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Review: The Lake House by Kate Morton
Review: The Lake House by Kate Morton Source: ARC courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada. Thank you! Publication: October 20, 2015 by Atria Books Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented sixteen-year-old who loves to write stories. Read more
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Review: Nine Lives (A Lily Dale Mystery) by Wendy Corsi Staub
Review: Nine Lives (A Lily Dale Mystery) by Wendy Corsi Staub Source: ARC courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: October 27, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: In this warm and witty series debut from New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub, a widowed young mom plans a fresh Read more
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Spotlight Tour & Giveaway: Dream on, Amber by Emma Shevah
Spotlight Tour: Dream On, Amber By Emma Shevah Title: Dream On, Amber Author: Emma Shevah Release Date: October 6, 2015 Publishers: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Hardcover ISBN 9781492622505 Summary: My name is Ambra Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto. But call me Amber. I have no idea why my parents gave me all those hideous names but they must Read more
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Review: Silent City (A Claire Codella Mystery) by Carrie Smith
Review: Silent City (A Claire Codella Mystery) by Carrie Smith Source: ARC courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: October 13, 2015 Verdict: Very Good Book Description: NYPD Detective Claire Codella has just won a tough battle with cancer. Now she has to regain her rightful place on the force. she hasn’t even been Read more
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Review: The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Review: The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada via Goodreads First Reads. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2015 by Aladdin Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Following a series of murders, an apothecary’s apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the Read more
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Picture Book Review: When Santa Was a Baby by Linda Bailey & Geneviève Godbout
Review: When Santa Was a Baby by Linda Bailey, illus. Geneviève Godbout Source: Digital galley courtesy of Tundra Books/Random House of Canada Limited via Netgalley. Thank you! Publication: October 13, 2015 by Tundra Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: From the moment they heard his booming voice, Santa’s parents knew their little one was special. Read more
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Review: Little Robot by Ben Hatke
Review: Little Robot by Ben Hatke Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2015 by First Second Verdict: Very Good Book Description: When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend. Read more
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Reviews: The Hired Girl & Lost in the Sun
Review: The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz Source: Digital galley courtesy of Candlewick via NetGalley. Thank you! Publication: September 8, 2015 by Candlewick Press Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, Read more
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Review: Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales
Review: Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: September 15, 2015 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Recklessly loyal. That’s how seventeen-year-old Arden Huntley has always thought of herself. Caring for her loved ones is what gives Arden purpose in Read more
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Review: Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons by Denise Grover Swank
Review: Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons (Rose Gardner Mystery #2) by Denise Grover Swank Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: September 15, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: When Rose Gardner reports for jury duty in Denise Grover Swank’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, Read more
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