New Releases ~ week of 06/25/2018

99 Lies by Rachel Vincent (#2 100 Hours)

A Big Ship At the Edge of the Universe by Alex White (#1 Salvagers)
A High Sierra Christmas by William W Johnstone, J A Johnstone (#8 Christmas)
A New World Order by S E Smith (#2 Dust)
A Steep Price by Robert Dugoni (#6 Tracy Crosswhite)
Better Haunts and Garden Gnomes by Michelle M Pillow (#1 (Un) Lucky Valley)
Bimini Twist by Linda Greenlaw (#4 Jane Bunker Mysteries)
Blood Match by K. A. Linde (#2 Blood Type)
Bluestone & Vine by Donna Kauffman (#2 Blue Hollow Falls)
Boldfinger by Bob Defendi (#3 Death By Cliché)
Broken Promise by Tara Thomas (#3 Sons of Broad)

Cael by Maryann Jordan (#3 Heroes At Heart)
Claws of Death by Linda S. Reilly (#2 Cat Lady Mystery)
Cochise by Delilah Devlin (#4 Montana Bounty Hunters)
Damnation Valley by William W Johnstone, J A Johnstone (#4 Frontiersman)
Dawn of Legends by Eleanor Herman (#4 Blood of Gods and Royals)
Death by Espresso by Alex Erickson (#6 Death By Coffee)
Driftwood Creek by Roxanne Snopek (#2 Sunset Bay)
Drop by Drop by Morgan Llywelyn (#1 Step by Step)
Fifth Column by Bobby Akart (#5 Lone Star)
Fugitive Six by Pittacus Lore (#2 Lorien Legacies Reborn)
Hurricane Katrina Rescue by Kate Messner (#8 Ranger in Time)

Inked Nights by Carrie Ann Ryan (#8.5 Montgomery Ink)
Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews (#1 The Iron Covenant)
It Takes Two by Jenny Holiday (#2 Bridesmaids Behaving Badly)
Light My Fire by J. Kenner (#11 Man of the Month)
Love's Red Heart by Deryn Pittar (#3 Future Movers)
Me, Please by Bella Jewel (#5 Iron Fury MC)
Moonlight Seduction by Jennifer L Armentrout (#2 de Vincent)
Murder at the Mansion by Sheila Connolly (#1 Victorian Village Mystery)
Peril and Prayer by Olivia Matthews (#2 Sister Lou)
Pip Bartlett's Guide to Sea Monsters by Maggie Stiefvater, Jackson Pearce (#3 Pip Bartlett)
Red Waters Rising by Laura Anne Gilman (#3 Devil's West)
Ruff Justice by Laurien Berenson (#22 Melanie Travis)

Runaway Murder by Leigh Hearon (#4 A Carson Stables Mystery)
Sandpiper Shore by Debbie Mason (#6 Harmony Harbor)
Scorpion Strike by John Gilstrap (#10 Jonathan Grave)
Snowed Undercover by Lia Davis, Kerry Adrienne (#2 Dark Scales Division)
Speed Dating the Boss by Sue Brown (#1 Cowboys and Angels)
Staged 4 Murder by J. C. Eaton (#3 Sophie Kimball)
Tempting the Laird by Julia London (#5 Highland Grooms)
The Book of Unwinding by J. D. Horn (#2 Witches of New Orleans)
The Cyborg's Stowaway by Eve Langlais (#2 Gypsy Moth)
The Darkest Warrior by Gena Showalter (#14 Lords of the Underworld Series)
The Emerald Sea by Richelle Mead (#3 The Glittering Court)
The Fourth Closet by Scott Cawthon (#3 Five Nights at Freddy's)

