Stacking the Shelves – 5/12/18
Welcome to Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. This is my book haul for the week! You can click on the images below to go to Goodreads to read more about these books. Hope you all got some great books and that you have a great week of reading ahead …
Review – The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Survival Length: 224 pages Publisher: Scribner Release Date: April 6, 1999 ISBN-13: 978-0684867621 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Borrowed from Mother Rating: 3/5 stars “The brochure promised a “moderate-to-difficult” six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, where nine-year-old Trisha …
Review – Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Fiction Length: 368 pages Publisher: Speak Release Date: August 4, 2015 ISBN-13: 978-0142426272 Stand Alone or Series: 3rd book in the Anna and the French Kiss series Source: Borrowed from Library Rating: 4/5 stars “From the glittering streets of Manhattan to the moonlit rooftops …
Review – Carbonel King of Cats by Barbara Sleigh, V.H. Drummond (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Children’s Genre: Fantasy/Classic Length: 216 pages Publisher: NYR Children’s Collection Release Date: October 31, 2004 ISBN-13:978-1590171264 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Swapped through Paperbackswap.com Rating: 4/5 stars “Rosemary’s plan to clean houses during her summer break and surprise her mother with the money hits a snag …
DNF Review – Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Middle Grade Genre: Fantasy Length: 496 pages Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Release Date: July 6, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1423109679 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Won Rating: 3/5 stars “Halli Sveinsson is stumpy and swarthy, with a quick mind and an aptitude for getting in trouble. Bored with everyday chores …
Audiobook Review – Last Dragon Standing (Heartstrikers, Book 5) by Rachel Aaron, Narrated by Vikas Adam (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy Length: 13 hours and 11 minutes (311 pages) Publisher: Audible Studios Release Date: March 1, 2018 ASIN: B079NQ6KY9 Stand Alone or Series: 5th book in the Heartstrikers series Source: Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 5/5 stars “There is no way to write a blurb for …
Graphic Novel Review – We Are All One (East of West, Vol 2) by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Graphic Novel/Science Fiction Length: 144 pages Publisher: Image Comics Release Date: April 22, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-1607068556 Stand Alone or Series: 2nd volume in the East of West series Source: Borrowed from Library Rating: 4/5 stars “This is the world. It is not the one we wanted, …
Can’t-Wait Wednesday – 5/9/18
“Can’t-Wait Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Thinking. This week my Can’t-Wait Wednesday book is: Release Date: June 19, 2018 Reading Level: Young Adult Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Berkley ISBN-13: 978-0399584046 Synopsis from Goodreads.com: Once there was a mermaid who longed to know of more than her ocean home …
DNF Review – Veracity by Laura Bynum (2/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Dystopian/Science Fiction Length: 384 pages Publisher: Gallery Books Release Date: January 5, 2010 ISBN-13:978-1439123348 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Borrowed from Mom Rating: 2/5 stars “Harper Adams was six years old in 2012 when an act of viral terrorism wiped out one half of …