What's On My Kindle? First 2016 Edition!

Welcome to the first 2016 edition of "What's On My Kindle?"  If it is a new year, that means Christmas has come and gone, and what do I usually get for Christmas (from at least 1 person)...that's right, an Amazon gift card.  What do I get with an amazon gift card? KINDLE BOOKS!  WEEEE!!!  

So yes, there was an influx of Kindle books (though not as many as usual).  I did buy a couple of higher priced books this year that I'd been lusting after so I didn't stretch the gift cards as widely as I usually do.  However, I did get some really good ones that I'm definitely interested in (hopefully) getting to this year. 

1. Glitched (Lexy Cooper Mysteries #4) - Christa Charter
2. The Soulkeepers Series Box Set: Books 1-6 - G.P. Ching
3. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli
4. Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2) - Laini Taylor
5. Night of Cake & Puppets (Daughter of Smoke & Bone Novella) - Laini Taylor
6. The Dragonfly Season (Streetlights Like Fireworks #2) - David Pandolfe

I know, not a lot of books, but they are ones that I needed, wanted or were missing in various series.  Needed the Lexy Cooper book to finish out the series thus far, needed book 2 in Daughter of Smoke & Bone, the novella was a bonus. I had like one or 2 books in the Soulkeepers series, but honestly could not pass up getting the box set for something like $0.99 now could I? 

So, if you got any Amazon or B&N gift cards this year for Christmas...what did you get? Inquiring minds and all that! 

Books of 2015

2015 is officially gone! Done.  Over.  Yet my TBR pile, much like my waistline has gained a bit in the last twelve months.  Though, I've managed to trim the waistline more than the TBR (because let's face it...I read 1 book, and suddenly 10-15 end up on my TBR list because apparently I've committed myself to a series).  Here, are the books that I've mange to get read during the months of 2015, all 160 of them! 

1. Griefed - Christa Charter

2. One - Kiera Cass

3. House of Mystery, vol. 1: Room and Boredom - Matthew Sturges

4. Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family - Greg Rucka

5. xkcd, vol. 0 - Randall Munroe

6. Become Your Own Bliss - Veronica N. Cuyugan

7. Alice in Zombieland (White Rabbit Chronicles, #1) - Gena Showalter

8. Burned (House of Night #7) - P.C. Cast

9. Witchling (Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon #1) - Yasmine Galenorn

10. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) - Robert Galbraith

11. Summer Wind - Christa charter

12. The Guild (The Guild #1) - Felicia Day

13. Awakened (House of Night #8) - P.C. Cast

14. The Red Queen (The Cousins' War, #2) - Philippa Gregory

15. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman

16. Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4) - Patricia Briggs

17. Attack on Titan, vol 1 - Hajime Isayama

18. Attack on Titan, vol. 2 - Hajime Isayama

19. Attack on Titan, vol. 3 - Hajime Isayama

20. Ashes (Ashes Trilogy #1) Ilsa J. Bick

21. Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods #1) - Melissa de la Cruz

22. Changeling (Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon #2) - Yasmine Galenorn

23. Darkling (Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon #3) - Yasmine Galenorn

24. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) - George R.R. Martin

25. Eyes Wide Open (The Outlaw Chronicles #1) - Ted Dekker

26. The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson - Emily Dickinson

27. The Red Hand (Tribe #1) - Kaelyn Ross

28. Clarity (Clarity #1) - Loretta Lost

29. Prince Charming Must Die (The Grimm Chronicles #1) - Isabella Fontaine

30. Hunting (The Hunting Saga #1) - S.M. Hineline

31. Banging The Boy Next Door (The Boy Next Door #1) - Katy Baker

32. Learn Japanese Vocabulary - English/Japanese Flashcards - Animals - Flashcards eBooks

33. Four Days with Hemingway's Ghost - Tom Winton

34. Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account - Miklos Nyiszli

35. Mother Teresa: A Life Inspired - Wyatt North

36. Jack and Djinn (The Houri Legends #1) - Jasinda Wilder

37. the Tragic Fate of Moritz Tot - Dana Todorovic

38. Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century - Sean Patrick

39. A Lil Nasty Book (An Urban Novella) - Ben Harris Jr. 

40. The Unscheduled Stops - Sinead MacDughlas

41. Unfriend Yourself - Kyle Tennant

42. The Labyrinth - Kenneth McDonald

43. Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #1) - Heather Brewer

44. The Wizard of Time (The Wizard of Time #1) - G.L. Breedon

45. Roasting in Hell's Kitchen - Gordon Ramsay

46. Feast, Stray, Love (#1 Feast) - Kevin Anthony

47. Hoo-Doo Country Horrors - Jonathan Moon 

48. The Pursuit of Happiness: 21 Spiritual Rules to Success - Jennifer O'Neill

49. Soul Enchilada - David Macinnis gill

50. The Demon's Lexicon (The Demon's Lexicon #1) - Sarah Rees Brennan

51. 3500: An Autistic Boy's Ten-Year Romance with Snow White - Ron Miles

52. The Somali Doctrine - James Grenton

53. A Child al Confino: The True Story of a Jewish Boy and His Mother in Mussolini's Italy - Enrico Lamet

54. Tales from the Crib - Jennifer Coburn

55. Champion (Legend #3) - Marie Lu

56. Virtuosity - Jessica Martinez

57. Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky #3) - Veronica Rossi

58. So Long, Lollipops (An Until the End of the World Novella, #1.5) - Sarah Lyons Fleming

59. Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (The Dowser, #1) - Meghan Ciana Doidge

