This Week's Reads

Ireland Abandoned
by Elementalist (DeviantArt)

**Haven't done one of these in awhile. Have been sick a lot lately. Mostly sinuses, which causes pain all around my eyes, making difficult to read. Finally getting back to normal.

Wild Country by Anne Bishop
The Others #7 (Goodreads)
**Just finished this one. This wasn't my favorite but it's still one of my favorite series. I'll also probably reread this one again to pick up on things I might have missed.

Off Planet by Aileen Erin
Aunare Chronicles #1 (Goodreads)
**Received this from the publisher, Ink Monster, via NetGalley. I liked the author's supernatural series so I was willing to give this one a try. I'm hit or miss with sci-fi. Not far into this one but so far I like it.

Cast in Oblivion by Michelle Sagara
Chronicles of Elantra #14 (Goodreads)
**Another favorite series. This one seems to be getting better. It might be that I was happier with Kaylin in this one. She seemed to finally be getting that she actually needs to learn something about the symbols on her body and what she is able to do with them.

New Releases ~ week of 01/28/2019

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (#1 A Curse So Dark and Lonely)

A Murderous Marriage by Alyssa Maxwell (#4 Lady and Ladies Maid)
All About That Kiss by Susan Hatler (#6 Kissed by the Bay)
Before He Lapses by Blake Pierce (#11 Mackenzie White)
Cast in Oblivion by Michelle Sagara (#14 The Chronicles of Elantra)
Crooked Street by Brian Freeman (#3 Frost Easton)
Dark Burning by Lori Ryan (#6 Dark Falls)
Dead as a Door Knocker by Diane Kelly (#1 House-Flipper Mystery)
Death by Chocolate Malted Milkshake by Sarah Graves (#2 Death by Chocolate)
Death by Committee by Alexis Morgan (#1 Abbey McCree Mystery)
Dragon Betrayal by Charlene Hartnady (#4 Water Dragons)
Drawn Into Love by Aurora Rose Reynolds (#4 Fluke My Life)
Escaping His Grace by Kristin Vayden (#2 Gentlemen of Temptation)

Flare Up by Shannon Stacey (#6 Boston Fire)
Governess Gone Rogue by Laura Lee Guhrke (#3 Dear Lady Truelove)
Grand Slam Murders by R J Lee (#1 Bridge to Death Mystery)
Hot Fudge Murder by Cynthia Baxter (#2 Lickety Splits Mystery)
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo (#1 Nikolai Duology)
Lavender Blue by Donna Kauffman (#3 Blue Hollow Falls)
Moonlight Scandals by Jennifer L Armentrout (#3 de Vincent)
Murder, She Meowed by Liz Mugavero (#7 Pawsitively Organic Mysteries)
Mystic by Cheryl Brooks (#2 Cat Star Legacy)
No Escape Claws by Sofie Ryan (#6 Second Chance Cat Mystery)
Not a Hero by Cherise Sinclair (#1 Sons of the Survivalist)
One Tough Cowboy by Lora Leigh (#1 Moving Violations)
Out of the Dark by Gregg Hurwitz (#4 Orphan X)

Pruning the Dead by Julia Henry (#1 Garden Squad Mystery)
Ransacker by Emmy Laybourne (#2 Berserker)
Reckoning of Fallen Gods by R. A. Salvatore (#2 Coven)
Tained Forever by Terri Anne Browning (#5 Tainted Knights)
Tempt Me With Diamonds by Jane Feather (#1 London Jewels Trilogy)
The Cerulean by Amy Ewing
The Gun Also Rises by Sherry Harris (#6 Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery)
The Havana Game by John Lutz (#2 Thomas Laker)
The Shadowlands by Katrina Charman (#5 The Last Firehawk)
The Sheikh's Inherited Bride by Clare Connelly (#5 Evermore)
The Way You Love Me by Miranda Liasson (#2 Angel Falls)

The Whole Package by Marie Harte (#1 Movin' On)
The Wrong Highlander by Lynsay Sands (#7 Highlander)
Three Little Words by Jenny Holiday (#3 Bridesmaids Behaving Badly)
Vengeance Road by Christine Feehan (#2 Torpedo Ink)
What Doesn't Kill Her by Christina Dodd (#2 Cape Charade)
You Will Suffer by Alexandra Ivy (#3 The Agency)

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The Keeper
by CLB-Raveneye (DeviantArt)

Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire
October Daye #4 (Goodreads)
**I've really been enjoying this series. I love October's loyalty even when you just want her to stop, take a breath, and think things all the way through before acting. Of course that wouldn't be nearly as much fun or stressful.

