New Releases ~ week of 09/03/2018

A Deadly Brew by Lynn Cahoon (#Novella A Tourist Trap Mystery)

Deadly Dram by Melinda Mullet (#3 Whisky Business Mystery)
A Worthy Rebel by Jody Hedlund (#5 An Uncertain Choice)
An Act of Villainy by Ashley Weaver (#5 Amory Ames Mystery)
Blood, Sweat, and Tears by Angela Roquet (#6 Blood Vice)
Castle in the Stars: The Moon-King by Alex Alice (#2 Castle in the Stars)
Chasing Ghosts by Pittacus Lore (#4 The Legacy Chronicles)
City of the Lost by Debbie Cassidy (#2 Chronicles of Arcana)
Cowboy Seal Christmas by Nicole Helm (#3 Navy Seal Cowboys)
Dare You to Lie by Amber Lynn Natusch (#1 Hometown Antihero)
Dark Sentinel by Christine Feehan (#32 The Carpathians (Dark))

Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff (#3 The Nevernight Chronicle)
Dead in the Water by Pandora Pine (#7 Cold Case Psychic)
Death at Sea by Andrea Camilleri (#23 Inspector Montalbano)
Depth of Winter by Craig Johnson (#14 Walt Longmire Mysteries)
Every Wicked Man by Steven James (#11 Patrick Bowers Files)
Exile of the Seas by Jeffe Kennedy (#2 Chronicles of Dasnaria)
Explosive Force by Lynette Eason (#6 Military K-9 Unit)
Field of Bones by J A Jance (#18 Joanna Brady)
Hard Sell by Lauren Layne (#2 21 Wall Street)
I Am Grace by Diana Munoz Stewart (#2 Band of Sisters)
In the Heat of the Moment by Viveca Sten (#5 Sandhamn Murders-Still Waters)
In Times Gone By by Tracie Peterson (#3 Golden Gate Secrets)
Kiss the Girl by Tara Sivec (#3 The Naughty Princess Club)
Leverage in Death by J. D. Robb (#47 In Death)
Love and Other Wild Things by Molly Harper (#2 Mystic Bayou)
Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire (#12 October Daye)
One More Moment by Samantha Chase (#3 Band on the Run)
One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton (#8 Hope)
Part of Your World by Liz Braswell (#5 Twisted Tales)
Rooted in Deceit by Wendy Tyson (#4 A Greenhouse Mystery)
Secret Undertaking by Mark de Castrique (#7 Burryin' Barry Mystery)
Solemn Graves by James R Benn (#13 Billy Boyle World War II Mystery)
The Bourne Nemesis by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader (#15 Jason Bourne)
The Cats Came Back by Sofie Kelly (#10 Magical Cats Mystery)
The Dreaming Stars by Tim Pratt (#2 Axiom)
The Gift of Dark Hollow by Kieran Larwood (#2 Longburrow)
Their Ruthless Sadist by Nicole Edwards (#5 Office Intrigue)
The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry (#5 Family Skeleton Mystery)
The Third Mushroom by Jennifer L Holm (#2 Fourteenth Goldfish)
The Wrong Man by Natasha Anders (#3 Alpha Men)
This is War by Margaret Stohl  (Cats vs. Robots #1)
Timeless by R. A. Salvatore (#1 Drizzt)
Timid by Devney Perry (#2 Lark Cove)
Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake (#3 Three Dark Crowns)
Undetected by Anna Hackett (#8 Treasure Hunter Security)
Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves (#8 Shetland Island)
Wrong Lead by Candace Carrabus (#3 Dream Horse Mysteries)

New Releases ~ week 04/02/2018

A Magical Match by Juliet Blackwell (#10 Witchcraft Mystery)

Advice Column Murder by Leslie Nagel (#3 OakWood Mysteries)
Billionaire for Hire by Cat Johnson (#1 For Hire)
Blood Veil by Megan Erickson (#2 Mission)
Cavanaugh Vanguard by Marie Ferrarella (#37 Cavanaugh Justice)
Cave of Bones by Anne Hillerman (#22 Leaphorn & Chee)
Cinco De Murder by Rebecca Adler (#3 A Taste of Texas)
Claim Me, Cowboy by Maisey Yates (#12 Copper Ridge)
Death by the Sea by Kathleen Bridge (#1 By the Sea Mystery Series)
Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray (#2 Constellation)
Elizabeth, Protector of Dragons by Ava Mason (#5 Fated Alpha)
Fearless in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell (#4 Texas Rodeo)
Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence (#2 Book of the Ancestor)
Hard Aground by Brendan DuBois (#11 Lewis Cole)
Hold Back The Dark by Kay Hooper (#18 The Bishop/Special Crimes Unit)

