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    Book Review: Buying In

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Buying In Author: Laura Hemphill Publisher: New Harvest Pages: Hardcover, 304 pages Release Date: November 5, 2013 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————– Genre: Contemporary Fiction HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy contemporary fiction, with realistic characters and situations. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Bright, ambitious Sophie Landgraf has landed a job as a Wall Street analyst. The small-town girl finally has her ticket to the American elite, but she doesn’t real­ize the toll it will take—on her boyfriend, on her family, and on her. It…

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    Book Review: Night Chill

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Night Chill Author: Jeff Gunhus Publisher: Seven Guns Press Pages: Paperback, 437 pages Release Date: May 31st 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ————————————- Genre: Paranormal Fiction / Horror HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love dark, chilling stories with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N From the author of Jack Templar Monster Hunter comes a supernatural thriller for adult audiences. Jack Tremont moves his family to the quiet mountains of Western Maryland hoping to leave behind a troubled past and restart his life. Instead, he…

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    Book Review: Perfect Ruin

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Perfect Ruin    * Series: The Internment Chronicles #1 Author: Lauren DeStefano Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 356 Release Date: October 1, 2013 Source: Library ——————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy gorgeous writing and seriously wonderful characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N On Internment, the floating island in the clouds where 16-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives, getting too close to the edge can lead to madness. Even though Morgan’s older brother, Lex, was a Jumper, Morgan…

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    Book Review: Ink

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Ink    *Series: Paper Gods #1 Author: Amanda Sun Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Paperback; 326 Release Date: June 25, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who quick moving stories and a Japanese setting! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / BookLikes On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold…

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    Book Review: Gated

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Gated Author: Amy Christine Parker Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover, 352 pages Release Date: August 6th 2013 Source: Library ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books on cult communities and their inner workings. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A fast-paced, nerve-fraying contemporary thriller that questions loyalties and twists truths. Appearances can be deceiving. In the Community, life seems perfect. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pioneer invited Lyla’s family to join his group and escape the…

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    Book Review: Correlation

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Correlation Author: Mia Grace Publisher: Red Adept Publishing Pages: Ebook; N/A Release Date: November 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a mix of a contemporary read and time travel. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When the past and the present collide… Hailey Kent knows how she wants to spend the summer before her junior year in high school: hanging out at the pool with Jenna, her BFF; riding her new trail bike on Vermont’s country roads;…

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    Book Review: Six Months Later

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Six Months Later Author: Natalie D. Richards Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: Paperback; 326 Release Date: October 1, 2013 Source: NetGalley —————————————————– Genre: Contemporary / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quick moving  plots with just enough twists to keep you guessing! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / BookLikes Chloe didn’t think about it much when she nodded off in study hall on that sleepy summer day. But when she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can’t remember the last six months of…

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    Book Review: Renegade Magic

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Renegade Magic    * Series: Kat, Incorrigible #2 Author: Stephanie Burgis Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: April 3, 2012 Source: Library —————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love quirky, intelligent characters in a Middle Grade setting! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N The feisty Kat Stephenson is back in the second installment of the Regency era magical trilogy Kirkus Reviews calls “enjoyable mayhem.” Nowhere in England is safe from the mischief and magic of Kat Stephenson:…

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    Book Review: The Supreme Macaroni Company

    Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Supreme Macaroni Company    *Series: Valentine #3 Author: Adriana Trigiani Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Hardcover, 352 pages Release Date: November 5, 2013 Source: TLC Book Tours ————————————————- Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have started this series and like Adriana Trigiani Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N For over a hundred years, the Angelini Shoe Company in Greenwich Village has relied on the leather produced by Vechiarelli & Son in Tuscany. This historic business partnership provides the twist of fate for Valentine Roncalli,…

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    Book Review: Attempting Elizabeth

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Attempting Elizabeth Author: Jessica Grey Publisher: Tall House Books Pages: Kindle Release Date: January 24, 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours —————————————————— Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy light, romantic stories with a witty female character Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Kelsey Edmundson is a geek and proud of it. She makes no secret of her love for TV, movies, and, most especially, books. After a bad breakup, she retreats into her favorite novel, Pride and Prejudice, wishing she had some of the…