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January 3, 2014
Feature and Follow Friday (8)
Feature and Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison can Read. Each week, they ask bloggers a question they respond to in their Feature and Follow post.
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This week we have to talk about our favorite books for 2013. That’s actually quite easy for me. My favo...
Book Review: The Emperor’s New Clothes by Aldous Mercer
Title: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Author: Aldous Mercer
Genre: Science Fiction, M/M Romance
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Purchase: Amazon, Smashwords
Imperial Agent Royce Ree needs to pull off the biggest heist the Universe has ever seen, or it’s bye-bye cushy government job, hello cleaning toilets in a dive-bar on Baga-V.
To succeed, he will need help from the last person he’d ever ask: his ex.
THIS IS THE FULL-LENGTH OMNIBUS EDITION (#1 – #5).
The Emperor’s New Clothes is amazing....
January 2, 2014
Book Review: Witch Finder (Witch Finder #1) by Ruth Warburton
Title: Witch Finder (Witch Finder #1)
Author: Ruth Warburton
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher through Netgalley.
London. 1880. In the slums of Spitalfields apprentice blacksmith Luke is facing initiation into the Malleus Maleficorum, the fearsome brotherhood dedicated to hunting and killing witches.
Luke’s final test is to pick a name at random from the Book of Witches, a name he must track down a...
December 31, 2013
Goals for 2014
Last year, I went a little overboard with my goal list. I reached quite a few of them, but I also failed an almost equal amount. Here are last year’s goals. I crossed the ones I finished out.
Reading and Reading Blog
Keep a review schedule. Review a book maximum one week after I finished reading it.
Finish blog schedule for upcoming month by the end of the previous month.
Read and review 150 books.
Keep track of my reading challenges on I Heart Reading Challenges.
Keep track of all books I’ve read...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Harm
I’m happy to host the first starter day party of the year today for “Harm” a YA dystopian thriller. I’ll be reviewing the book on January 9. Stay tuned for the review and meanwhile, visit the other tour stops.
Tour Schedule
January 1st: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
January 3rd: Book Excerpt @ The Book Gazette
January 5th: Author Interview @ Majanka’s Blog
January 6th: Book Excerpt @ Bookish Madness
January 7th: Guest Post @ Editor Charlene’s Blog
January 9th: Book Review @ I Heart Reading
Janu...
December 29, 2013
Book Review: Twelve Houses by Olga Soaje and Giveaway
Title: Twelve Houses
Author: Olga Soaje
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon (Paperback), Amazon (Kindle)
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
What will she do now? Amelia Weiss wakes up alone, with the body of her husband cold beside her, dead. She cannot believe he has left her when he swore he never would. It is almost as if she is nothing without him.
But this novel is not about a man’s death. It is about a woman coming back...
December 28, 2013
Book Review: The Beardless Man of Tornabia & Other Stories
Title: The Beardless Man of Tornabia and other stories
Author: Bernice Agyekwena
Genre: Folklore and Children’s Tales
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon (UK), Amazon (US), The Book Depository, B&N
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
In the grand storytelling tradition of ‘One Thousand and One Nights’ comes “The Beardless Man of Tornabia & Other Stories” by Bernice Agyekwena.
‘The Beardless Man of Tornabia & Other Stories’ is a collection of original Afri...
Book Review: The Beardless Man of Tornobia & Other Stories
Title: The Beardless Man of Tornabia and other stories
Author: Bernice Agyekwena
Genre: Folklore and Children’s Tales
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon (UK), Amazon (US), The Book Depository, B&N
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
In the grand storytelling tradition of ‘One Thousand and One Nights’ comes “The Beardless Man of Tornabia & Other Stories” by Bernice Agyekwena.
‘The Beardless Man of Tornabia & Other Stories’ is a collection of original Afri...
Reading Challenge Addict 2014
I love participating in challenges, so you could probably say I’m a Reading Challenge Addict. I’ll be participating in 5 reading challenges in 2014 at the moment, but knowing myself, it could quickly turn into a larger number.
This year, I want to keep track of the challenges I entered and completed, so I set up this page and signed up for the Reading Chalenge Addict challenge.
I’ll keep track of my progress here and in the sidebar.
If you want to sign up as well, go here.
Reading Challenges I’m...
2014 Everything YA Reading Challenge
Since I read mostly YA books, I wanted to participate in a YA reading challenge for 2014. Then I stumbled upon the 2014 Everything YA Reading Challenge on Books and Iced Coffee, and I decided to sign up.
There don’t seem to be any levels in this challenge, so I will set a goal for myself. I want to read at least 30 YA books in 2014.
I’ll keep track of my progress here, through monthly updates, and in the sidebar.
If you want to participate in the challenge as well, go here.
