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Stacking the Shelves and Showcase Sunday – 7/12/14
Hello and welcome to Showcase Sunday. Inspired by Pop Culture Junkie and the Story Siren, the aim of Showcase Sunday is to highlight our newest books or book related swag and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops and downloaded onto eReaders each week. For more …
Audiobook Review – Lady of Devices (Magnificent Devices, Book 1) by Shelley Adina (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Steampunk Length: 5 hours and 44 minutes (256 pages) Publisher: Moonshell Books Release Date: May 10, 2013 ASIN: B00CQ4AQCU Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in The Magnificent Devices series Source: Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 4/5 stars This is the first book in the Magnificent …
Review – Monster Hunter Nemesis (MHI, Book 5) by Larry Correia (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy Length: 368 pages Publisher: Baen Release Date: July 1, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-1476736556 Stand Alone or Series: 5th book in the MHI series Source: eGalley from NetGalley.com Rating: 5/5 stars I got an eGalley of this book to review through NetGalley. This is the fifth …
Novella Review – The Kraken King VII: The Kraken King and the Empress’s Eyes (The Iron Seas, Book 4.7) by Meljean Brook (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Steampunk Length: 110 pages Publisher: InterMix Release Date: May 27, 2014 ASIN: B00HZ1E4CC Stand Alone or Series: 4.7th book in the Iron Seas series Source: Bought Rating: 4/5 stars This is the seventh part in the eight part serial novelization of The Kraken King. I enjoyed …
Waiting on Wednesday – 7/9/14
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. This week my Waiting on Wednesday book is: Release Date: August 5, 2014 Reading Level: Adult Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: NAL Trade ISBN-13: 978-0451415202 Synopsis from Goodreads.com: While Merit didn’t choose to become a vampire or Sentinel …
Teaser Tuesday – 7/8/14
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share …
Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Blogging Confessions
Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! This weeks top 10 are “Top Ten Blogging Confessions” You can see my “Top Ten Blogging Confessions” below, in no particular order. 1. I commit to read and review more books than I can handle. I …
Manga Review – Claymore Vol 11 by Norihiro Yagi (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Manga/Fantasy Length: 200 pages Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Release Date: March 4, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-1421515717 Stand Alone or Series: 11th book in the Claymore series Source: Bought Rating: 5/5 stars This is the 11th volume in the Claymore series. It picks up right where volume …
Review – Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Length: 464 pages Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: April 1, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0062280671 Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Dorothy Must Die series Source: ARC from Amazon Vine Rating: 3/5 stars I was very excited to read this book. I love the story …