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Book Review + Giveaway: The Smallest Thing by Lisa Manterfield
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Smallest Thing Author: Lisa Manterfield Publisher: Steal Rose Press Pages: 272 Release Date: July 18, 2017 Source: Xpresso Book Tours/ Author ————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a coming of age story about appreciating the life you have Add it: Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / iBooks The very last thing 17-year-old Emmott Syddall wants is to turn out like her dad. She’s descended from ten generations who never left their dull English village, and there’s no way she’s going to waste a perfectly good life that way. She’s moving to London and she swears she is never coming back. But when…
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Book Review: A Million Junes by Emily Henry
Media Type: Audio Book Title: A Million Junes Author: Emily Henry Publisher: Razorbill Pages: Hardcover; 350 Release Date: May 16, 2017 Source: Library Borrow ———————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love YA, adore magical realism, and just want to get lost. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N For as long as Jack “June” O’Donnell has been alive, her parents have had only one rule: stay away from the Angert family. But when June collides—quite literally—with Saul Angert, sparks fly, and everything June has known is thrown into…
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Author Interview + Giveaway: CALL ME SUNFLOWER by Miriam Spitzer Franklin
Happy Tuesday, bookish friends! I’m hoping you had a chance to recharge during this long weekend, and hopefully get some reading done as well! I know that I did. Anyway, I’m here today to share with you a fun spotlight on Call Me Sunflower by Miriam Spitzer Franklin! If you follow my bookstagram account, you might have noticed that this book arrived for my review recently. Well, guess what? Now you can read this wonderful book right along with me! Yes, that’s right. Not only is Miriam Spitzer Franklin here with an interview, but she’s also offering up a gorgeous signed…
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Book Review: The Forbidden Garden by Ellen Herrick
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Forbidden Garden Author: Ellen Herrick Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 400 Release Date: April 4, 2017 Source: Harper Collins / TLC Book Tours —————————————————- Genre: Mystery / Contemporary HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy vividly descriptive writing, with characters who are easy to love. Add it on: HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble “Captivating […] Herrick weaves a rich tapestry of family lore, dark secrets, and love.” —Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader and The Fifth Petal Perfect for fans of Kate…
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Book Review: Secrets of a Reluctant Princess by Casey Griffin
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Secrets of a Reluctant Princess Author: Casey Griffin Publisher: Entangled TEEN Pages: Paperback; 320 Release Date: March 7, 2017 Source: Publisher / Chapter by Chapter Blog Tours ————————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love stories with tons of growth, and adorable romances! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N At Beverly Hills High, you have to be ruthless to survive… Adrianna Bottom always wanted to be liked. But this wasn’t exactly what she had in mind. Now, she’s in the spotlight…and out of her…
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Book Spotlight: The River At Night by Erica Ferencik
Bookish darlings, come closer and let me tell you about an upcoming book that I’m REALLY excited for. I may or may not actually have a copy of this that I’m reading right now. It may or may not be, thus far, absolutely stellar. Perhaps you’ll find out tomorrow. Until then, stare in loving wonder at The River at Night, won’t you? A high stakes drama set against the harsh beauty of the Maine wilderness, charting the journey of four friends as they fight to survive the aftermath of a white water rafting accident, The River at Night is a…
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Book Review & Giveaway: My Friends are All Strange by M.C Lesh
Media Type: Ebook Title: My Friends are All Strange Author: M.C Lesh Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: Paperback; 230 Release Date: October 18, 2016 Source: Author/Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good story about not so normal people. Add it on: Goodreads| Amazon | Booklikes My friends are all strange. Right now I’m living at Brookside, a place for people like me. I’ve met a kitty girl, a brooding beautiful boy, one who can’t be touched, and others. My new friends. Strange people. People like me. I’ve always been different, but lately, more so. My hands sometimes don’t seem to be…
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Book Spotlight + Author Interview: Outward Blonde by Trish Cook
There’s a lot of fun to be had with today’s spotlight, because Trish Cook was kind enough to stop by for a stellar interview! If you haven’t already added Outward Blonde to your TBR, let me tell you that you absolutely should. It’s funny, adorable, and so easy to relate to! If you have ever been in the “great outdoors” against your will? Well, Lizzie feels your pain. Sixteen-year-old Lizzie Finkelstein is a hard-partying socialite who lives a charmed life with her mother in Manhattan. After a public drunken sexual escapade results in both an arrest and an embarrassing viral video…
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Book Review: The Light Fantastic by Sarah Combs
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Light Fantastic Author: Sarah Combs Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: September 13, 2016 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for an engaging read, dealing with a tough subject. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Seven tightly interwoven narratives. Three harrowing hours. One fateful day that changes everything. Delaware, the morning of April 19. Senior Skip Day, and April Donovan’s eighteenth birthday. Four days after the Boston Marathon bombing, the country is still reeling, and…
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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…