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It must be a May thing.
So as I was doing my usual evening run-through of internet happenings, I realized that this poor blog hasn’t been touched since last Thursday. Our apologies, dear readers. It must be a May thing. See, last May I had to give up blogging for the entire month. Things were too hectic, life was too scattered, and adding one more thing to my plate felt like a chore. While things definitely aren’t that bad this year, I will say that for some reason this seems to be a pretty crazy month! My lovely co-blogger is currently quite pregnant, and very busy…
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Book Review: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer Author: Kelly Jones Illustrator: Katie Kath Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: May 12, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love vibrant young heroines, or any readers interested in chickens! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Fans of Polly Horvath or Roald Dahl will love this quirky story of a determined girl, and some extraordinary chickens. Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water…
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Bout of Books 13!
============================================== The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team ============================================== Heads up ladies and gents, it’s time for…
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April 2015 Wrap Up
Books Read and Reviewed in April: Total books read/reviewed: 10 Books Read/Not Reviewed: Total books read/not reviewed: 6 Grand Total: 16 (4 DNF books) Reading Progress: 63 out of 150 books (42%) I really don’t want to count DNF books in my overall count, but it’s tricky since I’ve honestly never DNF’d so many books in one month before. Lol. I’ll figure it out. I might just add an extra book to my overall goal for each one I DNF. We shall see. Let’s talk the good though, and that’s the…
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Book Review: Cold Burn of Magic (Black Blade #1) by Jennifer Estep
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Cold Burn of Magic * Series: Black Blade #1 Author: Jennifer Estep Publisher: Kensington Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: April 28, 2015 Source: The Fantastic Flying Book Club ———————————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with strong female characters and tons of magic. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes There Be Monsters Here. . . It’s not as great as you’d think, living in a tourist town that’s known as “the most magical place in America.” Same boring high school, just twice…
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A Quarterly Goals Update
Hello lovely bookish people! I’ll bet you thought that I had vanished, hm? I know I haven’t had time to sit down and actually write a post in here that wasn’t a review or a spotlight. Once upon a time I wrote random posts constantly. Lately though, blogging has had to take a back seat. I still read like mad, and review whenever possible, but the days of extra time to ramble on have passed. Still, I’ll pop in here when I can! I thought I’d do a post about some updates to my reading goals this year. Since, you…
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Book Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: We Were Liars Author: E. Lockhart Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: Kindle; 227 Release Date: May 13, 2014 Source: NetGalley —————————————————————– Content Screening: Adult Language; Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy deep, poignant and original stories. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. We Were Liars is a modern,…
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Book Review: Watch the Shadows by Robin Winter
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Watch The Shadows Author: Robin Winter Publisher: White Whisker Books Pages: Print/Ebook, 176 Release Date: April 20, 2015 Source: Author/Book Publicity Tour —————————————————- Genre: Suspense/Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy darker suspense stories, with a slow burn. Add it on: Goodreads In the college town of Isla Vista, California, small, odd things start happening. Science-geek Nicole notes the crows are leaving. Meg Burdigal can’t find her tabby cat, Schrand. Brian the postman feels uneasy at the rustlings, the shadows he’s seen at the edge of his vision…
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Book Spotlight + Guest Post: Dwarves in Space by S.E. Zbasnik
Good morning, and happy Friday, my lovely bookworms! What better way to celebrate this wonderful day of the week than another book spotlight? Oh, I promise this is a good one. As soon as I saw the synopsis, and the absolutely wonderful cover, to S.E. Zbasnik’s Dwarves in Space I knew I’d be sharing it with all of you. Sci Fi, Fantasy, Satire, this book has it all. Amazon | Goodreads The Elation-Cru is not the flashiest ship, nor the newest, or even has all of its bolts attached; but she can fly. Well, sort of wade through space, and…
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Book Review: Nightbird by Alice Hoffman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Nightbird Author: Alice Hoffman Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: March 10, 2018 Source: NetGalley —————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy magical realism, and quirky protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In her first novel for middle-grade readers , bestselling author Alice Hoffman tells a bewitching story of love and friendship that is truly magical. Twig lives in Sidwell, where people whisper that fairy tales are real. After all, her town is rumored to hide a monster.…