reviews
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Review: Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner
Review: Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner Source: ARC courtesy of Simon & Schuster. Thank you! Publication: August 11, 2015 by Atria Books Verdict: Good Book Description: An unforgettable story about true love, real life, and second chances… Rachel Blum and Andy Landis are just eight years old when they meet one night in… Read more
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Review: The Paris Key by Juliet Blackwell
Review: The Paris Key by Juliet Blackwell Source: Galley courtesy of Kaye Publicity and Berkley-Penguin. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2015 by NAL Verdict: Good Book Description: As a girl, Genevieve Martin spent the happiest summer of her life in Paris, learning the delicate art of locksmithing at her uncle’s side. But since then, living… 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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Back to School Giveaway from Raincoast Books!
Happy Friday, all! Let’s celebrate the start of the weekend with an amazing and generous giveaway courtesy of Canadian publisher Raincoast Books! I am delighted to be hosting a special Back to School Giveaway from Raincoast Books. Open to Canadian residents ages 18 and up, the lucky winner of this giveaway will receive six beautiful… Read more
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Review: No Virgin Island by C. Michele Dorsey
Review: No Virgin Island (A Sabrina Salter Mystery #1) by C. Michele Dorsey Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: August 11, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Good Book Description: In this sun-soaked mystery set in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Sabrina Salter traded a high-pressure job as a Boston meteorologist for… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Max the Brave by Ed Vere
Review: Max the Brave by Ed Vere Source: Digital galley courtesy of Sourcebooks Jabberwocky via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected publication: September 1 , 2015 (as per NetGalley) by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Are You My Mother? meets I Want My Hat Back in this hilarious picture book featuring your new favorite kitty… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Bug in a Vacuum by Mélanie Watt
Review: Bug in a Vacuum by Mélanie Watt Source: Digital galley courtesy of Tundra Books/Random House of Canada Limited via Netgalley. Thank you! Expected publication: August 25, 2015 by Tundra Books Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: A bug flies through an open door into a house, through a bathroom, across a kitchen and bedroom and… Read more
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Reviews: Stanley at School & Starring Shapes!
Review: Stanley at School by Linda Bailey, illus. Bill Slavin Source: Digital galley courtesy of Kids Can Press via NetGalley. Thank you! Published: August 1, 2015 by Kids Can Press Verdict: Okay Book Description: Stanley knows school is for kids, not dogs. But every day he grows more and more curious. What did the kids… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Swan by Laurel Snyder & Julie Morstad
Review: Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder, illus. Julie Morstad Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: August 18, 2015 by Chronicle Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: The world is big. Anna is small. The snow is everywhere and all around. But one night . . .… Read more
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Review: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank
Review: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner Mystery #1) by Denise Grover Swank Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Expected publication: August 11, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV is bad even before she has a vision of herself dead.… Read more
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