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Audio Book Review: These Broken Stars (Starbound #1) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Media Type: Audio BookTitle: These Broken Stars * Series: Starbound #1Author: Amie Kaufman, Meagan SpoonerNarrator: Christine Holloway, Johnathan McClainPublisher: Disney HyperionFormat: MP3 DownloadLength: 11 hours and 15 minutesSource: Library———————————————Content Screening: Mild ViolenceHDB Rating: 5 Keys to My HeartRecommended to: Fans of romance and science fiction blended together in a beautiful way. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes It’s a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes…
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Book Review: Fires of Man (Psionic Earth #1) by Dan Levinson
Media Type: Ebook Title: Fires of Man *Series: Psionic Earth #1 Author: Dan Levinson Publisher: Jolly Fish Press Pages: Paperback; 400 Release Date: June 17, 2014 Source: Author ————————————————— Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love sweeping science fiction with memorable characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Supposedly, the war between Calchis and Orion ended decades ago. But upon reporting to an isolated Orion army base for basic training, Private Stockton Finn learns the war still rages, only the weapons have changed—most disturbingly of all, Finn has been…
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Audio Book Review: Landry Park by Bethany Hagen
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Landry Park Author: Bethany Hagen Narrator: Leslie Bellair Publisher: Penguin Audio Format: MP3 CD Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Source: Library ——————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of dystopian fiction, science fiction and historical romance! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Downton Abbey meets The Selection in this dystopian tale of love and betrayal In a fragmented future United States ruled by the lavish gentry, seventeen-year-old Madeline Landry dreams of going to the university. Unfortunately, gentry decorum and her domineering father won’t allow that.…
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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…