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Book Review: Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos
Content Warnings: Fatphobia (challenged), gore and blood Shaun of the Dead meets Dumplin’ in this bitingly funny YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next few hours, one of three things will happen. 1–We’ll be rescued (unlikely) 2–We’ll freeze to death (maybe) 3–We’ll be eaten by thin and athletic zombies (odds: excellent) Vivian Ellenshaw is fat, but she knows she doesn’t need to lose weight, so she’s none too happy to find herself forced into a weight-loss camp’s van with her ex-best friend, Allie, a meathead jock who can barely drive,…
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Graphic Novel Review: Shark Summer by Ira Marcks
When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha’s Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film contest boasting a huge cash prize, disgraced pitcher Gayle “Blue Streak” Briar sees a chance to turn a bad season into the best summer ever. After recruiting aspiring cinematographer Elijah Jones and moody director Maddie Grey, Gayle and her crew set out to uncover the truth of the island’s own phantom shark and win the prize money. But these unlikely friends are about to discover what happens when you turn your camera toward the bad things lurking below the surface.
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Book Blitz and Giveaway: Generation of Vipers by Maria Ann Green
Generation of VipersMaria Ann GreenPublication date: June 18th 2021Genres: Adult, Gothic, Psychological, Thriller Rosabella Moore-Davis has just moved her husband halfway across the world, with a spur of the moment purchase–a glorious gothic mansion–while on vacation in France. It was love at first sight, and somehow she knew it was more than just some huge house; it was meant to be her home. But not all things that are meant to be end happily ever after. Rosabella soon finds herself waking in the middle of the night from more than just wind and creaking pipes. In the dark she discovers…
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Book Review: Creature Feature by Steven Paul Leiva
THERE IS SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENING IN PLACIDVILLE! It is 1962. Kathy Anderson, a serious actress who took her training at the Actors Studio in New York, is stuck playing Vivacia, the Vampire Woman on Vivacia’s House of Horrors for a local Chicago TV station. Finally fed up showing old monster movies to creature feature fans, she quits and heads to New York and the fame and footlights of Broadway. She stops off to visit her parents and old friends in Placidville, the all-Ameican, middle-class, blissfully normal Midwest small town she grew up in. But she finds things are strange in…
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Book Review: Fire With Fire by Destiny Soria
Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn’t be more different. For Dani, dragon slaying takes a back seat to normal high school life, while Eden prioritizes training above everything else. Yet they both agree on one thing: it’s kill or be killed where dragons are concerned. Until Dani comes face-to-face with one and forges a rare and magical bond with him. As she gets to know Nox, she realizes that everything she thought she knew about dragons is wrong. With Dani lost to the dragons, Eden turns to the mysterious and alluring sorcerers…
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Book Review: The Marvelous by Claire Kann
The Details I have received a copy of this book, free of charge, in exchange for an honest review. Media Type: EbookTitle: The MarvelousAuthor: Claire KannPublisher: Swoon ReadsPages/Length: Kindle; 330Release Date: June 8, 2021Source: Author/Xpresso Book ToursGenre: Contemporary, Mystery, Young Adult Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | Kobo From the author of Let’s Talk About Love and If It Makes You Happy, this exuberant YA Novel follows six teens locked together in a mansion, contending for a life-changing cash prize in a competition run by a reclusive heiress. Everyone thinks they know Jewel Van Hanen. Heiress turned actress turned social media darling who created the massively popular…
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Cover Reveal: When Sparks Fly by Britni Hill
You know that feeling when you come back from vacation and you just want to go back? Coming back to reality is so hard sometimes. You know what a good pick-me-up is though? New books to read. One of my favorite authors is releasing a 4th of July themed novella and I can’t wait to get my hands on it. Check out this fun cover reveal! When Sparks FlyBritni HillPublication date: June 29, 2021Genres: Adult Contemporary Romance Kenzie King is starting over. She’s officially single and the last thing she expected was the massive settlement her ex-husband offered her. After…
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Book Review: Mind Over Murder by Kathy DiSanto
He wakes up on a deserted beach in Maryland, wearing only swim trunks and a gash on his head. He can’t remember who he is. Everything—his identity, his life, his loved ones—has been replaced by a dizzying fog of uncertainty. But returning to his Maine hometown in search of the truth raises more questions than answers. Lily Reid thinks she knows her boyfriend, Jack. Until he goes missing one night, and her frantic search reveals that he’s been lying to her since they met, desperate to escape a dark past he’d purposely left behind. Maya Scott has been trying to…
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Book Review: Pizazz by Sophy Henn
Discover the annoying side of being a superhero from snarky, reluctant hero Pizazz in this hilarious and highly illustrated new series for young middle graders—perfect for fans of Dog Man and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Most people think superhero work is awesome and fulfilling. Pizazz knows better. Whenever she’s in the middle of a movie or having fun with her friends, she has to dash off the save the world. And she’s always in the same outfit, including an embarrassing glittery cape, and the wedgies are unreal. Plus, being the good guy all the time is so not easy.…
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Book Blitz: After Thought by P.A. Crenshaw
Hello bookworms, and happy Sunday! It’s my hope that you’re enjoying a nice long weekend, preferably surrounded by good friends, good food, and good books. Or any selection of those things! I’m here today to help add to that TBR, with a spotlight on a newly released book. Are you ready? Let’s do it! After ThoughtAfter Thought Series Book 1 P. A. CrenshawGenre: FantasySub-Genre: Magical Realism/Urban Fantasy Releasing May 30, 2021 What if ordinary people could do extraordinary things by thought alone? What if falling in love could get you killed? Welcome to P. A. Crenshaw’s brand-new AFTER THOUGHT series,…
