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ARC Review: Eyes on You by Kate White
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Eyes on You Author: Kate White Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: June 24, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories centered around television stars and celebrities. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes From New York Times bestselling author Kate White comes a riveting psychological suspense in which a media star must battle a malevolent enemy who may be disturbingly close to her. After losing her on-air job two years ago, television host Robin Trainer has fought her…
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Book Review: Will in Scarlet
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Will in Scarlet Author: Matthew Cody Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: October 8, 2013 Source: NetGalley —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of reimaginings/retellings of popular stories, or anyone wanting to be swept up in something fabulous! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes This reimagining of the Robin Hood legend tells the story of the young boy behind the bandit hero’s rise to fame. Will Shackley is the son of a lord, and though just thirteen, he’s led…
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Graphic Novel Review: The Extinction Parade (Vol 1)
Title: The Extinction Parade: Vol 1 *Series: The Extinction ParadeAuthor: Max BrooksIllustrator: Raúlo Cáceres Publisher: Avatar PressPages: Paperback; 160Release Date: July 1, 2014Source: NetGalley Max Brooks, the best selling Zombie writer in history, unleashes an all-new horror epic! As humans wage their losing fight versus the hoards of the subdead, a frightening realization sets in with the secretive vampire race: our food is dying off. This is the story of the vampire’s decent into all-out war with the mindless, hungry hordes of the zombie outbreak as humanity tries to survive them all! This collected edition contains the entire first chapter of Extinction Parade (Issues #1-5) and a…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Fledgling by Nicole Conway
Click the banner for more tour stops! What better way to make a Monday more bearable than an awesome tour stop? Especially when that tour stop features dragons! Today’s spotlight is on Fledgling by Nichole Conway, a book that speaks to my Fantasy loving heart. Can one boy stand between two kingdoms at war? Jaevid Broadfeather has grown up as a wartime refugee, hiding from the world because of his mixed racial heritage. He feels his future is hopeless, until a chance encounter with a wild dragon lands him in Blybrig Academy—a place usually forbidden to anyone but the rich and…
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Book Review: Prisoner of Night and Fog
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Prisoner of Night and Fog * Series: Prisoner of Night and Fog #1 Author: Anne Blankman Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: April 22, 2014 Source: The Fantastic Flying Book Club Tour ————————————————– Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are fans of historical fiction, or who have an interest in this time period. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes In 1930s Munich, danger lurks behind dark corners, and secrets are buried deep within the city. But Gretchen Müller, who grew up in…
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Book Review: Wish You Weren’t
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Wish You Weren’t Author: Sherrie Peterson Publisher: Intrepid Publications Pages: Paperback; 139 Release Date: March 17, 2014 Source: Publicity Blog Tour ———————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fun, quick reads with lots of heart. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Marten doesn’t believe in the power of wishes. None of his have ever come true. His parents ignore him, his little brother is a pain and his family is talking about moving to Texas. Not cool. So when he makes an…
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Book Review: Rose and the Lost Princess
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Rose and the Lost Princess *Series: Rose #2 Author: Holly Webb Publisher: Sourcebooks Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: April 1, 2014 Source: Publisher ——————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love witty young heroines and stories filled with plenty of magic! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Now an apprentice magician, Rose is asked to help find a very special missing person Turning the worn pages of her spell book, Rose can’t believe how much her life has changed. Once a poor…
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Book Review: The Eyes of the Dragon
Media Type: Audio Book Title: The Eyes of the Dragon Author: Stephen King Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Format: MP3 Download Duration: 10 hours and 18 minutes Source: Library Download ———————————————– Genre: Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: All readers who love sweeping Fantasy with amazing characters written in! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Once upon a time – there was terror and dragons and princes… evil wizards and dark dungeons… and an enchanted castle and a terrible secret. With this enthralling masterpiece of magical evil and daring adventure, Stephen King…
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Book Review: The Mark of the Dragonfly
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Mark of the Dragonfly Author: Jaleigh Johnson Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: March 25, 2014 Source: Publisher —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love big adventures with brave characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Fans of The City of Ember will love The Mark of the Dragonfly, an adventure story set in a magical world that is both exciting and dangerous. Piper has never seen the Mark of the Dragonfly until she finds the girl amid…
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Book Review: Before They Find Us
Media Type: Ebook Title: Before They Find Us Author: Michelle A. Hansen Publisher: Priest Rapids Press Pages: Paperback; 334 Release Date: November 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours —————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mystery novels, mixed with a little bit of romance. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes I’m going to make you wish you were dead. Just a text. Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Hales tries not to worry. Probably a wrong number. Not really meant for her, and definitely not related to the crime she witnessed six…