In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren, as a way to share recently purchased/won/or borrowed books. I really hadn’t planned on participating this week, but I did happen to receive a huge box of books from Amazon a few days ago ♥. Most of them are YA reads that I wanted to add […]
She has grease stains on her face instead of ashes. She’s looking for the mechanical foot that fits her best. And she drives to the ball in a beat-up gasoline car instead of a magical pumpkin. Welcome to Marissa Meyer’s inventive re-imagining of Cinderella, the first of four books in the Lunar Chronicles. I finally […]
Wow, my first “Waiting on Wednesday!” This is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, and the reason I’m jumping in this week is that I found out some good news about an upcoming title that I’m very excited to read. And the good news is this: Yes, that is the new cover for […]
It’s Top Ten Tuesday over at The Broke and the Bookish. This week we get to pick any genre or sub-genre we want, so I’m selecting some of my favorite horror stories, beginning with the book that started the vampire craze: 1. Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice. I read this a long time […]
Lauren Groff wrote a book called The Monsters of Templeton a few years ago, and I’ve been waiting for this follow-up since I finished the final page of Monsters. Arcadia unfolds during the late 1960’s and is a coming-of-age story about a boy who grows up on a commune. It looks like a fun read, […]
In My Mailbox is a weekly event hosted by The Story Siren, and it is a great way to share the books you’ve recently received with other book bloggers. I was very excited to find this book in my mailbox a couple of days ago: Starters by Lissa Price. Received an ARC from the publisher. […]
It’s Top Ten Tuesday once again, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I love this week’s theme, because I am a visual person and I’m usually drawn to anything with strong graphic design. This week I’ve gone to the stacks and randomly pulled out books with covers I love. It’s hard to pick only […]
Well, here I am. In the Comic Con waiting room. This is the virtual room where tens of thousands of people “wait” to get into the online Comic Con registration area. Tickets went on sale at 8:00 a.m., and it took me half an hour just to get into the waiting room. When the page […]
It’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and today’s very frustrating theme is the Top Ten Books you’d save if (insert calamity here). I say frustrating because I do love all my books, and since I’m not the kind of book collector who spends loads of money on first edition The […]
I received a review copy of Curbchek from the author, and was immediately struck by the intriguing cover. Curbchek describes the gritty, day-to-day working life of a cop on the city streets, and that cop’s name is Zach Fortier, just like the author. Now, I’ve actually read quite a few books where the author decides […]