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Book Review: Silver Knight
Media Type: Print Book Title: Silver Knight Author: Caron Rider Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 278 Release Date: February 24, 2012 Source: Author / Lightning Book Promotions ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a well-written and well paced read, with twists and turns galore. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon When seventeen-year-old Diana recognizes an elderly priest in a video on YouTube, she realizes that reincarnation is real and that she’s been alive before! Every night in her dreams, she relives her…
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Audio Book Review: The Graveyard Book
Media Type: Audio Book Title: The Graveyard Book Author: Neil Gaiman Narrator: Neil Gaiman Publisher: Harper Children’s Audio Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 7 hours 47 minutes Source: Purchased on Audible ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.…
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Book Review: Delta Legend
Media Type: Ebook Title: Delta Legend Author: Kelan O’Connell Publisher: Self-published Release Date: November 8, 2011 Source: Author ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a mix of mythology and magic, with a YA twist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When 16-year-old Oakland California teenager, Calvin Pierce, makes a bad decision and winds up getting arrested, his mother is quick to take action. Determined not to lose a second son to the drug and gang violence of the inner…
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Book Review: Medusa the Mean (Goddess Girls #8)
Media Type: Print Book Title: Medusa the Mean *Series: Goddess Girls #8 Author: Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: April 3, 2012 Source: Author / Teen Book Scene ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Nothing of note! ——————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love a good adventure, and are interested in Greek Mythology. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari /Amazon / B&N Medusa is the ultimate mean girl in this series that blends modern drama with ancient myths.Well researched and true to the original myths,…
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Book Review: The Comet’s Curse
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Comet’s Curse *Series: Galahad #1 Author: Dom Testa Publisher: Tor Teen Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: March 2, 2010 Source: Publisher ———————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love science fiction; reluctant readers Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When the tail of the comet Bhaktul flicks through the Earth’s atmosphere, deadly particles are left in its wake. Suddenly, mankind is confronted with a virus that devastates the adult population. Only those under the…
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Book Review: On The Day I Died
Media Type: Ebook Title: On The Day I Died: Stories From The Grave Author: Candace Fleming Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc. Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: July 10, 2012 Source: NetGalley —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good ghost story, and aren’t afraid of a little macabre reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The phenomenally versatile, award-winning author, Candace Fleming, gives teen and older tween readers ten ghost stories sure to send chills up their spines. Set…
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Book Review: Scary School
Media Type: Ebook Title: Scary School Author: Derek the Ghost (aka Derek Kent) Illustrator: Scott M. Fischer Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Hardcover; 237 Release Date: June 21, 2011 Source: Author ———————————————— Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Very silly and mild violence ———————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love to laugh, especially younger boys who are looking for a good read! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N You think your school’s scary? Get a load of these teachers: “Ms. Fang,” an 850-year-old vampire “Dr. Dragonbreath,” who just might…
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Book Review: The Onyx Talisman
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Onyx Talisman *Series: Talisman #3 Author: Brenda Pandos Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing Pages: Ebook; 247 Release Date: December 16, 2011 Source: Author ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ——————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have fallen in love with Brenda’s series, and are looking for a finale! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Alora looked back and the corner of her lip turned up. “It’s always darkest before the dawn, Julia. Good luck.” Her words sent chills up my…
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Book Review: Croak
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Croak * Series: Croak #1 Author: Gina Damico Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: Paperback; 311 Release Date: March 20, 2012 Source: NetGalley —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language; Mild Violence —————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good mystery, with vivid characters to follow. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby has sucker-punched her last classmate. Fed up with her punkish, wild behavior, her parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle…
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Book Review: Inhale
Media Type: Ebook Title: Inhale Author: Kendall Grey Publisher: Howling Mad Press Pages: Paperback; 453 Release Date: May 1, 2012 Source: Author ——————————– Genre: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a steamy read with wonderful characters and a unique plot. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Strangers in reality, inseparable in dreams… After years of suffocating under her boss’s scrutiny, whale biologist Zoe Morgan finally lands a job as director of a tagging project in Hervey Bay, Australia. Success Down Under all but guarantees her…