New Releases ~ week of 03/13/2017

A Death by Any Other Name by Tessa Arlen (#3 Lady Montfort)
A Stolen Heart by Amanda Cabot (#1 Cimarron Creek)
Anarchy Missing by J. A. Huss (#2 Anarchy Found)
Black Sheep by Zara Cox (#2 Dark Desires)
Break Me by Tiffany A. Snow (#2 Corrupted Hearts)
Brother's Ruin by Emma Newman (#1 Industrial Magic)
Claiming Grace by Susan Stoker (#1 Ace Security)
Crossroads by Chantal Fernando (#7 Wind Dragons MC)
Cruel Winter by Sheila Connolly (#6 County Cork Mysteries)
Danced Close by Annabeth Albert (#6 Portland Heat)
Deception in Emeralds by Laura Landon (#4 Ransomed Jewels)
Dire Cravings by Tigris Eden (#2 Arctic Wolves)
Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull (#6 Fablehaven)

Drunk on You by Harper Sloan (#4 Hope Town Series)
Echoes of Memory by A. R. Kahler (#2 Ravenborn)
Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany (#1 Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery)
For Whom the Bread Rolls by Sarah Fox (#2 Pancake House Mystery)
Heart Of Stone by Cynthia Eden (#5 Bad Things)
In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear (#13 Maisie Dobbs)
Lucky by Henry Chang (#5 Detective Jack Yu)
Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis (#5 Whisper Creek)
Midnight Unbound by Lara Adrian (#14.75 Midnight Breed)
Murder Is No Accident by A.H. Gabhart (#3 Hidden Springs Mysteries)
Murder on the Serpentine by Anne Perry (#32 Thomas Pitt)
Oath of Honor by Matthew Betley (#2 Logan West)

Purr M for Murder by T. C. LoTempio (#1 Cat Rescue Mystery)
Shade's Lady by Joanna Wylde (#6.5 Reapers MC)
Tease Me, Baby by Katie Reus (#2 O'Connor Family)
The Capital Catch by David A Kelly (#13 Ballpark Mysteries)
The Cutthroat by Clive Cussler (#10 Isaac Bell)
The Devil's Triangle by Catherine Coulter (#4 Brit in the FBI)
The End of Oz by Danielle Paige (#4 Dorothy Must Die)
The Forgotten Girls by Owen Laukkanen (#6 Stevens and Windermere)
The Hell of It All by Bob Kroll (#2 T.J. Peterson Mystery)
The Queen of Oz by Danielle Paige (#0.9 Dorothy Must Die)
The Remnant by Charlie Fletcher (#3 Oversight Trilogy)
The Something Girl by Jodi Taylor (#2 Frogmorton Farm)
These Ruthless Deeds by Tarun Shanker (#2 These Vicious Masks)
The White Road of the Moon by Rachel Neumeier
When the Marquess Falls by Lorraine Heath (#3.5 Hellions of Havisham)
Without Warning by Joel C Rosenberg (#3 J. B. Collins)
Wrath by T. R. Ragan (#3 Faith McMann)

New Releases ~ week of 03/14/2016

A Bridge of Stars by Bella Forrest (#24 Shade Of Vampire)

A Dragon's Guide to Making Your Human Smarter by Laurence Yep (#2 Dragon's Guide to Making Your Human Smarter)
An Unbroken Heart by Kathleen Fuller (#2 Amish of Birch Creek)
Between Black and White by Robert Bailey (#2 McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers)
Claiming His Prize by Ellis Leigh (#2 Feral Breed Following)
Curtis by Nicole Edwards (#1 Coyote Ridge)
Dark Promises by Christine Feehan (#28 Dark)
Dead Level by Damien Boyd (#5 DI Nick Dixon)
Deep Blue by Randy Wayne White (#23 Doc Ford)
Hawke by Sawyer Bennett (#5 Cold Fury Hockey)
Jaxon's Sanctuary by A. K. Michaels (#1 Guild of Dragon Warriors)
Lie in Plain Sight by Maggie Barbieri (#3 Maeve Conlon)

