October 31, 2017

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Halloween Reads

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. It was created due to their love of lists.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Top Ten Halloween Reads - Books that definitely get me in the Halloween mood! - All are books I've read. I'll link the pictures to my reviews of them (if you wanna read more about them and my thoughts) and the titles to Goodreads. :)

1. Anna Dressed In Blood (Anna #1) by Kendare Blake - Who doesn't love some ghost hunting and a ghost with blood dripping off her dress that won't die?

2. Nevermore (Nevermore #1) by Kelly Creagh - This one is a long time favorite of mine! If you haven't read it, go! I love helping make new fans of this one! It incorporates Edgar Allan Poe! And shadows and nightmares! LOVE LOVE LOVE this book!

3. The Name of The Star (Shades of London #1) by Maureen Johnson - Jack the Ripper type story anyone?? I promise. Totally worth the read!!! 

4. Masque Of The Red Death (Masque Of The Red Death #1) by Bethany Griffin - Another book based on an Edgar Allan Poe story! I can't get enough of these types of books! 

5. Dearly, Departed (Gone With The Respiration #1) by Lia Habel - It's Halloween! We have to have a book with Zombies in here right!!! 

6. Falling Under (Falling Under #1) by Gwen Hayes - A place called Under? Making deals with the devil. Definitely falls under Halloween for me!

7. My Soul To Take (Soul Screamers #1) by Rachel Vincent - Banshee's! Sensing when someone is about to die. Screaming bloody murder because of it. If you have not read the Soul Screamers series, I highly recommend you do so! It is absolutely fantastic!

8. Everneath (Everneath #1) by Brodi Ashton - The underworld! Feeding on the emotions of humans in despair. Definitely a Halloween read for sure! 

9. Angelfire (Angelfire #1) by Courtney Allison Moulton - Creatures stalking in the darkness, killing reapers. This definitely earns a spot on my Halloween reads list!

10. Pure (Pure #1) by Julianna Baggott - This one made my list, not because I think it's got a Halloween theme or type of character, but because of the creepy, dark factor it has. When I first read this book I was definitely creeped out by a number of the creatures introduced and was shocked at many of the dark elements in this book. That is why it has a spot on my Halloween list!

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May 26, 2012

Cover Reveals This Past Week!

So I noticed while I was gone there were a few cover reveals (I saw this all on Facebook, so if you follow the blogs Facebook page you probably saw that I shared them on the page). So since both of these books are books I'm really looking forward to I decided to share them even if it's a little late!

Dearly, Beloved (Gone With The Respiration #2) by Lia Habel! As we all know I absolutely loved Dearly, Departed and I cant wait to read this! I do like the cover but I'm not in love with it like I was with Dearly, Departed's cover. But I guess I'll have to wait to see it in person to make a final statement on it. But none the less I'm really excited for this! I need more Bram & Nora!

Blurb from Goodreads:
In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed "Daughter of Smoke and Bone," Karou must come to terms with who and what she is, and how far she'll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters and old favorites, Days of Blood and Starlight brings the richness, color and intensity of the first book to a brand new canvas.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone was declared a "must read" by Entertainment Weekly, was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon.com, and The New York Times called it "a breath-catching romantic fantasy."

Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2) by Laini Taylor! We also know I loved Daughter of Smoke & Bone and cant wait for this either! After all we learned about Karou in Smoke & Bone I'm so excited to see just where the story is going to be taken next! And I am in love with this cover! I love the red! I think the red fits the title of Blood and Starlight really well! And how pretty does that look around the eye???? I love it! 

What are your thoughts on both the covers? Let me know in the comments!

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April 30, 2012

Review: Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel

Dearly, Departed (Gone With The Respiration #1)
Author: Lia Habel
Publisher: Del Rey
Publication Date: October 18, 2011
Pages: 470
Source: Hardcover/Own

Love can never die.

Love conquers all, so they say. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead—or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie?

The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria—a high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country’s political unrest than in tea parties and debutante balls. But after her beloved parents die, Nora is left at the mercy of her domineering aunt, a social-climbing spendthrift who has squandered the family fortune and now plans to marry her niece off for money. For Nora, no fate could be more horrible—until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses.

