Showing posts with label Ian Douglas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ian Douglas. Show all posts

Monday, June 1, 2020

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #469, June 1st

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 #468
Teaser Tuesday #476
WWW Wednesday #476
WOW #472
Will the Time Come #469
Third Sentence Thursday #459
Random Reads #445
First Lines Friday #472
Book Blogger Hop #138
The Reward Challenge Update #454
Wheel of TBR #1
How Well I Stuck to It #306
Wrote that Review Update #303

Week 22 Reviews:
Every Step She Takes
The Beholder
The Boundless
Seeing Darkness
Deadly Touch
The Light Between Worlds
Alien Secrets
Something to Talk About

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge:
Update 31
Update 32
Update 33
Update 34
Update 35
Update 36
Update 37
Update 38
Update 39
Update 40 and Wrap Up

24 Hour Reading Challenge:
4th May Sign Up
Update 1
Update 2
Update 3
Update 4 and Wrap Up

OK, so I got 34 posts in 7 days, I read a good number of books, which lead to a number of challenge posts. So yeah, a pretty great week, and I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read My Calamity JaneThe Persuasion, and Shadows & Surrender.

Welcome ​to 1876 and a rootin’-tootin’ America bursting with gunslingers, outlaws, and garou.

JANE (a genuine hero-eene)

Calamity’s her name, and garou hunting’s her game—when she’s not starring in Wild Bill’s Traveling Show, that is. She reckons that if a girl wants to be a legend, she should just go ahead and be one.

FRANK (*wolf whistle*)
Frank “the Pistol Prince” Butler is the Wild West’s #1 bachelor. He’s also the best sharpshooter on
both sides of the Mississippi, but he’s about to meet his match. . . .

ANNIE (get your gun!)
Annie Oakley (yep, that Annie) is lookin’ for a job, not a romance, but she can’t deny there’s something about Frank she likes. Really likes. Still, she’s pretty sure that anything he can do,
she can do better.

A HAIRY SITUATION
After a garou hunt goes south and Jane finds a suspicious-like bite on her arm, she turns tail for Deadwood, where there’s been talk of a garou cure. But things ain’t always what they seem—meaning the gang better hightail it after her before they’re a day late and a Jane short.
When Eve Duncan's daughter, Jane MacGuire, becomes a madman's target, Jane must team up with longtime love interest Seth Caleb in this suspense novel from the #1 bestselling author of Smokescreen.

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and ex-Navy Seal Joe Quinn are about to give Seth Caleb their trust for the most important duty of his life: keeping their daughter, Jane MacGuire, safe at any cost. Because Jane's talent as an artist has brought her to the attention of a madman.

Seth, Jane's longtime ally and fierce protector, is determined to keep her out of danger, but that becomes nearly impossible when Jane is forced to take matters into her own hands and confronts the man who wants her for himself...and wants Seth Caleb dead.

As Jane and Seth chase down their blood-thirsty adversary, they finally commit to one another -- in the culmination of the love story that fans have been waiting for. As the two come face-to-face with danger, one thing is made clear: it will take both of them working together to confront and defeat this evil.
Ash wanted a career filled with challenging mysteries.
She should have specified she didn't mean her family.

When a murder scene reveals a connection to Ash's father who abandoned her when she was thirteen, she's stunned. He may be the key to stopping Chariot from achieving immortality.

The catch? He could be hiding anywhere in the world.

To make matters worse, Levi, Ash's romantic entanglement and brand-new boss, has his first official case for her: helping his ex-girlfriend, a.k.a. Ash's childhood tormentor.

No one ever said adulting was easy.

As secrets multiply and alliances get deadlier, Ash's investigation takes her back into Hedon and into her own past. Cracking this case could reunite her family... or cost her everyone she holds dear.

Actual ghosts have nothing on the ghosts of her past.

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Week 22 Review: Alien Secrets

From Goodreads:
In the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas' Solar Warden series, government conspiracy theories, UFO history, and thrilling space combat come together in an unforgettable interstellar military science fiction adventure.

THE TRUTH HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE

In the final days of World War II, the Allies ransacked Berlin. Third Reich scientists were highly sought- out prizes for Americans and Russians desperate to possess the Nazi knowledge of nuclear firepower. But they failed to capture one of the most vital members of Adolf Hitler's inner circle: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Hans Kammler. One of the engineers of Auschwitz, Kammler was also a liaison with the Nazis' silent partners whose technological wonders nearly helped the Axis win the war—the alien species the Germans called the Eidechse.   

More than seven decades later, U. S. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Mark Hunter has witnessed the impossible. On a mission in North Korea, an unidentified flying object destroyed a compound developing weapons of mass destruction. Now, he has been recruited to join a government agency that has been harboring a secret alliance with extraterrestrials since 1947. Selected to lead an elite force of soldiers, Hunter will travel across the stars to help humanity stake its claim among greater intelligent life in the universe.

But the aliens who have infiltrated Earth and guided war mongering nations since the twentieth century have their own agendas… 

My Review:
Wow, this book was really great! It was a little confusing at times, because of all of the military jargon and acronyms. They were explained, but there were so many to keep track of. Plus there were a few side characters who we'd see in a scene without the main character, to add to the story, and it was hard to keep track of everything. But getting past those hurdles, this was a really excellent read!

