• Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    And…Discuss! Adding to Mount TBR.

    Whoa, I just looked back into my records and realized that I haven’t done one of these posts since December of last year! It’s been a tough year for the blog. I went from working at a job where I had tons of free time, to one where I’m busy pretty much constantly. It’s also been a year of flux and, well, unfortunately my blog has to take a back seat when real life gets crazy :). That’s life. ================================================================== On to the discussion! This time the topic is… ADDING TO MOUNT TBR! All around the internet, from Twitter to…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (8/25/14)

    Click above to join in the fun! Another Monday, another set of books to devour! I didn’t blog at all last week, as you may have noticed. We’re downsizing at the end of this week at work, and these last few days have felt like they fly by. So much work, so many loose ends to tie up. It’s pretty insane. So I’m taking a break to do what I love. I missed you guys.    Last week was Bout of Books and, although I was laid up in bed with a cold most of the weekend, I did get…

  • Book Reviews

    ARC Review: Julia’s House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Julia’s House for Lost Creatures Author: Ben Hatke Publisher: First Second Pages: Hardcover; 40 pages Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten – 3rd Release Date: September 2, 2014 When Julia and her walking house come to town, she likes everything about her new neighborhood except how quiet it is! So Julia puts a sign up: “Julia’s House for Lost Creatures.” Soon she’s hosting goblins, mermaids, fairies, and even a dragon. Quiet isn’t a problem anymore for Julia…but getting her housemates to behave themselves is! The first ever picture book by Zita the Spacegirl author/illustrator Ben Hatke is…

  • Book Reviews

    ARC Review: The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Fourteenth Goldfish Author: Jennifer L. Holm Publisher: Random House BYR Pages: Hardcover; 208 Release Date: August 26, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love quirky characters and aren’t afraid to dream big! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses…

  • Ramblings

    BookLikes – Still Loving It!

    Last year, around this same time, I stumbled upon BookLikes as a new reader’s platform. I was enamored with the fact that it meshed together two of my favorite things: organization and interaction. You can read my original blog post to see my initial reactions, but I thought I’d check back in with you all and let you know how things are going. It’s been a year, and I’m still in love with this site. I do have a blog over there, along with my organized shelves. In fact, one of the reasons that I don’t blog over here as often…

  • Book Reviews

    ARC Review: The Sleeping Dead by Richard Farren Barber

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Sleeping Dead Author: Richard Farren Barber Publisher: DarkFuse Pages: Ebook; 214 Release Date: August 12, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————— Genre: Horror HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who don’t mind slow moving stories with lots of atmosphere. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Don’t listen… When Jackson Smith attends an interview to escape his dead-end job, he witnesses a man jumping to his death through an office window. But this suicide is only the first of many he encounters. All around him, men and women begin…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Young World by Chris Weitz

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Young World    *Series: The Young World Trilogy #1 Author: Chris Weitz Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: July 29, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————————— Content Screening: Violence, Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dystopian fiction featuring teen protagonists. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    Waiting on Wednesday (8/6/14)

    “Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. It’s hosted by Breaking the Spine. Can we please just take a minute to sigh over this cover? *pauses for effect* I have a huge case of cover love for Winterkill, but the synopsis sealed this for me as a TBR pile addition. It sounds like a book that’s right up my alley, and I can’t wait to devour it! Winterkill releases September 9, 2014. Emmeline knows the woods outside her settlement are forbidden. The mysterious enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there,…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: One Night Of Sin (After Hours Novella) by Elle Kennedy

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: One Night of Sin Author: Elle Kennedy Publisher: Entangled: Brazen Pages: Ebook; 128 Release Date: August 4, 2014 Source: Publisher —————————————– Genre: Romance / Erotica HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy hot, spicy romance with plenty of between-the-sheets time. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes A sexy category romance novella from Entangled’s Brazen imprint…When it comes to sex, good girl Skyler Thompson always plays it safe, choosing stable and sedate over wild and thrilling. She doesn’t do one-night-stands, but one look at sinfully sexy Gage Holt and…

  • Wrap Up Posts/Reading Lists

    July 2014 Wrap Up

    Another month gone! This month was busy at work, busy at home, but also quite full of reading. I’m so close to my reading goal for the year already, and it’s only just now August! This was a month of really great books, and some not so great ones. Let’s see where they fell. ********** (C) = Children / (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in July: (A)*Novella* The Wanderer in Unknown Realms by John Connolly – Review (4/5) (YA)…