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Guest Post + Giveaway: The Revolution by Alicia Michaels
Title: The Revolution Author: Alicia Michaels Series: (The Bionics Novels, #3) Published by: Crimson Tree Publishing Publication date: January 18th 2018 Genres: Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction Blythe Sol has a New Year’s Resolution, but it’s not your typical self-improvement plan. She wants to end the conflict between the government and the Resistance once and for all—by sneaking into Washington D.C. and putting a bullet in President Drummond’s skull. If she can cut the head off the snake, the genocide of the Bionics might finally end. But if she fails, she will surely bring retaliation crushing down upon the entire Resistance.…
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Some Morning Musings
So I’m one of those lucky people that get a 9/80 schedule. That means I have every other Friday off and, because of the holiday on Monday, I have a four day weekend this time around! As you can imagine, I had lofty plans for my long weekend. As it stands, I’ve been lazy as heck. Hahaha. But hey, we all deserve some downtime, right? I’ve been doing a lot of thinking these last two weeks about this blog, and where I want it to go. Back when I started writing in here, my only goal was to have somewhere…
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Book Review: Double Take by Abby Bardi
Media Type: Ebook Title: Double Take Author: Abby Bardi Publisher: Harper Collins Impulse Pages: 186 Release Date: March 21, 2016 Source: PUYB ——————————————- Genre: Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy reading about the early 70’s culture. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Set in Chicago, 1975, Double Take is the story of artsy Rachel Cochrane, who returns from college with no job and confronts the recent death of Bando, one of her best friends. When she runs into Joey, a mutual friend, their conversations take them back into their shared past and to the revelation that Bando may have been murdered. To find out who murdered…
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Book Review: You Were Here by Cori McCarthy
Media Type: Ebook Title: You Were Here Author: Cori McCarthy Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: Kindle; 400 Release Date: March 1, 2016 Source: NetGalley ————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who appreciate deep dives into characters dealing with grief, depression and anxiety. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Cori McCarthy delivers an emotionally taut page-turner from multiple points of view – combined with stunning illustrations. Jaycee is about to accomplish what her older brother Jake couldn’t: live past graduation. Jaycee is dealing with her brother’s death the only way…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (1/8/18)
The first one of these in January, and I’m so pleased with how strong I’ve started out this year! Let me tell you, I was in a hardcore slump the majority of last year. I’d sway in and out, but my reading was nowhere near where it normally is. This year I’m feeling good. I’m taking it slow, and reading what I want, and it’s going well. Here’s my first status update of the year! Can you believe I’ve already powered through 3 books this year? I’m even proud of myself. I picked up The Frog Princess as a light, fun…
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Book Hoarding, and How I’m Letting That Go
Luna feels about toys, how I feel about books. I emptied her toy bin today to clean it out, and the pile that amassed in front of me cracked me up to no end. This girl is basically a dragon in disguise, and her hoard is all about chew toys and stuffed toys. The funny part though, is that I’m exactly the same way about books! It’s been that way as long as I can remember. I’ll buy/borrow/receive a book, put it on the shelf, and forget to read it. Then a year later I’ll see it, tell myself “You…
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Book Blitz: Pretty Dead Girls by Monica Murphy
Welcome to the Release Week Blitz for Pretty Dead Girls by Monica Murphy presented by Entangled Teen! This book sounds absolutely thrilling, and I’ve been excited about it since this tour put it on my radar. Do you love stories featuring dark secrets, and intrigue? This is the story for you! Grab your copy today! Congratulations Monica! Beautiful. Perfect. Dead. In the peaceful seaside town of Cape Bonita, wicked secrets and lies are hidden just beneath the surface. But all it takes is one tragedy for them to be exposed. The most popular girls in school are turning up dead,…
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Book Review: The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Wicked City Author: Beatriz Williams Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 384 Release Date: December 26, 2017 Source: HarperCollins / TLC Book Tours —————————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Genre: Historical Fiction Recommended to: Readers who are fans of Beatriz Williams and enjoy reading dual-narrated and dual-time period stories. Add it on: HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble In the first book of a breathtaking new trilogy by bestselling author Beatriz Williams, two generations of women are brought together inside a Greenwich Village apartment —a flapper hiding an extraordinary past, and a…
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2017 Wrap Up: Top 5 Books of 2017
I took a break from this yesterday, partially due to spending time with family and partially due to feeling kind of under the weather. I have big plans on New Year’s Eve and can’t get sick! *wink* The good news is that it gave me a chance to really think about my list for today of My Top 5 Books of 2017. ================================================================== In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan I generally don’t read a lot of non-fiction, but my year of introspection, and my new addiction to gardening, made me want to seek out more stories about where my food comes…
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2017 Wrap Up: 2018 Blog Goals
Alright bookish people, today let’s talk about 2018 Blog Goals. It’s been a while since I actually set any because, as I explained in my 2016 wrap up, 2017 was supposed to be the year of quiet introspection and leisurely reading. I needed to get back to my roots, and make reading enjoyable again. As you know, it worked. I’m ready to plan. Goal #1 – Social Media Balance I took a big step back from social media this year, but it’s also an important part of running/publicizing a blog. So my goal for 2018 is to learn to balance…