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Book Review: Emerald Isle
Media Type: Ebook Title: Emerald Isle: A Fascination Island Book Author: Kate Hinderer Publisher: Self-published Pages: PDF; 181 Release Date: July 16, 2012 Source: Author ————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ————————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a fun, lighter read as their next pick. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N To escape a bad break-up and fighting parents Audyn takes a job as a lifeguard at Fascination Island. The posh five-star resort lives up to its name in every way, including the strange…
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Book Review: Frost
Media Type: Ebook Title: Frost *Series: The Frost Chronicles #1 Author: Kate Avery Ellison Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 194 Release Date: April 18, 2012 Source: Author —————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a creepy, but intriguing new type of read. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N In the icy, monster-plagued world of the Frost, one wrong move and a person could end up dead—and Lia Weaver knows this better than anyone. After monsters kill her parents, she must keep the family farm running despite the freezing…
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Win a copy of ONCE by Anna Carey!
Ready to win one of the most anticipated books of the year? If you are a fan of Anna Carey’s Eve, you’ll love the second installment. Eve is back in Once. When you’re being hunted, who can you trust? For the first time since she escaped from her school many months ago, Eve can sleep soundly. She’s living in Califia, a haven for women, protected from the terrifying fate that awaits orphaned girls in The New America. But her safety came at a price: She was forced to abandon Caleb, the boy she loves, wounded and alone at the city…
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Book Review: Once
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Once *Series: Eve #2 Author: Anna Carey Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: July 3, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of Eve, or readers who enjoy dystopian fiction. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When you’re being hunted, who can you trust? For the first time since she escaped from her school many months ago, Eve can sleep soundly. She’s living in Califia, a haven for women, protected from…
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Book Review: Eve
Media Type: Print Book Title: Eve *Series: Eve #1 Author: Anna Carey Publisher: Harper Pages: Hardcover; 318 Release Date: October 4, 2011 Source: Library ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of dystopian fiction, readers who enjoyed The Handmaid’s Tale. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Where do you go when nowhere is safe? Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth’s population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded…
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TV Shows and The Emerald Isle: A guest post by Kate Hinderer + goodies!
Good morning lovely readers! If you’re just stopping by for the day, please make sure to welcome Kate Hinderer! She is the author of Aurora Undefined (which I loved last year) and now of the upcoming book The Emerald Isle. To escape a bad break-up and fighting parents Audyn takes a job as a lifeguard at Fascination Island. The posh five-star resort lives up to its name in every way, including the strange rules the owner has about entering the water at night. Despite declaring it a boy-free summer, it isn’t long before the shy, endearing Levi and the mysterious, tattooed…
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Watching TV with Lisa Stasse and your chance to take home a copy of her book!
Hello dear readers! Guess who is in for a treat today? Yes, YOU! Lisa Stasse, author of The Forsaken, is here today with a guest post and a giveaway. You heard it right. You get to learn more about her and enter for you chance to take home a copy of the book! A thought-provoking and exciting start to a riveting new dystopian trilogy. As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will…
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DOOMED has a cover!
You may or may not know this (it probably depends on how often you read my ramblings here) but I love book covers! They are like the eye candy of reading. Who can resist? I’m happy to share with you a brand new book cover courtesy of the wonderful Tracy Deebs! You might know her from the Tempest series, that starts with Tempest Rising. Well today? Today Tracy Deebs dives head first into the dystopian genre with her new book Doomed. Complete with a gorgeous cover… Beat the game. Save the world. Pandora’s just your average teen, glued to her…
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Book Review: The Forsaken
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Forsaken *Series: The Forsaken #1 Author: Lisa M. Stasse Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: Hardcover; 375 Release Date: July 10, 2012 Source: Author ———————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dystopian stories and are okay with some violence. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A thought-provoking and exciting start to a riveting new dystopian trilogy. As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna…
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Book Review: Glimmer
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Glimmer Author: Phoebe Kitanidis Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: April 17, 2012 Source: The Teen Book Scene ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good paranormal read with plenty of twists and turns! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N What if you forgot your identity and had to rely on other people to tell you who you were?And what if to discover your true self, you first had to…