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Book Review: Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures #1) by Peter Bunzl
Media Type: Ebook Title: Cogheart *Series: The Cogheart Adventures #1 Author: Peter Bunzl Publisher: Usborne Pages: Paperback; 366 Release Date: September 1, 2016 Source: NetGalley ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who enjoy quick moving reads with plenty of twists and turns. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Lily’s life is in mortal peril. Her father is missing and now silver-eyed men stalk her through the shadows. What could they want from her? With her friends—Robert, the clockmaker’s son, and Malkin, her mechanical fox—Lily is plunged into a murky and…
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Book Review: Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough
Media Type: Physical Book Title: Cross Her Heart Author: Sarah Pinborough Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Hardcover; 341 Release Date: September 4, 2018 Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours ——————————————— Genre: Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow burn thrillers with excellently executed twists. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Lisa lives for her daughter Ava, her job, and her best friend Marilyn, but when a handsome client shows an interest in her, Lisa starts daydreaming about sharing her life with him too. Maybe she’s ready now. Maybe she can…
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Book Review: Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Louisiana’s Way Home Author: Kate DiCamillo Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: October 2, 2018 Source: NetGalley/Publisher ————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy real characters who face real life issues, with a touch of magic. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are — and deciding who you want to be. When Louisiana Elefante’s granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that…
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Children’s Book Review: There’s A Dragon In Your Book by Tom Fletcher
Media Type: F&G Copy Title: There’s a Dragon in Your Book Author: Tom Fletcher Illustrator: Greg Abbott Publisher: Random House BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 32 Release Date: September 4, 2018 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Recommended to: Young readers who love funny and interactive stories! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N First, there’s an egg in your book. Then the cutest baby dragon you’ve ever seen hatches from it. But don’t tickle its nose, and whatever you do, don’t let it sneeze! ACHOO! OH MY! Tom Fletcher’s infectious read-aloud invites kids to use their powers of imagination–along with some stamping, blowing, and flapping–to save their book from an adorable little dragon’s flammable sneezes! Children…
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Book Review: Foundryside (Founders #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Foundryside * Series: Founders #1 Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Publisher: Crown Publishing Group Pages: Hardcover; 505 Release Date: August 21, 2018 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ———————————————- Genre: Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a gorgeous new Fantasy series to get lost in. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In a city that runs on industrialized magic, a secret war will be fought to overwrite reality itself–the first in a dazzling new fantasy series from City of Stairs author Robert Jackson Bennett. Sancia Grado…
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Book Review: The Last Harvest by Kim Liggett
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Last Harvest Author: Kim Liggett Publisher: Tor Teen Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: July 24, 2018 Source: Publisher ————————————– Content Screening: Violence, Blood/Gore HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a YA horror story that keeps you guessing. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Kim Liggett’s The Last Harvest is a thrilling YA horror story that draws on her childhood during the Satanic Panic. “I plead the blood.” Those were the last words seventeen-year-old golden boy quarterback Clay Tate heard rattling from his dad’s throat when he discovered…
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Book Review: Monster City: Murder, Music and Mayhem in Nashville’s Dark Age by Michael Artnfield
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Monster City: Murder, Music, and Mayhem in Nashville’s Dark Age Author: Michael Arntfield Publisher: Little A Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: September 4, 2018 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————— Genre: Nonfiction / True Crime HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a real life look into the spree of serial murders in Nashville in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The never-before-told true account of the serial killers who terrorized Nashville’s music scene for decades—and the cold-case Murder Squad determined to bring an end…
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Book Review: Miss Behave by Traci Highland
Media Type: Ebook Title: Miss Behave Series: The Anderson Family Series Author: Traci Highland Publisher: Cheshire Lane Press Pages: 330 Release Date: June 24, 2018 Source: PUYB ——————————————- Genre: Romantic Comedy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good hearty laugh and a fun romcom. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon She’s great at giving advice, too bad she never takes it…Piper Anderson wants to be a serious journalist at a serious paper covering serious news. Instead, she’s stuck at the Pendleton Falls Herald, where her massive investigative skills are wasted penning the paper’s advice column, Miss Behave.Her shot at a meaty story comes when she’s assigned…
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Book Review + Giveaway: How to Breathe Underwater by Vicky Skinner
Format: ebook Title: How to Breathe Underwater Author: Vicky Skinner Published by: Swoon Reads Pages: 336 Publication date: August 14th 2018 Source: Xpresso Book Tours Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult HDB Rating: 5 keys to my heart Kate’s father has been pressuring her to be perfect for her whole life, pushing her to be the best swimmer she can be. But when Kate finds her dad cheating on her mom, Kate’s perfect world comes crashing down, and Kate is forced to leave home and the swim team she’s been a part of her whole life. Now in a new home, new…
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Book Review + Giveaway: When Life Gives You Demons by Jennifer Honeybourn
Title: When Life Gives You Demons Author: Jennifer Honeybourn Published by: Swoon ReadsPublication date: July 17th 2018Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books that explore serious topics from a comedic point of view. Some people have school spirit. Shelby Black has real ones. Shelby Black has spent the past six months training to be an exorcist. Her great-uncle Roy―a Catholic priest―has put her through exorcist boot camp hell, hoping to develop her talent, but ohmygod, he still doesn’t trust her to do an exorcism on her own. High school is hard enough…