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Book Review: Anna Dressed In Blood
Media Type: Print Book Title: Anna Dressed In Blood Author: Kendare Blake Publisher: Tor Teen Pages: Hardcover; 316 Release Date: August 30, 2011 Source: Library ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence ————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are okay with some pretty graphic violence, and like a good scare. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Just your average boy-meets-girl, girl-kills-people story… Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until his gruesome murder by a ghost he sought…
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Mud, Blood and Motocross: A post on friendship and a giveaway!
Today on the blog we have Mick Wade! He is here to share info about his new book Mud, Blood and Motocross and to talk about friendship. Also? If you read on there is a giveaway to be had! Make sure to check out the shaded area for your information on how to enter. As always, I highly encourage saying thanks to this fabulous author! I’ll let him take it away. Top 5 traits that make fictional (and real life) friendships memorable: They make you laugh. Seriously, this is number one for a reason. Don’t hang out with anybody (fictional or not)…
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An Interview with Angie Smibert
If you’ll recall, last year I read and loved Memento Nora! Lucky for me, Angie Smibert is back with another book, and this time things are getting a bit crazier than before. Aiden Nomura likes to open doors—especially using his skills as a hacker—to see what’s hidden inside. He believes everything is part of a greater system: the universe. The universe shows him the doors, and he keeps pulling until one cracks open. Aiden exposes the flaw, and the universe—or someone else—will fix it. It’s like a game. Until it isn’t. When a TFC opens in Bern, Switzerland, where Aiden is…
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Let me LURE you in with some prizes!
I’m pleased to welcome Krista Holle, author of The Lure of Shapinsay, to the blog today! I’ve given her full reign over this page in order to host a pretty epic giveaway. So yes, you’ll get the chance to win something if you keep reading! However if that wasn’t enough for you, let me share with you the yummy cover of this book and lure you in with the synopsis. Ever since Kait Swanney could remember, the old crones of the village have been warning her to stay away from the selkies. They claim that like sirens of old, the seal…
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Audio Book Review: Blood Red Road
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Blood Red Road *Series: Dust Lands #1 Author: Moira Young Narrator: Heather Lind Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 10 hours 17 minutes Source: Purchased on Audible ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence, Mild Language ————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A girl goes on an epic journey through a bleak landscape in the first book of this post-Apocalyptic trilogy. Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The…
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Favorite Movies with Tracy Bilen
Tracy Bilen, author of What She Left Behind, is the focus of the blog today. If you haven’t already had the opportunity to add this to your TBR list, I suggest you do it straight away! Sara’s story sounds terrifying, sad, and yet wholly intriguing. “Don’t even think of leaving… I will find you,” he whispered. “Guaranteed.” Sara and her mom have a plan to finally escape Sara’s abusive father. But when her mom doesn’t show up as expected, Sara’s terrified. Her father says that she’s on a business trip, but Sara knows he’s lying. Her mom is missing—and her…
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Book Review: The Iron Daughter
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Iron Daughter *Series: The Iron Fey (#2) Author: Julie Kagawa Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Paperback; 359 Release Date: August 1, 2010 Source: NetGalley ———————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence ———————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers of the series, readers who love a good romance mixed in with fantasy elements. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to…
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This or That? with Charles Benoit
Please welcome Charles Benoit, author of the new book Fall From Grace. Chances are you might have heard his name in 2010 when his wildly popular YA book You came out! Let me give you a peek at what you can look forward to. Grace always has a plan. There’s her plan to get famous, her plan to get rich, and—above all—her plan to have fun. Sawyer has plenty of plans too. Plans made for him by his mother, his father, his girlfriend. Maybe they aren’t his plans, but they are plans. When Sawyer meets Grace, he wonders if he should come…
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An Interview with Teresa Lo, author of HELL’S GAME!
On the blog today, a book that I’m particularly excited to check out! Featured today is Teresa Lo, author of Hell’s Game. If you know me at all, you know I’m a huge fan of horror. There’s something about that shivery feeling you get when you read a particularly good one…oooh. Amazon / Goodreads On Halloween night in Deer Creek, Kansas, Jake Victor, Ashley and Ashton Gemini, and Kristin Grace convince Ronnie Smalls to meet them at the town cemetery, which local folklore has always rumored to be the Gateway to Hell. Their intention was only to scare him, but soon the…
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Book Review: Altered
Media Type: Ebook Title: Altered Author: Aubrey Coletti Publisher: Escape Artist Press Pages: Paperback; 272 Release Date: August 19, 2011 Source: Author / Lightning Book Promotions ———————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence, Harsh Language ———————————————— HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for an adventure with dark twists and turns, but are okay with some grittier content. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Toni, Joseph and Charlie arrive at their new boarding school, they are glad to leave their families — and respective problems — behind. Isolated as boarders,…