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Snark and Circumstance: Match and Win!
Just in time for a holiday dedicated to love, Swoon Romance is here to swoop in and spread the romance! I’m proud to be on the blog tour supporting Snark and Circumstance, an adorable YA adaptation of the much beloved Pride and Prejudice. Snark and Circumstance by Stephanie Wardrop One superior smirk from Michael Endicott convinces sixteen-year-old Georgia Barrett that the Devil wears Polo. His family may have founded the postcard-perfect New England town they live in, but Georgia’s not impressed. Even if he is smart, good looking, and can return Georgia’s barbs as deftly as he returns serves on…
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We’ve Got History : Post & Giveaway
Today I’m lucky enough to be participating in the We’ve Got History blog tour, celebrating the paperback release of Philippa Greogry’s Order of Darkness: Changeling. I can’t tell you how excited I am to read this book! Look for a review next week. In the meantime, I’ve been asked to answer the question… If you could go back in time, which era would you choose? © Jenny Rollo Without a doubt, I’d travel back to early 19th Century England. Pride and Prejudice is forever one of my favorite books, and I’d love to opportunity to actually live it! The clothes, the food,…
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Book Review: The Mirrored Shard
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Mirrored Shard *Series: Iron Codex #3 Author: Caitlin Kittredge Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: February 12, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are fans of the Iron Codex series. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Aoife Grayson must face death to win back Dean—the love who was ripped from the Iron Lands of the living when he was shot in the arctic north.…
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Book Review: Midnight City
Media Type: Print Book Title: Midnight City *Series: Conquered Earth #1 Author: J. Barton Mitchell Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: October 30, 2012 Source: Library —————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy strong characters who are being forced to survive under insane circumstances! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Lord of the Flies meets War of the Worlds in J. Barton Mitchell’s alien-invaded post-apocalyptic world where two teens and a young girl with amazing powers…
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A guest post by Marion Croslydon and a giveaway!
Oxford Whispers by Marion Croslydon is on tour with AToMR Tours! Lucky me, I get to help promote it! I have to say that the premise of this book sounds deliciously creepy. If you haven’t had a chance to read it just yet, let me tempt you with it right now! Madison LeBon is dead set against the dead. Her fresh start at Oxford University is a brand new beginning. She finally has a chance to turn the page on her psychic powers and cumbersome voodoo heritage. Snakes, dolls, ghosts, and spirits: Farewell… Not quite. When the tragic lovers in…
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Book Review: The Six Gun Tarot
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Six Gun Tarot Author: R.S. Blecher Publisher: Tor Books Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: January 22, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy gritty, dark stories with a wide cast of characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Buffy meets Deadwood in a dark, wildly imaginative historical fantasy Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears…
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Book Review: Shadows of the Hidden
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Shadows of the Hidden Author: Anne Riley Publisher: Compass Press Pages: Paperback; 340 Release Date: December 1, 2012 Source: Author ———————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good fantasy story with vivid characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Natalie Watson doesn’t believe her parents are dead, even though they disappeared five years ago. Discovering the truth about their fate is one of the only things that gets her out of bed in the…
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Falling For You Promo Post and Giveaway!
Falling For You by Lisa Schroeder is on tour with Modge Podge Book Tours! When I was asked to help promote this book, I happily accepted. I’ve had Falling For You in my sights for quite a while. Actually, I’ll totally admit that it was ever since I saw the cover. Gorgeous! Let me tempt you with the synopsis shall I? Rae’s always dreamed of dating a guy like Nathan. He’s nothing like her abusive stepfather—in other words, he’s sweet. But the closer they get, the more Nathan wants of her time, of her love, of her…and the less she wants…
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Book Review: Breathe
Media Type: Print Book Title: Breathe * Series: Breathe #1 Author: Sarah Crossan Publisher: Greenwillow Pages: Hardcover; 373 Release Date: October 2, 2012 Source: Library ————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of dystopian fiction. Readers who are okay with a little violence in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Inhale. Exhale. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe . . . The world is dead. The survivors live under the protection of Breathe, the corporation that found a way to manufacture oxygen-rich…
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A guest post by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Today’s guest post is brought to you courtesy of Jacquelyn Mitchard! Her newest book, What We Saw At Night, focuses on the sport/lifestyle of Parkour. Her mission today is to share with you a little bit about her research into the subject, and how it plays into the book! Enjoy! ********************* When I found out that my son had done Parkour, and above the ground, building to building, I was horrified at first. Then I learned more about it, and the total beauty of the sport (I should call it a discipline, not a sport because it’s more like tai…