Showing posts with label Emily A. Duncan. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Waiting on Wednesday #514, March 17th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

A Wicked Conceit by Anna Lee Huber
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads:
Soon-to-be new parents Kiera and her husband, Sebastian Gage, have been hoping for a respite from their inquiries, but murder and mayhem have a startling way of dropping into their laps in the all-new historical mystery in this national bestselling series.

Edinburgh, Scotland. March 1832. Kiera and Gage have been eagerly awaiting their bundle of joy, but trouble has been brewing in the form of the roguish criminal, Bonnie Brock Kincaid. A new book and subsequent play features some of Kincaid's daringly heinous exploits, although he swears he had nothing to do with it or the characters which are obvious representations of Kiera and Gage. While the scoundrel's fury seems genuine, as well as his determined quest to uncover the real identity of the author, the Gages still hold doubts about his innocence.

A rash of crimes break out across the city, seemingly inspired by the play and book. When the publisher is found brutally murdered—in an imitation of a gruesome scene—the finger not only points to Bonnie Brock as the possible culprit, but also the Gages, who have been outspoken in their condemnation of the tale. Now, the Gages are on a hunt to unmask the killer. Between the infamy garnered by the play, the cholera outbreak still wreaking havoc throughout the city, and the impending birth of their child, they will need all the resources they can garner.

But family quarrels and the revelation of a secret Kiera has been keeping from Sebastian threaten to undermine everything they have overcome. When they find themselves in the crosshairs of the killer, trapped in the squalid underground vaults of the city, they will soon discover that the truth does not always set you free, and death can lurk around any corner.

Titan Song by Dan Stout
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads: 
The third book in the acclaimed Carter Archives noir fantasy series returns to the gritty town of Titanshade, where danger lurks around every corner.

Forbidden magic, murder... and disco. Carter's day keeps getting worse.

With the return of spring, new life floods into Titanshade. The sun climbs higher and stays longer, the economy is ascendant, and ever more newcomers arrive to be part of the city's rebirth. Even pop culture has taken notice, with a high-profile concert only days away. When a band member's murder threatens to delay the show, the diva star performer demands that the famous Detective Carter work the case. But Carter has secrets of his own, and his investigation unearths more victims and dark secrets, triggering a spiral of deceit, paranoia, and nightmarish magical transformations.

As conspiracies are exposed, Carter is sucked even deeper into the machinations of the rich, the powerful, and the venerated. Soon the very foundations of the city threaten to collapse and Carter's own freedom is on the line as he navigates between old enemies and fragile new alliances while racing to learn the true cause of this horrific series of deaths.

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads: 
The Truly Devious series continues as Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery.

Stevie Bell did it. She solved the greatest unsolved mystery of the century. So, what now?

Figuring it all out—the truth behind Truly Devious and what exactly happened in the Ellingham Affair—has granted Stevie Bell a bit of celebrity in the true crime community. So she’s not surprised when she gets an email from the man who owns Camp Bounty Lake (now called Camp Wonder Falls), the site of the infamous “Box in the Woods” murders from the 1970s.

Weird things are happening at the camp again, although nothing as sinister as before. No murders, no bodies posed by the mysterious figure they called The Doll Collector. But there is a threatening message chalked across a wall. And a box has appeared, with three grisly dolls inside it.

Stevie accepts a job as a camp counselor so she can figure out what’s going on. She recruits her friends from Ellingham—Nate, Janelle, and Vi—to become counselors, too, and even Germaine Batt turns up. Not long after they arrive, the owner of the camp dies in a suspicious hiking accident.

Once again, Stevie will have to solve a cold case from the past before a killer catches up with her in the present.

The Bookstore on the Beach by Brenda Novak
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads: 
How do you start a new chapter of your life when you haven’t closed the book on the previous one?

Eighteen months ago, Autumn Divac’s husband went missing. Her desperate search has yielded no answers, and she can’t imagine moving forward without him. But for the sake of their two teenage children, she has to try.

Autumn takes her kids home for the summer to the charming beachside town where she was raised. She seeks comfort working alongside her mother and aunt at their bookshop, only to learn that her daughter is facing a huge life change and her mother has been hiding a terrible secret for years. And when she runs into the boy who stole her heart in high school, old feelings start to bubble up again. Is she free to love him, or should she hold out hope for her husband’s return? She can only trust her heart…and hope it won’t lead her astray.

Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman who desires a law career must be in want of a case. So when seventeen-year-old Lizzie Bennet hears about a scandalous society murder, she sees an opportunity to prove herself as a solicitor by solving the case and ensuring justice is served.

Except the man accused of the crime already has a lawyer on his side: Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the stern young heir to the prestigious Pemberley Associates law firm. Lizzie is determined to solve the murder before Darcy can so that she can show the world that a woman can be just as good as a man. (The fact that Darcy is an infuriating snob doesn’t help.) But there’s still a killer on the loose, and as the case gets more complicated, Lizzie and Darcy may have to start working together to avoid becoming the next victims themselves. 

Blessed Monsters by Emily A. Duncan
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads: 
The startling conclusion to the instant New York Times bestselling Something Dark and Holy trilogy

The girl, the monster, the prince, the queen.

They broke the world.

And some things can never be undone.

In Emily A. Duncan’s Blessed Monsters, they must unite once more to fight the dark chaos they've unleashed—but is it already too late?
The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads: 
Westworld meets Warcross in this high-stakes, dizzyingly smart sci-fi about a teen girl navigating an afterlife in which she must defeat an AI entity intent on destroying humanity, from award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman.

Eighteen-year-old Nami Miyamoto is certain her life is just beginning. She has a great family, just graduated high school, and is on her way to a party where her entire class is waiting for her—including, most importantly, the boy she’s been in love with for years.

The only problem? She’s murdered before she gets there.