60. The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick

61. Wetter - Harper Bliss

62. Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) - Kami Garcia

63. The Shadow in the Garden - Braden McElroy

64. The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle #2.5) - Patrick Rothfuss

65. The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers #1) - David Estes

66. Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) - Stephanie Perkins

67. Chomp - Carl Hiaasen

68. Grave Witch (Alex Craft #1) - Kalayna Price

69. Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy #1) - Stephen King 

70. The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth

71. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) - Marissa Meyer

72. The Journal of Curious Letters (The 13th Reality, #1) - James Dashner

73. Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) - Tahereh Mafi

74. Fablehaven (Fablehaven #1) - Brandon Mull

75. The Tiger's Wife - Tea Obreht

76. The Society - William Wilde

77. Prudence (The Custard Protocol, #1) - Gail Carriger

78. Landline - Rainbow Rowell

79. Across the Universe (Across the Universe #1) - Beth Revis

80. A Million Suns (Across the Universe #2) - Beth Revis

81. Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) - Sarah J. Maas

82-104. StepShifter books - Ophelia Sikes

105. If I Stay (If I Stay #1) - Gayle Forman

106. Bittersweet - Sarah Ockler

107. White Oleander - Janet Fitch

108. The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1) - Marie Lu

109. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Sisterhood, #1) - Ann Brashares

110. Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) - Tahereh Mafi

111. The Giver (The Giver Quartet #1) - Lois Lowry

112. Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell

113. Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) - Gail Carriger

114. The Lost Days (Emily the Strange Novels, #1) - Rob Reger

115. Dark Times (Emily the Strange Novels #1) - Rob Reger

116. A Midsummer Night's Scream - R.L. Stine

117. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson 

118. Without Tess - Marcella Pixley

119. Every Day (Every Day #1) - David Levithan

120. The Drafter (The Peri Reed Chronicles #1) - Kim Harrison

121. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - Jesse Andrews

122. The Night Children - Kit Reed

123. In the Path of Falling Objects - Andrew Smith

124. Attic Clowns: Complete Collection - Jeremy C. Shipp

125. All the Bright Places - Jennifer Niven

126. The Last Donut Shop of the Apocalypse - Nina Post

127. Stork (Stork #1) - Wendy Delsol

128. Enclave (Razorland, #1) - Ann Aguirre

129. The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds #1) - Alexandra Bracken

130. Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5) - Marissa Meyer

131. The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) - Rick Yancey

132. A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness

133. The Initiate (Divergent, #0.2) - Veronica Roth

134. The Son (Divergent, #0.3) - Veronica Roth

135. The Traitor (Divergent, #0.4) - Veronica Roth

136. The Transfer (Divergent, #0.1) - Veronica Roth

137. The Demon King (Seven Realms, #1) - Cinda Williams Chima 

138. Confess - Colleen Hoover

139 As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride - Cary Elwes

140. Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles, #2) - Kami Garcia

141. The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton

142. These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1) - Amie Kaufman

143. Since You've Been Gone - Morgan Matson

144. Wonder - R.J. Palacio

145. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore #1) - Robin Sloan

146. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - Haruki Murakami

147. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith

148. Dragon's Oath (House of Night Novellas #1) - P.C. Cast

149. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories - Stephen King

150. Lenobia's Vow (House of Night Novellas #2) - P.C. Cast

151. Neferet's Curse (House of Night Novellas #3) - P.C. Cast

152. Dark Places - Gillian Flynn

153. Asylum (Asylum #1) - Madeline Roux

154. Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter - Adeline Yen Mah

155. Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales - Melissa Marr

156. Boy Meets Boy - David Levithan

157. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne

158. The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling #1) - Erika Johansen

159. Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) - Gail Carriger

160. Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy, #1) - Pierce Brown

Book of the Week: 12/13-12/19: Rags & Bones - Melissa Marr

Welcome to this week's book of the week! Sorry, I'm a day late!  This week's book is a book I've recently finished (and by recently...I mean about 4ish hours ago). I've always had a soft spot for anthologies filled with stories from authors that I love, and this book definitely falls into that love of anthologies. 

