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Rain, rain. Stay?
It seems I’ve been musing a lot about weather lately. The sad fact is that in my part of Southern California, we don’t really have a whole lot of “weather”. Sometimes it rains, a bit. Sometimes it’s windy, a bit. Most of the time it’s still and warm. I joke about it a lot on Twitter, but we in this area get very excited when there’s actual weather to be had! It’s currently raining, and I’ve opened up every window and door we have. The adorable part is that every other person who is currently home in our apartment building…
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Book Review: Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by H.C. Chester and Lauren Oliver
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head Series: Curiosity House #1 Author (s): Lauren Oliver; H.C. Chester Publisher: Harper Collin’s Children’s Books Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: September 29, 2015 Source: Publisher ——————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love vivid characters, settings that come to life, and a great mystery. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes What you will find in this book: – A rather attractive bearded lady – Several scandalous murders – A deliciously disgusting Amazonian shrunken head – Four extraordinary…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Dream On, Amber by Emma Shevah
As promised, I have another book spotlight for you! My favorite part of book spotlights is the fact that I get to draw your attention to books of all different age levels and genres. Sometimes my reviews get a little trapped in one area for a while, but with spotlights I can show you things that are on my radar. Even if I haven’t gotten to them yet. Are you ready for some Middle Grade goodness? I hope so! My name is Ambra Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto. But call me Amber. I have no idea why my parents gave me…
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Book Review: Meditations in Wonderland by Anna Patrick
Media Type: Ebook Title: Meditations in Wonderland Author: Anna Patrick Publisher: River Grove Books Pages: Ebook; 225 Release Date: October 6, 2015 Source: Author ———————————————– Genre: Contemporary / Retelling HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a darker look at Wonderland, and the parallels to our own minds. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Follow Elizabeth down the rabbit hole—and meet a whole new Alice. Elizabeth, a twenty-four-year-old interior designer living in Brooklyn, New York, encounters a little more than mental static when she sits down for her morning meditation, feeling disconnected from…
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Book Spotlight: I Don’t Know How the Story Ends by J.B. Cheaney
I promised you book spotlights, and I aim to deliver! The best part about today’s, is that this book not only looks absolutely amazing but there’s also a giveaway attached just for you! Don’t you feel special? Take a look at all the buzz below. I can tell you right now, it was the prospect of being lost in an early Hollywood that really caught me up. Perhaps it’ll do the same for you. Our story begins in a dusty little town in California, a bustling place called Hollywood… Isobel Ransom is feeling anxious. Her father is away treating wounded…
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Book Spotlight: Meditations in Wonderland by Anna Patrick
I hope you’re ready for another book spotlight! I know I fell off the face of the map for a bit. Sorry friends. About once every 5 or 6 years I get really really sick. You know how most people get the flu and are out cold for a week? I pretty much never get sick longer than 3 days. EXCEPT… once every 5 or 6 years. This year, was that year. I got knocked on my behind by a virus very similar to strep throat, and I’m only just better. Let’s just say that blogging was the last thing…
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Book Review: The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Dead House Author: Dawn Kurtagich Publisher: Little Brown, BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 432 Release Date: September 15, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a slow burn, and prefer their stories less gory and more haunting. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Welcome to the Dead House. Three students: dead. Carly Johnson: vanished without a trace. Two decades have passed since an inferno swept through Elmbridge High, claiming the lives of three teenagers and causing one student, Carly Johnson, to…
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Fall. I need some of that.
Although I’ve loved living in Southern California my whole life (especially the part of that where I moved to the beach), the one thing that I’ve always been envious of, is Fall. I mean a real Fall. Complete with turning leaves, crisp weather, and warm sweaters. If this year is anything like last year, it’ll be Halloween and 85 degrees outside at 9 pm :). I mean just look at that photo! Who wouldn’t want that? I guess it’s true that we all think the grass is greener on the other side. When my friends on the East Coast are…
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Book Review: The Heartbeat Thief by AJ Krafton
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Heartbeat Thief Author: AJ Krafton Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 318 Release Date: June 12, 2015 Source: Xpresso Book Tours / Author —————————————————- Genre: Paranormal Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories that span the decades, with a heaping helping of unrequited romance. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Haunted by a crushing fear of death, a young Victorian woman discovers the secret of eternal youth–she must surrender her life to attain it, and steal heartbeats to keep it. In 1860 Surrey, a young woman has only…
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Book Review: Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey Ann Haydu
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Rules for Stealing Stars Author: Corey Ann Haydu Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: September 29, 2015 Source: Publisher / NetGalley ——————————————————————— Content Screening: Parental Depression, Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy deep stories about families, and specifically about sisters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In the tradition of Sharon Creech and Wendy Mass, Corey Ann Haydu’s sparkling middle grade debut is a sister story with a twist of magic, a swirl of darkness, and a whole lot of hope. Silly…