New Releases ~ week of 01/07/2019

Bones Behind the Wheel by E J Copperman (#10 Haunted Guest House Mystery)
Dark Terror by Sandra Owens (#5 Dark Falls)
Daughter of War by Brad Taylor (#13 Pike Logan)
Evidence of Desire by Lexi Blake (#2 Courting Justice)
First, Kill the Lawyers by David Housewright (#5 Holland Taylor)
Flight of the Bluebird by Kara Lareau (#3 Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters)
Forever Broken by Carrie Ann Ryan (#9 Talon Pack)
Her Last First Kiss by Liz Isaacson (#1 Last Chance Ranch)
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (#4 Wayward Children)
Lipstick Voodoo by Kristi Charish (#2 Kincaid Strange)

Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones (#2 August Snow)
Murder Likes It Hot by Tracy Weber (#6 Downward Dog Mystery)
Nobody’s Duke by Scarlett Scott (#1 League of Dukes)
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole (#2.5 Reluctant Royals)
Promises by Aleatha Romig (#3 Web of Sin)
Schooled in Death by Kate Flora (#9 Thea Kozak)
Seven Deadly Zins by Nancy J Parra (#2 Wine Country Mystery)
Slayer by Kiersten White (#1 Slayer)
TBH, Too Much Drama by Lisa Greenwald (#3 TBH)
Teasing the Princess by Nana Malone (#2 Royals United Duet)
The Alchemist's Illusion by Gigi Pandian (#4 Accidental Alchemist Mystery)
The Best of Us by Robyn Carr (#4 Sullivan's Crossing)
The Guy Who Died Twice by Lisa Gardner (#9.5 D.D. Warren)
The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty (#2 City of Brass Trilogy)
The Lost Traveller by Sheila Connolly (#7 County Cork Mysteries)

The New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke (#22 Dave Robicheaux)
The Void Protocol by F Paul Wilson (#3 ICE Sequence)
The Wicked King by Holly Black (#2 Folk of the Air)
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden (Winternight Trilogy #3)
Through Fiery Trials by David Weber (#10 Safehold)
Touch of Eon by Anna Hackett (#2 Eon Warriors)
Undying by Meagan Spooner, Amie Kaufman (#2 Unearthed)
Untouchable by Jayne Ann Krentz (#3 Cutler, Sutter, & Salinas)
Warrior of the World by Jeffe Kennedy (#3 Chronicles of Dasnaria)
White Stag by Kara Barbieri (#1 Permafrost)
With this Pledge by Tamera Alexander (#2 Carnton)

This Week's Reads

The Magic of a Tale
by Energiaelca1 (DeviantArt)

Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire
October Daye #6 (Goodreads)
**Continuing to work my way through this series. Sounds like all the recent changes to Toby's life are really having an effect. Like that we find out more about a semi-regular side character in this one.

The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy
(Goodreads)
**I found this one on the hoopla app. The cover grabbed my attention and the blurb sealed it. Interested in a town where things disappear every seven years and unraveling the reason why.

Lucifer Vol 1 by Holly Black
Cold Heaven (Goodreads)
**Trying to find a new graphic novel series to get into and I have enjoyed Holly Black's writing in the past. The reviews seemed to be mixed with most of the DC faithful not liking it. Since I don't really know DC canon as strongly, hoping that is what they are basing their opinions on.

New Releases ~ week of 09/10/2018

A Certain Girl by Tymber Dalton (#81 The Suncoast Society)

As She Ascends by Jodi Meadows (#2 Fallen Isles Trilogy)
Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima (#4 Timber Creek K-9 Mystery)
Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older (#1 Rescue Run)
Finding Courage by Kathi Daley (#3 Rescue Alaska)
Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg (#2 Gangsterland)
Hallowdene by George Mann (#2 Wychwood)
Hitting the Books by Jenn McKinlay (Library Lover's Mystery #9)
If the Coffin Fits by Lillian Bell (#2 Funeral Parlor Mystery)
Impostors by Scott Westerfeld (#5 Uglies)
In Cold Chocolate by Dorothy St James (#3 Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery)
In the Darkest Hour by Anna Carlisle (#3 Gin Sullivan Mystery)
In Want of a Knife by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (#3 Little Library Mystery)

