BotW: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

This week's book of the week is actually my current read and I love it.  It is however, too big for me to tote about to and from work while I'm walking back and forth to work.  I love it though. It is the book that started a revolution, about a man worthy of the title Founding Father...

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

Top 10 Tuesday: 2016 Reads

Welcome to another Tuesday!  Choosing a topic for this list is almost as hard as putting together the list itself.  No, seriously...do you know how hard it is picking your top ten of ANYTHING?  I mean really, it's agonizing, anxiety inducing, maddening!  However, to share these books with you I've done it!  I've braved the monster once again to provide you with some of my favorite books so far this year!  They may not have been published this year, but they are the favorite books that I've read this year so far! 

Enough of my rambling and excessive use of the exclamation point in this post...#sorrynotsorry 

Top 10 2016 Reads

10. The Bourbon Kings - J.R. Ward

9. Trigger Warnings - Neil Gaiman

8. The Night Circus - Erin Morganstern

7. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo

6. All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders

5. The Magicians - Lev Grossman

4. Armada - Ernest Cline

3. The Widower's Aura - A.J. Renee

2. Hamilton: The Revolution - Lin-Manuel Miranda

1. Dorothy Must Die - Danielle Paige

It's only October, and I know my list will probably change.  However, this is by far my top ten favorite reads this far in 2016...it was hard to narrow down 118 books to just 10. 

See you next Tuesday lovelies! 

September in Review

September was a quiet month for me.  Mainly because I was dealing with quite a few things that were rearing their ugly heads and sending my depression in a downward spiral.  So, that's always fun. 

Anyway...enough of that...here are the books that I've read in the month of September...

1. The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness

2. Hamilton: The Revolution - Lin-Manuel Miranda

3. Children of the Flames - Lucette Matalon Lagnado

4. Always Never Sometimes - Adi Alsaid

5. The School of Good and Evil - Soman Chainani

6. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

7. Curtsies & Conspiracies - Gail Carriger

Here is hoping that October doesn't suck as much as September did. 

BotW: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

It's Sunday! Welcome to another edition of Book of the Week! First one for September!  Holy cow! We only have 4 months left in 2016...and what a year it has been.   This book is absolutely one of my favorites that I've read this week, and I will probably end up re-reading it over and over again.  

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman

This is one of my favorite books and honestly I'm usually so comforted by Neil Gaiman's works...even Sandman.  I love his storytelling and the stories that he's crafted in each of his books.  They are something that I always go back to time and time again.  I've even got a re-read of American Gods in the works for either this month or next! 

What's your favorite Neil Gaiman book?

August In Review

Holy crap.  Where has this year gone? No, seriously...someone tell me where this year has gone?!! It so cannot be the first of September! So, August was a bit of an up and down month.  Nothing really happened after the 24th, and for that I blame a rather annoying bought of depression.  However, things are slowly working toward the upward swing of things and I am hoping to be able to devote quite a bit more to catching up with my reviews...because I'm behind...a lot. 

Here are the highlights of this month:

Widower's Aura Release Day Blitz!

Book of the Week: Me Before You

Book of the Week: Widower's Aura

Top 10 Tuesday: Classics

Wish List Wednesday: BuJo

Interview with A.J. Renee

A.J. Renee's Top 10

Review: Widower's Aura

Review: Once Upon a [Stolen] Time

Books Read: 

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

2. Recurve by Shannon Mayer

 3. The Angel's Share by J. R. Ward

4. The Magician's King by Lev Grossman

5. The Name of God is Mercy by Pope Francis

6. The Widower's Aura by A.J. Renee

7. The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

8. Armada by Ernest Cline

9. The World of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin

10. In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

11. The Last Star by Rick Yancy

12. The Morning Star by Pierce Brown

13. Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon