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Book Review: Boys That Bite
Technically Sunshine can’t get killed-because she’s immortal. Well, not quite yet. Due to the worst case of mistaken identity with her dark-side-loving twin sister at a Goth club called Club Fang, Magnus, a vampire hottie, went for Sunshine’s innocent neck. Now if she doesn’t reverse it in time, Magnus will be her blood mate forever and she’s doomed to be a blood-gulping, pasty, daylight-hating vampire. That would seriously bite. And now, after the unfortunate slaying of the vampire leader, Sunshine, her sister Rayne, and Magnus must find the one thing that can solve her problem: the Holy Grail. They wish…
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Book Review: Scones and Sensibility
Media Type: Print Book Title: Scones and Sensibility Author: Lindsay Eland Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: December 22, 2009 Source: Library ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Too much cuteness perhaps? —————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love a great protagonist and a bit of old world romance in their reading! Add it on : Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Polly Madassa is convinced she was born for a more romantic time. A time when Elizabeth Bennet and Anne of Green Gables walked along the moors and…
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Blog Tour: Book Review – Everything I Never Wanted to Be
Everything I Never Wanted to Be by Dina Kucera is the true story of a family’s battle with alcoholism and drug addiction. Dina’s grandfather and father were alcoholics. Her grandmother was a pill addict. Dina is an alcoholic and pill addict, and all three of her daughters struggle with alcohol and drug addiction including her youngest daughter, who started using heroin at age fourteen. –More at Goodreads Why I chose this: I didn’t choose this book, so much as it chose me. It showed up at my door one day and I read the back of the book, completely blown…
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Book Review: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares
“I’ve left some clues for you. If you want them, turn the page. If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.” So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across…
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Book Review: Wildthorn
Seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove longs to break free from her respectable life as a Victorian doctor’s daughter. But her dreams become a nightmare when Louisa is sent to Wildthorn Hall: labeled a lunatic, deprived of her liberty and even her real name. As she unravels the betrayals that led to her incarceration, she realizes there are many kinds of prison. She must be honest with herself – and others – in order to be set free. And love may be the key… –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: Absolutely gorgeous! The corset fits the mood of the book perfectly. First Thoughts: Louisa seems so…
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Children’s Book Review: Do Witches Make Fishes?
Media Type: Print Book Title: Do Witches Make Fishes? Author: Jason Mayo Illustrator: Justin Wolfson Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: Paperback; 36 Release Date: August 3, 2010 Source: Author ———————————————– Recommended to: Parents and educators looking for a funny tale about eating healthy. Difficulty Level: Any age. This book can be read out loud (with voices!) for younger children, but is simple enough to be read alone by older children. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N “Do Witches Make Fishes?” is the moral tale of a young boy who favors candy over his mother’s outlandish but healthy dishes. When faced with an…
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Blog Tour: Book Review – Pandora’s Succession
Media Type: Ebook Title: Pandora’s Succession Author: Russell Brooks Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 282 Release Date: October 24, 2010 Source: Author ———————————— Genre: Thriller / Suspense HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a thrill ride of a book with fabulous characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N CIA operative, Ridley Fox, never stopped hunting his fiancé’s killers — a weapons consortium called The Arms of Ares. When an informant leads him to an old bunker outside of Groznyy, Chechnya, Fox is captured and left for dead. When the informant rescues…
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Book Review: Wind Warrior
Leslie Michaels is a visionary, and only those close to her know of her special gift and the visions that come when her mind and body surrender to sleep. Fate has a way of righting many wrongs, and for Leslie it is a destiny that changes her life dramatically. But not before she is forced to flee into the wilderness to escape a murderous trapper bent on claiming her for his very own. Faith and a strong will to survive are her only companions, until she encounters Winnokin, the handsome Seneca war chief who first came to her in her…
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Book Review: Anna and the French Kiss
Anna was looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she’s less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris — until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all . . . including a serious girlfriend. But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss? Stephanie Perkins keeps the romantic tension crackling and the attraction high…
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Book Review: The Sapphire Talisman
With the local vampire coven decimated, Julia and Nicholas try to begin a somewhat normal life together. Bound by secrecy from a shape shifter determined to see Julia’s world-saving prediction come to fruition, Julia isn’t allowed to tell Nicholas the leader survived, ransacking her happiness with guilt. When Alora returns, bent on revenge, the reunion forces Nicholas and Julia to choose what they are willing to live and die for. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: Stunning! I love this one even more than the first one because I’m partial to blue. First Thoughts: Great flashbacks to previous books! *** My Review:…