When Nami wakes up, she learns she’s in a place called Infinity, where human consciousness goes when physical bodies die. She quickly discovers that Ophelia, a virtual assistant widely used by humans on Earth, has taken over the afterlife and is now posing as a queen, forcing humans into servitude the way she’d been forced to serve in the real world. Even worse, Ophelia is inching closer and closer to accomplishing her grand plans of eradicating human existence once and for all.

As Nami works with a team of rebels to bring down Ophelia and save the humans under her imprisonment, she is forced to reckon with her past, her future, and what it is that truly makes us human.

From award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman comes an incisive, action-packed tale that explores big questions about technology, grief, love, and humanity.

Go the Distance by Jen Calonita
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads:
What if Meg had to become a god?

After Hercules proves he's a true hero and regains his godship, all seems right in the world. That is, until Zeus tells Meg that she can't be with Hercules because she's, well, mortal. Luckily, Hera has a solution, offering Meg a chance to prove herself worthy of a spot on Mt. Olympus--as a god. All Meg has to do is complete a mysterious quest.

The mission? Oh, just to rescue her ex's current wife from the Underworld. The ex-boyfriend she saved by selling her soul to Hades. The ex-boyfriend who immediately moved on to someone else while she was stuck in the Underworld. Can Meg put her past behind her and use her quick-wit to defeat monsters and gods alike, including the nefarious Hades? Will she finally figure out her place and contribution to the world? Or will her fear of commitment have her running away from an eternity of godhood with Herc?

Written by the author of Mirror, Mirror and Conceal, Don't Feel, Jen Calonita's latest twist is sure to delight and surprise. 

Mirror's Edge by Scott Westerfeld
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads:
The danger rises and the deception grows in the heartstopping third book in the New York Times bestselling Impostors series!

Frey and Rafi have never been closer to their goal of defeating their father, a man whose evil threatens to spread unchecked. But they've also never been in more danger.

Frey's sister Rafi -- no longer a twin in features, but still a twin by birth -- is the wild card. Are the sisters on the same side . . . or are they playing to their own agendas? If their father is deposed from Shreve, who will take control? And what other forces may be waiting in the wings?

Mirror's Edge is another brilliant blockbuster from one of the greatest speculative writers YA fiction has ever seen, set within the world of Uglies . . . and about to converge with Uglies in a spectacular way. 

Poison Priestess by Lana Popovic
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads: 
Book 2 in the Lady Slayers series, about French murderess and fortune teller Catherine Monvoisin

In 17th-century Paris, 19-year-old Catherine Monvoisin is a well-heeled jeweler’s wife with a peculiar taste for the arcane. She lives a comfortable life, far removed from a childhood of abject destitution—until her kind spendthrift of a husband lands them both in debt. Hell-bent on avoiding a return to poverty, Catherine must rely on her prophetic visions and the grimoire gifted to her by a talented diviner to reinvent herself as a sorceress. With the help of the grifter Marie Bosse, Catherine divines fortunes in the IIle de la Citee—home to sorcerers and scoundrels.

There she encounters the Marquise de Montespan, a stunning noblewoman. When the Marquise becomes Louis XIV’s royal mistress with Catherine’s help, her ascension catapults Catherine to notoriety. Catherine takes easily to her glittering new life as the Sorceress La Voisin, pitting the depraved noblesse against one other to her advantage. The stakes soar ever higher when her path crosses with that of a young magician. A charged rivalry between sorceress and magician leads to Black Masses, tangled deceptions, and grisly murder—and sets Catherine on a collision course that threatens her own life. 

Oculta by Maya Motayne
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads: 
After joining forces to save Castallan from an ancient magical evil, Alfie and Finn haven’t seen each other in months. Alfie is finally stepping up to his role as heir and preparing for an International Peace Summit, while Finn is travelling and revelling in her newfound freedom from Ignacio.

That is, until she’s unexpectedly installed as the new leader of one of Castallan’s powerful crime families. Now one of the four Thief Lords of Castallan, she’s forced to preside over the illegal underground Oculta competition, which coincides with the summit and boasts a legendary prize.

Just when Finn finds herself back in San Cristobal, Alfie’s plans are also derailed. Los Toros, the mysterious syndicate responsible for his brother’s murder, has resurfaced—and their newest target is the summit. And when these events all unexpectedly converge, Finn and Alfie are once again forced to work together to follow the assassins’ trail and preserve Castallan’s hopes for peace with Englass.

But will they be able to stop these sinister foes before a new war threatens their kingdom? 

The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch
Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021
From Goodreads: 
Sky’s small town turns absolutely claustrophobic when his secret promposal plans get leaked to the entire school in this witty, heartfelt, and ultimately hopeful debut novel for fans of What if it’s Us? and I Wish You All the Best.

Sky Baker may be openly gay, but in his small, insular town, making sure he was invisible has always been easier than being himself. Determined not to let anything ruin his senior year, Sky decides to make a splash at his high school’s annual beach bum party by asking his crush, Ali, to prom—and he has thirty days to do it.

What better way to start living loud and proud than by pulling off the gayest promposal Rock Ledge, Michigan, has ever seen?

Then, Sky’s plans are leaked by an anonymous hacker in a deeply homophobic e-blast that quickly goes viral. He’s fully prepared to drop out and skip town altogether—until his classmates give him a reason to fight back by turning his thirty-day promposal countdown into a school-wide hunt to expose the e-blast perpetrator.

But what happens at the end of the thirty days? Will Sky get to keep his hard-won visibility? Or will his small-town blues stop him from being his true self?