Mind by Joey W Hill (#3 Naughty Wishes)
Out of Frame by Megan Erickson (#3 In Focus)
Phoenix Reborn by J D Tyler (#8 Alpha Pack)
Pimp by Ken Bruen, Jason Starr (#4 Max and Angela)
Pushing the Limits by Jennifer Snow (#3 Beyond the Cage)
Some Rain Must Fall by Karl Knausgaard (#5 My Struggle)
The Apprentice's Quest by Erin Hunter (#1 Warriors: A Vision of Shadows)
The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley (#3 Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne)
The Runes of Bramon by Ciara Knight (#3 The Shrouded Kingdoms)
The Skeleton Garden by Marty Wingate (#4 Potting Shed Mysteries)
Unfinished Business by Nisa Santiago (#6 Baddest Chick)
Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige (#3 Dorothy Must Die)

New Releases ~ week of 03/30/2015

A Good Rake Is Hard to Find by Manda Collins (#1 Lords of Anarchy)

Being Emerald by Sylvia Ryan (#3 New Atlanta)
Born of War by Anderson Harp (#2 Will Parker)
Broken by Cynthia Eden (#1 Last Option Search Team)
Cursed by Ice by Jacquelyn Frank (#2 The Immortal Brothers)
Deception by D B Reynolds (#9 Vampires in America)
Deep by Kylie Scott (#4 Stage Dive)
Devil's Moon by Amanda Scott (#2 Border Nights)
Etherworld by Claudia Gabel (#2 Elusion)
Fall with Me by J Lynn (#4 Wait for You)
Firestorm by Nancy Holzner (#6 Deadtown)
Force of Attraction by D D Ayres (#2 K-9 Rescue Series)
Four Nights with the Duke by Eloisa James (#8 Desperate Duchesses)

Hard as a Rock by Christine Warren (#3 Gargoyles)
Hellbender by Dana Cameron (#3 Fangborn)
House of Ravens by Karpov Kinrade (#2 Nightfall)
Inside Danger by Ashley Claudy (#2 Outside The Ropes)
Instinct by Sherrilyn Kenyon (#6 Chronicles of Nick)
It Started With a Scandal by Julie Anne Long (#10 Pennyroyal Green)
Just a Little Flirt by Renita Pizzitola (#2 A Crush)
Killer Gourmet by G A McKevett (#20 Savannah Reid)
Love After All by Jaci Burton (#4 Hope)
Marked Fur Murder by Dixie Lyle (#3 Whiskey, Tango and Foxtrot Mystery)
Murder in Hindsight by Anne Cleeland (#3 New Scotland Yard Mystery)

Night's Blaze by Donna Grant (#5 Dark Kings)
No Perfect Princess by Angel Payne (#3 Secrets of Stone)
Part Time Cowboy by Maisey Yates (#2 Copper Ridge)
Pleasured by Candace Camp (#2 Secrets of the Loch)
Promise of Forever by Jessica Wood (#3 Promise)
Sea of Stars by Amy A. Bartol (#2 Kricket)
Sisters of Blood and Spirit by Kady Cross (#1 Sisters of Blood and Spirit)
Spark Xby Jessica Sorensen (#3 Death Collectors)
Tails, You Lose by Carol J. Perry (#2 Witch City Mystery)
The Angel Court Affair by Anne Perry (#30 Thomas Pitt)
The Closer You Come by Gena Showalter (#1 Original Heartbreakers)
The Dead Play On by Heather Graham (#3 Cafferty and Quinn)

The Diamond Conspiracy by Tee Morris (#5 Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences)
The Evertree by Marie Lu (#7 Spirit Animals)
The Icing on the Corpse by Liz Mugavero (#3 Pawsitively Organic Mysteries)
The Loss by Julie Plec (#2 Originals)
The Mourning Bells by Christine Trent (#4 Lady of Ashes )
The Patriot Threat by Steve Berry (#10 Cotton Malone)
The Return by Ridley Pearson (#8 Kingdom Keepers)
The Scandalous Secret of Abigail MacGregor by Paula Quinn (#3 The McGregors: Highland Heirs)
The Skull Throne by Peter V Brett (#4 Demon Cycle)

