31 August, 2018

REVIEW: THE GILDED KING by Josie Jaffrey

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Title: The Gilded King
Author: Josie Jaffrey
Series: Sovereign 1
Genres: Paranormal, YA
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release: June 25th 2018
Source: arc
Pages: 303

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BLURB:
In the Blue, the world’s last city, all is not well.

Julia is stuck within its walls. She serves the nobility from a distance until she meets Lucas, a boy who believes in fairytales that Julia’s world can’t accommodate. The Blue is her prison, not her castle, and she’d escape into the trees if she didn’t know that contamination and death awaited humanity outside.

But not everyone in the Blue is human, and not everyone can be contained.

Beyond the city’s boundaries, in the wild forests of the Red, Cameron has precious little humanity left to lose. As he searches for a lost queen, he finds an enemy rising that he thought long dead. An enemy that the humans have forgotten how to fight.

One way or another, the walls of the Blue are coming down. The only question is what side you’ll be on when they do.

 

30 August, 2018

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28 August, 2018

REVIEW: Lietaus Žemė (Rain Land) by Jurga Lago

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Title: Lietaus Žemė (Rain Land)
Author:  Jurga Lago
Series: -
Genres: Fantasy
Publisher: Nieko Rimto
Release: February, 2016
Source: Hardcover
Pages: 184

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BLURB: In the olden days, Lithuanians and Semogitians were in constant battle. One day the Gods, who have had enough of their fighting, sent eternal rain to the land. In the world filled with strange water creatures, talking lakes and never ending war, can a little boy and a girl stop the never ending rain? 

27 August, 2018

26 August, 2018

COVER OF THE MONTH

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We are always told to not judge a book by its cover but... this is exactly what we will be doing! Cover art should also be appreciated. Am I right? ;)

In this meme we will be choosing 5 covers every month from books published on said month
e.g. for january we will choose a cover from a book published in january

25 August, 2018

REVIEW: SALT TO THE SEA by Ruta Sepetys

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Title: Salt to the Sea
Author: Ruta Sepetys
Series: -
Genres: YA, Historical Fiction, War
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Source: ARC
Pages: 400
Publishing date: 4th February, 2016

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SYNOPSIS:
Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies…and war.

As thousands of desperate refugees flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom.

Yet not all promises can be kept.

Inspired by the single greatest tragedy in maritime history, bestselling and award-winning author Ruta Sepetys (Between Shades of Gray) lifts the veil on a shockingly little-known casualty of World War II. An illuminating and life-affirming tale of heart and hope.

24 August, 2018

REVIEW: PICNIC AT THE HANGING ROCK by Joan Lindsay

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Title: Picnic at the Hanging Rock
Author:  Joan Lindsay
Series: -
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Australian Classic
Publisher: Vintage
Release: July 2nd. 1998
Source: Kindle
Pages: 189

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BLURB: It was a cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred.

Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of three of the girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of Hanging Rock. Further, higher, till at last they disappeared.

They never returned.

Whether Picnic at Hanging Rock is fact or fiction the reader must decide for themselves.

23 August, 2018

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21 August, 2018

REVIEW: MOB PSYCHO 100 by One

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Title: Mob Psycho 100
Author: One
Series: Mob Psycho 100
Genres: Manga, Comics
Publisher: Editorial Ivrea España
Release: November, 2016
Source: Paperback
Pages: 200

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BLURB: From the creator of One-Punch Man! Do you or someone you know need an exorcist who works cheap? Reigen's your guy!

What's his secret to busting ghosts while keeping prices low? Well, first, he's a fraud, and second, he pays the guy who's got the real psychic power--his student assistant Shigeo--less than minimum wage. Shigeo is an awkward but kind boy whose urge to help others and get along with them is bound up with the mental safety locks he's placed on his own emotions. Reigen knows he needs to exploit Shigeo to stay in business, yet for better or worse he's also his mentor and counselor. And he also knows whenever the normally repressed kid's emotions reach level 100, it may unleash more psychic energy than either of them can handle!

