New Releases ~ week of 09/17/2018

A Fire Within by A J Hartley, Tom DeLonge (#2 Sekret Machines)

A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd (#10 Bess Crawford Mystery)
A Willing Murder by Jude Deveraux (#1 A Willing Murder: A Medlar Mystery)
Army by Chiah Wilder (#7 Night Rebels)
Booted by Pam Godwin (#3 Trails of Sin)
Brush of Despair by Selena Laurence (#2 Dublin Devils)
Dark Tide Rising by Anne Perry (#24 William Monk)
Echoes of Evil by Heather Graham (#26 Krewe of Hunters)
Escaping From Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco (#3 Stalking Jack the Ripper)
Fated for the Phoenix by Isadora Montrose (#5 Mystic Bay)
For the Duke's Eyes Only by Lenora Bell (#2 School for Dukes)
Golden Mean by SL Huang (#5 Russell's Attic)
Guilty as Sin by Meghan March (#2 Sin Trilogy)
Her Deceptive Duke by Scarlett Scott (#4 Wicked Husbands)
Inimical by Genevieve Iseult Eldredge (#3 Circuit Fae)
Justice For Hope by Susan Stoker (#12 Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes)
Knight Shift by Em Petrova (#5 Knight Ops)
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (#4 Cormoran Strike)
Magic Harvest by Mary Karlik (Fairy Trafficking #1)
Mecha Samurai Empire by Peter Tieryas (#2 United States of Japan)
More Than Crave You by Shayla Black (#4 More Than Words)
Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox (#7 Southern Ghost Hunter Mystery)
Rebel Hard by Nalini Singh (#2 Hard Play)

Restless Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan (#2 Montgomery Ink: Colorado Springs)
Rogue Gunslinger by B J Daniels (#2 Whitehorse, Montana: The Clementine Sisters)
Savior by Rhys Ford (#2 415 Ink)
Seductive Memory by AlTonya Washington (#1 Moonlight and Passion)
Swagger by Liz Lincoln (#2 Milwaukee Dragons)
Take a Chance by Shelley Shepard Gray (#1 Bridgeport Social Club)
The Captain's Secret Daughter by Eve Langlais (#3 Gypsy Moth)
The Labyrinth of Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (#4 Cemetery of Forgotten Books)
The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes (#1 The Storm Runner)
The Texas Cowboy's Quadruplets by Cathy Gillen Thacker (#3 Texas Legends: The McCabes)
Their Family Legacy by Lorraine Beatty (#2 Mississippi Hearts)

Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness
Unlocking Shadows by Kennedy Layne (#4 Keys to Love)
Unmasking the Maverick by Teresa Southwick (#4 Montana Mavericks : The Lonelyhearts Ranch)
Vampires Like It Hot by Lynsay Sands (#28 Argeneau Vampires)
Voss by Lia Davis (#2 Coven's End)
What I've Done by Melinda Leigh (#4 Morgan Dane)
Wildcard by Marie Lu (#2 Warcross)
Wyoming Christmas Quadruplets by Jill Kemerer (#3 Wyoming Cowboys)
Wyoming Cowboy Justice by Nicole Helm (#1 Carsons & Delaneys)

New Releases ~ week of 7/14/2014

*Links go to Goodreads

Addicted by Tracy Wolff (#2 Ethan Frost)
Billionaire's Secret by Chantelle Shaw (#4 Chatsfield)
Blade of the Samurai by Susan Spann (#2 Shinobi Mysteries)
Breaking Danger by Lisa Marie Rice (#3 Ghost Ops)
Breathe, Annie, Breathe by Miranda Kenneally (#5 Hundred Oaks)
Bridegroom Bodyguard by Lisa Childs (#3 Shotgun Weddings)
Captain Awesome vs. the Evil Babysitter by Stan Kirby (#11 Captain Awesome)
City of Devils by Diana Bretherick (#1 City of Devils)
Cut and Thrust by Stuart Woods (#30 Stone Barrington)
Dare to Surrender by Carly Phillips (#3 Dare to Love)
Days of Rage by Brad Taylor (#6 Pike Logan)

Dirty Wings by Sarah McCarry (#2 All Our Pretty Songs)
Elective Procedures by Merry Jones (#2 Elle Harrison)
Enemies at Home by Lindsey Davis (#2 Flavia Albia Mystery)
Evidence of Passion by Cynthia Eden (#3 Shadow Agents: Guts and Glory)
Fifth Touch by Clara Kensie (#5 Run To You)
Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone (#3 Three Parts Dead)
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (#1 Half a King)
Herbie's Game by Timothy Hallinan (#4 Junior Bender)
Knight Avenged by Coreene Callahan (#2 Circle of Seven)
Last Orders by Harry Turtledove (#6 War That Came Early)
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron (#1 Heartstrikers)
Peanut Goes to School by Thea Harrison (#6.7 Elder Races)

