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Book Blitz + Giveaway: The Surrendered by Case Maynard
Good morning, darling bookish people! It’s time for another spotlight, and this time it’s a dystopian story with a dire premise. What if children were the nation’s most valuable resource? That’s what Case Maynard ponders in The Surrendered. The Surrendered Case Maynard Published by: Blaze Publishing Publication date: September 20th 2016 Genres: Dystopian, Young Adult After a financial collapse devastates the United States, the new government imposes a tax on the nation’s most valuable resource—the children. Surrendered at age ten—after her parents could no longer afford her exorbitant fees—Vee Delancourt has spent six hard years at the Mills, alongside her…
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Book Review: The Memory Thief by Bryce Moore
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Memory Thief Author: Bryce Moore Publisher: Adaptive Books Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Dates: September 20, 2016 (exclusively at Barnes & Noble) March 2017, everywhere else! Source: Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love fast-paced adventure with a good moral base. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Inside Out meets a modern Something Wicked This Way Comes in this evocative middle grade novel that explores the power of memory and family. Twin brother and sister Benji and Kelly wander off at…
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Book Review: Blood of the Prophet (The Fourth Element #2) by Kat Ross
Media Type: Ebook Title: Blood of the Prophet *Series: The Fourth Element #2 Author: Kat Ross Publisher: Acorn Publishing Pages: Paperback; 337 Release Date: September 12, 2016 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a series that blends Fantasy and Mythology. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Visionary. Alchemist. Savior. Saint. The Prophet Zarathustra has been called many things. Now he spends his time drawing pictures of weird-looking goats. That’s what happens when you’ve been stuck in a prison cell for…
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Book Review: A Mortal Song by Megan Crewe
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: A Mortal Song Author: Megan Crewe Publisher: Another World Press Pages: Kindle; 382 Release Date: September 13, 2016 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ———————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a Fantasy story steeped in Japanese lore. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Sora’s life was full of magic—until she discovered it was all a lie. Heir to Mt. Fuji’s spirit kingdom, Sora yearns to finally take on the sacred kami duties. But just as she confronts her parents to make a…
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Roald Dahl 100 Celebratory Blog Tour – Review of Esio Trot
This year Penguin Young Readers and the Roald Dahl Literary Estate are celebrating 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl —the world’s number one storyteller. ==================================================================== Roald Dahl holds a special place in this bookworm’s heart. His stories were some of my favorites while I was growing up, and I love the fact that they are still so popular with today’s kids as well! There’s something magical about Roald Dahl’s writing. It’s a bit silly, a bit magic-filled, and always manages to have this beautiful message in it that is never preachy. They’re little portals to the best part…
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Book Spotlight and Giveaway: Decoherence by Liana Brooks
Today’s spotlight is one that caught my eye based on the cover art. Portals to other universes? Sign me up. These interesting book just released yesterday so now is your chance to grab it! Samantha Rose and Linsey MacKenzie have established an idyllic life of married bliss in Australia, away from the Commonwealth Bureau of Investigation, away from mysterious corpses, and—most of all—away from Dr. Emir’s multiverse machine. But Sam is a detective at heart, and even on the other side of the world, she can’t help wonder if a series of unsolved killings she reads about are related—not just…
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Book Review: Song of Princes by Janell Rhiannon
Media Type: Ebook Title: Song of Princes *Series: The Homeric Chronicles Author: Janell Rhiannon Publisher: Self-Published Pages: Kindle; 377 Release Date: June 22, 2016 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ———————————————– Genre: Fantasy / Mythology HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Anyone looking for a fresh take on the Homeric legends. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Sing Muse. Sing of the shining citadel of Troy rising from the hot sands of Asia. Sing of the Greek palaces ascending from their rocky hilltops. Sing of one woman’s dream heralding the madness of men and the murder…
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Some Monday Musings, On Bookshelf Organization
I’ve been sitting in bed, for about the last hour, trying to figure out exactly what I want to say on this subject. It’s that age old dilemma that all bookworms face at one point or another. How do we organize our books? Do we do it for aesthetics, or for ease of locating desired reads? One of my favorite things ever in the bookstagram community is rainbow bookshelves. I pine for those white bookshelves, filled with rainbow organized books. They’re just so pretty! Every time I’ve tried to do that with mine though, I end up balking at the…
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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two by J.K Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
Media Type: Hardcover Book Title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two Series: Harry Potter #8 Authors: J.K Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne Publisher: Pottermore Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: July 31, 2016 Source: Purchased ———————————————- Genre: Young Adult Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy play manuscripts and the Harry Potter wizarding world. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be…
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Book Review: Deception Island by Brynn Kelly
Media Type: Ebook Title: Deception Island Author: Brynn Kelly Publisher: HQN Books Pages: Kindle; 336 Release Date: May 31, 2016 Source: Publisher/Netgalley —————————————————- Genre: Romance / Thriller Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy action packed stories that include some dark moments Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A stolen boy A haunted soldier A cornered con woman… Rafe Angelito thought he was done with the demons from his past—until his son is kidnapped. Blackmailed into abducting an American heiress, the legionnaire soon finds himself trapped in paradise with a fiery, daring beauty who’s nothing he expects…and everything he desires. But when he uncovers…