But fate is just getting started with Nora. Catapulted from her world of drawing-room civility, she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting “The Laz,” a fatal virus that raises the dead—and hell along with them. Hardly ideal circumstances. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble . . . and dead. But as is the case with the rest of his special undead unit, luck and modern science have enabled Bram to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.

In Dearly, Departed, romance meets walking-dead thriller, spawning a madly imaginative novel of rip-roaring adventure, spine-tingling suspense, and macabre comedy that forever redefines the concept of undying love.

Review: One word... AMAZING! I cant get over how much I loved this book! This was my first Zombie novel and it's set some pretty high expectations for the others I plan on reading! I loved the different points of view from this book! It gave you a look at many different angles of the same situation and I absolutely loved getting to know a little more about each character when it was being told by them (except Wolfe, I always felt like skipping his sections (although I didn't) cuz of his attitude). I also thought this whole entire thing with how the Zombies came to be infected to become that way in the first place was interesting (especially how some people tried blaming it on one specific person). I also liked learning about the Zombies, their leaders and how they came to be on different sides and what that meant. I just found it all so interesting, especially with the secrets that just kept coming out! I could not put this book down even if I wanted to!

I have to say I loved almost all the characters! Pam and Chas and Sam!  I really loved almost all of the supporting characters! But I do have to say Bram and Nora are definitely my faves! Nora. She was stubborn when she wanted to be but she was also very strong willed! She knew what she wanted and she wouldn't let people stand in her way! And Bram!!! AHHH! He makes the undead sound awesome (most of the time)! I mean, people make Zombies out to be flesh eating monsters! And while they do crave flesh they can control that and actually seem pretty normal (minus the undead part obviously), Lol! He also showed that even the undead still have hearts! I mean he took protecting Nora so seriously! He wouldn't let anything happen to her and was always there for her when she needed him! And even though he was forced not to tell her things he even came out with those at some point even if it put him in danger! He was such a gentleman! I'm so glad he ended up ok in the end! I seriously need book two like now!!! (Please! Lol. I absolutely cant wait for it!)

5 Stars!

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April 28, 2012

TBR Intervention Challenge [#29]

TBR Intervention is a weekly challenge hosted by Dani@RefractedLight, Anayami@Whatever You Can Still Betray & April@Books4Juliet.

The goal of this challenge is to help each other (fellow readers and bloggers) manage our enormous and constantly growing TBR (To-Be-Read) List. The rules are simple and everyone is encouraged to participate. It does not force you to commit to more than what you can manage to read in a week or so, but participants are encouraged to read at least one book within a week. You are free to choose the book you want to read and commit to this challenge. You may post your entry every Saturday, at the frequency of your choice--EVERY WEEK or EVERY TWO WEEKS. However, we will sponsor this event regularly every Saturday.

Here are the rules:  

1. Post the book(s) you committed to read in your last TBR Intervention post and tell us something about it. Did you finish it? Did you enjoy it or not? Post the link to your review (if you have one).

2. Post a book that you want to read and already own. Pick something that has been sitting on your shelf for too long now (6 months or longer). Commit to read the book in the next couple of days or week.

3. Grab the TBR Intervention Button and post it on your blog sidebar so you will be constantly reminded of the challenge, making it easier for you to commit. This will also encourage other readers/bloggers/visitors to join the challenge.

4. Add the link to your post in the Linky below and make sure to visit the other blogs. Comment, encourage, and spread the love to our fellow readers.

Last weeks TBR book:

Dearly, Departed (Gone With The Respiration #1)

Author: Lia Habel

I really really enjoyed this!!!! I loved the different points of view, oh, and I especially loved all the things that we find out along the way that surprised you. I couldnt put it down! I dont have my review written yet but I will hopefully a little later! Or tomorrow at the latest (but I'm pretty sure I'll write it tonight once I'm done with the things I'm doing).








This week I'm committing to read:

Struck (Struck #1)

Author: Jennifer Bosworth

Summary from Goodreads:

Mia Price is a lightning addict. She's survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her.

Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revelers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come.

Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn't who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything.

So I've been getting behind on my NetGalley review books so I'm hoping to read two or three of them this week! So this one is coming out May 8th and I wanna have it read in time to post a review that day (I also plan on reading Of Poseidon by Anna Banks this week because it is also being released in May and like I said, I'm behind). I've also been really excited to read this so I cant wait to get into it. 

