This Week's Reads

Ireland Abandoned
by Elementalist (DeviantArt)

**Haven't done one of these in awhile. Have been sick a lot lately. Mostly sinuses, which causes pain all around my eyes, making difficult to read. Finally getting back to normal.

Wild Country by Anne Bishop
The Others #7 (Goodreads)
**Just finished this one. This wasn't my favorite but it's still one of my favorite series. I'll also probably reread this one again to pick up on things I might have missed.

Off Planet by Aileen Erin
Aunare Chronicles #1 (Goodreads)
**Received this from the publisher, Ink Monster, via NetGalley. I liked the author's supernatural series so I was willing to give this one a try. I'm hit or miss with sci-fi. Not far into this one but so far I like it.

Cast in Oblivion by Michelle Sagara
Chronicles of Elantra #14 (Goodreads)
**Another favorite series. This one seems to be getting better. It might be that I was happier with Kaylin in this one. She seemed to finally be getting that she actually needs to learn something about the symbols on her body and what she is able to do with them.

New Releases ~ week of 03/03/2019

A Crystal of Time by Soman Chainani (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years #2)

A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro (#4 Charlotte Holmes)

A Tender Hope by Amanda Cabot (#3 Cimarron Creek)
Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear (#1 White Space)
Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna by Mario Giordano (#2 Auntie Poldi)
Bad to the Crone by Amanda M. Lee (#1 A Spell's Angels Cozy Mystery Book)
Broken Bone China by Laura Childs (#20 Tea Shop Mysteries)
Captivated by Jeffery Deaver (#0.5 Colter Shaw)
Chrysalis by Brendan Reichs (#3 Project Nemesis)
Dangerous Sanctuary by Shirlee McCoy (#3 FBI: Special Crimes Unit)
Deathcaster by Cinda Williams Chima (#4 Shattered Realms)
Defending Morgan by Susan Stoker (#3 Mountain Mercenaries)
Demon Night by MJ Haag (#6 Resurrection Chronicles)

Emergent by Lance Erlick (#3 Android Chronicles)
Ever Strange by Alisa Woods (#1 Legal Magick)
Extinct by Orson Scott Card (#1 Extinct)
Falling for the Cowboy Dad by Patricia Johns (#2 Home to Eagle's Rest)
Hell To Pay by Macy Blake (#2 Hellhound Champions)
Mahimata by Rati Mehrotra (#2 Asiana)
Misadventures With a Book Boyfriend by Victoria Blue (#22 Misadventures)
Prism Cloud by Jeff Wheeler (#4 Harbinger)
Rebel Girl Revolution by E.E. Charlton-Trujillo (#2 Fat Angie)
Saddles & Secrets by Jane Smiley (#2 Ellen & Ned)
Save the World by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant (#3 Save the Humans)
Springtime at Hope Cottage by Annie Rains (#2 Sweetwater Springs)
That Ain't Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire (#8 Incryptid)

The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton (#2 The Belles)
The Fairest Kind of Love by Crystal Cestari (#3 Windy City Magic)
The Highest of Hopes by Susan Anne Mason (#2 Canadian Crossings)
The Perfect Alibi by Phillip Margolin (#2 Robin Lockwood)
The Queen’s Resistance by Rebecca Ross (#2 The Queen's Rising)
The Shadow Glass by Rin Chupeco (The Bone Witch #3)
Trashed by Mia Hopkins (#2 Eastside Brewery)
Unto Us a Son is Given by Donna Leon (#28 Guido Brunetti)
When You Are Near by Tracie Peterson (#1 Brookstone Brides)
Wild Country by Anne Bishop (#7 Others)
Wished by Jen Calonita (Fairy Tale Reform School #5)

This Week's Reads

Dragon Lake Valley
by HammySan (DeviantArt)

Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J Maas
DC Icons #3 (Goodreads)
**I've wanted to read this one since I first saw the cover. I really liked Wonder Woman by Leigh Bardugo, wasn't as crazy about the Batman book by Marie Lu but it was still well written and kept me reading until the end. Since I don't follow the DC comics outside of shows and movies I'm more looking for entertainment than anything that follows a set path.

Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Red Rising #1 (Goodreads)
**This one caught my eye when I was browsing for something different to read. I've been wanting to read it since it first came out just never got around to it.

The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
(Goodreads)
**This is another reread for me. As stated before, one of my favorite authors, and this is definitely one of my favorite trilogies.

This Week's Reads

Grimm Fairy Tales
by CarmenSinek (DeviantArt)

Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales by Justin Richards
Illustrated by David Wardle (Goodreads)
**So far this is one of my favorite reads this year. There's a Sci-Fi Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella with a sonic screwdriver (and vampires), and currently reading The Three Little Sontarans. Along with many more, these are nice short takes on fairy tales with a Doctor Who world twist.











Even with all the great new books,that I want to read, I find myself rereading a lot at the moment. These are the two series I'm giving another go.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter #3 (Goodreads)
**I've been wanting to read this one again for a few years. We had to suggest a loved book for our sons summer reading and gave him book one. It was all the motivation I needing to finally read them again.

Written in Red by Anne Bishop
The Others #1 (Goodreads)
**I love Anne Bishop (The Black Jewels Trilogy is one of my all time favorite series). This series has really pulled me in and I always end up finishing them within a day (or two). Then I instantly want more. It's been awhile since I read the early books so fun to read them again.

This Week's Reads

Mother of Earth
by SifterOne (DeviantArt)

**A bunch of series reads this week

Lake Silence by Anne Bishop
The Others #6 (Goodreads)
**I've loved this series since book 1. Even the not great ones are still really good. The fact that we are spreading out into other parts of The Others world and meeting /interacting with other characters makes it even better and helps to stop it from getting stale.

The Gathering of The Lost by Helen Lowe
The Wall of Night (Goodreads)
**I'm worried about this one only because I cannot remember much from book 1. I'm hoping it will come back as I start reading this. On the plus, this seems to have better reviews than The Heir of Night.

A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire
October Daye #2 (Goodreads)
**I had grabbed Rosemary and Rue and started to read it only to realize that I had already read it. Then found that I had book 3 but not this one.  The mix of fairie and modern worlds plus the detective mystery angle was well done in book 1, hoping for more in this one.

New Releases ~ week of 03/05/2018

A Brush With Shadows by Anna Lee Huber (#6 Lady Darby)

A Rogue of Her Own by Grace Burrowes (#4 Windham Brides)
As You Wish by Jude Deveraux (#2 Summer Hill)
Bad Moon Rising by Mandy M Roth (#2 Tempting Fate)
Beast of Stone by Linda Sue Park (#3 Wing & Claw)
Brandon's Bliss by Dale Mayer (#14 Heroes for Hire)
Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs (#5 Alpha and Omega)
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (#1 Children of OrÏsha)
Close to Home by Cara Hunter (#1 DI Fawley)
Dark Tracks by Philippa Gregory (#4 Order of Darkness)
Dipped to Death by Kelly Lane (#3 An Olive Grove Mystery)
Faith in Sweetwater County by Ciara Knight (#10 Sweetwater County)

Flight of the White Wolf by Terry Spear (#24 Heart of the Wolf)
Forbidden Stranger by Megan Hart (#3 The Protector)
Four of a Kind by Kate Kessler (#4 Audrey Harte)
Funeral in Montova by David P Wagner (#5 Rick Montoya Italian Mystery)
Genesis by Brendan Reichs (#2 Project Nemesis)
Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton (#3 Rebel of the Sands)
High Voltage by Karen Marie Moning (#10 MacKayla Lane (Fever))
Highland Dragon Master by Isabel Cooper (#3 Dawn of the Highland Dragon)
If I Live by Terri Blackstock (#3 Casey Cox)
In Places Hidden by Tracie Peterson (#1 Golden Gate Secrets)
Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst (#0.5 Of Fire and Stars)
Killing in C Sharp by Alexia Gordon (#3 Gethsemane Brown Mystery)

