New Releases ~ week of 7/10/2017

30 Second Death by Laura Bradford (#2 Tobi Tobias Mystery)

A Basket Full of Bargains by Lorraine Bartlett (#2 Life On Victoria Square)
A Kiss Before Doomsday by Laurence MacNaughton (#2 Dru Jasper)
Another Man's Ground by Claire Booth (#2 Sheriff Hank Worth Mystery)
Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine (#3 Great Library)
Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn (Bannerless Saga #1)
Beautiful Tempest by Johanna Lindsey (#12 Malory Family)
Beneath Copper Falls by Colleen Coble (#8 Rock Harbor)
Besieged: Stories From The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne (#8.6 Iron Druid Chronicles)
Blood Bound by Brandy L Rivers (#10 Others of Edenton)
The Devil's Muse by Bill Loehfelm (#5 Maureen Coughlin)
Conditioned by Liz Crowe (#3 Brewing Passion - Revamped)

Dark Exodus by Thomas E Sniegoski (#2 Demonist)
Dark Flight by Cynthia Sax (#2 Refuge)
Dark Water by Parker Bilal (#6 Makana Mystery)
Death on Delos by Gary Corby (#7 Athenian Mysteries)
Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo (#9 Kate Burkholder)
Fire and Fog by Andrew Grey (#6 Carlisle Cops)
First Blood by Jane Hinchey (#3 Awakening Series)
For The Birds by Denise Grover Swank (#2 Rose Gardner Investigations)
Forever in Love by Susane Colasanti (#3 City Love Trilogy)
Fury of Surrender by Coreene Callahan (#6 Dragonfury)
Game on Askole by Gail Koger (#7 Coletti Warlords)
House of Spies by Daniel Silva (#17 The Gabriel Allon Series)

Hunger by Jacquelyn Frank (#2 Energy Vampires Series)
I Need You Tonight by Stina Lindenblatt (#3 Pushing Limits)
Jilted by Sawyer Bennett (#2 Love Hurts)
Justice Burning by Scott Pratt (#2 Darren Street)
Landon Calling by Amanda M. Lee (#10.6 Wicked Witches of the Midwest Mysteries)
Loved by Kristin Cast, P C Cast (#1 House of Night Other World)
Maybe This Summer by Jennifer Snow (#4 Colorado Ice)
Monstress Volume 2: The Blood by Marjorie M Liu (#2 Monstress)
Perish From the Earth by Jonathan F Putnam (#2 Lincoln and Speed Mystery)
Pounding Skin by L. A. Witt (#2 Skin Deep Inc.)
Reckoning by Shana Figueroa (#3 Valetine Shepherd)
Resurrection by Katie Reus (#1 Redemption Harbor)

Say You'll Stay by Kathryn Shay (#2 To Serve and Protect)
Shameless by Lisa Renee Jones (#2 White LIes)
Some Kind of Hero by Suzanne Brockmann (#2 Reluctant Heroes)
The Carnelian Crow by Colleen Gleason (#4 Stoker & Holmes)
The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross (#8 Laundry Files)
The Perfect Recipe for Love and Friendship by Shirley Jump (#1 O'Bannon Sisters)
The Possibility of Perfect by Brinda Berry (#4 Stand By Me)
The Savage Dawn by Melissa Grey (#3 The Girl at Midnight)
The United Continuums by Jennifer Brody (#3 The Continuum Trilogy)
Tomorrow's Kin by Nancy Kress (#1 Yesterday's Kin)
Two is a Lie by Pam Godwin (#2 Tangled Lies)
Unraveling by Sara Ella (#2 Unblemished)
Watchful Wisteria by Angela Pepper (#4 Wisteria Witches Mystery)
World's Collide by Chris Colfer (#6 Land of Stories)

This Week's Reads

The Chess Queen Enigma by Colleen Gleason
(Stoker & Holmes #3) Goodreads
**I received this book from Armchair BEA last year. I read the first two books right away but am just now, finally getting around to reading this one.

Swords and Scoundrels by Julia Knight
(The Duelists Trilogy #1) Goodreads
**This was an impulse pick up at the library. The cover got my attention and it just sounded like something I might like. Haven't really looked to see what it's ratings are.

