Showing posts with label Jeff Hirsch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeff Hirsch. Show all posts

Monday, April 5, 2021

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #513, April 5th

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 #512
Teaser Tuesday #520
WWW Wednesday #520
WOW #516
Will the Time Come #513
Third Sentence Thursday #503
Random Reads #489
First Lines Friday #516
Book Blogger Hop #182
21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 4
The Reward Challenge Update #498
Wheel of TBR #45
How Well I Stuck to It #350
Wrote that Review Update #347

Week 13 Reviews:
A Good Day for Chardonnay 

TBR Trail March: 

March Mystery Madness: 

Page-a-Thon: 

Raedathon:​

Random:
Book Battle April 2021 TBR

OK, so I got 46 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty great week, I'm so glad for this 4 day long weekend, but I have a lot of catch up still left to do, I kept getting sidetracked yesterday! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Breach of Peace, A Danger to Herself and Others, and Windwitch

When an imperial family is found butchered, Officers of God are called to investigate. Evidence points to a rebel group trying to stab fear into the very heart of the empire. Inspector Khlid begins a harrowing hunt for those responsible, but when a larger conspiracy comes to light, she struggles to trust even the officers around her.
Girl, Interrupted meets We Were Liars in this gripping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Sheinmel.

Four walls. One window. No way to escape.

Hannah knows there's been a mistake, She doesn't need to be institutionalized. What happened to her roommate at that summer program was an accident. As soon as the doctor and judge figure out that she isn't a danger to herself or others, she can go home to start her senior year. Those college applications aren't going to write themselves. Until then, she's determined to win over the staff and earn some privileges so she doesn't lose her mind to boredom.

Then Lucy arrives. Lucy has her own baggage, and she's the perfect project to keep Hannah's focus off all she is missing at home. But Lucy may be the one person who can get Hannah to confront the secrets she's avoiding-and the dangerous games that landed her in confinement in the first place.
Susan Dennard returns with a follow up to New York Times bestselling novel Truthwitch.

After an explosion destroys his ship, the world believes Prince Merik, Windwitch, is dead. Scarred yet alive, Merik is determined to prove his sister's treachery. Upon reaching the royal capital, crowded with refugees, he haunts the streets, fighting for the weak--which leads to whispers of a disfigured demigod, the Fury, who brings justice to the oppressed.

When the Bloodwitch Aeduan discovers a bounty on Iseult, he makes sure to be the first to find her--yet in a surprise twist, Iseult offers him a deal. She will return money stolen from him, if he locates Safi. Now they must work together to cross the Witchlands, while constantly wondering, who will betray whom first?

After a surprise attack and shipwreck, Safi and the Empress of Marstok barely escape with their lives. Alone in a land of pirates, every moment balances on a knife's edge--especially when the pirates' next move could unleash war upon the Witchlands.

Sometimes our enemies are also our only allies..

Saturday, April 3, 2021

Week 13 Review: Black River Falls

From Goodreads:
In a town without a memory, there's one who can't forget.

When a mysterious virus tears through the small town of Black River, it spares residents' lives but takes something just as precious—their memories.

Six months later, the people of Black River are quarantined, surviving on rations, and policed by government forces. With their memories erased, they've all been transformed—some for better, some for worse.

Seventeen-year-old Cardinal Cassidy has escaped the virus, but he can't escape its devastating impact on his home and family. He chooses to remain deep within the Quarantine Zone, living in a mountain camp with the town's former bully—now his best friend. Together, they look after a group of orphaned kids and do their best to move on.

But then an enigmatic young woman appears, a private corporation takes control of Black River, and the safe, closed-off world Cardinal has created begins to crumble.

My Review:
Oh, this was a fantastic read! I wanted to know what the heck was going on with this town, with this virus that wipes peoples memories. And Cardinal hasn't been exposed-he still has his memories. But he's still sticking around town. It was such a great story!

It did take me a little while to get into this book, it was a bit confusing, trying to understand what was happening. But once I did, oh, it was such a fantastic read. I felt so badly for Cardinal, it sucks being the only one with his memories.

Of course things get shaken up, with a private company taking over the care of the town, and a new girl, and things start to get a little crazy. There were hidden motives, and some untrustworthy people, and I had to know what was going to happen next! 

