Shon's February 2019 Wrap Up & Book Haul!

Happy Thursday Bookworms! And Happy Last Day of February as well!! Can you believe the month went by so quickly??  It was a pretty great month for books!

Here are some of the books I read and added to my collection this month!

Books Acquired:

• The Girl King by Mimi Yu
• Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler
• The Defiant by Lesley Livingston
  
• Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson
• Allied by Amy Tintera
  
• Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
• My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows & Brodi Ashton
• The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee
• The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee

eBooks Acquired Not Pictured:

• The Fever King by Victoria Lee
• The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
• How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories by N. K. Jemisin

Books Read:

• The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

eBooks Read:

• The Glue by K. Webster
• That Thing Between Eli & Gwen by J.J. McAvoy
• Carter's Flame: A Rescue Four Novel by Tiffany Patterson
• Aaron's Patience by Tiffany Patterson
• Meant to Be by Tiffany Patterson
• Cold Cole Heart by K. Webster

In Progress:

• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
• How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
  

If you can tell, February was a great month for books! I love all the new books that I added to my collection this month!

I managed to read 14 books this month as well, which is pretty awesome, and I hope I keep that mojo going for next month!

That's about all of me this month!!

How many books did you read and add to your collection this month??

Happy Reading!!!

Can't-Wait Wednesday / Waiting on Wednesday #64: The Priory of the Orange Tree

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Title: The Priory of the Orange Tree
Author: Samantha Shannon
Expected Publication: February 26th 2019
Genres: Fantasy

A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting closer to her door.

Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.

What are you waiting for this Wednesday?  Let us know in the comment section below.

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking The Spine.

Top Ten Tuesday #103: Places Mentioned In Books That I’d Like to Visit

1. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
2. The Burrow
3. Number 12, Grimmauld Place
4. Hogsmeade Village
1. The Three Broomsticks
2. Honeydukes
3. Zonko's Joke Shop
4. The Hog's Head
5. Madam Puddifoot's
5. Diagon Alley
1. Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour
2. Gringotts Wizarding Bank
3. Knockturn Alley
4. The Leaky Cauldron
5. Ollivanders
6. Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
6. Ministry of Magic
7. Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
8. Hogsmeade Station

I'm happy to say that I got to see some of these place last year when I went to Universal Studios Orlando The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I would love, one day go to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter.

What made your list this week? Leave your link in the comments so we can check out your Top Ten list this week!!

Happy Reading!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming by Michelle Obama
Published November 13th 2018 by Crown Books
Genres: Autobiography, Nonfiction, Memoir
Page: 426
Rating: 5 of 5 stars
Review by: Tina

 
In this memoir, Michelle gets personal, honest, intimate. Through her eyes, you see her beginnings, her passion for more than corporate law, and falling in love with Barack. 

She talks about facing adversity, speaking for the black communities, fighting for women equality, and her struggles with pregnancy.

She keeps boundaries that helps her in seeking strength and sanity. Her choice to leave politics to Barack and battle against Food and Beverage businesses that serve sugar and soft drinks in school lunches to promoting fresh food and eating right campaign to building a vegetable garden at the White House.  

She speaks about the sacrifices Barack made for his country and family. Outside counseling that helped nurture their relationship. Their families and backgrounds that shaped who they are and their discontent and frustration for bigger dreams and a better world. Seeing Malia and Sasha going up in the White House.

This last line Michelle says ending the Barack administration really touched me. "It has to hurt that he entered fatherhood as a politician and so close to having more freedom just when his daughters are about to enter college. But we have to let them go, the world is theirs, as it should be."

Inspirational and heart felt.

Can't-Wait Wednesday / Waiting on Wednesday #63: Boyfriend for Hire

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Title: Boyfriend for Hire
Author: Kendall Ryan
Expected Publication: February 19th 2019
Genres: Fantasy

I’m the guy you call when you need to impress your overbearing family, your boss, or your ex. Yeah, I’m a male escort, but not just any escort, I’m the escort. The one with a mile-long waiting list and a pristine reputation that’s very well-deserved.

I’m the guy who’ll make you feel beautiful, desired, and worshipped . . . all for a steep price. I’m hired to make you shine, and I always deliver.

I’ll be whatever you want me to be for one night—except my true self. This is just a job, a role I play to earn a paycheck.

But I’m not the guy who falls for a client. Not once in six years.

And then I meet Elle. Her friend has hired me to escort her to a wedding, but Elle doesn’t know we’re just pretending.

There’s a fire between us I never expected. A connection I haven’t felt in so long. One kiss, and I’m losing all control.

But what will happen when she finds out who I really am?

What are you waiting for this Wednesday?  Let us know in the comment section below.

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking The Spine.