Cast in Deception by Michelle Sagara
Chronicles of  Elantra #13 (Goodreads)
**This is one of my favorite fantasy series. It's more about the overall series/world than having a definite villain to fight and bring each book to a close.

Stygian by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dark Hunter #27 (Goodreads)
**This series has been really hit or miss for me the last couple of books. While Urian isn't one of my favorites I'm hoping there will be more in the story that involves the overall cast of characters.

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Magic Stone
by VityaR83 (DeviantArt)

This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong
Rockton #3 (Goodreads)
**I have really enjoyed the first two books in this series and seen good things about this one. With my sporadic reading of late I'm hoping this will get me back into a normal for me reading flow.

The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky
Olympus Bound #1 (Goodreads)
**I actually grabbed Olympus Bound but realized it is book 3 and I still hadn't gotten around to reading this one. I've always been a fan of mythology and I like the idea of it mixed with UF.

Silence by Michelle Sagara
The Queen of The Dead #1 (Goodreads)
**I already finished this one and liked it a lot more than I was expecting. Emma finds out she is a necromancer from the people sent to kill her before she came into her powers. I did wish there was more info about the hunters group and even more about the necromancers themselves. We are basically told that they are all evil but other than one other necromancer later in the story we only know Emma so hard to go from that.

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Sunset World
by Trollgirl (DeviantArt)

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
The Chronicles of St Mary's #1 (Goodreads)
**Saw this on some list and had to give it a try. A historical research school that studies history by going to directly to the events and witnessing them. Of course something has to go wrong but still sounds fun.

Cast in Flame by Michelle Sagara
Chronicles of Elantra #10 (Goodreads)
**I was doing good catching up with this series but fell behind again.
I really like Kaylin and all her friend (and not so friendly friends). They always seem to get into the most interesting set of circumstances. Plus, dragons. I love dragons!

New Releases ~ week of 01/22/2018

About That Kiss by Jill Shalvis (#5 Heartbreaker Bay)

Blaze Erupting by Rebecca Zanetti (#4.5 Scorpius Syndrome)
Broken by D.K. Holmberg (#2 The Book of Maladies)
Broken Seal by Geri Foster (#10 Sleeper Seals)
Cast in Deception by Michelle Sagara (#13 The Chronicles of Elantra)
Derailed by Genevieve Iseult Eldredge (#0.5 Circuit Fae)
Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds (#2 Prefect Dreyfus Emergency)
Fallen Angel by Terri Anne Browning (#6 Angel's Halo MC)
Here Comes the Sun by Marie Force (#3 Butler, Vermont)
How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper (#1 Mystic Bayou)
Judgment Road by Christine Feehan (Torpedo Ink #1)
Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra (#1 Asiana)
Morna's Ghost by Bethany Claire (#6 Magical Matchmaker's Legacy)

Scone Cold Killer by Lena Gregory (#1 All-Day Breakfast Café)
Sinless by Lynne Connolly (#2 The Shaws)
Sisters Like Us by Susan Mallery (#4 Mischief Bay)
Spirits and Spells by Michelle M Pillow (#5 Warlocks MacGregor)
Texas-Sized Trouble by Delores Fossen (#4 Wrangler's Creek)
The King of Bones and Ashes by J. D. Horn (#1 Witches of New Orleans)
The Night Trade by Barry Eisler (#2 Livia Lone)
The View from Rainshadow Bay by Colleen Coble (#1 Lavender Tides)
Tragic Beauty by Iris Ann Hunter (#1 Beauty & The Darkness)
Walking the Bones by Randall Silvis (#2 Ryan DeMarco Mystery)

New Releases ~ week of 10/24/2016

A Christmas Tartan by Paige Shelton (#3 The Scottish Bookshop Mystery)

