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Book Review: Two Moon Princess
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Two Moon Princess Author: Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban Publisher: Tanglewood Press Pages: Paperback; 324 Release Date: June 16, 2010 Source: Publisher/TBS ==================== Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; Mild violence (wars) HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart In this coming-of-age story set in a medieval kingdom, Andrea is a head strong princess longing to be a knight who finds her way to modern-day California. But her accidental return to her family’s kingdom and a disastrous romance brings war, along with her discovery of some dark family secrets. Readers will love this mix…
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This or That? with Alexa Martin
Tweet Alexa Martin, author of the recently released Girl Wonder, is here today to share a little about herself! In a game of This or That? we will find out some of the things that Alexa likes. Sound fun? I think so! Let’s see what she has to say! 1. Hot or cold? Hot 2. Sweet or salty? Salty (bring on the nachos!) 3. Right side of the bed or left side of the bed? Diagonal 4. Socks or slippers? Socks 5. Physical book or digital? Physical 6. Penguins or puffins? Penguins 7. Treadmill or Actual run? Ha ha… this…
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Character Tweets – Unnatural by Michael Griffo
Tweet Michael Griffo is here today to promote his new series called Archangel Academy, the first book of which is Unnatural. As a special treat, he’s drawn up some tweets from his characters to one another! If you haven’t seen one of these posts before, they are awesome! This is what his characters would sound like on a normal Twitter conversation. Truth be told, I think this is the most hilarious one that I’ve seen yet! CaptRonan: Ur 4ever beautiful and 4ever mine FU: Thx! But isn’t Michael gonna get jealous? CaptRonan: This isn’t Michael? FU: No, it’s Fritz. ScienceGuy: And…
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Book Review: The Lucky Kind
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Lucky Kind Author: Alyssa Sheinmel Publisher: Knopf Books Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: May 10, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; Sexual situations HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart High school junior Nick Brandt is intent on getting a girlfriend, and Eden Reiss is the one that he wants. He has exactly four semesters to get the girl, but when the phone rings on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday night, life for Nick and his parents will never be the same. What had been a seemingly idyllic…
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Interviewing Luc from Compulsion & Giveaway!
Tweet Today I am lucky enough to have Luc here on the blog! He is one of the characters in Heidi Ayarbe’s new book, Compulsion, and he is seriously fascinating. Cocky, arrogant, and pretty gosh darn delicious….just saying. Anyway I’ll let him have the floor! Hi Luc, and welcome! (fans self) If you were to make the newspaper front page, what would the headline read? World Cup News: Camacho Leads USA to the Promised Land What? Why not? How would you describe your friendship with Jake? Solid. *shrugs* Okay. He’s a total guevón, and the best mid-fielder I’ve ever known.…
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Book Review: Overprotected
Media Type: Print Book Title: Overprotected Author: Jennifer Laurens Publisher: Grove Creek Pages: Paperback; 243 Release Date: April 29, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ———————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy romance reads with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything Ashlyn: A lonely society princess living in New York City. Daddy hired you to be my bodyguard. Colin: Childhood enemy, now her protector. Daddy thought I’d be safe. He thought I’d never fall in love. He thought he could keep me forever. Charles: obsessed with keeping her safe, keeping her his, he hires…
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10 Things with Tess from I’m Not Her
Tweet A treat for you all today! Janet Gurtler, author of the upcoming books I’m Not Her and If I Tell, is here today to share some character love! This is always my favorite type of post. I asked her what 10 things her character Tess (from I’m Not Her) might not want you, dear readers, to know about her. Let’s uncover some juicy character secrets, shall we? 10 things Tess Might Not Want You to Know About Her. 1. Her favourite show is Myth Busters. 2. Tess still has the blankie she slept with every night for the first six…
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Frank Cole’s Top 10 Books of all time!
Tweet I’m proud to welcome Frank Cole, author of The Guardians of the Hidden Scepter, to my blog today! I LOVED this book. You can check out my review if you’d like. In the meantime, Frank is here to share his favorite books of all time with us! Maybe I’ve read and enjoyed other books more than these over the years. But I would have to say these books impacted me more than any others. #10 – Lord Loss by Darren Shan – Gruesome. Shocking! Who knew scary could work for teens? I sure didn’t until I read this one. #9 –…
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Book Review: Boyfriends with Girlfriends
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Boyfriends with Girlfriends Author: Alex Sanchez Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: April 19, 2011 Source: GalleyGrab ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; Sexual situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Lance has always known he was gay, but he’s never had a real boyfriend. Sergio is bisexual, but his only real relationship was with a girl. When the two of them meet, they have an instant connection–but will it be enough to overcome their differences? Allie’s been in a relationship with a guy for the last…
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Character Tweets – Back When You Were Easier to Love
Tweet Emily Wing Smith is here today! She is the author of the upcoming book, Back When You Were Easier to Love. She’s here to share with us some tweets from her characters. mattiasmind: Which psychologist are you? Take this quiz http://goo.gl/fb/D9dqH HHS Noah: HHS girls soccer at home on Friday. Be there! joy_after: cheap rates on plane tix here: http://bit.ly/eAbb87 who’s in? mattiasmind: forget it, @joy_after. #nowayjose ustgretel: Wait, plane tix @joy_after? Do tell! I have to say, I haven’t read this book yet but these tweets definitely peak my interest! Especially coupled with the synopsis that you’ll find below. What’s worse…