The Taker has been on my to-read list since it came out last September, but I only recently found time to fit it into my reading schedule. I’m so glad I did, because this is a book that should not be missed. Although the cover design is lovely, it didn’t really prepare me for the […]
Anyone who doesn’t know today is opening day for The Hunger Games is living under a rock, or maybe just doesn’t have internet or tv service. If you live in a house with preteens or teenagers, or if you are a female of any age who has read Suzanne Collins’ books, you have most likely […]
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. Although I wasn’t planning on participating this week, along came this book: Shadow Show is coming out July 17th from William Morrow Paperbacks. It contains short stories by some big name fantasy and horror writers, including Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Neil Gaiman, Alice Hoffman…wait a minute, […]
Wow, it’s Tuesday again?? Time is flying by, and my reading list is getting longer and longer…Here is my Top Ten for this Tuesday, presented by The Broke and the Bookish: 1. Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore. Release date: May 1, 2012. The final book in Cashore’s Seven Kingdoms Trilogy. Graceling and Fire are two of […]
This week’s new release looks like fun: a story about a teenage girl who discovers her family’s true calling when her parents sent her away for the summer: her Uncle Mort is a Grim Reaper, and he’s going to teach her the family business. Here’s the description from Goodreads: Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby has sucker-punched her […]
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, […]