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    Book Review: How To Be You by Jeffrey Marsh

    *Please note that this book actually is great for YA too!* Media Type: Print Book Title: How To Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living  Your Life Author: Jeffrey Marsh Publisher: TarcherPerigee Pages: Paperback; 224 Release Date: August 2, 2016 Source: Publisher —————————————————————————– Genre: Self-Help / Self-Exploration HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a non-judgmental and fun way to be introspective. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes This book is about how to finally give up on feeling bad about ourselves and discover the best person…

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    Book Review: Genesis by Matt K Turner

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Genesis Author: Matt K Turner Publisher: Synchrony Publishing Pages: Kindle; 322 Release Date: May 4, 2016 Source: Author —————————————————- Genre: Science Fiction / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy action packed stories that aren’t too dense, and feature vividly written characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Tech icon Aiden Markusson has it all—the lake house, the luxury car, the fastest growing company in Seattle, and the love of his life wearing his engagement ring. But his perfect life comes apart at the seams when he begins…

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    Book Review: Under A Million Stars by Rita Branches

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Under a Million Stars Author: Rita Branches Publisher: Self-Published Pages: Ebook; 263 Release Date: August 8, 2016 Source: YA Bound Book Tours —————————————– Content Screening: Mild Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love heart-rending stories, told from dual points of view. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Can a beating heart bleed from the shattered pieces? Her heart cracked when her best friend walked away; it completely shattered when she lost her family in a tragic accident. Now orphaned at seventeen, Charlotte Peterson is forced to…

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    Book Review: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Hating Game Author: Sally Thorne Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Paperback; 384 Release Date: August 9, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours —————————————- Genre: Romantic Comedy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sizzling rom coms with believable characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 2) A person’s undoing 3) Joshua Templeman Lucy Hutton has always been certain that the nice girl can get the corner office. She’s charming and accommodating and prides herself on being…

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    Book Review: Floor 21 by Jason Luthor

    Media Type: Ebook  Title: Floor 21 Author: Jason Luthor Publisher: Scout Press Pages: Kindle; 355 Release Date: June 2, 2015 Source: Author/PUYB —————————————————————————— Genre: Sci-fi/Dystopian HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love inquisitive narrators and books with open endings. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes The last of humanity is trapped at the top of an isolated apartment tower with no memory of how they got there or why. All travel beneath Floor 21 is forbidden, and nobody can ever recall seeing the ground floor. Beneath Floor 21, a sickness known as the Creep infests that halls of the Tower. A biological mass that grows stronger in reaction…

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    Book Review: Wake The Hollow by Gaby Triana

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Wake The Hollow Author: Gaby Triana Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: Paperback; 304 Release Date: August 2, 2016 Source: Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love Sleepy Hollow lore, and adore a good mystery! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Forget the ghosts, Mica. It’s real, live people you should fear. Tragedy has brought Micaela Burgos back to her hometown of Sleepy Hollow. It’s been six years since she chose to live with her father in Miami instead of her eccentric mother. And…

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    Book Review: And Darkness Waits: When Fear Descends Into Madness by C.K. Post

    Media Type: Ebook  Title: And Darkness Waits: When Fear Descends Into Madness Author: C.K. Post Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 190 Release Date: August 1, 2016 Source: Author —————————————————————————— Genre: Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love unreliable narrators and books with plenty of twists. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A successful horror author, Jeffrey Newman has everything money can buy. The world doesn’t know about his bouts with depression, his frequent nightmares, the darkness that weaves through him or the crushing burden of guilt he has carried for most of his…

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    Book Review: Kings or Pawns (The Kings #1) by J.J. Sherwood

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Kings or Pawns    *Series: The Kings Book 1 Author: J.J. Sherwood Publisher: Silver Helm Pages: Paperback; 383 Release Date: October 1, 2015 Source: Author ——————————————————- Genre: Epic Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy their Fantasy with a good dose of political intrigue. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes The first book in JJ Sherwood’s Steps of Power epic fantasy series. The Kings, Book I: Kings or Pawns is a political intrigue that spirals into an action and adventure series as the final events unfold. 8,994 P.E.—The…

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    Book Review: Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold by Iain Reading

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold Series: Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency Series Author: Iain Reading Publisher: Self Pages: ebook; 326 Release Date: November 30, 2012 Source: Author ————————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a fun adventure book with a bit of education. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes This first book of the Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency Series introduces Kitty Hawk, an intrepid teenage pilot with her own De Havilland Beaver seaplane and a nose for mystery and intrigue. A cross between Amelia Earhart, Nancy Drew and Pippi Longstocking, Kitty is a…

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    Book Review: The Sea Crystal and Other Weird Tales by Susan Berliner

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Sea Crystal and Other Weird Tales Author: Susan Berliner Publisher: SRB Books Pages: Kindle; 160 Release Date: April 3, 2016 Source: Author ———————————————————– Genre: Short Stories HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy suspenseful tales with a very paranormal twist. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Welcome to Susan Berliner’s world. It’s a place where strange things—both good and bad—happen. Meet some of the inhabitants:  * Doreen. It’s time for her wedding—but where is everyone? (Doreen’s Wedding) * Neal. The face he sees in the mirror is no longer…