The way this book was written was interesting. We'd start the chapter off with an important part of Human-Alien history. There were a lot of presidents! Sometimes we'd get a scene or two with a side character, not always the same one. And then we had the main story of Hunter, thrust into this world, and the adventures he has.

Yeah, this book is sci fi as heck! Aliens, space-time, oh, my! I don't know much about alien conspiracy theories, but the way they play out here, the mix of truth and fiction, was interesting to read. And the facts of these aliens were pretty intriguing, and I can't wait to read more!

I'm really excited to see where this book will go, there's a lot of opportunities, and so many places that this series could explore, and we had a really great ride in this book, and I can't wait to see where we go in the future!

This book was a really great read, and I can't wait for more of this series!

Author: Ian Douglas
Series: Solar Wardens #1
Read: May 28th, 2020
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Expected Publication: June 30th 2020
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Friday, May 29, 2020

24 Hour Reading Challenge Update 3

I read my next book, Alien Secrets, and I'm going to be reading Something to Talk About next! Well, that took me much longer than I would've liked. But I started watching TV last night, so I didn't really read, and then I had work, and then sleep. Plus I got halfway through Something to Talk About, so I should finish that fairly soon, and maybe even read another book after that!

My Reading Journey:

Deadly Touch by Heather Graham
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 2:22 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 4:01 PM
Pages Read: 384

Alien Secrets by Ian Douglas
Started On: May 29th
Finished On: May 29th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 384

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
Started On: May 29th
Currently On: Page 0 of 336

Goals: 6-8
Read: 3
Pages Read: 1119

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 36

Ok, so I read Alien Secrets and now to read my next book, Something to Talk About!

My Reading Journey:

Goldilocks Laura Lam
Started On: May 1st
Finished On: May 1st, 11:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 4:13 PM
Pages Read: 348

Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:34 PM
Pages Read: 416

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 10:07 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Fiery Kingdom by Jeffe Kennedy
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 400

Umbertouched by Livia Blackburne
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th, 1:22 PM
Pages Read: 382

The Lost City by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 12:01 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Morning Flower by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 6:04 PM
Pages Read: 352

Beyond a Darkened Shore by Jessica Leake
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 9:12 PM
Pages Read: 421

Corpse & Crown by Alisa Kwitney
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 9th, 12:07 AM
Pages Read: 314

No Parking at the End Times by Bryan Bliss
Started On: May 10th
Finished On: May 10th, 12:40 PM
Pages Read: 267

Again, but Better by Christine Riccio
Started On: May 10th
Finished On: May 10th, 9:04 PM
Pages Read: 373

Desolation Road by Christine Feehan
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 13th, 2:12 AM
Pages Read: 480

Ever Cursed by Corey Ann Haydu
Started On: May 13th
Finished On: May 13th, 10:28 PM
Pages Read: 304

The Sandcastle Empire by Kayla Olson
Started On: May 13th
Finished On: May 13th, 4:55 PM
Pages Read: 455

The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos
Started On: May 14th
Finished On: May 14th, 11:11 PM
Pages Read: 304

This Darkness Mine by Mindy McGinnis
Started On: May 15th
Finished On: May 15th, 10:08 PM
Pages Read: 400

A Dress for the Wicked by Autumn Krause
Started On: May 16th
Finished On: May 16th, 7:13 PM
Pages Read: 400

A Touch of Stone and Snow by Milla Vane
Started On: May 17th
Finished On: May 17th, 2:52 PM
Pages Read: 416

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis
Started On: May 17th
Finished On: May 18th, 12:20 AM
Pages Read: 448

Misleading a Duke by A.S. Fenichel
Started On: May 18th
Finished On: May 18th, 4:21 PM
Pages Read: 243

Dark Shores by Danielle L. Jensen
Started On: May 18th
Finished On: May 18th, 9:29 PM
Pages Read: 360

Dark Skies by Danielle L. Jensen
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 19th, 3:15 PM
Pages Read: 464

Burn by Patrick Ness
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 19th, 4:27 PM
Pages Read: 384

Through the White Wood by Jessica Leake
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 19th, 9:32 PM
Pages Read: 398

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 20th, 12:13 AM
Pages Read: 398

Sucker Punch by Laurell K. Hamilton
Started On: May 21th
Finished On: May 22nd, 12:51 AM
Pages Read: 514

I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski
Started On: May 22nd
Finished On: May 22nd, 8:03 PM
Pages Read: 378

Just a Boy and a Girl in a Small Canoe by Sarah Mlynowski
Started On: May 22nd
Finished On: May 22nd, 11:09 PM
Pages Read: 352

Every Step She Takes by Kelley Armstrong
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 4:40 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Beholder by Anna Bright
Started On: May 25th
Finished On: May 25th, 5:28 PM
Pages Read: 435

The Boundless by Anna Bright
Started On: May 25th
Finished On: May 25th, 9:54 PM
Pages Read: 512

Seeing Darkness by Heather Graham
Started On: May 26th
Finished On: May 27th, 12:04 AM
Pages Read: 400

Deadly Touch by Heather Graham
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 2:22 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 4:01 PM
Pages Read: 351

Alien Secrets by Ian Douglas
Started On: May 29th
Finished On: May 29th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 384

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
Started On: May 29th
Currently On: Page 0 of 336

Books Read: 36
Goal: 25 Books
Pages Read: 13862
Reading Next: The Obsidian Tower, Of Silver and Shadows, Terraformer, Kiss Collector, Good Girls Lie, To Best the Boys

Thursday, May 28, 2020

24 Hour Reading Challenge Update 2

I read my next book, The Light Between Worlds, and I'm going to be reading Alien Secrets next!

