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Audio Book Review: Magic Burns
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Magic Burns *Series: Kate Daniels #2 Author: Ilona Andrews Narrator: Renee Raudman Publisher: Tantor Media Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 9 hours and 38 minutes Source: Library Download ———————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series! It just keeps getting better and better. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Down in Atlanta, tempers-and temperatures-are about to flare… As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels has seen her share of occupational hazards. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb…
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Book Review: These Things Happen
Media Type: Print Book Title: These Things Happen Author: Richard Kramer Publisher: Unbridled Books Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: November 7, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ———————————————— Genre: Contemporary Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with great characters and a solid plot. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A domestic story told in numerous original and endearing voices. The story opens with Wesley, a tenth grader, and involves his two sets of parents (the mom and her second husband, a very thoughtful doctor; and the father who has become…
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Book Review: Snowblind
Media Type: Ebook Title: Snowblind Author: Michael McBride Publisher: Delirium Books Pages: Ebook; 212 Release Date: November 14, 2012 Source: NetGalley ————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Horror ————————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of horror who are okay with violence. Readers who love a good plot twist! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / DarkFuse They come at night. Forward. A stranger staggers out of the wilderness under the cover of a blizzard and stumbles into a diner full of people. He collapses in the entryway, unzips his jacket, and allows the object hidden…
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Audio Book Review: Magic Bites
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Magic Bites *Series: Kate Daniels #1 Author: Ilona Andrews Narrator: Renee Raudman Publisher: Tantor Media Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 9 hours and 6 minutes Source: Library Download ————————————————– Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a rip roaring Urban Fantasy with a strong female character! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes…
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Book Review: Rouge
Media Type: Ebook Title: Rouge Author: Leigh T. Moore Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 250 Release Date: November 11, 2012 Source: Author —————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Mature YA/Adult Genre: Historical Romance —————————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy historical fiction, especially when it comes to early New Orleans! Add it on: Goodreads / Smashwords / Amazon / B&N Trapped in the underground theater world of 1890s New Orleans, Hale Ferrer has only one goal: escape. But not without Teeny, the orphan-girl she rescued from the streets and promised to protect. Freddie Lovel, Hale’s wealthy Parisian…
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Book Review: Midnight: The Magpie
Media Type: Ebook Title: Midnight: The Magpie Author: Sebastian Van Heel Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 50 pages Release Date: August 14, 2012 Source: Author —————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Upper YA/Adult Genre: Mystery/Short Story —————————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good mystery and are okay with a little gore. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / Smashwords An amateur investigation company called Midnight has been created. Its methods are to concentrate on the paranormal, the obscure, and the downright strange. To undertake the supernatural cases that are laughed off and thrown…
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Book Review: Insurgent
Media Type: Print Book Title: Insurgent *Series: Divergent #2 Author: Veronica Roth Publisher: Harper Teen Pages: Hardcover; 525 Release Date: May 1, 2012 Source: Library ——————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence ———————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series! You definitely need to have read the first to fully appreciate this one. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N One choice can transform you–or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue…
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Book Review: This Is Not A Test
Media Type: Print Book Title: This Is Not A Test Author: Courtney Summers Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Pages: Paperback; 323 Release Date: June 19, 2012 Source: Library ———————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence, Sexual Situations ———————————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good zombie novel, with a very realistic twist. Add it: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite…
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Book Review: Walk Two Moons
Media Type: Ebook Title: Walk Two Moons Author: Sharon Creech Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Paperback; 288 Release Date: July 18, 1996 Source: Amazon ———————————————– Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Nothing of note ———————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Seriously. I wish this read by every person of every age. It’s that amazing. Add it: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / Book Depository Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle’s mother has disappeared. While tracing her steps on a car trip from Ohio to Idaho with her grandparents, Salamanca tells a story to pass the…
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Book Review: Hanging By A Thread
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Hanging By A Thread Author: Sophie Littlefield Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: September 11, 2012 Source: NetGalley ——————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language ——————————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a paranormal read, and are looking for something a little different. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Summer is the best part of the year in Winston, California, and the Fourth of July is the highlight of the season. But the perfect town Clare remembers…