Reviews:
Review: The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Review: The Invasion of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling #2) by Erika Johansen
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Friday, March 30, 2018
Friday Meme: Things Coming Out This Month That I Want To Read/See/Play # 106
Books: Week of 4/02
Films: Week of 4/02
Films: Week of 4/02
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Review: The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Summary from Goodreads:NOT EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING.
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius."
Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.
Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.
The Girl With All the Gifts is a groundbreaking thriller, emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Waiting on Wednesday # 178 and Wishlist Wednesday # 178
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, where you pick a book that is coming out soon that you want to read.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Monday, March 26, 2018
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Stacking the Shelves/Weekly Update #187
Reviews:
Review: The Simplicity of Cider by Amy E. Reichert
Reread Review: After You (Me Before You #2) by Jojo Moyes
Review: The Invasion of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling #2) by Erika Johansen
Summary from Goodreads:Kelsea Glynn is the Queen of the Tearling. Despite her youth, she has quickly asserted herself as a fair, just and powerful ruler.
However, power is a double-edged sword, and small actions can have grave consequences. In trying to do what is right - stopping a vile trade in humankind - Kelsea has crossed the Red Queen, a ruthless monarch whose rule is bound with dark magic and the spilling of blood. The Red Queen's armies are poised to invade the Tearling, and it seems nothing can stop them.
Yet there was a time before the Crossing, and there Kelsea finds a strange and possibly dangerous ally, someone who might hold the key to the fate of the Tearling, and indeed to Kelsea's own soul. But time is running out...
Erika Johansen's fierce and unforgettable young heroine returns in this dazzling new novel of magic and adventure, set in the beguiling world of the Tearling.
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Friday, March 23, 2018
Friday Meme: Things Coming Out This Month That I Want To Read/See/Play # 105
Books: Week of 3/26
Films: Week of 3/26
Films: Week of 3/26
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Review: The Simplicity of Cider by Amy E. Reichert
Summary from Goodreads:Fall in love with The Simplicity of Cider, the charming new novel about a prickly but gifted cider-maker whose quiet life is interrupted by the arrival of a handsome man and his young son at her family’s careworn orchard by the author of The Coincidence of Coconut Cake and Luck, Love & Lemon Pie.
Focused and unassuming fifth generation cider-maker Sanna Lund has one desire: to live a simple, quiet life on her family’s apple orchard in Door County, Wisconsin. Although her business is struggling, Sanna remains fiercely devoted to the orchard, despite her brother’s attempts to convince their aging father to sell the land.
Single dad Isaac Banks has spent years trying to shield his son Sebastian from his troubled mother. Fleeing heartbreak at home, Isaac packed up their lives and the two headed out on an adventure, driving across the country. Chance—or fate—led them straight to Sanna’s orchard.
Isaac’s helping hands are much appreciated at the apple farm, even more when Sanna’s father is injured in an accident. As Sanna’s formerly simple life becomes increasingly complicated, she finds solace in unexpected places—friendship with young Sebastian and something more deliciously complex with Isaac—until an outside threat infiltrates the farm.
From the warm and funny Amy E. Reichert, The Simplicity of Cider is a charming love story with a touch of magic, perfect for fans of Sarah Addison Allen and Gayle Forman.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Waiting on Wednesday # 177 and Wishlist Wednesday # 177
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, where you pick a book that is coming out soon that you want to read.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Monday, March 19, 2018
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Reread Review: After You (Me Before You #2) by Jojo Moyes
Summary from Goodreads:How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living?
Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can't help but feel she's right back where she started.
Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the Moving On support group, who share insights, laughter, frustrations, and terrible cookies. They will also lead her to the strong, capable Sam Fielding--the paramedic, whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Then a figure from Will's past appears and hijacks all her plans, propelling her into a very different future. . . .
For Lou Clark, life after Will Traynor means learning to fall in love again, with all the risks that brings. But here Jojo Moyes gives us two families, as real as our own, whose joys and sorrows will touch you deeply, and where both changes and surprises await.
