I have legitimately been all over the place this week emotion wise. This week has been physically and mentally draining for me. I had two days where my anxiety was pretty much at peak levels for most of the day...though the worst of the two days was Tuesday. Wednesday the anxiety didn't kick in until the afternoon and I somehow managed to keep that particular anxiety attack low-key which is a first for me. Though, I am still not thrilled that I have had two major anxiety attacks in the past week - the first was the most awakening if you can call it that. Mainly because it was concerning my health care, and ultimately what having the new administration do to potentially strip me of my health care - coupled with the fact that I was struggling to find a doctor that would see me (since my original assigned PCP was booked solid for new patients until late April or early May). Ultimately I found a new doctor, and I'd gone to see him Wednesday morning, and he's actually really, really nice. I am glad that I made the choice to go to him, and quite glad that the office is legit like a 10 min walk from my house.
This weekend I seriously hope to get quite a few things done including finally getting around to filming my bullet journal faves youtube video, not sure when it will go up, but I at least want to get it filmed so I can start editing it. I also have to edit the vlog for this week - which I will probably do either tonight or tomorrow and get that up Sunday. I am considering starting to vlog every day, but I don't know we'll see what happens. My life really, really isn't that interesting and I dunno. However, I've found that just randomly vlogging has helped calm me down when I feel things starting to go kinda in a direction I don't like.
I am thankful for the ways that I can express myself in this journey that is life. The fact that I can cover so many things in different ways is something that makes my heart smile, and now if I can just stop procrastinating and start being more productive I will definitely be a lot happier.
Also, I am working on getting myself in shape - I am thinking I might kick my C25K back into gear and do a little bit of a workout this afternoon, or at least do something inside since it's starting to get hot AF outside right now. The joys of living in Florida in January...when the weather isn't being a bipolar hot mess. Though we are supposed to get rain all weekend so chances are most of my workouts will be done inside...meh, I can live with that. I also need to figure out my meal prep for next week and get that going. I don't know my schedule yet because it isn't freaking done...I am honestly hoping that it is up by the time I leave work tomorrow at 2, but I'm not going to hold my breath. I might end up taking a walk up to work on Sunday to try and get my schedule.
As for my wish list items this week, they are all stationery related.
I am looking for stationery sets. Goulet Pens has some that I am seriously contemplating getting when I have the extra money to splurge. However, I'm also looking for some cheaper ones that I can use for writing to my pen pals. It doesn't have to be super quality paper or anything like that - lately I've been using the stationery that I have had in my scrapbooking box for ever and that was purchased in the printer paper section of Wal-Mart years ago. So, what are some of your favorite stationery goodies?
Thankful Thursday, I think I covered that a couple of paragraphs up. I am hoping that I can continue to find the light in each day and continue to add a little bit of myself to those that I come across. Please be kind to one another and remember that you don't know the fight that someone else is fighting - a smile and a kind word goes a long way.
I think that's all I have for today, so I'm going to leave you with two of my favorite songs. I have listened to these songs on repeat a couple of times on some of my bad days, and some of the days that I've been dealing with things that I can't entirely figure out and ultimately they have helped me realize that I am the biggest and strongest driving force in making the changes I want to happen in my life.
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Friday, January 20, 2017
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Wish List Wednesday: Released this week
The words on the image above could not be any truer when it comes to me. I am always reading, always carrying a book with me. There are always new books coming out that I want to have in either physical or digital copy. Eventually I will get the books through the library or I will use coveted gift cards for birthdays and holidays to get the books that I desire. Here are a few new release books that are on my wish list...
What books are on your wish list that came out this week?
Friday, July 3, 2015
Bibliophile's Wish List: Physical Books
Yes, I love digital books. However, I also have a deep love for physical books. This week's wishlist features some of the books that are on my wishlist at bookdepository, which you can find by by clicking here.
