Stacking the Shelves and Showcase Sunday – 8/8/14
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 …
Graphic Novel Review – Claymore Vol 12 by Norihiro Yagi (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Manga/Fantasy Size: 200 pages Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Release Date: July 1, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-1421519364 Stand Alone or Series: 12th book in the Claymore series Source: Bought Rating: 4/5 stars This is the twelfth book in the Claymore series. It was well done and starts …
Review – How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back (White Trash Zombie, Book 4) by Diana Rowland (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy Size: 336 pages Publisher: DAW Release Date: July 1, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0805094619 Stand Alone or Series: 4th book in the White Trash Zombie series Source: Borrowed from Library Rating: 4/5 stars This is the fourth book in the White Trash Zombie series. I …
Audiobook Review – The Magic Thief: Book One by Sarah Prineas (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Middle Grade Genre: Fantasy Length: 7 hours and 32 minutes (448 pages) Publisher: HarperAudio Release Date: May 25, 2010 ASIN: B003NYOBIM Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Magic Thief series Source: Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 5/5 stars I absolutely adored this middle grade fantasy by Prineas. …
Waiting on Wednesday – 8/6/14
“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 26, 2014 Reading Level: Adult Length: 432 pages Publisher: Forever ISBN-13: 978-1455581641 Synopsis from Goodreads.com: Will Thorne is living a nightmare, his sanity slowly being drained …
Early Review – The Getaway God (Sandman Slim, Book 6) by Richard Kadrey (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy Size: 400 pages Publisher: Harper Voyager Release Date: August 26, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0062094612 Stand Alone or Series: 6th book in the Sandman Slim series Source: eGalley from Edelweiss for Review Rating: 5/5 stars I got an eGalley of this book from Edelweiss for review. …
Review – Ruin and Rising (The Grisha Trilogy, Book 3) by Leigh Bardugo (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Size: 432 pages Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Release Date: June 17, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0805094619 Stand Alone or Series: 3rd book in the Grisha Trilogy Source: Borrowed from Library Rating: 4/5 stars This is the third and final book in the Grisha Trilogy. Honestly …
Graphic Novel Review – Death of a Rocket Boy (Rust, Book 3) by Royden Lepp (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Middle Grade Genre: Graphic Novel/Science Fiction Size: 224 pages Publisher: Archaia Release Date: May 13, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-1608864133 Stand Alone or Series: 3rd book in the Rust series Source: Bought Rating: 4/5 stars This is the third book in the Rust series. I originally thought this was the …
Audiobook Review – Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Middle Grade Genre: Fantasy Length: 9 hours and 18 minutes (336 pages) Publisher: Scholastic Audio Release Date: October 1, 2011 ASIN: B005RZ7BQY Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 4/5 stars I got this book to read because I loved Kirby’s Clockwork Three novel. …