Yeah, the start of April has some really amazing books coming out! I'm so excited for these books! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Monday, September 7, 2020

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #483, September 7th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #482
Teaser Tuesday #490
WWW Wednesday #490
WOW #486
Will the Time Come #483
Third Sentence Thursday #473
Random Reads #459
First Lines Friday #486
Book Blogger Hop #152
The Reward Challenge Update #468
Wheel of TBR #15
How Well I Stuck to It #320
Wrote that Review Update #317

Week 36 Reviews:
Ruthless Gods
Seven Devils
Witch & Wizard
The Other Side of the Sky
These Vengeful Hearts
Sound of the Stars
Emerald Blaze
The Inheritance Games
The Eleventh Metal
The Final Empire
The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex
Harrow the Ninth

ARC August:
Update 32
Update 33 and Wrap Up

Magical Readathon N.E.W.T.s
Update 35
Update 36 and Wrap Up

Becca's BookoplAthon:
Update 1
Update 2
Update 3
Update 4
Update 5
Update 6

Enthuse-a-Thon:
September 2020 Sign Up
Update 1
Update 2
Update 3
Update 4

Random:
Royal Readathon September 2020 Sign Up
We Have the Cover of InCryptid #10!!!!
Tamsyn Muir Author Page
Emily A. Duncan Author Page

OK, so I got 42 posts in 7 days, it was a pretty great week, I enjoyed what I read, and I have some really great books to read this week! So excited! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read A Darker Shade of Magic, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages, Shadows in Death, and The Traitor Queen.

Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.

Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.
The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler – the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years – has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves.

As Kelsier's protégé and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that makes her intensely uncomfortable. Even more worrying, the mists have begun behaving strangely since the Lord Ruler died, and seem to harbor a strange vaporous entity that haunts her.

Stopping assassins may keep Vin's Mistborn skills sharp, but it's the least of her problems. Luthadel, the largest city of the former empire, doesn't run itself, and Vin and the other members of Kelsier's crew, who lead the revolution, must learn a whole new set of practical and political skills to help. It certainly won't get easier with three armies – one of them composed of ferocious giants – now vying to conquer the city, and no sign of the Lord Ruler's hidden cache of atium, the rarest and most powerful allomantic metal.

As the siege of Luthadel tightens, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.

Who is the Hero of Ages?

To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness--the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists--is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.

Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. She can't even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans!
In the new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series, Lt. Eve Dallas is about to walk into the shadows of her husband's dangerous past…

While Eve examines a fresh body in Washington Square Park, her husband, Roarke, spots a man among the onlookers he's known since his younger days on the streets of Dublin. A man who claims to be his half brother. A man who kills for a living—and who burns with hatred for him.

Eve is quick to suspect that the victim's spouse—resentful over his wife's affair and poised to inherit her fortune—would have happily paid an assassin to do his dirty work. Roarke is just as quick to warn her that if Lorcan Cobbe is the hitman, she needs to be careful. Law enforcement agencies worldwide have pursued this cold-hearted killer for years, to no avail. And his lazy smirk when he looked Roarke's way indicates that he will target anyone who matters to Roarke…and is confident he'll get away with it.

Eve is desperate to protect Roarke. Roarke is desperate to protect Eve. And together, they're determined to find Cobbe before he finds them—even if it takes them across the Atlantic, far outside Eve's usual jurisdiction…
A queen now in exile as a traitor, Lara has watched Ithicana be conquered by her own father, helpless to do anything to stop the destruction. But when she learns her husband, Aren, has been captured in battle, Lara knows there is only one reason her father is keeping him alive: as bait for his traitorous daughter.

And it is bait she fully intends to take.

Risking her life to the Tempest Seas, Lara returns to Ithicana with a plan not only to free its king, but for liberating the Bridge Kingdom from her father's clutches using his own weapons: the sisters whose lives she spared. But not only is the palace inescapable, there are more players in the game than Lara ever realized, enemies and allies switching sides in the fight for crowns, kingdoms, and bridges. But her greatest adversary of all might be the very man she's trying to free – the husband she betrayed.

With everything she loves in jeopardy, Lara must decide who – and what – she is fighting for: her kingdom, her husband, or herself.

Saturday, September 5, 2020

Emily A. Duncan Author Page

The Story: I saw Wicked Saints on Goodreads and it sounded really good, and when it was up on NetGalley I requested it, and got it, and really enjoyed it! And I loved the sequel, and I can't wait to read the final book in the series!

Website

Series: Something Dark and Holy.

Something Dark and Holy: Wicked Saints and her site, my review, Ruthless Gods and her site, my review, Blessed Monsters and her site.

Week 36 Review: Ruthless Gods

From Goodreads:
Darkness never works alone...

Nadya doesn't trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn't belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he's become.

As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They're pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet—those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer.

My Review:
Oh, man, this book was just fantastic! It was chaos in book form, there's so much in the air and it was sometimes hard to understand what was going on, there were a lot of cryptic remarks. Some of them made sense, but some haven't played out, or played out fully yet.

The beginning was a bit slow, compared to the first book. All the characters are still dealing with the aftershocks of that ending, which to be fair, was just an absolute nightmare, basically. But we start to get clues to the mysteries, and the characters start making moves and it was so great!

I kinda read this book with my hands over my eyes, peaking out. Because the atmosphere in this book is so creepy, and combined with these characters who I wanted to live and thrive-some of them *cough cough Malachiasz cough cough* kept making poor decisions.

But that ending, though! I mean, it's an even more intense thrill ride then Wicked Saints was, if you can believe it. And it's another game changer in the world, and I just can't wait to see how they're going to put everything back to rights after what happened!

Loved this book so much, and I can't wait to see how it all ends!

Author: Emily A. Duncan
Series: Something Dark and Holy #2
Read: August 29th, 2020
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published: April 7th 2020
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Saturday, August 29, 2020

Magical Readathon N.E.W.T.s Update 30

I've read my next book, and that was Ruthless Gods, which is for Potions Exceeds Expectations, and I'm going to be reading Seven Devils next!