Infamous by Alyson Noel (#3 Beautiful Idols)
Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton (#3 The Scottish Bookshop Mystery)
Miss Julia Raises the Roof by Ann B Ross (#20 Miss Julia)
Montana Lawman Rescuer by Linda Ford (#7 Big Sky Country)
Muse in Lingerie by Penelope Sky (#1 Lingerie)
Never Been Good by Christi Barth (#2 Bad Boys Gone Good)
Pelican Point by Irene Hannon (#4 Hope Harbor)
Queen Anne's Lace by Susan Wittig Albert (#26 The China Bayles Herbal Mysteries)
Reunited with the Bull Rider by Christine Wenger (#5 Gold Buckle Cowboys)
Scourged by Kevin Hearne (#9 Iron Druid Chronicles)
Seeker of the Crown by Ruth Lauren (#2 Prisoner of Ice and Snow)

Stormcaster by Cinda Williams Chima (#3 Shattered Realms)
Texas Ranger Showdown by Margaret Daley (#3 Lone Star Justice)
The Accidental Guardian by Mary Connealy (#1 High Sierra Sweethearts)
The Backward Season by Lauren Myracle (#3 Wishing Day)
The Bad Break by Jill Orr (#2 A Riley Ellison Mystery)
The Barrow Will Send What it May by Margaret Killjoy (#2 Danielle Cain)
The Body Library by Jeff Noon (#2 John Nyquist)
The Bride Next Door by Hope Ramsay (#4 Chapel of Love)
The Hellion by Christi Caldwell (#1 Wicked Wallflowers)
The Knowledge by Martha Grimes (#24 Richard Jury)
The Last King by Katee Robert (#1 The Kings)
The Oracle Queen by Kendare Blake (#2.5 Three Dark Crowns)

The Pumpkin Was Stuffed by Tara Sivec (#5 The Holidays)
The Redemption of Lillie Rourke by Loree Lough (#3 By Way of the Lighthouse)
The Secrets of the Bastide by Blanche M L Longworth (#7 Verlaque and Bonnet Mystery)
The Sisters Mederos by Patrice Sarath (#1 The Tales of Port Saint Frey)
Watch for Me by Candlelight by Kirsty Ferry (#2 Hartsford Mystery)
Wedding Cake Crumble by Jenn McKinlay (#10 Cupcake Mystery)
Why Kill the Innocent by C S Harris (#13 Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery)
Wild Cat by Tiffinie Helmer (#2 Alaska Wild Nights)
Witchy Winter by D J Butler (#2 Witchy)

New Releases ~ week of 12/25/2017

A Devious Death by Alyssa Maxwell (#3 Lady and Ladies Maid)

Beast of Dracula by John Patrick Kennedy (#4 Princess Dracula)
Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan (#4 Devil's Rock)
Better Dead by Pamela Kopfler (#1 B&B Spirits Mystery)
Bitter Bones by N. C. Lewis (#3 Ollie Stratford)
Celo's Quest by Deborah Cooke (#4.5 The Dragons of Incendium)
Come Home with Me by Susan Fox (#2 Blue Moon Harbor)
Crust No One by Winnie Archer (#2 Bread Shop Mystery)
Death at Nuremberg by William E Butterworth IV (#4 A Clandestine Operations)
Detention of Doom by Derek Fridolfs (#3 DC Comics: Secret Hero Society Series)
Devoted to Wicked by Shayla Black (#0.5 Devoted Lovers)
Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey (#4 Dog Man)
Escape Claws by Linda S. Reilly (#1 Cat Lady Mystery)