Lady Henterman's Wardrobe by Marshall Ryan Maresca (#2 Streets of Maradaine)
Lake Silence by Anne Bishop (#6 Others)
Marinating in Murder by Linda Wiken (#3A Dinner Club Mystery)
Marrying the Wedding Crasher by Melinda Curtis (#11 Harmony Valley)
Not Quite Crazy by Catherine Bybee (#6 Not Quite)
Obeying Rowen by Becca Jameson (#2 Club Zodiac)
On the Brink of Passion by Tamsen Parker (#5 Snow & Ice Games)
Plum Tea Crazy by Laura Childs (#19 Tea Shop Mysteries)
Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi (#4 Shatter Me)
Scorned by Laura Marie Altom (#7 SEAL Team: Disavowed)

Second Chance Soldier by Linda O. Johnston (#1 K-9 Ranch Rescue)
Secret Service Setup by Jessica R Patch (#2 Security Specialists)
Southern Discomfort by Caroline Fardig (#1 A Southern B&B Mystery)
Summer Storm by Izzy Shows (#8 Codex Blair)
Switched by Jen Calonita (#4 Fairy Tale Reform School)
The Bags of Tricks Affair by Bill Pronzini (#6 Carpenter and Quincannon Mysteries)
The Case for Jamie by Brittany Cavallaro (#3 Charlotte Holmes)
The Convent's Secret by C. J. Archer (#5 Glass and Steele)
The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover by Susan Wittig Albert (#7 Darling Dahlias)
The Double Deal by Catherine Mann (#2 Alaskan Oil Barons)

The Longest Silence by Debra Webb (#5 Shades of Death)
The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George (#20 Inspector Lynley)
The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace (#2 Women Are Some Kind of Magic)
Trap by Scarlett Dawn (#5 Origin)
Treacherous Trails by Dana Mentink (#2 Gold Country Cowboys)
Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire (#7 Incryptid)
Twins for the Rancher by Trish Milburn (#13 Blue Falls, Texas)
Until Harmony by Aurora Rose Reynolds (#4 Until Her)
Virgin Territory by Lia Riley (#3 Hellions Angels)
What's a Highlander Got to Do by Sabrina York (#5 Untamed Highlanders)
Who Moved My Goat Cheese? by Lynn Cahoon (#1 A Farm-to-Fork Mystery)
Wrath of Empire by Brian McClellan (#2 Gods of Blood and Powder)

This Week's Reads

Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
The Others #5 (Goodreads)
**I really enjoyed this series and for some reason thought book 4 was the last book. Not complaining always up for a new book from this author.

Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
Mercy Thompson #10 (Goodreads)
**This is another of my favorite authors/series. I like the thought of Mercy more on her own (across an ocean from her pack)and getting back to how it was at the beginning of the series.

The Devil's Feast by M.J. Carter
Avery & Blake #3 (Goodreads)
** Received this from Penguin's First Reads program. Not familiar with the series but it sound like a good historical fiction mystery which I tend to enjoy.

New Releases ~ week of 03/06/2017

**A lot of my favorite authors/series this week!

A Call to Vengeance by Timothy Zahn, David Weber, Thomas Pope (#3 Manticore Ascendant)

Alone by Scott Sigler (#3 Generations Trilogy)
Archangel by Margaret Fortune (#2 Spectre War)
Ashwin by Kit Rocha (#1 Gideon's Riders)
Atlantis Reborn by Gloria Craw (#3 Atlantis Rising)
Bad Debt by Jenna Bennett (#14 Savannah Martin Mystery)
Balance of Power by Stan Lee (#3 The Zodiac Legacy)
Bel of the Brawl by Maggie McConnon (#2 Bel McGrath)
Bitter Harvest by Wendy Tyson (#2 A Greenhouse Mystery)
Brighter Than the Sun by Maya Banks (#11 The Kelly Series)
Burials by Mary Anna Evans (#10 Faye Longchamp Mysteries)
Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George (#1 Confessions of Young Nero)
Darkness of Evil by Alan Jacobson (#7 Karen Vail)

