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Book Review: Possession
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Possession Author: Elana Johnson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: June 7, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Vi knows the Rule: Girls don’t walk with boys, and they never even thinkabout kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more than Zenn…and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi’s future match, how much trouble can one kiss cause? The Thinkers may have brainwashed the rest of the population, but Vi is determined…
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An Interview with (swoon!) Harlin from A Need So Beautiful
Tweet In case you don’t already know, this lovely woman right here is Suzanne Young! One of the nicest, and most talented, writers I’ve had the pleasure to meet via the Internet! She’s here to share with you a little bit of Harlin (YUM!) and give you some more insight into the upcoming A Need So Beautiful. I promise you, if you haven’t put this on your TBR yet it belongs there. My review is coming soon, but this book is absolutely gorgeous. There is no other way to describe it. 1) Hi Harlin, welcome to my blog! Quick, describe…
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Audio Book Review: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place
Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing! HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Media Type: Audio Book Title: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling Author: Mayrose Wood Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Publisher: Books on Tape Format: Audio CD Duration: 5:27 Source: Library Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander, age ten or thereabouts, keeps his siblings in line with gentle nips; Cassiopeia, perhaps four or five, has a bark that is (usually) worse than her bite; and Beowulf, age somewhere-in-the-middle, is alarmingly adept at chasing squirrels.…
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Interviewing Aleah from Stupid Fast, and a giveaway!
Tweet Please welcome the fantastic Geoff Herbach to the blog my friends! He is here to promote his book, Stupid Fast, which I absolutely loved and will gush about incessantly if you get me started. It’s true. Geoff has brought Aleah, his MC’s love interest, to the blog! He has also brought a giveaway…you lucky readers you. So spoiled ;). Be sure to thank him in the comments! 1. Hi Aleah and welcome! First, a challenge. If you had to describe yourself using only a color, which would you choose and why? Hi Jessica, thank you for asking. It’s really…
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Book Review: The Lens and the Looker
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Lens and the Looker Author: Lory Kaufman Publisher: The Fiction Studio Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: March 16, 2011 Source: Pump Up Your Book ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language, Mild violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart It’s the 24th century and humans, with the help of artificial intelligences (A.I.s) have finally created the perfect post-dystopian society. To make equally perfect citizens for this world, the elders have created History Camps, full sized recreations of cities from Earth’s distant pasts. Here teens live the way their ancestors did,…
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Book Review: A Golden Web
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: A Golden Web Author: Barbara Quick Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 266 Release Date: April 6, 2010 Source: Publisher/TBS ==================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Alessandra is desperate to escape. Desperate to escape her stepmother, who’s locked her away for a year; to escape the cloister that awaits her and the marriage plans that have been made for her; to escape the expectations that limit her and every other girl in fourteenth-century Italy. There’s no tolerance in her quiet village for Alessandra and her…
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Book Review: The Chosen
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Chosen Author: Andrea Buginsky Publisher: Solstice Pages: Ebook; 113 Release Date: December 14, 2010 Source: Author/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Upper Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Fantasy violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart A young dwarf leads a quiet life until she learns of her true calling and becomes a hero of her world. Halli, a shy young dwarf, discovers she’s a Holy Paladin with the power to heal. She learns of this from Queen Laurali of the Elves, who has come to see Halli after the villages of their world, Phantasma,…
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An Interview with Brian Farrey and a giveaway!
Tweet Okay really, what’s not to love about this picture? This is the amazing Brian Farrey, whose book With or Without You I’ve been shamelessly promoting these last few weeks. Oh, what’s that you say? I’m doing it again? Too bad! It’s amazing! Anyway Brian is here today to share an interview with you (which made me giggle) and I’m also giving away a copy. Aren’t you just lucky ducks? 1. Welcome to the blog! Let’s start out with a challenge! If you had to choose a color to describe yourself, what would it be and why? OK, first I have to…
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An Interview with Summer and Leif from Shadow Dancer!
Tweet Today Courtney Rene is here to tour her book, Shadow Dancer. Well actually, her two main characters are here! Sunny and Leif are here to share a bit about themselves with you, and banter adorably. *grins* They are just too cute. Take a look and make sure to add their story to your to read list! Please describe yourself in a tweet: Sunny: Happy. Shy but fun. Naive. Intelligent. Loveable and giving. Although not clumsy, quite un-athletic. Willing to try new things and believe in the impossible. Leif: Cold, driven, focused and demanding. World weary. Will do anything…
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Book Review: The Misadventures of PIP
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Misadventures of PIP Author: Donna Peterson Publisher: Bonneville Pages: Paperback; 96 Release Date: June 14, 2011 Source: NetGalley =================== Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: None HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Pip, whose real name is Phillip Isaac Penn, feels that the world is against him as he struggles to deal with angry parents, a bossy older sister, a frazzled teacher, and memorable characters such as Bully Bart, Cheater Chaz, Know-It-All Nell, Liar Lizzy, Stealer Steffan, Conman Cody, and Tattle-Tale Tess. Every day of the week brings another challenge that…