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Review – The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani and Iacopo Bruno (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Middle Grade Genre: Fantasy Size: 512 pages Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: April 15, 2014 ISBN: 978-0062104908 Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in The School for Good and Evil series Source: Gift Rating: 4/5 stars I have been wanting to read this book forever. It really really sounded …
Audiobook Review – Toxic Heart (Mystic City, Book 2) by Theo Lawrence (2/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Post-Apocalyptic Length: 10 hours and 14 minutes (368 pages) Publisher: Recorded Books Release Date: April 10, 2014 ASIN: B00JLS9V8E Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in the Mystic City series Source: Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 2/5 stars I loved Mystic City and was eager to …
Early Review – Strange and Ever After (Something Strange and Deadly, Book 3) by Susan Dennard (4.5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Steampunk/Fantasy Size: 400 pages Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: July 22, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0062083326 Stand Alone or Series: 3rd book in the Something Strange and Deadly series Source: eGalley from NetGalley Rating: 4.5/5 stars I got an eGalley of this book to review through NetGalley. I …
Waiting on Wednesday – 7/2/14
“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: Young Adult Length: ??? pages Publisher: Random House ISBN-13: ??? Synopsis from Goodreads.com: To come. ——————————————–
Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Classic Books
Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! This weeks top 10 are “Top Ten Favorite Classic Books” You can see my “Top Ten Favorite Classic Books” below, in no particular order. 1. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien ——————————————- 2. War of the Worlds …
Manga Review – Claymore Vol 10 by Norihiro Yagi (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Teem Genre: Manga/Fantasy Size: 192 pages Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Release Date: October 2, 2007 ISBN-13: 978-1421511825 Stand Alone or Series: 10th in the Claymore series Source: Bought Rating: 4/5 stars This is the 10th volume in the Claymore series. I have really enjoyed all the books in …
June 2014 – Monthly Review
This month I read 26 books. You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below. The reading challenges I am participating this year were all updated as well. Hope you all had a great month of reading! I started the following series: Unwept …
Teaser Tuesday – 7/1/14
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 …
Novella Review – The Kraken King Part VI: The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls (Iron Seas, Book 4.6) by Meljean Brook (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Steampunk Size: 86 pages Publisher: InterMix Release Date: May 20, 2014 ASIN: B00HZ1EE2M Stand Alone or Series: 4.6 book in the Iron Seas series Source: Bought Rating: 5/5 stars This is the sixth part in the eight part serial novelization of The Kraken King. The Kraken …