Sunday, August 21, 2016

Sunday Post - 209 & Stacking the Shelves - 150

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~this meme was inspired in part by ~ In My Mailbox~ It's a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.

This week has been fast and good. Tuesday, I ran to Hobby Lobby to spend a gift card that I'd gotten for my birthday (back in June). It's been really nice to get out more with Baby Girl. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we got out for a walk. Monday it was nice and overcast and breezy, but Wednesday it was scorching. I'm definitely looking forward to cooler weather and fall. Saturday, Baby Girl, my brother, my niece, and I traveled south to Mobile to visit with my Nanny. That was a good trip. It was nice to see her and it was also good to spend some time with my brother and niece. Not to mention that Baby Girl turned 10 months old on Saturday too. I can't believe her birthday is creeping up on us so quickly. I culled through my TBR list on Goodreads Friday night to delete a bunch of books that I just truly think I'll never get around to. I didn't delete many, but I do this periodically to keep my shelf from reaching epic proportions. I know there's no way I'll ever read them all so doing this from time to time helps me breathe a little better.

THIS PAST WEEK:

Monday: Review of It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover (5 Stars)
Tuesday: Top Ten Books Set at the Beach
Wednesday: Waiting on Paris Lights (Heart of the City, # 1) by CJ Duggan

UPCOMING THIS WEEK:

Monday: Review of Racing Savannah (Hundred Oaks, # 4) by Miranda Kenneally
Tuesday: Top Ten Tuesday
Wednesday: Waiting on Wednesday

Don’t forget to sign up for the 2016 Series Enders Reading Challenge! You have until December 15, 2016 to sign up. Each month there will be a giveaway for those participating with an end of the year giveaway too! Click on the picture below or the link above to find out more!

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Half Bad (Half Bad Trilogy, # 1)

By: Sally Green

Published: March 4th 2014 by Viking Books for Young Readers

384 pages

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Witches

Source: Personal Kindle Library (on sale for $1.99)

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Goodreads description--Wanted by no one.
Hunted by everyone.

Sixteen-year-old Nathan lives in a cage: beaten, shackled, trained to kill. In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world's most terrifying and violent witch, Marcus. Nathan's only hope for survival is to escape his captors, track down Marcus, and receive the three gifts that will bring him into his own magical powers—before it's too late. But how can Nathan find his father when there is no one safe to trust, not even family, not even the girl he loves?

Half Bad is an international sensation and the start of a brilliant trilogy: a gripping tale of alienation and the indomitable will to survive.

November Rain (Bad Bloods, # 1)

By: Shannon A Thompson

Published: July 18th 2016 by Clean Teen Publishing

230 pages

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, SciFi, Dystopian

Source: Author for review (Thank you!!) (also a freebie on Amazon)

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Goodreads description--Seventeen-year-old Serena isn’t human. She is a bad blood, and in the city of Vendona, bad bloods are executed. In the last moments before she faces imminent death, a prison guard aids her escape and sparks a revolt. Back on the streets determined to destroy her kind, Serena is spared by a fellow bad blood named Daniel. His past tragedies are as equally mysterious as her connection to them.

Unbeknownst to the two, this connection is the key to winning the election for bad bloods’ rights to be seen as human again. But Serena is the only one who can secure Vendona’s vote. Now, Daniel must unite with her before all hope is lost and bad bloods are eradicated, even if it means exposing secrets worse than death itself. United or not, a city will fight, rain will fall, and all will be threatened by star-crossed love and political corruption.

November Snow (Bad Bloods, # 2)

By: Shannon A Thompson

Published: September 19th 2016 by Clean Teen Publishing

275 pages

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, SciFi, Dystopian

Source: Author for review (Thank you!!)

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Goodreads description--When Daniel and Serena unite, their accidental relationship becomes the catalyst for a twelve-year war to continue. Exposing the twisted past of a corrupt city, Daniel, Serena, and everyone they know will come together to fight. But Serena has another battle.

After a political rumor threatens their lives, Serena must leave her family and join the political front against her will. To survive apart, Daniel has to separate his love from his hatred and join forces with his worst memory to secure Vendona’s war. But very few of them will survive to see the last day. Bad blood or human, a city will burn, snow will fall, and all will be united by catastrophic secrets and irrevocable tragedy.

That's it for my shelves and recaps of my past and upcoming week. What did you add to your shelves this week? Any bookish news you want to talk about? Let me know!

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