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Book Review: A Season of Eden
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: A Season of Eden Author: J.M. Warwick Publisher: Grove Creek Publishing Pages: Paperback; 244 Release Date: October 20, 2008 Source: Around the World Book Tours ——————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Language; Adult Situations HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love drama and are okay with taboo romances in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon He’s my teacher. I shouldn’t be alone with him. But I can’t help that he’s irresistible. I let the door silently close at my back. He stared at me, and a taut…
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Book Review: Catching Fire
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: Much like the first cover, it’s striking and simple. I love…
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Book Review: Shiver
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can’t seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human … until the cold makes him shift back again. Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It’s her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human–or risk losing himself,…
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Book Review: Tyger, Tyger
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Tyger, Tyger * Series: Goblin Wars #1 Author: Kersten Hamilton Publisher: Clarion Books Pages: Hardcover; 308 Release Date: November 15, 2010 Source: NetGalley —————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of Fantasy with strong characters and a rip roaring plot line. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Teagan Wyllston grew up hearing about Celtic mythology, night crawlers and banshees, and how the Irish Travelers have been at war with goblin kind since before time. One of…
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Book Review: Howl’s Moving Castle
In the land of Ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and seven-league boots were everyday things. The Witch of the Waste was another matter. After fifty years of quiet, it was rumored that the Witch was about to terrorize the country again. So when a moving black castle, blowing dark smoke from its four thin turrets, appeared on the horizon, everyone thought it was the Witch. The castle, however, belonged to Wizard Howl, who, it was said, liked to suck the souls of young girls. The Hatter sisters–Sophie, Lettie, and Martha–and all the other girls were warned not to…
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Book Review: Wintergirls
Lia and Cassie were best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies. But now Cassie is dead. Lia’s mother is busy saving people’s lives. Her father is away on business. Her stepmother is clueless. And the voice inside Lia’s head keeps telling her to remain in control, stay strong, lose more, weigh less. If she keeps on going this way – thin, thinner thinnest – maybe she’ll disappear altogether. –From the front book flap Cover Inspection: This cover is fantastic. Looking at the girl, trapped beneath this ice like substance, it completely goes with the title. First Thoughts: This is going…
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Book Review: The Dark Divine
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Dark Divine * Series: The Dark Divine #1 Author: Bree Despain Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 372 Release Date: December 22, 2009 Source: Around the World Tours —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good, honest, and twisty paranormal romance. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared–the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the…
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Book Review: Never After
There is no place like a dysfunctional home. Leaving everything behind for the Island was Ricky’s dream come true. When his happily ever after is not quite what it seems, he discovers that running away means running toward bigger problems. Trapped on the Island, Ricky must join together with the only people he can trust to help him face his fears and return home. But the only way off the Island is to confront the person who trapped Ricky and his friends in the first place. With countless enemies and true peril staring them down, Ricky’s mission to leave this…
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Book Review: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
In Mary’s world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and…
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Book Review: Need
Zara White suspects there’s a freaky guy semi-stalking her. She’s also obsessed with phobias. And it’s true, she hasn’t exactly been herself since her stepfather died. But exiling her to shivery Maine to live with her grandmother? That seems a bit extreme. The move is supposed to help her stay sane…but Zara’s pretty sure her mom just can’t deal with her right now. She couldn’t be more wrong. Turns out the semi-stalker is not a figment of Zara’s overactive imagination. In fact, he’s still following her, leaving behind an eerie trail of gold dust. There’s something not right – not…