Jokers Fool by Manda Mellett (#8 Satan's Devils MC)
New World Order by Robert Kirkman (#30 Walking Dead)
North's Nikki by Dale Mayer (#16 Heroes for Hire)
Otherwood by Pete Hautman
Passionate Rivals by Radclyffe (#4 A PMC Hospital Romance)
Read and Gone by Allison Brook (#2 A Haunted Library Mystery)
Robert B. Parker's Colorblind by Reed Farrel Coleman (#17 Jesse Stone)
Royally Dead by Greta McKennan (#3 A Stitch in Time Mystery)
Rule by Ellen Goodlett (#1 Rule)
Shadow Tyrants by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison (#13 The Oregon Files)
State Tectonics by Malka Older (#3 Centenal Cycle)
Tempt the Flames by Marnee Blake (#1 Smokejumpers)
The Devil's Wind by Steve Goble (#2 Spider John Mysteries)

The Forbidden Door by Dean Koontz (#4 Jane Hawk)
The Golden Tower by Cassandra Clare, Holly Black (#5 Magisterium)
The Monster Detector by Ellen Potter (#2 Big Foot and Little Foot)
The Wicked Ones by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman (#6 Ghosts of the Shadow Market)
Until Twilight by Erin Bedford (#4 The Crimson Fold)
Weather or Not by Lauren Myracle, Sarah Mlynowski, Emily Jenkins (#5 Upside-Down Magic)

New Releases ~ week of 01/01/2018

A Song Unheard by Roseanna M. White (#2 Shadows Over England)

A Wedding At Two Love Lane by Kieran Kramer (#2 Two Love Lane)
Abroad: Book Two by Liz Jacobs (#2 Abroad)
All The World's An Undead Stage by Angel Martinez (#6 Offbeat Crimes)
An Aegean April by Jeffrey Siger (#9 Andreas Kaldis)
Another One Bites the Crust by Ellie Alexander (#7 Bakeshop Mystery)
Avalanche! by Terry Lynn Johnson (#2 Survivor Diaries)
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu (#2 DC Icons)
Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda Hocking (#1 Valkyrie)
Blood Dolls by Angela Roquet (#4 Blood Vice)
Bringing Rosie Home by Loree Lough (#2 By Way of the Lighthouse)
Cobra Traitor by Timothy Zahn (#3 Cobra Rebellion Trilogy)
Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley (#2 Kat Holloway)
Dial M for Mousse by Laura Bradford (#3 An Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery)

Dominic by Mark Pryor (#2 Hollow Man)
Dragon Blood by Eileen Wilks (#14 World of the Lupi)
Emergence by C J Cherryh (#10 Foreigner 4)
End Game by Lisa Renee Jones (#4 Dirty Money)
Everless by Sara Holland (#1 Everless)
Every Dog Has His Day by Jenn McKinlay (#3 Bluff Point)
Fallen Gods by James A Moore (#2 Tides of War)
False Witness by Andrew Grant (#3 Detective Cooper Devereaux Thrillers)
Heart on Fire by Amanda Bouchet (Kingmaker Chronicles #3)
Mission: Memory Recall by Virginia Vaughan (#6 Rangers Under Fire)
Neogenesis by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller (#21 Liaden Universe)

Nikan Rebuilt by Scarlett Cole (#3 Preload)
Oath of Honor by Lynette Eason (#1 Blue Justice)
Out of the Ashes by Tracie Peterson (#2 Heart of Alaska)
Promise Not to Tell by Jayne Ann Krentz (#2 Cutler, Sutter, & Salinas)
Robicheaux by James Lee Burke (#21 Dave Robicheaux)
Rocco by Sarah Castille (#3 Ruin and Redemption)
Scones and Scoundrels by Molly MacRae (#2 Highland Bookshop Mystery)
Shadow Weaver by MarcyKate Connolly (#1 Shadow Weaver)
Silent Threat by Dana Marton (#1 Mission Recovery)
Someone to Love by Melissa de la Cruz
Something to Howl About by Christine Warren (#0.5 Alphaville)
Spring Forward by Catherine Anderson (#4 Mystic Creek)