The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston (#1 Call of Crows)
The Virgin by Tiffany Reisz (#7 The Original Sinners)
This Heart of Mine by Brenda Novak (#8 Whiskey Creek)
Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti (#4 Sins Brothers)
Twist by Karen Akins (#2 Loop)
Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan (#3 Memoir by Lady Trent)
What a Lady Requires by Ashlyn MacNamara (#3 The Eton Boys)
When It's Right by Jennifer Ryan (#2 Montana Men)
Whiskers of the Lion by P L Gaus (#9 Ohio Amish Mystery)
The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige (#2 Dorothy Must Die)

Book Review ~ Dorothy Must Die

Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die #1)

by Danielle Paige
published by HarperCollins
Genre: YA, Re-Tellings, Fairy Tales, Fantasy

Summary (Goodreads): I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero.

But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado - taking you with it - you have no choice but to go along, you know?

Sure, I've read the books. I've seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little bluebirds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. There's still a yellow brick road - but even that's crumbling.

What happened? Dorothy.

They say she found a way to come back to Oz. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. And now no one is safe.

My name is Amy Gumm - and I'm the other girl from Kansas.

I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked.

I've been trained to fight.

My Thoughts: To Read or Not To Read. I hate when there is controversy surrounding an author of a book I really want to read. I'm not even sure what all is going on with this one, there seems to be two separate issues. I decided to let the book speak for itself. Books can still be good even when the author is not.
There were problems with this book but I couldn't put it down. It starts off with a very contemporary feel. Amy is the shy, quiet, poor girl that has no friends and is constantly dealing with her tormentor. We also find out that she has a pretty horrible home life. This of course leads to a freak storm that carries Amy, her trailer, and her mom's pet rat off to Oz.
The author created an Oz that is familiar but at the same time drained and lifeless from what we remember. Amy makes the obvious choice to make her way to the Emerald City. Along the way she makes friends with a munchkin and a flying monkey. These are not the characters that we met in the original. Both have been enslaved by Glinda and Dorothy. In order to not be under their thumbs some monkeys have chosen to cut off their wings so they cannot work. We also meet Pete who is not what he seems but we do not find that out until the end.
After getting into trouble at the palace, Amy finds herself with no choice but to join up with a group of "wicked" witches. This group includes Glinda's twin sister and the Witch of the North alongs with some others. They train Amy in everything she will need to infiltrate the palace and kill Dorothy.
As expected things don't go as planned. There are many deaths along the way and in the end Amy finds that killing Dorothy and righting Oz will not be an easy feat. To get to Dorothy she will first have to get rid of The Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin man.
A lot happened in this book but at the same time it didn't feel like anything was accomplished. There are too many groups trying to reach the same goal and it is hard to figure out who truly are the "good" guys in this world.

Rating: 3.5

New Releases ~ week of 11/10/2014

Very small list this week. All links go to Goodreads

A Darker Past by  Jus Accardo (#2 The Darker Agency)
Autumn Falls by Bella Thorne (#1 Autumn Falls)
Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston (#14 Pendergast)

Conquer Me by Geneva Lee (#2 Royals Saga)
Covering Kendall by Julie Brannagh (#4 Love and Football)
Denied by Jodi Ellen Malpas (#2 One Night Trilogy)
Fear City by F Paul Wilson (#3 Early Years Trilogy)
Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell (#22 The Scarpetta Series)
Her Warriors by Bianca D'Arc (#4 String of Fate)
His Wicked Seduction by Lauren Smith (#2 The League of Rogues)
Hunting in Bruges by E.J. Stevens (#1 Hunters' Guild)
More to Give by Terri Osburn (#4 Anchor Island)
Persuasion, Captain Wentworth and Cracklin' Cornbread by Mary Jane Hathaway (#3 Jane Austen Takes The South)

Revolution by Jenna Black (#3 Replica Trilogy)
Sleigh Ride by Heidi Cullinan (#2 Minnesota Christmas)
The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel (#1 The Book of Ivy)
The Color of the Season by Julianne MacLean (#7 Color of Heaven)
The Curse of the Buttons by Anne Ylvisaker (#3 The Buttons)
The Flame by Christopher Rice (#11 1001 Dark Nights)
The Witch Must Burn by Danielle Paige (#1.5 Dorothy Must Die)