The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher
(The Cinder Spires #1) Goodreads
**Butcher is one of my favorite author so I've been looking forward to this one. I've seen mixed reviews but hoping I either really enjoy it or it's like the Dresden books where it didn't fully grab me until book 3-4.

New Releases ~ week of 10/5/2015

A Call to Arms by Timothy Zahn, David Weber, Thomas Pope (#2 Manticore Ascendant)

A Deafening Silence in Heaven by Thomas E Sniegoski (#7 Remy Chandler)
A Gala Event by Sheila Connolly (#9 Orchard Mystery)
Against a Brightening Sky by Jaime Lee Moyer (#3 Delia Martin)
Against the Ropes by Jeanette Murray (#2 First to Fight)
All I Want by Jill Shalvis (#7 Animal Magnetism)
An Ancient Peace by Tanya Huff (#1 Peacekeeper)
Andi Unstoppable by Amanda Flower (#3 Andi Boggs)
Best American Mystery Stories 2015 by James Patterson (#23 Best American Mystery Stories)
Brighter Than the Sun by Darynda Jones (#8.5 Charley Davidson)
Claimed by Elle Kennedy (#1 Outlaws)

Closer to the Heart by Mercedes Lackey (#2 Herald Spy)
Dark Days by James Ponti (#3 Dead City)
Dark Within by Candice Gilmer (#1 Mythical Knights)
Death on the High Lonesome by Frank Hayes (#2 Sheriff Virgil Dalton)
Death, Taxes, and a Chocolate Cannoli by Diane Kelly (#9 Tara Holloway)
Devil of Delphi by Jeffrey Siger (#7 Andreas Kaldis)
Faux Paw by Sofie Kelly (#7 Magical Cats Mystery)
First Time with a Highlander by Gwyn Cready (#2 Sirens of the Scottish Borderlands)
Floral Depravity by Beverly Allen (#3 Bridal Bouquet Shop Mysteries)
Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake (#3 Magic Potion Mysteries)
Ghost to the Rescue by Carolyn Hart (#6 Bailey Ruth)

Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins (#2 Lords of Anarchy)
Her Holiday Protector by Lenora Worth (#2 Men of Millbrook Lake)
Icarus by Deon Meyer (#5 Benny Griessel)
Inheritance by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden (#2 Cemetery Girl Trilogy)
Irresistibly Yours by Lauren Layne (#1 Oxford)
Just Killing Time by Julianne Holmes (#1 A Clock Shop Mystery)
Killing Titan by Greg Bear (#2 Ares Rising)
Lightning by Bonnie S. Calhoun (#2 Stone Braide Chronicles)
Looking for Mr. Good Witch by Jim Lavene (#2 Retired Witches Mysteries)
Love Everlasting by Tracie Peterson (#3 Brides of Seattle)
Mad About the Man by Tracy Anne Warren (#3 The Graysons)

Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (#1 Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)
Marked by Sue Tingey (#1 Soulseer Chronicles)
Murder in Megara by Mary Reed, Eric Mayer (#11 John the Eunuch)
Murder, Plainly Read by Isabella Alan (#4 Amish Quilt Shop Mystery)
On This Foundation by Lynn Austin (#3 Restoration Chronicles)
Parchment and Old Lace by Laura Childs (#13 Scrapbooking Mysteries)
Pursued by Tracy Wolff (#2 Diamond Tycoons)
Raging Sea by Terri Brisbin (#2 Stone Circles)
Redemption Road by Katie Ashley (#2 Vicious Cycle)
Return to Dust by Andrew Lanh (#2 Rick Van Lam)
Rock Redemption by Nalini Singh (#4 Rock Kiss)

Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson (#5 Mistborn)
Silver on the Road by Laura Anne Gilman (#1 Devil's West)
Sinner's Steel by Sarah Castille (#3 Sinner's Tribe Motorcycle Club)
Sky Key by James Frey (#2 Endgame)
Some Like It Scot by Suzanne Enoch (#4 Scandalous Highlander)
Streams of Mercy by Lauraine Snelling (#3 Song of Blessing)
Tall, Dark and Wicked by Madeline Hunter (#2 Wicked)
The Big Chili by Julia Buckley (#1 An Undercover Dish Mystery)
The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer by Livia J. Washburn (#10 Fresh Baked Mysteries)
The Chess Queen Enigma by Colleen Gleason (#3 Stoker & Holmes)
The Diamond Caper by Peter Mayle (#4 Sam Levitt)

