Book info: Title: IllusionsAuthor: Madeline J. ReynoldsGenre: YA Fantasy/Historical VictorianRelease Date: November 6th, 2018Publisher: Entangled Teen Summary: Dear Thomas, I know you’re angry. It’s true, I was sent to expose your mentor as a fraud illusionist, and instead I have put your secret in jeopardy. I fear I have even put your life in jeopardy. […]
Book info: Title: No Good Deed Author: Kara Connolly Genre: YA Fairy tale retelling Release Date: July 18th, 2017 Publisher: Delacorte Press Source: ARC from publisher for honest review My rating: 5 stars Synopsis: Fans of Dorothy Must Die will love this reimagining of the legend of Robin Hood. Girl power rules supreme when a modern girl […]
As I keep mentioning, I’m so far behind on reviews! So, to speed things up, you should continue to expect mini-reviews like what I’m posting today. I finished up three series finally over the past two months, so let’s do a quick reflection on them, and then the blurb from Goodreads. Ashes (Seeds of America […]
My name is Andrew Joyce and I write books for a living. I would like to thank Lisa for allowing me to be here today to promote my latest, Yellow Hair, which documents the injustices done to the Sioux Nation from their first treaty with the United States in 1805 through Wounded Knee in 1890. […]
On the 100th anniversary of Ireland’s Easter Rising, join the adventures of one woman who might just change Irish history as we know it Bury the Living By Jodi McIsaac “McIsaac puts plenty of history and a little fantasy and romance into this entertaining time travel tale. McIsaac has an undeniable talent for immersing the […]
Book Information: Title: Resolution: Huck Finn’s Greatest Adventure Author: Andrew Joyce Genre: Adventure/Historical Fiction Synopsis: It is 1896 in the Yukon Territory, Canada. The largest gold strike in the annals of human history has just been made; however, word of the discovery will not reach the outside world for another year. By happenstance, a fifty-nine-year-old […]
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we’re eagerly awaiting. My choice this week is a book full of stories by some of my favorite authors: Beth Revis, Marie Lu, Andrea Cremer, Marissa Meyer, and Elizabeth Wein to name a few. At first when […]
SYNOPSIS In Somewhere I Belong, we meet young P.J. Kavanaugh at North Boston Station. His father has died, the Depression is on, and his mother is moving them back home. They settle in, and P.J. makes new friends. But the P.E.I. winter is harsh, the farm chores endless, and his teacher a drunken bully. He […]
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we’re eagerly awaiting. For a change this week, I’m featuring a book that is not part of a series. As far as I know, it will be a standalone. I always love when historical fiction takes real […]
First, thanks to Greenwillow Books and Edelweiss for allowing me to read an e-galley of this title. I really enjoyed the first book in this author’s other series, The Girl of Fire and Thorns, when I read it for the Truman Award nomination in Misssouri, back in 2013. Even though I haven’t read on in […]