Friday 56! June 8, 2017

Happy Friday Everyone! By the time you read this Shon, Tina, and I will be in Disney California Adventure! Enjoying some awesome rides, food, and shows! SO I hope your weekend starts off as good as ours!

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice. Grab a book, any book. Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader. Find any sentence, or few, just don't spoil it. Post it.

"The blood-eyed man grins, his teeth gleaming and straight. He stands over Cal with relish, enjoying the sight of a prince at his feet. Enjoying the power it gives him. But I am the lightning girl, and he knows nothing of true power."

From the book Glass Sword

by Victoria Aveyard

Have a safe and fun weekend
Happy Reading
Xo,
Wendy

"Waiting On" Wednesday / Can't-Wait Wednesday #34: Our Dark Duet

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.

Title: Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity #2)
Author: Victoria Schwab 
Publisher:  Greenwillow Books
Expected publication: June 13, 2017
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

Kate Harker is a girl who isn’t afraid of the dark. She’s a girl who hunts monsters. And she’s good at it. August Flynn is a monster who can never be human, no matter how much he once yearned for it. He’s a monster with a part to play. And he will play it, no matter the cost.

Nearly six months after Kate and August were first thrown together, the war between the monsters and the humans is terrifying reality. In Verity, August has become the leader he never wished to be, and in Prosperity, Kate has become the ruthless hunter she knew she could be. When a new monster emerges from the shadows—one who feeds on chaos and brings out its victim’s inner demons—it lures Kate home, where she finds more than she bargained for. She’ll face a monster she thought she killed, a boy she thought she knew, and a demon all her own.



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

-Shon 

Cover Reveal: A Wild and Unremarkable Thing by Jen Castleberry

Coming soon from The Parliament House

 

A Wild and Unremarkable Thing
by Jen Castleberry

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Fifteen years have passed since a Fire Scale scorched Cayda’s village.  Fifteen years of beatings, of bare kitchen cupboards and sloppy swordplay.  Fifteen years of biting her lip for her father’s cane while her younger sisters did the same for the grimy patrons of the village brothels. Fifteen years of staring steadfastly after beauty in an increasingly ugly world.

Now, with hair shorn and breast bound, Cayda marches into the Summer Alps as Cody, a hopeful Champion seeking a dragon-slayer’s reward, with the full weight of her family’s survival on her shoulders.

But the road between poverty and prosperity is rife with beasts, betrayals, and baser temptations. Sensible Cayda soon discovers that she is not the only Champion with her eye on the prize, or the only one wearing a disguise.
With monsters, gods, and royalty hot on her heels, Cayda must ask herself if victory is worth sacrificing her identity for – or her life.

A Wild and Unremarkable Thing pits girl against dragon in a stunning blend of Greek mythology and medieval lore. Readers will not quickly forget the diverse cast or the thrilling, sexy ride!

“Jen Castleberry is a fresh new voice in young adult/new adult fiction.  A Wild and Unremarkable Thing will appeal to established fans of fantasy and should garner new fans as well, with its deft subversion of gender tropes and traditional roles.  Both male and female readers alike will find a great deal to love in Cody/Cayda as she struggles with her identity and the destiny that she must fulfill.” 

– Amy Martin, author of the In Your Dreams series

Author Bio:

Jen Castleberry lives and writes in Virginia Beach.  The middle sister of three, she finds herself drawn to stories which celebrate the fierce feminine spirit and the poignantly sympathetic nature of sisterhood.  Her background is in Animal Welfare.  All of her pets are named after superheroes.

Jen is giving away three different Amazon gift cards! One on her Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Top Ten Tuesday #73: ...That We've Recently Added To My TBR List

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is 10 Books From X Genre That I've Recently Added To My TBR List

Wendy: Summertime = Contemporary

1. The Thing with Feathers by McCall Hoyle

2. One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

3.  Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend (Broken Hearts & Revenge #1) by Katie Finn

4.  Afterparty by Ann Redisch Stampler

Shon: I guess I'm into fantasy, according to Goodreads anyways.

1. Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence

2. Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Rise of the Empress #1) by Julie C. Dao

3. The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana 

4. City of Stairs (The Divine Cities #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

5. Whichwood by Tahereh Mafi

Sunday Post #9 Week in Review

Happy Sunday, Bookworms!!

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 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. You can find more info here: Sunday Post Meme.

I know this is going up super late, but better late than never. It's been a while since I posted a Sunday Post but since the beginning of the year I've been in the huge reading slump. I just started back reading last month.

Bookish Things

So like I said, I started reading again last month. I'm about 35% into Lady Midnight. At the rate I'm going I should be finished by next week.

I also order some books from Book Outlet last week:

• The Murder of an Angel (Confessions #4) by James Patterson
• The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1) by Holly Black
  & Cassandra Clare 
• The Copper Gauntlet (Magisterium #2) by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare  
• Harry Potter: The Artifact Vault by Jody Revenson

Other Stuff

Up this week is Top Ten Tuesday, a cover real, "Waiting On" Wednesday, Thursday Thrills, Friday 56! and books review. That's all for me this week! I really hope I have something better to report next week.

Until next week!

Happy Reading!!!

Thursday Thrills 6/1/17

Thursday Thrills are back!

Please enjoy these five thrillie questions

as we get ready for the weekend.

1. Favorite time of day to read?

Mornings

2. Favorite place(s) to read?

My bed, outdoors, coffee shops, the beach, pretty much anywhere

3. Silence or background noise?

Background noise

4. Preferred weather for reading?

Raining

5. Favorite reading-time snack?

COFFEE,COFFEE, COFFEE

Xo,

Wendy

Shon's June TBR & Most Anticipated Releases!!

Helloooooooo, June!!

I can't believe that June is here already!! 

This year is really flying by.

I think I'm over my reading slump!! I started a book last month. 

Here's a look at the books I'm *hoping* to read this month.

* My June TBR: *

Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare

Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices #2) by Cassandra Clare

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #1-10) by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, Robin Wasserman*

 *not pictured

New releases for June!!

Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity #2) by Victoria Schwab

Now I Rise (The Conqueror's Saga #2) by Kiersten White

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Follow Me Back (Follow Me Back #1) by A.V. Geiger

Tell me, what's on your JUNE TBR??
What are you Most excited to read in June?? 

Happy Reading!!