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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Hidden by Megg Jensen
It’s time for another blitz, and therefore another chance to win an awesome book! This time I’m spotlighting Hidden by Megg Jensen. A story filled with mystery and dragons. Need I say more? The mystery enshrouding Hutton’s Bridge is as impenetrable as the fog that descended at its borders eighty years ago. Each year, three villagers enter the mist searching for answers. No one ever returns. Then a dragon falls from the sky to the town square, dead—the first glimpse of an outside world that has become nothing more than a fairy tale to Hutton’s Bridge. Except to Tressa. Tressa grew…
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November Wrap Up
Happy December everyone! I can’t believe that it’s already the end of the year. Seriously, it flew by! I can’t wait to say hello to 2014! ********** (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in November: (A) Leave the Lights On by Karen Stivali – Review (4/5) (NA) Everything Between Us by Mila Ferrera – Review (3/5) (NA) Attempting Elizabeth by Jessica Grey – Review (3/5) (A) The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani – Review (3/5) (MG) Renegade Magic (Kat, Incorrigible #2) by Stephanie…
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Author Interview + Giveaway: Scion of the Sun by Nicola Marsh
Happy Thankful Thursday my friends! Whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving today, or not, I hope you have an utterly fabulous day! To aid in that, I’m happy to be featuring Nicola Marsh and Scion of the Sun today! Looking for your next read? Love Fantasy reads? Well then, you may have just found your new favorite read. When she least expects it, sixteen-year old Holly Burton’s unremarkable life is shaken to the core. A vision of the mother Holly never knew leaves her questioning everything she believes. Eager for answers, Holly enrolls at a boarding school for highly gifted students in Wolfebane,…
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Book Review: Ink
Media Type: Ebook Title: Ink *Series: Paper Gods #1 Author: Amanda Sun Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Paperback; 326 Release Date: June 25, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who quick moving stories and a Japanese setting! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / BookLikes On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold…
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Book Review: Gated
Media Type: Print Book Title: Gated Author: Amy Christine Parker Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover, 352 pages Release Date: August 6th 2013 Source: Library ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books on cult communities and their inner workings. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A fast-paced, nerve-fraying contemporary thriller that questions loyalties and twists truths. Appearances can be deceiving. In the Community, life seems perfect. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pioneer invited Lyla’s family to join his group and escape the…
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Sunday Post / Stacking the Shelves (9)
Sunday Post and Stacking the Shelves are hosted by Kimba’s Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Tynga’s Reviews respectively. Click the buttons above to join in the fun! ================================================================ I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that I am in a review slump. I’ve been reading like crazy, but I just haven’t had the energy to sit down actually write up reviews. Here’s hoping this short, holiday week will lift my spirits! I’m all kinds of burnt out. -.- It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (11/18) Book Review: Six Months Later by Natalie D. Richards Great book! Totally worth the read if you’re a…
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Long Beach Comic Con 2013!
Today I spent most of my day wandering around my hometown’s version of Comic Con! I’m a huge fan of comics, graphic novels, and all things horror related. What’s not to love? Seriously! I wandered the floor in a daze. Half caught between staring at things I wanted to buy, and things that were just were created with such insane talent that I couldn’t look away. You know that feeling when you wish you had enough money to buy everything you look at? Yeah, that was me. Anyway I wanted to two of the cool, bookish things I found today!…
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Feature & Follow Friday #176 – I’m a featured blogger!
Hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read I am featured this week on Alison Can Read ! I’m really excited! If, you know, you couldn’t tell by the use of so many exclamation points. If you’d like to follow me you can choose any of the options over in the left hand side bar, or just click the lovely BlogLovin’ button below! Thanks! *********************** 1. When did you start blogging?Wow, almost four years ago! In April 2010 I stumbled my way into the book blogging world and haven’t looked back since. I was fascinated by the fact that there were…
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Book Review: Correlation
Media Type: Ebook Title: Correlation Author: Mia Grace Publisher: Red Adept Publishing Pages: Ebook; N/A Release Date: November 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a mix of a contemporary read and time travel. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When the past and the present collide… Hailey Kent knows how she wants to spend the summer before her junior year in high school: hanging out at the pool with Jenna, her BFF; riding her new trail bike on Vermont’s country roads;…
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Book Review: Six Months Later
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Six Months Later Author: Natalie D. Richards Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: Paperback; 326 Release Date: October 1, 2013 Source: NetGalley —————————————————– Genre: Contemporary / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quick moving plots with just enough twists to keep you guessing! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / BookLikes Chloe didn’t think about it much when she nodded off in study hall on that sleepy summer day. But when she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can’t remember the last six months of…