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Graphic Novel Review: The Dam Keeper – World Without Darkness
Title: The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness * Volume 2Authors: Robert Kondo & Dice TsutsumiIllustrator: Robert Kondo & Dice TsutsumiPublisher: First SecondPages: Hardcover; 160Recommended Age Group: Middle Grade/YARelease Date: July 10, 2018Source: NetGalley Beyond the dam lies certain death—this is something every citizen of Sunrise Valley knows well. Yet, when a poisonous black tidal wave carries Pig, Fox, and Hippo over the dam and into the wastelands, they don’t find death. Instead they find bustling cities, each with their own dams. Pig can’t help but wonder, who is the mysterious dam keeper behind it all? But he doesn’t have time to unravel this…
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Book Review + Giveaway: Watching You by Shannon Greenland
Media Type: ebook Title: Watching You Author: Shannon Greenland Published by: Entangled Publishing Publication date: July 2nd 2018 —————————————— Genre: Thriller, Young Adult HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books that keep you guessing till the very end. Viola’s always been that girl from that family, so a scholarship to a prestigious private school in Florida was supposed to be her ticket out of poverty and into a brand-new life. But Viola’s secrets have followed her. Her relationship with the intelligent and gorgeous Riel should have been the salvation she needed—he understands her troubled past better than anyone.…
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Book Review: The Beyond Now Device by Mark Hollock
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Beyond Now Device Author: Mark Hollock Publisher: Mark Hollock Pages: Ebook; 338 Release Date: January 15, 2018 Source: Author —————————————— Genre: Speculative Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books that really explore our place in time and space. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon We are all fated to die and the earth will continue to circle the sun. Of this, we can be sure. Yet when four people sharing an apartment happen upon a device that transports them three weeks into the future, they care less about…
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Book Review: The Truth Hunters by Emilia Zeeland
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Truth Hunters Series: STAR Academy book 2 Author: Emilia Zeeland Publisher: Self Pages: 328, ebook Publication date: May 26, 2018 Source: Author _____________________________________ Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction 5 Keys to My Heart: Recommended for readers who enjoy science fiction and young adult. For Yalena Russo, peace was never an option.Pushed out of the spotlight and into obedience, Yalena returns to a STAR Academy that has changed. In fact, the near worlds have changed, forcing her to walk the thin line between politics and mayhem.Determined to find out why the Fians claim to be connected to her, Yalena has to track down whoever gave…
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Book Review: Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Sleeping Beauties Authors: Stephen King, Owen King Publisher: Scribner Pages: Hardcover; 702 Release Date: September 26, 2017 Source: Library Borrow ——————————————— Genre: Horror, Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a mildly dystopian story, set in a small town. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, and the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral…
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Book Review: A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay
Media Type: Ebook Title: A Single Stone Author: Meg McKinlay Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: March 14, 2017 Source: Publisher ———————————– Content Screening: Mild Action Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a MG friendly dystopian novel. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything — and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain. Jena — strong, respected, reliable — is the leader of the line, a job every…
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Book Review: Origin by Dan Brown
Title: Origin Author: Dan Brown Series: Robert Langdon, #5 Pages: 461 Publication date: October 3, 2017 Source: Purchased Genres: Mystery, New Adult, Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: readers who enjoy Dan Brown’s writing style and the Robert Langdon series. Add it: Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to attend a major announcement—the unveiling…
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Book Review: The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers #2) by Adrienne Kress
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Reckless Rescue *Series: The Explorers #2 Author: Adrienne Kress Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: April 24, 2018 Source: Publisher ————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have been eagerly awaiting the next adventures of Sebastian and Evie! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N More mystery, more bravery, more danger, and one amazingly reckless rescue await in the second book in the Explorers series! The perfect read for fans of The Name of This Book Is…
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Book Review: The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers
Media Type: Audio Book Title: The Cleaner of Chartres Author: Salley Vickers Publisher: Viking Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: June 27, 2013 Source: NetGalley ————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow moving historical fiction that has a very psychology heavy bend. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N From the author of Miss Garnet’s Angel, a story of the redemptive power of love and community in the famous French cathedral town There is something very special about Agnès Morel. A quiet presence in the small French town of Chartres,…
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Book Review: The Book Knights by J.G. McKenney
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Book Knights Author: J.G. McKenney Publisher: J.G. McKenney Pages: Paperback; 272 Release Date: July 5, 2017 Source: Author —————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a fast paced mix of fantasy and a dystopian future. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon When her parents are condemned to death by Morgan Fay for the crime of reading, Arti Penderhagen becomes a fugitive. Hunted by Mordred, the sadistic police captain who recites poetry to enhance his physical strength, Arti escapes to the Isle of Avalon, a…