New Releases ~ week of 09/24/2018

A Catered Cat Wedding by Isis Crawford (#14 Mystery with Recipes)

A Killing by the Sea by Kathleen Bridge (#2 By the Sea Mystery Series)
A Notorious Vow by Joanna Shupe (#3 The Four Hundred)
A Sorrowful Sanctuary by Iona Whishaw (#5 Lane Winslow)
A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas by Maisey Yates (#4 Gold Valley)
A Whisker in Time by Kathi Daley (#16 Whales and Tails Mystery)
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos (#1 Mirror Visitor Quartet)
Angel's Halo: Avenged by Terri Anne Browning (#7 Angel's Halo MC)
Antiques Ho-Ho-Homicides by Barbara Allan (#13 Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery)
Assault and Beadery by Mollie Cox Bryan (#4 A Cora Crafts Mystery)
Bells, Spells, and Murders by Carol J. Perry (#7 Witch City Mystery)
Bury the Lead by Archer Mayor (#29 Joe Gunther)
Chardonnayed to Rest by J. C. Eaton (#2 Wine Trail Mystery)
Christmas Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke (#23 Hannah Swensen Mysteries)

Christmas in Whispering Pines by Scarlett Dunn (#3 Langtry Sisters)
Cowboy Honor by Carolyn Brown (#2 Longhorn Canyon)
Cross Breed by Lora Leigh (#32 Breeds)
Crumbled to Pieces by Catherine Bruns (#6 Cookies & Chance)
Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge by Laura Levine (#16 Jaine Austen)
Disorder in the House by Tymber Dalton (#82 The Suncoast Society)
Downright Dead by Pamela Kopfler (#2 B&B Spirits Mystery)
Feral Attraction by Eileen Watkins (#3 Cat Grooomer)
Final Roasting Place by Devon Delaney (#2 A Cook Off Mystery)
For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig (#1 For a Muse of Fire)
Forever Fudge by Nancy Coco (#6 Candy-Coated Mysteries)
Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis (#1 Give the Dark My Love)
Guarding His Melody by Victoria Sue (#4 Enhanced)
Haunted Hayride With Murder by Auralee Wallace (#6 Otter Lake Mystery)

Hidden by Rebecca Zanetti (#1 Requisition Force)
Hot Winter Nights by Jill Shalvis (#6 Heartbreaker Bay)
Hunting Danger by Katie Reus (#5 Redemption Harbor)
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 by Lauren Tarshis (#17 I Survived)
Last Night with the Earl by Kelly Bowen (#2 The Devils of Dover)
Lone Star Christmas by Delores Fossen (#1 Coldwater Texas)
Mistletoe Miracles by Jodi Thomas (#9 Ransom Canyon)
Mistress for Hire by Niobia Bryant (#4 Mistress)
Montana Guardian by Kris Michaels (#10.5 Kings of Guardian)
Murder Flies the Coop by Jessica Ellicott (#2 Beryl and Edwina Mystery)
Once a Scoundrel by Mary Jo Putney (#3 Rogues Redeemed)
Orphaned by Eliot Schrefer (#4 Ape Quartet)
Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven (#1 Fallen Empire)

Red War by Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills (#17 Mitch Rapp)
Season of Wonder by RaeAnne Thayne (#9 Haven Point)
Shine of the Silver Dragon by Tracey West (#11 Dragon Masters)
Silver Anniversary Murder by Leslie Meier (#29 Lucy Stone Mysteries)
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Supernova by Kazu Kibuishi (#8 Amulet)
Taking It Easy by Erin Nicholas (#2 Boys of the Big Easy)
Tangled Up In Tinsel by Tonya Kappes (#6 Kenni Lowry Mystery)
The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli (#2 Iskari)
The Christmas Wishing Tree by Emily March (#15 Eternity Springs)
The Lady is Daring by Megan Frampton (#3 A Duke's Daughters)
The Second Story by Neil Patrick Harris (#2 The Magic Misfits)
The Secrets We Carried by Mary McNear (#6 Butternut Lake)
The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden by Karina Yan Glaser (#2 The Vanderbeekers)
The Walking Bread by Winnie Archer (#3 Bread Shop Mystery)
Treacherous Is the Night by Anna Lee Huber (#2 A Verity Kent Mystery)
Trials of Deception by Tate James (#10 Once Upon a Harem)
Trimmed to Death by Nancy J Cohen (#15 Bad Hair Day)
Vengeful by V E Schwab (#2 Villains)