Date with Death by Julia Chapman (#1 Dales Detective Mystery)
Deep Into Trouble by Dawn Ryder (#3 Unbroken Hero)
Delicate Ties by Lila Dubois (#8 Trinity Masters)
Edge of Power by Megan Crane (#4 Edge)
Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop (#5 Others)
Every Little Thing by Samantha Young (#2 Hart's Boardwalk)
Firebrand by Kristen Britain (#6 Green Rider)
Firestorm by Donna Grant (#10 Dark Kings)
Gather Her Round by Alex Bledsoe (#5 Tufa)
Gone With the Twins by Kylie Logan (#5 League of Literary Ladies)
Her True Match by Paige Tyler (#6 X-OPS)

Hisses and Honey by Shannon Mayer (#3 The Venom Trilogy)
Home at Last by Lily Everett (#6 Sanctuary Island)
How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days by Kerrelyn Sparks (#1 The Embraced)
Imperial Valley by Johnny Shaw (#3 Jimmy Veeder)
Lavos by Laurann Dohner (#5 VLG Series)
Legend of the Pendragon by Sarah Woodbury (#8 Last Pendragon Saga)
Lenin's Roller Coaster by David Downing (#3 Jack McColl)
Magic for Nothing by Seanan McGuire (#6 Incryptid)
Make Them Pay by Allison Brennan (#14 Lucy Kincaid)

Man Overboard by J A Jance (#12 Alison Reynolds)
Mistaken Identity by Shirlee McCoy (#7 Mission: Rescue)
Murder, Stage Left by Robert Goldsborough (#12 Nero Wolfe)
Mutant Mantis Lunch Ladies! by Bruce Hale (#2 Monstertown Mystery)
One Wild Night by Melissa Cutler (#3 One and Only Texas)
Payback by Gordon Korman (#3 Masterminds)
Pekoe Most Poison by Laura Childs (#18 Tea Shop Mysteries)
Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty (#6 Sean Duffy)
Riot by Tillie Cole (#4 Scarred Souls)
Royal Affair by Marquita Valentine (#2 Royals in Exile)
Secrets & Sequences by Gene Luen Yang (#3 Secret Coders)
Security Detail by Lisa Phillips (#1 Secret Service Agents)
Seduce Me, Cowboy by Maisey Yates (#10 Copper Ridge)
Sentinel's Kiss by Jamie K Schmidt (#2 Sentinels of Babylon)
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs (#10 Mercedes Thompson)
Silence of the Flans by Laura Bradford (#2 An Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery)
Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan (#1 Gods of Blood and Powder)
Soar by Sloane Murphy (#3 The Immortal Chronicles)
Someone to Hold by Mary Balogh (#2 Westcott)
Someone to Love by Donna Alward (#2 Darling, VT)
Souljacker by Yasmine Galenorn (#1 Lily Bound)
Stormchaser by Cherry Adair (#4 Cutter Cay)
The Deep End by Kristen Ashley (#1 Honey)
The Devil's Bible by Dana Chamblee Carpenter (#2 Bohemian Gospel)
The Great Pursuit by Wendy Higgins (#2 The Great Hunt)
The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon (#3 The Bone Season)
The Whisperer War by Robert Kirkman (#27 Walking Dead)
Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton (#2 Rebel of the Sands)
Twisted Bonds by Brandy L Rivers (#7 Others of Seattle)
Undiscovered by Sara Humphreys (#1 Amoveo Rising)
Wait for Dark by Kay Hooper (#17 The Bishop/Special Crimes Unit)

New Releases ~ week of 03/07/2016

A Burning Passion by Kathryn Shay (#8 Hidden Cove Firefighters)

