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ARC Review: Winterkill by Kate A. Boorman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Winterkill Author: Kate A. Boorman Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: September 9, 2014 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy rich, atmospheric writing with a desolate setting to match. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Emmeline knows she’s not supposed to explore the woods outside her settlement. The enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there, attacking at night and keeping them isolated in an unfamiliar land with merciless winters. Living with the shame of her grandmother’s…
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Book Review: Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Maas
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Heir of Fire *Series: Throne of Glass #3 Author: Sarah J. Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Pages: Hardcover; 576 Release Date: September 2, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————– Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love this series, and are ready for more! If you haven’t started, what are you waiting for? Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak—but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth .…
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ARC Review: Julia’s House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Julia’s House for Lost Creatures Author: Ben Hatke Publisher: First Second Pages: Hardcover; 40 pages Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten – 3rd Release Date: September 2, 2014 When Julia and her walking house come to town, she likes everything about her new neighborhood except how quiet it is! So Julia puts a sign up: “Julia’s House for Lost Creatures.” Soon she’s hosting goblins, mermaids, fairies, and even a dragon. Quiet isn’t a problem anymore for Julia…but getting her housemates to behave themselves is! The first ever picture book by Zita the Spacegirl author/illustrator Ben Hatke is…
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ARC Review: The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Fourteenth Goldfish Author: Jennifer L. Holm Publisher: Random House BYR Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: August 26, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love quirky characters and aren’t afraid to dream big! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses…
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ARC Review: The Sleeping Dead by Richard Farren Barber
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Sleeping Dead Author: Richard Farren Barber Publisher: DarkFuse Pages: Ebook; 214 Release Date: August 12, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————— Genre: Horror HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who don’t mind slow moving stories with lots of atmosphere. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Don’t listen… When Jackson Smith attends an interview to escape his dead-end job, he witnesses a man jumping to his death through an office window. But this suicide is only the first of many he encounters. All around him, men and women begin…
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Book Review: The Young World by Chris Weitz
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Young World *Series: The Young World Trilogy #1 Author: Chris Weitz Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: July 29, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————————— Content Screening: Violence, Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dystopian fiction featuring teen protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl…
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Book Review: One Night Of Sin (After Hours Novella) by Elle Kennedy
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: One Night of Sin Author: Elle Kennedy Publisher: Entangled: Brazen Pages: Ebook; 128 Release Date: August 4, 2014 Source: Publisher —————————————– Genre: Romance / Erotica HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy hot, spicy romance with plenty of between-the-sheets time. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes A sexy category romance novella from Entangled’s Brazen imprint…When it comes to sex, good girl Skyler Thompson always plays it safe, choosing stable and sedate over wild and thrilling. She doesn’t do one-night-stands, but one look at sinfully sexy Gage Holt and…
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Book Review: The Fog of Forgetting by G.A. Morgan
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Fog of Forgetting *Series: Five Stones Trilogy #1 Author: G.A. Morgan Publisher: Islandport Press Pages: Hardcover; 303 Release Date: July 17, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy Fantasy reads with brave, young protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes In The Fog of Forgetting, the beginning of a new adventure-fantasy trilogy, five children wash up on the shores of an foreign land, unwitting agents of destiny in a realm struggling to withstand a force that could change…
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Graphic Novel Review: Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer
Title: Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer (Complete Edition) Author(s): Dustin Higgins, Van Jensen Illustrators: Dustin Higgins, Van Jensen Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Pages: Paperback; 528 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: June 24, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher This puppet may not be a real boy… but he just might be a real hero! When bloodthirsty monsters invade Pinocchio’s hometown and kill his father, Geppetto, Pinocchio discovers a new benefit to his magical nose: telling lies produces a never-ending supply of wooden stakes to combat the vampire hordes! Will Pinocchio be able to defeat these horrors, avenge his father, and save his…
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Graphic Novel Review: This One Summer
Title: This One Summer Author: Mariko Tamaki Illustrator: Jillian Tamaki Publisher: First Second Pages: Hardcover; 320 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: May 6, 2014 Source: NetGalley Every summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It’s their getaway, their refuge. Rosie’s friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had. But this summer is different. Rose’s mom and dad won’t stop fighting, and when Rose and Windy seek a distraction from the drama, they find themselves with a whole new set of problems. It’s a summer of secrets…