My Reading Journey:

Deadly Touch by Heather Graham
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 2:22 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 4:01 PM
Pages Read: 351

Alien Secrets by Ian Douglas
Started On: May 28th
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Goals: 6-8
Read: 2
Pages Read: 735

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 35

Ok, so I read The Light Between Worlds and now to read my next book, Alien Secrets!

My Reading Journey:

Goldilocks Laura Lam
Started On: May 1st
Finished On: May 1st, 11:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 4:13 PM
Pages Read: 348

Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:34 PM
Pages Read: 416

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 10:07 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Fiery Kingdom by Jeffe Kennedy
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 400

Umbertouched by Livia Blackburne
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th, 1:22 PM
Pages Read: 382

The Lost City by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 12:01 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Morning Flower by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 6:04 PM
Pages Read: 352

Beyond a Darkened Shore by Jessica Leake
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 9:12 PM
Pages Read: 421

Corpse & Crown by Alisa Kwitney
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 9th, 12:07 AM
Pages Read: 314

No Parking at the End Times by Bryan Bliss
Started On: May 10th
Finished On: May 10th, 12:40 PM
Pages Read: 267

Again, but Better by Christine Riccio
Started On: May 10th
Finished On: May 10th, 9:04 PM
Pages Read: 373

Desolation Road by Christine Feehan
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 13th, 2:12 AM
Pages Read: 480

Ever Cursed by Corey Ann Haydu
Started On: May 13th
Finished On: May 13th, 10:28 PM
Pages Read: 304

The Sandcastle Empire by Kayla Olson
Started On: May 13th
Finished On: May 13th, 4:55 PM
Pages Read: 455

The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos
Started On: May 14th
Finished On: May 14th, 11:11 PM
Pages Read: 304

This Darkness Mine by Mindy McGinnis
Started On: May 15th
Finished On: May 15th, 10:08 PM
Pages Read: 400

A Dress for the Wicked by Autumn Krause
Started On: May 16th
Finished On: May 16th, 7:13 PM
Pages Read: 400

A Touch of Stone and Snow by Milla Vane
Started On: May 17th
Finished On: May 17th, 2:52 PM
Pages Read: 416

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis
Started On: May 17th
Finished On: May 18th, 12:20 AM
Pages Read: 448

Misleading a Duke by A.S. Fenichel
Started On: May 18th
Finished On: May 18th, 4:21 PM
Pages Read: 243

Dark Shores by Danielle L. Jensen
Started On: May 18th
Finished On: May 18th, 9:29 PM
Pages Read: 360

Dark Skies by Danielle L. Jensen
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 19th, 3:15 PM
Pages Read: 464

Burn by Patrick Ness
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 19th, 4:27 PM
Pages Read: 384

Through the White Wood by Jessica Leake
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 19th, 9:32 PM
Pages Read: 398

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 20th, 12:13 AM
Pages Read: 398

Sucker Punch by Laurell K. Hamilton
Started On: May 21th
Finished On: May 22nd, 12:51 AM
Pages Read: 514

I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski
Started On: May 22nd
Finished On: May 22nd, 8:03 PM
Pages Read: 378

Just a Boy and a Girl in a Small Canoe by Sarah Mlynowski
Started On: May 22nd
Finished On: May 22nd, 11:09 PM
Pages Read: 352

Every Step She Takes by Kelley Armstrong
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 4:40 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Beholder by Anna Bright
Started On: May 25th
Finished On: May 25th, 5:28 PM
Pages Read: 435

The Boundless by Anna Bright
Started On: May 25th
Finished On: May 25th, 9:54 PM
Pages Read: 512

Seeing Darkness by Heather Graham
Started On: May 26th
Finished On: May 27th, 12:04 AM
Pages Read: 400

Deadly Touch by Heather Graham
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 2:22 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 4:01 PM
Pages Read: 351

Alien Secrets by Ian Douglas
Started On: May 28th
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Books Read: 35
Goal: 25 Books
Pages Read: 13478
Reading Next: Terraformer, Kiss Collector, The Obsidian Tower, Of Silver and Shadows, Good Girls Lie, Something to Talk About, To Best the Boys

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

WWW Wednesday #462, February 19th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme!

I'm currently reading The Life Below, and it's a fantastic sequel and I'm really enjoying it!
I read Race the Sands, and it was a fantastic book, I loved the world and the characters so much! 
I'm going to be reading Alien Secrets, and I can't wait, it sounds fantastic!

What about you guys? Happy reading!