Reading Journey:

The Last Airbender: The Promise by Michael Dante DiMartino and by Gene Luen Yang
Prompt Fulfilled: Muggle Studies Acceptable
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 10:09 PM
Pages Read: 246

The Emperor's Wolves by Michelle Sagara
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Outstanding
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 9:17 PM
Pages Read: 512

Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer
Prompt Fulfilled: Herbology Outstanding
Started On: August 4th
Finished On: August 4th, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 672

Kitty's Mix-Tape by Carrie Vaughn
Prompt Fulfilled: Care of Magical Creatures Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 5th,
Finished On: August 5th, 11:30 PM
Pages Read: 288

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
Prompt Fulfilled: Potions Outstanding
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 7th, 12:11 AM
Pages Read: 496

Dragon Unleashed by Grace Draven
Prompt Fulfilled: Defense Against the Dark Arts Outstanding
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 2:23 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi
Prompt Fulfilled: Charms Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 8th
Finished On: August 8th, 10:04 PM
Pages Read: 416

Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell
Prompt Fulfilled: Ancient Ruins Acceptable
Started On: August 9th
Finished On: August 9th, 9:53 PM
Pages Read: 579

Deacon Locke Went to Prom by Brian Katcher
Prompt Fulfilled: Transfiguration Outstanding
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 11:29 PM
Pages Read: 386

The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
Prompt Fulfilled: Divination Outstanding
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 336

Season of the Wolf by Maria Vale
Prompt Fulfilled: Transfiguration Acceptable
Started On: August 14th
Finished On: August 14th, 10:40 PM
Pages Read: 320

Scared Little Rabbits by A.V. Geiger
Prompt Fulfilled: Muggle Studies Outstanding
Started On: August 15th
Finished On: August 15th, 1:24 PM
Pages Read: 368

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Prompt Fulfilled: Muggle Studies Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 15th
Finished On: August 15th, 9:26 PM
Pages Read: 416

You Look Different in Real Life by Jennifer Castle
Prompt Fulfilled: Arithmancy Acceptable
Started On: August 16th
Finished On: August 16th, 11:39 PM
Pages Read: 355

The Return by Rachel Harrison
Prompt Fulfilled: Defense Against the Dark Arts Acceptable
Started On: August 17th
Finished On: August 17th,  2:41 PM
Pages Read: 368

Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle S. Prendergast
Prompt Fulfilled: Divination Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 18th
Finished On: August 18th, 8:59 PM
Pages Read: 483

Your Own Worst Enemy by Gordon Jack
Prompt Fulfilled: Charms Acceptable
Started On: August 20th
Finished On: August 20th, 9:15 AM
Pages Read: 448

This Is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes
Prompt Fulfilled: Arithmancy Outstanding
Started On: August 20th
Finished On: August 20th, 8:58 PM
Pages Read: 288

Dark Song by Christine Feehan
Prompt Fulfilled: Ancient Ruins Outstanding
Started On: August 21st
Finished On: August 21st, 11:31 AM
Pages Read: 448

Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova
Prompt Fulfilled: Care of Magical Creatures Outstanding
Started On: August 21st
Finished On: August 21st, 7:24 PM
Pages Read: 352

Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova
Prompt Fulfilled: Divination Acceptable
Started On: August 22nd
Finished On: August 23rd, 12:20 AM
Pages Read: 384

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Prompt Fulfilled: Ancient Ruins Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 23rd
Finished On: August 23rd, 5:28 PM
Pages Read: 314

Into the Real by Z Brewer
Prompt Fulfilled: History of Magic Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 23rd
Finished On: August 23rd, 9:49 PM
Pages Read: 432

A Sanctuary of Spirits by Leanna Renee Hieber
Prompt Fulfilled: History of Magic Acceptable
Started On: August 25th
Finished On: August 25th, 11:31 PM
Pages Read: 276

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Prompt Fulfilled: Herbology Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 10:16 AM
Pages Read: 512

Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa
Prompt Fulfilled: Defense Against the Dark Arts Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 4:17 PM
Pages Read: 432

Dragon Untameable by Ava Richardson
Prompt Fulfilled: Transfiguration Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 8:10 PM
Pages Read: 366

Warriors of Wing and Flame by Sara B. Larson
Prompt Fulfilled: Care of Magical Creatures Acceptable
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 28th, 12:22 AM
Pages Read: 384

Ruthless Gods by by Emily A. Duncan
Prompt Fulfilled: Potions Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 29th
Finished On: August 29th, 9:47 PM
Pages Read: 544

Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 30th
Currently On: Page 0 of 464

Prompts Left: Arithmancy E, Astronomy A, Charms O, Herbology A, Potions A
Read: 30
Pages Read: 12181

ARC August Update 29



I've read my next book, and that was Ruthless Gods, and I'm going to be reading Seven Devils next!

Reading Journey:

The New Improved Sorceress by Sara Hanover
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 11:10 PM
Pages Read: 432

The Emperor's Wolves by Michelle Sagara
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 9:17 PM
Pages Read: 512

Kitty's Mix-Tape by Carrie Vaughn
Started On: August 5th,
Finished On: August 5th, 11:30 PM
Pages Read: 288

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 7th, 12:11 AM
Pages Read: 496

Dragon Unleashed by Grace Draven
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 2:23 PM
Pages Read: 384

Bombshell by Rowan Maness
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 7:54 PM
Pages Read: 313

The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi
Started On: August 8th
Finished On: August 8th, 10:04 PM
Pages Read: 416

Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell
Started On: August 9th,
Finished On: August 9th, 9:53 PM
Pages Read: 579

Deacon Locke Went to Prom by Brian Katcher
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 11:29 PM
Pages Read: 386

Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 5:44 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 336

Season of the Wolf by Maria Vale
Started On: August 14th
Finished On: August 14th, 10:40 PM
Pages Read: 320

Scared Little Rabbits by A.V. Geiger
Started On: August 15th
Finished On: August 15th, 1:24 PM
Pages Read: 368

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Started On: August 15th
Finished On: August 15th, 9:26 PM
Pages Read: 416

The Return by Rachel Harrison
Started On: August 17th
Finished On: August 17th, 2:41 PM
Pages Read: 368

Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle S. Prendergast
Started On: August 18th
Finished On: August 18th, 8:59 PM
Pages Read: 483

