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COVER OF THE MONTH

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

REVIEW: QUEEN TAKES QUEEN by Joely Sue Burkhart

Title: Queen takes Queen
Author: Joely Sue Burkhart
Series: Their Vampire Queen 3
Genres: Paranormal, Polyamorous
Publisher: Createspace
Release: January 19th 2018
Source: ebook
Pages: 286

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BLURB:
A Reverse Harem Vampire Romance

The Triune's attention is a deadly thing to attract. The world's oldest and most powerful vampire queens devise a plan to ensure the fledgling Isador queen is eliminated before she can call enough Blood to protect her.

But Shara has already drawn formidable and famously powerful Blood to her side: Leviathan, king of the depths. Guillaume de Payne, the headless Templar knight. Wu Tien Xin, the silent invisible assassin. Nevarre, the Morrigan's own Shadow. And of course, her first two Blood, Alrik and Daire, inexperienced—but extremely powerful in their own right.

Though well fed on queen’s blood and well loved, six Blood are not enough to stand against the mighty Triune. Shara needs more.

She needs more Blood. She needs allies.

What she really needs is a queen of her own.

 

RESEÑA: LA CASA DE LOS ESPÍRITUS de Isabel Allende

Título: La Casa de los Espíritus
Autor: Isabel Allende
Serie: -
Géneros: Historical Fiction
Editor: Editorial Diana
Publicación: Primera edición 1982
Fuente: Tapa dura
Páginas: 474

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SINÓPSIS: El libro, como muchos de los siguientes, utiliza el estilo conocido como realismo mágico, incorporando cosas inverosímiles y extrañas a lo ordinario. La historia relata la vida de la familia Trueba a lo largo de cuatro generaciones y sigue los movimientos sociales y políticos del período post-colonial en el país en que viven (Chile). La novela es narrada desde la perspectiva de dos de sus protagonistas. Incorpora una mezcla de acontecimientos que tratan sobre el amor, la familia, la muerte, los fantasmas, las clases sociales, la revolución, la política, los ideales y lo maravilloso.
Según ha confesado Isabel Allende, para crear el personaje de Clara, la esposa de Esteban Trueba, se inspiró en su propia abuela, una mujer que confiaba más en la telepatía que en comunicarse por correo. El 8 de Enero de 1981, el abuelo de la autora estaba a punto de morir, ella comenzó a escribirle una carta la cual se convirtió en el inicio de esta novela.

HALLOWEEN READS RECOMMENDATIONS

Waiting on Wednesday: Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. Today we are waiting for Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor!

The second book is almost here!

Publication date: October 2nd, 2018

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

REVIEW: NECROPOLIS by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Necropolis
Author: Jordan L. Hawk
Series: Whyborne & Griffin 4
Genres: Historical, Paranormal, LGBT
Publisher: Createspace
Release: May 5th 2014
Source: ebook
Pages: 200

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BLURB:
Introverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has spent the last few months watching his lover, Griffin Flaherty, come to terms with the rejection of his adoptive family. So when an urgent telegram from Christine summons them to Egypt, Whyborne is reluctant to risk the fragile peace they’ve established. Until, that is, a man who seems as much animal as human tries to murder Whyborne in the museum.

Amidst the ancient ruins of the pharaohs, they must join Christine and face betrayal, murder, and a legendary sorceress risen from the dead. In the forge of the desert heat, the trio will either face their fears and stand together—or shatter the bonds between them forever.