The Highlander's Promise by Lynsay Sands (#6 Highlander)
The King's Favorite by Tanya Anne Crosby (#1 Daughter's of Avalon)
The Last Rodeo by Delores Fossen (#9 Wrangler's Creek)
The Lost Continent by Tui T Sutherland (#11Wings of Fire)
The Orphan's Wish by Melanie Dickerson (#8 Hagenheim/Fairy Tale Romance)
The Scroll of Kings by Sarah Prineas (#1 Lost Books)
The Summer Nanny by Holly Chamberlin (#8 Yorktide, Maine)
Till Death Do Us Tart by Ellie Alexander (#8 Bakeshop Mystery)
Total Control by Jackie Ashenden (#2 11th Hour)
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (#1 Sixth World)
Truth or Dare by Fern Michaels (#6 Men of the Sisterhood)
Waking the Rainbow Dragon by Tracey West (#10 Dragon Masters)
Winning Her Hand by Bree Wolf (#7 Forbidden Love Novella)

This Week's Reads

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
The Grisha #2 Goodreads
**Trying to catch up/finish some series that I have already started.

Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell
Goodreads
**I've always enjoy retellings. Little worried about this one, only because Peter Pan is not one of my favorite stories. Hoping it reads as well as the summary.

Soundless by Richelle Mead
Goodreads
**Picked this up because I have liked both Mead's Adult and YA books. It seems to be one that people either really love or just cannot get into.

New Releases ~ week of 11/09/2015

Autumn's Kiss by Bella Thorne (#2 Autumn Falls)

Billionaire Unbound by J. S. Scott (#8 The Billionaire's Obsession)
Crimson Shore by Douglas Preston (#15 Pendergast)
Dirty Twisted Love by Lili Valente (#1 Dirty Twisted Love)
Easy Melody by Kristen Proby (#3 Boudreaux)
Fate of the Union by Max Allan Collins (#2 Reeder and Rogers)
Home by Nightfall by Charles Finch (#9 Charles Lenox Mysteries)
Justice for Mickie by Susan Stoker (#2 Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes)
Kiss the Flame by Christopher Rice (#1.5 Desire Exchange)
Nauti Seductress by Lora Leigh (#3 Nauti Girls)
No More Heroes by Loren Rhoads (#3 In the Wake of the Templars)
Our Now and Forever by Terri Osburn (#2 Ardent Springs)
Ready or Not by Melissa Brayden (#3 SoHo Loft Romance)
Reap by Tillie Cole (#2 Scarred Souls)

Reaper's Fall by Joanna Wylde (#5 Reapers MC)
Soundless by Richelle Mead
Sundown Speech by Loren D Estleman (#25 Amos Walker)
The Bride Wore Crimson by Adrianne Lee (#2 Weddingville)
The Promise by Robert Crais (#14 Elvis Cole #5 Joe Pike)
The Virgin's Spy by Laura Andersen (#2 Tudor Legacy)
Unforgiven by Lauren Kate (#5 Fallen)
Untimely Death by Elizabeth J Duncan (#1 Shakespeare in the Catskills)
Whispers in the Reading Room by Shelley Gray (#3 Chicago World's Fair Mysteries)
Wicked Edge by Rebecca Zanetti (#2 Realm Enforcers)
Winter by Marissa Meyer (#4 Lunar Chronicles)

Some Thursday Randomness

Art
Isaiah Stephens did some Disney/Harry Potter mash up art for Cosmopolitan.com. The mix of Ursula and Umbridge is definitely my favorite. Here's his FB post showing the collection he did (post)

Dolores Ursula Umbridge
DeviantArt

Video
Just because we are getting close to Halloween. It's not new but it's Christopher Walken reading The Raven


Book Cover Love
Love both of these covers. I've really been into historical fiction lately but both covers made me take notice of them.

Goodreads

Goodreads

One more Randomness...
If you're ever in Romania there is a steampunk cafe. Will probably never see it in person but it looks really cool.
 