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Saturday, March 17, 2018
Stacking the Shelves/Weekly Update #186
Reviews:
Reread Review: The Queen of the Tearling (#1) by Erika Johansen
Review: Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
Friday, March 16, 2018
Friday Meme: Things Coming Out This Month That I Want To Read/See/Play # 104
Books: Week of 3/19
Films: Week of 3/19
Films: Week of 3/19
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Reread Review: The Queen of the Tearling (#1) by Erika Johansen
Summary from Goodreads:Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother’s throne, learn to be a ruler—and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her.
On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not defenseless: Around her neck hangs the Tearling sapphire, a jewel of immense magical power; and accompanying her is the Queen’s Guard, a cadre of brave knights led by the enigmatic and dedicated Lazarus. Kelsea will need them all to survive a cabal of enemies who will use every weapon—from crimson-caped assassins to the darkest blood magic—to prevent her from wearing the crown.
Despite her royal blood, Kelsea feels like nothing so much as an insecure girl, a child called upon to lead a people and a kingdom about which she knows almost nothing. But what she discovers in the capital will change everything, confronting her with horrors she never imagined. An act of singular daring will throw Kelsea’s kingdom into tumult, unleashing the vengeance of the tyrannical ruler of neighboring Mortmesne: the Red Queen, a sorceress possessed of the darkest magic. Now Kelsea will begin to discover whom among the servants, aristocracy, and her own guard she can trust.
But the quest to save her kingdom and meet her destiny has only just begun—a wondrous journey of self-discovery and a trial by fire that will make her a legend . . . if she can survive.
This book will be a beautifully designed package with illustrated endpapers, a map of the Tearling, and a ribbon marker.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Waiting on Wednesday # 176 and Wishlist Wednesday # 176
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, where you pick a book that is coming out soon that you want to read.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Review: Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
Summary from Goodreads:In the newest psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of I Let You Go and I See You, Clare Mackintosh brings us a gripping story about how those who love us never really leave us…
Two years ago, Tom and Caroline Johnson committed suicide, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their adult daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents’ deaths, unable to comprehend why they chose to end their lives. Now with a young baby herself, she feels her mother’s presence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened to her parents. But as Anna digs up the past, someone is trying to stop her. She soon learns that nothing is as it seemed.
Release Date: March 13th 2018
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
Stacking the Shelves/Weekly Update #185
Friday, March 9, 2018
Friday Meme: Things Coming Out This Month That I Want To Read/See/Play # 103
Books: Week of 3/12
Films: Week of 3/12
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Review: Once and for All by Sarah Dessen
Summary from Goodreads:As bubbly as champagne and delectable as wedding cake, Once and for All, Sarah Dessen's thirteenth novel, is set in the world of wedding planning, where crises are routine.
Louna, daughter of famed wedding planner Natalie Barrett, has seen every sort of wedding: on the beach, at historic mansions, in fancy hotels and clubs. Perhaps that's why she's cynical about happily-ever-after endings, especially since her own first love ended tragically. When Louna meets charming, happy-go-lucky serial dater Ambrose, she holds him at arm's length. But Ambrose isn't about to be discouraged, now that he's met the one girl he really wants.
Sarah Dessen’s many, many fans will adore her latest, a richly satisfying, enormously entertaining story that has everything—humor, romance, and an ending both happy and imperfect, just like life itself.
My Review:
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Waiting on Wednesday # 175 and Wishlist Wednesday # 175
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, where you pick a book that is coming out soon that you want to read.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Monday, March 5, 2018
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Review: Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan
Summary from Goodreads:A sweet and satisfying novel of how delicious it is to discover your dreams
Issy Randall can bake. No, Issy can create stunning, mouthwateringly divine cakes. After a childhood spent in her beloved Grampa Joe's bakery, she has undoubtedly inherited his talent. She's much better at baking than she is a filing so when she's laid off from her desk job, Issy decides to open her own little café. But she soon learns that her piece-of-cake plan will take all of her courage and confectionary talent to avert disaster.
Funny and sharp, Meet Me at the Cupcake Café is about how life might not always taste like you expect, but there's always room for dessert!
My Review:
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Stacking the Shelves/Weekly Update #184
Friday, March 2, 2018
Friday Meme: Things Coming Out This Month That I Want To Read/See/Play # 102
Books: Week of 3/05
Films: Week of 3/05
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