New Releases ~ week of 2/10/2014

A Graveyard of Memories by Barry Eisler (#8 John Rain)

After the Rain by Daisy Harris (#2 Fire and Rain)
All That Glitters by Jill Santopolo (#1 Sparkle Spa)
All That Glows by Ryan Graudin (#1 All That Glows)
As Hot As It Gets by Elle Kennedy (#10 Out of Uniform)
Carnal Secrets by Suzanne Wright (#3 The Phoenix Pack)
Crimson Twilight by Heather Graham (#11.5  Krewe of Hunters #2 1001 Dark Nights)
Fates by Lanie Bross (#1 Fates)
Feral Curse by Cynthia Leitich Smith (#2 Feral)
Fool's Gold by Philippa Gregory (#3 Order of Darkness)
Game of Clones by M E Castle (#3 Clone Chronicles)
Gum Luck by Rhode Montijo (#2 Gumazing Gum Girl)
Killer by Jonathan Kellerman (#29 Alex Delaware)

Lady Thief by A. C. Gaughen (#2 Scarlet)
Love Me by Rachel Shukert (#2 Starstruck)
Moccasin Tracks by Reid Lance Rosenthal (#4 Threads West: An American Saga)
Pirate Vishnu by Gigi Pandian (#2 Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery)
Purple Nails and Puppy Tails by Jill Santopolo (#2 Sparkle Spa)
Somethin' Dirty by Em Petrova (#4 Country Fever)
Split Second by Kasie West (#2 Pivot Point)
The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf by Martin Millar (#3 Kalix MacRinnalch)
The Broken Path by Erin Hunter (#4 Survivors)
The Worlds We Make by Megan Crewe (#3 Fallen World)
The Dreams of a Dying God by Aaron Pogue (#2 Godlanders War)
Three by Kristen Simmons (#3 Article 5)
Twin Affairs by Lynn Kelling (#2 My Brother's Lover)
Where Monsters Dwell by Jørgen Brekke (#1 Odd Singsaker)
White Space by Ilsa J Bick (#1 Dark Passages)

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
Silent Truth by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Diana Love
Beneath a Blood Red Moon by Heather Graham

Won
from Harper Collins
Otherworld Chronicles by Nils Johnson-Shelton
~The Invisible Tower, The Seven Swords, The Dragon King

Review  (netGalley/ Strange Chemistry)
Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen



Library
Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
Once Upon a Crime by Michael Buckley
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon and Hoang Nguyen
Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
Ghoul Goblin: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Book Review ~ Palace of Spies

Palace of Spies (Palace of Spies #1)

by Sarah Zettel
published by HMH Books
genre: YA, Historical Fiction, Mystery/Spy

Summary (Goodreads): A warning to all young ladies of delicate breeding who wish to embark upon lives of adventure: Don't.

Sixteen-year-old Peggy is a well-bred orphan who is coerced into posing as a lady in waiting at the palace of King George I. Life is grand, until Peggy starts to suspect that the girl she's impersonating might have been murdered. Unless Peggy can discover the truth, she might be doomed to the same terrible fate. But in a court of shadows and intrigue, anyone could be a spy—perhaps even the handsome young artist with whom Peggy is falling in love...

History and mystery spark in this effervescent series debut.

My Thoughts: This was a hard book to write a review for. I really liked this book but thought there were many things wrong with it. I kept putting it down and it took me a lot longer to read than usual. Even though I put it down, something made me keep picking it back up.
I liked Peggy, she was stronger and more independent than you would think of a girl in this time period. All this was needed once she was working for the three and ended up at court. Everybody at court was a very different type of the lady in waiting. You had the smart, the pretty, the manipulative, and the airhead. All together they worked and made for an interesting read.
Two things that bothered me. One, there was a sexual assault early in the book and it bothered me the way it was handled and everybody including the person assaulted moved on by the next chapter and it wasn't really mentioned again. Two, the story of the girl that Peggy was taking over for. It just seemed to keep going around and around. Every time someone said something the whole story would change. I was happy with what seemed to be the final story, it just took too long to get there.
Overall, there were problems with the story but I still enjoyed reading it. I'm looking forward to how the author handles what they are wanting Peggy to do next.