Revolutionary by Krista McGee (#3 Anomaly)
Shame on Him by Tara Sivec (#3 Fool Me Once)
Sight Unseen by Iris Johansen (#2 Kendra Michaels)
Slaves of Socorro by John Flanagan (#4 Brotherband Chronicles)
Taking Fire by  Radclyffe (#4 First Responders)
Tamed by Emma Chase (#3 Tangled)
The Boleyn Reckoning by Laura Andersen (#3 Anne Boleyn Trilogy)
The Bone Orchard by Paul Doiron (#5 Mike Bowditch Mystery)
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness (#3 All Souls Trilogy)
The Catch by Taylor Stevens (#4 Vanessa Michael Munroe)
The Causal Angel by Hannu Rajaniemi (#3 Quantum Thief)
The Heist by Daniel Silva (#14 The Gabriel Allon Series)
The Highest Bid by Joey W Hill (#4 Naughty Bits)
The Last Town by Blake Crouch (#3 Wayward Pines)
Trash Can Nights by Teddy Steinkellner (#2 Trash Can Days)
World of Trouble by Ben H Winters (#3 The Last Policeman)

Stacking the Shelves

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews to share your weekly book haul. It can be what you bought, received, borrowed, or were gifted. For more info you can go here.

Library
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost

Review (netGalley)
How Beauty met the Beast by Jax Garren
Moonset (Legacy of Moonset #1) by Scott Tracey
The Archived (Sneak Peek) by Victoria Schwab

Follow Friday

Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of course and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Q. Christmas in July! Someone gives you a gift card for two books (whatever that costs). What two books will you buy?

A. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness and Alliance Forged by Kylie Griffin

New Releases ~ Week of 7/9/2012

Here are just a few of the books I'm looking forward to that are coming out this week.
**All links go to Goodreads


Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (#2 in All Souls Trilogy)
The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer (#8 in Artemis Fowl)
Fireproof by Alex Kava (#10 in Maggie O'Dell)
Backfire by Catherine Coulter (#16 in The FBI Thriller Series)
Dark Water by Tricia Rayburn (#3 in Siren Trilogy)

Book Review ~ A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1)
By Deborah Harkness
Published By Viking Adult

Summary: When historian Diana Bishop opens a bewitched alchemical manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library it represents an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordinary life. Though descended from a long line of witches, she is determined to remain untouched by her family’s legacy. She banishes the manuscript to the stacks, but Diana finds it impossible to hold the world of magic at bay any longer.

For witches are not the only otherworldly creatures living alongside humans. There are also creative, destructive daemons and long-lived vampires who become interested in the witch’s discovery. They believe that the manuscript contains important clues about the past and the future, and want to know how Diana Bishop has been able to get her hands on the elusive volume.

Chief among the creatures who gather around Diana is vampire Matthew Clairmont, a geneticist with a passion for Darwin. Together, Diana and Matthew embark on a journey to understand the manuscript’s secrets. But the relationship that develops between the ages-old vampire and the spellbound witch threatens to unravel the fragile peace that has long existed between creatures and humans—and will certainly transform Diana’s world as well.

My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. That being said, it is a very heavy book. I don't mean literally, even though it is that as well. At almost 600 pages it has a lot of information that is can be important later on and easy to miss if you just skim over parts. The mix of history, science, and paranormal was well done and I enjoyed it more than I anticipated. 

The characters were an enjoyable mix of old world meets modern. While Diana was not my favorite, throughout the book, she did hold up and by the end I was on her side. There were times that she was either too headstrong or too pliable, and not at the times you would want her to be either. Matthew and his family are typical, long lived vampires with enough history and back story to make them an interesting read. The remaining  witches, daemons, vampires, and humans was an interesting mix with their own quirks . My favorite character had to be the Bishop house and all its ghosts. From slamming doors and shifting rooms I wanted to spend more time finding out it secrets than I did the main story.

The author did an excellent job taking everything throughout the book and bringing to end that felt natural and still set up the next book. I'm looking forward to see what the next book brings for Diana, Matthew, and their hodgepodge group of family and friends.

Rating: 4 (only because I cannot see myself rereading this book due to the sheer volume and focus needed while reading it)