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The Friday Face off is a weekly meme hosted by Books by Proxy and the official rules can be found here. This is a fun way to feature your favorite book covers and show off your favorite edition! ‘There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home: a cover with... Continue Reading →
Published: November 1, 2016 Publisher: Pyr Genre: Fantasy- Historical Pages: 340 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: In 1814, the Congress of Vienna has just begun. Diplomats battle over a new map of Europe, actors vie for a chance at glory, and aristocrats and royals from across the continent come together to celebrate the... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where bloggers feature a book that we just can’t wait to get our hands on! Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty is a science fiction novel with a thriller-like twist and that has me beyond interested. I love a good bit of... Continue Reading →
Published: October 1, 2008 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 645 (Mass Market) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: From New York Times Bestselling author Brent Weeks... For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's... Continue Reading →
The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron Perfect time of the year to sit down and read a massive, Medieval fantasy novel. I enjoyed The Red Knight, but found it to be somewhat slow, which was unusual for me since I read pretty quickly. I've seen lots of great reviews of this and let's be honest,... Continue Reading →
Published: October 25, 2016 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Genre: Fantasy - Urban Pages: 336 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Welcome to Mexico City… An Oasis In A Sea Of Vampires… Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is busy eking out a living when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life.... Continue Reading →
The Friday Face off is a weekly meme hosted by Books by Proxy and the official rules can be found here. This is a fun way to feature your favorite book covers and show off your favorite edition! There was once a princess, who lived in the top of the highest tower- a cover featuring a... Continue Reading →
Published: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Flatiron Books Genre: Fiction Pages: 256 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: A debut novel in stories that follows one woman's life from age 16 to 60, and what happens when certain celebrities—Neil Young, Meryl Streep, John Updike, Taylor Swift, Karl Ove Knausgaard—start turning up in her private life, at the... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where bloggers feature a book that we just can’t wait to get our hands on! Okay, okay, so I should probably finish the other books before I get all excited about The Blood Mirror, but I CAN'T WAIT. Maybe I'll catch... Continue Reading →
This will be an occasional Tuesday feature where I share some of my favorite songs from the last week or two of binge-listening Pandora. Feel free to join in if you want! https://youtu.be/3HcESERdGG4 https://youtu.be/-cOCmC_m23E https://youtu.be/MJCqbuJxTEs https://youtu.be/tlCkafSYNJI https://youtu.be/rJTCKol8VFU If you can't tell, I like sad or otherwise emotional music. I've been loving The Oh Hellos radio... Continue Reading →
