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Interview + Giveaway: THE LIFE INTENDED by Kristin Harmel
Ready for another amazing author spotlight? I know I say it each and every time, but I absolutely adore getting to meet the author behind the book! Author interviews are one of my favorite things to host, and this time we have Kristin Harmel here to answer some questions and she brought along a giveaway! Before we get to interview, let’s take a look at her new book, shall we? The Life Intended releases today! Which means it’s the perfect time to put it on your wishlist. Amazon | Goodreads | BookLikes From the author of the international bestseller The…
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Book Review: Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
Media Type: Ebook Title: Far Far Away Author: Tom McNeal Publisher: Knopf BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: June 11, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers of the Grimm version of fairy tales; those who enjoy darker stories. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes It says quite a lot about Jeremy Johnson Johnson that the strangest thing about him isn’t even the fact his mother and father both had the same last name. Jeremy once admitted he’s able to hear voices, and the townspeople of Never…
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Happy Holidays!
Our blog will be quiet until Friday, as we’re spending these few days with our friends and family :). We’ll be back with more goodies and end of the year wrap up posts soon! In the meantime, enjoy your week! Happy Holidays!
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Book Review: This Shattered World (Starbound #2) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: This Shattered World *Series: Starbound #2 Author: Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: December 23, 2014 Source: NetGalley ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who loved the first book, and are eager for more tragic love stories! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Jubilee Chase and Flynn Cormac should never have met. Lee is captain of the forces sent to Avon to crush the terraformed planet’s rebellious colonists, but she has her own reasons for hating the…
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Waiting on Wednesday (12/17/14)
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. It’s hosted by Breaking the Spine. One of my biggest surprises this year was falling in love with The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. I chose it for our book club, on a whim, and ended up absolutely adoring it as a read! Color me a happy bookworm when I found out that there is going to be more! The Rosie Effect is out soon, and I’m excited. Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back. If you were swept away by Graeme Simsion’s international smash hit…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: The Lebrus Stone by Miriam Khan
It’s time for another bookish spotlight! This time the lovely Giselle of Xpresso Book Tours is running a tour for The Lebrus Stone by Miriam Khan. I have to say, the reason that I chose to host this was that it sounds deliciously creepy. Nightmares and witchcraft? That’s my kind or read. Perhaps it’s yours too? Goodreads | Amazon | B&N When Eighteen-year-old orphan, Crystal Valdez, accepts an invitation to the small town of Blacksville, West Virginia, she hopes to have a summer to remember and a chance to learn more about her parents, to also get to know the family…
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Book Review: Suspicion by Alexandra Monir
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Suspicion Author: Alexandra Monir Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: December 9, 2014 Source: NetGalley —————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy gothic mysteries set against lavish backdrops. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes “There’s something hidden in the Maze.” Seventeen-year-old Imogen has never forgotten the last words her father said to her seven years ago, before the blazing fire that consumed him, her mother, and the gardens of her family’s English country manor. Haunted by her parents’ deaths, Imogen…
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Book Review: The Luck Uglies by Paul Durham
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Luck Uglies Author: Paul Durham Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: April 29, 2014 Source: Library ——————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love adventure and intrigue in a Middle Grade package. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Rye O’Chanter has seen a lot of strange things happen in Village Drowning: children are chased through the streets. Families are fined for breaking laws that don’t even exist. Girls aren’t allowed to read anymore, and certain books—books that hold secrets about Drowning’s past—have…
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2014 November Wrap Up
Well hello December! It’s my favorite month of the year, and so full of good cheer! Yeah, I meant for that to rhyme ;). ************ (C) = Children / (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade *GN (Graphic Novel) *AB (Audio Book) Books read and reviewed in November: (A) Texts from Jane Eyre by Mallory Ortberg – Review (4/5) (YA) Earth & Sky by Megan Crewe – Review (2/5) (MG) *GN* Legends of Zita the Spacegirl – Review (4/5) (A) Carbide Tipped Pens by Ben Bova & Eric Choi – Review (3/5) (A)…
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Books to watch (11/24/14)
I haven’t done one of these in a while, so let me slowly ease back into it! Books to watch is a feature where I share with you two or more books I’ve read recently that absolutely need a spot on your reading list! See, I don’t post all my reviews on this blog. Many sit over at BookLikes, just waiting for the right reader to discover their new favorite book. It’s my hope that doing this feature will add some amazing new books to your radar! So, are you ready for some book candy? Let’s go! My first pick definitely goes…