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Book Review: Solomon’s Whisper (Liv Bergen #5) by Sandra Brannan
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Solmon’s Whisper *Series: A Liv Bergen Mystery #5 Author: Sandra Brannan Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Pages: Ebook; 350 Release Date: September 2, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————– Genre: Mystery / Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series, if you haven’t started it yet you definitely should! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes As Liv Bergen investigates the long-ago murder of her niece, she uncovers a well-guarded secret—and stumbles into one the most prolific killer she’s faced yet Once an amateur sleuth, Liv “Boots” Bergen…
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ARC Review: Winterkill by Kate A. Boorman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Winterkill Author: Kate A. Boorman Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: September 9, 2014 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy rich, atmospheric writing with a desolate setting to match. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Emmeline knows she’s not supposed to explore the woods outside her settlement. The enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there, attacking at night and keeping them isolated in an unfamiliar land with merciless winters. Living with the shame of her grandmother’s…
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Book Review: Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Maas
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Heir of Fire *Series: Throne of Glass #3 Author: Sarah J. Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Pages: Hardcover; 576 Release Date: September 2, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————– Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love this series, and are ready for more! If you haven’t started, what are you waiting for? Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak—but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth .…
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August 2014 Wrap Up
The closer it gets to the end of the year, the busier life gets. Still, it was a pretty good month of reading! I know I haven’t been around the blog as much. Work isn’t as stable as I’d like it to be, but I’m still here and doing the best I can! Thanks for sticking with me! ********** (C) = Children / (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in August: (YA) The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…