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Talking with Nick from The Lucky Kind and a giveaway!
Tweet The lovely Alyssa Sheinmel is here today to share some more goodness from The Lucky Kind. Nick, the adorable main character, is here to share some things he loves about his girlfriend, Eden. Isn’t that cute? (insert awwww here) Let’s go! Top Ten Things that Nick Brandt Loves About Eden Reiss The Lucky Kind is about, among other things, Nicholas Brandt and the girl he loves, Eden Reiss. Herewith, the top ten things that Nick loves about his girl. The dark brown freckle on her right knee, just waiting to be kissed. The way she seems so much cleaner…
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Book Review: The Diva Doctrine
Media Type: Book Title: The Diva Doctrine Author: Patricia V. Davis Publisher: Bonneville Books Pages: Paperback; 160 Release Date: May 8, 2011 Source: Cedar Fort Books ——————————— Genre: Self-Help HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Women who are looking for something uplifting and funny to read. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything Patricia V. Davis may be the first to tell you she’s an expert in failed relationships. But ask any of the readers who helped a post on her advice blog go viral, and they’ll say that whether you’re wide-eyed twenty-something dreamer, the world’s grooviest grandma, or something in between, there’s…
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New Enewsletter now available!
Tweet Happy Sunday and Happy Mother’s Day everyone! I hope that no matter what you did today, whether it be celebrate your mom, celebrate being a mom, or just relax, it was a blast! I have some news. A newsletter! Back when I ran my Indie/Handmade blog I did a newsletter every week. It highlighted happenings on the blog, held special subscriber only giveaways, and was just a source for fun news around the web. I’ve decided I’d like to do one for this blog as well! So no more weekly updates here on the blog. I’ll let you make…
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Audio Book Review: Eighth Grade Bites
Tweet Media Type: Audio book Title: Eighth Grade Bites Author: Heather Brewer Narrator: Kevin Pariseau Publisher: Brilliance Audio Format: MP3-CD Duration: 4:43:34 Source: Library ======================= Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Junior high really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and…
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Book Review: The Dreamspeaker
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Dreamspeaker Author: W. Scott Publisher: Palace in the Sky Pages: Ebook; chapters Release Date: February 10, 2011 Source: Publisher ==================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence (fantasy) HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Prepare to do battle with the Greatest Fighting Team of Teenage Girls ever assembled! Jessica Hoshi is just like any other girl. She loves music, playing in the marching band at school and spending time with her friends. One day, Jessica and her friends visit the Lakeshore Historical Society to take the Tall Ship Tour. After they get…
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Unnatural Giveaway!
Tweet Hi everyone! Time for another giveaway! I was actually supposed to post this up with my Unnatural Character Tweets post, but I completely forgot. However I couldn’t let you all leave without a chance to win this awesome book. So, here is a synopsis, then scroll down for some giveaway goodness. In the town of Eden in northwestern England stands the exclusive boarding school known as Archangel Academy. Ancient and imposing, it’s a place filled with secrets. Just like its students… For Michael Howard, being plucked from his Nebraska hometown and sent thousands of miles away is as close…
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Book Review: Two Moon Princess
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Two Moon Princess Author: Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban Publisher: Tanglewood Press Pages: Paperback; 324 Release Date: June 16, 2010 Source: Publisher/TBS ==================== Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; Mild violence (wars) HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart In this coming-of-age story set in a medieval kingdom, Andrea is a head strong princess longing to be a knight who finds her way to modern-day California. But her accidental return to her family’s kingdom and a disastrous romance brings war, along with her discovery of some dark family secrets. Readers will love this mix…
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This or That? with Alexa Martin
Tweet Alexa Martin, author of the recently released Girl Wonder, is here today to share a little about herself! In a game of This or That? we will find out some of the things that Alexa likes. Sound fun? I think so! Let’s see what she has to say! 1. Hot or cold? Hot 2. Sweet or salty? Salty (bring on the nachos!) 3. Right side of the bed or left side of the bed? Diagonal 4. Socks or slippers? Socks 5. Physical book or digital? Physical 6. Penguins or puffins? Penguins 7. Treadmill or Actual run? Ha ha… this…
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Character Tweets – Unnatural by Michael Griffo
Tweet Michael Griffo is here today to promote his new series called Archangel Academy, the first book of which is Unnatural. As a special treat, he’s drawn up some tweets from his characters to one another! If you haven’t seen one of these posts before, they are awesome! This is what his characters would sound like on a normal Twitter conversation. Truth be told, I think this is the most hilarious one that I’ve seen yet! CaptRonan: Ur 4ever beautiful and 4ever mine FU: Thx! But isn’t Michael gonna get jealous? CaptRonan: This isn’t Michael? FU: No, it’s Fritz. ScienceGuy: And…
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Book Review: The Lucky Kind
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Lucky Kind Author: Alyssa Sheinmel Publisher: Knopf Books Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: May 10, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; Sexual situations HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart High school junior Nick Brandt is intent on getting a girlfriend, and Eden Reiss is the one that he wants. He has exactly four semesters to get the girl, but when the phone rings on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday night, life for Nick and his parents will never be the same. What had been a seemingly idyllic…