Paperback or hardback, I care not. I just love pretty covers and while I can still see some cover art on my Kindle...I very much like the pretty, pretty covers of physical books too! Here are some of the ones that are the highest up on my wishlist, and remember, I do so very much love gifts :D
1.) Throne of Glass by Sarah J. MaasI have heard such wonderful things about this book, and the series and seen it reblogged on tumblr more times than I can count. I am desperate to read this book and the others in the series. However, I've not been able to find them at my local library either in physical form or digital which makes me a sadpanda.
Bookdepository: Throne of Glass
Goodreads: Throne of Glass
Again, another book that I've been dying to read. I've heard so very, very many good things about Sarah J. Maas and that this book is absolutely addictive. #acotar is a tag that I have been following on tumblr and I have been reading reviews and responses from other bloggers. That and the cover is absolutely beautiful....I mean LOOK at it!
Bookdepository: A Court of Thorns and Roses
Goodreads: A Court of Thorns and Roses
3.) Storm Glass by Maria V. SnyderI absolutely fell in love with the Study series that she'd written, and I've read every book in that. I'm looking forward to ultimately reading this series which is set in the same world as the Study series..which is by far one of my favorite worlds! That and this color is absolutely GORGEOUS!! Seriously!
Bookdepository: Storm Glass
Goodreads: Storm Glass
What are some of the things on your wish list?
Friday, June 26, 2015
Bibliophile's Wish List: Julie Kagawa Edition
Here you'll find things that I wish I had in my hot little hands like...yesterday. It may take me a year to get to them (*cough*or two *cough*) but eventually I will read them. However, as the image above states...books are happiness...they are really...definitely happiness. I want more, and chances are I will have to start dedicating my birthday and Christmas Amazon gift cards to particular authors so I can get all the books on my wish list (though I'm not sure -that- is a good idea either...but hey, whatever works right?)
Anyway!
On to my wish list...though the proper question is where to start, because I've read some of these books, but I do not own them...thus, they are still on the wish list!
What are some of the things on your wishlist?
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Bibliophile's Wish List: 1-14-14
Welcome to this week's, and the first edition of Bibliophile's Wish List of 2014! There are so many, many books coming out this week, it was hard to choose from those that I wanted to showcase this week. There is one that was mandatory for me to showcase because it will be the second book in a series that I've already read, and will be rereading so I am once again refreshed with the first book.
Without further adieu, I present to you the books that are gracing my wish list this week.
Who doesn't love it when people dabble with creation? Seriously? Nothing bad EVER happens when people start playing with genetics and things like that right? Jurassic Park, that was all just a big misunderstanding right? Well, in this new novel by Jessica Khoury, the scientists are at it again, dabbling with things that are best left alone.
On a remote island in the Pacific, Corpus scientists have taken test tube embryos and given them life. These beings - the Vitros - have knowledge and abilities most humans can only dream of. But they also have one enormous flaw.
Sophie Crue is determined to get to Skin Island and find her mother, a scientist who left Sophie behind years ago. She enlists hunky charter pilot Jim Julien to take her there. But once on the island, Sophie and Jim encounter more than they bargained for, including a charming, brilliant Vitro named Nicholas and an innocent, newly awoken one named Lux.
In a race for their lives, Sophie and Jim are about to discover what happens when science stretches too far beyond its reach.
This is a new series by Brian Staveley, and it is one that I am looking forward to getting my hands on. It seems rather interesting and the world that has been crafted is definitely one that is rich in complexities.
The emperor of Annur is dead, slain by enemies unknown. His daughter and two sons, scattered across the world, do what they must to stay alive and unmask the assassins. But each of them also has a life-path on which their father set them, destinies entangled with both ancient enemies and inscrutable gods.
Kaden, the heir to the Unhewn Throne, has spent eight years sequestered in a remote mountain monastery, learning the enigmatic discipline of monks devoted to the Blank God. Their rituals hold the key to an ancient power he must master before it's too late.
An ocean away, Valyn endures the brutal training of the Kettral, elite soldiers who fly into battle on gigantic black hawks. But before he can set out to save Kaden, Valyn must survive one horrific final test.