Rating: 3.5

New Releases ~ week of 2/3/2014

A Family for Tyler by Angel Smits (#1 Chair at the Hawkins Table)

A Fatal Slip by Meg London (#3 Sweet Nothings)
A Million Guilty Pleasures by C L Parker (#2 Million Dollar Duet)
A Tale of Two Biddies by Kylie Logan (#2 League of Literary Ladies)
A Tough Nut to Kill by Elizabeth Lee by (#1 Nut House Mysteries)
Alienated by Melissa Landers (#1 Alienated)
All For You by Jessica Scott (#4 Coming Home)
All You Need Is Love by Marie Force (#1 Green Mountain)
An Air of Treason by P F Chisholm (#6 Sir Robert Carey)
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (#1 Southern Reach Trilogy)
Avenger's Heat by Katie Reus (#4 Moon Shifter)
Bad Reputation by Jane Tesh (#4 Madeline Maclin)
Be With Me by J Lynn (#2 Wait for You)

Beewitched by Hannah Reed (#5 Queen Bee mystery)
Belle Fury by Lola Dodge (#3 Manhattan Ten)
Books, Cooks, and Crooks by Lucy Arlington (#3 Novel Idea Mystery)
Bred by Magic by Diana Marie DuBois (#0.5 Guardians, A Voodoo Vows Tail)
Bubble by Anders De La Motte (#3 HP Petterson)
Bullseye by David Baldacci (#2.5 Will Robie)
Burn by Julianna Baggott (#3 Pure)
By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan (#3 Last Werewolf)
Can't Stop Lovin' You by Lynnette Austin (#3 Maverick Junction)
Carousel Sun by Sharon Lee (#2 Carousel)
Cavanaugh Hero by Marie Ferrarella (#26 Cavanaugh Justice)

Codename Zero by Chris Rylander (#1 Codename Zero)
Cotton's Inferno by Phil Dunlap (#4 Sheriff Cotton Burke)
Cress by Marissa Meyer (#3 Lunar Chronicles)
Days of Wine and Roquefort by Avery Aames (#5 Cheese Shop Mystery)
Death of an Irish Diva by Mollie Cox Bryan (#3 Cumberland Creek)
Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann (#1 Reluctant Heroes)
Dryad-Born by Jeff Wheeler (#2 Whispers from Mirrowen)
Empress of the Sun by Ian McDonald (#3 Everness)
Falling Light by Thea Harrison (#2 Game of Shadows)
Fallout by James K Decker (#2 Haan)
Gideon's Spear by Darby Karchut (#2 Finn Finnegan)

Green Living Can Be Deadly by Staci McLaughlin (#3 Blossom Valley Mysteries)
Had To Be You by Robin Kaye (#3 Bad Boys of Red Hook)
Haunting Blackie by Laurann Dohner (#8 Cyborg Seduction)
Heartland Courtship by Lyn Cote (#3 Wilderness Brides)
Hopeful by Shelley Shepard Gray (#1 Return to Sugarcreek)
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi (#4 Shatter Me)
India Black and the Gentleman Thief by Carol K Carr (#4 Madam of Espionage)
Jaded by Anne Calhoun (#2 Walkers Ford)
Kaleidoscope by Kristen Ashley (#6 Colorado Mountain)
Letting Go by Maya Banks (#1 Surrender Trilogy)

Lion Plays Rough by Lachlan Smith (#2 Leo Maxwell Mysteries)
Love Finds Faith by Martha Rogers (#2 Homeward Journey)
Lynx Destiny by Doranna Durgin (#8 Sentinels)
Melting The Ice by Jaci Burton (#7 Play By Play)
Mia Fashion Plates and Cupcakes by Coco Simon (#18 Cupcake Diaries)
Miss Dimple Picks a Peck of Trouble by Mignon F Ballard (#4 Miss Dimple Kilpatrick)
Miss Molly Robbins Designs a Seduction by Jayne Fresina (#4 Sydney Dovedale)
Much Ado about Jack by Christy English (#3 Shakespeare In Love)
Murder With Ganache  by Lucy Burdette (#4 Key West Food Critic Mystery)
Must Love Dukes by Elizabeth Michels (#1 in Tricks of the Ton)