New Releases ~ week of 02/20/2017

A Cast of Vultures by Judith Flanders (#3 Sam Clair Novels)

A Conjuring of Light by V E Schwab (#3 Darker Shade of Magic)
Abduction by Cynthia Eden (#2 Killer Instinct)
Aftermath: Empire's End by Chuck Wendig (#13 Star Wars: Disney Canon)
Against All Silence by E.C. Myers (#2 SOS)
An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles (#1 Sins of the Cities)
Damage Control by Lisa Renee Jones (#2 Dirty Money)
Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (#3 The Ravenels)
Driving Rain by Sierra Dean (#2 Rain Chaser)
Fugitive Bride by Paula Graves (#3 Campbell Cove Academy)
Going Down Hard by Carly Phillips (#3 Billionaire Bad Boys)
His Cowboy Heart by Jennifer Ryan (#6 Montana Men)
Home to Paradise by Barbara Cameron (#3 Coming Home)
Hot Target by Elle James (#2 Ballistic Cowboys)
Midtown Masters by Cara McKenna (#3 Sins in the City)
Montana Ranger by Elle James (#5 Brotherhood Protectors)
Most Dangerous Place by James Grippando (#13 Jack Swyteck)
Old Bones by Trudy Nan Boyce (#2 Sara Alt)
Playing With Desire by Reese Ryan (#1 Pleasure Cove)
Pucked Off by Helena Hunting (#5 The Pucked Series)
Saturdays at Sea by Jessica Day George (Castle Glower #5)
Saved by Darkness by Katie Reus (#6 Darkness)
Seduced by the Bachelor by Pamela Yaye (#7 Morretti Millionaires)
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer (#2 Terra Ignota)
Spook Street by Mick Herron (#4 Slough House)
Surrender To The Marquess by Louise Allen (#1 Herriard Family)
The Book of Etta by Meg Elison (#2 The Road to Nowhere)
The Dragon's Price by Bethany Wiggins (#1 Transference)
The English Agent by Phillip DePoy (#2 Christopher Marlowe)
The Ghosts at the Movie Theater by Dori Hillestad Butler (#9 The Haunted Library)
The Killing Bay by Chris Ould (#2 Foroyars)
The Last Sin by K L Murphy (#3 Detective Cancini Mystery)
The Marine Makes His Match by Victoria Pade (#1 Camden Family Secrets)
The Sixth Window by Rachel Abbott (#7 DI Tom Douglas)
Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James (#8 Cat in the Stacks Mystery)
Wild Card by Susan Hayes (#3 The Drift)
Worldshaker by J F Lewis (#3 The Grudgebearer Trilogy)

This Week's Reads

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Shades of Magic #2 (Goodreads)
**I really loved book 1 and was so happy when I saw this at the library. Now to finish up the books that are ahead of it in the pile.














I went on a graphic novel binge. I haven't really read any in awhile and these looked promising.

I Hate Fairyland by Skottie Young
Volume 1 Madly Ever After (Goodreads)
**Grabbed this off netgalley. The cover and description grabbed me. The artwork that I've seen so far are amazing and cannot to fully get into it.

Runaways by Brian K Vaughan
Deluxe Volume 1 (Goodreads)
**Kids of Super Villains, that was all I needed to read.

Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
(Goodreads)
**This one I was a little less sure about. It could go either way. It is a collection of the best from the web comics and some new strips.

New Releases ~ week of 02/22/2016

A Gathering of Shadows by V E Schwab (#2 Darker Shade of Magic)

A Girl's Guide to Moving On by Debbie Macomber (#2 New Beginnings)
A Midsummer's Equation by Keigo Higashino (#3 Professor Galileo)
Alliance by S. K. Dunstall (#2 Linesman)
Bad Boy by J. C. Reed (#3 Indecent Proposal)
Behold the Bones by Natalie C. Parker (#2 Beware the Wild)
Betrayed by Lynn Carthage (#2 Arnaud Legacy)
Better Off Dead by William W Johnstone (#3 Shawn O'Brien)
Bitter Bite by Jennifer Estep (#14 Elemental Assassin)
The Gathering: Homecoming by Ellis Leigh (#4 The Gathering)
Born to Be Wilde by Jenn Stark (#3 Immortal Vegas)
Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy (#19 Joe Grey)

Chance on Love by Nancy Corrigan (#1 KAGAN WOLVES)
Death of a Nurse by M. C. Beaton (#31 Hamish MacBeth)
Dove Exiled by Karen Bao (#2 Dove Chronicles)
Dreamfever by Kit Alloway (#2 Dream)
Drive by Sidney Bristol (#1 Hot Rides)
Fighting Dirty by Lori Foster (#5 Ultimate)
Firelight by Kazu Kibuishi (#7 Amulet)
Firstlife by Gena Showalter (#1 Everlife)
Fogged In by Barbara Ross (#4 Maine Clambake Mysteries)
From Sanctum With Love by Lexi Blake (#10 Masters and Mercenaries)
Fully Ignited by Shannon Stacey (#3 Boston Fire)

I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster 1937 by Lauren Tarshis (#13 I Survived)
I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjørk (#1 Holger Munch & Mia Kruger)
Kingdom of Ashes by Rhiannon Thomas (#2 A Wicked Thing)
Lady Bridget's Diary by Maya Rodale (#1 Keeping Up With the Cavendishes)
Last Defense by Pittacus Lore (#15 I Am Number Four: The Lost Files)
Midnight Heat by Cat Johnson (#3 Midnight Cowboys)
Murder Most Wholesome by Staci McLaughlin (#5 Blossom Valley Mysteries)
Murder On a Silver Platter by Shawn Reilly Simmons (#1 Red Carpet Catering Mystery)
Murder On the Half Shell by Shawn Reilly Simmons (#2 Red Carpet Catering Mystery)
My Tempting Highlander by Maeve Greyson (#3 Highland Hearts)
Neil Flambe and the Duel in the Desert by Kevin Sylvester (#6 Neil Flambe Capers)
No Cats Allowed by Miranda James (#7 Cat in the Stacks Mystery)

Play to Win by Tiffany A. Snow (#3 Risky Business)
Pray for the Dead by Dusty Richards (#8 Byrnes Family Ranch)
Runaway Vampire by Lynsay Sands (#23 Argeneau Vampires)
See You at Sunset by V. K. Sykes (#3 Seashell Bay)
Shards of Murder by Cheryl Hollon (#2 A Webb's Glass Shop Mystery)
Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard (#4 One-Eyed Jacks)
Texas on My Mind by Delores Fossen (#1 McCord Brothers Trilogy)
The Capitalist by Peter Steiner (#5 Louis Morgon Mysteries)
The Dastardly Deed by Holly Grant (#2 League of Beastly Dreadfuls)
The Fourth Horseman by David Hagberg (#19 Kirk McGarvey Adventures)
The Friends We Keep by Susan Mallery (#2 Mischief Bay)
The Groom Wore Plaid by Gayle Callen (#2 Highland Weddings)
The Ground Rules Undone by Roya Carmen (#3 Rule Breakers)
The Lavender Lane Lothario by David Handler (#11 Berger and Mitry)
The Lincoln Project by Dan Gutman (#1 Flashback Four)
An American in Scotland by Karen Ranney (#3 MacIain)
The Power by Jennifer L Armentrout (#2 Titan)
The Rogue by Katharine Ashe (#1 Devil's Duke)
The Sweetest Chase by Sharla Lovelace (#2 Heart of the Storm)
Unruly by Ronnie Douglas (#2 Knights in Black Leather)
We Built This City by Matt London (#4 The 8th Continent)
Well of Witches by J. A. White (#3 Thickety)
Worth the Trouble by Jamie Beck (#2 St. James)