New Releases ~ week of 02/09/2015

All That Burns  by Ryan Graudin (#2 All That Glows)

Blood Infernal by James Rollins (#3 The Order of the Sanguines)
Bridged by Kendra Elliot (#2 Mason Callahan)
Cannibal by Jeremy Robinson (#8 Jack Sigler Thrillers)
Deadly Spells by Jaye Wells (#3 The Prospero's War)
Enemy Lovers by Shelley Munro (#2 Clare Chronicles)
Hawk's Revenge by Vivi Andrews (#3 Lone Pine Pride)
Motive by Jonathan Kellerman (#30 Alex Delaware)
Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb (#40 In Death)
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (#1 Red Queen Trilogy)
Search and Recovery by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (#11 Retrieval Artist)
Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson (#3 Shades of London)
Song of the Lonesome Cowboy by Lynn Kelling (#9 The Society of Masters)

Storm of Dogs by Erin Hunter (#6 Survivors)
The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan (#3 Powder Mage Trilogy)
The Bold and The Dominant by Shayla Black (#3 The Doms of Her Life)
The Cat, the Devil the Last Escape by Shirley Rousseau Murphy (#19 Joe Grey)
The End of Tomorrow by Tara Brown (#3 Single Lady Spy)
The Lost Chalice by Anita Clenney (#3 Relic Chronicles)
The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead (#6 Bloodlines)
The Truth as He Knows It by A M Arthur (#1 Perspectives)
Twelve Days by Alex Berenson (#9 John Wells)
Unspeakable by Michelle K. Pickett (#1 Freedom)
Unveiled by Jodi Ellen Malpas (#3 One Night Trilogy)

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)

Armchair BEA 2014 ~ Middle Grade/ Young Adult

Today's prompt: YA/MG: If you do not normally talk about this genre on your site, maybe you want to feature books that you remember impacting you during this stage in your life. If this is where you tend to gravitate, maybe you want to list your favorites, make recommendations based on genres, or feature some titles that you are excited to read coming later this year.

**This was probably my hardest one to think of something for. I read both YA and MG but would not call them my preferred genres. I find if I read a book in either of these I then need to read an adult book next. That being said some of my favorite reads over the years have been either YA or MG.
I originally started reading YA when I was looking for more books by some of my favorite Adult authors. I read Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series and came across her Morganville series when I was looking for more. Myrnin is one of my favorite vampires in any book and I enjoyed the world and characters as a whole. It was the same with Richelle Mead. I read her Georgina Kincaid series and eventually ended up loving her Vampire Academy books.

Some other favorites are: Cinda Williams Chima's Seven Realms and The Heir Chronicles (Goodreads)

Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments (first 3 books) and The Infernal Devises. (Goodreads)

Victoria Schwab's The Archived and The Near Witch (Goodreads)

Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson, The Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus (Goodreads) 

Maria V Snyder's Glass series, Insiders series, and Healers series (Goodreads)

Brandon Sanderson's The Rithmatist (Goodreads)

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (Goodreads)

I'm sure I could keep going so just going to stop now. Hope everyone had a Great Armchair BEA week!

New Releases ~ week of 11/18/2013

*All links go to Goodreads

A Cold Creek Christmas Surprise by RaeAnne Thayne (#12 Cowboys of Cold Creek)

An Early Christmas Gift by Susan Crosby (#3 Red Valley Ranchers)
Battle of Forces by Ali Vali (#2 Forces)
Beautiful Beginning by Christina Lauren (#3.5 Beautiful Bastard)
Best of Three by Erin Nicholas (#3 Counting on Love)
Burnt Black by Ed Kovacs (#3 Cliff St. James Mysteries)
Cold Case at Camden Crossing by Rita Herron (#1 Cold Case)
Cowboys & Angels by Vicki Lewis Thompson (#13 Sons of Chance)
Found by H Terrell Griffin (#8 Matt Royal Mystery)
Green Goblin by Joe Caramagna (#5 Amazing Spiderman:Young Readers Novel)
Highland Protector by Catherine Bybee (#5 MacCoinnich Time Travel)
Holiday Games by Jaci Burton (#6.5 Play By Play)

Horizon by Alyson Noel (#4 Soul Seekers)
Justice is Coming by Delores Fossen (#5 Marshals of Maverick)
King and Maxwell by David Baldacci (#6 Sean King and Michelle Maxwell)
Last Chance Knit & Stitch by Hope Ramsay (#7 Last Chance)
Legacy of the Crystal Shard by Ed Greenwood (#2 Sundering Adventure)
Not Just a Wallflower by Carole Mortimer (#2 Season of Secrets)
Not-So-Simple Simon by Stormy Glenn (#4 Aberdeen Pack)
Risky by Jo Davis (#2 Torn Between Two Lovers)
Rocky Mountain Freedom by Vivian Arend (#6 Six Pack Ranch)
Solid Gold Seduction by Zuri Day (#4 The Drakes of California)
Sophie Hartley and the Facts of Life by Stephanie Greene (#4 Sophie Hartley)
Soulless: The Manga Vol. 3 by Gail Carriger (#3 The Parasol Protectorate (Manga))

