Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!——————Personally, I think January is a wonderful month for book lovers because there...
Shopping for a new horse should have been an uneventful event, but while visiting old friends of Charles, Anna and him stumble right into a fae mess. They must get involved because they targeted his friend's grandchildren, and nobody threaten children on Charles' watch.It's been three years since the release of the previous book in the Alpha & Omega series, which is wayyyy too long if you ask me lol I love Charles and Anna and I am very happy...
Ohmygoodness I loved this book SO. MUCH. I work in a teen section of a library, and I know I will be recommending this to so many teens! Adults (such as myself) will enjoy this too. It's very well written, with strongly developed characters and setting, and a rich plot that will leave you hooked through the very end.The story focuses around Barrie, who has spent the first 17 years of her life very protected by her mother and godfather....
Fantasy amp; Magic, Heirs of Watson Island, Historical, History, Library, Martina Boone, Mystery, Mystical Gifts, Review, Simon Pulse, Southern, young adult
In The Rithmatist, Brandon Sanderson takes us to a time and place that might have been. In this telling, the United States of America has become the United Isles of America. The reason for them being islands isn't immediately clear in this, the first book of the series. North America seems to be broken up differently and the influences Europe had over the development of some areas is markedly different. With that, the...
In order to celebrate the new paperback release of HALF BAD, the people at Penguin are offering a wonderful prize pack in anticipation of the sequel, HALF WILD, which will be out March 24, 2015!Here's a bit more about the two books:He has a powerful Gift. It’s how he uses it that will show if he’s good or bad. In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches, who are evil; and sixteen-year-old...
Fairest has been one of my most anticipated books of 2015. That and the final book of the series which is coming out fall 2015. Marissa Meyer keeps wowing me with every new book she writes. Although Fairest is more of a novella than a novel, it's longer than most novellas and long enough to give us a good analysis of Levana, the lunar Queen that reader love to hate.As far as antagonist origin stories go, this one is pretty toxic and twisted....
fairy tale retelling, Fairy Tales amp; Folklore, Feiwel amp; Friends, Macmillan, Marissa Meyer, Purchased, Review, Science Fiction, Science-Fiction, The Lunar Chronicles, YA, young adult
The lovely folks at Penguin have offered up one copy of THE ZOMBIE COMBAT FIELD GUIDE: A COLORING AND ACTIVITY BOOK FOR FIGHTING THE LIVING DEAD by Roger Ma! Here's the scoop on the book:The Zombie Combat Manual provided potential zombie fighters with comprehensive instructions on how to do battle in the inevitable outbreak of an undead plague. However, even the most comprehensive advice is useless without study...
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!——————Eventually, my workload will ease up enough for me to get back into a broader...
The only survivor of her race, Nalia was captured and sold on the black market to become Malek's personal jinni. He mistreated her, hurt her, and yet he is craving her affection. Meanwhile, the leader of a rebel group who clearly hates her is trying to recruit her services to save the oppressed jinnis back in Arjinna. Could he also claim her heart in the process, or will Malek earn the privilege?Right from the start I'll tell you I have mixed feelings...
Daring is the sequel to Charming, of the Pax Arcana series. You can see Jenn's review of Charming HERE. I totally, 100% agree with her enthusiastic praise of Charming. And I, too, couldn't wait to get my hands on Daring. I was on my library's request list for it before the release date! I wasn't surprised to find myself in love with Daring, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that I loved...
Here is yet another of my more odd-ball choices. I found this on sale and thought it was the blend for me: spies, tech and magic. How could I go wrong. Even the main character's name is Robert, what could be better. Bob is an IT professional who gets himself drawn into the darker side of the spy game. This side has demons, monsters and magic. As the story begins, Bob not only wants to be part of the agency he was...
Random House is generously offering copies of Steelheart and Firefight by Brandon Sanderson to celebrate the release of Firefight on January 6th! Here's a bit more about Firefight:Brandon Sanderson is back with a vengeance in FIREFIGHT, the follow up to the #1 New York Times bestselling Steelheart. In the book that Kirkus Reviews is calling a “rare middle volume that keeps the...
Today I'm very excited to bring you a When I'm Not Writing post by Leah Petersen. I love "discovering" local authors, so I was immediately interested when I read that she's a fellow North Carolinian. I also love a quote that she has on her blog: "Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it. -Richard Feynman (1918-1988)" A young author who thinks physics is for fun?...
I've been thinking about this review for a while now. Although I did like the novel because it's easy to read and the characters are likable, I'm on the fence about this one. I think I read it so fast because I kept thinking something BIG was going to happen, but it feels like nothing ever did. Except maybe in the last 30 pages or so.On the surface, it's a very simple "boy vs the world" type of story but as you start to piece everything together,...
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!——————Happy 2015, everyone! This is my first Stacking the Shelves in this new...
The official summary is a great introduction to the world, so I won't bother writing one. I don't really agree with the Graceling comparison though (can't comment about The Selection, I haven't read it). The only point it has in common with Graceling is people having special abilities. But in Red Queen, the abilities are a lot more like wielding magic, rather than being extraordinarily talented for something AND the range of possible abilities isn't...
Scintillate manages to pack an action- and romance-filled punch into this YA trilogy-starter! Are you a fan of fantasy, especially concerning auras? Got it. Are you a fan of romance, and need your main characters to be not only smoking hot but also have sexy accents and have stolen kiss moments? Got it. Are you a fan of action and adventure, especially when it involves travel? Got it too!At the heart of the matter, Scintillate...
What do you do once the bad guy is gone. How do you teach a population to take charge of their own destiny. How do you convince them they should? These some of the questions that are brought up in this, the book between the books. Mitosis also gives us an opportunity to spend a little time with David and the team of Reckoners he is a part of while they deal with yet another Epic. Can you guess the Epic's...
This is the Anita Blake that I love reading about. The kick ass US Marshal Anita Blake that hunts serial killers with preternatural abilities and always comes out on top. In the last few books of the series we hadn't seen this side of Anita very much. She was more about keeping everyone around her safe from the supernatural bad guys by having sex with everyone that crossed her path. Mind you, I don't hate that part of Anita but I did miss the...
In the flurry of amazing books and review obligations, I didn't have a chance to chat about the second Finishing School book CURTSIES & CONSPIRACIES but I love Gail Carriger's writing too much not to talk about the penultimate book in the series, WAISTCOATS & WEAPONRY. If you're not familiar with the series, check out my review of the first book, ETIQUETTE & ESPIONAGE, which will give you an idea of the series.In WAISTCOATS & WEAPONRY, Sophronia...
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!——————Hey guys! I hope you had happy holidays! My daughter brought gastro home from...
