley ======================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Bridget Duke is the uncontested ruler of her school. The meanest girl with the biggest secret insecurities. And when new girl Anna Judge arrives, things start to fall apart for Bridget: friends don’t worship as attentively, teachers don’t fall for her wide-eyed “who me?” look, expulsion looms ahead and the one boy she’s always loved—Liam Ward—can barely even look…
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Follow Friday and Book Blogger Hop!
Tweet Hi everyone hopping and following! Welcome! If you happen to follow my humble little blog here, please leave a comment so I can follow you back! What is the most scene in a book that you have read lately? Oh man. Hands down, the book Invincible Summer by Hannah Moskowitz wins for emotional scenes! I can’t spoil, but let’s just say that the family in that book just can’t catch a break and near the end something happens that just…AH! Breaks your heart in two. I think I sobbed through the last 150 pages of that book. Get a box…
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Book Review: Odessa – The Seraphym Wars
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Odessa – The Seraphym Wars Author: Rebecca Ryals Russell Publisher: Muse It Up Pages: Ebook; 272 Release Date: March 29, 2011 Source: Author ====================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Myrna Ashlin Watts graduated from High School in Jacksonville, Fl just in time to find herself transported to a bizarre and primal planet corrupted by demon-dragons. And they want her DEAD. Her problem is she has been recruited to kill them, too. 18-year-old Myrna is drawn into the middle of an epic battle between Seraphym and…
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Interviewing Mary Lindsey and a GIVEAWAY!
Tweet Mary Lindsey, author of the upcoming (and absolutely gorgeous) Shattered Souls is here today! She will be sharing with us a little bit about herself, and then sharing with you a fantastic giveaway she has planned. Oh yes, it involves Wolfsbane, just saying. Here we go! * If you had to pick a fictional place from a book to live for the rest of your life, where would you want to go? I thought a lot about this question and came up with lots of cool answers, but it just kept coming back to one: The Texas Gulf Coast. I’ve lived…
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Interviewing Milo and a Giveaway!
Tweet A treat today! Adele Griffin, one of my all time favorite people and authors, is here to celebrate her newest book, Tighter. I had the pleasure to read this and it is fabulous! I won’t spoil yet, however I will let you read this. A character interview with Milo, who happens to be my favorite character. Enjoy! 1. Welcome to the blog Milo! If you had describe yourself in just 3 words, what would you choose? Milo Paul McCrae—Mysterious, Perceptive, Magnetic. 2. How would you describe your relationship with Jamie? Fraught. 3. Quick, you have a gift card for…
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Escape Giveaway!
Tweet It’s time for another giveaway! Lisa Polisar has sweetly offered up a copy of her book to one lucky winner. If you haven’t already seen my review, it’s the post right before this. The book is fantastic! Now, because Lisa is offering up this giveaway specially, there is a quick stipulation to entering. We are trying to spread the love for her newest book and the smaller publishing company that is attached to it. So, a little different, but the way to enter is small and easy. Are you ready? To be entered to win a signed copy of…
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Book Review: Escape
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Escape Author: Lisa Polisar Publisher: NukeWorks Pages: Paperback; 174 Release Date: December 7, 2010 Source: Author ================== Intended Reading Group: Adult Book Genre: Mystery HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart From the quiet English countryside to the gritty streets of Boston’s Chinatown, there is a silent commonality among these eerie tales – Polisar’s fascination with the darkness of the human psyche. Whether it’s murder in a jazz club or deadly assassins, Polisar’s intricate storytelling and startling characters will take you on an unforgettable journey from fear and terror to escape. Add it on: Goodreads…