BOOK REVIEW : FRANKLY IN LOVE(FRANKLY IN LOVE #1) BY DAVID YOON
TITLE : Frankly In Love (Frankly In Love #1) AUTHOR : David Yoon GENRE : Romance, Contemporary, YA FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : High school senior Frank Li is a Limbo–his term for Korean-American kids who find themselves caught between their parents’ traditional expectations and their own Southern California upbringing. His parents have one rule when it comes to romance–“Date Korean”–which proves complicated when Frank falls for Brit Means, who is smart, beautiful–and white. Fellow Limbo Joy Song is in a similar predicament, and so they make a pact: they’ll pretend to date each other in order to gain their freedom. Frank thinks it’s the perfect plan, but…
BOOK REVIEW : SERPENT & DOVE (SERPENT & DOVE #1) BY SHELBY MAHURIN
TITLE : Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove #1) AUTHOR : Shelby Mahurin GENRE : NA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 3.5 Stars BLURB : Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned. Sworn to the Church as a Chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. His path was never meant to cross with Lou’s, but a wicked stunt forces them into an impossible union—holy matrimony. The war between witches…
BOOK REVIEW : HELP WANTED, MUST LOVE BOOKS BY JANET SUMNER JOHNSON
TITLE : Help Wanted, Must Love Books AUTHOR : Janet Sumner Johnson GENRE : Children’s Fiction, Graphic Novel, Picture Books ART BY : Courtney Dawson AGE GROUP : 4-7 yrs FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : When Shailey’s dad gets a new job, she loses her bedtime reading partner. She immediately starts interviews to fill the position and is thrilled when her favorite fairy tale characters line up to apply. But Sleeping Beauty can’t stay awake, the Gingerbread Man steals her book, and Snow White brings her whole team. Shailey is running out of options. Is bedtime ruined forever? FBRC REVIEW : DISCLAIMER : I received an ARC( advance…
BOOK REVIEW : BEARS MAKE THE BEST WRITING BUDDIES (BEARS MAKE BEST #3) BY CARMEN OLIVER
TITLE : Bears Make The Best Writing Buddies (Bears Make Best #3) AUTHOR : Carmen Oliver ILLUSTRATED BY : Jean Claude GENRE : Children’s Fiction, Graphic Novel, Picture Books FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : Adelaide loves writing. Bear loves writing. But Theo does NOT love writing. Thankfully, Adelaide and Bear are ready to team up and persuade the entire class, including Mrs. Fitz-Pea, that Bears make the best writing buddies. After all, who better to teach you how to fish and forage for new ideas than a bear? This third picture book in Carmen Oliver’s Bears Make the Best…series is sure to encourage even the most reluctant writer…
BOOK REVIEW : JUST BECAUSE WE CAN BY NICOLE BROOKS
TITLE : Just Because We Can AUTHOR : Nicole Brooks GENRE : Adult, Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction FBRC RATING : 4 stars BLURB : If you love the earth and a compelling read, this book is for you. Dale became an environmental scientist to help save the earth, but at 36, she is jaded with the reality of her job. Meanwhile, just as she struggles to connect with her glamourous mother and navigate her siblings’ complex problems, she and her husband embark on another round of IVF. But just as the suffocating pressures of everyday life threaten to overwhelm Dale, she leaves on a work trip to Thailand. Working on…
VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR – BOOK TEASER : DEREK HYDE KNOWS SPOOKY WHEN HE SEES IT BY E.MICHAEL LUNSFORD
Derek Hyde Series, Book 1 Middle-Grade Paranormal Date Published: 12-21-2019 Publisher: INtense Publications LLC Twelve-year-old Derek Hyde isn’t thrilled that the spookiest old mansion in town is about to become the Hyde Funeral Home & Used Coffin Outlet. Especially since he has to live there with his mortician parents, Jack and Formalda. Of course, being driven in the family hearse to his first day at middle school doesn’t exactly add whipped cream to his broccoli. As if things couldn’t get more horrific, an evil classmate named Nussbaum attacks him in the cafeteria with a plate of beef stroganoff. Seems this kid used to love living in the old mansion himself,…
BOOK REVIEW : THE SIMPLE WILD (WILD #1) BY K.A.TUCKER
“What hold does Alaksa have on them? What makes this place worth giving everything else up?” – K.A.Tucker(THE SIMPLE WILD) TITLE : The Simple Wild (Wild #1) AUTHOR : K.A.Tucker GENRE : Contemporary Fiction, Romance FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : Calla Fletcher wasn’t even two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving behind Calla’s father, Wren Fletcher, in the process. Calla never looked back, and at twenty-six, a busy life in Toronto is all she knows. But when Calla learns that Wren’s days may be numbered, she knows that it’s time to make the…
BOOK REVIEW : RUTHLESS GODS ( SOMETHING DARK AND HOLY #2) BY EMILY.A.DUNCAN
TITLE : Ruthless Gods (Something Dark & Holy #2) AUTHOR : Emily.A.Duncan GENRE : YA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 4.75 Stars PUBLISHING DATE : 7th April 2020 BLURB : Darkness never works alone… Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who–and what–he’s become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that…
BOOK REVIEW : THE STORIES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE BY EDGAR ALLAN POE, MANGA CLASSICS BY STACY KING
TITLE : Manga Classics : The stories of Edgar Allan Poe AUTHOR : Edgar Allan Poe AUTHOR & STORY ADAPTATION : Stacy King ART : Virginia Nitouhei – “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Chagen – “The Cask of Amontillado”, Uka Nagao – “The Masque… Read Death”, Pikomaro – “The Raven”, Linus Liu – “Fall of the House of Usher”, Man Yiu – “Fall of the House of Usher” GENRE : Manga/Graphic Novel/Sequential Art, Classics, Historical Fiction , Horror, Gothic FBRC RATING : 4.5 Stars BLURB: The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe is a brilliant collection of some of his best-known stories: The Tell Tale Heart (a murder’s haunting guilt), The Cask of Amontillado (a story of brilliant…
BOOK REVIEW : THE MISSING SISTER BY ELLE MARR
TITLE : The Missing Sister AUTHOR : Elle Marr GENRE : Adult/Thriller/Mystery/Suspense FBRC RATING : 3 stars PUBLISHING DATE : 1 April 2020 BLURB : In Paris, her twin sister has vanished, leaving behind three chilling words: Trust no one. Shayna Darby is finally coming to terms with her parents’ deaths when she’s delivered another blow. The body of her estranged twin sister, Angela—the possible victim of a serial killer—has been pulled from the Seine. Putting what’s left of her life on hold, Shayna heads to Paris. But while cleaning out Angela’s apartment, Shayna makes a startling discovery: a coded message meant for her alone… Alive. Trust no one. Taking the…
