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Book Review & Tour: Welcome to Fat Chance Texas by Celia Bonaduce
Media Type: Kindle/Paperback Title: Welcome to Fat Chance, Texas Author: Celia Bonaduce Publisher: Lyrical Press Pages: paperback, 268 Release Date: July 21, 2015 Source: Author/PUYB ——————————————- Genre: Contemporary- Fiction/Humor HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy an eclectic group of characters in unusual circumstances. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes “A fresh, heartwarming voice.” —Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author For champion professional knitter Dymphna Pearl, inheriting part of a sun-blasted ghost town in the Texas hill country isn’t just unexpected, it’s a little daunting. To earn a cash bequest that could change her life, she’ll have to leave California to live in tiny, run-down Fat…
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Book Review: Don’t Ever Change by M. Beth Bloom
Media Type: Ebook Title: Don’t Ever Change Author: M. Beth Bloom Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: July 7, 2015 Source: FFBC Book Tours ——————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy true to life characters, and stream of consciousness in their books. Add it on: BookLikes | Amazon | Goodreads | B&N Eva has always wanted to write a modern classic—one that actually appeals to her generation. The only problem is that she has realized she can’t “write what she knows” because she hasn’tyet begun to live. So before…
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Book Review: Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Every Last Word Author: Tamara Ireland Stone Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: June 16, 2016 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who want to delve deep into a character with Purely-Obsessive OCD. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that…
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Book Review: The Life Intended by Kristin Harmel, reviewed by Jessica
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Life Intended Author: Kristin Harmel Publisher: Gallery Books Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: December 30, 2014 Source: NetGalley ——————————————— Genre: Contemporary / Women’s Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of “sliding doors” books, as well as any reader who loves a good cathartic cry. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes From the author of the international bestseller The Sweetness of Forgetting, named one of the Best Books of Summer 2012 by Marie Claire magazine, comes a captivating novel about the struggle to overcome the past when our…
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Book Review: The Question of Miracles by Elana K. Arnold
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Question of Miracles Author: Elana K. Arnold Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: February 3, 2015 Source: NetGalley ——————————————————— Content Screening: Tough Issues – Death HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers of all ages, especially those who love moving and realistic fiction. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Following the death of her best friend, Iris and her family move to Oregon for a fresh start in this middle-grade story of miracles, magic, rain, hope, and a hairless cat named Charles. Sixth-grader Iris…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Bricks by John Davidson
*Lights – Camera – Action!* Today’s blog spotlight centers right on a new book presented to me by Anaiah Press. Bricks, by John Davidson, is billed as a contemporary novel and one that looks pretty tempting to this bookworm. Interested? Let’s take a look at the synopsis. Amazon | B&N Sixteen-year old Cori Reigns learns that not all tornadoes take you to magical places. Some take your house, your school, and life as you knew it. Struggling to put the pieces of her life back together, Cori learns to rebuild what the storm destroyed by trusting a family she didn’t…
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Book Review: The Secret Side of Empty
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Secret Side of Empty Author: Maria E. Andreu Publisher: Running Press Kids Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: March 11, 2014 Source: Publisher ————————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. This is a beautiful book and I recommend it to everyone! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes As a straight-A student with a budding romance and loyal best friend, M.T.’s life seems as apple-pie American as her blondish hair and pale skin. But M.T. hides two facts to the contrary: her full name of Monserrat Thalia…
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Book Review: Stim
Media Type: Ebook Title: Stim Author: Kevin Berry Publisher: Waspie Publishing Pages: Kindle; 176 Release Date: October 16, 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————- Genre: Contemporary Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for an honest glimpse into the inner workings of a person with Asperger’s Syndrome. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Robert is different. He has Asperger’s Syndrome. He experiences the world differently to 99% of the population. Follow his entertaining and highly empathetic story as he struggles to realise and accept who he really is, try to understand other…
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Book Review: Side Effects May Vary
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Side Effects May Vary Author: Julie Murphy Publisher: Harper Collins/Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: March 18, 2014 Source: The Fantastic Flying Book Club/Publisher —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who want a different take on a character who is dealing with cancer. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N What if you’d been living your life as if you were dying—only to find out that you had your whole future ahead of you? When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, her prognosis is…
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Book Review: Etched on Me
Media Type: Ebook Title: Etched on Me Author: Jenn Crowell Publisher: Washington Square Press Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: February 4, 2014 Source: Publisher ————————————————- Genre: Contemporary Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with vivid characters dealing with tough issues. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes On the surface, sixteen-year-old Lesley Holloway is just another bright new student at Hawthorn Hill, a posh all-girls’; prep school north of London. Little do her classmates know that she recently ran away from home, where her father had spent years sexually abusing her.…