Firefly Cove by T Davis Bunn (#2 Miramar Bay)
Hard Landing by Becky McGraw (#6 Deep Six Security)
If Ever I Should Love You by Cathy Maxwell (#1 Spinster Heiress)
Kane: I Am Alpha by Nicky Charles (#8.5 Laws of the Lycans)
Kappy King and the Puppy Kaper by Amy Lillard (#1 Amish Mystery)
Kill All Angels by Robert Brockway (#3 The Vicious Circuit)
Mecca by G. Willow Wilson (#8 Ms Marvel)
Murder With Lemon Tea Cakes by Karen Rose Smith (#1 Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery)
Need to Know by Fern Michaels (#28 Sisterhood)
Operation: Endgame by Tee Morris,  Pip Ballantine (#6 Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences)
Stowed Away by Barbara Ross (#6 Maine Clambake Mysteries)

Survival by Ben Bova (#4 Star Quest)
Take Me by Tamara Mataya (#2 The Submission Games)
The Art of Running in Heels by Rachel Gibson (#7 Chinooks Hockey Team)
The Bad Boy Cowboy by Kate Pearce (#4 Morgan Ranch)
The Duke of Her Desire by Sophie Barnes (#2 Diamonds in the Rough)
The Duke of Ice by Darcy Burke (#7 The Untouchables)
The Mind Virus by Donna Freitas (#3 The Wired)
The Pretender by HelenKay Dimon (#3 Games People Play)
The Stepbrothers by Calista Fox (#3 Lover's Triangle)
The Thea Sisters and the Big Storm by Thea Stilton (#8 Thea Stilton Graphic Novel)
The Wanted by Robert Crais (#15 Elvis Cole)
The Young Queens by Kendare Blake (#0.5 Three Dark Crowns)
Twisted by Helen Hardt (#8 Steele Brothers Saga)
Unbridled Murder by Leigh Hearon (#3 A Carson Stables Mystery)
When You Love a Scotsman by Hannah Howell (#2 Seven Brides for Seven Scotsmen)

This Week's Reads

Obsession Falls by Christina Dodd
Virtue Falls #2 (Goodreads)
**I really enjoyed reading the first book in this series. This one takes place in the same place but with a different lead. Since it is a smaller town I'm sure we will see a lot of characters from book one.

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Three Dark Crowns #1 (Goodreads)
**This is one I think I've gotten from the library before but didn't end up reading at the time. I saw book two while there this week and wanted to grab it but realised I needed to still read this one.

New Releases ~ week of 09/18/2017

A Face to Die For by Andrea Kane (#6 Forensic Instincts)
A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess (#2 Kingdom on Fire)
A Strange Scottish Shore by Juliana Gray (#2 Emmeline Truelove)
An Echo of Murder by Anne Perry (#23 William Monk)
Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes (#3 Kenni Lowry Mystery)
Blade of Darkness by Dianne Duvall (#10 Immortal Guardians)
Book of Judas by Linda Stasi (#2 Alessandra Russo)
Brew by Tracy Ewens (#9 A Love Story)
Demon Hunting With a Sexy Ex by Lexi George (#5 Demon Hunter)
Exposing Truths by L.A. Dobbs (#3 A Sam Mason Mystery)
Find Me by Tiffany A. Snow (#3 Corrupted Hearts)
Fool Me Once by Catherine Bybee (#1 First Wives Series)
Green Space by William Shatner (#2 Zero-G)

Honest Intentions by Kennedy Layne (#5 Safeguard)
Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco (#2 Stalking Jack the Ripper)
Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore
Lawless by R G Alexander (#8 Finn Factor)
Mr. Hat Trick by Ainsley Booth (#4 Frisky Beavers)
Null States by Malka Older (#2 Centenal Cycle)
One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake (#2 Three Dark Crowns)
Prairie Fire by Tessa Layne (#5 Cowboys of the Flint Hills)
Quests for Glory by Soman Chainani (#4 School for Good and Evil)
Renegades by David Liss (#3 Randoms)
Ride It Out by Cara McKenna (#6 Desert Dogs)
Runny Babbit Returns by Shel Silverstein
Shadow Shepherd by Chad Zunker (#2 Sam Callahan)

Slow Ride by Becky McGraw (#2 Sleeper Seals)
Storm Gathering by Rebecca Zanetti (#4 Scorpius Syndrome)
The Alpha's Honor by R E Butler (#23 Howls Romance)
The Queen by Skye Warren (#2 Masterpiece Duet)
The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler-Olsen (#7 Department Q)
The Trust by Ronald H. Balson (#4 Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart)
To Be Where You Are by Jan Karon (#12 Mitford)
Whispers of Warning by Jessica Estevao (#2 Change of Fortune)
Wicked Deeds by Heather Graham (#23 Krewe of Hunters)
Wicked Dirty by J. Kenner (#2 Stark World)
Wickedly Spirited by Deborah Blake (#3.5 A Baba Yaga Novel)