At the heart of the empire, Minister Adare, elevated to her station by one of the emperor's final acts, is determined to prove herself to her people. But Adare also believes she knows who murdered her father, and will stop at nothing - and risk everything - to see that justice is meted out.
Historical fiction can be done right, or it can end up like the drivel that Hannity writes with Lincoln showing up in a car...I'm hoping that this story by Jennifer Chiaverini proves its worth, and I will have to find the other book she's written Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker and see just how well she knows her history.
Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase, rose to prominence in the antebellum years and was appointed secretary of the treasury in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet, while aspiring to even greater heights.
Beautiful, intelligent, regal, and entrancing, young Kate Chase stepped into the role of establishing her thrice-widowed father in Washington society as a future presidential candidate. Her efforts were successful enough that The Washington Star declared her "the most brilliant woman of her day. None outshone her."
None, that is, but Mary Todd Lincoln. Though Mrs. Lincoln and her young rival held much in common - political acumen, love of country, and a resolute determination to help the men they loved achieve greatness - they could never be friends, for the success of one could only come at the expense of the other. When Kate Chase married William Sprague, the wealthy young governor of Rhode Island, it was widely regarded as the pinnacle of Washington society weddings. President Lincoln was in attendance. The First Lady was not.
This one...what can I say, I'm a sucker for an interesting cover and I love the concept of this one. I really, really do. I am guilty of more than once judging a book by it's cover and usually I'm right on par with the book and the cover art. Imagine if there was another serial killer on the loose, but one that lacks the emotion known to Jack the Ripper....
When a rotting torso is discovered in the vault of New Scotland Yard, it doesn't take Dr. Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, long to realize that there is a second killer at work in the city where, only a few days before, Jack the Ripper brutally murdered two women in one night.
Though just as gruesome, this is the hand of a colder killer, one who lacks Jack's emotion.
And, as more headless and limbless torsos find their way into the Thames, Dr. Bond becomes obsessed with finding the killer. As his investigations lead him into an unholy alliance, he starts to wonder: is it a man who has brought mayhem to the streets of London, or a monster?
SQUEE! Yes, I did squee like a fangirl, because I am a fangirl of this series. I am greatly looking forward to the release of this book. Second book, I'm hoping will not disappoint, though I already have a feeling I am going to be quite pleased with the playing out of the story. I am also looking forward to seeing what new vintage photographs will show up in this book.
The second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected surprises.
Complete with dozens of newly discovered (and thoroughly mesmerizing) vintage photographs, this new adventure will delight readers of all ages.
What new books are you looking forward to getting your hands on this week?
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Bibliophile's Wish List 12.10.13
Welcome to the newest edition of Bibliophile's Wish List! The three books featured this week are out the tenth or later of the month. Enjoy!
This one, drew me because I like thrillers and the idea of the story being told is one that drew me and I have a feeling this one will suck me in entirely! So, hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on it sometime soon! This one releases 12.10.13 and is available in multiple formats.
Maeve Conlon's efforts to keep her forgetful father out of jail might finally reveal her deepest, darkest secret in this searing breakout novel from Maggie BarbieriMaeve Conlon's life is coming apart at the seams. Her bakery is barely making ends meet, and one of her daughters spends as much time grounded as the other does studying. Her ex-husband has a new wife, a new baby, and a look of pity for Maeve that's absolutely infuriating. Her father insists he's still independent, but he's slowly and obviously succumbing to Alzheimer's. And now, her cousin Sean Donovan has been found dead, sitting in his car in a public park, shot through the head.
There was never much love lost between Maeve and Sean and she's not exactly devastated by his death, but suddenly the police are poking around asking the family questions. It's just one more hassle Maeve doesn't have time for, until she realizes that her father, whose memory and judgment are unreliable at best, is a suspect in the murder. Maeve is determine to clear his name, but is she prepared to cope with the dark memories and long-hidden secrets that doing so might dredge up?
