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Book Review: The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Night Parade Author: Kathryn Tanquary Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: January 5, 2016 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy vivid magical adventures in new lands! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes “I thought you might sleep through it.” The creature smiled.Saki’s voice was little more than a whisper. “Sleep through what?” It leaned over. She stared into its will-o’-the-wisp eyes.“The Night Parade, of course.” The last thing Saki Yamamoto wants to do for…
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Book Review: Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Zeroboxer Author: Fonda Lee Publisher: Flux Pages: Paperback; 362 Release Date: April 1, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books centering around sports, with Science Fiction tied in. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A rising star in the weightless combat sport of zeroboxing, Carr “the Raptor” Luka dreams of winning the championship title. Recognizing his talent, the Zero Gravity Fighting Association assigns Risha, an ambitious and beautiful Martian colonist, to be his brandhelm––a personal marketing strategist.…
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Graphic Novel Review: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, Vol 1
Title: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, Vol 1 Author(s): James Roberts Illustrator(s): Alex Milne, Nick Roach Publisher: IDW Pages: TPB; 145 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: June 13, 2012 Source: Comixology (Purchased) Issues 1-3, plus the on-shot Death of Optimus Prime. Transformers saga begins here! More Than Meets The Eye reunites the fan-favorite creative team behind Last Stand of the Wreckers and sends the Transformers on an epic quest to the farthest reaches of the Transformers Universe and beyond! Also includes the one-shot Death of Optimus Prime. What a good way to kick off the year it was!…
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Book Review: Fremont Rosenbloom: Party Assassin for Hire by Michael Bast
Media Type: Ebook Title: Fremont Rosenbloom: Party Assassin for Hire Author: Michael Bast Publisher: St. John’s House Pages: Paperback; 413 Release Date: September 22, 2015 Source: Author ——————————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy characters with a lot of heart, and a wit to match! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Fans of James Dashner and Richard Paul Evans will love Fremont Rosenbloom’s crazy adventures! At first, you won’t like Fremont Rosenbloom. What he does for a living is rather detestable. Let’s say you have an ex-husband getting…
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Book Review: Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Guy In Real Life Author: Steve Brezenoff Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 27, 2014 Source: NetGalley —————————————— Content Screening: Video Game Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories about gamer culture! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes From the acclaimed author of Brooklyn, Burning comes Guy in Real Life, an achingly real and profoundly moving love story about two teens that National Book Award–finalist Sara Zarr has called “wholly original and instantly classic.” It is Labor Day weekend in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and…
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Book Review: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Media Type: Audiobook Title: The Scorpio Races Author: Maggie Stiefvater Narrator(s): Steve West; Fiona Hardingham Publisher: Scholastic Audio Run Time: 12 hours 6 minutes Release Date: October 18, 2011 Source: Audible ——————————————————— Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy being swept up in a brilliant setting, with wonderfully brilliant characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes With her trademark lyricism, Maggie Stiefvater turns to a new world, where a pair are swept up in a daring, dangerous race across a cliff-with more than just their lives at stake should they…
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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…