New Releases ~ week of 09/19/2016

A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess (#1 Kingdom on Fire)

All About You by Natalie Ann (#6 All Series)
Anywhere You Are by Elisabeth Barrett (#3 Return to Briarwood)
Ashton: Lord of Truth by Grace Burrowes (#13 Lonely Lords)
Billionaire on the Loose by Jessica Clare (#5 Billionaires and Bridesmaids)
Death's End by Cixin Liu (#3 Three-Body Trilogy)
Drawn Deeper by Brenda Rothert (#3 Lockhart Brothers)
Eight Second Ride by Elana Johnson, Liz Isaacson (#7 Three Rivers Ranch)
Fashionably Dead and Wed by Robyn Peterman (#7 Hot Damned)

Frost Like Night by Sara Raasch (#3 Snow Like Ashes)
Gears of Revolution by J Scott Savage (#2 Mysteries of Cove)
Her Renegade Rancher by Jennifer Ryan (#6 Montana Men)
Home by Harlan Coben (#11 Myron Bolitar)
Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands (#24 Argeneau Vampires)
Infamy by Robert K. Tanenbaum (#28 Butch Karp & Marlene Ciampi)
Jared by Nicole Edwards (#2 Coyote Ridge)
Lone Star Dad by Linda Goodnight (#3 Buchanons)
Loves Christmas by Bruce Hale (#7 Clark the Shark)
Loving Isaac by Rebecca Kertz (#5 Lancaster County Weddings)
Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews (#9 Kate Daniels)
Markus by Dale Mayer (#7 Seals of Honor)
Masterful Lord of Thessaly by Rachael Slate (#5 Halcyon Romance Series)

Mattie's Pledge by Jan Drexler (#2 Journey to Pleasant Prairie)
Movie Night Murder by Leslie Langtry (#4 Merry Wrath Mystery)
Not Quite Perfect by Catherine Bybee (#5 Not Quite)
Nothing More by Anna Todd (#6 After)
Outrage by T. R. Ragan (#2 Faith McMann)
Overexposed by Megan Erickson (#4 In Focus)
Pushing Up Daisies by M. C. Beaton (#27 Agatha Raisin)
Seas by Colleen Oakes (Wendy Darling #2)
Seducing Stag by Laurann Dohner (#10 Cyborg Seduction)
Skin Deep by Kimberly Kincaid (#1 Station Seventeen)

Surrendering To The Italian's Command by Kim Lawrence (#1 Monteverro Marriages)
The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter (#8 Will Trent)
The Pill Bugs of Time by Angel Martinez (#2 Offbeat Crimes)
The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst (#1 The Queens of Renthia)
The Spaniard's Pregnant Bride by Maisey Yates (#1 Heirs Before Vows)
The Swan Riders by Erin Bow (#2 Prisoners of Peace)
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (#1 Three Dark Crowns)
Twilight at Blueberry Barrens by Colleen Coble (#3 Sunset Cove)
Witch's Pyre by Josephine Angelini (#3 The Worldwalker Trilogy)
Wyvern’s Prince by Deborah Cooke (#2 The Dragons of Incendium)

Book Review ~ Antigoddess

Antigoddess (Goddess Wars #1)

by Kendare Blake
published by Tor Teen
genre: YA, Mythology,

Summary (Goodreads):
Old Gods never die…

Or so Athena thought. But then the feathers started sprouting beneath her skin, invading her lungs like a strange cancer, and Hermes showed up with a fever eating away his flesh. So much for living a quiet eternity in perpetual health.

Desperately seeking the cause of their slow, miserable deaths, Athena and Hermes travel the world, gathering allies and discovering enemies both new and old. Their search leads them to Cassandra—an ordinary girl who was once an extraordinary prophetess, protected and loved by a god.

These days, Cassandra doesn’t involve herself in the business of gods—in fact, she doesn’t even know they exist. But she could be the key in a war that is only just beginning.

Because Hera, the queen of the gods, has aligned herself with other of the ancient Olympians, who are killing off rivals in an attempt to prolong their own lives. But these anti-gods have become corrupted in their desperation to survive, horrific caricatures of their former glory. Athena will need every advantage she can get, because immortals don’t just flicker out.