In a dramatic departure from her Murder 101 series, Maggie Barbieri will mesmerize readers with this gripping novel about family, justice, and the choices we make that define who we are.
Historical romance, one of my favorite genres (so long as it is done right and actually keeps well to what's in the time period). This story, however, I think I will enjoy reading and sinking my teeth into. Mainly because I LOVE the name of one of the daughter's Elspeth, is one of my favorite historical names. Also, this one is the first in a four book series, so we will see how things go!
On a bitter December day in 1785, Silas Ballantyne arrives at the door of master blacksmith Liege Lee in York, Pennsylvania. Just months from becoming a master blacksmith himself, Silas is determined to finish his apprenticeship and move west. But Liege soon discovers that Silas is a prodigious worker and craftsman and endeavors to keep him in Lancaster. Silas becomes interested in both of Liege's daughters, the gentle and faith-filled Eden and the clever and high-spirited Elspeth. When he chooses one, will the other's jealousy destroy their love?In this sweeping family saga set in western Pennsylvania, one man's choices in love and work, in friends and enemies, set the stage for generations to come. Love's Reckoning is the first entry in The Ballantyne Legacy, a rich, multi-layered historical quartet from talented writer Laura Frantz, beginning in the late 1700s and following the Ballantyne family through the end of the Civil War.
This one, the cover first caught my attention and then I read the blurb below, and it made want to try and get my hands on a copy of this book. The look into America's criminal justice system seems interesting, and I'm curious to know what sort of skeletons are rattled in Penelope's family's closet.
This highly thought-provoking, sometimes amusing and always life-affirming novel illustrates one family's experiences with America's criminal justice system. As Penelope searches for the truth about her father, she rattles the skeletons in her family's closet and shakes up the complacency of her community, which has tried to sweep the past under the rug. With both perception and compassion, the author creates a colorful cast of characters while challenging the wisdom of imprisoning the mentally ill.On the cusp of adulthood, Penelope begins to understand that she has grown-up in a web of silence. The denial in her family and small Minnesota hometown is so thick that she does not know how to cut through it, that is, until she begins a seemingly innocuous pen-pal correspondence with someone in another town. Little by little, Penelope unravels the secrets meant to protect her from the truth. She proves herself to be stronger and wiser than anyone could have predicted and leads the way to healing.
In the lives and interactions of the major characters in this story explores the sprawling psychological geography of America's criminal justice system and its profound effect on everyone it touches, even its most ardent proponents. While dealing with a serious, challenging subject, this book is also filled with warmth and likeable characters. The odyssey of Penelope concludes on a faith-affirming note with a parade of surprising revelations.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Bibliophile's Wish List: 11.10.13
There are quite a few good books that have caught my attention this week! Here they are just for you to lust after or ultimately add to your own bookshelves!
This book caught my attention, not necessarily for the story that is being told - which is definitely a good story and one that I will enjoy reading - but for the title. Ketchup Clouds is just a nifty little title and I enjoy it! The story, itself is a unique one, about fifteen-year-old Zoe has a secret, and there is no one that she can share her story with. However, she soon learns of a criminal, Stuart Barnes, who is locked up on death row. He is no stranger to secrets, lies or murder. Ultimately, Zoe begins writing letters to Stuart on the back of a geography worksheet.
Tess and Ian have been living in the high city of Esperanza for years, along with Tess's niece, Maddie, and her partner, Nick Sanchez. They thought they could rest, that they had defeated the brujo threat to our plane of existence. But they were wrong. This book caught my attention by the cover, I love covers that have mysterious men on the cover...or sexy men, or all of the above. Beyond that, the concept seems interesting, and I am greatly looking forward to reading this book as soon as I can.
This is the second book in the Elemental series by Antony John, and I am greatly looking forward to it. I will hopefully be reading the first book in this series before this one comes out - otherwise, I will be waiting until I can get my hands on Elemental, the first book in this series, simply because I cannot allow myself to read books out of order...ever.