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April 21, 2012

TBR Intervention Challenge [#28]

TBR Intervention is a weekly challenge hosted by Dani@RefractedLight, Anayami@Whatever You Can Still Betray & April@Books4Juliet.

The goal of this challenge is to help each other (fellow readers and bloggers) manage our enormous and constantly growing TBR (To-Be-Read) List. The rules are simple and everyone is encouraged to participate. It does not force you to commit to more than what you can manage to read in a week or so, but participants are encouraged to read at least one book within a week. You are free to choose the book you want to read and commit to this challenge. You may post your entry every Saturday, at the frequency of your choice--EVERY WEEK or EVERY TWO WEEKS. However, we will sponsor this event regularly every Saturday.

Here are the rules:  

1. Post the book(s) you committed to read in your last TBR Intervention post and tell us something about it. Did you finish it? Did you enjoy it or not? Post the link to your review (if you have one).

2. Post a book that you want to read and already own. Pick something that has been sitting on your shelf for too long now (6 months or longer). Commit to read the book in the next couple of days or week.

3. Grab the TBR Intervention Button and post it on your blog sidebar so you will be constantly reminded of the challenge, making it easier for you to commit. This will also encourage other readers/bloggers/visitors to join the challenge.

4. Add the link to your post in the Linky below and make sure to visit the other blogs. Comment, encourage, and spread the love to our fellow readers.

Last Weeks TBR book:

Dearly, Departed (Gone With The Respiration #1)

Author: Lia Habel

I've been really busy this week so I haven't finished this yet. But I am about a fourth of the way through it and so far I'm really enjoying it! I'll definitely have it finished for next week!

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April 15, 2012

TBR Intervention Challenge [#27]

TBR Intervention is a weekly challenge hosted by Dani@RefractedLight, Anayami@Whatever You Can Still Betray & April@Books4Juliet.

The goal of this challenge is to help each other (fellow readers and bloggers) manage our enormous and constantly growing TBR (To-Be-Read) List. The rules are simple and everyone is encouraged to participate. It does not force you to commit to more than what you can manage to read in a week or so, but participants are encouraged to read at least one book within a week. You are free to choose the book you want to read and commit to this challenge. You may post your entry every Saturday, at the frequency of your choice--EVERY WEEK or EVERY TWO WEEKS. However, we will sponsor this event regularly every Saturday.

Here are the rules:  

1. Post the book(s) you committed to read in your last TBR Intervention post and tell us something about it. Did you finish it? Did you enjoy it or not? Post the link to your review (if you have one).

2. Post a book that you want to read and already own. Pick something that has been sitting on your shelf for too long now (6 months or longer). Commit to read the book in the next couple of days or week.

3. Grab the TBR Intervention Button and post it on your blog sidebar so you will be constantly reminded of the challenge, making it easier for you to commit. This will also encourage other readers/bloggers/visitors to join the challenge.

4. Add the link to your post in the Linky below and make sure to visit the other blogs. Comment, encourage, and spread the love to our fellow readers.

Last weeks TBR book:

White Cat (Curse Workers#1)

Author: Holly Black


I finished it. I enjoyed it! I'm finding all this Curse Worker stuff really interesting! Review to come soon!













This week I'm committing to read: 

Dearly, Departed (Gone With The Respiration #1)

Author: Lia Habel

Summary from Goodreads:

Love can never die.

Love conquers all, so they say. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead—or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie?

The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria—a high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country’s political unrest than in tea parties and debutante balls. But after her beloved parents die, Nora is left at the mercy of her domineering aunt, a social-climbing spendthrift who has squandered the family fortune and now plans to marry her niece off for money. For Nora, no fate could be more horrible—until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses.

But fate is just getting started with Nora. Catapulted from her world of drawing-room civility, she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting “The Laz,” a fatal virus that raises the dead—and hell along with them. Hardly ideal circumstances. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble . . . and dead. But as is the case with the rest of his special undead unit, luck and modern science have enabled Bram to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.

In Dearly, Departed, romance meets walking-dead thriller, spawning a madly imaginative novel of rip-roaring adventure, spine-tingling suspense, and macabre comedy that forever redefines the concept of undying love.

So I've had Dearly, Departed on my shelf for about 5 months now and every time I look at it I wanna pick it up and read it but I just haven't been able to fit it in.  

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