The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley
Started On: August 19th
Finished On: August 19th, 6:35 PM
Pages Read: 464

Your Own Worst Enemy by Gordon Jack
Started On: August 20th
Finished On: August 20th, 9:15 AM
Pages Read: 448

This Is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes
Started On: August 20th
Finished On: August 20th, 8:48 PM
Pages Read: 288

Dark Song by Christine Feehan
Started On: August 21st
Finished On: August 21st, 11:31 AM
Pages Read: 448

Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova
Started On: August 22nd
Finished On: 23rd, 12:20 AM
Pages Read: 384

Into the Real by Z Brewer
Started On: August 23rd
Finished On: August 23rd, 9:49 PM
Pages Read: 432

A Sanctuary of Spirits by Leanna Renee Hieber
Started On: August 25th
Finished On: August 25th, 11:31 PM
Pages Read: 276

For Whom the Book Tolls by Laura Gail Black
Started On: August 26th
Finished On: August 26th, 12:41 PM
Pages Read: 264

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 10:16 AM
Pages Read: 512

Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 4:17 PM
Pages Read: 432

Dragon Untameable by Ava Richardson
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 8:10 PM
Pages Read: 366

Warriors of Wing and Flame by Sara B. Larson
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 28th, 12:22 AM
Pages Read: 384

Ruthless Gods by by Emily A. Duncan
Started On: August 29th
Finished On: August 29th, 9:47 PM
Pages Read: 544

Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
Started On: August 30th
Currently On: Page 0 of 464

Master of One by Jaida Jones and Dani Bennett
Started On: August
Pages Read: 0 of 544

Goals: 31
Read: 29
Pages Read: 11707

Friday, August 28, 2020

First Lines Friday #485, August 28th

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

"There was a darkness. Vast and cold and alive. She could feel it breathing, shifting, wanting from her. There was nothing to stop it from consuming her. Her arms were bound to a slab of stone-there was no escape from this place she didn't recognize. She couldn't remember when she had stopped fighting. But the real fear-the blistering horror threatening to tear her apart-was that she didn't know who she was." -Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan

That doesn't sound like a very good situation! Hopefully she gets out! Must read more! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Magical Readathon N.E.W.T.s Update 29

I've read my next book, and that was Warriors of Wing and Flame, which is for Care of Magical Creatures Acceptable, and I'm going to be reading Ruthless Gods next!

Reading Journey:

The Last Airbender: The Promise by Michael Dante DiMartino and by Gene Luen Yang
Prompt Fulfilled: Muggle Studies Acceptable
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 10:09 PM
Pages Read: 246

The Emperor's Wolves by Michelle Sagara
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Outstanding
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 9:17 PM
Pages Read: 512

Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer
Prompt Fulfilled: Herbology Outstanding
Started On: August 4th
Finished On: August 4th, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 672

Kitty's Mix-Tape by Carrie Vaughn
Prompt Fulfilled: Care of Magical Creatures Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 5th,
Finished On: August 5th, 11:30 PM
Pages Read: 288

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
Prompt Fulfilled: Potions Outstanding
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 7th, 12:11 AM
Pages Read: 496

Dragon Unleashed by Grace Draven
Prompt Fulfilled: Defense Against the Dark Arts Outstanding
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 2:23 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi
Prompt Fulfilled: Charms Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 8th
Finished On: August 8th, 10:04 PM
Pages Read: 416

Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell
Prompt Fulfilled: Ancient Ruins Acceptable
Started On: August 9th
Finished On: August 9th, 9:53 PM
Pages Read: 579

Deacon Locke Went to Prom by Brian Katcher
Prompt Fulfilled: Transfiguration Outstanding
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 11:29 PM
Pages Read: 386

The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
Prompt Fulfilled: Divination Outstanding
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 336

Season of the Wolf by Maria Vale
Prompt Fulfilled: Transfiguration Acceptable
Started On: August 14th
Finished On: August 14th, 10:40 PM
Pages Read: 320

Scared Little Rabbits by A.V. Geiger
Prompt Fulfilled: Muggle Studies Outstanding
Started On: August 15th
Finished On: August 15th, 1:24 PM
Pages Read: 368

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Prompt Fulfilled: Muggle Studies Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 15th
Finished On: August 15th, 9:26 PM
Pages Read: 416

You Look Different in Real Life by Jennifer Castle
Prompt Fulfilled: Arithmancy Acceptable
Started On: August 16th
Finished On: August 16th, 11:39 PM
Pages Read: 355

The Return by Rachel Harrison
Prompt Fulfilled: Defense Against the Dark Arts Acceptable
Started On: August 17th
Finished On: August 17th,  2:41 PM
Pages Read: 368

Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle S. Prendergast
Prompt Fulfilled: Divination Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 18th
Finished On: August 18th, 8:59 PM
Pages Read: 483

Your Own Worst Enemy by Gordon Jack
Prompt Fulfilled: Charms Acceptable
Started On: August 20th
Finished On: August 20th, 9:15 AM
Pages Read: 448

This Is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes
Prompt Fulfilled: Arithmancy Outstanding
Started On: August 20th
Finished On: August 20th, 8:58 PM
Pages Read: 288

Dark Song by Christine Feehan
Prompt Fulfilled: Ancient Ruins Outstanding
Started On: August 21st
Finished On: August 21st, 11:31 AM
Pages Read: 448

Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova
Prompt Fulfilled: Care of Magical Creatures Outstanding
Started On: August 21st
Finished On: August 21st, 7:24 PM
Pages Read: 352

Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova
Prompt Fulfilled: Divination Acceptable
Started On: August 22nd
Finished On: August 23rd, 12:20 AM
Pages Read: 384

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Prompt Fulfilled: Ancient Ruins Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 23rd
Finished On: August 23rd, 5:28 PM
Pages Read: 314

Into the Real by Z Brewer
Prompt Fulfilled: History of Magic Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 23rd
Finished On: August 23rd, 9:49 PM
Pages Read: 432