Sugarplum Homecoming by Linda Goodnight (#3 Whisper Falls)
Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich (#20 The Stephanie Plum Series)
The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson (#4 Healer's Apprentice)
The Curse Keepers by Denise Grover Swank (#1 Curse Keepers)
The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead (#4 Bloodlines)
The Lawman's Holiday Wish by Ruth Logan Herne (#3 Kirkwood Lake)
The Rogue's Proposal by Jennifer Haymore (#2 House of Trent)
The Severed Tower by J. Barton Mitchell (#2 Conquered Earth)
The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa (#10 Haruhi Suzumiya)
Watcher of the Dark by Joseph Nassise (#3 Jeremiah Hunt Chronicles)
World After by Susan Ee (#2 Penryn & the End of Days)
Yuletide Protector by Julie Miller (#6 Precinct: Task Force)

Stacking the Shelves ~ Library Sale Edition

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.

The Fall book sale was this past week at our local library. They didn't have as many sci-fi/fantasy as they normally do but plenty of mysteries, which I also love. Plus on Saturdays it is only $5 a bag, we went home with 2 bags.

J.D. Robb ~ Born in Death

Thomas O'Callaghan ~ Bone Thief
James Rollins ~ Map of Bones
Janet Evanovich ~ Plum Lovin'
Lauren Willig ~ The Masque of the Black Tulip
Sam Barone ~ Dawn of Empire
Patrick Lee ~ Ghost Country
David Gibbins ~ Atlantis
Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan ~  The Fall
Heather Graham ~ Heart of Evil
Susan Vreeland ~ The Forest Lover
Stephen Hunter ~ The 47th Samurai
Charles Brokaw ~ The Atlantis Code
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child ~The Book of the Dead

Tracy & Laura Hickman ~ Mystic Warrior
Jeffrey Archer ~ Paths of Glory
John Saul ~ Perfect Nightmare
Debbie Webb & Mary Owen ~ Witness
Richelle Mead ~ Last Sacrifice, Blood Promise
Frank Peretti ~ The Oath
Laurell K Hamilton ~ Incubus Dreams, Obsidian Butterfly
Jaye Wells ~ Blue Blooded Vamp
Kerrelyn Sparks ~ All I want for Christmas is a Vampire
J.R. Ward ~ Lover Reborn
Katie MacAlister ~ In the Company of Vampires, Love in the Time of Dragons
Maggie Shayne ~ Prince of Twilight
Lora Leigh ~ Stygian's Honor

New Releases ~ week of 6/4/2013

Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead (#1 in Age of X)

Abaddon's Gate by James S A Corey (#3 in Expanse)
Revenge Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (#2 in Devil Wears Prada)
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (#2 in Grisha Trilogy)
Tidal by Amanda Hocking (#3 in Watersong)
Infinity Ring: Book 4 by Matt de la Pena (#4 in Infinity Ring )
Darkness Unmasked by Keri Arthur (#5 in Dark Angels)
Casino Infernale by Simon R Green (#7 in Secret Histories)
One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton (#6 in Play By Play)
Midnight's Kiss by Donna Grant (#5 in Dark Warriors)
The Keep by Veronica Wolff (#4 in Watchers)
Elegy by Tara Hudson (#3 in Hereafter)
An Outlaw in Wonderland by Lori Austin (#2  Once Upon a Time in the West )