Winner of the 2017 Shogakukan Prize for Best Shonen Manga.

20 August, 2018

19 August, 2018

SUNDAY PORTRAIT: Sarai

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Happy Sunday, friends! Welcome to Sunday Portraits, where we give a face to our beloved book friends!

 Today we have: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor:

Sarai
Despite living in an environment where she has been taught to hate humans, Sarai does not feel the need to hurt them and defies Minya even if it means seclusion and disownment. Minya also fails to manipulate Sarai’s emotions by appealing to her guilt because Sarai is quite fixated on her personal beliefs and would never do anything she isn’t comfortable in doing.

Quite idealistic, Sarai has impossible dreams and feels limited by being trapped inside the citadel. She lives her life through others dreams and used unique ways to torture them.

Unlike Minya, Sarai is not practical about the hatred that she receives from them and hopes that someone will love her despite her being a godspawn

18 August, 2018

REVIEW: THE THREE HARES by Geoffrey Simpson

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Title: The Three Hares
Author: Geoffrey Simpson
Series: Bloodline #1
Genres: Mystery, YA
Publisher: Thewordverve inc
Release: June 1st, 2018
Source: ebook
Pages: 222

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BLURB: The Adventure of a Lifetime . . .

Ethan Drake is a living legend.
If only his late father had mentioned it.

Ethan and his friends decode a series of cryptic riddles from an ancient treasure map. Their discovery entangles them in a centuries-old struggle between warring secret societies.

It soon becomes clear that Ethan is not just an adventurous teen who accidentally stumbles upon a shadowy world.

He is a catalyst…
a spark which ignites the resurgence.

The Three Hares is a smart, twisty adventure mystery, one that will keep you reading until the remarkable end.

17 August, 2018

REVIEW: ZERO HOUR by Craig Alanson

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Title: Zero Hour
Author: Craig Alanson
Series: Expeditionary Force 5
Genres: Sci-Fi, Military Fiction
Publisher: Independently published
Release: 2017 November 17th
Source: Audiobook
Pages: 494

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BLURB:
United Nations Special Operations Command sent an elite Expeditionary Force of soldiers and pilots out on a simple recon mission, and somehow along the way they sparked an alien civil war. Now the not-at-all-Merry Band of Pirates is in desperate trouble, again. Their stolen alien starship is falling apart, thousands of lightyears from home. The ancient alien AI they nicknamed ‘Skippy’ is apparently dead, and even if they can by some miracle revive him, he might never be the same.

 

16 August, 2018

15 August, 2018

Waiting on Wednesday: Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Various Authors

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Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. Today we are waiting for Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Tess Sharpe & more!

Today we're bringing a collab book made up of several short stories about women!

Publication date: August 28th, 2018
Publisher: Harlequin Teen

14 August, 2018

REVIEW: BLACK OPS by Craig Alanson

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Title: Black Ops
Author: Craig Alanson
Series: Expeditionary Force 4
Genres: Sci-Fi, Military Fiction
Publisher: Independently published
Release: 2017 May 24th
Source: Audiobook
Pages: 673

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BLURB:
The elite crew of the pirate ship UNS Flying Dutchman had a simple mission: determining whether the Thuranin are sending another starship to Earth. Along the way, they became sidetracked by securing a future for the UNEF troops on the planet Paradise. When asked whether Earth was now safe, their ancient alien AI responded 'Not so much'... now they have to deal with the consequences.

 

13 August, 2018

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11 August, 2018

REVIEW: PARADISE by Craig Alanson

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Title: Paradise
Author: Craig Alanson
Series: Expeditionary Force 3
Genres: Sci-Fi, Military Fiction
Publisher: Independently published
Release: 2017 October 29th
Source: Audiobook
Pages: 283

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BLURB:
While the crew of the starship Flying Dutchman have been trying assure hostile aliens do not have access to Earth, the UN Expeditionary Force has been trapped on the planet they nicknamed 'Paradise'. The Flying Dutchman is headed back out on another mission, and the UN wants the ship to find out the status of the humans on Paradise. But Colonel Joe Bishop warns that they might not like what they find, and they can't do anything about it without endangering Earth.

