Stacking the Shelves and Showcase Sunday – 1/26/14
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 …
Feature and Follow Friday #185
How does this work? The goal is to increase blog followers and make friends. First you leave your name here on this post, (using the linky tools — keep scrolling!) then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just …
Review – The Crown Tower (Riyria Chronicles, Book 1) by Michael J. Sullivan (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Fantasy Length: 432 pages Publisher: Orbit Release Date: August 6, 2013 ISBN: 978-0316243711 Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Riyria Chronicles Source: eGalley from NetGalley.com Rating: 4/5 stars I got a copy of this book to review through NetGalley. Previously I had read The …
Early Graphic Novel Review – Monsters! and Other stories by Gustavo Duarte (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Graphic Novel/horror/humor Length: 152 pages Publisher: Dark Horse Release Date: January 28, 2014 ISBN: 978-0439823326 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: eGalley from NetGalley.com Rating: 4/5 stars I got a copy of this graphic novel to review from netGalley; so thanks to NetGalley and Dark …
Graphic Novel Review – The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Middle Grade Genre: Graphic Novel/Fantasy Length: 192 pages Publisher: GRAPHIX Release Date: August 27, 2013 ISBN: 978-0439823326 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone, potentially more books? Source: Borrowed from Library Rating: 5/5 stars I saw this at the library and was immediately drawn to the haunting artwork on …
Waiting on Wednesday – 1/22/14
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. This week my Waiting on Wednesday book is: Release Date: March 11, 2014 Reading Level: Young Adult Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Balzer + Bray ISBN-13: 978-0062071101 Synopsis from Goodreads.com: Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a …
Manga Review – Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Vol. 1 by Shinobu Ohtaka (4.5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Manga/Fantasy Length: 200 pages Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Release Date: August 13, 2013 ISBN: 978-1421559513 Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic series Source: Gift Rating: 4.5/5 stars I got this book for Christmas, I actually added to my wishlist …
Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist
Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! This weeks top 10 are “Top Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist (if you could make authors write about these things you would. Could be a specific type of character, an issue tackled, a time period, …
Early Review – Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman’s Daughter, Book 2) by Megan Shepherd (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Histocial Fantasy Length: 432 pages Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release Date: January 28, 2014 ISBN: 978-0062128058 Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in the Madman’s Daughter series Source: eGalley from NetGalley.com Rating: 4/5 stars I got a copy of this book through NetGalley to review, …