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    Review: The Girl in the Clockwork Collar

    Goodreads synopsis: In New York City, 1897, life has never been more thrilling – or dangerous.Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her “straynge band of mysfits” have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade-the dangerous device Jasper stole from him…for the life of the girl Jasper loves.One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei’s neck tightens. And tightens. Oh how I love Finley Jayne. This installment of Kady Cross’s Steampunk Chronicles sees our intrepid hero adventuring in New York City in an attempt to free the cowboy-esque Jasper from Dalton,…

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    Cover Reveal: Inbetween by Tara Fuller

    Entangled Publishing is always putting out exciting new reads. So when I had the chance to be part of the cover re-reveal for Tara Fuller’s YA novel, Inbetween, I jumped at it. Check out the trailer and synopsis below and remember to add this one to your to be read pile. InbetweenSynopsis: Since the car crash that took her father’s life two years ago, Emma’s life has been a freaky—and unending—a lesson in caution. Surviving “accidents” has taken priority over being a normal seventeen-year-old, so Emma spends her days taking pictures of life instead of living it. Falling in love with a boy was never part of the plan. Falling for…

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    Book Tour: On the Island

    Tracey Garvis Grave’s novel On the Island is generating quite a buzz. The story of survival against seemingly impossible odds coupled with a May/December romance has landed this book in many beach bags. Synopsis: When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his family’s summer rental in the Maldives, she accepts without hesitation; a working vacation on a tropical island trumps the library any day.T.J. Callahan has no desire to leave town, not that anyone asked him. He’s almost seventeen and if having cancer wasn’t bad enough, now he has to spend his first summer in remission with his family – and a stack…

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    Review: Fracture

    Synopsis (from the author’s website): By the time Delaney Maxwell was pulled from a Maine lake’s icy waters by her best friend, Decker Phillips, her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead.  But somehow Delaney survived—despite the brain scans that show irreparable damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be fine, but she knows she’s far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can’t control or explain, Delaney now finds herself drawn to the dying, and when she meets Troy Varga, a boy who recently emerged from a coma with the same abilities, she is relieved to share this strange new existence. Unsure if her altered brain is…

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    Friday Finds

    Looking for something to read this weekend?Here’s two books that would make great weekend reads. Synopsis (from Goodreads) The next chapter in the struggle for equal rights begins!Hunter Gamble is an idealistic young attorney in a very special area of the practice: arcane defense. Funded by enigmatic billionaire Charles McClain and aided by shy-but-energetic research attorney Kirsten Harper, he’s making the world a better place — one vampire, zombie, or werewolf client at a time. After all, they deserve their day in court too, right?When a young zombie walks into Hunter’s office accused of murder (by brain-eating), Hunter’s idealism is tested as never before as he struggles to secure the man’s…

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    Review & Giveaway: Socialpunk

    Synopsis (from the author’s website):  Ima would give anything to escape The Dome and learn what’s beyond its barriers, but the Chicago government has kept all its citizens on lockdown ever since the Scorched Years left most of the world a desert wasteland. When a mysterious group of hooded figures enters the city unexpectedly, Ima uncovers a plot to destroy The Dome and is given the choice between escaping to a new, dangerous city or staying behind and fighting a battle she can never win. About the author: Monica Leonelle is a well-known digital media strategist and the author of three novels. She blogs at Prose on Fire (http://proseonfire.com) and shares her…

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    New Year, New Me?

    The one year blogoversary of Mercurial Musings is just around the corner. Next week I’ll share all my reflections and goals for the next year of the blog; but today I want to thank Rachel of Parajunkee Design for the amazing design overhaul. As  the one year marker crept closer, I knew I really wanted a design that was more reflective of my style and personality. She took my ramblings (things like, I love pin-ups, and obviously books, and also tattoos) and turned it into the awesome new design you’re looking at as you read this post. The pin-up is custom designed by Rachel–look closely, there’s a lot of detail there, seriously–the…