Monday, December 28, 2015
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Review: You by Caroline Kepnes
You by Caroline KepnesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Listened to this on audio. 4 1/2 stars. The main character Joe works in a book store. He is a stalker, serial killer and has been abused when he was little. He uses social media to stalk a woman and her life. This book is not for the faint at heart. This book is very very dark and creepy. Talks about sex in a negative way and has lots of profanity. It also has a lesbian character . For Mature Audiences only. I do highly recommend the audio as it kept me reading and reading.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
In the Woods by Tana French
In the Woods by Tana FrenchMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
This book is like a 2 1/2 stars for me. I listened to it on audio. I was very disappointed in this book. It kept grabbing my attention and then I'd drift off. I'm just proud of myself for not DNFing it and sticking to the end. The end was not what I expected. Warning: This book is about child abuse, rape and murder of 12 year old children. For mature audiences only because the author describes in detail what happened to the children and repeats it over and over again. Not for the faint at heart.
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Saturday, December 12, 2015
Challenges for 2016
It's time to set challenges for 2016
Here's one I found called Rock My TBR. Use #RockMyTBR
You can sign up here.
MY GOAL
I just want to read two book each month that I already own. Some could be from my 2016 Reading List.
THE BOOKS
2016 Reading List Goal. Remember I'm a mood reader so I'm not going to choose my books quite yet except for the 2016 reading list goal which has 50 books listed. Where I think I own 36 of those books so they will all count towards my goal. The rest I will probably use the library.
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Another Challenge I found was Finishing the Series
Yup I am not a fan of series yet I tend to collect a lot of them. My problem is that I love the first book and each additional book goes down a star. I haven't read one series that I liked the entire thing.
MY GOAL
My goal is Level 3 (Experienced) - to complete 3 to 6 series.
THE BOOKS
Now this is a hard one but here are the ones which I want to read soon.
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (I plan to attempt to read this in January) (book 1)
Do Not Disturb by A.R. Torre (book 2)
If you Dare by A.R. Torre (book 3)
Stand Off by Andrew Smith (book 2)
Reckless Hearts by Sean Olin (book 2)
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Another Challenge Contemporary Romance #ContRom2016
MY GOAL
Since I read a lot of different genres I'm only going to set my goal to
- 1st Base: read 1 – 5 books
I think that will be a doable number.
THE BOOKS
I'm not going to pick out my books quite yet.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Saturday, December 5, 2015
2016 Reading List is Complete 50 books
We left off at #35 so here is 36 to 50. These are books that were recommended by family, friends, and booktubers.
36. Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
37. Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain
38. Opposite of Loneliness
39. Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
40. The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
41. Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
42. Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M Danforth
43. Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
44. The Green Mile by Stephen King
45. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
46. Mr. Penumbra's 24 hour book store by Robin Sloan
47. Gone by Michael Grant
48. Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
49. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
50. The Diviners by Libba Bray
Looking forward to a great 2016 reading year. You can see the entire list of 50 here.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Adding to my 2016 Reading List
These are books that friends and family recommended that I read for 2016. I left off at #26 in my last blog post. You can see all the books on the list here.
27. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (Historical Fiction)
28. Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen (middle grade)
29. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich (start of series) (mystery adult fiction)
30. Reckless Hearts by Sean Olin (2nd book in series) (YA Thriller)
31. Do not Disturb by A.R. Torre (2nd book in series) (adult erotica thriller)
32. Down the Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison (nonfiction)
33. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kruger (Adult Historical Fiction)
34. Pope Joan by Donna Wool Folk Cross (Adult Historical Fiction)
35. The Help by Kathy Stockett (Adult Historical Fiction)
My list is now at 35. Still taking requests. Looking forward to a great 2016 reading year.
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Saturday, November 28, 2015
2016 TBR Additions
Yesterday I added 22 books to my 2016 Reading list. You can see them here.
Today I added some more that friends and family recommended that I read.
23. False Prince by Jennifer A Nielsen
24. The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel
25. Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
26. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Friday, November 27, 2015
2016 TBR
On facebook and twitter I asked family and friends to recommend some books that I must read in 2016. So far I have 22 books on my list. Here is a link to my folder as I put more and more books into it. 2016 TBR This is the order by which the recommendations came in. I probably will not read these in order. So here are the 22 books so far that were recommended by friends and family.
1. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephanie Meyer (YA fiction)
3. Go Set a Watchman by Lee Harper (fiction)
9. Clutterfree with kids by Joshua Becker (nonfiction)
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