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September 3, 2012
Book Review: The Vanishing Game
Book Review: The Vanishing Game on I Heart Reading
Title: The Vanishing Game
Author: Kate Kae Meyers
Genre: Thriller, YA, Supernatural
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication Date: February 14th 2012
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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Review copy provided by the publisher through Netgalley.
Seventeen-year-old Jocelyn follows clues apparently from her dead twin, Jack, in and around Seale House, the terrifying foster home where they once lived. With help from childhood friend Noah she begin...
September 2, 2012
Book Review: The Wicked and The Just by J. Anderson Coats
Book Review: The Wicked and The Just by J. Anderson Coats on I Heart Reading
Title: The Wicked and The Just
Author: J. Anderson Coats
Genre: Historical Fiction, YA, Mystery
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: April 17th 2012
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Review copy provided by the publisher through Netgalley.
Cecily’s father has ruined her life. He’s moving them to occupied Wales, where the king needs good strong Englishmen to keep down the vicious W...
Book Review: The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs
Book Review: The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs on I Heart Reading
Title: The Angel Maker
Author: Stefan Brijs
Genre: Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery, Literature
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: December 30th 2008
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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A literary page-turner about one man’s macabre ambition to create life-and secure immortality
The village of Wolfheim is a quiet little place until the geneticist Dr. Victor Hoppe returns after an absence of nearly twenty years. T...
September 1, 2012
Book Review: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
Book Review: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks on I Heart Reading
Title: Of Poseidon
Author: Anna Banks
Genre: YA, Paranormal Romance, Mermaids
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date: May 22nd 2012
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
Review copy provided by the publisher through Netgalley.
Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he’s heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen — literally, ouch! — both teens sense a connection. But it will tak...
August 31, 2012
Starter Day Party Telesa: The Covenant Keeper
Starter Day Party Telesa: The Covenant Keeper on I Heart Reading
I’m hosting a starter day party for the Telesa: The Covenant Keeper Tour.
Tour Schedule
August 31rd: Starter Day Party
@ I Heart Reading
Sept. 1st: Book Excerpt and Giveaway
@ Serenity’s Lovely Reads
Sept. 2nd: Interview
@ The Booklover’s Report
Sept. 3rd: Book Excerpt
@ Library Mosaic
Sept. 4th: Book Review and Excerpt
@ The Solitary Bookworm
Sept. 5th: Guest Post
@ Brenda McCreight’s Blog
Sept. 6th: Interview and Giveaway
@ I Am A Reader Not...
August 30, 2012
Book Review: In The Presence of Spirits by Barbara Parks
Book Review: In The Presence of Spirits by Barbara Parks on I Heart Reading
Title: In The Presence of Spirits
Author: Barbara Parks
Genre: Non-Fiction, True Haunting
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Publication Date: September 8th 2012
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Traumatized by vicious poltergeist attacks that lasted five years, Barbara Parks never imagined that her deep-rooted fear of ghosts would d...
August 29, 2012
Book Review: Mysterious Minnesota by Adrian Lee
Book Review: Mysterious Minnesota by Adrian Lee on I Heart Reading
Title: Mysterious Minnesota
Author: Adrian Lee
Genre: Non-Fiction, True Haunting
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Publication Date: August 8th 2012
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Where humanity leaves its footprints, paranormal activity will follow.
From Fort Snelling’s resident poltergeist to the Wabasha Street Caves’ ghostly gangsters, Minnesota’s...
Starter Day Party for All The Doors to Hollywood and How To Open Them
Starter Day Party for All The Doors to Hollywood and How To Open Them on I Heart Reading
Today I’m hosting a starter day party for All Doors to Hollywood and How To Open Them by Anne M. Strick.
About the Book
Title: All The Doors to Hollywood and How To Open Them
Author: Anne M. Strick
Genre: Non-Fiction
This is book is for anyone interested in a job in films or television, and for those movie buffs who want to know backstage secrets, and how movies are really made. It is a book of interviews with...
August 28, 2012
Book Review: Bitterblue (Graceling Realm #3) by Kristin Cashore
Book Review: Bitterblue (Graceling Realm #3) by Kristin Cashore on I Heart Reading
Title: Bitterblue
Author: Kristin Cashore
Genre: YA Fantasy, Romance
Publisher: Dial
Publication Date: May 1st 2012
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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The long-awaited companion to New York Times bestsellers Graceling and Fire.
Eight years after Graceling, Bitterblue is now queen of Monsea. But the influence of her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities, lives on. Her advisors, who ha...
Book Review: The Rebel Princess by Anne M. Strick
Book Review: The Rebel Princess by Anne M. Strick on I Heart Reading
Title: The Rebel Princess
Author: Anne M. Strick
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Adult
Publisher: Createspace
Publication Date: September 14th 2010
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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Review copy provided for review by Enchanted Book Promotions.
An insider’s first-ever behind-the-scenes scoop on how movies are REALLY made: gritty, grinding, tunnel-vision labor, back-stage intr...
