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Book Review: A Kiss of Cabernet
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: A Kiss of Cabernet *Series: A Love in Wine Country Novel Author: Pamela Gibson Publisher: Entangled: Bliss Pages: Kindle; 188 Release Date: October 10, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love books set in wine country, and feisty characters with big hearts. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes The sweetest vintage of all is the one you can’t have… Napa Valley vineyard manager Paige Reynoso is furious. After a six-year absence, her boss—big-city entrepreneur Jake Madison—has returned, only to announce…
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Wednesday Musings
Happy Wednesday friends! Today you get an adorable squirrel stealing a pumpkin because 1) it’s almost Halloween and 2) cute animal pictures cheer me up. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays because I love seeing how creative people can be with their costumes. The more detail the better in my opinion, even though I’m pretty terrible at costumes myself. The costumes that don’t fit through doors always make me laugh because I can’t imagine how uncomfortable it must be to have to turn sideways through every doorway you walk through. Since it’s only one day a year I suppose…
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Giveaway: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
It’s one week of the year that we dedicate to all things spooky, and I can’t think of a better time to host a giveaway of this classic story! For those of you who don’t know, Penguin Classics has recently released The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories. It’s a new package for Washington Irving’s classic stories, with an added introduction and notes by Elizabeth L. Bradley. ABOUT THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND OTHER STORIES: Perhaps the marker of a true mythos is when the stories themselves overshadow their creator. Originally published under a pseudonym as The Sketch…
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Book Review: Love Thy Neighbor by Sophie Wintner
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Love Thy Neighbor Author: Sophie Wintner Publisher: Entangled: Lovestruck Pages: Ebook; 199 Release Date: October 27, 2014 Source: Publisher ——————————————- Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy characters that start out broken and slowly change. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes He’s designed for delicious trouble… Interior designer Nikki Norris is at the end of her rope. She’s lost her business, and her fiancé who called off their engagement. Now she’s broke and on her own, living in a loft apartment she can barely afford. But…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Crushed by Gina Robinson
Are you ready for some more bookish goodness this week? I hope so, because this blitz is definitely ready for you. In the spotlight today is Crushed, the second book in The Rushed series by Gina Robinson. Make sure to read all the way to the bottom! There’s a giveaway down there for you! Goodreads | Amazon Some loves can’t be… Crushed Morgan Have you ever done something stupid? Like get drunk and hookup with a guy because your heart was broken by someone else? Like his best friend. And then done something really dumb, like fall in love with…
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Book Review: The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Bodies We Wear Author: Jeyn Roberts Publisher: Knopf Books For Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: September 23, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy darker reads with twists and turns. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A streetwise girl trains to take on a gang of drug dealers and avenge her best friend’s death in this thriller for fans of Scott Westerfeld and Robin Wasserman. People say when you take Heam, your body momentarily dies and you catch a…
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Book Review: Someday Maybe (Entangled Embrace) by Ophelia London
Media Type: Ebook Title: Someday Maybe *Series: Definitely, Maybe Author: Ophelia London Publisher: Entangled Pages: Paperback; 344 Release Date: October 20, 2014 Source: Publisher —————————————————– Genre: New Adult HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Entangled Embrace fans and romance readers Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Some guys are impossible to forget. Rachel Daughtry has a 10-year plan that leaves no room for mistakes. Or not-so-serious boys–including Oliver Wentworth, the freshman boyfriend she’s never forgotten. Now she’s back in San Francisco with an awesome-slash-scary new job. Unfortunately, The Plan doesn’t cover things like meeting her best friend’s new “secret” guy…Oliver. Fortunately, no one knows that Rachel…
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Giveaway: The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts
I hope your weekend was fabulous, all you bookish people! I know things have been a little spotty over here. I’m currently on vacation and, as I’m currently residing with my blogger partner in crime, we’ve been more lax on keeping up with this :). Sometimes vacation just needs to be filled with slacking off and enjoying yourselves. I do, however, have a giveaway for you! The review for The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts will be up tomorrow, but in the meantime here’s a giveaway of that same book for you to win! …
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Cover Reveal: Magic of the Gargoyles by Rebecca Chastain
For most of you, it’s extremely close to Friday. The weekend is almost here! Let me ease that transition a bit with a lovely cover reveal, shall I? I have to say, when I first saw this cover I had a serious case of cover love. Magic of the Gargoyles is right up my alley, and might be up yours too. I’ll be reviewing this in a few days as well, but here it is! Someone has kidnapped a nest of helpless baby gargoyles and is using them as pentagram focuses, devouring their magic—and their lives—for a horrific, illegal power boost. Swept…
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Book Review: Invisible Children’s Book Instruction Manual: For Owners, Readers and Caretakers of Invisible Children’s Books
Media Type: Ebook Title: Invisible Children’s Book Instruction Manual: For Owners, Readers, and Caretakers of Invisible Children’s Books Author: Nicholas Alan Tillemans Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 25 Release Date: October 5, 2014 Source: Author —————————————————– Genre: Instruction Manual- Humor HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Parents or Future Parents of young children Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes THE INVISIBLE BOOK ADVANTAGE. “It is a significant fact that nearly all invisible children’s book owners have little or no practical experience with invisible objects. Yet, by varying degrees, these parents/owners succeed in delighting their children with the ever-changing story contained within the book’s invisible pages.” “If you own a copy,…