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Book Review: Neverwhere (Author’s Preferred Text) by Neil Gaiman
Media Type: Print Book Title: Neverwhere: Author’s Preferred Text Author: Neil Gaiman Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 464 Release Date: June 7, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy darkly written fiction with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his “preferred text”—and including his special Neverwhere tale, “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back”. Published in 1997, Neil Gaiman’s darkly hypnotic first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the…
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Book Review: What Happens Now by Jennifer Castle
Media Type: Print Book Title: What Happens Now Author: Jennifer Castle Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: June 7, 2016 Source: Publisher / FFBC Tours ——————————————– Content Screening: Trigger warnings for depression/anxiety and cutting. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy deeper contemporary reads with real relationships. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes “I know what it is to want something so badly, you feel like your cells aren’t properly bonded together without it. I also know what it’s like to get that something. And honestly, I’m still not sure which is…
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Book Review: The Tumbling Turner Sisters by Juliette Fay
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Tumbling Turner Sisters Author: Juliette Fay Publisher: Gallery Books Pages: Ebook; 352 Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: Publisher ———————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy historical fiction with family drama and growth. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In 1919, the Turner sisters and their parents are barely scraping by. Their father is a low-paid boot-stitcher in Johnson City, New York, and the family is always one paycheck away from eviction. When their father’s hand is crushed and he can no longer…
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Book Review: Read Me Like A Book by Liz Kessler
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Read Me Like A Book Author: Liz Kessler Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: Publisher ————————————— Content Screening: Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a character who is journeying through self-discovery and realizing who they really are. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Ashleigh Walker is a mediocre student with an assortment of friends, a sort-of boyfriend, and no plans for the future. Then a straight-from-college English teacher, Miss Murray, takes over Ash’s class and changes everything.…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: How to (Almost) Ruin Your Summer by Taryn Souders
You may be wondering why the picture above shows a goat in a canoe. Good question! Now that I have your attention, it’s time to put the spotlight on How to (Almost) Ruin Your Summer by Taryn Souders. If you’ve ever been to summer camp, I think you’ll love this story. Chloe’s summer camp experience is both hilarious and adorable, which makes this the perfect addition to your warm weather reading list! Top Three Reasons Camp Minnehaha is The Worst1. The spiders (wayyyy too many legs)2. King Arthur (a rampaging goat intent on my destruction)3. Victoria a.k.a The Diva (an evil…
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Book Spotlight: Chains of Command (Frontlines #4) by Marko Kloos
Another week has begun, and that means it’s time for much more book related spotlights and goodies. Today’s spotlight is for fans of Science Fiction. Specifically, I’m pointing to those of you who are all about aliens vs. humans. Are you looking for your next action packed read? You might want to consider Chains of Command by Marko Kloos. Buy it on Amazon The assault on Earth was thwarted by the destruction of the aliens’ seed ship, but with Mars still under Lanky control, survivors work frantically to rebuild fighting capacity and shore up planetary defenses. Platoon sergeant Andrew Grayson must…
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Book Review: The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Eagle Tree Author: Ned Hayes Publisher: Little A Pages: Paperback; 270 Release Date: July 5,2016 Source: TLC Book Tours —————————————— Content Screening: Mild Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in gaining new knowledge of trees, and enjoy reading from the POV of a character on the autism spectrum. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Fourteen-year-old March Wong knows everything there is to know about trees. They are his passion and his obsession, even after his recent falls—and despite the state’s threat to take him…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Undead Ultra by Camille Picott
Are you ready for some zombie goodness on this fine Tuesday, my bookish friends? I certainly hope so, since that’s exactly what I have to offer today. My ongoing joke is that I’ll only run if there are zombies chasing after me. Well, in the case of Undead Ultra, that’s exactly Kate and Frederico’s motivation. Camille Picott has meshed together the ultramarathon, with the walking dead. Intrigued? Read on. Undead: a reanimated corpse with a craving for human flesh. Ultramarathon: any footrace longer than a traditional marathon (26.2 miles). For ultrarunners Kate and Frederico, a typical Saturday morning is spent…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (6/6/16)
Click above to join in the fun! After a second long weekend in a row, this Monday is kicking my behind. The good news is that I actually got quite a bit of reading done, and a lot of relaxing. So I can’t complain too much :). Plus, I get to finally go on vacation at the end of next week! So that’s something to look forward to. Anyway, enough rambling. Here’s my bookish outlook. Some pretty adorable reads this weekend! All of my library holds came in at the same time, so I had a lot of good reading…
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Book Review: Ava and Taco Cat by Carol Weston
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Ava and Taco Cat *Series: Ava and Pip #2 Author: Carol Weston Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: April 7, 2015 Source: Publisher / NetGalley ——————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have a passion for writing, or for their feline companions! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Ava desperately wants a pet for her eleventh birthday-but gets way more than she bargained for when she adopts T-A-C-O-C-A-T. When Ava Wren hears about an injured yellow tabby with mismatched ears,…