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Breathing Underwater – Blog Tour

GoodReads: Olivia is on the road trip of her dreams, with her trusty camera and her big sister Ruth by her side.  Three years ago, before their family moved from California to Tennessee, Olivia and Ruth buried a time capsule on their favorite beach. Now, they’re taking an RV back across the country to uncover the memories […]

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The Elephant in the Room ARC Review

GoodReads: It’s been almost a year since Sila’s mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to secure the immigration paperwork that would allow her to return to her family in the United States. The long separation is almost impossible for Sila to withstand. But things change when Sila accompanies her father (who is […]

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Maya and the Rising Dark ARC Review

        GoodReads: Twelve-year-old Maya’s search for her missing father puts her at the center of a battle between our world, the Orishas, and the mysterious and sinister Dark world. Twelve-year-old Maya is the only one in her South Side Chicago neighborhood who witnesses weird occurrences like werehyenas stalking the streets at night […]

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The City of Ember: Film VS. Book

GoodReads: Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked – but now the storerooms are almost out of food, crops are blighted, corruption is spreading through the city and worst of all – the lights are failing. Soon Ember could […]

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The Ship of Shadows – Blog Tour

Blurb: Aleja whiles away her days in her family’s dusty tavern in Seville, dreaming of distant lands and believing in the kind of magic that she’s only ever read about in books. After all, she’s always being told that girls can’t be explorers. But her life is changed forever when adventure comes for her in the form […]

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Coraline: Film VS. Book

GoodReads: The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring…. In Coraline’s family’s new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close. The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another […]

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My Kickstarter Project: #DiverseUrShelf

Today I’m dropping the information from my kickstarter here on my blog on hopes of getting the word out about it more. This is really a passion/dream project of mine and I hope to get it off the ground with enough support. Please feel free to share my post and/or Kickstarter link   LINK TO […]

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Ghost Squad Review

GoodReads: Coco meets Stranger Things with a hint of Ghostbusters in this action-packed supernatural fantasy. For Lucely Luna, ghosts are more than just the family business. Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her best friend, Syd, cast a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits, wreaking havoc throughout St. Augustine. Together, they must join forces with Syd’s witch grandmother, Babette, and […]

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Mary Underwater

GoodReads: Mary Murphy feels like she’s drowning. Her violent father is home from prison, and the social worker is suspicious of her new bruises. An aunt she’s never met keeps calling. And if she can’t get a good grade on her science project, she’ll fail her favorite class. But Mary doesn’t want to be a […]

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WWW Wednesday

  It’s time for the WWW Wednesday meme brought to you all by Taking on a World of Words   What Are You Currently Reading? GoodReads: An epic tale of revenge and redemption in a world where a memory thief must fight against terrifying monarchs bent on the destruction of her people. When the royal family […]