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Book Review: Throne of Glass
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Throne of Glass *Series: Throne of Glass #1 Author: Sarah J. Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: August 7, 2012 Source: NetGalley ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence, Mild Language ——————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a strong female character, and amazing adventure! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince.…
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Book Review: So L.A.
Media Type: Print Book Title: So L.A. Author: Bridget Hoida Publisher: Lettered Press Pages: Paperback; 384 Release Date: June 20, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours / Author ——————————————– Genre: Contemporary HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love reality tv, and are okay with satirical humor Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Magdalena de la Cruz breezed through Berkeley and built an empire selling designer water. She’d never felt awkward or unattractive… until she moved to Los Angeles. In L.A., where “everything smells like acetone and Errol Flynn,” Magdalena attempts to reinvent…
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Book Review: The Downside of Being Charlie
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Downside of Being Charlie Author: Jenny Torres Sanchez Publisher: Running Press Kids Pages: Paperback; 268 Release Date: May 22, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language ————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Seriously. EVERYONE. Especially readers who enjoy contemporary reads. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Charlie is handed a crappy senior year. Despite losing thirty pounds over the summer, he still gets called “Chunks” Grisner. What’s worse, he has to share a locker with the biggest Lord…
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Book Review: The End of Infinity
Media Type: Print Book Title: The End of Infinity *Series: Jack Blank Adventure #3 Author: Matt Myklusch Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: August 7, 2012 Source: Author —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: If I haven’t said it enough? Everyone. Really. You want to read this series. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Jack Blank confronts his destiny in this action-packed conclusion to the trilogy Publishers Weekly calls a “no-holds-barred adventure.” Ever since Jack Blank learned that he came from…
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Book Review: The Secret War
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Secret War *Series: Jack Blank Adventure #2 Author: Matt Myklusch Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Hardcover; 525 Release Date: August 9, 2011 Source: Author ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Mild Violence ——————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone! Ages 8 to 80. Seriously, this is a fabulous series. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Jack and his fellow students are now well into their School of Thought training and are “sidekicking” for official, card-carrying superheroes. But even though Jack feels more at home in…
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Book Review: The Accidental Hero (Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation)
Media Type Reviewed: Audio Book Title: The Accidental Hero (Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation) *Series: Jack Blank Adventure #1 Author: Matt Myklusch Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Paperback; 496 Release Date: April 26, 2011 (first July 10, 2010) Source: Author ————————————————————— Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence ————————————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love action, adventure and a wonderful protagonist all rolled into one book! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N All Jack Blank knows is his bleak, dreary life at St. Barnaby’s Home for the…
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Book Review: Widow’s Might
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Window’s Might *Series: Liv Bergen Mystery #3 Author: Sandra Brannan Publisher: Greenleaf Books Pages: Paperback; 287 Release Date: August 7, 2012 Source: JKS Communications ————————————- Genre: Mystery / Thriller HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series! Liv is back and better than ever in this one! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N With a mind for crime solving and headstrong about protecting her family – Liv Bergen finds herself trailing a vengeful killer with a crooked sense of justice The third Liv Bergen…
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Book Review: Lot’s Return to Sodom
Media Type: Paperback Title: Lot’s Return to Sodom *Series: Liv Bergen Mystery #2 Author: Sandra Brannan Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Pages: Paperback; 318 Release Date: June 1, 2011 Source: JKS Communications ————————————— Genre: Mystery / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good mystery, and want to continue Liv’s story. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is no place for button-downed citizens-unless they’re trying to hide a murder Sharp-witted Liv Bergen can’t avoid becoming embroiled in murders, it seems. Her family’s hometown of Sturgis,…
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Book Review: The Lost Saint
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Lost Saint *Series: The Dark Divine #2 Author: Bree Despain Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 404 Release Date: December 28, 2010 Source: Purchased —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love this series and can’t wait to find out what happens next! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A family destroyed. A love threatened. An enemy returns. Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She was infected with the werewolf curse while trying…
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Book Review: Tools of Prophecy
Media Type: Print Book Title: Tools of Prophecy *Series: Prophecies Series #2 Author: Michael A. Rothman Publisher: M & S Publishing LLC. Pages: Paperback; 380 Release Date: August 1, 2012 Source: Publisher / Author ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade / Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Middle grade readers, or lower YA readers, who enjoy an adventurous fantasy story. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The TOOLS OF PROPHECY is the second volume in an epic saga which describes a prophecy that has placed the…