Mayhem at the Orient Express by Kylie Logan (#1 in League of Literary Ladies)
Thread and Buried by Janet Bolin (#3 in Threadville Mystery)
Sweet Revenge by Zoe Archer (#1 in Nemesis Unlimited)
Entwined With You by Sylvia Day (#3 in Crossfire)
Joyland by Stephen King (#77 in Hard Case Crime)
You're the One by Robin Kaye (#2 in Bad Boys of Red Hook)
Take Me Under by Rhyannon Byrd (#1 in Dangerous Tides)
A Cookbook Conspiracy by Kate Carlisle (#7 in Bibliophile Mystery)
The Pirate's Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke (#2 in The Assassin's Curse)
The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaver (#10 in Lincoln Rhyme )
The Diva Frosts a Cupcake by Krista Davis (#7 in Domestic Diva)

Steamed to Death by Peg Cochran (#2 in Gourmet De-Lite Mysteries)
Monument to the Dead by Sheila Connolly (#4 in Museum Mysteries)
Looming Murder by Carol Ann Martin (#1 in A Weaving Mystery )
Trouble Vision by Allison Kingsley (#3 in Raven's Nest Bookstore)
Death, Taxes, and Hot-Pink Leg Warmers by Diane Kelly (#5 in Tara Holloway)
Murder After a Fashion by Grace Carroll (#3 in Accessories Mystery)
Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley (#5 in Shifters Unbound)
His Clockwork Canary by Beth Ciotta (#2 in Glorious Victorious Darcys)
Cobra Slave by Timothy Zahn (#1 in Cobra Rebellion Trilogy)
Shapeshifted by Cassie Alexander (#3 in Edie Spence)

Stolen by Allison Brennan (#6 in Lucy Kincaid)
Charred by Kate Watterson (#2 in Ellie MacIntosh )
Father Knows Death by Jeffrey Allen (#3 in Deuce Winters Mysteries )
Abandon by Elana Johnson (#5 in Possession)
Bled & Breakfast by Michelle Rowen (#6 in Immortality Bites)
Stormbringers by Philippa Gregory (#2 in Order of Darkness)
Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley (#2 in Chaos)
How to Tame Your Duke by Juliana Gray (#1 in Princess)
To Capture a Rake by Lori Brighton (#2 in Seduction)
Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh (#12 in Psy-Changelings)
Choke Point by Ridley Pearson (#2 in Risk Agent)
A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson (#9 in Walt Longmire Mysteries)

Steadfast by Mercedes Lackey (#9 in Elemental Masters)
The Last Kind Word by David Housewright (#10 in Mac McKenzie)
Stroke of Midnight by Olivia Drake (#2 in Cinderella Sisterhood)
Tempest Revealed by Tracy Deebs (#3 in Tempest)
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau (#1 in Testing)
Dire Distraction by Dee Davis (#7 in A-Tac)
Butcher Of Bear Creek by J A Johnstone, William W Johnstone (#7 in Sidewinders )
Confessing to the Cowboy by Carla Cassidy (#4 in Cowboy Cafe)
Sleeping With The Entity by Cat Devon (#1 in Entity)
Wicked Memories by Nina Bangs (#7 in Castle of Dark Dreams)
Phantom Wolf by Bonnie Vanak (#2 in Phoenix Force)
Mustang Sally by Jayne Rylon (#2 in Hot Rods)
Can't Stop Believing by Jodi Thomas (#6 in Harmony )
Before Now by Cheryl McIntyre (#2 in Sometimes Never)
A Little Night Mischief by Emily Greenwood (#1 in Mischief )
The Elementals by Saundra Mitchell (#3 in The Vespertine )
Her Boyfriend's Bones by Jeanne Matthews (#4 in Dinah Pelerin Mystery)
The Doll by Taylor Stevens (#3 in Vanessa Michael Munroe )
Phoenix by Elizabeth Richards (#2 in Black City Chronicles )

Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston (#2 in First Formic War)
Crushed by Sara Shepard (#13 in Pretty Little Liars)
Kindred Spirits by Phoebe Rivers (#8 in Saranormal)
Compliance by Maureen McGowan (#2 in Dust Chronicles)

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.

**I've been in a major reading rut. Cannot remember the last time it took so long to finish two books in a row. Hoping one of these will help pull me out. Happy Reading!

Bought
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (gift for someone)

Gift
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

Library
The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed