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Book Review: Texts From Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Texts From Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters Author: Malory Ortberg Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Publisher —————————————————————— Genre: Satire / Humor HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love Classics and satire! Hilariously imagined text conversations—the passive aggressive, the clever, and the strange—from classic and modern literary figures, from Scarlett O’Hara to Jessica Wakefield Mallory Ortberg, the co-creator of the cult-favorite website The Toast, presents this whimsical collection of hysterical text conversations from your favorite literary…
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Book Review: Dogs Don’t Look Both Ways by Jane Hanser
Media Type: Ebook Title: Dogs Don’t Look Both Ways Author: Jane Hanser Publisher: Ivy Books Pages: Ebook; 160 Release Date: March 18, 2014 Source: Author ————————————— Genre: General Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love their pets! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes One dog, one man, two long-distance runners. However, this chocolate Labrador Retriever, America’s favorite family dog, isn’t content to wake up early and run a mere three, six or twelve miles per day with his dad.He wants more, much more. And he pushes his mom to her limit as…
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Book Spotlight + Author Interview: The Girl In Between by Laekan Zea Kemp
It’s time for another author spotlight! I can’t express enough how much I love hosting these! Getting the chance to get to know an author is a ton of fun for me. It never gets old! This time the spotlight is on Laekan Zea Kemp, and her book The Girl In Between. Amazon | BookLikes | Goodreads Bryn Reyes is a real life sleeping beauty. Afflicted with Klein-Levin Syndrome, she suffers episodes of prolonged sleep that steal weeks, and sometimes even months, from her life. But unlike most KLS patients, she doesn’t spend each episode in a catatonic state or…
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October 2014 Wrap Up
Goodbye October, and welcome November! It’s the season of delicious food, warm fires, and lots of family/friends time. I love this time of year! Before we say goodbye to October officially though, let’s take a look at what I read this month. Shall we? ************ (C) = Children / (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in October: (YA) The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry – Review (4/5) (YA) A Murder of Magpies by Sarah Bromley – Review (2/5)…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: The Silence of Six by E.C. Myers
Today’s spotlight is on a book that I’ve been eagerly anticipating since I first heard that it was on its way. Not only is it written by E.C. Meyers, who is a wonderful author, but it’s a techno thriller will all the markings of a book that I’ll love. Want to see if it’s for you as well? Here’s the synopsis! Check it out! “What is the Silence of Six, and what are you going to do about it?” These are the last words uttered by 17-year old Max Stein’s genius best friend Evan just moments before he kills himself…
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Book Review: A Kiss of Cabernet
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: A Kiss of Cabernet *Series: A Love in Wine Country Novel Author: Pamela Gibson Publisher: Entangled: Bliss Pages: Kindle; 188 Release Date: October 10, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love books set in wine country, and feisty characters with big hearts. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes The sweetest vintage of all is the one you can’t have… Napa Valley vineyard manager Paige Reynoso is furious. After a six-year absence, her boss—big-city entrepreneur Jake Madison—has returned, only to announce…
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Giveaway: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
It’s one week of the year that we dedicate to all things spooky, and I can’t think of a better time to host a giveaway of this classic story! For those of you who don’t know, Penguin Classics has recently released The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories. It’s a new package for Washington Irving’s classic stories, with an added introduction and notes by Elizabeth L. Bradley. ABOUT THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND OTHER STORIES: Perhaps the marker of a true mythos is when the stories themselves overshadow their creator. Originally published under a pseudonym as The Sketch…
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Book Review: Love Thy Neighbor by Sophie Wintner
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Love Thy Neighbor Author: Sophie Wintner Publisher: Entangled: Lovestruck Pages: Ebook; 199 Release Date: October 27, 2014 Source: Publisher ——————————————- Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy characters that start out broken and slowly change. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes He’s designed for delicious trouble… Interior designer Nikki Norris is at the end of her rope. She’s lost her business, and her fiancé who called off their engagement. Now she’s broke and on her own, living in a loft apartment she can barely afford. But…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Crushed by Gina Robinson
Are you ready for some more bookish goodness this week? I hope so, because this blitz is definitely ready for you. In the spotlight today is Crushed, the second book in The Rushed series by Gina Robinson. Make sure to read all the way to the bottom! There’s a giveaway down there for you! Goodreads | Amazon Some loves can’t be… Crushed Morgan Have you ever done something stupid? Like get drunk and hookup with a guy because your heart was broken by someone else? Like his best friend. And then done something really dumb, like fall in love with…
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Book Review: The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Bodies We Wear Author: Jeyn Roberts Publisher: Knopf Books For Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: September 23, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy darker reads with twists and turns. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A streetwise girl trains to take on a gang of drug dealers and avenge her best friend’s death in this thriller for fans of Scott Westerfeld and Robin Wasserman. People say when you take Heam, your body momentarily dies and you catch a…