 

10 August, 2018

REVIEW: SPECOPS by Craig Alanson

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Title: SpecOps
Author: Craig Alanson
Series: Expeditionary Force 2
Genres: Sci-Fi, Space Opera
Publisher: Independently published
Release: 2017 October 29th
Source: Audiobook
Pages: 275

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BLURB:
The sequel to 'Columbus Day'. Colonel Joe Bishop made a promise and he's going to keep it; taking the captured alien starship Flying Dutchman back out. He doesn't agree when the UN decides to send almost 70 elite Special Operations troops, hotshot pilots and scientists with him; the mission is a fool's errand he doesn't expect to ever return. At least, this time, the Earth is safe, right? Not so much.

 

09 August, 2018

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07 August, 2018

REVIEW: STORMHAVEN by Jordan L. Hawk

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Title: Stormhaven
Author: Jordan L. Hawk
Series: Whyborne & Griffin 3
Genres: LGBT, Paranormal
Publisher: Smashwords Edition
Release: December 3rd, 2013
Source: ebook
Pages: 176

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BLURB:
Mysterious happenings are nothing new to reclusive scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne, but finding one of his colleagues screaming for help in the street is rather unusual. Allan Tambling claims he can’t remember any of the last hour—but someone murdered his uncle, and Allan is covered in blood.

Whyborne’s lover, dashing ex-Pinkerton detective Griffin Flaherty, agrees to prove Allan’s innocence. But when Allan is deemed insane and locked away in the Stormhaven Lunatic Asylum, Griffin finds himself reliving the horrifying memories of his own ordeal inside a madhouse.

Along with their friend Christine, the two men become drawn deeper and deeper into a dark web of conspiracy, magic, and murder. Their only clue: a missing artifact depicting an unknown god. Who stole the artifact, and why can’t Allan remember what happened? And what is the truth behind the terrible experiments conducted on Stormhaven’s forbidden fourth floor?

It will take all of Whyborne’s sorcery and Griffin’s derring-do to stop the murderers and save Allan. But first, they must survive an even greater challenge: a visit from Griffin’s family.

 

06 August, 2018

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04 August, 2018

REVIEW: COLUMBUS DAY by Craig Alanson

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Title: Columbus Day
Author: Craig Alanson
Series: Expeditionary Force 1
Genres: Sci-Fi, Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Release: 2016 January 11th
Source: Audiobook
Pages: 494

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BLURB:
We were fighting on the wrong side, of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved. The UN Expeditionary Force hitched a ride on Kristang ships to fight the Ruhar, wherever our new allies thought we could be useful. So, I went from fighting with the US Army in Nigeria, to fighting in space. It was lies, all of it. We shouldn't even be fighting the Ruhar, they aren't our enemy, our allies are.

I'd better start at the beginning....

 

03 August, 2018

REVIEW: BREED by Niki Cluff

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Title: Breed
Author: Niki Cluff
Series: Breed #1
Genres: YA, Fiction
Publisher: Evernight Teen
Release: August 3rd, 2018
Source: Kindle Edition
Pages: 264

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BLURB: A comet is set to destroy Earth, but Kyle Singer is determined to survive.

Tired of being treated like a second-class citizen thanks to her perfect brother, Kyle doesn’t think twice when offered the opportunity to attend an academy formed to stop the comet. It’s not like there’s going to be much left after the comet hits, anyway.

She's drugged, shipped off to the school, and thrown into a relationship with Ichiro Seung-hun, an exchange student from South Korea. The school isn’t just about stopping the comet. It’s a breeding program for after the comet hits and wipes out the human race. Terrified of becoming a baby-making factory, Kyle and Ichiro will do whatever it takes to escape.

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