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Must Read Monday (23): Salt to the Sea & The Forbidden Orchid
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: two YA historical fiction titles coming out early Read more
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Review: Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman
Review: Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman Source: Digital galley courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Book Group/HMH Books for Young Readers via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected publication: September 1, 2015 by HMH Books for Young Readers Verdict: Very Good Book Description: When Kate Thompson’s father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Recently Acquired Books
I used to join in on the fun Top Ten Tuesday meme on my old site, and thought it might be good to give it a whirl again here! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week: the last ten books acquired! The titles listed can Read more
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Review: A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin
Review: A School for Unusual Girls: A Stranje House Novel (Stranje House #1) by Kathleen Baldwin Source: Digital galley courtesy of Macmillan-Tor/Forge via Netgalley. Thank you! Expected publication: May 19 2015 by Tor Teen Verdict: Okay Book Description: It’s 1814. Napoleon is exiled on Elba. Europe is in shambles. Britain is at war on four Read more
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Blog on Fire Tour: Review of Thrice Burned by Angela Misri
Welcome to day two of the Blog on Fire: Thrice Burned Blog Tour. Today’s stop on Fab Book Reviews features an advance review of Angela Misri’s soon-to-be-released novel! Review: Thrice Burned (Portia Adams Adventure #2) by Angela Misri Source: ARC courtesy of Fierce Ink Press. Thank you! Expected Publication: March 24, 2015 by Fierce Ink Read more
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The Blog Tour Stops Here: Featuring Angela Misri’s Thrice Burned
I am very excited to be participating in the upcoming Blog on Fire: Thrice Burned Blog Tour, in anticipation for the March 24th release of Canadian author Angela Misri’s Thrice Burned: A Portia Adams Adventure! Thrice Burned is the second book in the Holmes-inspired YA historical mystery series, with an expected third novel to be Read more
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Best of 2014, Part 2: Children’s Fiction and Young Adult
My picks for top 5 children’s and top 5 YA fiction I read this year: Murder Most Unladylike (Wells and Wong #1) by Robin Stevens The Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl #3) by Ben Hatke Now Look What You’ve Done (Timmy Failure #2) by Stephen Read more
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Review: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Review: Out of Easy by Ruta Sepetys Source: Hardcover, Published February 12, 2013 by Philomel Books Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Read more
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Review: Maid of Secrets (Maids of Honor #1) by Jennifer McGowan
Review: Maid of Secrets (Maids of Honor #1) by Jennifer McGowan Source: Hardcover, Published May 7, 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Orphan Meg Fellowes makes her living picking pockets—until she steals from the wrong nobleman. Instead of rotting in prison like she expected, she’s whisked away to Read more
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