Okay, I have to admit, the title of this one is what caught me first and foremost. The F--- It List by Julie Halpern is a book that encourages you to simply live. Becca and Alex are friends, they have always been friends. However, Becca does something unforgiveable at Alex's dad's funeral. Eventually, Alex decides to forgive Becca, however, Becca has cancer and will not be able to complete everything on her bucket list. This is where Alex comes in, along with a mysterious and guarded boy, will Becca get to cross things off her bucket list, and just maybe Alex will get to cross a few things off hers.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Bibliophile's Wish List: 11.3.13
So many books coming out this week, I've chosen a select few that I desperately wish to add to my bookshelves! They all look like so much fun!
Yes! Book three in Marie Lu's Legend series is coming out this week...and I CANNOT WAIT!! Desperately want this book. I've read the other two books in the series - and will be re-reading them as soon as I can get my hands on a copy of this book. Really, really. This series has captivated me from the start, and I look forward to seeing how this next and final installment plays out. This is by far one of my favorite trilogies, and is right up there on my list with Divergent, Hunger Games, and Matched.
The concept of this new release from Penguin USA is definitely one that caught my attention. The tension in this book is going to no doubt capture my attention and keep me riveted throughout the story. Mara Holdfast, the daughter of Autarch's Master Maskmaker, is reaching her fifteenth birthday and ultimately her Masking and becoming recognized as an adult. As an adult she would have to wear the magically infused mask marking her profession, become her father's apprentice and be gifted with the same magical abilities of her father. However, on the day of her Masking ceremony things go horribly, horribly awry. Mara's mask, which like all the others can reveal traitorous thoughts, marks her as a traitor and she is soon swept away and she is carted off to be a slave in the mines until she dies. What fate truly awaits Mara?
Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab is definitely a book for the scientific minded - or someone looking for a cute story. Nick and Tesla are 11-year-old siblings who love science and have a tendancy to get in trouble. Living with their Uncle Newt after their parents mysteriously disappear, they are embarking on their own adventures with MacGyverish contraptions! Each story contains blueprints for five different projects! In this story, we meet them and also learn how to make things like rocket launchers and soda-powered vehicles...it makes science fun and perhaps dangerous!
Just the concept of this book makes me giggle like a mad woman. There are over 100 fairy tales that have been reimagined and reillustrated for today's world. We get to see our favorite fairy tale characters try dating and navigating their way through the 21st century. Some of our favorite fairy tale characters using things like: Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, etc. Instead of fairy godmothers we have Siri, and Godilocks has gone gluten free! What manner of other things will we see reimagined in this book? Definitely got to get it, add it to my shelves.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Bibliophile Round Up: October
Bibliophile's activity for the month of October.
Books Read
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections and Other Obsessions. Released for print on October 29, 2013. I adore Guillermo del Toro's movies and his vision and his ability to make things twisted and nightmarish. Seeing this book makes me want to have a marathon of his movies - my favorite being Pan's Labyrinth.
Bibliophile's Wish List
Wish list #3, posted for books releasing the week of 10.27.13: Wish List #3
Reviews
Release Day Events
Books Read
- The Boy Who Played With Dark Matter (Sequels to the Count of Monte Cristo, #11) by Holy Ghost Writr
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Ruined City by A.F. Stewart
- The Rancher: Redbourne Series Book One - Cole's Story by Kelli Ann Morgan
- Eve (The Eve Trilogy, #1) by Anna Carey
- Eighth Note (Fire Ballad #1) by Kimberly Stedronsky
- Bishop Street by Rene D. Shultz
- Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1) by Leigh Bardugo
- Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5) by Colleen Hoover
Book of the Month
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| Cabinet of Curiosities, Released 10.29.13 ($36 on Amazon) |
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections and Other Obsessions. Released for print on October 29, 2013. I adore Guillermo del Toro's movies and his vision and his ability to make things twisted and nightmarish. Seeing this book makes me want to have a marathon of his movies - my favorite being Pan's Labyrinth.
