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Book Review: Son of Truth by Morgan Busse
Son of Truth by Morgan Busse Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Marcher Lord Press Publication Date: November 28, 2013 Caleb Tala has been a professional assassin for all of his life. Highly skilled and trained in everything from sword play to scaling buildings and knowing how to disappear, he’s never given a second thought to the people around him. Until now. Caleb has come face to face with The Word and he won’t come out of it unchanged. On the other end of the spectrum, Rowen Mar is still recovering from everything she just went through in her meeting with The Word. Including the reality that she just made an entire army…
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Who is the target audience on YA books?
I’m supposed to write a review of this book. I’m struggling with it honestly. I’ve written tons of reviews, but this one has me completely stymied. “Why?” you may ask, “Was it a bad book?” No. Actually it was really good. REALLY good. There was a lot of suspense and some really great plot twists. It was full of serial killers and crime scenes that would make the writers of CSI and Criminal Minds salivate with delight. My problem with the book is that the target audience is 12-18 year olds. I’ll let that sink in again. The book about serial killers that I just finished reading was targeted to…
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Review: The Wedding Game by Amy Matayo
The Wedding Game by Amy Matayo Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: Romance Published Date: Amazon Digital Date: November 15, 2013 Cannon James is the most self centered, obnoxious and rude person that Ellie McAllister has ever met. In fact, she’d love it if she never had to see the man again. Except…she just won a reality show and agreed to marry him. On television. And live the first six months of their lives in front of the cameras. Yeah, that gets a bit sticky doesn’t it? She’d love to throw her hands up and quit but she had a good reason to audition for the show in the first place;…
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Book Review: Ebenezer’s Bedtime Adventure
Ebenezer’s Bedtime Adventure by Matthew Christian Harding Genre: Children’s Publisher: Zoe and Sozo Publishing Published Date: October 17, 2013 It’s the parenting dilemma we’ve all experienced. Even babysitters are not immune. What happens when kids are just not ready to go to bed? In one house, the adventure truly is just that; an adventure. Ebenezer and his sister Forrest are not ready to go to bed. Neither of them are tired, but their dad is reading. They hope it’s not a really good book because if it is, he might not consent to their request. They’re ready for a bedtime adventure! In moments, Ebenezer and his sister are whisked from…
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Book Review: Bird on Fire
Bird on Fire by Jane Wells Genre: Non-Fiction, Devotional Publisher: David Crumm Media LLC Published Date: November 10, 2013 Everyone’s heard of The Hunger Games. Right now, the sequel, Catching Fire, is the number one film in the U.S. The actors are all over every news channel doing interviews and anyone connected with Hollywood is seeing them on entertainment websites. It is a full-fledged in your face phenomenon that doesn’t seem to be slowing down. This series about a young girl who has literally been sacrificed to her government in some of the most horrifyingly violent situations imaginable isn’t exactly family friendly entertainment. Though the series was written for grades…
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YA Book Review: The Time Traveling Fashionista and Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile
The Time Traveling Fashionista and Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile by Bianca Turetsky Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA, Sci Fi Publisher: Hachette Book Group Published Date: December, 2013 Louise Lambert loves her vintage fashion. The fact that it helps her travel through time doesn’t hurt at all either. Even though she’s usually ready for whatever’s going to happen, this time throws her for a loop. Almost literally. Instead of simply traveling back to spend time with Cleopatra, Louise makes a stop along the way. She ends up on the set of the famous film, Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor. Talk about meeting fashion icons! However, as usual, Louise’s trip is…
