April 8, 2020

Category: 2014 reads

Uncle John’s Weird, Weird World

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Uncle John’s Weird, Weird World Review copy received from Media Masters Publicity It’s finally here – the book that Uncle John’s fans have been asking for: a full-color, illustrated edition featuring the most entertaining articles from the world’s bestselling bathroom trivia series!  Hundreds of eye-popping photographs add a new dimension to Uncle John’s unique blend of trivia, humor, origin stories, history, science, and oddities. (Goodreads) My Review: Uncle John’s Weird, Weird World:  Who, What, Where, …

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Review: Personal by Lee Child

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Title:  PersonalAuthor:  Lee Child eBook provided by NetGalley.  Jack Reacher walks alone. Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now he’s a drifter of no fixed abode. But the army tracks him down. Because someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president.. Only one man could have done it. And Reacher is the one man who can find him.  This new heartstopping, nailbiting book in Lee Child’s number-one bestselling series takes …

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Captive book review

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Captive by Aimee Carter **eARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley** For the past two months, Kitty Doe’s life has been a lie. Forced to impersonate the Prime Minister’s niece, her frustration grows as her trust in her fake fiancé cracks, her real boyfriend is forbidden and the Blackcoats keep her in the dark more than ever. But in the midst of discovering that her role in the Hart family may not be as coincidental …

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Superheroes Anonymous book review

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Title:  Superheroes AnonymousAuthor: Lexie DunneRelease date:  November 18, 2014 *Review copy provided by the publisher* Everybody in Chicago has a “superhero sighting” story. So when a villain attacks editorial assistant Gail Godwin and she’s rescued by superhero Blaze, it’s a great story, and nothing more. Until it happens again. And again. Now, the media has dubbed her Hostage Girl, nobody remembers her real name, and people are convinced that Blaze is just Gail’s boyfriend Jeremy …

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Dark Triumph book review – a great read!

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Title:  Dark TriumphAuthor:  Robin LaFeversPublisher: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtSource: eBook received from the publisher via NetGalley Syopsis: When Sybella arrived at the doorstep of St Mortain half mad with grief and despair the convent were only too happy to offer her refuge – but at a price. The sisters of this convent serve Death, and with Sybella naturally skilled in both the arts of death and seduction, she could become one of their most dangerous weapons. …

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Book Review: Shattered

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Title: Shattered Author: Kevin HearneARC received via Amazon Vine in exchange for an honest reviewFor nearly two thousand years, there was only one Druid left walking the Earth – Atticus O’Sullivan, the Iron Druid, whose sharp wit and sharp sword kept him alive while pursued by a pantheon of hostile deities. Now he’s got company. (Goodreads) My Thoughts: We get to meet another Druid in this book; Atticus’ archdruid, who trained him way back when. And what …

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Love, Lucy by April Lindner book review

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Love, Lucy by April Lindner **ARC received from the publisher** While backpacking through Florence, Italy, during the summer before she heads off to college, 17-year-old Lucy Sommersworth finds herself falling in love with the culture, the architecture, the food…and Jesse Palladino, a handsome street musician. After a whirlwind romance, Lucy returns home, determined to move on from her “vacation flirtation.” But just because summer is over doesn’t mean Lucy and Jesse are over, too. (Goodreads) My Thoughts: …

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When book review

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When by Victoria Laurie *eARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley* Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior, cursed with an eerie intuitive ability: she sees a series of unique digits hovering above the foreheads of each person she encounters. Her earliest memories are marked by these numbers, but it takes her father’s premature death for Maddie and her family to realize that these mysterious digits are actually death dates, and just like birthdays, everyone …

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Shake Puppies – A great last-minute stocking stuffer!

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Shake Puppies by Carli Davidson Shake Puppies features two images of each dog placed side by side to capture the action of the shake- – the tousled hair, the distorted expression, the flying water droplets. The photographs capture the dogs in the most candid of moments and were shot against brightly colored backdrops to make them fresh, lively, and inviting. Shake Puppies includes a roster listing the names, ages, and breeds of the dogs, as …

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The Darkest Part of the Forest book review

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The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black **ARC received from the publisher** Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for. Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange …

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Book Review: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

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Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers *eBook received from the publisher via NetGalley* Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts – and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin …

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Book Review: Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson and Jeff Rovin

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Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson and Jeff Rovin **Review copy received from the publisher** The first novel from iconic X-Files star Gillian Anderson and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Rovin: a science fiction thriller of epic proportions. Renowned child psychologist Caitlin O’Hara is a single mom trying to juggle her job, her son, and a lackluster dating life. Her world is suddenly upturned when Maanik, the daughter of India’s ambassador to the United …

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