Supergifted by Gordon Korman (#2 Ungifted)
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (#1 Folk of the Air)
The God Gene by F Paul Wilson (#2 ICE Sequence)
The Haunting on Heliotrope Lane by Carolyn Keene (#16 Nancy Drew Diaries)
The Night Women by Sara Blaedel (#7 Louise Rick and Camilla Lind)
The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren (#1 Ones Who Got Away)
The Queen of All Crows by Rod Duncan (#1 The Map of Unknown Things)
The Rogue is Back in Town by Anna Bennett (#3 The Wayward Wallflowers)
The Running Girl by Sara Blaedel (#5Louise Rick)
The True Queen by Sarah Fine (#3 Impostor Queen)
Unbound by Stuart Woods (#44 Stone Barrington)
Warrior of Genius by Michael Dante DiMartino (#2 Rebel Genius)
Whiskey Secrets by Carrie Ann Ryan (#1 Whiskey and Lies)
Wrangling Cupid's Cowboy by Amanda Renee (#2 Saddle Ridge, Montana)

New Releases ~ week of 10/09/2017

A Cajun Christmas Killing by Ellen Byron (#3 A Cajun Country Mystery Series)

A Clash of Storms by Bella Forrest (#50 Shade Of Vampire)
A Long Day in Lychford by Paul Cornell (#3 Witches of Lychford)
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
An Irish Country Practice by Patrick Taylor (#14 Irish Country)
Berserker by Emmy Laybourne (#1 Berserker)
Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card (#1 Fleet School)
Come Back To Me by Kathryn Shay (#5 To Serve and Protect)
Dead Man Talking by Jana DeLeon (#1 The Happily Everlasting)
Death in St. Petersburg by Tasha Alexander (#12 Emily Ashton)
Death Overdue by Allison Brook (#1 A Haunted Library Mystery)
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao (#1 Rise of the Empress)

Game On by Victoria Denault (#6 Hometown Players)
Hexed on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase (#8 Jade Calhoun)
Homicide for the Holidays by Cheryl Honigford (#2 Viv and Charlie Mystery)
Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson (#3 The Gold Seer Trilogy)
Jax by Cristin Harber (#10 Titan)
Midnight Unleashed by Lara Adrian (#15.5 Midnight Breed)
Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein (#3 Mr. Lemoncello)
Murder on the Toy Town Express by Barbara Early (#2 Vintage Toyshop Mystery)

Necessary Roughness by Julie Brannagh (#7 Love and Football)
Never Say Die by Anthony Horowitz (#11 Alex Rider)
Nine Lessons by Nicola Upson (#7 Josephine Tey)
Playing with Danger by Joya Ryan (#2 Desire Bay)
Quarry's Climax by Max Allan Collins (#14 Quarry)
Rescuing Bryn by Susan Stoker (#6 Delta Force Heroes)
Running Out of Time by Suzanne Trauth (#3 A Dodie O'Dell Mystery)
Skeleton Paints a Picture by Leigh Perry (#4 Family Skeleton Mystery)
Spy School Secret Service by Stuart Gibbs (#5 Spy School)
The Doors at Dusk and Dawn by Bradley P Beaulieu (#0.1 Song of the Shattered Sands)
The Downward Spiral by Ridley Pearson (#3 Lock and Key)
The Four Horsemen by Gregory Dowling (#2 Alvise Marangon)

The Knowing by Sharon Cameron (#2 The Forgetting)
The Mother of Zuul by Michael James Ploof (#4 Epic Fallacy)
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (#.5 Practical Magic)
The Sea Peoples by S. M. Stirling (#14 The Emberverse)
The Silver Mask by Cassandra Clare, Holly Black (#4 Magisterium)
The Stone in the Skull by Elizabeth Bear (#1 Lotus Kingdoms)
To Guard Against the Dark by Julie E Czerneda (#3 Reunification)
Tool of War by Paolo Bacigalupi (#3 Ship Breaker)
Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost (#1 A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery)

New Releases ~ week of 08/29/2016

A Catered Tea Party by Isis Crawford (#12 Mystery with Recipes)

