Sunday, October 23, 2016

Book of the Week: Stardust



Hello Lovelies!! Welcome to another Sunday! You know what that means...book of the week time! This week's book is one of my favorites.  I've always loved the worlds that Neil Gaiman crafted and his expertise when it comes to storytelling.  I couldn't even begin to fathom a top ten list of Neil Gaiman favorites, however, this one would probably be somewhere near the top.  Maybe one of these days I'll humor you and come up with a top ten Neil Gaiman list.  

For now, however, you'll have to settle with this week's book of the week.  If you've not read this fantasy story, I highly recommend it.  It was the book that introduced me to Neil Gaiman so many years ago. 

Stardust
Neil Gaiman


This story is by far one of my favorites. A love story involving young Tristran Thorn attempting to win the cold heart of Victoria.  She gives him a daunting task - to retrieve the fallen star that they watch fall in the night sky.  However, Tristran quickly learns that outside the walls of their quaint little village, the Faerie, and everything else are nothing like what they seem. 

I instantly fell in love with the storytelling, the whimsy and the life that Gaiman breathes into each and every character that he creates.  This is a story that I constantly go back to every so often to remember why it was that I fell in love with this masterful writer.

Sunday, October 9, 2016

BotW: The Fireman by Joe Hill


Welcome to another glorious Sunday!  Fall is slowly easing its way into Florida...and it can gladly take any remaining traces of Hurricane Matthew and shove them out into the middle of the ocean where it can no longer do any damage.  Nope, not a little bitter at all...-shifty eyes- 

Anyway! 

On to this week's book of the week, which is actually my current read...and one that I will not be reading around bedtime because well...I don't read Stephen King before bed and subsequently I do not read his son's writings before bed either.  

The newest release by Joe Hill is a work of pure devilish deliciousness.  I am loving each and every dark, twisted moment of it!  Definitely a good book to read for Halloween! 



The Fireman
Joe Hill

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

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! 

Sunday, October 2, 2016

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.