ClawBack by J A Jance (#11 Alison Reynolds)
Cowboy At Arms by Carla Cassidy (#4 Cowboys of Holiday Ranch)
Deepest Kiss by J. Kenner (#3.10 Stark Trilogy)
Far From True by Linwood Barclay (#2 Promise Falls)
Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (#9 Mercedes Thompson)
Goodbye to the Dead by Brian Freeman (#7 Jonathan Stride)
Hard Cold Winter by Glen Erik Hamilton (#2 Van Shaw)
House of Kings by Keary Taylor (#3 House of Royals)
Iron to Iron by Ryan Graudin (#.5 Wolf By Wolf)
Justice for Corrie by Susan Stoker (#3 Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes)
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (#1 The Dark Artifices)
Lockdown by Peter Jay Black (#3 Urban Outlaws)

Map of Fates by Maggie Hall (#2 The Conspiracy of Us)
Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop (#4 Others)
My Peeping Tom by Shelley Munro (#3 Middlemarch Shifters)
Off the Grid by C. J. Box (#16 Joe Pickett)
Protecting Her Daughter by Lynette Eason (#3 Wrangler's Corner)
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty (#5 Troubles Trilogy)
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton (#1 Rebel of the Sands)
Return of the Witch by Paula Brackston (#4 Shadow Chronicles)
Risking It All by Christi Barth (#1 Naked Men)
Sands of Sorrow by Viola Grace (#52 Tales Of The Citadel)
Season of Glory by Lisa T Bergren (#3 Remnants)

Shades of Darkness by A. R. Kahler (#1 Ravenborn)
Stop the Presses! Robert Goldsborough #11 in Nero Wolfe
The Calling by Rachelle Dekker (#2  Seer)
The Goodbye Bride Denise Hunter #2 in Summer Harbor
The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins (#1 The Great Hunt)
The Hearts We Mend by Kathryn Springer (#2 Bannister Falls)
The Legend of the Rift by Peter Lerangis (#5 Seven Wonders )
Perilous Falls by Raymond Arroyo (#1 Will Wilder)
The Spider's War by Daniel Abraham (#5 Dagger and the Coin)
The Steel Kiss by Jeffery Deaver (#12 Lincoln Rhyme)
The Waters of Eternal Youth by Donna Leon (#25 Guido Brunetti)

This Week's Reads

~ Not much this week. I'm really trying to read more of the books I own, which didn't stop me from requesting more from the library this week.

50 Greatest Red Wings by Bob Duff
Goodreads
**I've been a Red Wings fan for a long time. Couldn't pass this up when I was at the library.

The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
Goodreads
**As stated trying to read more of my own books. I own all nine books in this series but have only read books 1-3 and 7-8. It's been awhile since I read this trilogy so I decided to do a reread before getting into the rest of the books.

Can't Wait Books 2016

Starting off the New Year looking forward. These are just some of the books I cannot wait to read this year.

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (The Dark Artifices #1)
Goodreads
expected release date: March 8, 2016
**I haven't really kept up to date on her Shadow Hunter's but something about the book blurb just caught my attention. May end up waiting to see what people who have actually read it say.

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Goodreads
expected release date: January 5, 2016
**This is the one I've seen on every year end/looking forward blog I've read the past couple of weeks. I always worry when there is so much hype but really hoping this one lives up to it all.

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Goodreads
expected release date: February 23, 2016
**I've been waiting for this book since the day I finished A Darker Shade of Magic. Loved just about everything about book 1 and cannot wait to go back to Kell, Rhy, and Lila's world.

Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs
Goodreads
expected release date: March 8, 2016
**A world I have loved since the first. Whether it is this series or Alpha and Omega they always seem to end way too soon.

Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop (The Others #4)
Goodreads
expected release date: March 8, 2016
**Another Author/Series that is always on my favorites list. I love the world of The Others just as much as I loved her Black Jewels world.

Seven Black Diamonds by Melissa Marr
Goodreads
expected release date: March 1, 2016
**Almost passed by this one without reading what it was about. The cover looks more like a contemporary read than a fantasy that takes place in faerie.

The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
Goodreads
expected release date: May 3, 2016
**I'm a sucker for all things Rick Riordan writes.

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Goodreads
expected release date: January 5, 2015
**Another that I've seen everywhere. Also, I love witches.