A Sanctuary of Spirits by Leanna Renee Hieber
Prompt Fulfilled: History of Magic Acceptable
Started On: August 25th
Finished On: August 25th, 11:31 PM
Pages Read: 276

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Prompt Fulfilled: Herbology Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 10:16 AM
Pages Read: 512

Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa
Prompt Fulfilled: Defense Against the Dark Arts Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 4:17 PM
Pages Read: 432

Dragon Untameable by Ava Richardson
Prompt Fulfilled: Transfiguration Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 8:10 PM
Pages Read: 366

Warriors of Wing and Flame by Sara B. Larson
Prompt Fulfilled: Care of Magical Creatures Acceptable
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 28th, 12:22 AM
Pages Read: 384

Ruthless Gods by by Emily A. Duncan
Prompt Fulfilled: Potions Exceeds Expectations
Started On: August 28th
Currently On: Page 0 of 544

Prompts Left: Arithmancy E, Astronomy A, E, Charms O, Herbology A, Potions A
Read: 29
Pages Read: 11637

ARC August Update 28



I've read my next book, and that was Warriors of Wing and Flame, and I'm going to be reading Ruthless Gods next!

Reading Journey:

The New Improved Sorceress by Sara Hanover
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 11:10 PM
Pages Read: 432

The Emperor's Wolves by Michelle Sagara
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 9:17 PM
Pages Read: 512

Kitty's Mix-Tape by Carrie Vaughn
Started On: August 5th,
Finished On: August 5th, 11:30 PM
Pages Read: 288

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 7th, 12:11 AM
Pages Read: 496

Dragon Unleashed by Grace Draven
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 2:23 PM
Pages Read: 384

Bombshell by Rowan Maness
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 7:54 PM
Pages Read: 313

The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi
Started On: August 8th
Finished On: August 8th, 10:04 PM
Pages Read: 416

Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell
Started On: August 9th,
Finished On: August 9th, 9:53 PM
Pages Read: 579

Deacon Locke Went to Prom by Brian Katcher
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 11:29 PM
Pages Read: 386

Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 5:44 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 336

Season of the Wolf by Maria Vale
Started On: August 14th
Finished On: August 14th, 10:40 PM
Pages Read: 320

Scared Little Rabbits by A.V. Geiger
Started On: August 15th
Finished On: August 15th, 1:24 PM
Pages Read: 368

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Started On: August 15th
Finished On: August 15th, 9:26 PM
Pages Read: 416

The Return by Rachel Harrison
Started On: August 17th
Finished On: August 17th, 2:41 PM
Pages Read: 368

Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle S. Prendergast
Started On: August 18th
Finished On: August 18th, 8:59 PM
Pages Read: 483

The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley
Started On: August 19th
Finished On: August 19th, 6:35 PM
Pages Read: 464

Your Own Worst Enemy by Gordon Jack
Started On: August 20th
Finished On: August 20th, 9:15 AM
Pages Read: 448

This Is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes
Started On: August 20th
Finished On: August 20th, 8:48 PM
Pages Read: 288

Dark Song by Christine Feehan
Started On: August 21st
Finished On: August 21st, 11:31 AM
Pages Read: 448

Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova
Started On: August 22nd
Finished On: 23rd, 12:20 AM
Pages Read: 384

Into the Real by Z Brewer
Started On: August 23rd
Finished On: August 23rd, 9:49 PM
Pages Read: 432

A Sanctuary of Spirits by Leanna Renee Hieber
Started On: August 25th
Finished On: August 25th, 11:31 PM
Pages Read: 276

For Whom the Book Tolls by Laura Gail Black
Started On: August 26th
Finished On: August 26th, 12:41 PM
Pages Read: 264

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 10:16 AM
Pages Read: 512

Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 4:17 PM
Pages Read: 432

Dragon Untameable by Ava Richardson
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 27th, 8:10 PM
Pages Read: 366

Warriors of Wing and Flame by Sara B. Larson
Started On: August 27th
Finished On: August 28th, 12:22 AM
Pages Read: 384

Ruthless Gods by by Emily A. Duncan
Started On: August 28th
Currently On: Page 0 of 544

Goals: 31
Read: 28
Pages Read: 11163

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Waiting on Wednesday #456, February 5th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

A Bad Day For Sunshine by Darynda Jones
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones is back with the brand-new snarky, sassy, wickedly fun Sunshine Vicram series!

Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o’ joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose.

Del Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, its strong cups of coffee—and a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff—an election her adorably meddlesome parents entered her in—and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of it's reminding Sunny why she left Del Sol in the first place. Add to that trouble at her daughter’s new school and a kidnapped prized rooster named Puff Daddy, and Sunshine has her hands full.

Enter sexy almost-old-flame Levi Ravinder and a hunky US Marshall, both elevens on a scale of one to blazing inferno, and the normally savvy sheriff is quickly in over her head. Now it’s up to Sunshine to juggle a few good hunky men, a not-so-nice kidnapping miscreant, and Doug the ever-pesky flasher. And they said coming home would be drama-free.

A Stroke of Malice by Anna Lee Huber
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
Lady Kiera Darby and her husband Sebastian Gage are looking forward to relaxing with new friends at an exciting yearly soiree, but they soon learn that murder never takes a holiday in the latest riveting installment in this national bestselling series.

Scotland 1832. After enjoying a delightful holiday with her family, Lady Kiera Darby is looking forward to finishing her new friend, the Duchess of Bowmont's portrait, as well as attending the duchess's annual Twelfth Night party. Though she normally avoids such fashionable events, Kiera trusts the attention will not be focused on her, but rather her notorious hostess and her family. But upon their arrival at the opulent Scottish estate, Kiera and her husband and fellow investigative partner, Sebastian Gage, swiftly deduce that all is not merry in the duke's household. The family appears to be under a great strain, and someone seems determined to cause mayhem among the guests with a series of forged notes.