A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny (#12 Chief Inspector Armand Gamache)
A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean (#2 Scandal & Scoundrel)
A Story to Kill  by Lynn Cahoon (#1 Cat Latimer Mystery)
A Time for Vultures by William W Johnstone (#4 Flintlock)
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir (#2 An Ember in the Ashes)
Always A Cowboy by Linda Lael Miller (#2 Carsons of Mustang Creek)
Ash by Shannon Mayer (#6 Elemental)
Dare You To Run by Dawn Ryder (#2 Unbroken Hero)
Death Among the Doilies by Mollie Cox Bryan (#1 A Cora Crafts Mystery)
Death of a Pumpkin Carver by Lee Hollis (#8 Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries)
Descended by Evangeline Anderson (#3 Alien Mate Index)

Dirty Little Lies by Lora Leigh (#3 The Lies Men Tell)
El Diablo by M. Robinson (#1 The Devil Series)
For Better Or Worse by Lauren Layne (#2 The Wedding Belles)
Gretel Pushes Back by Joan Holub (#8 Grimmtastic Girls)
Hell Fire by Karin Fossum (#12 Inspector Sejer)
Her Darkest Nightmare by Brenda Novak (#1 The Evelyn Talbot Chronicles)
High Stakes by George R.R. Martin  (Wild Cards #23)
Homecoming by Shannon Stacey (#3 Boys of Fall)
If I Only Had a Duke by Lenora Bell (#2 The Disgraceful Dukes)
Indecent Proposal by Katee Robert (#3 The O'Malleys)
Last Chance Rebel by Maisey Yates (#6 Copper Ridge)
Liar's Key by Carla Neggers (#6 Sharpe & Donovan)
Like a Bee to Honey by Jennifer Beckstrand (#3 The Honeybee Sisters)

Mad For The Plaid by Karen Hawkins (#4 Oxenburg Princes)
Meant to Be Mine by Lisa Marie Perry (#1 Guilty Pleasures)
Murder at Rough Point by Alyssa Maxwell (#4 Gilded Newport Mystery)
Murder With Macaroni and Cheese by A L Herbert (#2 Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mystery)
My Fair Princess by Vanessa Kelly (#1 The Improper Princesses)
No Mistress of Mine by Laura Lee Guhrke (#4 American Heiress In London)
Playing Fast by Melanie Scott (#5 New York Saints)
Ride Rough by Laura Kaye (#2 Raven Riders)
Run To You by Rachel Lacey (#1 Risking It All)
Sacred Serenity by Audrey Carlan (#2 Lotus House)
Semi-Twisted by Isabel Jordan (#3 Harper Hall Investigations)
Shadow Falling by Rebecca Zanetti (#2 Scorpius Syndrome)

Slave Queen by H B Moore (#3 Omar Zagouri)
Sting by Jude Watson (#2 Loot)
Sunrise Crossing by Jodi Thomas (#4 Ransom Canyon)
Sunset in Central Park by Sarah Morgan (#2 Made in New York)
Texas Tall by Janet Dailey (#3 Tylers of Texas)
The Billionaire's Voice by J. S. Scott (#5 Sinclairs)
The Bronze Key by Cassandra Clare, Holly Black (#3 Magisterium)
The Darkest Link by Scarlett Cole (#4 Second Circle Tattoos)
The Gathering by Dan Poblocki (#1 Shadow House)
The Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke (#3 Holland Family Saga)
The Scourge by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Secret of the Supers by Logan Rutherford (#4 The First Superhero)
The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd (#8 Bess Crawford Mystery)
The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (#1 The Thousandth Floor)
Unraveled by Jennifer Estep (#15 Elemental Assassin)
When a Marquis Chooses a Bride by Ella Quinn (#2 The Worthingtons)

New Releases ~ week of 1/12/2015

Angel Fire by Gerri Hill (#4 Hunter)

Blackout by Meredith McCardle (#2 Annum Guard)
Carniepunk: The Werewife by Jaye Wells
Fatal Scandal by Marie Force (#8 Fatal)
Near Enemy by Adam Sternbergh (#2 Spademan)
Perfect Couple by Jennifer Echols (#2 Superlatives)
Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen (#2 Unraveling You)
Reckless Nights by Karen Erickson (#1 Vegas Nights)
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz (#7 Odd Thomas)
Song of Blood & Stone by L. Penelope (#1 Earthsinger Chronicles)
Tap Out by Cat Grant (#3 Bannon's Gym)
The Dagger's Path by Glenda Larke (#2 Forsaken Lands)
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
The Honest Folk of Guadeloupe by Timothy Williams (#2 Anne Marie Laveaud Mystery)
The Ice Queen by Nele Neuhaus (#3 Bodenstein & Kirchhoff)

