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Double Graphic Novel Review: Zita the Spacegirl + Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
Title: Zita the Spacegirl Author: Ben Hatke Illustrator: Ben Hatke Publisher: First Second Pages: Paperback; 192 Release Date: February 1, 2011 Source: Library ======================== Recommended Age Group: 8+ HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Zita’s life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye. When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new experiences go, but Zita is even more surprised to find herself taking on the role of intergalactic hero. Before long, aliens in all shapes and…
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Book Review: Texts From Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Texts From Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters Author: Malory Ortberg Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Publisher —————————————————————— Genre: Satire / Humor HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love Classics and satire! Hilariously imagined text conversations—the passive aggressive, the clever, and the strange—from classic and modern literary figures, from Scarlett O’Hara to Jessica Wakefield Mallory Ortberg, the co-creator of the cult-favorite website The Toast, presents this whimsical collection of hysterical text conversations from your favorite literary…
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Cover Reveal: Behind the Stars by Leigh Talbert Moore
Nothing like starting off a new week with a fabulous new book! I am a huge fan of the Dragonfly series and am looking forward to this new series! BEHIND THE STARS Leigh Talbert Moore Action – Adventure Romance Blurb Prentiss Puckett is certain of three things Graduation is two weeks away. Summer only gets hotter in south Mississippi. She’s getting a job with air-conditioning. She did not expect to be kidnapped walking to work. And she never expected to become a hero. Red Dawn meets LOST in this New Adult action-adventure romance from Amazon bestselling author Leigh Talbert…
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Review: The Marquess of Cake by Heather Hiestand
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Marquess of Cake Author: Heather Hiestand Publisher: eKensington Pages: Ebook; 254 Release Date: July 4, 2013 Source: Gifted ——————————————- Genre: Historical Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of romance or historical romance Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Coffee. . .tea. . .or a pastry chef sweeter than any confection. . . Scotch trifle fit for Queen Victoria, scones with clotted cream. . .Alys Redcake knows the way to a man’s heart. Yet she is unaware that with each morsel–and flash of ankle–she is seducing the handsome marquess frequenting her father’s tea shop. Unmarried at twenty-six, Alys’s first love is the family business.…
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Book Review: Tainted Energy by Lynn Vroman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Tainted Energy Author: Lynn Vroman Publisher: Untold Press Pages: Kindle; 304 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Author ——————————————————————– Content Screening: Domestic Violence, Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy strong characters, beautiful world building and fantasy. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes For seventeen-year-old Lena, living in the trailer park with the rest of town’s throwaways isn’t exactly paradise. Dealing with a drunken father who can’t keep his fists to himself doesn’t help matters either. The only good thing in her life, other than track, is the mysterious man who visits her dreams, promising to find her. When a chair burns…
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Book Review: Dogs Don’t Look Both Ways by Jane Hanser
Media Type: Ebook Title: Dogs Don’t Look Both Ways Author: Jane Hanser Publisher: Ivy Books Pages: Ebook; 160 Release Date: March 18, 2014 Source: Author ————————————— Genre: General Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love their pets! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes One dog, one man, two long-distance runners. However, this chocolate Labrador Retriever, America’s favorite family dog, isn’t content to wake up early and run a mere three, six or twelve miles per day with his dad.He wants more, much more. And he pushes his mom to her limit as…
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Mistletoe & Hollywood Book Blitz, Review and Giveaway!
Get Eversea (Eversea Book #1) and Last Resort (Desire Book #1) for only $0.99!! *Offer valid for a limited time* Media Type: Ebook Title: Mistletoe & Hollywood *Series: Eversea and Desire Resort Series Author: Natasha Boyd and Kate Roth Publisher: Self Pages: Paperback; 146 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Author —————————————————– Genre: Romance/Erotica HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the Desire Resort Series and the Eversea Series Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Jack Eversea and Evan Weston, two of Hollywood’s hottest young actors had their hearts stolen by regular down to earth girls, and we lived and laughed and loved their stories in the Eversea Series…
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Book Spotlight + Author Interview: The Girl In Between by Laekan Zea Kemp
It’s time for another author spotlight! I can’t express enough how much I love hosting these! Getting the chance to get to know an author is a ton of fun for me. It never gets old! This time the spotlight is on Laekan Zea Kemp, and her book The Girl In Between. Amazon | BookLikes | Goodreads Bryn Reyes is a real life sleeping beauty. Afflicted with Klein-Levin Syndrome, she suffers episodes of prolonged sleep that steal weeks, and sometimes even months, from her life. But unlike most KLS patients, she doesn’t spend each episode in a catatonic state or…
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October 2014 Wrap Up
Goodbye October, and welcome November! It’s the season of delicious food, warm fires, and lots of family/friends time. I love this time of year! Before we say goodbye to October officially though, let’s take a look at what I read this month. Shall we? ************ (C) = Children / (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in October: (YA) The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry – Review (4/5) (YA) A Murder of Magpies by Sarah Bromley – Review (2/5)…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: The Silence of Six by E.C. Myers
Today’s spotlight is on a book that I’ve been eagerly anticipating since I first heard that it was on its way. Not only is it written by E.C. Meyers, who is a wonderful author, but it’s a techno thriller will all the markings of a book that I’ll love. Want to see if it’s for you as well? Here’s the synopsis! Check it out! “What is the Silence of Six, and what are you going to do about it?” These are the last words uttered by 17-year old Max Stein’s genius best friend Evan just moments before he kills himself…