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Is it Fall yet?
Once upon a time, I was the most summery person who ever existed. I craved sunshine, beach days, and backyard parties. Then, I graduated from college, moved away from the beach, and now I’ve become a Fall and Spring girl through and through. Bring on cool mornings, chilly evenings, and drizzle to walk around in. Bring on the first open flowers, overcast afternoons, and any excuse to sip a hot cup of tea while reading a book. IS IT FALL YET? *sigh* At least my reading this month will accurately reflect the seasons that I’m eagerly waiting for. Remember, September…
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Book Review: Foundryside (Founders #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Foundryside * Series: Founders #1 Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Publisher: Crown Publishing Group Pages: Hardcover; 505 Release Date: August 21, 2018 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ———————————————- Genre: Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a gorgeous new Fantasy series to get lost in. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In a city that runs on industrialized magic, a secret war will be fought to overwrite reality itself–the first in a dazzling new fantasy series from City of Stairs author Robert Jackson Bennett. Sancia Grado…
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Book Review: The Last Harvest by Kim Liggett
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Last Harvest Author: Kim Liggett Publisher: Tor Teen Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: July 24, 2018 Source: Publisher ————————————– Content Screening: Violence, Blood/Gore HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a YA horror story that keeps you guessing. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Kim Liggett’s The Last Harvest is a thrilling YA horror story that draws on her childhood during the Satanic Panic. “I plead the blood.” Those were the last words seventeen-year-old golden boy quarterback Clay Tate heard rattling from his dad’s throat when he discovered…
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Book Review: Monster City: Murder, Music and Mayhem in Nashville’s Dark Age by Michael Artnfield
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Monster City: Murder, Music, and Mayhem in Nashville’s Dark Age Author: Michael Arntfield Publisher: Little A Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: September 4, 2018 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————— Genre: Nonfiction / True Crime HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a real life look into the spree of serial murders in Nashville in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The never-before-told true account of the serial killers who terrorized Nashville’s music scene for decades—and the cold-case Murder Squad determined to bring an end…
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Gearing up for Halloween Bingo!
It’s nearing the end of August and I am ECSTATIC. September and October may not necessarily be cold in Southern California, but they still herald the beginning of cooler temperatures, sweaters, baking time and HORROR BOOKS. Yup, that’s right. This is the 2nd year in a row that I’m participating in a Halloween Bingo game on Booklikes, and I’ve come to love this part of the year for its scary and mysterious reads. I’m so ready! Here is my super cool bingo card, and all the books I’m pondering reading for the squares are listed below. You can expect to…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (8/13/18)
Happy Monday, friends! If it’s as hot where you are as it was here this weekend, please know that I’m thinking of you. Staying inside and reading this weekend was the best possible thing I could have done. I’m hoping you did the same! Here’s what I’ve been working my way through. My reading has been a bit all over the place lately. I’ve been flipping between reading books on homesteading, comics, fantasy, and now a true crime series. Hahaha. It’s nice to feel free to read whatever strikes my fancy. It’s really helping me keep my reading mojo up!…
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Waiting on Wednesday (8/8/18)
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, I realized! With all the madness lately I’ve kind of fallen off of my normal posting habits, but I’m working my way back. It’s been nice to once again have a radar on all the new books coming out :). I missed being excited for new releases! Now, on to my pick for this Wednesday! I’m eagerly waiting on Salt by Hannah Moskowitz. When witches kidnap her dad, Mup is swept up in a wild tide of magic that carries her to another world. Can she reunite her family and find her…
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August Reading List
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, for good reason actually. I’ve been so all over the place that setting any reading goals seemed like an easy way to weight myself down. I’m not good at failing. Hahaha. I’m getting better slowly, but I just figured it wasn’t worth feeling down about not getting what I wanted to get read, actually read. Now that life has settled, and I feel good, I’m going to set a small goal. Only 3 books this month, and here they are. I’m only 3% into Kill the Farm Boy and this book…
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Happy August!
Depending on where you are in the world it’s either August today, or it will be very soon. Can you believe that an entire month of summer has already flown by? Hopefully it was as relaxing for you as it is for Pikachu up there. Tina’s been valiantly holding down the fort here for me, while I’ve been swamped in work. Things should be headed back to normal now though, and that’s a great feeling! I have a massive backlog of reviews for all the books I’ve read, and also some fun stuff to share with you that I get…
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Graphic Novel Review: The Dam Keeper – World Without Darkness
Title: The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness * Volume 2Authors: Robert Kondo & Dice TsutsumiIllustrator: Robert Kondo & Dice TsutsumiPublisher: First SecondPages: Hardcover; 160Recommended Age Group: Middle Grade/YARelease Date: July 10, 2018Source: NetGalley Beyond the dam lies certain death—this is something every citizen of Sunrise Valley knows well. Yet, when a poisonous black tidal wave carries Pig, Fox, and Hippo over the dam and into the wastelands, they don’t find death. Instead they find bustling cities, each with their own dams. Pig can’t help but wonder, who is the mysterious dam keeper behind it all? But he doesn’t have time to unravel this…