New Releases ~ week of 08/07/2017

A Mother Like Mine by Kate Hewitt (#3 Hartley-by-the-Sea)

A Promise of Ruin by Cuyler Overholt (#2 Dr. Genevieve Summerford Mystery)
All Signs Point To Murder by Connie di Marco (#2 Zodiac Mystery)
All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (#3 Bobiverse)
Among the Dead by J R Backlund (#1 Rachel Carver Mystery)
Any Dream Will Do by Debbie Macomber (#4 New Beginnings)
Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones (#3 Dirty Money)
Barely Legal by Stuart Woods, Parnell Hall (#1 Herbie Fisher)
Beachbound by Junie Coffey (#2 Pineapple Cay)
Beneath the Depths by Bruce Robert Coffin (#2 John Byron Mysteries)
Beneath the Truth by Meghan March (#7 Beneath)
Blade by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright (#23 Bayou Heat)
City of Saviors by Rachel Howzell Hall (#4 Detective Elouise Norton)

Deep Black by Sean McFate (#2 Tom Locke)
Dirty Deeds by HelenKay Dimon (#1 Dirty)
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett (#1 Detective by Day)
Homefront Defenders by Lisa Phillips (#2 Secret Service Agents)
Hunting Hour by Margaret Mizushima (#3 Timber Creek K-9 Mystery)
Mission Undercover by Virginia Vaughan (#5 Rangers Under Fire)
Only With You by Kathryn Shay (#3 To Serve and Protect)
Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan (#3 Paper Girls)
Path Into Darkness by Lisa Alber (#3 County Clare Mystery)
Paxton by Linda Warren (#6 Texas Rebels)
Portrait of Vengeance by Carrie Stuart Parks (#4 Gwen Marcey)
Reunited by Colleen Houck (#3 Reawakened)
Skirt Chaser by Stacey Kennedy (#2 Filthy Dirty Love)

The Alaskan Catch by Beth Carpenter (#1 Northern Lights)
The Color of Fear by Marcia Muller (#35 Sharon McCone)
The Flirtation by Tara Sue Me (#10 Submissive)
The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory (#9 Tudor)
The Meridian Ascent by Richard Phillips (#3 The Rho Agenda Assimilation)
The Paris Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal (#7 Maggie Hope)
The Savior's Game by Sean Chercover (#3 Daniel Byrne Trilogy)
The Wright Mistake by K. A. Linde (#3 Wright)
To Wager Her Heart by Tamera Alexander (#3 Belle Meade Plantation)
Troy by Amy Andrews (#5 American Extreme Bull Riders Tour)
Vanity in Dust by Cheryl Low (#1 Crown and Ash)
Wicked S.O.B. by Zara Cox (#2.5 Dark Desires)
World Tree Girl by Kerry Schafer (#2 Shadow Valley)
Xander by Patricia A. Rasey (#6 Sons of Sangue)

This Week's Reads

Paper Girls Vol. 1 by Brian K Vaughan
(Goodreads)
**I'm one of the few that just couldn't get into Saga but did like Vaughan's writing so giving this one a try.

Jessica Jones: Alias Vol 2 by  Brian Michael Bendis
(Goodreads)
**Trying to learn more about characters I'm not as familiar with.

Armchair BEA 2016 ~ Beyond the Books & Beyond the Blog

Armchair BEA website 

Here on Day 3, we are moving our focus beyond the traditional format of the media we consume and create!
Beyond the traditional form of the novel, what are your favorite alternative forms (graphic novels, audiobooks, webcomics, etc)? Do you have any favorite works within these alternate forms? How do you think the changing format affects the reading experience?

**I've tried a couple of audiobooks but haven't really been able to focus when they are playing. If I don't have something in my hands I feel like I should be doing something and forget that I'm supposed to be listening. I should probably try one when I'm walking or something.
**Of the things listed the one I read the most are graphic novels. I'm even more picky with these than regular books. If I don't like the graphics it does not matter how good the story is, I cannot get into it. For me it started with some of my favorite UF book series, Jim Butcher's Dresden series (Goodreads) and Patricia Briggs's Mercy Thompson series (Goodreads).

This branched out into other types of graphic novels. The first and still one of my favorites is the  Fables series (Goodreads) by Bill Willingham. The last volume came out in 2015.

Another set I read for the first time this year is the Runaways by Brian K Vaughn (Goodreads). I'll admit to not liking his Saga series as much as everyone else did but I did like Runaways. The graphics and story just worked better for me in this one than in Saga.

This Week's Reads

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Shades of Magic #2 (Goodreads)
**I really loved book 1 and was so happy when I saw this at the library. Now to finish up the books that are ahead of it in the pile.














I went on a graphic novel binge. I haven't really read any in awhile and these looked promising.

I Hate Fairyland by Skottie Young
Volume 1 Madly Ever After (Goodreads)
**Grabbed this off netgalley. The cover and description grabbed me. The artwork that I've seen so far are amazing and cannot to fully get into it.

Runaways by Brian K Vaughan
Deluxe Volume 1 (Goodreads)
**Kids of Super Villains, that was all I needed to read.

Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
(Goodreads)
**This one I was a little less sure about. It could go either way. It is a collection of the best from the web comics and some new strips.