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Monday, November 7, 2016
Music Monday (4) Grimes
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Saturday, November 5, 2016
Belated Quarterly Recap: July-October
Yikes...
To be honest, I completely forgot that I was supposed to do a quarterly recap at the beginning of October. It wasn't until the twenty sixth that I was looking through the September and early October stuff, only to discover that I never actually drafted this post. Whoops. And it was so late in the month, that I decided to lump October with July, September, and August.
So, without further ado, I'm going to jump right in and start with reviews...
July Reviews:
August Reviews:
- Thieving Weasels
- Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
- The Traitor in the Tunnel
- Mortal Gods
September Reviews:
October Reviews:
(Weekly meme labels can be found on the features page)
Other July Posts:
- Favorite Genre Characteristics Part 1
- Favorite Genre Characteristics Part 2
- Cover Reveal: Hear the Wolves by Victoria Scott
- Quarterly Recap April-June
- Happy Fourth of July
Other August Posts:
- How My Blogging Has Changed Since Way Back In 2013
- Hobbies are Subjective
- Netflix and Books Tag
- Favorite Fictional Friendships
- Pre-release Blitz: The Flame Never Dies
- Release Day Blitz: United by Melissa Landers
- EP Summer Carnival
Other September Posts:
Other October Posts:
- Weekend Tidbits #8 It's October
- Music Monday Halsey
- Music Monday Ryn Weaver & Tove Lo
- Music Monday Halloween Edition
- Where Do you Buy Books?
- Creatures of the Night Book Tag
It's been a busy couple of months that's only bound to get busier since the holiday season is underway. But, I've read a lot of good books across the past four months. Some were new and others were older releases that I've been meaning to get to. One thing I want to do is read more contemporary novels since I don't regularly read from that genre, and continue getting to more of the backlist books I want to read.
Friday, November 4, 2016
The Friday 56 (83) The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Synopsis from Goodreads...Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you’re only seventeen?
Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of death and destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran’s queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar’s wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire. But Akaran has its own secrets—thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most…including herself...
"Marigolds and roses adorned the entrance to the Raja's welcoming hall, and bright petals carpeted the path."--The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Comments: I read The Star-Touched Queen earlier in the week, and have to say that it was one of the best stories I've read in 2016. Page 56 had so many spoilers for the story that I found it hard to pick out a quote that didn't go into detail. I ended up with the one above because it was just a description of a place, and doesn't give anything away.
What are you reading this week?
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Review: Nightmares! by Jason Segel & Kristen Miller, illustrated by Karl Kwasny
Title: Nightmares!Author/Illustrator: Jason Segel & Kristen Miller; Karl Kwasny
Source/Format: Borrowed from the Library; Hardback
More Details: Middle Grade; Paranormal
Publisher/Publication Date: Delacorte Books For Young Readers; September 9, 2014
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Synopsis from Goodreads...
Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse!
Charlie Laird has several problems.
1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.
2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark.
3. He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.
What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world—that’s a line that should never be crossed. And when your worst nightmares start to come true . . . well, that’s something only Charlie can face. And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. For good...
Nightmares! was a fantastic book, and from start to finish I was drawn in by the story. I already had high expectations and wasn’t disappointed in any way. I got what I was looking for—a slightly spooky Halloween story with nightmares—and then some.
Charlie Laird is having a problem, and that idea alone made for an interesting story. Part of the reason I liked the book so much was the message—everyone has something they fear. It was incorporated nicely into the story, and felt like a natural part of the plot. It was definitely one of my favorite aspects of the book. I liked Charlie as a character. He was grouchy, but that was understandable when his nightmares and subsequent lack of sleep were factored in. The secondary characters were fantastic. To me, it seemed like they were developed. Their roles were essential to the story and their personalities were different, which made them seem like individuals.
I could really sit here all day and talk about all the things I liked about Nightmares!, like, how fantastic the story was, or how much I liked the writing and world building. Instead, I’m going to end the review here. But, before I go, I just want to say that I’m glad that Nightmares! was just the beginning of a series. I’m really looking forward to checking out the next two books when they become available at my local library.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Release Day Blitz: Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin
Today is the release day for Ryan Graudin's Blood for Blood, sequel to Wolf by Wolf. If you haven't heard about this series yet, check out the details below and stick around for a giveaway down at the bottom of the post.
Title: BLOOD FOR
BLOOD
Author: Ryan
Graudin
Pub. Date: November 1,
2016
Publisher: Little,
Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover,
paperback, eBook
The
action-packed, thrilling sequel to Ryan Graudin's Wolf by Wolf...
There would be blood.
Blood for blood.
Blood to pay.
An entire world of it.
For the resistance in 1950s Germany, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun. Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the run: the world has just seen her shoot and kill Hitler. But the truth of what happened is far more complicated, and its consequences are deadly. Yael and her unlikely comrades dive into enemy territory to try to turn the tide against the New Order, and there is no alternative but to see their mission through to the end, whatever the cost. But dark secrets reveal dark truths, and one question hangs over them all: how far can you go for the ones you love?
This gripping, thought-provoking sequel to Wolf by Wolf will grab readers by the throat with its cinematic writing, fast-paced action, and relentless twists....
Ryan Graudin grew up in Charleston and graduated from the College of Charleston
with a degree in Creative Writing in 2009. She is the author of All That Glows
and The Walled City. She resides near Charleston with her husband and wolf-dog.
You can find her online at www.ryangraudin.com.
Now for the giveaway. 5 winners
will receive a finished copy of Wolf by Wolf. This giveaway is US Only and ends on November
15th at Midnight EST.
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