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Book Review: The Lonely Ones by Kelsey Sutton
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Lonely Ones Author: Kelsey Sutton Publisher: Philomel Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: April 26, 2016 Source: YA Book Tours ————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | Booklikes When your only friend is your own endless imagination, how do you escape your mind and connect to the world around you? With parents too busy to pay her attention, an older brother and sister who would rather spend their time with friends, and peers who oscillate between picking on her and simply ignoring her,…
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Graphic Novel Review: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Title: Through the Woods Author: Emily Carroll Illustrator: Emily Carroll Publisher: Margaret K. McElderberry Books Pages: Paperback; 208 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: July 15, 2014 Source: Library Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation “His Face All Red,” in print for the first time. Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong, where you can travel to “Our…
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Book Review: The Run Begins by J. Frank James
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Run Begins *Series: Lou Malloy Crime Series Author: J. Frank James Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: Kindle; 52 Release Date: August 26, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————- Genre: Crime / Fiction / Mystery / Thriller / Suspense / Action / Adventure HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good back story and want to read more in the series Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Lou Malloy is 18 years old and ready for the world. His brother Sam has left and his sister wants to move to Florida with the family. Malloy is having none of it and on a wild…
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Book Review: Wonder Woman at Super Hero High by Lisa Yee
Media Type: Print Book Title: Wonder Woman at Super Hero High *Series: DC Super Hero Girls #1 Author: Lisa Yee Publisher: Random House BYR Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: March 1, 2016 Source: Publisher —————————————————— Age Group: Aimed at MG (8-12) but suitable for teens as well! HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Middle Grade readers who love strong female characters, parent/child read-along groups, anyone at all who loves DC! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N This groundbreaking new middle grade series follows DC Comics’ most iconic female Super Heroes and Super-Villains . .…
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Book Review: Aunty Lee’s Chilled Revenge (Singaporean Mystery #3) by Ovidia Yu
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Aunty Lee’s Chilled Revenge *Series: Singaporean Mystery #3 Author: Ovidia Yu Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: April 5. 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ————————————————— Genre: Cozy Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quirky characters, with a fabulous cozy mystery. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Rosie “Aunty” Lee—feisty widow, amateur sleuth and proprietor of Singapore’s best-loved home cooking restaurant—is back in another delectable, witty mystery set in Singapore. Slightly hobbled by a twisted ankle, crime-solving restaurateur Aunty Lee begrudgingly…
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Book Review: Just Like Me by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Just Like Me Author: Nancy J. Cavanaugh Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: April 5, 2016 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for true-to-life characters that are dealing with their same issues. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Who eats Cheetos with chopsticks?! Avery and Becca, my “Chinese Sisters,” that’s who. We’re not really sisters—we were just adopted from the same orphanage. And we’re nothing alike. They sing Chinese love songs on the bus…
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Book Review: Flying Away by Caroline A. Gill
Media Type: Ebook Title: Flying Away *Series: The Flykeeper Chronicles Author: Caroline A. Gill Publisher: St. Helena Press Pages: Kindle; 228 Release Date: January 12, 2016 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love vivid Fantasy with well-written characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes When Iolani Bearse was five years old, she lost her father to war. When she was nine, her mother died in a freak car accident. When Lani was fourteen, eerie green lights invaded, tearing her from the only home…
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Graphic Novel Review: The Beauty (Volume 1)
Title: The Beauty: Volume 1 Author(s): Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley Illustrator: Jeremy Haun Publisher: Image Pages: Trade Paperback; 164 Recommended Age Group: 18+ (Nudity, Violence) Release Date: March 16, 2016 Source: Netgalley / Publisher Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease? In the world of The Beauty, physical perfection is only one sexual encounter away. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Vaughn and Foster will soon discover…
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Book Review: End Time (Vol. 1) by Daniel Greene
Media Type: Ebook Title: End Time *Series: End Time Vol. 1 Author: Daniel Greene Publisher: Rune Publishing LLC Pages: Kindle; 416 Release Date: March 10, 2016 Source: Author ————————————————- Genre: Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love fast-paced, zombie filled stories with excellent protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes The fall of mankind is nigh. And it all began in the dark primal jungles of the Congo River basin. Easily ignored with just a click. When protests turn violent in front of the US Embassy Kinshasa, only the foreign policy…
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Book Review: The Beltane Escape by Ariella Moon
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Beltane Escape *Series: The Two Realms Trilogy #1 Author: Ariella Moon Publisher: Star Tribe Publishing Pages: Kindle; 225 Release Date: February 2016 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fantasy stories, featuring fairy folk and strong female characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Lady Fenella, ever surrounded by guards, knows only responsibility and duty. She believes Merlin and the Lady of the Lake are myths, Gran’s warnings about Fairy are superstition, and Fairy was invented to make…