Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spines. If you've been around a while you know I like the creeptastic stuff. Even if you take away that incredibly unsettling cover this subject matter is one I'm super interested in. I love the creepy, give me all the creepy stories. But for real, make that image big.... Continue Reading →
Thoughts and Review : High Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley ☆☆☆☆ Published by Dial Books Publication Date : May 10th, 2016 Available as Hardback & eBook - 256 Pages Source : Library Sixteen-year-old Solomon is agoraphobic. He hasn’t left the house in three years, which is fine by him. Ambitious Lisa desperately wants to get into the second-best psychology program for college (she’s being realistic).... Continue Reading →
Warcraft Weekend : Legion Beta Thoughts
What's this?! A Warcraft Weekend!? Who died?* *SPOILERS - A HELL OF A LOT OF PEOPLE - I shall elaborate on this in another post, but DAMN EVERYONE FREAKING DIES. So with it would stand to reason that I wait months for a Legion beta key only to get one when my thumb is completely... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday 07/06/2016
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spines. I don't know a lot about this one, but there were a few things that piqued my interest and one thing that is always a buzz word for me. 1) Adam Gidwitz wrote it and he is hilarious. 2) Look at that subtitle. Look at it.... Continue Reading →
June 2016 Wrapup
June was a slow month for blogging and reading. It was super busy overall in everything else. Work was busy and life was busy. I also found out what is wrong with my wrist/thumb, it's called De Quervain's Syndrome and it makes it incredibly hard to type on bad days. I've also had to learn... Continue Reading →
Review and Thoughts : Hope and Red by Jon Skovron
Hope and Red by Jon Skovron ☆☆☆.75 Published by Orbit Publication Date : June 30th, 2016 Available as Paperback & eBook - 416 Pages Source : NetGalley - Thank you! In a fracturing empire spread across savage seas, two young people from different cultures find common purpose. A nameless girl is the lone survivor when her village is massacred by biomancers,... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday 6/29/2016
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spines. Yet another graphic novel! I've been getting more and more into these lately. I'm not good with single issues, not at all, but I love getting the bind ups of these. Bitch Planet is one I adore, I cannot wait to see where this goes. ... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday 6/22/2016
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spines. Okay, this one is a bit of a cheat because this book is a classic and in America a large chunk of us had to read this for school. There is also a movie of this out. BUT LOOK AT IT! IT IS A THING OF... Continue Reading →
Review and Thoughts : The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters
The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters ☆☆☆☆ Published by Amulet Books Publication Date : March 8th, 2016 Available as Hardback & eBook - 352 Pages Source : Library Scene: Oregon, 1923. Dramatis personae: Hanalee Denney, daughter of a white woman and an African American man Hank Denney, her father—a ghost Greta Koning, Hanalee’s mother Clyde... Continue Reading →
Review and Thoughts : What Is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
What Is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi ☆☆☆.75 Published by Riverhead Books Publication Date : March 8th, 2016 Available as Hardback & eBook - 325 Pages Source : Library The key to a house, the key to a heart, the key to a secret—Oyeyemi’s keys not only unlock elements of her characters’ lives,... Continue Reading →