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Book Review: Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

Book Review: Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

Title: Girl on a Wire Author: Gwenda Bond Publisher: Skyscape Published: October 1st, 2014 Page count: 386 Format: Hardcover Source: Gift Goodreads | Amazon Book Summary: A ballerina, twirling on a wire high above the crowd. Horses, prancing like salsa dancers. Trapeze artists, flying like somersaulting falcons. And magic crackling through the air. Welcome to the Cirque American! […]

Posted August 7, 2015
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Book Review: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Book Review: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Title: Red Queen Author: Victoria Aveyard Series: Red Queen #1 Publisher: Harper Teen Published: 2015 Page count: 388 pages Format: Hardback Source: Purchased Goodreads | Amazon Book Summary: The poverty stricken Reds are commoners, living under the rule of the Silvers, elite warriors with god-like powers. To Mare Barrow, a 17-year-old Red girl from The Stilts, it looks like nothing […]

Posted July 17, 2015
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Book Review: The Kitchen Magpie by James Steen

Book Review: The Kitchen Magpie by James Steen

Title: The Kitchen Magpie Author:  James Steen Publisher:   Icon Books Ltd (May 1, 2014) Published: May 1, 2014 Page count: 227 Format: eBook Source: Netgalley Goodreads | Amazon Book Summary: A feast of hundreds of food facts, mouth-watering myths and culinary curiosities to satisfy all appetites. Join award-winning writer James Steen for a feast of food and drink facts […]

Posted June 27, 2015
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Book Review: Trinity Stones by L.G. Oconnor + Pizza!

Book Review: Trinity Stones by L.G. Oconnor + Pizza!

Title: Trinity Stones Author: L.G. O’Connor Series: The Angelorum Twelve Chronicles #1 Genre: YA Paranormal Publisher: Collins-Young Publishing LLC Publication Date:  February 16th, 2015 Page Count: 453 pages Format:  eARC Source: From author in exchange of an honest opinion Goodreads | Amazon  Summary: *** This is the ‘Adapted for Young Adult Reader’ version of TRINITY STONES (The Angelorum Twelve Chronicles […]

Posted June 10, 2015
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Book Review: Writing in the Kitchen by David A. Davis and Tara Powell

Book Review: Writing in the Kitchen by David A. Davis and Tara Powell

Title: Writing in the Kitchen: Essays on Southern Literature and Foodways Author: David A. Davis and Tara Powell  Publisher: University Press of Mississippi  Published: August 4, 2014 Page count: 224 Format: eBook Source: Netgalley Goodreads | Amazon Book Summary: Scarlett O’Hara munched on a radish and vowed never to go hungry again. Vardaman Bundren ate bananas in Faulkner’s […]

Posted March 28, 2015
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Book Review: Julia, Child by Kyo Maclear

Book Review: Julia, Child by Kyo Maclear

Title: Julia, Child Author: Kyo Maclear Genre: Childrens book Publisher:  Tundra Books Published: December 31, 2013 Page count: 32 Format: eBook Source: Netgalley Goodreads | Amazon Book Summary: Julia and Simca are two young friends who agree that you can never use too much butter — and that it is best to be a child forever. Sharing […]

Posted February 26, 2015
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