Bibliophile's Wish List
Wish list #3, posted for books releasing the week of 10.27.13: Wish List #3
Reviews
Halloween Feature
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Bibliophile's Wish List: 10.27.13
Lots of stuff is coming out this week! Gotta see how many will make it on to my bookshelf, physical or otherwise.
A Very Klingon Khristmas is the perfect book for any Trekkie this year! This Norman Rockwell-inspired picture book, which releases Tuesday, Oct 29th. It recounts, in rhyming verse the the treasured children's story of the birth of revered warrior Kahless and celebrates the rich Klingon Christmas traditions originating on Qo'noS and spreading across the Star Trek universe.
Nefertiti in the Flak Tower is a book of poetry by Clive James. I have not had the privilege of reading some of his poetry. However, just reading about this book has me curious about his writing and I will definitely have to delve into his writing. There are, in this book, moving elegies, a meditation on the later Yeats, a Hollywood Iliad, odes to rare orchids, wartime typewriters and sharks – as well as a poem on the fate of Queen Nefertiti in Nazi Germany. Curious yet?
S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst is something that will eventually grace my bookshelves, because I adore the things that J.J. Abrams has put out - from the new Star Trek movies to series like Lost and Alias. Here is the blurb from Goodreads on this one.
One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace, and desire.
A young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her own, leaving the book for the stranger, and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown.
The book: Ship of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a strange ship with a monstrous crew and launched onto a disorienting and perilous journey.
The writer: Straka, the incendiary and secretive subject of one of the world’s greatest mysteries, a revolutionary about whom the world knows nothing apart from the words he wrote and the rumors that swirl around him.
The readers: Jennifer and Eric, a college senior and a disgraced grad student, both facing crucial decisions about who they are, who they might become, and how much they’re willing to trust another person with their passions, hurts, and fears.
The Shadowhunter's Codex is a supplemental to the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. This is an illustrated guide to all things Shadowhunter. This is the manual given to the Shadowhunters, allows them to brush up on the demon languages, use proper stele use, and discover just what a pyxis is.
Dead Set by Richard Kadrey, is a young adult urban fantasy/paranormal that is heartwarming and will no doubt keep you enraptured until the very end.
After her father’s funeral, Zoe and her mother moved to the Big City to start over. But life’s not so easy, the money is tight, and a new school brings trials. Fortunately, she has an escape: her dreams. A world of freedom and solace removed from the loneliness and anxieties of real life, Zoe's dreamscape offers another, more precious, gift: It is the only place where she can spend time with her closest companion — her lost brother Valentine.
Yet something is very wrong. An unfamliar — and univited — presence has entered her private realm to threaten Zoe and Valentine, a disturbing turn of events that is compounded by an impossible discovery. A chance encounter at a used record store where the grooves of the vinyl discs hold not music, but lost souls, has opened up a portal to the world of the restless dead. Now, the shop’s strange proprietor is offering Zoe the chance to commune with the father whose passing took a piece of her heart. The price? A lock of hair. Then a tooth. Then...
How far into this eerie world will Zoe go to discover what she truly needs? And once she does, will there be enough left of her to come back?
Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions by Guillermo del Toro. I LOVE Guillermo del Toro and cannot wait to add this book to my bookshelves. Seriously! This book is a visual treasure trove for any del Toro fan. With pages from his actual journals, notes on Hellboy, Chronos, Pan's Labyrinth and even 2013's Pacific Rim. All in all, this will be a fantastic inclusion into any fan's bookshelf.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Bibliophile Round Up: September 2013
Here you will find a collective of books that I've read, reviews that I've written and featured posts that have been done during the month of September. This will now be done at the end of every month :D
Books Read
- Jaded (Rock Star #1) by Mercy Amare
- The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
- The Warrior Heir (The Heir Chronicles #1) by Cinda Williams Chima
- Dragonborn by Jade Lee
- Broken to Pieces by Avery Stark
- The Dracula Dossier: A Novel of Suspense by James Reese
- Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2) by Laini Taylor
- Trials by M.J. Moore
- Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box by Brad Meltzer
- Pantomime (Pantomime #1) by Laura Lam
- Goddess of the Night (Daughters of the Moon #1) by Lynne Ewing
- Hiding from the Reaper and Other Horror Poems by Michael Potts
Reviews
Guest Posts & Interviews
What's On My Kindle?
