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Book Review: The Age of Miracles
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Age of Miracles Author: Karen Thompson Walker Pages: Paperback; 288 Publisher: Random House Release Date: June 26, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours —————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. —————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like realistic fiction, coming of age stories, and dystopian reads. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N On a seemingly ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, 11-year-old Julia and her family awake to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of…
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Book Review: Heirs of Prophecy
Media Type: Print Book Title: Heirs of Prophecy *Series: Prophecies Series #1 Author: Michael A. Rothman Publisher: M&S Publishing L.L.C. Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: April 3, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ———————————— 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 Riverton family had been enjoying a simple summer vacation when, through a fluke of nature, they found themselves in a strange…
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Book Review: The Tube Riders
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Tube Riders Author: Chris Ward Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 516 Release Date: March 19, 2012 Source: Author ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language ————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a fast-paced story with great characters. Must also be okay with adult language, and some violence in their reads. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Beneath the dark streets of London they played a dangerous game with trains. Now it is their only chance for survival… Mega Britain in 2075 is a…
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Book Review: Dead Beautiful
Media Type: Print Book Title: Dead Beautiful Author: Melanie Dugan Publisher: Upstart Press Pages: Paperback; 165 Release Date: May 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language; Sexual Language ————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of Greek mythology, and especially those who enjoy a good twist on what they already know. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Dead Beautiful is a contemporary retelling of the classic Greek myth of Persephone. This was the myth the Greeks used to explain how we came to have the change…
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Book Review: Freshman Year and Other Unnatural Disasters
Media Type: Ebook Title: Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters Author: Meredith Zeitlin Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: March 1, 2012 Source: Author —————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language —————————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Kelsey Finkelstein is fourteen and FRUSTRATED. Every time she tries to live up to her awesome potential, her plans are foiled – by her impossible parents, her annoying little sister, and life in general. But with her first day of high school…
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Book Review: Intangible
Media Type: Ebook Title: Intangible *Series: Intangible #1 Author: J. Meyers Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 264 Release Date: January 31, 2012 Source: Author ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. ————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone, especially those who enjoy a good mixture of elements in their story. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Twins Sera and Luke Raine have a well-kept secret—she heals with a touch of her hand, he sees the future. All their lives they’ve helped those in need on the sly. They’ve…
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Book Review: Caged Moon
Media Type: Print Book Title: Caged Moon *Series: Caged Moon #1 Author: Rachel Deagan Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 250 Release Date: May 8, 2012 Source: Autumn Review Book Tours —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note —————————————— HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good twist in their paranormal romance. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Haunted by an animal attack, seventeen year old Charlotte feels she is being followed. When she runs into a mysterious boy while camping, she’s afraid. Nothing seems right about…
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Book Review: Shut Up
Media Type: Ebook Title: Shut Up Author: Anne Tibbets Publisher: Premier Digital Publishing Pages: Paperback; 118 Release Date: February 28, 2012 Source: Author ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence; Abuse; Adult Language ————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a contemporary read that is extremely honest, and definitely heartwrenching. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Mary’s older sister, Gwen, has royally screwed up her life. Not only is Gwen pregnant at seventeen, but she’s also decided to marry The Creep who knocked her up. Now Mary is…
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Book Review: Hereafter
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Hereafter *Series: Hereafter #1 Author: Tara Hudson Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: Hardcover; 404 Release Date: June 7, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good love story, because this one bleeds right off the page and into your heart! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Can there truly be love after death? Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the only thing Amelia knows for sure is that…
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Book Review: Seeds of Discovery
Media Type: Ebook Title: Seeds of Discovery * Series: The Dusk Gate Chronicles #1 Author: Breeana Puttroff Publisher: Musefish Independent Press Pages: Paperback; 288 Release Date: September 16, 2011 Source: Lightning Promotion Book Tours ——————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ——————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fantasy readers who enjoy a fabulously written story line coupled with a gorgeous new world. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Quinn Robbins’ life was everything she thought a teenager’s should be. She has good friends, a family that she…