Tag: Book of the Day

Book of the Day: Big Daddy’s Rules

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I was sent a copy of Big Daddy’s Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look by Steve Schirripa Big Daddy’s Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look by Steve Schirripa Release Date: 2013-05-07 What happens when a world-famous tough guy takes on the toughest job of all— becoming a father? Welcome to the world of the Big Daddy. Steve Schirripa is known for his star turns on The Sopranos and The Secret Life of the American Teenager, but in his own life he’s the father of two daughters…

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Book of the Day: Teachers Pest

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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 Home for Peculiar Children DON’T BE FOOLED by his friendly smile, his perfect manners, or his shiny red apple. Student council president Howard Mergler is actually a sinister bug-monster in disguise—and he’s summoning swarms of roaches, wasps, fleas, and head…

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Book of the Day: Nothing But Blue

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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 to her childhood home on the ocean. Something absolutely awful has happened, she knows it, but she doesn’t know what. She can’t even remember her name, so she calls herself Blue. This gripping survival story—peppered with flashbacks to bittersweet times…

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Book of the Day: The Year of the Book

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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, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannot—constant companionship and insight into her changing world. Books, however, can’t tell Anna how to…

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Book of the Day: Benajah’s Keeper

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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, enter the realm of humans to stalk down her prey, Rian Delmar, and kill him. At first, the prospect of being around humans any longer than the time it takes to drain them repulses Evanna, but after moving in with…

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Book of the Day: Flora’s Fury

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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 Friends, Astound Their Enemies, and Learn the Importance of Packing Light by Ysabeau S. Wilce Release Date: 2013-05-14 “Offers some enjoyable twists . . . fans of Flora will not be disappointed.”—VOYA Despite her troublesome attraction to magick, Flora has…

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Book of the Day: Natural Born Angel

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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 of flashbulbs, paparazzi, and the fervent adulation that comes with being in the celebrity Angel world. She’s trying to juggle her ordinary life—high school, family, friends—with the intense demands of being in the public eye as heartthrob Angel Jackson Godspeed’s…

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Book of the Day: Editor-Proof Your Writing

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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 for Writers) by Don McNair Release Date: 2013-04-01 Veteran editor Don McNair lays out an easy-to-follow and systematic method for clearing up foggy writing—writing that’s full of extra, misused, and overused words—in this guide to producing sparkling copy that attracts…

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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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