 

MONDAY TRAVELS: SCARBOROUGH FAIR English Ballad

Happy Monday friends! Welcome to another edition of Monday Travels

So today we are in England and we will explore:


SCARBOROUGH FAIR

DIREWOLVES and DRAGONS TAG

REVIEW: THE BANGKOK ASSET by John Burdett

Title: The Bangkok Asset
Author: John Burdett
Series: Sonchai Jitpleecheep 6
Genres: Mystery, Crime
Publisher: Knoph
Release: August 4th 2015
Source: ebook
Pages: 307

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BLURB:
Sonchai Jitpleecheep, John Burdett's tortured Buddhist detective of the Royal Thai Police Force, has thrilled and charmed readers through the author's five previous Bangkok novels. Now Sonchai's back, struggling to come to grips with the latest horrifying technological innovation to make its way to the streets of Bangkok. It's a conspiracy so big that everyone wants in on the action, not the least Sonchai's corrupt boss Vikorn.

In his latest case, Sonchai is paired with young, female inspector Krom. Like him, she's an outsider on the police force, but she is socially savyy and a technological prodigy. In the midst of a typhoon they witness a deadly demonstration of super-human strength from a man who is seemingly controlled by a CIA operative. Could the Americans really have figured out a way to create some sort of super-soldier who is both physically and psychologically enhanced? Are they testing it, or him, on Thai soil? And why is everyone, from the Bangkok police to the international community, so eager to turn a blind eye?

The case will take Sonchai to a hidden Cambodian jungle compound for aging American vets where he will discover exactly how far a government will go to protect its very worst secrets--both past and present. It is also a case that will shake Sonchai's world to its very foundation and may finally force him to confront his lost father.

 

REVIEW: TWO ON A TOWER by Thomas Hardy

Title: Two on a Tower
Author:  Thomas Hardy
Series: -
Genres: Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Release: 2012
Source: Paperback
Pages: 328

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BLURB:

Lady Constantine, breaks all the rules of decorum when she falls in love with beautiful youth Swithin St Cleeve, her social inferior and ten years her junior. Together, in an ancient monument converted into an astronomical observation tower, they create their own private universe - until the pressures of the outside world threaten to destroy it.

SEPTEMBER BOOK HAUL 2018

REVIEW: ONE DARK THRONE by Kendare Blake

Waiting on Wednesday: Vengeful by V. E. Schwab

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. Today we are waiting for Vengeful by V. E. Schwab!

IT'S HERE! IT'S FINALLY HERE! THE SEQUEL TO VICIOUS! 

Publication date: September 25th, 2018

Publisher: Tor

REVIEW: SALEM'S LOT by Stephen King

Title: Salem's Lot
Author:  Stephen King
Series: -
Genres: Horror, Fantasy
Publisher: Anchor Books
Release: October 17th, 1975
Source: Audiobook
Pages: 653

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BLURB:

'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples. That summer in 'Salem's Lot was a summer of home-coming and return; spring burned out and the land lying dry, crackling underfoot. Late that summer, Ben Mears returned to 'Salem's Lot hoping to cast out his own devils... and found instead a new unspeakable horror.

A stranger had also come to the Lot, a stranger with a secret as old as evil, a secret that would wreak irreparable harm on those he touched and in turn on those they loved.

All would be changed forever—Susan, whose love for Ben could not protect her; Father Callahan, the bad priest who put his eroded faith to one last test; and Mark, a young boy who sees his fantasy world become reality and ironically proves the best equipped to handle the relentless nightmare of 'Salem's Lot.

MONDAY TRAVELS: SOMEWHERE I HAVE NEVER TRAVELLED, GLADLY BEYOND by E.E.Cummings

Happy Monday friends! Welcome to another edition of Monday Travels

So today we are in UNITED STATES and we will explore:


SOMEWHERE I HAVE NEVER TRAVELED, GLADLY BEYOND

BEST & WORST of AUGUST

SUNDAY PORTRAIT: Lucy Westenra

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

 Today we have: Dracula by Bram Stoker:

Lucy Westenra

Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker. She is introduced as Mina Murray's best friend, the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy family. Her father is mentioned in the novel when Mina says he was a sleepwalker, and her elderly mother is simply stated as being Mrs. Westenra. In the 1931 Universal production, she is called Lucy Weston. In the 1958 film Dracula, she is called Lucy Holmwood, Arthur Holmwood's sister, who is engaged to Jonathan Harker. Wiki

REVIEW: THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern

Title: The Night Circus
Author:  Erin Morgenstern
Series: -
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction,
Publisher: Doubleday
Release: September 13th, 2011
Source: Audiobook
Pages: 387

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BLURB:

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. 