The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley (#2 Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne)
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan (#1 Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak)
Unbreakable by W C Bauers (#1 Chronicles of Promise Paen)
Unmade by Amy Rose Capetta (#2 Entangled)
Wicked Wolf by Carrie Ann Ryan (#8 Redwood Pack)

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.

Not a lot going on around here. Shopping for the little one's birthday and then turning around and trying to figure out what to get for Christmas since he just got all his birthday gifts.
Short list this time around. Have a Great Week and Happy Reading!

Bought

Blood Lite edited by Kevin J Anderson
The Prince of Nothing Trilogy by R. Scott Bakker
-The Darkness that Comes Before
-The Warrior Prophet
-The Thousandfold Thought

Library
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley

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.

Not much this week, just some library books. **All links go to Goodreads

Library
Vengeance Born (The Light Blade #1) by Kylie Griffin
Cast in CourtLight (Chronicles of Elantra #2) by Michelle Sagara
Infamous (Chronicles of Nick #3) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Unclean Spirits (The Black Sun's Daughter #1) by M.L.N. Hanover

Currently Reading
Black Heart (Curse Workers #3) by Holly Black

Have a Great Week and Happy Reading! I'm taking part in Armchair BEA this year. Should be lots of fun!

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.

 *All links go to Goodreads

Bought
Dead on the Delta (Annabelle Lee #1) by Stacey Jay  **took a chance on this one. Not familiar with the author or book but I'm looking for a new series.
Library
Fair Game (Alpha &Omega #3) by Patricia Briggs
Black Heart (Curse Workers #3) by Holly Black
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky #1) by Veronica Rossi

Currently Reading
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1)by Gail Carriger

Book Review (Shorts) ~ The Poison Eaters

The Poison Eaters and Other Stories
By Holly Black
Published By Big Mouth House

Summary (Goodreads): Poisonous girls whose kisses will kill. A fateful eating contest with the devil. Faeries who return to Ironside, searching for love. A junior prom turned bacchanalia. In twelve short stories, eerie and brimming with suspense and unexpected humor, Holly Black twists the fantastical creatures you thought you knew in ways you’ll never expect.


My Thoughts:
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown ~ This story had an interesting take on vampires. For some reason the description of Coldtown made me think more of a concentration camp than anything else. This was a good choice for the first story. 


A Reversal Of Fortune ~ Gross is the only word I can think of for this one. An interesting way to win a bet but still Gross.


The Boy Who Cried Wolf ~ Not bad but not one of my favorites. Alex's need to read only things that he believes are facts and what he does with that information to try and save his family.


The Night Market ~ What one sister will do to save the life of another who has been cursed by an enkato (elf boy)


The Dog King ~ I enjoyed this one. The king that has most of the wolves killed but keeps one as a pet and how said pet turns on him.


Virgin ~ I felt confused when I finished reading this one. Like I missed something or it wasn't long enough to fill in the blanks.


In Vodka Veritas ~ A private school, latin club secret society, prom, and a junior class orgy. 


The Coat of Stars ~ Everyone should know by now, don't try and bargain with a fairie. It works in this story though.


Paper Cuts Scissors ~ I had read this one in another anthology and it was my favorite, it still is. A guy who is trying to help his girlfriend, who has gotten lost in her books.


Going Ironside ~ This was too short and I didn't really get much from it. I have only read Tithe so that may be why I was lost on this one.


The Land of Heart's Desire ~ This is another of my favorites. An odd mix of why you should keep some things secret, the punishment if you don't,  and how easy it is to mistake love and hate.


The Poison Eaters ~  This was a great ending to this collection.  Royal politics, grudges, and ambitions that caused The Poison Eaters to be created as tools for their "father". 


Rating: 4 more good than bad in this collection