Memory is the theme of this book, and of course, we're getting Cardinal's memories of his past, of him, his brother and his parents and oh, that story was heartbreaking! And he's the only one left to remember it. And all this while things are getting stirred up in the present. Loved how it wrapped up! 

Really enjoyed reading this book, and I can't wait to read more by Jeff Hirsch! 

Author: Jeff Hirsch
Read: March 29th, 2021
Source: NetGalley/Bought
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a NetGalley Book to Read in 2021 and a SAC 2021 Book!
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: July 5th 2016
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Friday, April 2, 2021

21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 4

Yeah, I read my next books for the 21 Books to Read in 2021 Challenge! And I read more than one! 

So I read Isla and the Happily Ever After, Black River Falls, Dead Girl Running, all from the NetGalley list!

Yep. Happy reading!

Here's the link to this year's post with my journey.

But to recap, I wanted to do a version of These Books Will Self Destruct in 12 months without the self destruct. I wanted to read books that I've had for a while, that I really needed to get read, but maybe I forgot about them or that I had them. So I made 3 lists, one for each way I have them, as physical books, as an NetGalley ARC, and as an Edelweiss ARC.

Monday, March 29, 2021

TBR Trail March Update 5 and Wrap Up

So I read my final book from TBR Trail, Black River Falls, for the prompt STEM - Read a book with green on the cover, Book 2, and yeah, I'm pretty happy. I did read a book for all prompts, though I wish I'd read the last book for the one prompt, but I read 2 of them, so yeah! And it did come right down to the wire! But I'm glad for all the books that I read!

Reading Journey:

Dark One, Volume 1 by Brandon Sanderson, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Nathan C. Gooden, Kurt Michael Russell
Prompt Fulfilled: Free Choice - Read a format rarely used
Started On: March 16th
Finished On: March 16th
Pages Read: 224

Dead Space by Kali Wallace
Prompt Fulfilled: STEM - Read a book with green on the cover, Book 3
Started On: March 22nd
Finished On: March  22nd, 10:01 PM
Pages Read: 336

Amid the Crowd of Stars by Stephen Leigh
Started On: March 28th
Finished On: March 28th, 5:16 PM
Pages Read: 352 

Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
Prompt Fulfilled: 2021 TBR - Read a Book Set in a Country Different to Your Own
Started On: March 28th
Finished On: March 28th, 9:30 PM
Pages Read: 339

Black River Falls by Jeff Hirsch
Prompt Fulfilled: STEM - Read a book with green on the cover, Book 2
Started On: March 29th
Finished On: March 29th, 8:49 PM
Pages Read: 328

Prompts Left: STEM - Read a book with green on the cover, Book 1?
Read: 5
Pages Read: 1669

Sunday, March 28, 2021

TBR Trail March Update 4

So I read my next book from TBR Trail, Isla and the Happily Ever After, for the prompt 2021 TBR - Read a Book Set in a Country Different to Your Own, and I'll be reading Black River Falls next!

Reading Journey:

Dark One, Volume 1 by Brandon Sanderson, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Nathan C. Gooden, Kurt Michael Russell
Prompt Fulfilled: Free Choice - Read a format rarely used
Started On: March 16th
Finished On: March 16th
Pages Read: 224

Dead Space by Kali Wallace
Prompt Fulfilled: STEM - Read a book with green on the cover, Book 3
Started On: March 22nd
Finished On: March  22nd, 10:01 PM
Pages Read: 336

Amid the Crowd of Stars by Stephen Leigh
Started On: March 28th
Finished On: March 28th, 5:16 PM
Pages Read: 352 

Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
Prompt Fulfilled: 2021 TBR - Read a Book Set in a Country Different to Your Own
Started On: March 28th
Finished On: March 28th, 9:30 PM
Pages Read: 339

Black River Falls by Jeff Hirsch
Prompt Fulfilled: STEM - Read a book with green on the cover, Book 2
Started On: March 29th
Currently On: Page 0 of 328

Prompts Left: STEM - Read a book with green on the cover, Book 1?
Read: 4
Pages Read: 1341



Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Teaser Tuesday #443, October 8th

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Today's teaser comes from Black River Falls by Jeff Hirsch, page 45.

"If Kal-El had grown up on Krypton, he'd have ended up just like everybody elese. Dude had to move to Earth to be Superman."

Dude has a point! what about you guys? Happy reading!