Top Ten Tuesday #102: Books I LOVED with Fewer than 2,000 Ratings on Goodreads

1. Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie ~ 1,098 reviews
2. Tell Me Lies by Jennifer Crusie ~ 482 reviews
3. School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins ~ 1,349 reviews
4. Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst  ~ 915 reviews
5. Girl Against the Universe by Paula Stokes ~ 795 reviews
6. We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story by Josh Sundquist ~ 1,660 reviews
7. Us by Sarina Bowen ~ 1,627 reviews
8. Black Rainbow by J.J. McAvoy ~ 805 reviews
9. Room Mate by Katie Ashley ~ 87 reviews
10. Blood to Dust by L.J. Shen ~ 978 reviews

I'm surprised to see that Drink, Slay, Love did not have more reviews. It was made into a TV movie last year. What made your list this week? Leave your link in the comments so we can check out your Top Ten list this week!!

Happy Reading!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

Can't-Wait Wednesday / Waiting on Wednesday #62: Luck of the Devil

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Title: Luck of the Devil (The Forge Trilogy #2)
Author: Meghan March
Expected Publication: February 12th 2019
Genres: Romance

New York Times bestselling author Meghan March continues the story of ruthless, calculating billionaire Jericho Forge in Luck of the Devil.

My poker face has always been my greatest asset, along with my grit and determination. I was beholden to no one. Asked permission for nothing.

Then Jericho Forge took my life by storm.

I traded my freedom for something infinitely more precious, but I didn’t realize Forge was holding an unbeatable hand.

Now, all I have to do is survive the high-stakes game my life has become—with my heart intact.

But not falling in love with Forge will take the luck of the devil.

Luck of the Devil is the second book of the Forge Trilogy and should be read following Deal with the Devil. The Forge Trilogy concludes in Heart of the Devil.

What are you waiting for this Wednesday?  Let us know in the comment section below.

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking The Spine.

Top Ten Tuesday #101: Favorite Couples In Books

Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey from the Fifty Shades Series by E.L. James

 Katniss and Peeta from The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

 Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood from the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan

 Hazel and Gus from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

 Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling

 Four and Tris from Divergent series by Veronica Roth

 Kestrel and Arin from The Winner’s Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski

What made your list this week? Leave your link in the comments so we can check out your Top Ten list this week!!

Happy Reading!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

Can't-Wait Wednesday / Waiting on Wednesday #61: Lady Smoke

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Title: Lady Smoke
Author: Laura Sebastian
Expected Publication: February 5th 2019
Genres: Fantasy


The sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that was "made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir" (Bustle), Lady Smoke is an epic new fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people.

The Kaiser murdered Theodosia's mother, the Fire Queen, when Theo was only six. He took Theo's country and kept her prisoner, crowning her Ash Princess--a pet to toy with and humiliate for ten long years. That era has ended. The Kaiser thought his prisoner weak and defenseless. He didn't realize that a sharp mind is the deadliest weapon.

Theo no longer wears a crown of ashes. She has taken back her rightful title, and a hostage--Prinz Soren. But her people remain enslaved under the Kaiser's rule, and now she is thousands of miles away from them and her throne.

To get them back, she will need an army. Only, securing an army means she must trust her aunt, the dreaded pirate Dragonsbane. And according to Dragonsbane, an army can only be produced if Theo takes a husband. Something an Astrean Queen has never done.

Theo knows that freedom comes at a price, but she is determined to find a way to save her country without losing herself.

"A darkly enchanting page-turner you won't be able to put down." --Bustle on Ash Princess, Book 1 in the Ash Princess series



What are you waiting for this Wednesday?  Let us know in the comment section below.


Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking The Spine.

Top Ten Tuesday #100: Upcoming Releases I'm On the Fence About

O.M.G! It's our 100th Top Ten Tuesday!

                         

 

           

• The Cerulean by Amy Ewing
• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
• Screen Queens by Lori Goldstein
• The Waning Age by S.E. Grove
• Testimony from Your Perfect Girl by Kaui Hart Hemmings
• The Antidote by Shelley Sackier
• These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling

That was my short list of books that I'm still on the fence about adding to my TBR. I will admit it's a mix of everything from human sacrifice, amusement park, The Bold Type, alternate reality, coming-of-age, magic and witches. What made your list this week? Leave your link in the comments so we can check out your Top Ten list this week!!

Happy Reading!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

Shon's February 2019 TBR

Wow, can you believe it's February already? It seems like January just flew by.

January was a really awesome book month for me, and I'm hoping it will be the same for February. I have another overly ambitious TBR for the month, and if I can read 'most' of them, I'll be happy.

Here's what I'm planning to read this month:

Books I'm Reading:

• The Girl King by Mimi Yu
• Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler
• Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, Robin Wasserman
• Renegades by Marissa Meyer

E-Books I'm Reading:

• My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
• The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
• How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
• Around the Way Girl by Taraji P. Henson
• I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart
• Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Ok, so that looks a little overwhelming! But like I said, if I can read most of these, I'll be happy.

Ok, now tell me, what books are on YOUR February TBR??

Happy Reading!!!