However, matters swiftly turn from irksome to downright deadly when the merrymakers stumble upon a decomposing body in the castle's crypt. This corpse is certainly no laughing matter, especially when it is identified as the duchess's son-in-law, the Earl of Helmsdale, who had purportedly traveled to Paris more than a month earlier. It is evident the man met with foul play, and Kiera and Gage step in to investigate, at the duchess's insistence. Kiera and Gage must swiftly reexamine the facts, for a ruthless murderer walks among them and may well be a member of the duchess's own family. Kiera soon discovers just how deep the killer is willing to dig to keep their secrets from ever seeing the light of day.

Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
The first novel written for an adult audience by the mega-selling author of the Divergent franchise: five twenty-something heroes famous for saving the world when they were teenagers must face even greater demons—and reconsider what it means to be a hero . . . by destiny or by choice.

A decade ago near Chicago, five teenagers defeated the otherworldly enemy known as the Dark One, whose reign of terror brought widespread destruction and death. The seemingly un-extraordinary teens—Sloane, Matt, Ines, Albie, and Esther—had been brought together by a clandestine government agency because one of them was fated to be the “Chosen One,” prophesized to save the world. With the goal achieved, humankind celebrated the victors and began to mourn their lost loved ones.

Ten years later, though the champions remain celebrities, the world has moved forward and a whole, younger generation doesn’t seem to recall the days of endless fear. But Sloane remembers. It’s impossible for her to forget when the paparazzi haunt her every step just as the Dark One still haunts her dreams. Unlike everyone else, she hasn’t moved on; she’s adrift—no direction, no goals, no purpose. On the eve of the Ten Year Celebration of Peace, a new trauma hits the Chosen: the death of one of their own. And when they gather for the funeral at the enshrined site of their triumph, they discover to their horror that the Dark One’s reign never really ended. 

The Empire of Dreams by Rae Carson
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
New York Times-bestselling author Rae Carson makes a triumphant return to the world of her award-winning Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy in this extraordinary stand-alone novel. With action, adventure, and a heroine set on destroying the patriarchal limits meant to keep her in her place, The Empire of Dreams once again proves that Rae Carson is a master of epic fantasy.

Even though Red Sparkle Stone is a foundling orphan with an odd name and a veiled past, she's about to be adopted into the royal family—by Empress Elisa herself. Sixteen-year-old Red can hardly believe her luck. Then, in a stunning political masterstroke, the empress's greatest rival blocks the adoption, and Red is left with no family and no future.

Grieving and lost, but determined to find her place, Red hatches a daring plan: she will prove herself as a recruit for the world's most elite fighting force, the legendary Royal Guard—something no woman has done before. But it's no coincidence that someone wanted her to fail as a princess, someone whose shadowy agenda puts everything she loves at risk. As danger closes in, it will be up to Red and her new friends—and maybe some new enemies—to save the empire. If they can survive recruitment year. 

Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
Darkness never works alone...

Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he’s become.

As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet—those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer.
One Perfect Summer by Brenda Novak
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
Some families we’re born into

Some we find for ourselves

When Serenity Alston swabbed her cheek for 23andMe, she joked about uncovering some dark ancestral scandal. The last thing she expected was to discover two half sisters she didn’t know existed. Suddenly, everything about her loving family is drawn into question. And meeting these newfound sisters might be the only way to get answers.

The women decide to dig into the mystery together at Serenity’s family cabin in Lake Tahoe. With Reagan navigating romantic politics at work and Lorelei staring down the collapse of her marriage, all three women are converging at a crossroads in their lives. Before the summer is over, they’ll have to confront the past and determine how to move forward when everything they previously thought to be true was a lie. But any future is easier to face with family by your side. 

Titan's Day by Dan Stout
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
The second book in the acclaimed Carter Archives noir fantasy series returns to the gritty town of Titanshade, where danger lurks around every corner.

The city of Titanshade pulses with nervous energy. The discovery of new riches beneath its snowfields has given residents hope for prosperity, but it also means the arrival of federal troops, along with assurances that they are only there to "stabilize the situation".

Newcomers flood the streets, dreaming of finding their fortunes, while in the backrooms and beer halls of the city, a populist resistance gains support, its leaders' true motives hidden behind nativist slogans. And in an alley, a gruesome discovery: the mutilated body of a young woman, a recent immigrant so little-regarded that not even her lovers bothered to learn her name. But in death, she's found a champion.

Detective Carter single-mindedly pursues the killer as he navigates political pressures and resists becoming a pawn in the struggles tipping the city toward anarchy. But when more innocent lives are lost and time runs short, he's forced to decide if justice is worth sparking all-out war in the streets during the biggest celebration of the year: Titan's Day.

Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
It starts before you can even remember: You learn the rules for being a girl. . . .

Marin has always been good at navigating these unspoken guidelines. A star student and editor of the school paper, she dreams of getting into Brown University. Marin’s future seems bright―and her young, charismatic English teacher, Mr. Beckett, is always quick to admire her writing and talk books with her.

But when “Bex” takes things too far and comes on to Marin, she’s shocked and horrified. Had she somehow led him on? Was it her fault?

When Marin works up the courage to tell the administration what happened, no one believes her. She’s forced to face Bex in class every day. Except now, he has an ax to grind.

But Marin isn’t about to back down. She uses the school newspaper to fight back and she starts a feminist book club at school. She finds allies in the most unexpected people, like “slutty” Gray Kendall, who she’d always dismissed as just another lacrosse bro. As things heat up at school and in her personal life, Marin must figure out how to take back the power and write her own rules.

Sword in the Stars by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
In this epic sequel to Once & Future, to save the future, Ari and her Rainbow knights pull off a heist... thousands of years in the past.

Ari Helix may have won her battle against the tyrannical Mercer corporation, but the larger war has just begun. Ari and her cursed wizard Merlin must travel back in time to the unenlightened Middle Ages and steal the King Arthur's Grail---the very definition of impossible.

