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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…
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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…