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Graphic Novel Review: Heart in a Box
Title: Heart in a Box Author: Kelly Thompson Illustrator: Meredith McClaren Publisher: Dark Horse Originals Pages: Paperback; 160 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: September 29, 2015 Source: Library When the Man with No Name breaks Emma’s heart, she wants to die. But you never die from these things; you just want to. In a moment of weakness, she wishes her broken heart away and a mysterious stranger–who may or may not be totally evil–obliges. But emptiness is even worse than grief, and Emma sets out to collect the seven pieces of her heart spread across the country, a journey…
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Book Review: Cold Feet at Christmas by Debbie Johnson
Media Type: Ebook Title: Cold Feet at Christmas Publisher: HarperImpulse Author: Debbie Johnson Pages: Kindle; 222 Release Date: November 6, 2014 Source: Purchased —————————————– Genre: Adult Romance HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy insta-love and predictable story lines. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Running out on your wedding shouldn’t be this much fun! A remote Scottish castle on a snowy Christmas Eve. A handsome husband-to-be. A dress to die for. It should have been the happiest day of Leah Harvey’s life – but the fairytale wedding turns sour when she finds her fiancé halfway up the bridesmaid’s skirt just hours before the ceremony! Fleeing the scene…
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Book Review: A Spark of Justice by J.D. Hawkins
Media Type: Ebook Title: A Spark of Justice Publisher: Self-published Author: J.D. Hawkins Pages: Kindle; 196 Release Date: August 21, 2015 Source: Author —————————————– Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with vivid and interesting settings. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A fatal accident at the circus sparks an insurance investigation that leads John Nieves, a former New York cop, to a list of murder suspects. It seems that The Great Rollo, beloved of millions, had enemies… both at the circus and among his own family. All that is…
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Book Review: Dream A Little Dream (Silver Trilogy #1) by Kerstin Gier
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Dream A Little Dream * Series: Silver Trilogy #1 Author: Kerstin Gier Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. (BYR) Pages: Hardcover; 322 Release Date: April 14, 2015 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sweeping stories with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv’s dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she’s in a graveyard at night, watching four boys…
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Book Review: Dream On Amber by Emma Shevah
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Dream On Amber Author: Emma Shevah Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: October 6, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who enjoy fun, quirky stories with a lot of heart. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes My name is Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto.I have no idea why my parents gave me all those hideous names but they must have wanted to ruin my life, and you know what? They did an amazing job. As a half-Japanese,…
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Book Review: Hardwired by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Hardwired Author: Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie Publisher: Flux Pages: paperback; 240 Release Date: November 8, 2015 Source: Publisher/Netgalley ———————————————– Genre: Teens/YA Suspense Content Screening: Some violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a strong male lead in a not so distant dystopian future. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes When Lucas tested positive for the warrior gene—a genetic abnormality believed to predispose humans to violence—he was shipped off to the Bake Shop, an impregnable government facility. There, he underwent a battery of psychological tests aimed at making him crack. Now, labeled safe to return to normal life, he’s ready to…
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Book Review: Lumiere by Jacqueline Garlick
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Lumiere Author: Jacqueline Garlick Series: The Illumination Paradox #1 Publisher: Skyscape Pages: Kindle; 402 Release Date: August 11, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy steampunk adventures and mystery stories. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Even in a land of eternal twilight, secrets can’t stay in the dark forever. Seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth has only one hope left: finding her late father’s most prized invention, the Illuminator. It’s been missing since the day of the mysterious flash—a day that saw…
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Book Review: Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by H.C. Chester and Lauren Oliver
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head Series: Curiosity House #1 Author (s): Lauren Oliver; H.C. Chester Publisher: Harper Collin’s Children’s Books Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: September 29, 2015 Source: Publisher ——————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love vivid characters, settings that come to life, and a great mystery. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes What you will find in this book: – A rather attractive bearded lady – Several scandalous murders – A deliciously disgusting Amazonian shrunken head – Four extraordinary…
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Book Review: Meditations in Wonderland by Anna Patrick
Media Type: Ebook Title: Meditations in Wonderland Author: Anna Patrick Publisher: River Grove Books Pages: Ebook; 225 Release Date: October 6, 2015 Source: Author ———————————————– Genre: Contemporary / Retelling HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a darker look at Wonderland, and the parallels to our own minds. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Follow Elizabeth down the rabbit hole—and meet a whole new Alice. Elizabeth, a twenty-four-year-old interior designer living in Brooklyn, New York, encounters a little more than mental static when she sits down for her morning meditation, feeling disconnected from…
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Book Review: The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Dead House Author: Dawn Kurtagich Publisher: Little Brown, BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 432 Release Date: September 15, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a slow burn, and prefer their stories less gory and more haunting. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Welcome to the Dead House. Three students: dead. Carly Johnson: vanished without a trace. Two decades have passed since an inferno swept through Elmbridge High, claiming the lives of three teenagers and causing one student, Carly Johnson, to…