My Brother's Lover by Lynn Kelling (#1 My Brother's Lover)
Nick & Tesla's Robot Army Rampage by Bob Pflugfelder (#2 Nick and Tesla)
Night's Promise by Amanda Ashley (#6 Children of the Night)
Perfect Together by Carly Phillips (#3 Serendipity's Finest)
Poison at the PTA by Laura Alden (#5 Beth Kennedy (PTO Mystery))
Princess Ever After by Rachel Hauck (#2 Royal Wedding)
R Is for Rebel by Megan Mulry (#4 Unruly Royals)
Red Delicious by Kathleen Tierney (#2 Siobhan Quinn)
Rise of the Arcane Fire by Kristin Bailey (#2 The Secret Order)
Risk Taker by Lindsay McKenna (#3 Shadow Warriors)
Royal Wedding Threat by Rachelle McCalla (#5 Protecting the Groom)
Rule Breaker by Lora Leigh (#29 Breeds)
Scandal in Skibbereen by Sheila Connolly (#2 County Cork Mysteries)

Scarlet Devices by Delphine Dryden (#2 Steam and Seduction)
Scintillate by Tracy Clark (#1 Light Key Trilogy)
Shredded by Tracy Wolff (#1 Extreme Risk)
Sinfully Yours by Cara Elliott (#2 Hellions of High Street)
Stolen by Erin Bowman (#0.5 Taken)
Texas Fandango by Cynthia D'Alba (#3 Texas Montgomery Mavericks)
The Baby Rescue by Margaret Daley (#1 Witness Protection)
The Bad Boy Billionaire's Girl Gone Wild by Maya Rodale (#2.5 Bad Boys & Wallflowers)
The Collection by Shannon Stoker (#2 Registry)
The Countess Confessions by Jillian Hunter (#11 Boscastle Family)
The Cowboy's Mail Order Bride by Carolyn Brown (#3 Cowboys and Brides)
The Drowning Spool by Monica Ferris (#17 Needlecraft Mysteries)
The Ghost Runner by Parker Bilal (#3 Makana Mystery)
The Guard by Kiera Cass (#2.5 The Selection)
The MacGregor Lady by Grace Burrowes (#3 MacGregor Trilogy)
The Magic Mistake by Barbara Brauner, James Iver Mattson (#2 Oh My Godmother)
The Mark of Evil by Craig Parshall, Tim LaHaye (#4 End)
The Ride of Your Life by P J Night (#18 You're Invited to a Creepover)
The Seers by Julianna Scott (#2 Holders)
The Valentine's Day Disaster by Lori Wilde (#4.5 Twilight Texas)
Throw in the Trowel by Kate Collins (#15 Flower Shop Mystery)
To Sail a Darkling Sea by John Ringo (#2 Black Tide Rising)
Town in a Strawberry Swirl by B B Haywood (#5 Candy Holliday Mystery)
Walking On Air by Catherine Anderson (#1 Valance Family)
Watch Your Back by Karen Rose (#4 Baltimore)
What the Groom Wants by Jade Lee (#4 Bridal Favors)
Wild on You by Tina Wainscott (#1 Justiss Alliance)
Wild Things by Chloe Neill (#9 Chicagoland Vampires)
Wildwood Imperium by Colin Meloy (#3 Wildwood Chronicles)
Wings of Death by James Axler (#68 Outlanders)
Winter at Mustang Ridge by Jesse Hayworth (#2 Mustang Ridge)

Review ~ Doctor Who: The Forgotten

Doctor Who: The Forgotten

by Tony Lee
illustrated by Pia Guerra, Stefano Martino, Kelly Yates
genre: Graphic Novel, Sci-Fi, Fantasy 

Summary (Goodreads): Stranded in a strange Museum that's dedicated to him, and with no TARDIS in sight, The Doctor and Martha must make sense of their surroundings, hindered by one small fact - The Doctor has lost his memories of every one of his previous incarnations! With items relevant to each Doctor in their possession, The Doctor must try to use them to regain his memories before it's too late, starting with his earliest incarnation's memories, involving Susan, Barbara, and Ian... but quickly moving on to Zoe and Jamie, and more. This all-new series written by Tony Lee (Starship Troopers) features artist Pia Guerra in her first monthly comic since Y The Last Man.

My Thoughts: I picked this one up at the library for the simple fact that it had something about all the doctors in it. I just started watching the show this year and only from #9 forward.
There were quick little story for each doctor based on an item they found with their individual outfits. I liked the glimpses of the older doctors and their companions. It did peak my interest to find time in the future to visit the older seasons.
Martha was not one of my favorites but the reason for her being there was well done and played an important role in the Doctor starting to piece things together. The villain in this story was the least interesting but still needed in order to move the story forward.
Overall, I enjoyed both the story and the graphics from this series. There was a very noticeable change in the drawings at one point but was explained in the note from Tony Lee at the end.

Rating: 4