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Graphic Novel Review: Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona
Title: Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal Author: G. Willow Wilson Illustrator: Adrian Alphona Publisher: Marvel Pages: Trade Paperback; 120 Recommended Age Group: 13+ Release Date: October 28, 2014 Source: Library Marvel Comics presents the all-new Ms. Marvel, the groundbreaking heroine that has become an international sensation! Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City – until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! As Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them…
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Book Review: Love Is Red by Sophie Jaff
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Love Is Red Author: Sophie Jaff Publisher: Harper Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: May 12, 2015 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Suspense / Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like books that keep you guessing, and aren’t afraid of some violence. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Redefining the thriller’s tale of the hunter and the hunted, This electrifying, hypnotically beautiful debut spins dark suspense and literary fantasy into a mesmerizing story of survival. Katherine Emerson was born to fulfill a dark prophecy centuries…
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Book Review: Days Like This by Danielle Ellison
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Days Like This (A Landslide Novel) Author: Danielle Ellison Publisher: Bookish World Press Pages: ebook; 241 Release Date: June 2, 2015 Source: Publisher / Netgalley ———————————————- Genre: New Adult/Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in the struggles of dealing with family members with mental illness. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Sometimes the only thing standing between fear and hope is yourself. Almost a year ago, nineteen-year-old Cassie Harlen had a lot to deal with. A stack of college acceptance letters waiting for answers, a proposal from the boy next door, and a mother whose most recent bipolar episode left…
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Book Review: The Edge of Forever by Melissa E. Hurst
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Edge of Forever Author: Melissa E. Hurst Publisher: Sky Pony Press Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: June 2, 2015 Source: FFBC Blog Tours / Publisher —————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of time travel, and sliding door type stories. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In 2013: Sixteen-year-old Alora is having blackouts. Each time she wakes up in a different place with no idea of how she got there. The one thing she is certain of? Someone is following her. In 2146:…
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Book Review: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Author: Jennifer E. Smith Publisher: Poppy Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: January 2, 2012 Source: NetGalley ——————————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sweet romance coupled with a bittersweet teenage life. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Four minutes changes everything. Hadley Sullivan 17 misses her flight at JFK airport, is late to her father’s second wedding in London with never-met stepmother. Hadley meets the perfect boy. Oliver is British, sits in her row. A long…
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Book Review: Hold Me Like a Breath by Tiffany Schmidt
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Hold Me Like a Breath Author: Tiffany Schmidt Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 19, 2015 Source: FFBC Blog Tours / Publisher —————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love their romance with a background of intrigue. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Penelope Landlow has grown up with the knowledge that almost anything can be bought or sold—including body parts. She’s the daughter of one of the three crime families that control the black market for organ transplants. Penelope’s surrounded by all…
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Book Review: The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Daylight Marriage Author: Heidi Pitlor Publisher: Algonquin Books Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: May 5, 2015 Source: Publisher / Netgalley ———————————————- Genre: Mystery Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in reading about a family’s struggle to cope after an unexpected event. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Hannah was the kind of woman who turned heads. Tall and graceful, naturally pretty, often impulsive, always spirited, the upper-class girl who picked, of all men, Lovell–the introverted climate scientist, the practical one who thought he could change the world if he could just get everyone to listen to reason. After a magical…
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Book Review: The Predictions by Bianca Zander
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Predictions Author: Bianca Zander Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Paperback; 400 Release Date: May 5, 2015 Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours ———————————————- Genre: General Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in the life of a young girl who grew up in a commune, and the life she goes on to lead as an adult. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes From the author of the acclaimed The Girl Below comes a stunning novel of one woman’s attempt to outrun the destiny that is…
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Book Review: Deep Blue Eternity by Natasha Boyd
Media Type: Ebook Title: Deep Blue Eternity Author: Natasha Boyd Publisher: Self Pages: Kindle; 356 Release Date: March 26, 2015 Source: Purchased —————————————————————– Content Screening: Adult Language; Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy redemption stories and dark topics Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Livvy is on the run. And she’s escaped to the one place nobody will ever find her. But the isolated cottage isn’t empty. Her refuge is home to a troubled stranger, Tom, there for reasons of his own. In the intimacy of the abandoned cottage, and the remote wilderness of Daufuskie Island, off the Carolina coast, the electrifying connection between them is…
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Book Review: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer Author: Kelly Jones Illustrator: Katie Kath Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: May 12, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love vibrant young heroines, or any readers interested in chickens! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Fans of Polly Horvath or Roald Dahl will love this quirky story of a determined girl, and some extraordinary chickens. Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water…