New Releases ~ week of 3/31/2014

A Biscuit, a Casket by Liz Mugavero (#2 Pawsitively Organic Mysteries)

A Killing Notion by Melissa Bourbon (#5 A Magical Dressmaking Mystery)
A Not-So-Innocent Seduction by Janice Maynard (#1 Kavanaghs of Silver Glen)
A Roux of Revenge by Connie Archer (#3 Soup Lover's Mysteries)
A Shocking Delight by Jo Beverley (#12 Company of Rogues)
A Taste of Seduction by Sylvia Day (#3 Renegade Angels)
Across A War-Tossed Sea by L M Elliott (#3 Under a War-torn Sky)
Aloha Betrayed by Donald Bain (#42 Murder, She Wrote (with Jessica Fletcher))
Apollo and the Battle of the Birds by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams (#6 Heroes in Training)
Bad Boy Seduction by Zuri Day (#3 Morgan Man)

Bad for You by Abbi Glines (#7 Sea Breeze)
Baltic Gambit by E. E. Knight (#11 Vampire Earth)
Beauty and the Best Man by Maureen Child (#1 Dynasties the Lassiters)
Betting the Rainbow by Jodi Thomas (#7 Harmony)
Bleach, Vol. 60 by Tite Kubo (#60 Bleach)
Bloom and Doom by Beverly Allen (#1 Bridal Bouquet Shop Mysteries)
Bluebonnet Bride by Colleen Coble (#1 Love Across The Sea)
Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish by Janet Hubbard (#2 Vengeance in the Vineyard Mystery)
Broken Dreams by Kelly Elliott (#2 Broken)
Burn For Me by Shiloh Walker (#0.5 Secrets & Shadows)
By Its Cover by Donna Leon (#23 Guido Brunetti)

Child's Play by Maureen Carter (#4 Sarah Quinn)
Circle of Blood by Debbie Viguie (#3 Witch Hunt)
Circle of Spies by Roseanna White (#3 Culper Ring)
Classic in the Pits by Amy Myers (#5 Car Detective)
Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom by Vanessa Kelly (#2 Renegade Royals)
Consumed by Emily Snow (#2 in Devoured)
Content Burns by Stephanie A Smith (#3 Warpaint)
Covenant by Sabrina Benulis (#2 Books of Raziel)
Creators by Tiffany Truitt (#3 The Lost Souls)
Dangerously Bound by Eden Bradley (#1 Dangerous)
Dark Eden by Chris Beckett (#1 Dark Eden)
Deadly Echoes  by Philip Donlay (#4 Donovan Nash)
Death Come Quickly by Susan Wittig Albert (#22 The China Bayles Herbal Mysteries)

Death on Eat Street by J. J. Cook (#1 Biscuit Bowl Food Truck)
Death on the Rocks by Deryn Lake (#15 John Rawlings)
Destroyer Angel by Nevada Barr (#18 Anna Pigeon)
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige (#1 Dorothy Must Die)
Drowning in Fire by Hanna Martine (#3 Elementals)
Festival in Prior's Ford by Evelyn Hood (#7 Prior's Ford)
Ghost of a Gamble by Sue Ann Jaffarian (#4 Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery)
Ghost Seer by Robin D. Owens (#1 Ghostlayer)
Greetings from the Graveyard by Kate Klise (#6, 43 Old Cemetery Road)
Harbor of the Heart by Thomas Kinkade, Katherine Spencer (#5 Angel Island Novel)
How to Handle a Cowboy by Joanne Kennedy (#1 Cowboys of Decker Ranch)
His Lover's Little Secret by Andrea Laurence (#43 Billionaires and Babies)

