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Book Review: Fremont Rosenbloom: Party Assassin for Hire by Michael Bast
Media Type: Ebook Title: Fremont Rosenbloom: Party Assassin for Hire Author: Michael Bast Publisher: St. John’s House Pages: Paperback; 413 Release Date: September 22, 2015 Source: Author ——————————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy characters with a lot of heart, and a wit to match! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Fans of James Dashner and Richard Paul Evans will love Fremont Rosenbloom’s crazy adventures! At first, you won’t like Fremont Rosenbloom. What he does for a living is rather detestable. Let’s say you have an ex-husband getting…
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Book Review: Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Guy In Real Life Author: Steve Brezenoff Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 27, 2014 Source: NetGalley —————————————— Content Screening: Video Game Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories about gamer culture! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes From the acclaimed author of Brooklyn, Burning comes Guy in Real Life, an achingly real and profoundly moving love story about two teens that National Book Award–finalist Sara Zarr has called “wholly original and instantly classic.” It is Labor Day weekend in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and…
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Book Review: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Media Type: Audiobook Title: The Scorpio Races Author: Maggie Stiefvater Narrator(s): Steve West; Fiona Hardingham Publisher: Scholastic Audio Run Time: 12 hours 6 minutes Release Date: October 18, 2011 Source: Audible ——————————————————— Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy being swept up in a brilliant setting, with wonderfully brilliant characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes With her trademark lyricism, Maggie Stiefvater turns to a new world, where a pair are swept up in a daring, dangerous race across a cliff-with more than just their lives at stake should they…
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Graphic Novel Review: Heart in a Box
Title: Heart in a Box Author: Kelly Thompson Illustrator: Meredith McClaren Publisher: Dark Horse Originals Pages: Paperback; 160 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: September 29, 2015 Source: Library When the Man with No Name breaks Emma’s heart, she wants to die. But you never die from these things; you just want to. In a moment of weakness, she wishes her broken heart away and a mysterious stranger–who may or may not be totally evil–obliges. But emptiness is even worse than grief, and Emma sets out to collect the seven pieces of her heart spread across the country, a journey…
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Book Review: Cold Feet at Christmas by Debbie Johnson
Media Type: Ebook Title: Cold Feet at Christmas Publisher: HarperImpulse Author: Debbie Johnson Pages: Kindle; 222 Release Date: November 6, 2014 Source: Purchased —————————————– Genre: Adult Romance HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy insta-love and predictable story lines. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Running out on your wedding shouldn’t be this much fun! A remote Scottish castle on a snowy Christmas Eve. A handsome husband-to-be. A dress to die for. It should have been the happiest day of Leah Harvey’s life – but the fairytale wedding turns sour when she finds her fiancé halfway up the bridesmaid’s skirt just hours before the ceremony! Fleeing the scene…
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Book Review: A Spark of Justice by J.D. Hawkins
Media Type: Ebook Title: A Spark of Justice Publisher: Self-published Author: J.D. Hawkins Pages: Kindle; 196 Release Date: August 21, 2015 Source: Author —————————————– Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with vivid and interesting settings. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A fatal accident at the circus sparks an insurance investigation that leads John Nieves, a former New York cop, to a list of murder suspects. It seems that The Great Rollo, beloved of millions, had enemies… both at the circus and among his own family. All that is…
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Book Review: Dream A Little Dream (Silver Trilogy #1) by Kerstin Gier
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Dream A Little Dream * Series: Silver Trilogy #1 Author: Kerstin Gier Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. (BYR) Pages: Hardcover; 322 Release Date: April 14, 2015 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sweeping stories with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv’s dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she’s in a graveyard at night, watching four boys…
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Book Review: Dream On Amber by Emma Shevah
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Dream On Amber Author: Emma Shevah Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: October 6, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who enjoy fun, quirky stories with a lot of heart. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes My name is Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto.I have no idea why my parents gave me all those hideous names but they must have wanted to ruin my life, and you know what? They did an amazing job. As a half-Japanese,…
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Book Review: Hardwired by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Hardwired Author: Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie Publisher: Flux Pages: paperback; 240 Release Date: November 8, 2015 Source: Publisher/Netgalley ———————————————– Genre: Teens/YA Suspense Content Screening: Some violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a strong male lead in a not so distant dystopian future. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes When Lucas tested positive for the warrior gene—a genetic abnormality believed to predispose humans to violence—he was shipped off to the Bake Shop, an impregnable government facility. There, he underwent a battery of psychological tests aimed at making him crack. Now, labeled safe to return to normal life, he’s ready to…
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Book Review: Lumiere by Jacqueline Garlick
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Lumiere Author: Jacqueline Garlick Series: The Illumination Paradox #1 Publisher: Skyscape Pages: Kindle; 402 Release Date: August 11, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy steampunk adventures and mystery stories. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Even in a land of eternal twilight, secrets can’t stay in the dark forever. Seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth has only one hope left: finding her late father’s most prized invention, the Illuminator. It’s been missing since the day of the mysterious flash—a day that saw…