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 1/14/2013

It's a small list this week...

Gates of Paradise by Melissa de la Cruz (#9 in Blue Bloods)
Enemy of Oceans by E J Altbacker (#5 in Shark Wars)
The Aylesford Skull by James P Blaylock (#6 in Langdon St. Ives)
Vortex by Julie Cross (#2 in Tempest )
The Prom Queen by Melody Carlson (#3 in Life at Kingston High)
Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin (#20 in Inspector Rebus)
Touch of Death by Kelly Hashway (#1 in Touch of Death)
Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans (#1 in Memory Chronicles)
Enemy of Mine by Brad Taylor (#3 in Pike Logan)
Nest of Serpents by Curtis Jobling (#4 in Wereworld)
Fatal Decree by H Terrell Griffin (#7 in Matt Royal Mystery)

Shades of Earth by Beth Revis (#3 in Across the Universe )
Jelly Bean Jumble by Helen Perelman (#10 in Candy Fairies)

Book Review ~Across the Universe

Across the Universe (#1)
By Beth Revis
Published By Razorbill

Summary (Goodreads): A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder.

Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.

Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship-tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.

Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.

My Thoughts: I'll admit I was concerned when I started reading this book. It is very similar to Maria V. Snyders Inside Out series. Luckily those similarities ended with the spaceship and the living tiers of the inhabitants, this book is very much its own story. What worked the most for me was the story being told from two different POVs. It made the story flow while giving you both sides of the ship. 

I really liked Amy, she was stuck in an unimaginable situation and still managed to come out the other side. I'm still not sure how I feel about Elder, especially after the last part of the book, so it made the relationship between him and Amy just kinda blah for me. 
Overall I thought this was an enjoyable story that had enough drama and action to keep it interesting from beginning to end.


Rating: 4