A Date at The Altar by Cathy Maxwell (#3 Marrying the Duke)
A Lowcountry Christmas by Mary Alice Monroe (#5 Lowcountry Summer)
A Murder of Crows by Jeanette Battista (#2 Books of Aerie)
A Night of Forever by Bronwen Evans (#6 Disgraced Lords)
A Stranger in Town by William W Johnstone, J A Johnstone (#2 Will Tanner)
A Vampire's Hunger by Carla Susan Smith (#4 Vampire's Promise)
A Wedding for Christmas by Lori Wilde (#7 Twilight Texas)
Baron by Joanna Shupe (#2 The Knickerbocker Club)
Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March (#6 Beneath)
Beware! Shadows in the Night by Lin Oliver (#3 Fantastic Frame)
Black Ice Burning by A. R. Kahler (#3 Pale Queen)
Bold by Mike Shepherd (#14 Kris Longknife)

Cast in Flight by Michelle Sagara (#12 The Chronicles of Elantra)
Christmas In Destiny by Toni Blake (#7 Destiny)
Concealed by Christina Bauer (#2 Beholder)
Dangling by a Thread by Lea Wait (#4 A Mainely Needlepoint Mystery)
Dark Rules by Susan Vaughan (#3 Dark Files)
Dying for Strawberries by Sharon Farrow (#1 A Berry Basket Mystery)
Eggnog Murder by Leslie Meier (#21.5 Lucy Stone Mysteries)
Empire Decayed by Daniel Kraus (#2 Death and Life of Zebulon Finch)
Family Sins by Sharon Sala (#1 Death Comes to Eden)
Feliz Navidead by Ann Myers (#3 Santa Fe Cafe Mystery series)
Fields Where They Lay by Timothy Hallinan (#6 Junior Bender)
Forever and For Always by Debra Clopton (#4 Windswept Bay)

Game of Vengeance by Amanda K.Byrne (#2 Game of Shadows)
Heated Pursuit by April Hunt (#1 Alpha Security)
Hell Bay by Will Thomas (#8 Barker and Llewelyn)
High Heat by Richard Castle (#8 Nikki Heat)
His Christmas Cowgirl by Alissa Callen (#6 Wildflower Ranch)
His Make-Believe Bride by Martha Hix (#1 Texan Brides)
Hold Me by Courtney Milan (#2 Cyclone)
If the Magic Fits by Susan Maupin Schmid (#1 100 Dresses)
Illusion by Martina Boone (#3 The Heirs of Watson Island)
Journey's End by Rachel Hawkins
Keepsakes by Sarina Bowen (#3 True North)
Kill Town by Cotton Smith (#2 Corrigan Brothers)

Lady Lost by Jane Goodger (#3 Lost Heiresses)
Lady of the House by E N Joy (#3 Forever Diva)
Like Fresh Fallen Snow by Tara Wyatt (#2 The Graysons)
Midnight Hour by C C Hunter (#6 Shadow Falls)
Mistletoe Cottage by Debbie Mason (#1 Harmony Harbor)
Night Watch by Iris Johansen (#4 Kendra Michaels)
Only You by Denise Grover Swank (#1 Bachelor Brotherhood)
Perfect Pleasures by Deborah Fletcher Mello (#2 Bad Boys of Boulder)
Poison Evidence by Rachel Grant (#7 Evidence)
Project Legion by Jeremy Robinson (#5 Kaiju)
Pull Me Close by Sidney Halston (#1 Panic)
Rundown by Rick Blechta (#3 Pratt & Ellis Mystery)
Ryan Quinn and the Rebel's Escape by Ron McGee (#1 Ryan Quinn)

Saddle Up For Murder by Leigh Hearon (#2 A Carson Stables Mystery)
Secrets in the Mist by Anna Lee Huber (#1 A Gothic Myths)
Send in the Clowns by Julie Mulhern (#4 The Country Club Murders)
Sex, Lies, and Serious Money by Stuart Woods (#39 Stone Barrington)
Sierra by Ray Anderson (#2 Awol Thriller)
Skin and Bone by Robin Blake (#4 Dark)
Spook Rock by Marianne Morea (#3 Legend)
Submission is Not Enough by Lexi Blake (#12 Masters and Mercenaries)
Taking Charge by Ruth Cardello (#4 Lone Star Burn)
Tempting the Earl by Rachael Miles (#3 The Muses's Salon)
The Black Orchid by Annis Bell (#2 Lady Jane Mystery)
The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks (#4 Lightbringer)

