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Book Review: Flunked: Fairy Tale Reform School by Jen Calonita
Media Type: Ebook (ARC)Title: Flunked: Fairy Tale Reform School *Series: Fairy Tale Reform School #1Author: Jen CalonitaPublisher: Sourcebooks JabberwockyPages: Hardcover; 256Release Date: March 3, 2015Source: NetGalley——————————————————Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love a good fairy tale and are looking for something different and fun. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Would you send a villain to do a hero’s job? An exciting new twisted fairy tale series from award-winning author Jen Calonita. Full of regret, Cinderella’s wicked stepmother, Flora, has founded the Fairy Tale Reform School with…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Flunked: Fairy Tale Reform School by Jen Calonita
Today’s spotlight post is one that I’m extremely excited about! I fell in love with the idea of Flunked: Fairy Tale Reform School the moment that I saw the synopsis. Fairy tale retellings are some of my favorite stories, and this one looked like a ton of fun. I hope you’re ready! Amazon | B&N | BAM |!ndigo | IndieBound OUR MISSION: To turn WICKED DELINQUENTS and FORMER VILLAINS into FUTURE HEROES Gilly wouldn’t call herself wicked exactly…but when you have five little brothers and sisters and live in a run- down boot, you have to get creative to make ends meet. Gilly’s a pretty good thief…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Grift by Jason Mosberg
Go ahead, celebrate. It’s almost Friday! If there’s one thing I love about Thursday, it’s knowing that the weekend is right around the bend. Today’s delightful post is centered around Jason Mosberg and his book, Grift. I must admit, when Jason first contacted me I was instantly intrigued by this story! I’m fairly certain you will be too, but let’s give you a chance to find out, shall we? Why would a 17-year-old girl pretend to be a high-class escort? Piper is a con artist whose canvas is the city of Las Vegas. She rolls with a crew of young…
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Book Review: As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka
Media Type: Ebook Title: As Red As Blood * Series: The Snow White Trilogy #1 Author: Salla Simukka | Owen Witesman (Translator) Publisher: Skyscape – Reprint Edition Pages: Ebook; 274 Release Date: August 1, 2014 Source: Amazon (Purchased) ========================================= Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a more action based story with roots in fairy tales. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In the midst of the freezing Arctic winter, seventeen-year-old Lumikki Andersson walks into her school’s dark room and finds a stash of wet, crimson-colored…
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Book Review and Tour: Our Dried Voices by Greg Hickey
Media Type: ebook Title: Our Dried Voices Author: Greg Hickey Publisher: Scribe Publishing Company Pages: Paperback; 234 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Author/PUYB ———————————————————————— Genre: Science Fiction/Dystopian HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories about a dire future for humanity with a hopeful twist. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In 2153, cancer was cured. In 2189, AIDS. And in 2235, the last members of the human race traveled to a far distant planet called Pearl to begin the next chapter of humanity. Several hundred years after their arrival, the remainder of humanity lives in a utopian colony in which every want is satisfied automatically,…
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Book Review: Believers- Truth in Deception by Tamara D. Taylor
Media Type: ebook (ARC) Title: Believers: Truth in Deception *Series: Believers Book 1 Author: Tamara D. Taylor Publisher: Self Pages: Paperback; 330 Release Date: January 15, 2015 Source: Author/PUYB ———————————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories about a dire future and who enjoy some religious aspects to their books. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Mary lives in a world of the future where an anti aging drug has torn society apart, creating an insurmountable divide between the wealthy and the poor. Her life is thrown sideways after she receives an unsolicited promotion at work, which leaves her as assistant to one of…
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Book Spotlight + Guest Post: The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie
Happy Sunday friends! It seems like a good time for a guest post, specifically a guest post all about the love of books. If you haven’t already heard of Paige McKenzie and her YouTube channel, you’re in for a treat! I’m pleased as punch to give our blog over to her, and her creative soul, for today. Shortly after her sixteenth birthday, Sunshine Griffith and her mother Kat move from sunny Austin, Texas, to the rain-drenched town of Ridgemont, Washington. Though Sunshine is adopted, she and her mother have always been close, sharing a special bond filled with laughter and…
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Sunday Funday!
Happy Sunday to all of you lovely bookworms out there! I hope your weekend has been full of fun and excitement or at least some relaxation and a good book. The problem with weekends is that there are finite. By the time Sunday afternoon rolls around you’ve already started thinking about your to-do list at work on Monday and it ruins the fun. So today, dear readers, I give you permission to pretend it’s still Saturday. Forget that you have to set an alarm tomorrow and be a functioning adult. Stay up late, go out with friends/family or simply enjoy…
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Book Review: Seed by Lisa Heathfield
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Seed Author: Lisa Heathfield Publisher: Running Press Kids Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: March 10, 2015 Source: Publisher ———————————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence, Some Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories based around cults, and are okay with reading about tough issues. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes All that Pearl knows can be encapsulated in one word: Seed. It is the isolated community that she was born into. It is the land that she sows and reaps. It is the center of her…
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A Guest Post from Lisa Heathfield, author of Seed!
It’s Tuesday, which means you’re probably partially glad that it’s no longer Monday, but mainly upset that Friday is still so far away. It’s okay, I know exactly how you feel. And, while I can’t fast forward the week, I can give you a guest post from an awesome author to ease the pain! So, here you go. All that Pearl knows can be encapsulated in one word: Seed. It is the isolated community that she was born into. It is the land that she sows and reaps. It is the center of her family and everything that means…