A Reading Journal
NineFox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee ☆☆☆☆ Published by Solaris Publication Date : June 14th, 2016 Available as eBook & Paperback - 360 Pages Source : NetGalley (Thank You!) & Purchased The first installment of the trilogy, Ninefox Gambit, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who must recapture the formidable Fortress of Scattered Needles in order to redeem... Continue Reading →
Far Thoughts and Pale Gods by Greg Bear ☆☆☆☆ Published by Open Road Media Publication Date : April 26, 2016 Available as eBook - 320 Pages Source : NetGalley - Thank you! 6 dazzling stories, freshly revised for this volume, plus new introductions, commentary, and reminiscences from the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author of"War Dogs," "Eternity," and"The Forge... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel ☆☆☆☆☆ Published by Del Rey Publication Date : April 26th, 2016 Available as Hardback & eBook - 320 Pages Source : Purchased! A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton,World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a gargantuan power. A... Continue Reading →
So in May I did pretty good! I read 19 books (including two DNFs), which isn't too shaby. I'll link any reviews I did of anything that was a new release into the book's title. So just general fun stuff. With the 16 completed books I read 4985 words. I DNF'd Endless Night by Catherine Addison and Captive Prince by C.S.... Continue Reading →
Mothership (Ever Expanding Universe #1) by Martin Leicht & Isla Neal ☆☆☆.75 Published by Saga Press Publication Date : January 26th, 2016 Available as Mass Market Paperback - 336 Pages Source : Purchased! Teen pregnancy is never easy—especially not when extraterrestrials are involved. The first in a new trilogy. Elvie Nara was doing just fine in the... Continue Reading →
HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt ☆☆☆☆.75 Published by Tom Doherty Associates Publication Date : April 26th, 2016 Available as Hardback & eBook - 448 Pages Source : Purchased! Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves. Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a... Continue Reading →
I, in recovering from a reading slump inflicted by a week of the strep throat from hell, gorged myself a bit in the past week on short fiction. I thought I'd round up the best of those here for you guys today. The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho - ☆☆☆☆ The Terracotta Bride reads like a... Continue Reading →
The Demonists by Thomas E. Sniegoski ☆☆☆ Published by Roc (Penguin Putnam Inc) Expected Publication Date : April 5th, 2016 Available as Paperback & eBook - 336 Pages Source : NetGalley Amazon | Goodreads | BookDepository There is more to our world than meets the eye—darker things, crueler things. Exorcist John Fogg and his wife, psychic... Continue Reading →
