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Book of the Day: Ghoulish Song

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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 astonishing city where goblins walk the streets and witches work their charms and curses. Kaile wants to be a musician and is delighted when a goblin gives her a flute carved out of bone. But the flute’s single, mournful song…

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Book of the Day: Surfacing

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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 under, Maggie heard the quiet, though every sound was amplified in her ears and in her brain…Sound, like shame, travels four times faster under the water. Though only a sophomore, Maggie Paris is a star on the varsity swim team,…

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Book of the Day: The Demonologist

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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 demonic mythology to rescue his daughter from the Underworld.Professor David Ullman’s expertise in the literature of the demonic—notably Milton’s Paradise Lost—has won him wide acclaim. But David is not a believer. One afternoon he receives a visitor at his campus…

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Book of the Day: The Clockwork Princess

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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 the Shadowhunters as the New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy comes to a close. If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it? The clock is ticking. Everyone must…

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Book of the Day: Dark Triumph

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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 as Death’s assassin in 15th-century France forces her return home to the personal hell that she had finally escaped. Love and romance, history and magic, vengeance and salvation converge in this thrilling sequel to Grave Mercy. Sybella arrives at the…

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Book of the Day: Wedding Dogs

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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 best friend at 75 weddings—dogs as the best man, maid of honor, ring bearer, or another member of the wedding party! Decked out in little doggy tuxedos or sporting a wreath of roses around their necks, these pooches share in…

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Book of the Day: Frogged

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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 Princess (third revised edition), which the almost-thirteen-year-old Princess Imogene is supposed to be reading. Not feeling particularly good, or all that beautiful, she heads for a nearby pond, where, unfortunately, a talking frog tricks her into kissing him. No prince…

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Friday Reads with Special Guest – PBookBuddy

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Happy Friday, guys! Time for another #FridayReads and this week we have another special guest!!! This weekend, Phil is reading… Sapphire Blue (Ruby Red) by Kerstin Gier Release Date: 2012-10-30 Gwen’s life has been a rollercoaster since she discovered she was the Ruby, the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. In between searching through history for the other time-travelers and asking for a bit of their blood (gross!), she’s been trying to figure out what all the mysteries and prophecies surrounding the Circle really mean. At least…

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Trailer: DARK TRIUMPH

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YAY!! Check out this trailer for Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin Trilogy) by Robin LaFevers, I’m reading it right now, and it is SO GOOD! Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin Trilogy) by Robin LaFevers Release Date: 2013-04-02 Sybella arrives at the convent’s doorstep half mad with grief and despair. Those that serve Death are only too happy to offer her refuge—but at a price. Naturally skilled in both the arts of death and seduction, the convent views Sybella as one of their most dangerous weapons. But those assassin’s skills are…

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Book of the Day: Rotten

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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 visiting his aunt, and it’s pretty clear that he has something to hide. It’s also pretty clear that his mom made a new friend while he was away—a rescued Rottweiler that JD immediately renames Johnny Rotten (yes, after that guy…

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