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Book of the Day: Teachers Pest

I *heart* Quirk Books!  They sent me Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #3: Teacher’s Pest by Charles Gilman Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #3: Teacher’s Pest by Charles Gilman Release Date: 2013-05-07 “Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons—Lovecraft Middle School is great creepy fun!” —Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine’s …

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Book of the Day: Nothing But Blue

Last week I was send a copy of Nothing but Blue by Lisa Jahn-Clough Nothing but Blue by Lisa Jahn-Clough Release Date: 2013-05-07 All dead. No one survived. All dead. This morbid chant haunts seventeen-year-old Blue as she trudges through the countryside with just the clothes on her back, heading …

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Book of the Day: The Year of the Book

Last week,  in my mailbox I found The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng Release Date: 2013-05-07 In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated. When Anna needs company, …

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Book of the Day: Benajah’s Keeper

Hey guys! Check it out!  I was sent a copy of Benajah’s Keeper (Volume 1) by Aeryn Dougan Benajah’s Keeper (Volume 1) by Aeryn Dougan Release Date: 2012-10-24 Evanna Amaranthine, a ruthless, 600 year old vampire, has a new assignment: to leave the walls of Benajah, her beloved vampire guild, …

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Book of the Day: Flora’s Fury

Happy Tuesday, guys!  Today in my mailbox I found Flora’s Fury: How a Girl of Spirit and a Red Dog Confound Their Friends, Astound Their Enemies, and Learn the Importance of Packing Light by Ysabeau S. Wilce Flora’s Fury: How a Girl of Spirit and a Red Dog Confound Their …

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Book of the Day: Natural Born Angel

Last week,  in my mailbox I found Natural Born Angel: An Immortal City Novel by Scott Speer Natural Born Angel: An Immortal City Novel by Scott Speer Release Date: 2013-04-23 Life turned upside down for Maddy Montgomery when she found out she was half-Angel and was catapulted into the scene …

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Book of the Day: Editor-Proof Your Writing

You guys! I was so excited to find this in my mail box!! It is Editor-Proof Your Writing: 21 Steps to the Clear Prose Publishers and Agents Crave (Great Books for Writers) by Don McNair. Editor-Proof Your Writing: 21 Steps to the Clear Prose Publishers and Agents Crave (Great Books …

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Book of the Day: Ghoulish Song

Simon & Schuster have been so good to me lately!  They sent me Ghoulish Song by William Alexander Ghoulish Song by William Alexander Release Date: 2013-03-05 A brave girl flees a ghoul while trying to save her town in this lively, fast-paced companion to Goblin Secrets.Kaile lives in Zombay, an …

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Book of the Day: Surfacing

A few weeks ago, I was sent Surfacing by Nora Raleigh Baskin Surfacing by Nora Raleigh Baskin Release Date: 2013-03-12 A lyrical and deeply moving portrait of grief, blame, and forgiveness, and of finding the courage to confront your ghosts — one truth at a time.As soon as she was …

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Book of the Day: The Demonologist

Yay! I was sent the audio book of The Demonologist: A Novel by Andrew Pyper The Demonologist: A Novel by Andrew Pyper Release Date: 2013-03-05 Fans of The Historian won’t be able to put down this spellbinding literary horror story in which a Columbia professor must use his knowledge of …

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Book of the Day: The Clockwork Princess

OMGosh, you guys! Look what I got!! Its The Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices) by Cassandra Clare The Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices) by Cassandra Clare Release Date: 2013-03-19 Don’t miss The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, soon to be a major motion picture in theaters August 2013.Danger intensifies for …

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Book of the Day: Dark Triumph

Someone did a little happy dance (and possibly a squeal) when they opened their mailbox and found Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin Trilogy) by Robin LaFevers sitting in there. Just sayin’! Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin Trilogy) by Robin LaFevers Release Date: 2013-04-02 Spring 2013 Kids’ Indie Next ListSybella’s duty …

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Book of the Day: Wedding Dogs

Happy Sunday, guys!   I love Quirk Books, I swear I do.  A while back they sent me a copy of  Wedding Dogs: A Celebration of Holy Muttrimony by Katie Preston Toepfer <3 Wedding Dogs: A Celebration of Holy Muttrimony by Katie Preston Toepfer Release Date: 2013-04-16 Wedding Dogs captures man’s …

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Book of the Day: Frogged

OMG you guys! How cute is this?! HAHA, I got a copy of Frogged by Vivian Vande Velde Frogged by Vivian Vande Velde Release Date: 2013-04-02 One should be able to say of a princess “She was as good as she was beautiful,” according to The Art of Being a …

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Book of the Day: Rotten

A week or so ago, I received a copy Rotten by Michael Northrop. This book sounds awesome! Rotten by Michael Northrop Release Date: 2013-04-01 A troubled teen. A rescued Rottweiler. An unlikely friendship.Jimmer “JD” Dobbs is back in town after spending the summer “upstate.” No one believes his story about …

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Book of the Day: Quintessence

Hey guys! Whoot whoot! Looky what I got last week!  Quintessence by David Walton Quintessence by David Walton Release Date: 2013-03-19 Imagine an Age of Exploration full of alchemy, human dissection, sea monsters, betrayal, torture, religious controversy, and magic. In Europe, the magic is thin, but at the edge of …