Bibliophile's Wish List
Monday, September 30, 2013
Bibliophile's Wish List 9.29.13
Welcome to Bibliophile's Wish List.
Bibliophile's Wish List is a showcasing of newly released books that have come out, that I eventually will be adding to my shelves in one format or another. Every other week I will be showcasing anywhere from four to six books from releases that have released the previous Tuesday. They can be from any genre.
I've read the first book in the <strong>Bad Girls Don't Die</strong> series by Kate Alender, and I quite like her writing style (I will be finishing the series somewhat soon), but this is her newest novel and fourth in her career. Released September 24 in both hardback and kindle format and I am anxious to read this story! The title first caught my attention, and I had a vague feeling that it would be something along the lines of <strong>Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer</strong>, which I actually enjoyed both the book and the movie, but this is a combination of French History and Jack the Ripper in my best assumption.
Here is a bit of the blurb:
Paris, France: a city of fashion, chocolate croissants, and cute boys. Colette Iselin is thrilled be there for the first time, on her spring break class trip.
But a series of gruesome murders are taking place around the city, putting everyone on edge. And as she tours the sights, Colette keeps seeing a strange vision: a pale woman in a ball gown and powdered wig, who looks like Marie Antoinette.
Colette knows her status-obsessed friends won't believe her, so she seeks out the help of a charming French boy. Together, they discover that the murder victims are all descendants of people who ultimately brought about Marie Antoinette's beheading. The queen's ghost has been awakened, and now she's wreaking her bloodthirsty revenge.
Kat Falls is an author that I've only recently discovered, had the first book of her <strong>Dark Life</strong> series recommended to me by someone on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com">Goodreads.com</a> and will be checking it out as soon as I can get my hands on a copy of <strong>Dark Life</strong>, and ultimately I will be looking into her new series, and third career novel, <strong>Inhuman</strong>, which is the first book in the <strong>Fetch</strong> series. I've always had a weak spot for post-apocalyptic thrillers, and zombies and the like. This definitely fits the bill. <strong>Inhuman</strong> released September 24 in hardback and Kindle.
Teasing from the blurb:
In the wake of a devastating biological disaster, the United States east of the Mississippi has been abandoned. Now called the Feral Zone, a reference to the virus that turned millions of people into bloodthirsty savages, the entire area is off-limits. The punishment for violating the border is death.
Lane McEvoy can't imagine why anyone would risk it. She's grown up in the shadow of the great wall separating east from west, and she's curious about what's on the other side - but not that curious. Life in the west is safe and comfortable . . . just how she likes it.
New horror books make me happy! Seriously! This is by far one of my favorite genres and this is one of two new books in this genre that I will be sharing with you this week. Zombies! Zombies make me squee like a fangirl - only if they are well written and can effectively scare the crap out of me or make me laugh! So, eventually, I will be checking out <strong>Good Night, Zombie</strong>.
Meet Carter, Esme, and Arnold, three students accidentally locked together inside an almost deserted school. They are not friends. They scarcely know each other. But In the basement, a mysterious night janitor waits. And outside, moving in the mist, dark shapes shuffle closer…
I told you, horror books make me happy. This is the second one that I am sharing with you from that genre this week. New Stephen King always, always makes me happy. The Shining is one of my favorite King novels and ultimately when I heard he was coming out with this book I completely fangirl lost it! It was awesomely tragic, epically glorious!
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless—mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are slowly tortured to death.
Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant “shining” power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes “Doctor Sleep.”
Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of devoted readers of The Shining and satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.
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