The Bound by K. A. Linde (#2 The Ascension)
The Crush by Heather Heyford (#1 Wine Country)
The Earl by Katharine Ashe (#2 Devil's Duke)
The Falls by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (#5 Diving Universe)
The Kinfolk by G A Morgan (#3 Five Stones Trilogy)
The Mapmaker's Apprentice by C. J. Archer (#2 Glass and Steele)
The Plague of Swords by Miles Cameron (#4 The Traitor Son Cycle)
The Rogue's Wager by Christi Caldwell (#1 Sinful Brides)
The Trouble with Mirrors by Charlotte Elkins, Aaron Elkins (#4 Alix London Mysteries)
The Whistler by John Grisham (#1 The Whistler)
Trigger Warning by Allan Leverone (#2 Jack Sheridan)
Vampire in Charge by Dale Mayer (#11 Family Blood Ties)
Warrior by Karen Lynch (#4 Relentless)
When Snowflakes Fall by Tara Wyatt (#1 The Graysons)
While the Duke Was Sleeping by Sophie Jordan (#1 Rogue Files)

This Week's Reads

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Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn #1 (Goodreads)
**I've seen this one everywhere and finally decided to read it. Hoping it lives up to all the hype.

Cast in Sorrow by Michelle Sagara
Chronicles of Elantra #9 (Goodreads)
**This is the ceremony that they were traveling to the whole of book 8. I think this series is getting better the further into it I get.

Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine
The Great Library #2 (Goodreads)
**Ink and Bone was one of my favorite reads from last year. Cannot wait to dive into this one.

This Week's Reads

**With back to school and family get togethers, not much reading getting done. Hopefully once school is in full swing will be able to focus a bit more.

Cast in Ruin by Michelle Sagara

Chronicles in Elantra #7 (Goodreads)

**I actually finished this one on the ride back from out of state. It may be my favorite so far. I just wish the author wasn't still pushing the Kaylin/Severn relationship, it feels like a crutch at this point.

Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs

Mercy Thompson #5 (Goodreads)

**Still working through a reread of this series. It helps when I'm not able to focus as much since I've already read them.

This Week's Reads

Cast in Chaos by Michelle Sagara
Chronicles of Elantra #6 (Goodreads)
**Another series I am trying to catch up on.

The Queen's Poisoner by Jeff Wheeler
The KingFountain Series #1 (Goodreads)
**I'm halfway through this and so far it is one of my favorite reads this year.

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
The Bone Witch #1 (Goodreads)
**Saw this on netgalley and had to try it. Love the cover. Plus, it's about witches and necromancy. Two things I don't see enough of in my books.

New Releases ~ week of 11/23/2015

(Dis)content by Melissa Haag (#5 Judgement of the Six)

A Kind of Magic by Shanna Swendson (#3 Fairy Tale)
Beyond The Grave by C. J. Archer (#3 The Ministry of Curiosities)
Bound in Darkness by Jacquelyn Frank (#4 The Immortal Brothers)
Cast in Honor by Michelle Sagara (#11 The Chronicles of Elantra)
Chimera by Mira Grant (#3 Parasitology)
Cold in the Shadows by Toni Anderson (#5 Cold Justice)
Death By Tea by Alex Erickson (#2 Death By Coffee)
Death Comes to Kurland Hall by Catherine Lloyd (#3 Kurland St. Mary Mysteries)
Denial by Lisa Renee Jones (#1 Careless Whispers)
Desert Wolf by Heather Long (#8 Wolves of Willow Bend)
Detonator by Andy McNab (#17 Nick Stone)
Dragon Storm by Katie MacAlister (#2 Dragon Fall)

Feel the Burn by G A Aiken (#8 Dragon Kin)
Fighting for Devlin by Jessica Lemmon (#1 Lost Boys)
Huckleberry Hearts by Jennifer Beckstrand (#6 Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill)
I Heard a Rumor by Cheris Hodges (#2 Rumor Has It)
Jackson by Melissa Foster (#2 Wild Boys After Dark)
Legacies Reborn by Pittacus Lore (#13 I Am Number Four: The Lost Files)
Lies by C.A. Harms (#1 Phoenix Undercover)
Lucky Shot by B J Daniels (#3 Montana Hamiltons)
Midnight Wrangler by Cat Johnson (#2 Midnight Cowboys)
Promises I Made by Michelle Zink (#2 Lies I Told)
Queen by Aimée Carter (#3 The Blackcoat Rebellion)
Reckless Hearts by Sean Olin (#2 Wicked Games)
Redeem My Heart by Kennedy Layne (#7 CSA Case Files)