Can't Wait Books 2016

Starting off the New Year looking forward. These are just some of the books I cannot wait to read this year.

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (The Dark Artifices #1)
Goodreads
expected release date: March 8, 2016
**I haven't really kept up to date on her Shadow Hunter's but something about the book blurb just caught my attention. May end up waiting to see what people who have actually read it say.

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Goodreads
expected release date: January 5, 2016
**This is the one I've seen on every year end/looking forward blog I've read the past couple of weeks. I always worry when there is so much hype but really hoping this one lives up to it all.

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Goodreads
expected release date: February 23, 2016
**I've been waiting for this book since the day I finished A Darker Shade of Magic. Loved just about everything about book 1 and cannot wait to go back to Kell, Rhy, and Lila's world.

Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs
Goodreads
expected release date: March 8, 2016
**A world I have loved since the first. Whether it is this series or Alpha and Omega they always seem to end way too soon.

Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop (The Others #4)
Goodreads
expected release date: March 8, 2016
**Another Author/Series that is always on my favorites list. I love the world of The Others just as much as I loved her Black Jewels world.

Seven Black Diamonds by Melissa Marr
Goodreads
expected release date: March 1, 2016
**Almost passed by this one without reading what it was about. The cover looks more like a contemporary read than a fantasy that takes place in faerie.

The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
Goodreads
expected release date: May 3, 2016
**I'm a sucker for all things Rick Riordan writes.

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Goodreads
expected release date: January 5, 2015
**Another that I've seen everywhere. Also, I love witches.

Year End: Favorite Reads of 2015

These are some of my favorite books that I read in 2015. Not all are from 2015 but I was surprised to see how many new books I was able to read this year.

Shadow Study by Maria V Snyder
Released: February 2015
Rating: 5
**This is one of my all time favorite authors and I was thrilled to get to go back to this world.

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Released: February 2015
Rating: 4.5-5
**Loved this book. From the characters, the plot, and the setting it all just worked. Cannot wait for book 2.

Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
Released: July 2015
Rating: 4.5-5
**This was another that hit on all high points for me.

The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
released: originally 1990-2012
**I'm trying to get book three finished before 2015 ends. Definitely the longest books I read this year.

The Grendel Affair by Lisa Shearin
Released: December 2013
**I've been enjoying everything I've read by this author so far.

Arts, Eats, & What Other

ART
 
a new adventure by ~pieceesnp on deviantART

EATS

Undone Stuffed Pepper Casserole 

from Kraft

Ingredients:
1 lb.  lean ground beef
2  green peppers, coarsely chopped
3 cloves  garlic, minced
2 cups  cooked long-grain white rice
1 jar  (24 oz.) spaghetti sauce

1-1/2 cups  KRAFT Shredded Italian* Five Cheese with a TOUCH OF PHILADELPHIA, divided

Directions
*HEAT oven to 350ºF.
*BROWN meat with peppers and garlic in large skillet; drain. Stir in rice, spaghetti sauce and 3/4 cup    cheese.
*SPOON into 2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with remaining cheese.
*BAKE 25 min. or until heated through.

What Other
Book Trailer for V.E. Schwab's (Victoria Schwab) new book VICIOUS. 
You can also read Warm Up, prequel to VICIOUS on Tor.com for a limited time.