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Book Review: The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Mapmaker’s Children Author: Sarah McCoy Publisher: Broadway Books Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: February 9, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours ———————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy lushly written historical fiction with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes When Sarah Brown, daughter of abolitionist John Brown, realizes that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the Underground Railroad’s leading mapmakers, taking her cues from the slave code quilts and…
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Book Review: Low Town (Low Town #1) by Daniel Polansky
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Low Town * Series: Low Town #1 Author: Daniel Polansky Publisher: Random House Pages: Paperback; 354 Release Date: August 16, 2001 (Reprint) Source: Library —————————————————– Genre: Dark Fantasy / Noir Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Any reader who loves a dark fantasy story with a well fleshed out main character. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is an ugly place,…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Asleep by Krystal Wade
To celebrate the release of the spine-chilling YA psychological thriller ASLEEP by Krystal Wade, I’m part of an epic blog tour that has plenty of content and tons of giveaways! ASLEEP is the debut novel from Blaze Publishing, and answers the question of what happens when Sleeping Beauty meets Freddy Krueger. What’s not to love about that kind of premise? Asleep Krystal Wade Published by: Blaze Publishing Publication date: February 16th 2016 Genres: Horror, Young Adult “To cure fear, you must use fear.” Rose Briar claims no responsibility for the act that led to her imprisonment in an asylum. She…
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Book Review: Of Light and Darkness by Shayne Leighton
Media Type: Ebook Title: Of Light And Darkness * Series: Of Light And Darkness #1 Author: Shayne Leighton Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle (2nd Ed.); 400 Source: Author ————————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Fantasy HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy discovering worlds situated on the fringe of our own. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Shayne Leighton’s stunning New Adult debut is a fiercely imaginative, multilayered dark fantasy where Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus meets Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles in a story about a girl caught between two societies .…
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Book Spotlight: Rarity from the Hollow by Robert Eggleton
To those of you who have the day off today, I hope you’re spending it reading an amazing book! If you haven’t quite found your next read yet, let me assist you by sharing today’s book spotlight. This time, it’s all about Robert Eggelton and Rarity from the Hollow. Lacy Dawn is a true daughter of Appalachia, and then some. She lives in a hollow with her worn-out mom, her Iraq War disabled dad, and her mutt Brownie, a dog who’s becoming very skilled at laying fiber optic cable. Lacy Dawn’s android boyfriend has come to the hollow with a…
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FFBC Book Review: Marked by Laura Williams McCaffrey
Marked by Laura Williams McCaffrey Publisher: Clarion Books Release Date: February 16th 2016 Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia Rate: 3 Keys to My Heart Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Lyla lives in a bleak, controlling society where only the brightest and most favored students succeed. When she is caught buying cheats in an underground shadow market, she is tattooed—marked—as a criminal. Then she is offered redemption and she jumps at the chance . . . but it comes at a cost. Doing what is right means betraying the boy she has come to love, and, perhaps, losing even more than she thought possible. Graphic novel–style…
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Book Spotlight: Baggage by S.G. Redling
It’s time for another book spotlight! Are you a fan of mysteries and thrillers? If you do, Baggage by S.G. Redling is right up your alley. Let me share the synopsis with you. Over the years, terrible things keep happening to Anna Ray on February 17. First, there was the childhood trauma she’s never been able to speak about. Then, to her horror, her husband killed himself on that date. A year later and a thousand miles away, Anna tries to find solace in the fresh start of a new job in a new place. She takes comfort in her outspoken…
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Book Review: Puppy Pirates: Catnapped!
Media Type: Print Book Title: Puppy Pirates: Catnapped! * Series: Puppy Pirates #3 Author: Erin Soderberg Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pages: Paperback; 96 Release Date: January 26, 2016 Source: Publisher ——————————————————————- Age Group: 4 – 7 years (Transition Book) HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love adventure on the high seas, with adorable puppies and kittens! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Ahoy, mateys! Set sail for fun and adventure on a pirate ship full of puppies. Fighting like cats and dogs? Exactly! The puppy pirates played a prank on the…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Viscountess of Vice by Jenny Holiday
Happy Wednesday everyone! Are you ready for another bookish spotlight? We have a tasty Historical Romance in store for you today. Jenny Holiday and Viscountess of Vice are center stage. Secrets and lies, scandals and spies. All Lady Catharine, Viscountess Cranbrook, wants is a little excitement. Bored of playing the role of the ton’s favorite slightly scandalous widow, she jumps at the chance to go undercover as a courtesan to help with an espionage mission. After all, beneath her outrageously low bodice beats the heart of a patriot. Social reformer James Burnham is conducting a study of vice in England’s capital.…
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Book Review: An Italian Adventure by Gaia M. Amman
The Details Media Type: Print BookTitle: An Italian AdventureAuthor: Gaia M. AmmanPublisher: Kuki PublishingPages/Length: Paperback, 381 pagesRelease Date: November 1, 2015Source: Author Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon A humorous coming of age tale of friendship, sisterhood, and family drama set against the gorgeous backdrop of northern Italy.Recommended for fans of Jandy Nelson, John Green, Neil Gaiman and Sherman Alexie Italy, the late 80s. Leda is a bookish tomboy whose life is turned upside down by shady Nico, who just moved north from Sicily. Their unlikely friendship will evolve through a whirlwind of adventures leaving both kids transformed. Ultimately, Leda will discover that adults aren’t always right, marking…