Stars in Your Eyes by Lynn Kurland (#17 De Piaget)
Steal Me by Lauren Layne (#2 New York's Finest)
Sun Kissed by JoAnn Ross (#1 Orchid Island)
Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt (#9 Maiden Lane)
The Bard and the Beast by Jordan Quinn (#9 Kingdom of Wrenly)
The Harder You Fall by Gena Showalter (#3 Original Heartbreakers)
The Healing Power of Sugar by C.L. Stone (#9 The Academy: The Ghost Bird)
The Shards of Heaven by Michael Livingston (#1 Shards of Heaven)
The Spinster's Guide to Scandalous Behavior by Jennifer McQuiston (#2 The Seduction Diaries)
The Striker by Monica McCarty (#10 The Highland Guard Series)
True Riders by Catherine Hapka (#6 Marguerite Henry's Ponies of Chincoteague)
Waking Hearts by Elizabeth Hunter (#3 Cambio Springs)
Wild Cat by Christine Feehan  (#8 Leopard)
Wyoming Rugged by Diana Palmer (#5 Wyoming Men)
Yarned and Dangerous by Sadie Hartwell (#1 A Tangled Web Mystery)

New Releases ~ week of 7/28/2014

A Good Debutante's Guide to Ruin by Sophie Jordan (#1 Debutante Files)

All Out War Part 2 by Robert Kirkman (#21 Walking Dead)
Beach Bags and Burglaries by Dorothy Howell (#8 Haley Randolph Mysteries)
Beautifully Forgotten by L.A. Fiore (#2 Beautifully Damaged)
Between the Sheets by Molly O'Keefe (#3 The Boys of Bishop)
Blightborn by Chuck Wendig (#2 Heartland Trilogy)
Bound to be Tamed by Becca Jameson (#2 Emergence)
Breakdown by Joseph Monninger (#3 Stay Alive)
Cast in Flame by Michelle Sagara (#10 The Chronicles of Elantra)
Cursed by Angela Addams (#1 Order of the Wolf)
Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs by Diane Kelly (#7 Tara Holloway)
Deserves to Die by Lisa Jackson (#6 Montana "To Die")

Expose Me by Kate Hewitt (#3 Fifth Avenue Trilogy)
Falling for Max by Shannon Stacey (#9 The Kowalski Family)
Fast Track by Julie Garwood (#12 Buchanan)
Hardship by Jean Johnson (#4 Theirs Not To Reason Why)
Hideaway Cove by Anna Sullivan (#2 Windfall Island)
Homecoming by Lily Everett (#4 Billionaire Brothers)
Kalona's Fall by Kristin Cast, P C Cast (#4 House of Night Novellas)
Libby's Sweet Surprise by Lisa Schroeder (#3 Charmed Life)
Looking for Trouble by Victoria Dahl (#2 Jackson Girl's Night Out)
Loving Rose: The Redemption of Malcolm Sinclair by Stephanie Laurens (#3 Adair's Casebook)
Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews (#7 Kate Daniels)

Marion Strikes a Pose by Callie Barkley (#8 Critter Club)
Memory Maze by Gordon Korman (#2 Hypnotists)
Murder in Retribution by Anne Cleeland  (#2 New Scotland Yard Mystery)
Only With You by Lauren Layne (#1 The Best Mistake)
Path of Smoke by Bailey Cunningham (#2 Parallel Parks)
Rogue by Katy Evans (#5 Real, Raw & Ripped)
Rogue with a Brogue by Suzanne Enoch (#2 Scandalous Highlander)
Shifter's Claim by A C Arthur (#4 Shadow Shifters)
Shipwreck Island by S. A. Bodeen (#1 Shipwreck Island)
Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead (#5 Bloodlines)
Swan Point by Sherryl Woods (#11 Sweet Magnolias)
The Golden Shell by Paula Harrison (#14 Rescue Princesses)

The Hexed by Heather Graham (#13 Krewe of Hunters)
The Lazarus Curse by Tessa Harris (#4 Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery)
The Unwritten Fables by Mike Carey (#9 The Unwritten)
The Winter King by C. L. Wilson (#1 Mystral)
The Young World by Chris Weitz (#1 The Young World)
Why Lords Lose Their Hearts by Manda Collins (#3 Wicked Widows)