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Book Review: Station Eleven: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel
Media Type: Print Book Title: Station Eleven: A Novel Author: Emily St. John Mandel Publisher: Knopf Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: September 4, 2014 Source: Library ——————————————- Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who want a new take on a post-apocalyptic world. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything…
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On reading books at the “right time”.
As I sit here with a mild sinus headache, my mind keeps flitting back to the book I just finished. We’ve all been there. You pick up a book, and it just hits home so hard that it won’t leave you alone. You think about it even when you aren’t reading it and then, when it’s over, it keeps replaying in your mind. Those kinds of stories are the ones I live for. Last night I finished Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. It absolutely blew me away. All I could think about was how expertly this book pried into…
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Graphic Novel Review: Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona
Title: Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal Author: G. Willow Wilson Illustrator: Adrian Alphona Publisher: Marvel Pages: Trade Paperback; 120 Recommended Age Group: 13+ Release Date: October 28, 2014 Source: Library Marvel Comics presents the all-new Ms. Marvel, the groundbreaking heroine that has become an international sensation! Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City – until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! As Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Fabled by Vanessa K. Eccles
Good morning, and happy end to your week, my bookish friends! Before I say anything else about the book that’s in the spotlight today, let’s all take a minute to sigh in contentment over the gorgeous cover. Okay? Get ready. Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Rowena thinks the Grimm’s infamous podcasts are simply another teen fad until she finds herself trapped in a land of nightmarish storybook characters. She tries desperately to flee Mezzanine and return home, but Dresdem, Mezzanine’s wicked monarch, plans to use Rowena’s access to her world to bring dark magic and absolute rule into Georgia and…
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Book Review: Love Is Red by Sophie Jaff
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Love Is Red Author: Sophie Jaff Publisher: Harper Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: May 12, 2015 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Suspense / Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like books that keep you guessing, and aren’t afraid of some violence. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Redefining the thriller’s tale of the hunter and the hunted, This electrifying, hypnotically beautiful debut spins dark suspense and literary fantasy into a mesmerizing story of survival. Katherine Emerson was born to fulfill a dark prophecy centuries…
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Book Review: Days Like This by Danielle Ellison
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Days Like This (A Landslide Novel) Author: Danielle Ellison Publisher: Bookish World Press Pages: ebook; 241 Release Date: June 2, 2015 Source: Publisher / Netgalley ———————————————- Genre: New Adult/Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in the struggles of dealing with family members with mental illness. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Sometimes the only thing standing between fear and hope is yourself. Almost a year ago, nineteen-year-old Cassie Harlen had a lot to deal with. A stack of college acceptance letters waiting for answers, a proposal from the boy next door, and a mother whose most recent bipolar episode left…
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On my new comic addiction, and why it’s important.
Comics, and graphic novels. Oh my! I’m sure that anyone else out there that reviews books as a hobby, or as a living, can attest to the fact that we go through reading slumps. Those sad, desperate times where no matter how many times you try to pick up a book you just can’t get into it. Oh sure, you’ll try over and over to pick something new. Maybe a Fantasy will help! A re-read? Alas, your motivation to read has come and gone. I used to think it was hopeless. Then, I fell headfirst into the world of comics…
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Book Review: The Edge of Forever by Melissa E. Hurst
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Edge of Forever Author: Melissa E. Hurst Publisher: Sky Pony Press Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: June 2, 2015 Source: FFBC Blog Tours / Publisher —————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of time travel, and sliding door type stories. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In 2013: Sixteen-year-old Alora is having blackouts. Each time she wakes up in a different place with no idea of how she got there. The one thing she is certain of? Someone is following her. In 2146:…
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Feel Good Friday!
Happy Friday friends! Even though the work week has been short due to the holiday, I’m still very happy it’s the end of the week. Weekends are for sleeping in, am I right? I find myself getting jealous of my cat because he can sleep anywhere for any amount of time. As an *almost* 7 month pregnant person now, sleeping comfortably is bit of a joke. Just once I’d like to be as comfortable as my 16lb ball of fur. Doesn’t he look so peaceful? Anyway, enough of my ramblings. I hope you are all having a fabulous week and…
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Book Spotlight: The Ark by Laura Liddell Nolen
Happy Tuesday friends! I hope you had a fabulous holiday weekend and were able to spend some time enjoying the outdoors! This week we have an intriguing YA SciFi for your enjoyment. There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive. It’s the final days of earth, and sixteen-year-old Char is right where she belongs: in prison. With her criminal record, she doesn’t qualify for a place on an Ark, one of the five massive bioships designed to protect earth’s survivors during the meteor strike that looks set to destroy the planet. Only a select…