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Book Review: Lifers by M.A. Griffin
Media Type: Ebook Title: Lifers Author: M.A. Griffin Publisher: Chicken House (Scholastic) Pages: Paperback; 288 Release Date: January 31, 2017 Source: Rockstar Book Tours / Publisher —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mysteries that challenge their view of the world. Add it on: Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Audible | Goodreads Fear haunts the streets of Manchester: a schoolgirl has disappeared. Preston is drawn to investigate, exploring the city in the hunt for his missing friend. Deep in the bowels of a secret scientific institute, he discovers a sinister machine. Captured and condemned to a cavernous space…
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Book Review: The Ninth Birthday Wish by Bruce E. Arrington and Florence Jayne
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Ninth Birthday Wish Author: Bruce E. Arrington Illustrator: Florence Jayne Publisher: Pipe Dream Books Pages: Paperback; 52 Release Date: June 3, 2016 Recommended Grade Level: K-3 Source: Author Birthday wishes…for twins? Bril and Arisa, though twins they may be, Are so very unlike, as you will soon see. Their wishes are different as Sea is from Land, But watch what happens to what they had planned! Bruce Arrington and Florence Jayne team up to being you an unforgettable tale of twins, who each wanted their birthday wish–away from the other. But when their wishes get all mixed up, unintended consequences make for unplanned adventures.…
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Waiting on Wednesday (1-25-17)
You’ve made it to Wednesday, bookish friends! Congratulations! With all the madness happening lately, it’s a wonder that any of us are functioning properly. I fully admit that it put a hard stop on my reading for a bit, and (as you can definitely see) on my blogging too. If I’ve learned anything though, it’s that sharing book related items makes me happy! Thus this meme. I’m off to visit everyone after I share this book, and go add all the books to my happily overflowing TBR. Now, on to my pick for this Wednesday! I’m eagerly waiting on Black…
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Book Review: Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Love and First Sight Author: Josh Sundquist Publisher: Little, Brown BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 281 Release Date: January 3, 2017 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a well-written book from the perspective of a blind protagonist. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Love is more than meets the eye. On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in the cafeteria, and somehow drove…
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Book Review: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Bear and the Nightingale Author: Katherine Arden Publisher: Del Rey Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: January 10, 2017 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good fairy tale, complete with a strong heroine. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved…
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Book Spotlight: The River At Night by Erica Ferencik
Bookish darlings, come closer and let me tell you about an upcoming book that I’m REALLY excited for. I may or may not actually have a copy of this that I’m reading right now. It may or may not be, thus far, absolutely stellar. Perhaps you’ll find out tomorrow. Until then, stare in loving wonder at The River at Night, won’t you? A high stakes drama set against the harsh beauty of the Maine wilderness, charting the journey of four friends as they fight to survive the aftermath of a white water rafting accident, The River at Night is a…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (1/9/17)
Oh look, it’s the first check in of the year! I shied away from memes for a while there, because I didn’t want to rely too much on things that weren’t reviews, but I’ve come to realize that I really should just post what I love. As it turns out, this meme is one of those things! I really enjoy checking in, and seeing what other people are reading as well. So, this is a keeper! This was actually a pretty amazing week of finished reads. I finally finished up Revival by Stephen King which, while it wasn’t what I was…
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Book Review: Return to The Secret Garden
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Return to the Secret Garden Author: Holly Webb Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: November 1, 2016 Source: Edelweiss / Publisher ———————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note! HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who loved The Secret Garden, or who want to share this new chapter with their little ones! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N It’s 1939, and the occupants of the Craven Home for Orphaned Children have been evacuated to Misselthwaite Hall, a fancy manor in the English countryside, to escape the Blitz. Emmie would…
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Reading List – January 2017
Happy 2017, my fellow readers! Are you ready to tackle a new year of reading? I definitely am, and this year my aim is to be a lot more organized. So I’m going back to monthly reading lists. Nothing too strict, and nothing too big (so I can leave plenty of space for impulse reads!), but definitely trying to set myself some direction this year. That being said, here’s what I plan on tackling for January. I fell in love with Josh Sundquist’s writing last year, and I was so excited to see that he had published a new book!…
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Top 5 Books of 2016
The end of 2016 is upon us! Therefore, I thought it appropriate to do a top 5 post, even if I might not quite be done reading for the month. I doubt this will change much, to be honest. This year ,so far, I’ve read 200 books. Out of those 200 books, I only rated 39 with 5-star ratings. Out of those 39, only 13 were books (not graphic novels or comics, those are coming in a different post). Needless to say, it’s a lot easier this year to pin down some great 5-star reads. So be prepared for me…