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. 

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. 

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.

REVIEW: BENEATH STILL WATERS by Matthew J. Costello

Title: Beneath Still Waters
Author: Matthew J. Costello
Series: -
Genres: Horror
Publisher: Berkley
Release: April 1st, 1989
Source: Paperback
Pages: 300

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BLURB: Fifty years ago, the town of Gouldens Falls was evacuated, flooded, and submerged under two hundred feet of water. Along with its secrets. Just as well it was buried. There was always something not quite right about that town.

Today, on the anniversary of its watery fate, the man-made lake that was once Gouldens Falls is the source of fascination for a visiting journalist. And a cause for alarm. Because something else is down there. Something evil. And on this special anniversary, it's going to surface.

AUGUST WRAP UP

Waiting on Wednesday: Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. Today we are waiting for Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa!

A new series from author Julie Kagawa is coming!

Publication date: September 24th, 2018

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

REVIEW: SNOW FALLING by Davidson King

Title: Snow Falling
Author: Davidson King
Series: Haven Hart Universe 1
Genres: Romance, LGBT
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Release: November 29th 2017
Source: ebook
Pages: 166

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BLURB:
After running from a past destined to kill him, Snow has been hiding on the streets.

Tell nobody your name. Tell nobody your secrets. Trust nobody! These are the rules of the streets.

His entire life changes when he saves an eight-year-old boy from a violent end.

Christopher Manos is one of the most powerful crime bosses in the country.

Don’t ask anyone to do something you aren’t willing to do yourself. Secrets can get you killed. Trust nobody! These are the rules he lives by.

When his eight-year-old nephew disappears, he never expects the boy’s savior to end up being his own.

A man with a dangerous past and a man with a dangerous future find love amidst murder and mayhem. But with Snow's life being threatened at every turn, will Christopher's best be enough to prevent Snow Falling?

 

MONDAY TRAVELS: WHEN WE TWO PARTED by Lord Byron

Happy Monday friends! I hope you packed some notebooks:

So today we are in ENGLAND and we will explore:

WHEN WE TWO PARTED

BOOKS I USED TO LOVE

REVIEW: GOLD SHADOW by L. C. Perry

Title: Gold Shadow
Author: L. C. Perry
Series: Bronze Rebellion #1
Genres: YA, Sci-Fi
Publisher: -
Release: December 2nd, 2017
Source: E-book
Pages: 343

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BLURB: In the North American continent, eighteen year old Ebony has been living as a slave for as long as she can remember. The underground cities, the tattoo, the scars and the shackles are a part of the only world she has ever known. She knows that in order to survive, she will have to stay strong. And she will stay strong, cursing those in power, until her very last breath. She waits for a meaningful way to die as she quietly pushes her body to its limit…but that all changes when rebels from the surface drop down right in front of her.

Now, Ebony is challenged to envision a life beyond slavery as she and the other escapees are thrown into the center of a rebellion against the monarchy. She has to embrace this glimmer towards a real life…this glimmer called freedom. But what can she contribute to a rebellion that is doomed to fail like those before it? How can they stop a corrupt monarchy that has lasted for a century? Among the lower class, those with hope are hard to come by, but Ebony has found refuge with people full of it. And through their strong desire, an idea emerges…one that has never been done before. The princess of the country is coming of age and what better way to send a message to the king and queen than to kidnap their only daughter?

REVIEW: QUEEN TAKES KING by Joely Sue Burkhart

Title: Queen Takes King
Author: Joely Sue Burkhart
Series: Their Vampire Queen 2
Genres: Vampires, Erotica
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release: December 18th 2017
Source: ebook
Pages: 350

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BLURB:
How many Blood will come to the vampire queen's call... and will they be able to protect her from the king?