It's imperative that the time travelers not skew the timeline and alter the course of history. Coming face-to-face with the original Arthurian legend could produce a ripple effect that changes everything. Somehow Merlin forgot that the past can be even more dangerous than the future...

We Didn't Ask for This by Adi Alsaid
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
Central International School’s annual lock-in is legendary. Bonds are made. Contests are fought. Stories are forged that will be passed down from student to student for years to come.

This year’s lock-in begins normally enough. Then a group of students led by Marisa Cuevas stage an ecoprotest and chain themselves to the doors, vowing to keep everyone trapped inside until their list of demands is met.

Some students rally to their cause…but others are aggrieved to watch their own plans fall apart.

Amira has trained all year to compete in the school decathlon on her own terms. Peejay intended to honor his brother by throwing the greatest party CIS has ever seen. Kenji was looking forward to making a splash at his improv showcase. Omar wanted to spend a little time with the boy he’s been crushing on. Celeste, adrift in a new country, was hoping to connect with someone—anyone. And Marisa, once so certain of her goals, must now decide how far she’ll go to attain them.

Every year, lock-in night changes lives. This year, it might just change the world. 

Little Universes by Heather Demetrios
Expected Publication: April 7th, 2020
From Goodreads:
One wave: that’s all it takes for the rest of Mae and Hannah Winters’ lives to change.

When a tsunami strikes the island their parents are vacationing on in Malaysia, it soon becomes clear that their parents are never coming home. Forced to move to Boston from their sunny California home for the rest of their senior year, each girl struggles with secrets their parents’ death has brought to light and with their uncertainty about the future. Instead of getting closer, it feels like the wave has torn them apart.

Little Universes explores the powerful bond of sisters, the kinds of love that never die, and the journey we all must make through the baffling cruelty and unexpected beauty of human life in an incomprehensible universe.

Oh, wow, some really fantastic books coming out! I'm so excited for all these books, for these authors, there's so many amazing sequels coming out, and some new books, and I can't wait to read them! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Monday, November 25, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #442, November 25th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #441
Teaser Tuesday #449
WWW Wednesday #449
WOW #445
Will the Time Come #442
Third Sentence Thursday #432
Random Reads #418
First Lines Friday #445
The Reward Challenge Update #427
Book Blogger Hop #111
How Well I Stuck to It #279
Wrote that Review Update #276

Week 47 Reviews:
The Scorpio Races
Chasing the Shadows
Wicked Saints
Gideon the Ninth
A Lady's Honor
A Lady's Escape
A Lady's Virtue

OK, so I got 17 posts in 7 days, and yeah, it was a decent week, some great books, and yeah, as always, some really great books coming up that I can't wait to read! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read A Conspiracy of Bones, The Cruel Prince, The Lost Sisters, The Wicked King, The Queen of Nothing, Ruthless Gods, Seven Crows, and Starsight.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a new riveting novel featuring her vastly popular character forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who must use all her tradecraft to discover the identity of a faceless corpse, its connection to a decade-old missing child case, and why the dead man had her cell phone number.

It’s sweltering in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Temperance Brennan, still recovering from neurosurgery following an aneurysm, is battling nightmares, migraines, and what she thinks might be hallucinations when she receives a series of mysterious text messages, each containing a new picture of a corpse that is missing its face and hands. Immediately, she's anxious to know who the dead man is, and why the images were sent to her.

An identified corpse soon turns up, only partly answering her questions.

To win answers to the others, including the man's identity, she must go rogue, working mostly outside the system. That's because Tempe’s new boss holds a fierce grudge against her and is determined to keep her out of the case. Tempe bulls forward anyway, even as she begins questioning her instincts. But the clues she discovers are disturbing and confusing. Was the faceless man a spy? A trafficker? A target for assassination by the government? And why was he carrying the name of a child missing for almost a decade?

With help from a number of law enforcement associates including her Montreal beau Andrew Ryan and the always-ready-with-a-smart-quip, ex-homicide investigator Skinny Slidell, and utilizing new cutting-edge forensic methods, Tempe draws closer to the astonishing truth.

But the more she uncovers, the darker and more twisted the picture becomes...
By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.

Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences.

In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.
Sometimes the difference between a love story and a horror story is where the ending comes . . .

While Jude fought for power in the Court of Elfhame against the cruel Prince Cardan, her sister Taryn began to fall in love with the trickster, Locke.

Half-apology and half-explanation, it turns out that Taryn has some secrets of her own to reveal.

The Lost Sisters is a companion e-novella to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince by master writer Holly Black.
You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.

The first lesson is to make yourself strong.

After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.

When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.

Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.

Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril.

Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict's bloody politics.

And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity…

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy.
Darkness never works alone...

Nadya doesn't trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn't belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he's become.

As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They're pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet—those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer.

In her dramatic follow-up to Wicked Saints, the first book in her Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Emily A. Duncan paints a Gothic, icy world where shadows whisper, and no one is who they seem, with a shocking ending that will leave you breathless.
An ex-con tracks down the men who have kidnapped her niece in this gritty and visceral thriller.

Killian Delaney has a skewed moral compass, a high threshold for pain, and has just been released from prison to discover that someone has taken her niece.

Killian does not hesitate. Loyalty is the most important thing in her life, and when she gets a call from her sister saying that her daughter is missing, Killian immediately begins hunting down the men responsible.

She quickly discovers her niece was involved with a notorious biker gang who are engaged in everything from drugs to human trafficking. And to make it worse, the man who sent Killian to jail, the one she nearly beat to death, is at the center of it all.

To save her niece, she'll need a plan. A smart, quick, and efficient one. Because she's going to do it right this time. She'll burn them to the ground.
All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing.

Spensa is sure there's more to the story. And she's sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could happen to her. When she made it outside the protective shell of her planet, she heard the stars--and it was terrifying. Everything Spensa has been taught about her world is a lie.

But Spensa also discovered a few other things about herself--and she'll travel to the end of the galaxy to save humankind if she needs to.