The Edge by Roland Smith (#2 Peak)
The Flux by Ferrett Steinmetz (#2 'Mancer)
The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher by Donald Bain (#44 Murder, She Wrote)
The Grave Soul by Ellen Hart (#23 Jane Lawless)
The Haunted Season by G M Malliet (#5 Max Tudor)
The Hot Countries by Timothy Hallinan (#7 Poke Rafferty)
The Imposter by Suzanne Woods Fisher (#1 Bishop's Family)
The Rose Society by Marie Lu (#2 The Young Elites)
The Skeleton Haunts a House by Leigh Perry (#3 Family Skeleton Mystery)
The Survivor by Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills (#14 Mitch Rapp)
The Tattooed Duchess by Victor Gischler (#2 Fire Beneath the Skin)

The Tournament at Gorlan by John Flanagan (#1 Ranger's Apprentice Early Year)
The White Rose by Amy Ewing (#2 The Lone City)
This Love of Mine by Miranda Liasson (#2 Mirror Lake)
Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith (#3 Towers Trilogy)
Undead and Unforgiven by MaryJanice Davidson (#14 Undead)
Virtuous Scoundrel by Maggie Fenton (#2 Regency Romp Trilogy
White Trash Zombie Gone Wild by Diana Rowland (#5 White Trash Zombie)
World Zombination by John Kloepfer (#7 Zombie Chasers)
You Are Dead by Peter James (#11 Detective Superintendent Roy Grace)

What We're Reading

So I finally started The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Finished The Eye of the World this past weekend. While I enjoyed it overall, it is a long book and there were certain spots/chapters that I felt could have just been skipped. I do have a lot of questions still and will be going on to book two to find out more.                                                                  

I also squeezed in Saga Vol. 1 this past weekend. I've heard nothing but great things about this graphic novel series. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Right now I don't love it as much as everyone else seems too. I did think the artwork was better than a lot I've seen but the story didn't really grab me. I'll read the next volume at least to see if it interests me more.







Library Haul
I do have several books from the library this week that I'm trying to decide between, I've started Rook

by Sharon Cameron. It's another that hasn't fully grabbed my interest. I find the main character annoying and don't know if I want to invest my time to continue.

I'm also trying to catch back up on some series I started. I have a list going of book 2s that have been out for awhile but I still haven't gotten to. The first I picked up is The Unbound by Victoria Schwab. I grabbed Vicious by this author while I was there.

Some others that I picked up that are more likely to be read are: Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones (will be caught up on this series), The Stars Never Rise by Rachel Vincent, and The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason.



Plenty to choose from, now just to settle in and start reading.

Stacking the Shelves ~ Armchair BEA

 

Just a quick post to thanks the people that put together Armchair BEA (learn more here) and the publishers/ authors that donated books for the event. I was lucky enough to win three prizes this year. Two were for daily posts and then one during a twitter party.

From Julie Wetzel and Crimson Tree Publishing
On The Accidental Wings of Dragons (Goodreads)

It was dragons and the first book in the series so I couldn't resist choosing this as one of my picks.

From David Stabler (author) & Doogie Horner (Illustrator)
Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends (Goodreads)
published by Quirk Books

Picked this one out for my son. He is a huge sports fan and loves non fiction books. Anything that keeps him reading is good with us.






 
I also was lucky enough to get the Chronicle Books tote pack. Love the fact that the tote has a little pocket at the top. I'm always just throwing my keys into the bottom of totes when we take them places, so it's nice to have someplace to put them.
Came with three Arcs:
*A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz (Goodreads) It's about Fairies!
due out August 2015
*The Chess Queen Enigma by Colleen Gleason (Goodreads) This was the reason I picked this. It is the third book in the Stoker & Holmes series.   due out Sept 2015
House Arrest by K.A. Holt (Goodreads) This is a middle grade, think it is a contemporary which I don't normally read but may give it a try. Hubby is also going to try it. due Oct 2015

NetGalley
Warren the 13th and The All-Seeing Eye by Tania Del Rio (netgalley)

I saw this book while looking at the books Quirk had available with Armchair BEA. I was reading Gris Grimely's Frankenstein at the time and this cover reminded my of it for some reason.