For the first time in her adult life, Shara has plenty of money thanks to the Isador legacy--and she's not alone. Daire and Rik are devoted lovers, but they know other Blood are coming. Blood who may challenge Rik for the coveted alpha spot at her back.

As her power grows, so does her hunger. But without fangs, she fears she'll never be the queen her Blood expect. More Blood means power struggles and complications, and she has no idea how to keep everyone happy. Worse, her dreams are quickly becoming something to fear.

Moving to establish her permanent nest, she can't stop dreaming of the king. A massive monster. Chained in darkness. Lost to madness. He roars with fury in her dreams, demanding his release.

But is he the key to unraveling her own mysterious past--or the most dangerous threat of all?

 

Waiting on Wednesday: Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. Today we are waiting for Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco!

The third book of the series will be coming out soon!

Publication date: September 18th, 2018

Publisher: JIMMY Patterson

REVIEW: QUEEN TAKES KNIGHTS by Joely Sue Burkhart

Title: Queen Takes Knights
Author: Joely Sue Burkhart
Series: Their Vampire Queen 1
Genres: Vampires, Erotica
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release: October 17th 2017
Source: ebook
Pages: 190

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BLURB:
A lost virgin vampire queen. Two vampire knights sworn to protect her.
It’s about to get very hot… and bloody…

Ever since her mother was murdered by monsters five years ago, Shara Isador has been on the run. Alone, scared, and exhausted, she’s finally cornered in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Out of hope with nowhere else to turn, she’s ready to end it all when two men come to her rescue.

They say she’s a lost queen descended from Isis, and they’re her Blood, vampire knights sworn to protect her. It all seems like a crazy nightmare, until the alpha offers his blood. Then she realizes she’s never wanted anything more. Except maybe his body… and his friend’s, too.

But they’re not the only ones searching for a lost queen. Shara must learn how to wield her new powers quickly and conquer her fears if she intends to keep them all alive.

 

MONDAY TRAVELS: SEPTEMBER SONG by Agnes Obel

Happy Monday friends! I hope you packed light and got some party clothes, cause this Monday we are one more embarking on a journey!

So today we are in Denmark and we will explore:

SEPTEMBER SONG

THRILLERATHON VLOG

Writing 101: Grammar writing tips

Hi guys, spare a second and join me today in talk about writing!
Welcome to:

WRITING 101

REVIEW: VULTURE PEAK by John Burdett

Title: Vulture Peak
Author: John Burdett
Series: Sonchai Jitpleecheep 5
Genres: Mystery, Crime
Publisher: Knopf
Release: January 10th 2012
Source: ebook
Pages: 285

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BLURB:
Nobody knows Bangkok like Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, and there is no one quite like Sonchai: a police officer who has kept his Buddhist soul intact—more or less—despite the fact that his job shoves him face-to-face with some of the most vile and outrageous crimes and criminals in Bangkok. But for his newest assignment, everything he knows about his city—and himself—will be a mere starting point.

He’s put in charge of the highest-profile criminal case in Thailand—an attempt to bring an end to trafficking in human organs. He sets in motion a massive sting operation and stays at its center, traveling to Phuket, Hong Kong, Dubai, Shanghai, and Monte Carlo. He draws in a host of unwitting players that includes an aging rock star wearing out his second liver and the mysterious, diabolical, albeit gorgeous co-queenpins of the international body-parts trade: the Chinese twins known as the Vultures. And yet, it’s closer to home that Sonchai will discover things getting really dicey: rumors will reach him suggesting that his ex-prostitute wife, Chanya, is having an affair. Will Sonchai be enlightened enough—forget Buddha, think jealous husband—to cope with his very own compromised and compromising world?

All will be revealed here, in John Burdett’s most mordantly funny, propulsive, fiendishly entertaining novel yet.