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Book Review and Giveaway: Cable Car Mystery by Greg Messel
Media Type: Paperback Title: Cable Car Mystery Series: Sam Slater Mystery Book 6 Author: Greg Messell Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 180 Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: PUYB/Author ———————————————– Genre: Mystery/Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good mystery set in 1950’s San Francisco. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes On the hottest day of the year in San Francisco in 1959, Private Detectives Sam and Amelia Slater are contemplating fleeing the city for their Stinson Beach house. However, when Sam decides to take a cable car ride to run some errands on the lazy summer day, he’s suddenly thrust into the spotlight when he…
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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Lazlo’s Revenge by Glen Hierlmeier
Do you love stories about history and finding out about your past? Do you love a little romance with your war stories? Well then I have just the book for you! Lazlo’s Revenge follows Maxine “Max” Fischer, a writer and Swiss war correspondent, whose parents (Hank and Roberta Fischer, the main characters from Hierlmeier’s previous book, Honor and Innocence) lived through the tragedies of the Great World Wars. In Lazlo’s Revenge, Max sets out on an adventure throughout Europe to uncover her parents’ pasts and see the very places where they survived on their odyssey to escape danger and death.…
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Novella Review: The Planets All Shone by Nora Fleischer
Media Type: Ebook (Novella) Title: The Planets All Shone Author: Nora Fleischer Publisher: Jennifer Lee Goloboy Pages: Kindle; 44 Release Date: May 25, 2016 Source: Author ———————————————– Genre: Science Fiction, Humor HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a quick jaunt into a funny and lighthearted Science Fiction read. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Dana Elson never should have drunk that soda. Now she’s sharing her body with the clone of a dead man– and she and the clone’s gun-happy boyfriend are on the run from the sinister Mahler Corporation. Can Dana…
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Original Bespoke Poetry by Dane Cobain
Good evening my darling bookworms! I’ve quite the treat for you today, as bookish things go. Dane Cobain, author of the amazing books you’ll see below, has graced us with a piece of original poetry! What’s even cooler, is that he allowed me to give him 5 words, and then wove those into said poetry. I played with a random word generator and came up with: justice passion joy cement breakfast If that’s not an impressive set of words to weave into a bespoke poem, I don’t know what would be. Please enjoy a look at…
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Book Review: Neverwhere (Author’s Preferred Text) by Neil Gaiman
Media Type: Print Book Title: Neverwhere: Author’s Preferred Text Author: Neil Gaiman Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 464 Release Date: June 7, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy darkly written fiction with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his “preferred text”—and including his special Neverwhere tale, “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back”. Published in 1997, Neil Gaiman’s darkly hypnotic first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the…
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Book Review: The Tumbling Turner Sisters by Juliette Fay
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Tumbling Turner Sisters Author: Juliette Fay Publisher: Gallery Books Pages: Ebook; 352 Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: Publisher ———————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy historical fiction with family drama and growth. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes In 1919, the Turner sisters and their parents are barely scraping by. Their father is a low-paid boot-stitcher in Johnson City, New York, and the family is always one paycheck away from eviction. When their father’s hand is crushed and he can no longer…
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Book Spotlight: Chains of Command (Frontlines #4) by Marko Kloos
Another week has begun, and that means it’s time for much more book related spotlights and goodies. Today’s spotlight is for fans of Science Fiction. Specifically, I’m pointing to those of you who are all about aliens vs. humans. Are you looking for your next action packed read? You might want to consider Chains of Command by Marko Kloos. Buy it on Amazon The assault on Earth was thwarted by the destruction of the aliens’ seed ship, but with Mars still under Lanky control, survivors work frantically to rebuild fighting capacity and shore up planetary defenses. Platoon sergeant Andrew Grayson must…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Undead Ultra by Camille Picott
Are you ready for some zombie goodness on this fine Tuesday, my bookish friends? I certainly hope so, since that’s exactly what I have to offer today. My ongoing joke is that I’ll only run if there are zombies chasing after me. Well, in the case of Undead Ultra, that’s exactly Kate and Frederico’s motivation. Camille Picott has meshed together the ultramarathon, with the walking dead. Intrigued? Read on. Undead: a reanimated corpse with a craving for human flesh. Ultramarathon: any footrace longer than a traditional marathon (26.2 miles). For ultrarunners Kate and Frederico, a typical Saturday morning is spent…
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Book Review: The Summer Guest by Alison Anderson
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Summer Guest Author: Alison Anderson Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 24, 2016 Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours ———————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy lush, descriptive writing with a beautiful take on the source material. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Blinded by a fatal illness, young Ukrainian doctor Zinaida Lintvaryova is living on her family’s rural estate in the summer of 1888. When a family from Moscow rents a cottage on the grounds, Zinaida develops a deep…
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Book Review: The Girl Who Stayed by Tanya Anne Crosby
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Girl Who Stayed Author: Tanya Anne Crosby Publisher: Story Plant Pages: Hardcover; 292 Release Date: April 19, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours —————————————— Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy deep stories, with a lot of character introspection. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Zoe Rutherford wasn’t sure what she was expecting when she returned to Sullivan’s Island. The house on Sullivan’s hadn’t represented home to her in decades. It was the place where she endured her father’s cruelty. It was the place where her…