Tag: Book of the Day

Book of the Day: Ghost Hawk

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Simon & Schuster Audio sent me a copy of Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper! Im so excited! We have been LOVING the middle grade on audio! Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper Release Date: 2013-08-27 Jim Dale reads Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper’s story of adventure and friendship between a young Native American and a colonial New England settler.On the winter day Little Hawk is sent into the woods alone, he can take only a bow and arrows, his handcrafted tomahawk, and the amazing metal knife his father traded for with the…

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Book of the Day: TALES OF JACK THE RIPPER

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YOU GUYS!  I was sent a copy of Tales of Jack the Ripper by Ross E Lockhart!  *squee squee*   Tales of Jack the Ripper by Ross E Lockhart Release Date: 2013-08-31 1888: A killer stalks the streets of London’s Whitechapel district, brutally–some would say ritualistically–murdering women. With each slaying, the killer grows bolder, his crimes more extreme. So far, there have been five victims (that we know of): Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly. The story of Jack the Ripper captured lurid…

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Book of the Day: Secrets of Shakespeare’s Grave

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Today in my mailbox I found Secrets of Shakespeare’s Grave: The Shakespeare Mysteries, Book 1 (Letterford Mysteries) by Deron R. Hicks Secrets of Shakespeare’s Grave: The Shakespeare Mysteries, Book 1 (Letterford Mysteries) by Deron R. Hicks Release Date: 2013-09-10 Twelve-year-old Colophon Letterford has a serious mystery on her hands. Will she discover the link between her family’s literary legacy and Shakespeare’s tomb before it’s too late? Antique paintings, secret passages, locked mausoleums, a four-hundred-year-old treasure, and a cast of quirky (and some ignoble) characters all add up to a fun…

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Book of the Day: Bones of the Lost

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Simon & Schuster Audio has been so good to me.  They sent me a copy of  Bones of the Lost: A Temperance Brennan Novel by Kathy Reichs Bones of the Lost: A Temperance Brennan Novel by Kathy Reichs Release Date: 2013-08-27 #1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the Fox hit series Bones, Kathy Reichs returns with an unforgettable new novel featuring forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan, whose examination of a mysterious hit-and-run victim triggers an investigation into human trafficking. When Charlotte police discover the body of a teenage…

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Book of the Day: QB1

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I received a copy of QB 1 by Mike Lupica QB 1 by Mike Lupica Release Date: 2013-09-17 From #1 New York Times bestselling author of TRAVEL TEAM, HEAT, and MILLION-DOLLAR THROW comes a cheer-worthy, family-friendly football novel set amid the Friday Night Lights world of Texas high school football. Jake Cullen is a freshman quarterback playing high school football in the high-pressure land of Friday Night Lights (Texas). He is also the brother of Wyatt Cullen, who quarterbacked his team to the Texas State Championship last season–not to mention…

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Book of the Day: Blood of the Lamb

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I received and audio book of Blood of the Lamb: A Novel of Secrets by Sam Cabot Blood of the Lamb: A Novel of Secrets by Sam Cabot Release Date: 2013-08-06 This document, dear friend, will shatter the Church….. Reading these words in a letter in a dusty archive, Thomas Kelly is skeptical. The papers to which they refer have vanished, but Father Kelly, a Jesuit priest, doubts anything could ever have had that power—until the Vatican suddenly calls him to Rome to begin a desperate search for that very…

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Book of the Day: The Ghost in the Glass House

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YAY! I was sent The Ghost in the Glass House by Carey Wallace The Ghost in the Glass House by Carey Wallace Release Date: 2013-09-03 In a 1920s seaside town, Clare discovers a mysterious glass house in the backyard of her new summer home. There she falls in love with Jack, the ghost of a boy who can’t remember who he was before he died. Their romance is a haven for her from the cruel pranks of her society friends, especially her best friend, Bridget, who can’t wait to grow…

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Book of the Day: The Shade of the Moon

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Dude! I was sent this book and flipped out at how gorgeous the cover is. Then I saw it was a book 4 in a series I haven’t read. BOOOO… LOL! I’ll have to pick up the rest of series before I can read The Shade of the Moon: Life As We Knew It Series, Book 4 by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Gorgeous as it is, my OCD will not allow me to read a series out of order. It just wont! The Shade of the Moon: Life As We Knew…

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Book of the Day: Awoken

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oooo, I was sent a copy of Awoken by Timothy Miller Awoken by Timothy Miller Release Date: 2013-08-13 Fourteen-year-old Michael Stevens has never been ordinary; no orphan who hears music coming from rocks considers himself a typical teenager. But life gets a lot more complicated when two-foot-tall, albino, doll-like men sneak into his room one night, transforming the harmless music into a frightening ability he cannot control. Soon, strangers in black suits begin to ask unsettling questions while unnatural animals with mismatched eyes haunt the streets. They are hunting, and…

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Book of the Day: Brotherhood

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OMG you guys! I got a copy of Brotherhood by Anne Westrick! I am so excited. I put this one on my wishlist the second I saw it!   Brotherhood by Anne Westrick Release Date: 2013-09-12 The year is 1867, the South has been defeated, and the American Civil War is over. But the conflict goes on. Yankees now patrol the streets of Richmond, Virginia, and its citizens, both black and white, are struggling to redefine their roles and relationships. By day, fourteen-year-old Shadrach apprentices with a tailor and sneaks…

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