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October 16, 2015
Book Review: The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1) by David Estes
The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1)
by David Estes
The Moon Dwellers is the explosive start to the Dwellers Series. This story takes place in a world where everyone lives underground. The closer you are to the surface the better your life. So we have the Sun Dwellers, the Moon Dwellers and the Star Dwellers. The Sun Dwellers are the rulers while everyone else is pretty much their slaves.
In this book we follow Adele, a Moon Dwellers that has been sentenced to life in prison for the crime of h...
October 13, 2015
Book Review: The Faerie Guardian (Creepy Hollow, #1) by Rachel Morgan
The Faerie Guardian (Creepy Hollow, #1)
by Rachel Morgan
This is the first book in the Creepy Hollow series. It is also the introduction of the main character, Violet, of the first trilogy. Violet is a Fae guardian in training and in her last mission she finds a human boy,Nate, that can actually see her and to top that he somehow manages to come with her to the Fae world where no humans are allowed. After that a crazy adventure begins, saving kids, discovering Nate's past and Violets own histo...
October 9, 2015
Book Review: Say Her Name by James Dawson
by James Dawson
Say Her Name is the story of Bloody Mary, or better yet what happens when you call her. In the boarding school were Bobbie and Naya go to, the legend of Bloody Mary comes to life when, in a Halloween dare, they decide to say her name, along with a local boy. What follows is pure mayhem as they realize that Bloody Mary is actually a real ghost that will come for their lives after five days. In the mean time they all experience parts of Mary's lives. Seeing glimpses...
October 6, 2015
Book Review: The Other Life (The Other Life, #1) by Susanne Winnacker
The Other Life (The Other Life, #1)
by Susanne Winnacker
Sherry and her family are in the middle of an apocalypse. For the past 3 years they've been living looked inside their bunker. But food has finally ran out and they have they have to come face to face with the new world, a world were a rabies virus has turned people to beasts (close to zombies). Sherry and her father decide to go out for a food run and they end up been attack by a bunch of Weepers, the infected humans. Sherry's father g...
October 2, 2015
Manga Review: Judge by Yoshiki Tonogai
Judge
by Yoshiki Tonogai
(Review for whole series, no spoilers)
The first three or so volumes were a bit slower from what I am used to with Tonogai's stories but once the revelations started there was no stopping.
Judge is a game of judgement (dah!). For Judge 9 players are abducted, each one has one of the 7 deadly sins to be judged for. Every 12 hours they have to vote for the one of them that will be killed. Simple, right? NO!
When 9 strangers are put together in an abandoned house (or whate...
September 29, 2015
Manga Review: Doubt by Yoshiki Tonogai
Doubt
by Yoshiki Tonogai
(Whole series review, no spoilers)
Maybe it was a bad idea to read this right before going to bed. Firstly, because I started thinking I will only read volumes 1 and 2 but then ended up reading the whole thing, and picking up the creators next series. Once you start this make sure you have all the volumes because you will need to know who the wolf is.
Okay, let me explain the game that this series is about, Doubt Rabbit. There is a group of people (the rabbits) but among...
September 27, 2015
Showcase Sunday #53 - September 2015 Weeks #2,3,4
Inspired by Pop Culture Junkie and the Story Siren, the aim of Showcase Sunday is to highlight our newest books or book related swag and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops and downloaded onto eReaders each week. For more information about how this feature works and how to join in, click here.
~Vicky @ Books Biscuits and Tea
Hello guys! It's been a while since I posted a book haul and as you will soon find out it was not for lack of b...
September 22, 2015
Book Review: Cracked (Soul Eater, #1) by Eliza Crewe
Cracked (Soul Eater, #1)
by Eliza Crewe
Meda is a bad-ass girl that eats people's souls to survive, but having a guilt conscience she only targets bad people. All her life she grew up thinking she was the only one who could do something like that but one night, when she is at an asylum in order to get her next meal, she comes across others like her, people who eat souls. But unfortunately they don't seem very friendly, on the contrary they are trying to kill her. Meda is saved by Crusaders, pe...
September 15, 2015
Cover Reveal: The Immortals Part Two: Allies & Enemies
Book Title: The Immortals Part Two: Allies & EnemiesGenre: Fantasy Release Date: TBD (currently approx. late October)Goodreads (Books 1)
Synopsis/back cover blurb:
A mortal who believes in a different god.
A spy who once betrayed an entire tribe.
Who are their allies and who are their enemies?
Ivo, Jaeger, Jadeth, and Emaranthe are tasked with locating a lost city and to find it they need a map long held by their enemies. Traitors and rebels have flocked to join the Dro-Aconi, taking sid...
September 14, 2015
#BookBuddyAThon TBR
Hello everyone. I am once again taking part to a read-a-thon. This one is very different than the others, since it's a buddy read-a-thon. So all you have to do is get a book buddy and then complete the challenges of this read-a-thon.
My book buddy is Vicky from Books Biscuits and Tea. And, since she will at vacation for half of the read-a-thon and neither of us reads very fast, we decided to spread out the duration of the read-a-thon to 3 weeks.
So the challenges for #BookBuddyAThon we have to:...
My book buddy is Vicky from Books Biscuits and Tea. And, since she will at vacation for half of the read-a-thon and neither of us reads very fast, we decided to spread out the duration of the read-a-thon to 3 weeks.
So the challenges for #BookBuddyAThon we have to:...
