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Book Review: Oddities and Entities
Media Type: Print Book Title: Oddities and Entities Author: Roland Allnach Publisher: All Things That Matter Press Pages: Ebook; 266 Release Date: March 2012 Source: Author —————————————— Genre: Horror HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy intelligently written horror stories Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N “There’s more to this world than flesh and bone.” Set in the mysterious space between the everyday world and an existence just beyond reach, “Oddities & Entities” traces a path through the supernatural, the paranormal, and the speculative. With moments of horror, dark humor, and…
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Book Review: Vicious
Media Type: Print Book Title: Vicious Author: V.E. Schwab Publisher: Tor Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: September 24, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Fantasy / Paranormal Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Seriously, everyone. Get out there and get a copy of this book. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes A masterful, twisted tale of ambition, jealousy, betrayal, and superpowers, set in a near-future world. Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior…
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Book Review: Find Me
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Find Me Author: Romily Bernard Publisher: Harper Teen Pages: Hardcover; 307 Release Date: September 24, 2013 Source: Publisher / Blog Tour ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy chilling mysteries wrapped up in real life events. Add it on: Goodreads / BD / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes “Find Me.” These are the words written on Tessa Waye’s diary. The diary that ends up with Wick Tate. But Tessa’s just been found . . . dead. Wick has the right computer-hacking skills for the job,…
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Book Review: Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Confessions #1)
Media Type: Print Book Title: Confessions of a Murder Suspect *Series: Confessions #1 Author: James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages: Paperback; 372 Release Date: September 24, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Mild Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mystery stories, especially as written in James Patterson’s signature style. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a thrilling teen detective series about the mysterious and magnificently wealthy Angel family…
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Book Review: Just Like Fate
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Just Like Fate Authors: Cat Patrick and Suzanne Young Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: August 27, 2013 Source: Edelweiss —————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy “sliding door” stories, where you see consequences of both choices. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes Caroline is at a crossroads. Her grandmother is sick, maybe dying. Like the rest of her family, Caroline’s been at Gram’s bedside since her stroke. With the pressure building, all Caroline wants to…
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Audio Book Review: Zoe & Zak and the Ghost Leopard
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Zoe & Zak and the Ghost Leopard * Series: Zoe & Zak Adventures #1 Author: Lars Guignard Narrator: Bailey S. Carson Publisher: Fantastic Press Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 7 hours and 20 minutes Source: CBB Book Promotions ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love action and adventure! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Introducing book 1 of the new kids’ adventure books from best-selling author Lars Guignard: Zoe and Zak are lost in exotic India, where gods and magic still exist. Before they can find their way home, they just…
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Book Review: Rose
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Rose *Series: Rose #1 Author: Holly Webb Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: September 3, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories filled with lessons, magic, and adventure. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes Rose isn’t like the other orphans at St Bridget’s Home for Abandoned Girls. Instead of dreaming of getting adopted by loving, wealthy parents, Rose wants to get a job and be independent. She doesn’t need anyone but herself.…
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Book Review: The Truth Beyond the Sky
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Truth Beyond the Sky Author: Andrew M. Crusoe Publisher: Aravinda Publishing Pages: Kindle; 243 Release Date: December 12, 2012 Source: Author ————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy getting lost in epic science fiction. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon When Zahn recovers an extraordinary meteorite impacted into the silvery beach near his home, the course of his life is changed forever. Fearing that the observatory will confiscate the meteorite if it truly is what he suspects it to be, he hides…
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Book Review: The Silent Deal
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Silent Deal *Series: The Card Game #1 Author: Levi Stack Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 358 Release Date: May 2, 2013 Source: Author —————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy bold, vivid male characters and rollicking action. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Viktor and Romulus, two peasant boys, dig too deep into their town’s strange past, they awaken the wrath of a mysterious overlord. As the blood brothers struggle to survive, their search for answers takes them through gambling…
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Book Review: Resilient
Media Type: Ebook Title: Resilient Author: Patricia Vanasse Publisher: Pants On Fire Press Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: 2013 Source: CBB Book Tours ————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy paranormal reads with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Livia has never felt like she fits in. As normal as it sounds, Livia is anything but ordinary. She can feel every emotion of every single person around her, and it’s maddening. In pursuit of some psychic quiet, she moves with her family from New…