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Book Review: Warm Bodies
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Warm Bodies Author: Isaac Marion Publisher: Vintage Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: April 26, 2011 ======================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild zombie gore; mild violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart A zombie who yearns for a better life ends up falling in love—with a human—in this astonishingly original debut novel. R is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He doesn’t enjoy killing people; he enjoys riding escalators and listening to Frank Sinatra. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.…
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Spring Fever Swap – Sign Up!
Tweet THIS SWAP IS NOW CLOSED! THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING! Lack of good spring weather got you down? Feeling like you need a little color in your life? A little excitement? Well look no further! What is a “swap” you ask? Let me put it this way. You give something, you get something! Simple as that. Read more below if you’re interested. The Basics: If you don’t know what a swap is, here’s what it’s all about: Everyone enjoys getting a package in the mail. Unfortunately there isn’t always a reason to give a gift. So….I create my own gift giving…
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Odessa: The Seraphym Wars – Teaser & Giveaway!
Tweet For you today, I have a teaser from Rebecca Ryals Russell’s upcoming book, Odessa: The Seraphym Wars. A little bit steampunk, a lot fantasy, I’m about half way through reading this and can’t wait to share my review with you! In the meantime though, let me give you a taste of what to expect if you choose this book for your TBR pile. “Trembling, I stepped forward and thrust the sword into her chest where I hoped the heart was. I couldn’t imagine how a simple shard of metal could destroy a demon, but I watched in fascinated horror…
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Book Review: Girl Wonder
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Girl Wonder Author: Alexa Martin Publisher: Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: May 3, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ====================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual situations, Cussing, Drug Use HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart As if transferring senior year weren’t hard enough, Charlotte Locke has been bumped to lower level classes at her new school. With no friends, a terrible math SAT score, and looming college application deadlines, the future is starting to seem like an oncoming train for which she has no ticket. Then Amanda enters her orbit like a hot-pink…
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Book Review: Broken
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Broken Author: Susan Bigelow Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Pages: Ebook; 340 Release Date: January 25, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Cussing, Violence, Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart In a post-war future world where First Contact has been made, humans are colonizing the stars, and the nations of Earth have been united under a central government, Extrahumans are required by law to belong to the Union. When a young man with visions of the future sets out on a mission to define the course of human history,…
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Hungry For You – EPIC BLOG TOUR
When I was approached by A.M. Harte to be a part of the Blog Tour de Force extravaganza I was so excited! See, first off I think this is a fantastic idea. Pitting author against author…who doesn’t love that? Second of all it gives YOU my dear readers, a chance to win a KINDLE! Am I jealous? You bet. Below please enjoy my review of A.M. Harte’s Hungry For You and read on to see how to get in on all the goodies that are being given away. You lucky ducks you. Book Title: Hungry For You Author: A.M. Harte “There is…
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Book Review: Unsavory Delicacies
Media Type: Book Title: Unsavory Delicacies Author: Russell Brooks Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 22 Release Date: April 21, 2011 Source: Author ——————————————- Genre: Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a book of short stories with some thrill attached! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon A three-course story collection with a side-order of revenge. For fans of Barry Eisler, Robert Ludlum, and Clive Cussler. Three short stories of suspense with unsavory results. Crème Brulé—Rogue operative, Monique Beauvais, cons a software genius into selling her a coveted technology that would allow its…
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Talking covers with Brent Hartinger
Tweet Today we’re lucky enough to have Brent Hartinger, author of Shadow Walkers, here to share a bit about his cover process and his input! I love hearing about how much say authors have into their gorgeous covers. Let’s see what he has to say… I’m sure you’ve been told by other authors how we have little or no control over our book covers — even though we’re so closely associated with them. I always say it’s a little like how they play the theme song to certain sitcom stairs whenever they go anywhere for the rest of their life.…
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Exhausted.
Tweet I had planned to post today! Oh yes, best laid plans and all that. Then I couldn’t sleep and was dead tired when I woke up this morning. Followed by having 26 children today, 22 of which were under the age of 7. Helped a friend with a paper. Further followed by attending a one and a half hour training. Am I griping? Yep. Sorry. Point is this is all you get from me today :). I’m going to go fall into an exhausted heap with a book until I wind down enough to go to sleep. I still…
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4/18 in case you missed it!
Tweet Hi everyone! Did you miss me? By me I of course mean the me who writes stuff like this and doesn’t just auto post things to make sure her readers don’t get bored. Wait…don’t answer that. I’ll stay in my “they all love me” bubble just a little longer, thank you. ANYWAY this is my new Monday feature where I highlight what happened the last week. You know, in case you were living under a rock and missed it. Enjoy! ********** Tuesday, April 12 * Book Review of Invincible Summer: This book BLEW ME AWAY. It’s heart wrenching, it’s utterly…