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Book Review: New Lands
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: New Lands * Series: The Chronicles of Egg #2 Author: Geoff Rodkey Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: May 2, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series, as well as readers who love a good adventure story! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N After a narrow escape from Deadweather Island, Egg and his slightly deranged partner Guts head for the remote New Lands. They’re in search of the lost Okalu tribe, who hold…
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Book Review: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game!
Media Type: Ebook Title: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game! Author: Katie Ashley Publisher: Self Pages: Ebook; 266 Release Date: April 30, 2013 Source: Literati Literature Lovers Tours ————————————————— Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a sweet romance with a bit of angst thrown in for good measure. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N For Noah Sullivan being the best friend to a douchebag and player like Jake Nelson has never been easy. It’s been a rocky road since kindergarten when Jake duct taped Noah to his…
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Book Review: Deadweather and Sunrise
Media Type: Print Book Title: Deadweather and Sunrise * Series: The Chronicles of Egg #1 Author: Geoff Rodkey Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: May 29, 2012 Source: Publisher —————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with characters who are put into impossible situations! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A stunning middle-grade debut–full of heart, humor, and nonstop action. It’s tough to be thirteen, especially when somebody’s trying to kill you. Not that Egg’s life was ever easy, growing up on…
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Book Review: 24 Bones
Media Type: Ebook Title: 24 Bones Author: Michael F. Stewart Publisher: Non Sequitur Press Pages: Ebook; 325 Release Date: February 15, 2013 Source: Tribute Books ——————————————————- Genre: Fantasy / Mystery HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a mixing of myths and legends, and discussion of dark vs. light. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Every five hundred years the phoenix dies. Samiya, born-into-shadow, is soon to battle her born-into-light brother. Abandoned by their parents, neither wishes to play the preordained role of beast and hero. When their loved ones are…
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Book Review: The Magic Circle
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Magic Circle Author: Jenny Davidson Publisher: New Harvest Pages: Paperback; 208 Release Date: March 26, 2013 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————————————— Genre: Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy intellectual pursuits mixed with mystery and intrigue. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Three smart young women—the scholarly Ruth, her poet roommate Lucy, and their exotic, provocative neighbor Anna—are obsessed with games of all kinds. They’ve devoted themselves to both the academic study of play and the design of games based on the…
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Book Review: Professor Gargoyle
Media Type: Print Book Title: Professor Gargoyle *Series: Tales From Lovecraft Middle School #1 Author: Charles Gilman Publisher: Quirk Books Pages: Hardcover; 168 Release Date: September 25, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Cartoonish Violence HDB Rating: Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good giggle! I think this is the Wayside School of the new generation. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Strange things are happening at Lovecraft Middle School. Rats are leaping from lockers. Students are disappearing. The school library is a labyrinth of secret corridors. And the science…
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Book Review: The Fourth Channel
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Fourth Channel Author: Jen Kirchner Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 312 Release Date: December 3, 2012 Source: Author ———————————————– Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of Urban Fantasy with a mix of magic and mystery. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N For years, Kari Hunter’s fooled the world into thinking she’s just an everyday girl. Sure, she’s the lead singer of world-renowned band Vis Viva, but outside of that, she recycles religiously, is an avid supporter of the environment, and a certifiable coffee addict. But…
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Book Review: The Archived
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Archived *Series: The Archived #1 Author: Victoria Schwab Publisher: Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 328 Release Date: January 22, 2013 Source: Library ——————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for an amazing adventure with a strong and capable female protagonist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and…
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Children’s Book Review: I Hate Picture Books!
Media Type: Ebook Title: I Hate Picture Books! Author: Timothy Young Illustrator: Timothy Young Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Pages: Hardcover; 32 Release Date: February 28, 2013 Source: NetGalley —————————————- Recommended to: Parents who are looking for a book to share with their kids. Difficulty Level: Great parent/child read. Readers with more vocabulary under their belt can read alone, maybe 5-8. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Max hates his picture books and hes throwing them all away. But he soon learns just how invaluable imagination is and has a change…
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Book Review: The Guilty One
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Guilty One Author: Lisa Ballantyne Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 480 Release Date: March 19, 2013 Source: Eidelweiss / Publisher ————————————————— Genre: Mystery / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good crime thriller with an ending you won’t see coming. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N An eight-year-old boy is found dead in a playground . . . and his eleven-year-old neighbor is accused of the crime. Leading the defense is London solicitor Daniel Hunter, a champion of lost causes. A damaged…