Illusion by Sherrilyn Kenyon (#5 Chronicles of Nick)
In Search of Murder by Roderic Jeffries (#37 Inspector Alvarez)
Marked by Alex Hughes (#3 Mindspace Investigation)
Midnight Pursuits by Elle Kennedy (#4 Killer Instincts)
Murder at Westminster Abbey by Amanda Carmack (#2 Elizabethan Mystery)
My Life as a Joke by Janet Tashjian (#4 My Life As)
Panthers Play for Keeps by Clea Simon (#4 Pru Marlowe)
Peacemaker by C J Cherryh (#6 Foreigner 4)
Prince's Fire by Amy Raby (#3 Hearts and Thrones)
Quicksilver Soul by Christine d'Abo (#2 Shadow Guild)
Rainy Day Dreams by Lori Copeland, Virginia Smith (#2 Seattle Brides)
Savage Planet by Stephen Coonts (#3 Saucer)
Seducing Mr. Right by Rebecca Rose (#1 Unlikely Love)

Sekret by Lindsay Smith (#1 Sekret)
Shattered Moon by Moira Rogers (#6 Bloodhounds)
Something Blue by Courtney Sheinmel (#6 Stella Batts)
Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen (#1 The Malediction Trilogy)
Stone Cold by Devon Monk (#2 Broken Magic)
Sugar and Iced by Jenn McKinlay (#6 Cupcake Mystery)
Takes Me by Megan Hart (#5 Every Part of You)
Talk This Way by Dakota Cassidy (#0.5 Plum Orchard)
Teach Me a Lesson by Jasmine Haynes (#2 Naughty Corner)
The Amish Groom by Mindy Starns Clark, Susan Meissner (#1 Men of Lancaster County)
The Black Sheep's Inheritance by Maureen Child (#2 Dynasties the Lassiters)
The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry by Ann Purser (#5 Ivy Beasley)

The Bravest Princess by E D Baker (#3 Wide-Awake Princess)
The Day He Kissed Her by Juliana Stone (#3 Bad Boys of Crystal Lake)
The Insider by Ridley Pearson (#7 Kingdom Keepers)
The King by J. R. Ward (#12 Black Dagger Brotherhood)
The Kissing Bridge by Tricia Goyer (#3 Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors)
The Last Bride by Beverly Lewis (#5 Home to Hickory Hollow)
The Lost Stone by Jordan Quinn (#1 Kingdom of Wrenly)
The Magic Trap by Jacqueline Davies (#5 Lemonade)
The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz (#1 The Ring and the Crown)
The Scarlet Dragon by Jordan Quinn (#2 Kingdom of Wrenly)
The Sentinel by Troy Denning (#5 Forgotten Realms: The Sundering)
The Sweetheart Rules by Shirley Jump (#2 Sweetheart Sisters)
The Whole Cat and Caboodle by Sofie Ryan (#1 Second Chance Cat Mystery)
The Wicked Widow Meets Her Match by Stefanie Sloane (#6 Regency Rogues)
The Winter Bride by Anne Gracie (#2 Chance Sisters)
The Winter King by Alys Clare (#15 Hawkenlye)
The Wolf Siren by Karen Whiddon (#15 Pack)
Turned by Virna DePaul (#1 Belladonna Agency)
Twist of Fate by Karen Erickson (#5 Fated)
Under Cold Stone by Vicki Delany (#7 Constable Molly Smith)
Vampire's Hunger by Cynthia Garner (#1 Awakening)
Wanting What She Can't Have by Yvonne Lindsay (#5 Master Vintners)
Warriors by Ted Bell (#9 Alexander Hawke)
Wild Wolf by Jennifer Ashley (#6 Shifters Unbound)

Waiting on Wednesday ~ Dorothy Must Die

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill over at Breaking The Spine. It's a weekly event that spotlights upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating.

Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die #1)

by Danielle Paige
published by Harper Teen
genre: YA, fantasy, retelling,
expected release date: April 1, 2014

Summary (Goodreads): I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero.
But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado—taking you with it—you have no choice but to go along, you know?

Sure, I've read the books. I've seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. There's still the yellow brick road, though—but even that's crumbling.

What happened?
Dorothy. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. And now no one is safe.

My name is Amy Gumm—and I'm the other girl from Kansas.
I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked.
I've been trained to fight.
And I have a mission:
Remove the Tin Woodman's heart.
Steal the Scarecrow's brain.
Take the Lion's courage.
Then and only then—Dorothy must die!

**I'm always interested in retellings and this sounds like it could be a good one.