Every one of them dies in their own way. Some choke on feathers. Others become monsters. All of them rage against their last breath.

The Goddess War is about to begin.

My Thoughts: This ended up being a really good read after how long it took me to get into it. I enjoyed the sections that focused on the gods right from the start. A really rough Athena and Hermes trying to search for Demeter in the desert should not have been as interesting as it was. I was drawn into their story and the different ways they were dying.
What slowed it down for me were the parts with Cassandra and company at school, parties, etc. Other than when Cassandra was having a vision of someone dying/ almost dying these scenes just bored me. Right from the start I didn't like Aidan and when I found out that he was Apollo it all made sense. For whatever reason, no matter what incarnation it is, I have never cared for Apollo. Other than five minutes right at the end, this was no exception. It wasn't that he was a horrible character it was just something about him I didn't like.
Once Cassandra and her small group knew what was going and who was who the story really picked up. It kept my attention right until the end and I couldn't put the book down. I found the battles between Athena and Apollo and then the good versus the bad the most interesting but at the same time adding knew questions that will keep you reading the series.
Overall, I've read a lot of series/books based on Greek mythology and the author was able to write a book that was very different from any I've read before. Athena and Hermes were my favorite right from the start but by the end I was curious to know more about this incarnation of Cassandra. I am looking forward to reading the next book and seeing where the author goes with her story.

Rating: 4

New Releases ~ week of 9/9/2013

Smoke by Ellen Hopkins (#2 in Burned)

An Unlucky Moon by Carrie Ann Ryan (#3 in Dante's Circle)
Antigoddess by Kendare Blake (#1 in Antigoddess)
The Final Descent by Richard Yancey (#4 in Monstrumologist)
The Untamed Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley (#5.5 in Highland Pleasures)
Thankless in Death by J. D. Robb (#37 in In Death)
Rogue by Gina Damico (#3 in Croak)
Revealing Us by Lisa Renee Jones (#3 in Inside Out Trilogy )
Thornhill by Kathleen Peacock (#2 in Hemlock Trilogy)
The Interrupted Tale by Maryrose Wood (#4 in Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place)
Wild Born by Brandon Mull (#1 in Spirit Animals)
Breaking the Rules by H. B. Heinzer (#2 in Back to Brooklyn)

Boston Jacky:  Taking Care of Business by L. A. Meyer (#11 in Bloody Jack Adventures)
Second Watch by J A Jance (#21 in J P Beaumont)
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton (#24 in Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries)
Rocky Road by Josi S Kilpack (#10 in Culinary Mystery)
Past Regrets by Shelley Munro (#2 in Love and Friendship )
Very Bad Things by Ilsa Madden-Mills (#1 in Briarcrest Academy)
Vamp, Inc. by Serena Robar (#3.5 in Half-Blood Vampire)
The Show Must Go On! by Kate Klise (#1 in Three-Ring Rascals)
Monsters by Ilsa J Bick (#3 in Ashes Trilogy )
Curse of the Chupacabra" by Michael Hebler (#2 in Chupacabra )
Designed to Death by Christina Freeburn (#2 in Faith Hunter Scrap This Mysteries)
Damned if You Do by Michael Brandman (#12 in Jesse Stone)
23 Years on Fire by Joel Shepherd (#4 in Cassandra Kresnov)

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.

Bought
I've actually bought a lot but they are all Christmas gifts (hubby, son, and myself). Since I don't actually have them to read yet I'll post them on my Christmas post.

Library
The Dragon's Path ( The Dagger and the Coin #1) by Daniel Abraham
The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles #3) by Rick Riordan
Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
Magisterium by Jeff Hirsch
Seraphina (Seraphina #1) by Rachel Hartman
The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (Fairyland #2) by Catherine M. Valente

Follow Friday

Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Q. What book do you think would make a great Halloween movie? Please explain in graphic detail of goriness…

A. I'm going with two and one already is a movie. My most recent read that would fit this is

Anna Dressed in Blood 

One of y favorite books in high school was Needful Things by Stephen King. Some scenes in the book and movie gave me nightmares.

Coming Soon ... Book Trailers

... To a shelf near you (or already there). These are a few book trailers that either caught my attention or are for books I'm really looking forward to.

Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake



Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr (this is actually video from the author talking about the book)




The Queen's Vow by C.W. Gortner