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2015 November Wrap Up
Happy December everyone! Isn’t it crazy how fast time flies by? This is my favorite month of the year, because Christmas is my all time favorite holiday. Coincidentally, it’s also the time of year that I get the least reading done. This was a light month. Graphic Novels Read: Single Issues Read: Books Read: DNF Pile: Total (Things) Read: 16 Books sent to DNF: 2 Goal Progress: 212 out of 225 (94%) Favorite book of November? I’m going to give the honor to Preacher, Vol 1 this time around! I’m so glad I dove into that series, because Jesse Custer…
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The holiday season is upon us!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Greetings awesome readers! It’s been a whirlwind of a week, but there was much joy to be had. Spending time with family, eating superbly delicious food, and relaxing instead of being at work. What more can a girl ask for? The holiday season is definitely my favorite time of the year, but above all else it’s Christmas that makes me smile the most. There’s something about the holiday. All the red, gold and white. The love that is spread. It’s almost like people are a little nicer to one another for a…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Fright Before Christmas
Do you know what your Monday needs? Some holiday horrors! Nothing says Christmas quite like 13 tales of holiday horrors. You are in luck because today we have for you, the Fright Before Christmas by Ally Mathews, Andrea Stanet, Boyd Reynolds, Dax Varley, Jacqueline Horsfall, Jessica Bayliss, Judith Graves, Laura Pauling, Lea Storry, Medeia Sharif, Patrick Hueller, Richard Ankers,Ty Drago It’s the most wonderful time of year…or is it? Christmas Eve is a night of mystery and magic, but not always in ways we expect. Things lurk in the shadows and they’re not the least bit jolly or merry. Let’s just…
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Book Review: A Spark of Justice by J.D. Hawkins
Media Type: Ebook Title: A Spark of Justice Publisher: Self-published Author: J.D. Hawkins Pages: Kindle; 196 Release Date: August 21, 2015 Source: Author —————————————– Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with vivid and interesting settings. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A fatal accident at the circus sparks an insurance investigation that leads John Nieves, a former New York cop, to a list of murder suspects. It seems that The Great Rollo, beloved of millions, had enemies… both at the circus and among his own family. All that is…
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Warmth.
In truth, my coffee is hardly ever this fancy. Unless I feel like dropping the money on the posh coffee place that’s downstairs at my work. I sure do love this picture though. It whispers “WARMTH” to me, and at this time of year that’s what I love. Thanks for sticking with me, my awesome blog readers, through this weird transition month. If you noticed, I’ve posted a lot more. It feels good. I’ll admit it. The connection that I used to have with this bookish space is slowly coming back, and I’m thrilled! Last year was a rough one.…
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Book Spotlight + Guest Post: A Spark of Justice by J.D. Hawkins
It’s time for another book spotlight, and this one in particular caught my attention instantly. Why, you ask? Well, interestingly enough, J.D. Hawkins actually has experience living with the circus! I can’t think of better field work for a book than that. A fatal accident at the circus sparks an insurance investigation that leads John Nieves, a former New York cop, to a list of murder suspects. It seems that The Great Rollo, beloved of millions, had enemies… both at the circus and among his own family. All that is surreal and magical about the circus brings out Nieves’ deepest…
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Book Review: Dream A Little Dream (Silver Trilogy #1) by Kerstin Gier
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Dream A Little Dream * Series: Silver Trilogy #1 Author: Kerstin Gier Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. (BYR) Pages: Hardcover; 322 Release Date: April 14, 2015 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sweeping stories with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv’s dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she’s in a graveyard at night, watching four boys…
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Kiss Kill Love Him Still – Scavenger Hunt!
Kiss Kill Love Him Still by Jamie Blair & Dawn Rae Miller Release Date: November 10th 2015 Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Synopsis: Jackson Landis kept secrets. It’s how he got girls into bed, the grades he wanted, and a reputation for being the life of the party. But now he’s dead, and no one knows how or why. Especially not the four girls whose secrets he protected. Secrets so scandalous they could cause each girl to lose something valuable. Secrets so dark, someone may have killed for them. The four girls – a campus drug dealer, an overweight bookworm, a closeted lesbian, and…
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Books, Blogging and Babies
Greetings friends and fellow bookworms. Life has been a bit crazy these last few months so I figured a little update was in order. This little lady has been keeping me very busy but it is definitely time well spent. Unfortunately some of my hobbies have taken a backseat, including reading and blogging. Before I gave birth I had lots of input from moms about how much reading time they got in the early days. Some said they read so much more in the early weeks of their child’s life and some didn’t read for months. I would have to…
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Book Review: Dream On Amber by Emma Shevah
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Dream On Amber Author: Emma Shevah Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: October 6, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who enjoy fun, quirky stories with a lot of heart. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes My name is Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto.I have no idea why my parents gave me all those hideous names but they must have wanted to ruin my life, and you know what? They did an amazing job. As a half-Japanese,…