Without further prattling from me, I give you this week's book of the week: 

Rags & Bones

New Twists on Timeless Tales

Editors

Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt

Seriously, this book is absolutely fantastic and filled with wonderful retellings of classic, timeless tales.  There are also included in this anthology, six absolutely wonderful illustrations that make me wish I could be a part of them (or at least draw as good as Charles Vess!  The artwork is just as good as the storytelling in this book, and it wouldn't be the same without those little pieces of illustrated heaven. 

Each of these timeless tales have been rewritten, reworked into a twenty-first century perspective and retold in the genre the author is most known for: science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy and even realistic fiction.  The Faerie Queen by Sir Edmund Spencer paired next to "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forester.  These are just two of the timeless tales that are reimagined in this wonderful volume.  We learn a little bit of some of these authors in the notes that follow each section, from the stories that inspired them, awed them, and even enraged them.  

I highly encourage you to check this book out! 

December: To-be-read and Current Reads

Okay. 

Okay. 

I know it is December 10th, and I SHOULD have had this posted ten days ago.  I've been a touch busy, so shoot me! Also I'll be updating the list over there *points to the TBR list on the right* with all these books as well so don't get crazy on me! 

Anyway, as usual, my TBR pile for this month is quite long, as I intend on closing out the year with a BANG! Anyone surprised by this? Considering the amount of books I manage to read in a year?! Oh yeah, I'm working on that post to, along with a few other goodies for you guys! So, anyway...

This picture of course, does not include digital books, but those will be in the list below...I promise. 

1. I'll Give you the Sun by Jandy Nelson

2. The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler

3. Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

4. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

5. Etiquitte and Espionage by Gail Carriger

6. The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas by John Boyne 

7. The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan

8. Destined by P.C. Cast & Kirstin Cast

9. Hidden by P.C. Cast & Kirstin Cast

10. Asylum by Madeline Roux (Kindle)

As per usual, I am reading more than one book at a time.  This, by now, should not surprise anyone.  One is usually digital, the other physical - right now, this is no exception. 

Current Reads include: 

1. Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

2. Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales edited by Marissa Marr & Tim Pratt

What are some awesome books on your TBR pile for the end of the year? 

Wishlist Wednesday!

With Christmas a short 2 weeks away (16 days not that I'm counting or anything...) the next few Wishlist Wednesdays will feature books that are on my wishlist and may just end up on your wishlist.  A couple of these I wouldn't mind in digital, but there are a couple on this list that I want in physical copy so I can have them in my hot little hands! Let's see if you can guess which ones..

I recently finished this one, on loan from my local library.  HOLY HELL! I am absolutely in love with Stephen King's work and this has once again proven to be a stellar group of stories that I've absolutely fallen in love with. I will not read a single one of these stories after dark or before bed because well, I have enough trouble sleeping.  Twisted dreams inspired by Stephen King's stories, yeah, I'll pass. There was a reason he was not allowed to tell his children bedtime stories.  I highly recommend this anthology, and it is well worth the purchase price! 

Fourth book in The Lunar Chronicles, and I hate to say it I've not read Scarlet yet, and I need to before I even come close to adding this to my current list of books I own.  Either way, I have been looking forward to this book for ages.  To know that this series came out of a National Novel Writing Month work, absolutely blows my mind and continues to provide me with encouragement to actually continue to plug away at my own writing and maybe I'll be awesome like Marissa Meyer. 

This one, previously featured in Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin, and already on my read list has been published recently (last month) as it's own stand alone novella.  I have found that I am hit or miss with Gillian Flynn's work, mainly because I've been left feeling kinda weird after finishing the last two books I've read by her.  However, I actually really, really liked this particular story and would be please to own this one. 

This.  Book.  Makes.  Me.  Happy.  Seriously! The Gods of H.P. Lovecraft! GIVE ME NOW! This anthology releases in TWO DAYS! December 11, the twelve deities of the Lovecraftian mythos are set free in these pages!  

Cthulhu (Adam Nevill) – Yog-Sothoth (Martha Wells) – Azathoth (Laird Barron) – Nyarlathotep (Bentley Little) – Shub-Niggurath (David Liss) – Tsathoggua (Brett Talley) – The Mi-Go (Christopher Golden & James A. Moore) – Night-gaunts (Jonathan Maberry) – Elder Things (Joe Lansdale) – Great Race (Rachel Caine) – Yig (Douglas Wynne) – The Deep Ones (Seanan McGuire).  That line up, it just makes me very happy! Besides, who doesn't love a little Lovecraft with their holidays? 

WORDS.  I NEED TO FIND WORDS. This book, much like the Gods of H.P. Lovecraft, makes me SQUEE like a good little fangirl.  Guillermo Del Toro...*swoon* I'm seriously addicted to this man's work.  His movies.  I've got at least 2 books of his on my wish list, among other things.  Seriously, I will love the person for ever who gets me this book...like not even remotely joking!