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Book Review: On The Day I Died
Media Type: Ebook Title: On The Day I Died: Stories From The Grave Author: Candace Fleming Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc. Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: July 10, 2012 Source: NetGalley —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good ghost story, and aren’t afraid of a little macabre reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The phenomenally versatile, award-winning author, Candace Fleming, gives teen and older tween readers ten ghost stories sure to send chills up their spines. Set…
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Interviewing Llona from FRACTURED LIGHT
On tour today is Rachel McClellan with her book, Fractured Light. If you missed my review last month, you can find it here. Honestly I liked this book once I got into it! I’ll let you decide what you think by giving you the synopsis below. Llona Reese is used to living on the run. After the Vykens killed her parents, she knew they would eventually come for her too. But she never felt ready to face them—until now. Defying the Auran Council and everything she’s been taught, Llona must learn to use her power over light as a weapon…
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An Excerpt from ALTERED by Aubrey Coletti
On the blog today, Aubrey Coletti is here to share a snippet from her new book Altered. I can tell you that I just recently finished this book and it’s definitely a different kind of read! While you wait for my review, you can get a taste of what you’ll find in this book, below. Enjoy! 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, they meet a handsome senior with a personality like iced snake’s blood, teachers with a penchant for…
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Book Review: The Onyx Talisman
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Onyx Talisman *Series: Talisman #3 Author: Brenda Pandos Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing Pages: Ebook; 247 Release Date: December 16, 2011 Source: Author ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ——————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have fallen in love with Brenda’s series, and are looking for a finale! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Alora looked back and the corner of her lip turned up. “It’s always darkest before the dawn, Julia. Good luck.” Her words sent chills up my…
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Book Review: Croak
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Croak * Series: Croak #1 Author: Gina Damico Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: Paperback; 311 Release Date: March 20, 2012 Source: NetGalley —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language; Mild Violence —————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good mystery, with vivid characters to follow. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby has sucker-punched her last classmate. Fed up with her punkish, wild behavior, her parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle…
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Celebrating THE GALAHAD LEGACY by Dom Testa!
A huge thank you to Dom Testa and TOR for providing this excerpt and giveaway! Today I am pleased to have Dom Testa, author of all six wonderful books in the Galahad series, on the blog! He is on tour promoting the newest (and sadly last) book in the series titled The Galahad Legacy. As a new reader to these books, I can honestly tell you that they are fabulous! My review of the series will be up quite soon, but in the meantime let me assure you that these are a quick, intriguing read and a great addition to…
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Book Review: Until Next Time
Media Type: Ebook Title: Until Next Time *Series: The Angel Chronicles Book 1 Author: Amy Lignor Publisher: Tribute Books Pages: Ebook; 255 Release Date: February 1, 2012 Source: Publisher ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ——————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy angelic lore in their stories Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N How does a girl choose between the one who steals her heart and the one who owns her soul? Matt and Emily were created for a specific job. Raised and trained as the…
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Book Review: The Changelings
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Changelings *Series: War of the Fae Book One Author: Elle Casey Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 275 Release Date: February 5, 2012 Source: What’s Your Story Book Tours ——————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Adult Language; Violence ——————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of fantasy, adventure and a great characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Jayne Sparks, a potty-mouthed, rebellious seventeen-year-old and her best friend, shy and bookish Tony Green, have a pretty typical high school existence, until several seemingly unrelated incidents converge, causing a…
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Book Review: Starters
Media Type: Ebook Title: Starters Series: Starters #1 Author: Lissa Price Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: March 13, 2012 Source: NetGalley ————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N HER WORLD IS CHANGED FOREVER Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and…
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Book Review: How to Slay a Dragon
Media Type: Ebook Title: How to Slay a Dragon *Series: The Journals of Myrth #1 Author: Bill Allen Publisher: Bell Bridge Books Pages: Paperback; 228 Release Date: January 1, 2011 Source: NetGalley ———————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ———————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy good witty humor and word play in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Ruuan is a very large dragon. Twelve-year-old Greg Hart can’t slay a dragon. He’d be lucky to win a fight against one of the…